Bill Lewis Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The Bill Lewis Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other documents from his career as a general assignment reporter at the Arkansas Gazette. The bulk of these papers consist of newspaper clippings containing his writings from the 1980s. Of additional note are the materials from George Fisher, the political cartoonist for the Arkansas Gazette from 1976-1991 and for the Arkansas Times from 1992-2003.
Dates
- 1932-2000
Creator
- Lewis, Bill (Willard M.), 1929- (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Willard McKinnon Lewis was born on September 8, 1929 in rural Lamar County, Mississippi between Lumberton and Purvis. After his mother, Alma Swan Murphy, died when he was only three months old, he went to live with his Aunt and her husband, whose family name was Lewis. Following a tour of duty with the U.S. Army, Lewis attended and graduated from what was then Mississippi Southern College (now the University of Southern Mississippi) with a degree in journalism. Lewis married his wife Sue in 1956.
Upon completing his degree, Bill Lewis worked for the United Press wire service from 1952-1956, being headquartered in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Little Rock, and St. Louis. In October 1956, Lewis accepted a position as a From 1952 to 1956 he worked for the United Press, during which he met A.R. Nelson in Little Rock, Arkansas, who offered him a job at the Arkansas Gazette as a general assignment reporter and then as a reviewer. After 33 years at the Gazette, Lewis retired in 1989.
Extent
7 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
Abstract
Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and artifacts from Bill Lewis, a former columnist for the Arkansas Gazette.
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged and described in three series
- Series 1. Correspondence
- Series 2. Articles
- Series 3. George Fisher
Acquisition Information
The Bill Lewis Papers were donated to the Special Collections Division by Bill Lewis of Little Rock, Arkansas on June 4, 2004, June 28, 2005, July 21, 2010, and January 31, 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebekah Mason; completed in March 2019.
Additional materials processed by Adam Heien in October 2019.
Creator
- Lewis, Bill (Willard M.), 1929- (Person)
- Title
- Bill Lewis Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rebekah Mason and Adam Heien
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu