Charles Lee Hughes Fort Chaffee Photograph Collection
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of black and white photographic prints and 35mm negatives, color slides, original artwork, and other records created or acquired by Charlie Hughes while working for the Cuban-Haitian Task Force at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Other materials include a copy of the camp's newsletter, La Vida Nueva, Hughes' press passes, and a handbook for potential sponsors of refugees. Photographs capture daily life and recreation (particularly baseball and boxing) around the camp, as well as Halloween festivities, the aftermath of a fire, and other events. Some photographs illustrate the tensions between refugees and Army personnel. The majority of photographs are by Hughes, but others were taken by other press and government agency photographers.
Dates
- 1980-1982, undated
Creator
- Hughes, Charles Lee (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Language of Materials
Materials are primarily in English. Some materials are in Spanish.
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
Use restrictions apply: Publication or commercial use of U.S. Army photographs (Image 591-595) must be approved by a U.S. Army information officer.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Charles Lee (Charlie) Hughes worked in the public affairs office of the Cuban-Haitian Task Force at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, in the early 1980s, and served as chief spokesman from 1981-1982.
Hughes is currently a freelance writer, and has also worked in advertising and as a newspaper editor.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes and 1 OV folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by format. Negatives have been foldered based on original groupings, and Hughes' original titles for groupings have been retained when present. Folders of negatives have then been arranged chronologically. Image numbers have been assigned by the archivist.
Acquisition Information
The Charles Lee Hughes Fort Chaffee Photograph Collection was donated to Special Collections by Charles Lee Hughes of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on September 29, 2017.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographic slides and negatives in Box 1, Folders 6-23 were digitized by the University of Arkansas Digital Services Division in March 2023. Access and master tiff files are stored on Special Collections' preservation server and are available to view in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in November 2017.
- Title
- Charles Lee Hughes Fort Chaffee Photograph Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- November 2017
- 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