Matthew McNair Interviews
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of four audiocassette tapes containing interviews that Matthew McNair conducted as part of research for his 2008 master’s thesis, “Another brick in the wall: the rhetoric of creationism, science, and education, and the fate of the establishment clause in the American classroom," which explores American policy and legislation (such as Arkansas' Act 590 in 1981) regarding the teaching of creationism in public schools, as well as challenges to those laws, such as McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education (1982).
Dates
- circa 2006-2007
Creator
- McNair, Matthew (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
Use Restrictions Apply: Playback of original audiocassettes is limited for preservation reasons. If interested in listening to a specific interview, please request that an access copy be made for research use. Access copy availability will be indicated in the finding aid as they are created.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Matthew R. McNair earned a M.A. in Communication from the University of Arkansas, and his master's thesis, "Another Brick in the Wall: The Rhetoric of Creationism, Science, and Education, and the Fate of the Establishment Clause in the American Classroom," was a winner of the Richard S. Arnold Prize for Scholarship in Free Speech.
McNair currently works as a Project Officer and Environmental Review Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism's Outdoor Recreation Grants Program.
Brief biographical notes on interviewees were provided by McNair and are included at the item level in the collection inventory below.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged alphabetically by interviewee name.
Acquisition Information
The Matthew McNair Interviews were donated to the Special Collections Department by Matthew McNair of Little Rock, Arkansas, on November 2, 2018.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in January 2019.
- Title
- Matthew McNair Interviews
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- January 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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