Cotton Cordell Letter
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Scope and Content Note
Letter from fisherman Cotton Cordell to Rick regarding the success of a recent show Cordell and Clyde Swint hosted, with Rick's participation.
Dates
- 1990
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
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Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Carl Richey "Cotton" Cordell, Jr., was born December 9, 1928, in Benton, Arkansas. An avid fisherman, Cordell worked as a fishing guide and fisherman and designed his own lures. He established Cotton Cordell, Inc. (later known as Cordell Tackle Company, Inc.), a fishing tackle company, in 1952. In 1980, he sold the company--by then the world's largest lure manufacturer--to EBSCO Industries, which continued to products under the Cotton Cordell brand. Cordell passed away January 6, 2015.
For more information, see Larson, Todd E. A. "Carl Richey 'Cotton' Cordell (1928–2015)." Encyclopedia of Arkansas. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6260
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection consists of a single letter stored in a box with other small manuscript collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in January 2019.
Creator
- Title
- Cotton Cordell Letter
- 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