John Park Cravens Papers
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Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, postcards, printed material, a broadside, and a scrapbook complete this collection.
Significant correspondents include:
- Fred W. Allsopp
- Bernie Babcock
- Doak S. Campbell
- J.H. Carmichael
- Fadjo Cravens
- S.C. Dellinger
- L.S. Dunaway
- Jim G. Ferguson
- Brooks Hays
- Catharine Lindsay Knorr
- Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni
- C. Hamilton Moses
- Mary Celestia Parler
- Vance Randolph
- Otto Ernest Rayburn
- Karr Shannon
- W.M. Shepherd
- Ted R. Worley
Dates
- 1881-1967
Creator
- Cravens, John Park, 1899-1971 (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
John Park Cravens (1899-1971) was born near Mount Magazine, (Logan County), Arkansas. At the age of eighteen, he began editing and printing his own weekly newspaper, The Magazine Gazette, and published the first of his many tall tales that dealt with Arkansas and the Ozarks. Cravens was also a freelance writer. His stories were published in national magazines and broadcast on the radio. The United Confederate Veterans appointed Cravens honorary Colonel to the staff of their Commander-in-Chief, and he served as justice of the peace in several Arkansas townships.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged in chronological order by format. Numbers printed on the upper-right hand corner of Craven's items are from an earlier inventory and are of no significance to the researcher.
Acquisition Information
John Park Cravens of Russellville, Arkansas, donated his papers to the Special Collections Department on December 12-13, 1967, and January 2, 1968.
Processing Information
Processed by Susan Lynn Parks; completed in April 1988
- Authors -- Arkansas
- Babcock, Bernie, 1868-1962 (Correspondent)
- Cravens, Fadjo, 1899-1974 (Correspondent)
- Logan County (Ark.)
- Marinoni, Rosa Zagnoni, 1888-1970 (Correspondent)
- Parler, Mary Celestia (Correspondent)
- Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980 (Correspondent)
- Title
- John Park Cravens Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susan Lynn Parks
- Date
- April 1988
- 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