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John Park Cravens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 3

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, postcards, printed material, a broadside, and a scrapbook complete this collection.

Significant correspondents include:

  1. Fred W. Allsopp
  2. Bernie Babcock
  3. Doak S. Campbell
  4. J.H. Carmichael
  5. Fadjo Cravens
  6. S.C. Dellinger
  7. L.S. Dunaway
  8. Jim G. Ferguson
  9. Brooks Hays
  10. Catharine Lindsay Knorr
  11. Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni
  12. C. Hamilton Moses
  13. Mary Celestia Parler
  14. Vance Randolph
  15. Otto Ernest Rayburn
  16. Karr Shannon
  17. W.M. Shepherd
  18. Ted R. Worley

Dates

  • 1881-1967

Creator

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

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

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444