Robert H. Hunt War Publicity Collection
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Scope and Content Note
The papers include printed material collected by Hunt pertaining to World Wars I and II. There are twelve color posters issued by the U.S. War Department between 1942 and 1945, two hundred and nineteen black and white picture collages, Illustrated Current News, Dec 7, 1942-May 11, 1945, published by the Illustrated Current News, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, and a picture scrapbook containing magazine clippings from the wartime period. The papers also contain Hunt's four typewritten reminiscences: The Hunt Electric Company, Remember When, A Freshman at the University of Arkansas, 1927-1928, and The Worst Flood of the Century [1927].
Dates
- ca 1918-1945
Creator
- Hunt, Robert H. (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
Robert H. Hunt was born in 1909 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was educated in the Fort Smith public schools and in 1932 graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with B.S. degree in electrical engineering.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Acquisition Information
Robert H. Hunt, Corpus Christi, Texas, donated his papers to the Special Collections Division in May 1983.
Processing Information
Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in February 1999.
- Title
- Robert H. Hunt War Publicity Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Vera Ekechukwu
- Date
- 1999
- 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