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Shreve Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 635

Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of three series--correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Papers include genealogical records, Civil War military records, property records (including a tax valuation of enslaved people), farm produce notebooks, Shreve family photographs and photographs of Washington County subjects.

Dates

  • 1810-1975

Creator

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

The Shreve family papers pertain to three Washington County, Arkansas pioneer families--Shreve, Robertson, and Wilson. Wilson Shreve (1803-1891), his wife, Barbara Mock (1810-1911), migrated from Miller County, Missouri to Farmington (Washington County) Arkansas in 1850 where they engaged in general agricultural pursuits. William Franklin married Millie Brown (1849-1919) in 1867 and had three children--Alfred Walter, H. Ben, and H. W. Shreve.

Alfred Walter Shreve (1868-1939) graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1892 with a degree in civil engineering, and for several years afterward was the Washington County surveyor. Shreve also devoted much of his time to the family orchards near Farmington. In 1894, he married Nancy Catharine Robertson, a daughter of James Monroe Robertson (1841-1921) and Sarah Elizabeth Williams (1848-1921). The Robertsons were Missouri natives who migrated from Kansas in 1884.

Alfred Walter and Nancy Catharine Shreve's son, Ralph (1895-1983) graduated from Lindlahr College of Nature Cure in Chicago. Like his father, Ralph actively engaged in agricultural and horticultural pursuits and also surveyed Washington County property between 1939 and 1973. In 1919 he married Janie Belle Wilson (1902-1972), the daughter of Claude Wilson (1872-1957), natives of Farmington, Arkansas and Stillwell, Oklahoma, respectively.

Extent

2.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement of the Papers

Series 1. Correspondence

Series 2. Family Papers

Subseries 1: Genealogical Papers

Subseries 2: Property Records and Receipts

Subseries 3: Farm Papers

Subseries 4: School Papers

Series 3. Photographs

Subseries 1: Family Photographs

Subseries 2: Class Photographs

Subseries 3: Washington County Views

Acquisition Information

Mrs. Catherine Shreve Foster, of Farmington (Washington County) Arkansas donated these papers to Special Collections on May 8, 1986 and January 27, 1989.

Processing Information

Processed by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, January 1989.

Finding aid language was updated by Catherine Wallack in November 2023 as part of a project to update outdated or harmful description related to slavery or to enslaved persons.

Creator

Source

Title
Shreve Family Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Anthony J. Wappel
Date
1989
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