Barney Babcock Reminiscences
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of a 136-page manuscript, "A Record and Description of Travels," containing descriptions of trips made by Barney Babcock during the 1880s and 1890s, mostly by train from Malvern, Arkansas.
Dates
- 1897
Creator
- Babcock, Barney, 1867-1937 (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
Barney Babcock was born in 1867 in New York to Nancy and Anson Babcock. He later moved to Malvern, Arkansas, where he lived with his sister, Bertha M. Ross. He passed away March 5, 1937, and is buried in the Rockport Cemetery in Malvern, Arkansas.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection consists of a single manuscript.
Acquisition Information
The Barney Babcock Reminiscences were purchased by the Special Collections Department from South by Southwest Books in 1984.
Processing Information
Processed by Nan Lawler; completed in February 1988. Finding aid updated by Katrina Windon in February 2017.
Creator
- Babcock, Barney, 1867-1937 (Person)
Source
- South by Southwest Books (Fayetteville, Ark.) (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Barney Babcock Reminiscences
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nan Lawler
- Date
- February 1988
- 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