Virginia Tyler Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of scrapbooks containing Tyler's three columns from the Eureka Springs Times-Echo, Vance Randolph correspondence, and photographs. The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically and consist of her "Alpine Hiking Club," "Ukulele Club," and "Around Town" columns. Photographs of activities mentioned in the columns are arranged chronologically in Series 3.
Dates
- 1946-1987
Creator
- Tyler, Virginia (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
Virginia Tyler, writer, artist, and civic promoter, was born on December 22, 1914, in Oklahoma City. She moved with her family to Arkansas in the early 1920s, locating first in Springdale and later in Eureka Springs, where she still resides in 1988. She began a career in antiques when the late Olive Ellis opened a shop in Eureka Springs in 1938. Tyler managed Ellis’s shop until 1976. Then she acquired her own shop, which she operated until her retirement in 1985.
Tyler has written a variety of weekly columns during the past twenty years for the Eureka Springs Times-Echo. Two of her columns concerned the activities of clubs which she organized, the Alpine Hiking Club and the Ukulele Club. The other column, "Around Town," which she still writes in 1988, offers reminiscences, presents campaigns for civic promotion, and introduces newcomers and visitors. The Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce honored Tyler in 1986 for her "Outstanding Community Service." The Eureka Springs Flashlight has dubbed her the "unofficial historian" of Eureka Springs.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged and described in three series:
- Series 1. Scrapbooks.
- Series 1. Subseries 1. "The Alpine Hiking Club"
- Series 1. Subseries 2. "Around Town"
- Series 1. Subseries 3. "Ukelele Club"
- Series 2. Vance Randolph Materials
- Series 2. Subseries 1. Correspondence
- Series 2. Subseries 2. Clippings
- Series 3. Photographs
- Series 3. Subseries 1. "Alpine Hiking Club"
- Series 3. Subseries 2. "Around Town"
- Series 3. Subseries 3. "Ukelele Club"
Acquisition Information
The Virginia Tyler Papers were donated to Special Collections by Virginia Tyler of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on September 17, 1987.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary Beth Lohr; completed in September 1988.
- Title
- Virginia Tyler Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Andrea E. Cantrell
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu