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Marguerite Gilstrap Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 844

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists mainly of biographical information, correspondence, memoranda, typescripts of articles, broadcast scripts, speeches, and magazine and newspaper articles, the majority of which were written or edited by Gilstrap during her career with the United states Department of Agriculture. Other materials in the collection include memorabilia from the Women's National Press Club Annual Dinner and stunt parties, clippings about Gov. Orval E. Faubus during the Central High crisis of 1957, and photographs of Gilstrap dating from 1924 through 1988.

Dates

  • 1918-1988

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

Marguerite Gilstrap was born at St. Paul in Madison County, Arkansas, on February 2, 1907. She majored in journalism at the University of Arkansas and earned her bachelor of science in education degree in 1930. Prior to beginning her career with the Farm Security Administration, she was the principal at St. Paul Consolidated High School, from 1934 through 1935, where she befriended Orval E. Faubus. The following year she was the assistant editor of the Progressive Star in Fayetteville and later became the editor of the Arkansas Alumnus for the University of Arkansas News Bureau. In 1942 she began working as an assistant information specialist for the Farm Security Administration in Little Rock. She moved to Washington in 1944 to work for the United States Department of Agriculture in its Division of Information and, later, at its Graduate school. She retired in 1966.

Extent

4.5 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

The material is arranged in five series:

  1. Series 1. Education and Career in Arkansas, 1918-1944. Box 1.
  2. Series 2. Washington, D.C., Career, 1941-1988. Boxes 2-8.
  3. Series 2. Subseries 1. United States Department of Agriculture press releases and radio scripts, 1944- 1964.
  4. Series 2. Subseries 2. United States Department of Agriculture periodicals, 1948-1953.
  5. Series 2. Subseries 3. United States Department of Agriculture publications, 1947-ca. 1965.
  6. Series 2. Subseries 4. Speeches, statements, and talks, 1947- 1965.
  7. Series 2. Subseries 5. Administrative files, 1941-1988.
  8. Series 2. Subseries 6. United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, 1950-1982.
  9. Series 3. Personal Correspondence and Activities, 1943-1988. Box 9.
  10. Series 4. Post-United States Department of Agriculture Projects, 1967-1988. Box 10.
  11. Series 5. Photographs, ca. 1923-ca. 1988. Box 11.

Acquisition Information

The Marguerite Gilstrap Papers were donated to the Special Collections Department by Marguerite Gilstrap of Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1988.

Title
Marguerite Gilstrap Papers
Status
Completed
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