Forrest Caraway Familial Correspondence
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Scope and Content Note
Personal correspondence received by Caraway: 20 autographed signed letters from his father, Thaddeus Horatius Caraway, undated; 61 autographed signed letters, 1 autographed signed postcard and 1 clipping from his mother, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, 1938-1941; 5 typed signed letters from Garrett Whiteside, 1939.
Dates
- 1938-1941, undated
Creator
- Caraway, Forrest, 1909-1985 (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
Forrest Caraway (1909-1985) was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. Caraway was born July 18, 1909, to Thaddeus and Hattie Caraway in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1931, and went on to serve in both World War II and the Korean War. He married Betty Pace Meddis on July 1, 1939. Caraway passed away February 24, 1985 in Tucson, Arizona.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet (3 folders)
Acquisition Information
The Forrest Caraway Familial Correspondence was donated to the Special Collections Department by Betty Caraway Hill of Tucson, Arizona, in May 1974.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed in November 1974.
Biographical note added during EAD conversion in 2019.
- Title
- Forrest Caraway Familial Correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- November 1974
- 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