Congressional Obituaries
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Scope and Content Note
29 items. Photoduplicates of obituary notices, news articles, and editorial eulogies appearing in the Arkansas Gazette, the New York Times, and other newspapers, 1868-1916, reporting the deaths of 13 of the 16 congressmen who represented Arkansas in the Senate and House of the 40th-43rd U.S. Congresses (Jun 23, 1868-Mar 3, 1875) during "Congressional Reconstruction." Includes obituaries for Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Clayton Powell (1833-1914), Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916), James Thomas Elliott (1823-1875), Thomas Montague Gunter (1826-1904), James Millander Hanks (1833-1909), James Hinds (1833-1868), Asa Hodges (1822-1900), Alexander McDonald (1832-1903), Benjamin Franklin Rice (1828-1905), Logan Holt Roots (1841-1893), Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), and William Wallace Wilshire (1830-1888). (Includes no obituaries for: John Edwards, 1805-1894; William Hynes, 1843-1915; Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers, 1821-1898).
Dates
- 1868-1916
Creator
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries. Special Collections Department (Collector, Organization)
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).
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Acquisition Information
Collected reproductions from microfilmed newspapers, June 1971.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff circa 1971-1976.
Creator
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries. Special Collections Department (Collector, Organization)
Source
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries. Special Collections Department (Collector, Organization)
- Title
- Congressional Obituaries
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu