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Benton Mackie Kitchens Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS K64

Scope and Content Note

Documents pertaining to the University of Arkansas.

Dates

  • 1880, 1900-1905

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

Benton Mackie Kitchens was born March 29, 1885 in Paragould, Arkansas, the son of Thomas Benton Kitchens and Alice Burton Kitchens. In 1900, at the age of 15, he entered the University of Arkansas, where he was for a time manager of the University baseball team. Graduating in 1905 with the degree of bachelor of arts, he was subsequently offered, by Governor Charles Hillman Brough, who had been one of his teachers in the University, the post of State Controller. He declined the offer, however, because he did not wish to leave Paragould, and the position was conse­quently given to his father. Kitchens married Medora Hampton on January 1, 1910, and made his home in Paragould until his death on April 10, 1969. Employed for a time as office manager for the firm of Bertig Brothers, in Paragould, he later became local manager of the Arkansas Employment Secur­ity Division office there, retiring from that position at the age of 70.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (1 folder, 3 items, and 1 oversized item)

Acquisition Information

The Benton Mackie Kitchens Documents were donated to the Special Collections Department by his widow, Medora Hampton Kitchens, of Paragould, Arkansas, in December 1969.

Processing Information

Processed by Samuel A. Sizer; completed in December 1969.

Creator

Source

Title
Benton Mackie Kitchens Documents
Status
Completed
Author
Samuel A. Sizer
Date
December 1969
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