Southern Hotel (Fort Smith, Ark.) Guest Register
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Scope and Content Note
Guest register of Southern Hotel, "I. A. Newman, proprietor," formerly "Baird House, J. Baird, Proprietor" for the period August 6, 1882-October 2, 1883. Entries indicate that guests included Thomas Boles (Sept. 17, 1883), Prince William of Wurtemberg (Jan. 2, 1883), North Carolina Governor Frank Overton (Nov. 4, 1882), the entire casts of traveling dramatic companies (Aug. 19 and Nov. 16, 1882), and Ulysses Simpson Grant (Dec. 23, 1882).
1 vol., 16" x 11"x 1" (approx. 132 pp.).
Dates
- 1882-1883
Creator
- Southern Hotel (Fort Smith, Ark.) (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).
Biographical Note
The Southern Hotel was built around 1889 on North Sixth Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Acquisition Information
Purchased by the Special Collections Department from South by Southwest Books in December 1980.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed in March 1981.
Creator
- Southern Hotel (Fort Smith, Ark.) (Organization)
Source
- South by Southwest Books (Fayetteville, Ark.) (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Southern Hotel (Fort Smith, Ark.) Guest Register
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- March 1981
- 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