CAHC Launches New Online Resource “History Alive: Virtually!” and Searchable Lists of All Digital Materials

History Alive: Virtually! features a curated set of digitized primary sources from the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC). The sources are organized in ten thematic virtual mini-collections, each of which contains exercises that can be used in the face-to-face, virtual, or hybrid classroom. Every exercise highlights a historical issue that … CAHC Launches New Online Resource “History Alive: Virtually!” and Searchable Lists of All Digital Materials

Tucker papers open to public, document political career of 43rd governor

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) today announced the opening of the James Guy Tucker Jr. Papers. Tucker’s collection spans nearly 600 cubic feet of materials, including letters, legislative documents, legal papers, campaign materials, and photographs that cover a wide range of political, social, and economic issues of … Tucker papers open to public, document political career of 43rd governor

Virtual exhibit honors history of women’s suffrage in Arkansas

The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) is leading a team effort to commemorate a pivotal moment in women鈥檚 plight to secure the vote. Part of that effort is a new virtual exhibit titled 鈥淎rkansas Women鈥檚 Suffrage Centennial,鈥� which opened on February 7, 2017. The exhibit, ualrexhibits.org/suffrage, features essays on topics such … Virtual exhibit honors history of women’s suffrage in Arkansas

Grant to help launch political cartoon history exhibit

The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) has received a $10,424 grant award from the Arkansas Humanities Council for a project focused on the political history of Arkansas titled, No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical Perspective.  The project includes the creation of a virtual exhibit to examine the interaction of … Grant to help launch political cartoon history exhibit

糖心Vlog传媒LR to host presentation examining Mexican migration

Members of the Public will have a chance to meet historian and sociologist Gilberto C谩rdenas, Ph.D., during an upcoming visit to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. C谩rdenas will give a presentation, “Visualizing Mexican Migration: Historical Context and Contemporary Flows,” starting at 6:30 p.m., April 25, 2016, at 糖心Vlog传媒LR’s Stella Boyle Smith Auditorium. C谩rdenas received … 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host presentation examining Mexican migration

My semester with Bernie Babcock

by Jaztone Brewer  During the fall of 2015, I enrolled in a course that required a service learning assignment. The search was on to pick an option provided by my professor. I chose to fulfill my ten hours in the research room of the Arkansas Studies Institute building looking through a collection held by the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Center for … My semester with Bernie Babcock