/news-archive/tag/cahc/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/02/28/railroad-maps/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:24:03 +0000 /news/?p=73588 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock digitizes historic railroad maps]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Center for Arkansas History and Culture has completed the digitization of more than 100 historic railroad maps that are now available聽online. The maps, created in 1917 and 1918, document the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railroad (SLIMS) and the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) in Arkansas. They trace the railroad from MoArk, Arkansas, to Texarkana, Arkansas. The maps not only depict train tracks mile by mile but also note land, bridges, and buildings owned by the railroad companies. Researchers can find existing and long-gone structures, including the Malvern Roundhouse, the North Little Rock Iron Mountain Shops, the Little Rock Oil and Compress plant, and the Newport Van Noy Hotel. “These large, unique maps include details that give us insight into Arkansas’s economic and cultural networks,鈥� said Deborah J. Baldwin, associate provost of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Collections and Archives. 鈥淭his level of detail provides a rich portrait of where and how Arkansas towns developed in the early 20th century.鈥� The Center for Arkansas History and Culture received the maps as a gift from Union Pacific in 2017. Union Pacific had inherited the drawings from its predecessor, the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company built the original mapped railroad lines in 1871. In 1917, the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company merged with the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railroad. The maps were originally created for the federal government鈥檚 Interstate Commerce Commission as a means to determine the value of each railroad company. This value statement was used to determine what companies could charge for passenger and freight rates. The fragile maps were brittle from age, and their sheer size 鈥� 4.5 feet by 2 feet 鈥� made them easy to tear, so the Center for Arkansas History and Culture made immediate plans to digitize them. With funding from the and the , the CAHC sent the drawings to a vendor equipped with large-format scanners. The digitization project, now complete, gives researchers online access to the maps anytime. Researchers can even zoom-in to view fine details that are not easily seen on the physical maps. The original maps will remain at the Center for Arkansas History and Culture. Photo above right: This North Little Rock map is one of several historic railroad maps available online through University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Center for Arkansas History and Culture.]]> /news-archive/2018/11/29/digital-project-segregation/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:07:31 +0000 /news/?p=72847 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock completes digitization of history of segregation, integration of Arkansas schools]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) has completed work on a $106,908 grant to digitize materials related to the history of segregation and integration of Arkansas鈥檚 educational system. The award was part of the Digitizing Hidden Collections and Archives initiative sponsored by the (CLIR) and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This two-and-a-half year project brought together CAHC, the Central Arkansas Library System鈥檚 and the to create a rare collection of materials, housed in three different archives, yet digitally available in a single location. As a result of this project, a unique group of archival collections are now easily accessible online to students and scholars of civil rights, race, education, and the law, as well as the general public. Anyone around the world now has the opportunity to study the evolution of education in Central Arkansas through the lens of religion, the judicial system, and contemporary students and educators. In addition to the more than 350,000 digital files now available online, CAHC has also published a featuring digital objects from the project along with a timeline, lesson plans, and short essays by scholars. 鈥淯nderstanding the multiple dimensions of segregation and integration in Arkansas is greatly enhanced as a result of the grant-funded work completed by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock archivists and students,鈥� said Deborah Baldwin, associate provost of the Center for Arkansas History and Culture. Despite the creation of digital files, each repository will continue to retain the originals in perpetuity. Collections digitized as part of the project include the following:

• The contains materials pertaining to Dunbar High School, Little Rock鈥檚 high school for black students before integration. This collection originated from a joint effort of the National Dunbar Alumni Association and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.
• The was received by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 1981 through FOIA requests. Judge Ronald Davies requested the U.S. Attorney authorize an FBI investigation after receiving information the National Guard had turned away nine African American students who had attempted to attend classes at Central High School in September 1957.
• , Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas during the Central High integration crisis, spoke out against Gov. Orval Faubus鈥檚 handling of the school crisis. Included in Brown鈥檚 papers are letters both supporting and criticizing his position.
• taught English at Central High School for more than 40 years. She kept a journal during the integration crisis and published a book that was later made into a film.
• s 1958 ruling in the case Aaron v. Cooper temporarily halted the integration of Little Rock鈥檚 Central High School. His papers contain a scrapbook and correspondence detailing his role in the desegregation crisis.
• houses material related to the Little Rock Nine, Women鈥檚 Emergency Committee, the organization of the Central High Museum prior to its affiliation with the National Park Service, and oral histories.
• The (ODM) is a federal office resulting from a Pulaski County school desegregation case (filed Nov. 30, 1982) and charged with monitoring and assisting efforts of three school districts to meet desegregation obligations and mandates. ODM records include documents, court filings and exhibits, and correspondence, maps, school profiles, and reports concerning compliances, operations, and policies.

Th top right photo (included in the digital archive) shows Daisy Bates looking off from the camera as she and members of the Little Rock Nine wait outside of a door marked “District Attorney Library.” Photo courtesy of Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site]]>