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Book cover trunk of woman in black swimsuit with blue background "Richard Ford A Piece of My Heart"

A Piece of My Heart by Richard Ford

Three men in dress shirts stand on sidewalk below awning with "Tailors" sign near stairs

A. H. Thomasson and Son Tailors

Red diesel locomotives on tracks outside of building with flat roof

A&M Railroad Engine

A&M College concrete arch in front of tree and building

A&M College Arch

White woman with glasses wearing gloves and white coat working in laboratory room

AAES Researcher

Arkansas Archaeological Society membership form with explanation and tear off bottom slip

AAS Membership Form

Paper with borders and black text "National A.A.U. Track and Field Championships"

AAU Flyer Advertising Eddie Hamm

Oil derrick in flooded pit

Abandoned Smackover Oil Well

stone arch over small brick base with plaque in front of siding and brick building

Abbott Institute Arch

Weathered "Abernathy" gravestone with Masonic symbol and engraving in cemetery

Abernathy Headstone

Natural springs in forested area

Abernathy Spring

Close-up of natural spring in forested area

Abernathy Spring

Reddish painting on cave wall

Aboriginal Rock Art

Cartoon depicting two pairs of people, one in a row boat and the other in a sailboat with "Our Mission" written on sail

Academe: Mission Statement

Acme Brick Company

Industrial campus featuring warehouses roofed with sheet metal beyond a fence

Acme Brick Company

African-American men and women with Acorn banner on covered porch with film crew in the foreground

"Act 320 makes cohabitation between the white and Negro races a felony punishable with not less than one month nor more than one year in the penitentiary" newspaper clipping

Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text

White man with glasses in suit and tie on campaign flyer "Homer Adkins Candidate for Governor of Arkansas"

Adkins Campaign Flyer

stone bench memorial monument for Cyrus Adler, described as "Scholar Educator Editor Pioneer Leader," in front of log cabin

Cyrus Adler Memorial

African-American girl in dress with head bowed and hands clasped in prayer on magazine cover with text

African American Perspectives, First Issue

Three generations of African-American men on magazine cover with images of money behind them and text

African American Perspectives, Final Issue

African-American Population Map

"How the Negro is helping to win the war" newspaper clipping

African-American War Support

Group of arrow points on black background

Tan snake and dark colored snake with corresponding letters

Agkistrodon Snakes

Stone wall in a forest

Agricultural Wall

"Changing the wheel constitution the trick" newspaper clipping

Agricultural Wheel Article

The "Preamble" page from the "Constitution of the Grand Agricultural Wheel of the State of Arkansas."

Agricultural Wheel Constitution

"Northeast Arkansas Regional AIDS Network" flyer with contact information

Stock certificate for the Harrison Municipal Airport Association from October 1944

Airport Stock Certificate

"I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You," Performed by Al Hibbler

Front page of "Alamo Christian Ministries" newsletter with articles

Alamo Newsletter

White men and women on carnival ride with striped tent behind them

Alco Merry-Go-Round

Overgrowth surrounding log smokehouse

Alder Brook Trading Post

Single-story house with brick columns

Alderson-Coston House

Flyer instructing voters how to vote for Dale Alford, also noting "Dale Alford Is For States Rights Against Forced Integration"

Flyer with eagle young women's portraits on stars and red white and blue text

All American Red Heads Poster

Blue crown with "World's Champion Girls' Basketball Team" above a round ball with woman in red, white, and blue uniform on it twirling a basketball and sitting on a globe

All American Red Heads Logo

Rows of pine trees with grass paths in between them in sunshine

Four smiling white men showing off a large snapping turtle with a rope tied to its tail

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Gloved white man on boat exhibiting large gaping alligator snapping turtle among coolers toolbox bucket

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Alligator snapping turtle in water

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Group of baby Alligator Snapping Turtles

Alligator Snapping Turtle Hatchlings

Close-up of Alligator Snapping Turtle's open mouth

Alligator Snapping Turtle Gullet

Close-up of Alligator Snapping Turtle head

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Alligator snapping turtle skull on black background

Alligator Snapping Turtle Skull

"Millions see A.N.G. on T.V." newspaper clipping

Aluminum Bowl Coverage

illustration of football player in white and red uniform about to throw a football with red line drawings of other players "St. Joseph's of Indiana vs Montana State Aluminum Bowl Official Program"

Aluminum Bowl Program

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