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Blank "Applicant's Certificate" document

Sanatorium Applicant's Certificate

Information page with section written by "Dr. J. D. Riley, Superintendent"

Sanatorium Flyer

"While sweeping out Parker's school" newspaper clipping

Sanders Lynching Article

"Syracuse priest is bishop's choice" newspaper clipping

Edwin Warren Saphore Article

Framed picture of white woman with wide brimmed hat and article in newspaper

1929 pilot's license with photograph for "Mister Richard Schilberg"

Schilberg License

"Schumann goes to his death praying" newspaper clipping

Clarence Schumann Execution Article

"Avenged" newspaper clipping

David Scruggs Lynching Article

"Alleged resister of draft is shot" newspaper clipping

Searcy County Draft War Article

Paper note signed by Richard Searcy

Richard Searcy Signature

"Miners Beat Guards; Close Open Shop" newspaper clipping

Sebastian County Union War Article

"Lynching following precedent" newspaper clipping

Willis Sees Lynching Article

Painting American flag on pole sublime mountain landscape in background with sunlight through clouds

Sentinel of Freedom

White man and woman lying on the ground with red white and black text explaining all the things that happened on September 30 "the day that shook up a generation"

September 30, 1955

Native American man in a turban with a pipe holding a tablet with letters on it

Older white man with boy at campsite with lake on yellow program with black text

Sesquicentennial Brochure

envelope featuring to one side blue scale drawing of state capitol with large state flag and text below reading "Arkansas Statehood 150th Anniversary"

Sesquicentennial Celebration: First Day Cover Envelope

headshots of men and women with names below them on black and white "Fanfare for the Future" program cover

Sesquicentennial Program

Round seal with "Arkansas Sesquicentennial 1836 1986" written in the outer circle and skyline with outline of Arkansas inside it

Sesquicentennial Seal

Pink and blue "Salute to Statehood weekend" cover with seal and black text

Sesquicentennial Tickets

"A Brutal Murder" newspaper clipping

Sevier County Lynching Article

"Sheriff Blackwood Destroys Eighty-Five Gallons of Booze" newspaper clipping

Sheriff Destroys Booze

"To a bridge" newspaper clipping

Shivery Lynching Editorial

"Rich planter is killed by Negro" newspaper clipping

William Sidle Killing Article

"Mob kills a Negro in Nevada County" newspaper clipping

Sigler Lynching Article

"Lee Simms dies in electric chair" newspaper clipping

Lee Simms Article

Sheet music book cover for "Night Over Shanghai: The Singing Marine" featuring naval officers and woman in front of ships.

The Singing Marine Sheet Music Featuring Dick Powell

"Skipper's Death" newspaper clipping

William Skipper Article

newspaper article headline reads "Negro hanged on Monticello puclic square confesses to attempted assault on woman at Wilmar 1000 men in mob"

Slater Lynching Article

"Slaughter's body viewed by throng" newspaper clipping

Tom Slaughter Death Article

"Negroes for sale" advertisement

Slave Auction Notice

Black book cover with red and white text

Slavery by Another Name

"Resolutions passed by the convention of the people of Arkansas on the twentieth day of March 1861" document in three columns with border art

Slavery Resolution

White man and steel truss bridge with black and white text on gold background with words "Sling Blade is virtuoso writing, acting and directing Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times"

"Kluxers and oil workers battle" newspaper clipping

Smackover Riot Article

"Oil field battle has one fatality" newspaper clipping

Smackover Riot Article

"Smith who assaulted a white lady near Little Rock Arkansas was lynched by a disguised party who shot him to death" newspaper clipping

Smith Lynching Article

"So to all" newspaper clipping

Henry Smith Lynching Article

"A Negro lynched" newspaper clipping

Jim Smith Lynching Article

"Accused Negro is lynched by M'Gehee Mob" newspaper clipping

Smith Lynching Article

"Negro lynched by mob of 100 at Morrilton" newspaper clipping

Less Smith Lynching Article

Drawing in black on white paper of Snag boat patent

Snag Boat Patent

"Broiler Industry" magazine cover "October, 1960" with portrait of white man in suit

cartoon two men on a desert island with phone booth, caption "if only we had a dime"

Cartoon drawn by John Sorensen

Book cover for "Soul on Ice, Elridge Cleaver" with portrait of black man

Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver

Brochure featuring log cabin, two-story stone building, map, wooden white church, and text boxes

South Sebastian County Historical Society Brochure

Full front page of "The Southern Guardian" newspaper

Southern Guardian

"B Red Sox" baseball card with "Tris Speaker" portrait biography stats and "Hassan" cigarette advertisement

Tris Speaker trading Card

baseball card with portrait of man holding a bat with "Red Sox" on his jersey biography stats and cigar advertisement

Tris Speaker Trading Card

Organism diagram with labeled parts

Sporulated Eimeria sp. Oocyst

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