1901 - 1940

Early Twentieth Century
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"Warning Against Shooting Pigeons" newspaper clipping
312th Field Signal Battalion’s Pigeon Department
During World War I (1914–1918), homing pigeons emerged as a viable way for militaries to maintain contact wh...
White man with mustache in military uniform with cap
Eugene Hardeman Abington (1873–1965)
Eugene Hardeman (E. H.) Abington, a physician, practiced medicine and pharmacy in Arkansas and Oklahoma for mo...
William Henry Abington (1870–1951)
William Henry (W. H.) Abington, a physician and a Democratic politician, served as a state senator and a state...
"Night Rider Bill Passed" newspaper clipping
Act 112 of 1909
aka: Anti-Nightriding Law
aka: Anti-Whitecapping Law
Act 112 of 1909 was a law designed to curb the practice of nightrid...
"Lucey's article widely endorsed" newspaper clipping
Act 258 of 1909
aka: Toney Bill to Prevent Lynching
Act 258 of 1909 was a law intended to prevent citizens from engagin...
White woman in white top
Grace Evelyn Reese Adkins (1884–1973)
Grace Evelyn Reese Adkins devoted most of her considerable energy and talents as a teacher, writer, composer, ...
Headline "Adkins said that he did not kill William Jones in speech on Scaffold said young Jones committed the deed"
John Adkins (Execution of)
John Adkins was hanged at Perryville (Perry County) on May 27, 1910, for the ambush murder of his brother-in-l...
Old white man with glasses in suit and tie
Cyrus Adler (1863–1940)
Cyrus Adler was a scholar, editor, and Jewish leader with a lifetime commitment to the study of Jewish history...
White man with handlebar mustache and beard in suit and blue bow tie
The Aftermath of the Civil War in Arkansas
Written by the ninth governor of Arkansas, Powell Clayton, The Aftermath of the Civil War in Arkansas recounts...
Farmer and boy using a horse drawn plow in a field with hills in the background
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The experimental Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was the cornerstone farm legislation of President Franklin ...
Multistory hotel building with cupola and red sign with white lettering hanging on corner facing street
Albert Pike Hotel
The Albert Pike Hotel in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County) opened in 1929 and was one of the state’s bes...
Man with cowboy hat standing outside stone building with bench and trees in the foreground
Alco School
The Alco School, located on State Highway 66 at Alco (Stone County), is a one-story, fieldstone-clad building ...
Single-story house with brick columns
Alderson-Coston House
The Alderson-Coston House is a one-and-a-half-story Craftsman-style home located on Pine Bluff Street in Malve...
Church building with steeple and covered entrance inside iron fence
All Souls Church
All Souls Church at 4601 Walkers Corner Road in Scott (Pulaski and Lonoke counties) is a Gothic Revival–styl...
Red and black sports car parked under arched canopy of single-story service station building on street
Allen Tire Company and Gas Station
The Allen Tire Company and Gas Station was a Craftsman-style, purpose-built gas station located in Prescott (N...
"Death at hands of unknown mob" newspaper clipping
Louis Allwhite (Lynching of)
Louis Allwhite, a white man, was lynched just outside of Newport (Jackson County) on December 31, 1904, for ha...
Four-story building on street corner with people and cars
John Parks Almand (1885–1969)
John Parks Almand worked as an architect in Arkansas for fifty years, beginning in 1912. A number of his commi...
white man and woman standing outside
Benjamin Joseph Altheimer Sr. (1878–1946)
Benjamin Joseph Altheimer Sr. was a lawyer and philanthropist who was known as a “real trailblazer” in pro...
Joshua Altheimer (1911–1940)
Joshua Altheimer was one of the Delta’s most prolific blues pianists. Altheimer mastered the emerging boogi...
Older white man with in brown suit and black tie
Amendments 19 and 20
aka: Futrell Amendments
Amendments 19 and 20 to the Arkansas Constitution, which are common...
Variety of papers with "American Krusaders" on the fronts
American Krusaders
The American Krusaders was an organization founded in 1923 that claimed Little Rock (Pulaski County) as its ...
Log cabin with separate entrances and brick chimney
American Legion Hut (Des Arc)
aka: Burson-Bethel Post 119 American Legion Hut
The American Legion Hut in Des Arc (Prairie County), located at 206...
Single-story cabin building with stone chimney and flag pole
American Legion Post 127 Building
aka: Wilson Burnett Post 127 American Legion Hut
The American Legion Post 127 Building, located on the northeast cor...
White woman in a white top looking downward
Freda Hogan Ameringer (1892–1988)
Freda Hogan Ameringer was a journalist, Socialist Party official, and labor activist in Sebastian County; she...
"Thousands of men and women" advertisement with cartoon document and line of people in newspaper
Ancient Order of United Workmen
In the quickly industrializing world of the late nineteenth century, so-called “friendly societies” or fra...
White man wearing a cowboy outfit
"Broncho Billy" Anderson (1880–1971)
aka: Gilbert Maxwell Aronson
“Broncho Billy” Anderson was the stage name of Gilbert Maxwell ...
"The Law Vindicated" newspaper clipping
Charles Anderson (Execution of)
Charles Anderson, a twenty-one-year-old Black man, was hanged at Little Rock (Pulaski County) on July 26, 1901...
Old African-American woman smiling in hat and necklace with earrings sitting with brick wall behind her
Daisy Anderson (1900?-1998)
Educator, author, and lecturer Daisy Graham Anderson is best known for being one of the last surviving widows ...
Pernella Anderson (1903–1980)
Pernella Mae Center Anderson of El Dorado (Union County) was one of Arkansas’s two African-American intervie...
"Negro met quick justice" newspaper clipping
William Anderson (Lynching of)
On July 8, 1906, an African American named William Anderson was hanged from a telephone pole just south of Til...
Multistory house with round front porch with columns
Angus McLeod House
The Angus McLeod House, once located at 912 North 13th Street in Fort Smith (Sebastian County), was built in 1...
White woman in dress and necklace looking down at open book before her
Katharine Susan Anthony (1877–1965)
Katharine Susan Anthony was suffragist, feminist, pacifist, socialist, and author of feminist and psychologica...