Research Guides: Arkansas History: Before 1860

Before 1860

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Index Arkansas
Covers: dates of coverage vary by title. Indexes periodical and newspaper articles and book chapters on Arkansas topics. In some cases, journals are indexed back to the first date of issue through current.

"Goodspeed Histories"
Call Number: ARK COLL, various
These histories of various regions within Arkansas, originally published in the 1890s, contain copious information on counties and prominent citizens. Copies in MAIN and ARK COLL. Regions covered include Eastern (F411 .B6 1978), Western (F411 .B67 1978), Northeast (F 411 .B61 1978), Southern (F 411 .B65), Northwest (F 411 .H68 1978), Central (F 411 .B63), and Ozarks (F 417 .O9 R42 1978). A biographical index to the set is also available.
Read more at the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

Arkansas Historical Quarterly on JSTOR
Search the full text of the Quarterly from 1941- [1 year ago].

19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Covers: 1800-1900.A fully-searchable, facsimile archive of hundreds of U.S. papers, including the Arkansas Gazette (1819-1898), Arkansas Democrat (1846-1899), the Arkansas State Gazette (1836-1865), and the Morning Republican (Little Rock, 1867-1875).
Social Explorer
Covers: 1789- .An online research tool designed to provide access to current and historical census data, election results, and demographic information. It covers US census and electoral history - at the county level - from 1790 to 2010, as well as more recent data from the American Community Survey , the Religious Congregations and Membership Study (RCMS), and carbon emissions data.

Voting America: United States Politics, 1840-2008
Maps and tables of county-level voting in presidential elections
Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery
George Lankford.
MAIN, ARK COLL E445.A8 B43 2003.
Slave narratives from the 1930s WPA projects.
First Report of a Geological Reconnaissance of the Northern Counties of Arkansas, made during the years 1857 and 1858
At the American Memory Project.
A comprehensive survey of the geology, landforms, and soil chemistry
Second Report of a Geological Reconnaissance of the Middle and Southern Counties of Arkansas, made during the years 1859 and 1860
At the American Memory Project.
A comprehensive survey of the geology, landforms, and soil chemistry