Research Guides: COMM 23703 Introduction to Debate: Local sources

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Use the sources to find general information about local areas.

Use these sources to find vital or social statistics of the local population.

Use these links to find maps of local areas.

Sanborn Digital Maps for Arkansas This link opens in a new window
Covers 1867-1970. The Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods.

Maps from the Arkansas Department of Tourism
Includes State Park maps, highway maps, camping maps, and waterways maps.
Maps from the Arkansas Highway Department
Includes daily traffic maps, bicycle suitability map, and bridge restriction map.
Arkansas and County Maps at Geology.com
Arkansas map at mapquest.com
Interactive map includes satellite images, traffic, streets and routes, local government and businesses.
Arkansas Map at Googlemaps.com
Use the personalized interactive feature to create custom maps of locations, businesses, or routes.
Arkansas maps at the University of Texas
Current and historic digital maps of Arkansas.
Historical Arkansas maps at the University of Alabama
Nice collection of digitized historic Arkansas maps.
Spatial data from the Center of Advanced Spatial Technology (CAST)
CAST's collection of the digital library and archive of datasets they have created, ranging from information on avian habitat in the US, conservation planning areas in South America, soils mapping and watershed information for Arkansas, land use and land cover for Central America and Arkansas, declassified high resolution satellite imagery from the 1960s and 1970s for the Near East and many high density (laser scanning) data sets from locations around the world.

Ozarks Regional Library Washington Willow Historical District oral history collection, 1980-1981
Oral history interviews conducted by the Ozarks Regional Library, a Washington County, Arkansas-based public library system, of long-time Fayetteville and Washington County residents. Topics are primarily reminiscences of Fayetteville places and events. The interviews were later used to create a multi-media slide show entitled "Washington Willow Historical District: A September Song." Typed transcripts accompany most sound cassettes. Also included are 253 color slides, primarily of buildings and homes, and a script for the production. Interviewees are : Mary Virginia Byroade, Hal Douglas, Jim Gregory, Paul Heerwagen, Betty Lighton, Eutha Harris McDonald, Jerome McRoy, Tom Pearson, Annie Peel, E.H. Sonneman, Martha Harris Tidwell, and Robert Winn.
Yesterdays : a walk through the Washington-Willow Historic District, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville by Charles Y. Alison and Ellen Compton
Published by the Washington County Historical Society, this book contains a history of the city, images of historic buildings, pictorial works, biographical sketches, and social life and customs.
Once upon Dickson: an Illustrated History, 1868-2000
written by Anthony J. Wappel, with Ethel C. Simpson, the book is a chronological history of the houses, buildings, and businesses on Fayetteville's Dickson Street.

Use these sources to find demographic information related to health and welfare.

Use these links to find information about crime and criminal justice systems or contact information for local law enforcement.

Use these links to search form information related to the legal and judical systems in Arkansas.