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We the People: The Constitutional Heritage of Arkansas

5/7/2008: Heritage Month 2008 Display at the Arkansas History Commission
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News from the Arkansas History Commission

4/8/2008: The Arkansas History Commission was well represented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Historical Association, held March 27-29, at Eureka Springs.
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Arkansas History Commission Materials Digitized by The Papers of Abraham Lincoln

2/12/2008: The Arkansas History Commission recently welcomed representatives of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, a long-term project dedicated to identifying, imaging, and publishing, both comprehensively in electronic form and selectively in printed volumes, all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865).
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Arkansas Confederate Pension Records Index Available on AHC Website

1/2/2008: The Arkansas History Commission has added a new Arkansas Confederate Pension Records index to its website. The collection is composed of approximately 22,000 records collected by the State Board of Pensions between 1891 and 1939.
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Arkansas History Commission to develop statewide disaster preparedness training

10/23/2007: State and local government agencies throughout Arkansas will be better prepared for emergencies thanks to $2.6 million recently awarded to the national Council of State Archivists (CoSA) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding for the national initiative will enable the Arkansas History Commission (the State Archives) to provide critical training and services to state and local government agencies throughout Arkansas.
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Arkansas History Commission's New Exhibit: Women of the Central High Crisis

9/22/2007: In honor of fiftieth anniversary of the integration of Central High School, Women of the Central High Crisis: The Politics of Gender and Desegregation will be on exhibit at Arkansas History Commission from September 16 through December 14, 2007.
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The Arkansas History Commission Announces the Archie Moore, Jr. Materials

9/5/2007: The Arkansas History Commission announces the recent addition of the Archie Moore, Jr., Materials on microfilm.
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Arkansas History Commission Microfilms Mississippi County Records

9/5/2007: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock, in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah, has recently completed the microfilming of sixty three new rolls of Mississippi County records at the courthouses in Osceola and Blytheville.
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Arkansas History Commission Launches Updated and Enhanced Website

3/28/2007: The Arkansas History Commission (AHC) launched its redesigned website March 20, 2007, at www.ark-ives.com.
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New Phillips County Records at the Arkansas History Commission

3/15/2007: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah has just completed the microfilming of older Phillips County records at the courthouse in Helena.
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New Cross County Records at the Arkansas History Commission

3/5/2007: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah has just completed the microfilming of some of the older records of Cross County.
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Arkansas History Commission Obtains Rare Methodist Newspaper

2/12/2007: The Arkansas History Commission announces the recent microfilming of one of the Souths scarcest antebellum Methodist newspapers, the Memphis, Arkansas, and Ouachita Christian Advocate.
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New African American Research Materials at the Arkansas History Commission

2/12/2007: The Arkansas History Commission announces the following African American materials that are available for public use in the research room.
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Arkansas History Commission Receives Copy of Rare Manuscript

2/1/2007: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock announces the acquisition of what is thought to be the last copy of an original handwritten manuscript telling the story of Faulkner Countys earliest settlers, the Benedicts and the Standlees.
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New Jackson County Records at the Arkansas History Commission

11/3/2006: The Arkansas History Commission, in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah, has recently completed microfilming Jackson County records at the courthouse in Newport.
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New Hot Spring County Records at the Arkansas History Commission

8/24/2006: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock, in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah, announces the completion of the microfilming of Hot Spring County, Arkansas, deed records dating 1887-1902.
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New Monroe County Records at the Arkansas History Commission

8/8/2006: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock, in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah, announces the completion of the microfilming of records for Monroe County in eastern Arkansas.
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New Prairie County Records at the Arkansas History Commission

7/14/2006: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock, in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah, has just completed the microfilming of historic Prairie County records at the courthouses in Des Arc and DeValls Bluff.
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New Greene County, Arkansas Records at the Arkansas History Commission

6/15/2006: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock, in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of Utah, has completed microfilming of early Greene County records at the Courthouse in Paragould.
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African American School Yearbooks at the Arkansas History Commission

2/21/2006: The Arkansas History Commission has scattered issues of African American school yearbooks.
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New Mexican War Records at the Arkansas History Commission

2/2/2006: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock announces a new addition to its material relating to the Mexican War (1846-1848).
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Arkansas-Missouri 1850s Slave Case Materials at the Arkansas History Commission

12/21/2005: The Arkansas History Commission in Little Rock announces that the historic Arkansas-Missouri Slave Case, 1850-1856, material is now available on microfilm in our Research Room.
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