Serving as the legislative body of the Arkansas State University Faculty Association, the Faculty Senate looks after the well-being of the faculty and student body on campus. These records preserve the history of the organization through minutes and supporting documents from various Faculty Senate meetings from 1954-2012.

The Arkansas State University Secretaries Club was founded in 1960 to create a deeper relationship between the women employed on campus. Over time the club changed from a social club to a professional organization. The club changed its name to the Professional Women's Association and then to the ASU Administrative Services Association. This collection documents the club's activities.

Noel W. Baker was a farmer and businessman from Northeast Arkansas who lobbied congress to pass new federal rice legislation for farmers. This collection documents activities which led to amending federal rice legislation including materials related to congressional committees, the USDA, and activism from rice farmers.

Siblings Lillian and Elizabeth Barton were active community members and teachers in Jonesboro, Arkansas during the mid-20th century. Lillian in particular was instrumental in developing educational curricula and training teachers in Northeast Arkansas. The collection largely consists of community and school related material including the awards, degrees, and certificates given to the family.

In order to support his family, Joe Burkhammer moved from Greene County, Arkansas to Davis, Michigan. There he obtained work and was able to send money back home to his wife and two children. This collection contains the letters from Joe to his wife Geraldine during the times that he was away working in Michigan and letters that Joe received from Geraldine and their children.

The Flood and Crain families lived in rural Arkansas and Missouri during the early 20th century. The papers contained in this collection include genealogies, personal correspondence, and materials that deal with day-to-day life of the families.

Ora Edgar Isaacs was a rural mail carrier and farmer from Bay, Arkansas who served in the United States Army during the World War One. This collection contains letters written by Isaacs during the war.

Faith Yingling Knoop was a prolific children's author who wrote several children's novels, including four in Garrard Publishing Company’s "A World Explorer" series. She also wrote numerous short stories and articles for juvenile and women's publications. This collection contains manuscripts and correspondence pertaining to the four books from the “A World Explorer” series along with additional manuscripts for some of her works and published short stories.

The Ozark Folk Center Collection is a thematic subseries within the much larger collection from John E. Miller’s archival materials.

This collection is composed of materials referencing the Ozark Folk Center, the Arkansas Folk Festival, and the Blanchard Springs Caverns, which are all connected by proximity, key players, and chronology.

The Platz family farmed in Arkansas during the Great Depression. The main crop they grew was cotton but they supplemented their income with corn, wheat, and beans. This collection contains a ledger, receipts, letters, insurance papers, and financial papers that were accumulated over the years of running the family farm and illustrate the difficulties that farmers faced during the mid-twentieth century.

Dudley T. Rogers and his daughters, Mary Taylor Brown and Mary Elise Lauderdale, were long time educators in Northeast Arkansas. Rogers and multiple other family members worked at Arkansas State College for the better part of the 20th century. This collection contains the personal papers of the Rogers family including school material, financial records, and personal correspondence.

The Rosenfield family was a notable Jonesboro family known for their involvement in Temple Israel and several Jonesboro businesses in the 20th century. This collection is a selection of materials highlighting the family.

Charles Stuck owned and operated a lumber in in Jonesboro while his son, William, invested in real estate and owned three banks in Jonesboro before joining his father’s business. He was a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church and William was the leader of a Methodist Church. This collection contains information on the Stuck Family.

The Warner family were a prominent and a founding family of Jonesboro, Arkansas. In the early part of the 20th century, the family were entrepreneurs and one of the largest landowners of the area. This collection consists of business and personal papers, receipts, and statements from four members of the Warner family.

During World War II, the POWs were housed at a camp established at the Jonesboro Civilian Conservation Corps, where they first met Whitlow. This collection contains correspondence between former-German POWs and Robert Whitlow, a representative of the Memphis Press-Scimitar.