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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.

Abstract Larry E. Corbett is a farmer in Alicia, Arkansas who worked together with Noel Baker (who was also a farmer) to improve farm legislation, particularly rice allotment legislation. This collection consists of transcripts of testimony given before various Congressional subcommittees, schedules of Congressional hearings, copies of Congressional farm bills, correspondence with members of Congress, correspondence with other farmers, press releases, newspaper clippings, and farm...

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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.

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Charlie May Simon was one of Arkansas’s most prolific authors, having written over twenty-seven (27) books ranging from children’s novels to biographies on contemporary figures. In honor of Simon’s works, the Arkansas Department of Education named their children’s literature award after her in 1971. This collection consists of a select number of manuscripts and notes pertaining to her biographical works.

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Lois Snelling was a poet and author of numerous poems, four novels, and one biography. Several of her poems won awards from literary circles in Arkansas and Texas. This collection contains a select number of poems and manuscripts by Lois Snelling.

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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.

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Joseph H. Weston was a controversial newspaper reporter, editor, and publisher who founded and ran the Sharp Citizen, a newspaper/tabloid from 1972 to 1978 which led to Weston being charged with criminal libel. This collection contains four volumes of the Sharp Citizen along with some material pertaining to Weston.