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The
Annie B. Proctor Arkansas Room
Annie Proctor served as librarian from 1931 until
1984. During that time, she coordinated the collection of over 750 books,
pamphlets, and related materials called The Arkansas Collection. There are
extensive genealogy records, statistics, and geographical information, all
claiming a part in Arkansas history.
In 1984, Arkansas State Historian John Ferguson and his staff examined the
materials and declared the collection a "unique and valuable collection" and "a
significant historic resource for the state." Many items in this collection are
available nowhere else.
There are cemetery records, court records, marriage records, family records,
school yearbooks,
biographical
and historical memoirs, and other public works, many dating back more than 100
years. There are also several very rare volumes, including "Pine Tree
Times" by Richard Owen Ellis, "History of St. Francis County" by Robert W.
Chowning, and "The Forrest City Times Art Souvenir" (1905).
Most of these items cannot be checked out, and some of the most valuable items
are under lock and key, but all materials are available to our library patrons.