Laurence Watts Harvison was born in Newark, Arkansas, on November 15, 1893, to William Hiram and Emma Watts Harvison. Hiram later became terminally ill with tuberculosis and the family moved to Sulpher Rock, Arkansas. Laurence was four years old when his father died. His mother moved the family clos

Rogerline Johnson was born in 1927 to Henry and Rita Johnson in Columbus, Hempstead County, Arkansas. After completing high school in 1944 at Yerger High School in Hope, Arkansas, Johnson attended Arkansas Agricultural Mechanical and Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff). He beca

Dr. Wendy RichterAfter a long struggle with her health, Dr. Wendy Richter has retired as the state historian and director of the Arkansas State Archives.“This is my dream job,” Dr. Richter said earlier this year. But, after rounds of chemotherapy and radiation followed by a serious car wreck, Dr. Ri

A project that has put over 100,000 historical, Arkansas newspaper pages online already will continue, thanks to another grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, said Brian Irby, archival assistant and project director.“This grant will allow us to give the public greater access to histo