The Pryor Center was created in 1999 at the urging of former U.S. Senator David H. Pryor and Barbara Pryor of Arkansas, who have long had an interest in Arkansas history. The center has the mission to document the cultural heritage of Arkansans by collecting oral and moving image resources, and to share those resources with scholars, students, and the public.
The center was developed under the leadership of the University of Arkansas History Department chair, Professor Jeannie M. Whayne. From 2007 – 2009 the center was administered by the University Libraries' Special Collections Department. Today the center is part of the Chancellor’s Office and maintains close partnerships with Special Collections and other academic units across the university campus.
Photo: Russell Cothren
Senator David Pryor and Barbara Pryor
Advisory Board Members
- Carole Adornetto, AETN, Conway
- Diane Alderson, El Dorado
- Paul Berry, Paul Berry and Associates, Little Rock
- Hon. Wiley A. Branton Jr., Circuit Court Eighth Division, Little Rock
- Dr. David Gearhart, Chancellor, University of Arkansas
- Hon. Marion Humphrey, Pastor, Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church, Little Rock
- Hon. Kaneaster Hodges Jr., Attorney-at-Law, Newport
- Ark Monroe III, Attorney-at-Law Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock
- Rex Nelson, President, Arkansas' Independent Colleges & Universities, N. Little Rock
- Marilynn Porter, Little Rock
- Steve Ronnel, Vice President, Metal Recycling Corporation, Little Rock
- Archie R. Schaffer III, Senior Vice President Tyson Foods, Inc., Fayetteville
- Dennis Schick, North Little Rock
- James Baxter Sharp III, Sharp and Sharp, Marianna
- Anne Wagner Speed, Little Rock
- Parker Westbrook, Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation, Inc.
- Randy Wilbourn, Martin Wilbourn Partners, Little Rock
Partnerships for Fiscal Year 2012
- Arkansas Educational Television Network
- Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council
100th Anniversary Oral History Project - Department of Arkansas Heritage
Old State House Museum - UA College of Education and Health Professions
Educational Technologies--K-12 History Lesson Plans - UA Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Drama
- Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
- Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism
- UA Libraries
Special Collections - UA Sam M. Walton College of Business
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame - University of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs
WIlliam Jefferson Clinton History Project - William J. Clinton Foundation
WIlliam Jefferson Clinton History Project
Nominate Someone for an Interview
Do you know someone who has a great Arkansas story to tell? We invite you to nominate people from your community to be interviewed. Just fill out our nomination form and send it to us.
Reference Materials
We cannot record every interview and collect every recording on our own. We need your help! You can partner with the Pryor Center by recording and donating an audio only interview to the Pryor Center, and we can help you with that process.
Click the links below to access and download reference materials developed by the Pryor Center to assist you in recording Arkansas stories. These materials include a checklist to keep you on track and guidelines for conducting an oral history interview.
The Pryor Center has limited digital audio recording equipment available on a first-come–first–served basis.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact us at pryorctr@uark.edu. We value you your feedback.
#120 – Oral History Process Overview
120-PC-Oral-History-Process-Overview.pdf
#130 – Interview Process Checklist
130-PC-Interview-Process-Checklist.pdf
#150 – Guidelines for Conducting an Oral History Interview
150-PC-Guidelines-for-Conducting-Oral-History-Interview.pdf
#340 – Interviewee Biographical Data Form
340-PC-Interviewee-Bio-Data-Form.pdf
#510 – Proper Word Form
510-PC-Proper-Word-Form.pdf
#620 – SD Card Data Sheet
620-SD-Card-Data-Sheet.pdf
#650 – Generic Scanning Procedure
650-PC-Generic-Scanning-Procedure.pdf
#655 – Scanned Images Log
655-PC-Scanned-Images-Log.pdf
#740 – Preparing the Transcript
740-PC-Preparing-the-Transcript.pdf
#900 – Oral History Resources
920-Oral-History-Resources.pdf
Citation Guide
Format
[Name of interviewee], interview by [name of interviewer], [date], [project title], The David and Barbara Pryor
Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
URL: http://pryorcenter.uark.edu/ (accessed [date]).
Example
Marcus George, interview by Jerry McConnell, September 2, 2005, Arkansas Democrat Project, The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
URL: http://pryorcenter.uark.edu/ (accessed June 15, 2006).
Copyright and Permissions
No advance permission is required for the use of Pryor Center materials in educational settings. Educators should link to Pryor Center materials, rather than hosting them on other sites.
Requests for reproductions of Pryor Center images, video, audio, or transcripts should be directed to:
- Special Collections
- University of Arkansas
- 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
- Fayetteville, AR 72701-4002
- (479) 575-6829
- email: lunsford@uark.edu
Most reproductions of library material are provided to patrons solely for the exclusive personal study or research use of the individual patron. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. Each patron requesting a reproduction assumes full responsibility for infringement of copyright for any subsequent use exceeding fair use.
Any commercial application or other wide distribution of copyrighted material (including posting to general access web sites) is generally not fair use and requires the consent of copyright holders.
To request from the University of Arkansas permission to publish images from these collections, use the "Permission to Publish Form" or contact us at the address given above.
Donate
Each time we record an interview or an historical event anywhere in the state, we save an important part of Arkansas’s history. Your support makes the difference in our efforts to collect, preserve and share the oral and visual history of Arkansas. Please contact us at the address below or read more about giving to the Pryor Center.
Contact Us
- Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History
- University of Arkansas
- 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
- Fayetteville, AR 72701
- (479) 575-6829
- lunsford@uark.edu
