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Arkansas Gazette Project

The Arkansas Gazette Project began in January 2000 to collect and preserve the history of the "oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi," which ended its operations in 1991. These interviews preserve the publication's legacy as Arkansas's "newspaper of record." Hugh B. Patterson Jr., Ralph B. Patterson, and Carrick H. Patterson have provided generous financial support for this endeavor.

Roy Reed, a respected journalist and professor, directed this project. Along with other journalists, he conducted interviews with former Gazette employees. Reed began his career as a reporter for the Gazette, where he covered the desegregation crisis in Little Rock. He later covered the civil rights movement and the White House for the New York Times. He also taught journalism at the University of Arkansas for sixteen years. Reed published Looking Back at the Arkansas Gazette: An Oral History in 2009.

Interviewee Interviewer Date
A Allbright, Charles Michael Haddigan 03/30/2000
Allen, Nate Bob Douglas 10/20/2000
Allen, Richard Roy Reed 11/12/2000
Allin, Richard Jerol Garrison 05/10/2000
Ashmore, Harry Roy Reed 06/20/1992
B Bailey, Jim Jerry McConnell 03/31/2000
Barden, Jim Drummond Ayres 02/14/2001
Bell, Bill Jim Barden 08/30/2001
Best, Eddie Jerol Garrison 01/10/2001
Best, Pat Jerol Garrison 01/10/2001
Bolick, Wayne Jerol Garrison 05/19/2000
Brantley, Max Ernie Dumas 02/25/2000
Brummett, John Ernie Dumas 06/25/2000
C Carpenter, Liz Maria Henson 01/11/2002
Clark, T. Anne Farris 09/19/2000
Coger, Fred Jerol Garrison 03/06/2000
Cooper, Harvey Jim Barden 03/14/2001
Crow, Pat Jim Barden 04/03/2001
D Danforth, Ken Anne Farris 05/24/2000
Davis, Tom Roy Reed 08/07/2000
Dhonau, Jerry Ernie Dumas 03/03/2000
Donald, Leroy John Thompson 03/09/2000
Douglas, Bob Roy Reed 02/06/1997
Douglas, Bob Roy Reed 02/14/1997
Douglas, Bob Roy Reed 02/14/1997
Douglas, Bob Roy Reed 06/08/2000
Douglas, Martha Roy Reed 03/02/2000
Drury, Gerald Julia Jones 07/20/2003
Dumas, Ernest Roy Reed 02/17/2000
Dumas, Ernest Roy Reed 05/10/2000
Dumas, Ernest Roy Reed 10/24/2000
Dumas, Ernest Roy Reed 10/19/2001
Duncan, Dean Roy Reed 09/07/2000
Dungan, Rodney Dorothy Stuck 11/13/2000
DuVall, Leland and Letty Ernie Dumas 05/11/2000
F Farrar, Ronald Dawn Hinshaw 09/29/2000
Farris, Anne Don Troop 06/22/2000
Fisher, George Ernie Dumas 08/05/2000
Foreman, Gene Gerald Jordan 08/04/2000
G Garrison, Jerol Roy Reed 02/09/2000
Griffee, Carol Michael Haddigan 10/14/2001
H Hamburger, Thomas Anne Farris 09/18/2000
Hamburger, Thomas Anne Farris 01/10/2001
Hanchette, John Anne Farris 01/29/2001
Harrison, Sean Scott Morris 05/22/2002
Heinbockel, Charles Michael Haddigan 03/12/2000
Henry, Orville Jim Bailey 02/12/2001
Henson, Maria Denise Beeber 07/02/2001
Holmes, Martin Scott Morris 09/27/2002
J Johnson, Paul Jerol Garrison 11/29/2000
Jones, Julia Gerald Drury 07/20/2003
Jordan, Wayne Ernie Dumas 11/18/2000
K Karnatz, Laurie Scott Morris 07/02/2002
Keesee, Steve Michael Haddigan 02/02/2001
King, Harry Jerry McConnell 06/08/2001
L Lancaster, Bob Bob McCord 05/05/2000
Lewis, Bill Roy Reed 09/05/2000
M McConnell, Jerry Roy Reed 08/22/2000
McCord, Robert Jerry McConnell 10/20/2000
Meriwether, Jack Ernie Dumas 11/28/2000
Moore, Wadie Michael Haddigan 12/06/2000
Morris, Scott Roy Reed 03/02/2001
Mosby, Joe Jerol Garrison 02/28/2000
Moseley, Ray Roy Reed 11/04/2000
N Neuharth, Al Anne Farris 05/25/2000
Nielsen, Paul Jim Barden 02/21/2001
O Oswald, Mark Ernie Dumas 09/20/2001
Owens, Patrick Ben Long 02/23/2001
P Parker, Ken Bob McCord 04/01/2002
Patterson, Carrick Roy Reed 03/20/2000
Patterson, Hugh Roy Reed 02/17/2000
Patterson, Hugh Roy Reed 03/16/2000
Patterson, Hugh Roy Reed 03/21/2000
Patterson, Pat Jerol Garrison 06/01/2001
Peacock, Leslie Mel White 06/06/2005
Pine, Linda Jerol Garrison 02/29/2000
Portis, Charles Roy Reed 05/31/2001
Portis, Richard Roy Reed 09/06/2000
Powell, James Ernie Dumas 02/03/2000
Prescott, Gene Bob McCord 07/06/2000
R Reed, John Jerol Garrison 08/27/2004
Reed, Leon Roy Reed 01/14/2001
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 03/15/2000
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 05/05/2000
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 05/31/2000
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 07/07/2000
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 09/06/2000
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 11/29/2000
Reed, Roy Harri Baker 03/09/2001
Rixse, Charles Jerry McConnell 10/08/2000
Ross, Margaret Roy Reed 02/07/2000
Rouby, Jason Jerry McConnell 12/22/2000
S Shelton, Bill Ernie Dumas 02/23/2000
Shepherd, Aubrey Roy Reed 10/15/2000
Simmons, Bill Jerol Garrison 01/04/2001
Smith, Doug Michael Haddigan 03/24/2000
Speed, Julie Jerol Garrison 03/01/2000
Stephens, Donna Jerol Garrison 03/10/2000
Stern, Mort Roy Reed 09/25/2000
Stroud, Scott Dawn Hinshaw 02/28/2001
T Terrell, David Ernie Dumas 06/18/2003
Tirey, Brenda Ernie Dumas 03/25/2001
W Walker, Tommy Jerol Garrison 01/09/2002
Wells, George Ernie Dumas 12/01/2001
White, Ray Jerol Garrison 05/10/2000
Whitworth, William Bob McCord 02/02/2001
Williamson, Gaston Roy Reed 10/25/2000
Wood, Farris Ernie Dumas 04/12/2001
Woodruff, Dianne Jerol Garrison 11/20/2000
Woodruff, John Jerol Garrison 10/27/2000
Workman, John Donna Lampkin Stephens 04/06/2001