Arkansas Memories Project

The mission of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History is to document Arkansas’ rich history by collecting the “living memories” of those who have been witness to various aspects of the state’s past. Using traditional oral history methodology, the center interviews individuals, transcribes those interviews, and maintains those collections for future generations.

The center is responsible for preserving these memories and making them available to scholars and researchers interested in the culture and heritage of Arkansas.

Ila Adcox

Gerald Alley

Morris Arnold

Ginger Beebe

Mike Beebe

Jim Blair

Kent Bonar

Phyllis D. Brandon

Justice Robert L. Brown

J. Frank Broyles

John R. Brummett

Betty Bumpers

Dale Bumpers

Edwin Leo Burks Jr.

Terry Cagle

Earl Cate

Ernie Cate

Margaret Clark

Wesley K. Clark

Robert Brady "Bob" Cochran II

Garrard Clayton Conley

Martha Jr. Conley

Wayne Cranford

Milton P. Crenchaw

Ernest Dumas

Joycelyn Elders

Hubert L. Ferguson

Lizzie Ferguson

Randall Ferguson Jr.

Randall Ferguson Sr.

Daniel E. Ferritor

Dickson Flake

Edmond Freeman

June Freeman

Ellen Gilchrist

Dorothy C. Gillam

Morse U. Gist

Hank Haines

Earl Hale

George Haley

John Paul Hammerschmidt

E. Lynn Harris

William Neal "Bill" Harrison

Dale Hawkins

Ronnie Hawkins

J. B. and Johnelle Hunt

Johnelle Hunt

Walter E. Hussman Jr.

Douglas A. "Doug" James

J. Chester Johnson

Bobby Jones

Edith Irby Jones

Jerry Jones

James F. "Bud" Jordan

Janis Kearney

Bob Lamb

David P. Lambert

Bill Lancaster

Calvin Reville "Cal" Ledbetter Jr.

Delbert Lee

Blanche L. Lincoln

Jim Lindsey

Emon A. Mahony Jr.

Ricardo Martinelli

Richard Mason

Tim Massanelli

Jerry Maulden

J. Thomas May

Juanita McClellan

John McDonnell

William Hayden McIlroy Jr.

Frank McWilliams

Christopher C. Mercer Jr.

Archie Monroe Jr.

Gordon Morgan

Rex Nelson

Lawrence Dale Nicholson Sr.

Judy Norrell

Monsignor John F. O'Donnell

Jennings Osborne

Peggy Parks

Sonny Payne

Barbara Lunsford Pryor

David Hampton Pryor

Hoyt Hughes Purvis

Stanley E. Reed

Doyle Rogers

Charles Scharlau

Thomas B. "Tom" Schueck

Bob Scott

Clyde Scott

Billie J. Seamans

Beatrice Clark Shelby

Curtis Shipley

Rodney Slater

Carolyn A. Smith-Williams

Vic Snyder

David Solomon Jr.

Martin R. Steele

Alex G. Streett

Dorothy D. Stuck

B. Alan Sugg

Jean Sugg

Berbon "Bubba" Sullivan

William H. "Buddy" Sutton

George Takei

Grace Heiskell Terry

Floyd Thomas

Harry Thomason

Ray Thornton Jr.

John H. Tolleson

Leland Edward Tollett

John D. Trimble Jr.

Sheila L. Walker

Harry P. Ward

John A. Ware

Parker Westbrook

Bud Whetstone

Margaret Moore Whillock

Donna Axum Whitworth

Lee Williams

Al Witte

James Ray "Jim" Younkin

Interviewee Interviewer Date
B Billingsley, GeorgeJeannie Whayne 01/10/2002
Blair, DianeRoy Reed 05/04/2000
F Faubus, AltaRebecca Kastelberg 07/19/2000
L Laman, WilliamRoy Reed 06/14/2001
R Ragsdale, JohnJeannie Whayne 10/13/2003
Reed, HerbertRoy Reed 11/15/1999
S Scarlett, C.Peggy Lloyd 06/10/2000
Singer, MargaretJames H. Swiggert 10/09/2019
Stevens, DorothyTom Dillard 05/17/2006
Strack, MonicaMichael Pierce 07/02/2002
T Thomas, FloydRoy Reed 03/03/2006
Timmons, SethRoy Reed 02/24/2000
W Warbritton, CharlesPeggy Lloyd 06/05/2000
Wilson, CharlesGeorge Sabo 07/20/2004
Y Yoe, MaryDavid Edwards 06/05/2001

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