Peggy Harris was born in Winchester, Virginia, on December 8, 1933. In 1956, she and her husband, Sam, moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where she worked at International Paper Co. and later at KATV, as well as in Sam’s law office. In the mid-1980s, she was named director of Keep Pine Bluff Beautiful, which led to Governor Clinton appointing her to lead the statewide organization, Keep Arkansas Beautiful, an organization she headed until 1993. After leaving the governor’s office, she went to work as PR Director for Aromatique, an Arkansas-based potpourri company, until she retired in 2013.
Peggy Harris died on November 16, 2021.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Peggy Harris; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#2: Peggy Harris with Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear at a Keep Arkansas Beautiful event
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#3: Birthday cake for Peggy Harris, "Arkansas's Best Trash Lady"
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#4: Peggy Harris (3rd from left) with other clowns and Governor Bill Clinton, September 1989
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#5: Peggy Harris, Keep Arkansas Beautiful director (2nd from left), with Jerry Atchley (center) and Governor Bill Clinton promoting the Fight Dirty-Keep Arkansas Clean campaign
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#6: Peggy Harris (right) with Hillary Clinton
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#7: Peggy Harris with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office, Washington, DC
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#8: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Peggy Harris; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
#9: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Peggy Harris; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
