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Futrall Family Papers

Correspondence, Papers, and Photographs, 1831-1985


Manuscript collection MC 543

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THE FUTRALL FAMILY

This collection focuses on John C. Futrall and Annie Duke Futrall, figures important in the development of the University of Arkansas and, by extension, in the state of Arkansas as a whole. The son of Thomas Andrew Futrall and Emma Headen Futrall, John C. Futrall was born in Jackson (Madison County), Tennessee in 1873. He attended the Arkansas Industrial University (later the University of Arkansas) from 1888-1890, receiving his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Virginia in 1894. Futrall pursued further studies at Johns Hopkins, the University of Chicago, and the Universities of Bonn and Halle in Germany.

Futrall's specialties were Latin and Greek; he was appointed professor of Latin at the University of Arkansas in 1894 and professor of Latin and Greek a year later. He was named acting president of the University of Arkansas in 1913 and elected president in 1914, holding this post until his death in an accident in 1939. The development and scope of the university expanded extensively during his tenure, the longest for any president at the University of Arkansas.

Annie Duke Futrall was an important figure in her own right. Her influence and popularity resulted in a great honor in 1963, when Annie D. Futrall Hall was named for her.

Futralls's sister Alma, his daughters Emily Futrall Donaldson and Helen Futrall Stough and granddaughter Joan Futrall Lines left papers as well: correspondence, genealogical materials, clippings, and photographs. These materials are contained in the present collection.

THE COLLECTION

Joan Futrall Lines of Fayetteville (Washington County), Arkansas donated materials concerning her grandparents John Clinton Futrall and Annie Duke Futrall and the Futrall family to Special Collections on May 30, 1985.

Processed by Janet G. Tucker, April 1988. Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION (8 boxes)

Series 1. Correspondence. Boxes 1-4.

John C. Futrall's absences from his parents while at the Arkansas Industrial University and the Universities of Virginia, Bonn, and Halle from 1887-1939 occasioned much of the correspondence in this series (Box 1, Folders 1-11, Box 2, Folders 1-9, Box 3, Folders 1-8). He also wrote to his sister Alma Futrall, his wife Annie Duke Futrall, and his daughters Helen Futrall Stough and Emily Futrall Donaldson and his granddaughter Joan Futrall Donaldson Lines. The series concludes with the correspondence of other Futrall family members.
Box 1

    Subseries 1. Correspondence of John C. Futrall.

  1. Correspondence, 1887.
  2. Correspondence, 1888.
  3. Correspondence, 1889.
  4. Correspondence, 1890.
  5. Correspondence, 1891.
  6. Correspondence, 1892.
  7. Correspondence, 1893.
  8. Correspondence, 1894.
  9. Correspondence, 1895.
  10. Correspondence, 1896.
  11. Correspondence, 1897.
Box 2
  1. Correspondence, 1898.
  2. Correspondence, 1899.
  3. Correspondence, 1900-01.
  4. Correspondence, 1904.
  5. Correspondence, 1905-06.
  6. Correspondence, 1908-09.
  7. Correspondence, 1911-12.
  8. Correspondence, 1913.
  9. Correspondence, 1918-23.
Box 3
  1. Correspondence, 1930-34.
  2. Correspondence, Feb-June, 1935.
  3. Correspondence, July-Dec, 1935.
  4. Correspondence, Jan-May, 1936.
  5. Correspondence, Sept-Dec, 1936.
  6. Correspondence, 1937.
  7. Correspondence, 1938.
  8. Correspondence, 1939.

    Subseries 2. Correspondence of Futrall Family.

  9. Correspondence, 1831-65.
  10. Correspondence, Helen Gaines Duke, 1915-16.
  11. Correspondence, death of John C. Futrall, Sept 13, 1939.
  12. Correspondence, death of John C. Futrall, Sept 14-30, 1939.
  13. Correspondence, death of John C. Futrall, Oct, 1939.
  14. Correspondence, Alma Futrall, 1940.
  15. Correspondence, Annie D. Futrall, 1952-63.
  16. Correspondence, death of Helen Futrall Stough, 1977.
  17. Correspondence, Emily Futrall Donaldson, 1974-85.
  18. Emily Futrall Donaldson, get-well cards, Jan 5-8, 1985.
  19. Emily Futrall Donaldson, get-well cards, Jan 9-14, 1985.
  20. Emily Futrall Donaldson, get-well cards, Jan 17-28, 1985.
  21. Flower cards on the death of Emily Futrall Donaldson, 1985.
  22. Joan Lines, correspondence, 1984-85.
Box 4
  1. Bereavement cards on the death of Emily Futrall Donaldson, Jan 24-27, 1985.
  2. Bereavement cards on the death of Emily Futrall Donaldson, Jan 28, 1985.
  3. Bereavement cards on the death of Emily Futrall Donaldson, Jan 29, 1985.
  4. Bereavement cards on the death of Emily Futrall Donaldson, Jan 30-31, 1985.
  5. Bereavement cards on the death of Emily Futrall Donaldson, Feb, 1985.

Series 2. Biographical. Boxes 5-6.

Reminiscences of John C. Futrall form part of the present series, as do materials concerning Annie Duke Futrall, most notably a program, speech and clippings relating to the dedication of Annie Duke Futrall Hall. Materials concerning Emily Futrall Donaldson, who was the mother of Joan Futrall Lines and one of the two Futrall daughters, are present as well. Papers pertaining to the funeral of John C. Futrall, wills and memorial records for Annie Duke Futrall and for the Futrall daughters Helen Futrall Stough and Emily Futrall Donaldson are included in this series.

Subseries 1.Biographical and Memoir Materials.

Box 5
  1. "John C. Futrall," The University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin, August, 1914.
  2. "Confessions of a College President's Wife," typewritten notes by Annie Duke Futrall, c. 1930.
  3. Staley Hitchcock, "Women on the Hill," paper written for University of Arkansas history course 5073, 1975, photocopy.
  4. Program, speech, invitation concerning the dedication of Annie D. Futrall Hall, Mar 3, 1963.
  5. Pulaski County Medical Society Resolution to Emily Donaldson, Aug 20, 1969.
  6. Olivia Lee Futrall, essays, poem, c. 1920-40.
  7. Annie Duke Futrall, recipe book, manuscript, c. 1903.
  8. Clippings concerning John C. Futrall, 1898-1986.
  9. Clippings concerning Annie Duke Futrall, 1961-64.
  10. Clippings, general, 1912-85.
  11. Latin, Greek and Arkansas: the Life and Times of JOHN CLINTON FUTRALL, by James P. Anderson (1975). No. 1 of fifteen copies.

Subseries 2.Funerary Materials.

Box 6
  1. John C. Futrall, funeral program and eulogy, 1939.
  2. Annie Duke Futrall, will and related materials, 1962 64.
  3. Annie Duke Futrall, memorial record, 1964.
  4. Helen Futrall Stough, will, 1977,
  5. Helen Futrall Stough, memorial record, 1977.
  6. Emily Futrall Donaldson, church materials, 1985.
  7. Emily Futrall Donaldson, miscellaneous materials, 1985.
  8. Emily Futrall Donaldson, memorial record, 1985.
  9. Plaque memorializing Mrs. Annie D. Futrall as Trustee Emeritus of the University of Arkansas.

Series 3.Genealogical Materials. Box 7.

Materials contained in this series trace the genealogies and histories of the Futralls and other related families, such as the Brooks, Gaines, Pendleton, and Inge families. These data and family records were required for membership in the Daughters of the American Colonists and related organizations to which Emily Futrall Donaldson and Joan Futrall Lines belonged.
Box 7
  1. Correspondence concerning genealogy, 1963-84.
  2. Brooks family history, c. 1950.
  3. Futrall family legal documents, 1842-1969.
  4. Paul Futrall Bustion, Jr., Futrall family materials, 1979.
  5. Futrall family history, 1960.
  6. Gaines family materials, 1971.
  7. Inge family materials, 1971.
  8. Pendleton family materials, c. 1940-1977.
  9. Daughters of the American Colonists, 1968-80.
  10. National Society, Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Inc., 1974.
  11. National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1978.

Series 4. Photographs. Box 8.

This series consists primarily of Futrall family photographs, with photographs of other relatives present as well. Photographs of the Futrall houses in Fayetteville (Washington County) and Marianna (Lee County), Arkansas are included. Photographs are numbered (a total of 58 images) and grouped by folder.
Box 8
  1. Images 1-4. Alma Futrall, sister to John C. Futrall.
  2. Images 5-9. Annie Duke Futrall. Individual photographs.
  3. Images 10-12. Annie Duke Futrall. Group photographs.
  4. Images 13-16. John C. Futrall.
  5. Images 17-21. Thomas Andrew Futrall.
  6. Images 22-28. Other individuals, identified.
  7. Images 29-33. Other individuals, unidentified.
  8. Images 34-42. Groups, identified.
  9. Images 43-46. Groups, unidentified.
  10. Images 47-58. Sites.
  11. Negatives to photographs number 13, 15, 22.
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