The Center was created in 1999 at the urging of former U.S. Senator David H. Pryor of Arkansas, who has long had an interest in Arkansas history. Originally known as the Arkansas Center for Oral and Visual History, the Center has the mission to document the cultural heritage of Arkansans by collecting oral and photographic resources--and to share those resources with scholars, students, and other researchers.
The Center was developed under the leadership of the University of Arkansas History Department chair, Professor Jeannie M. Whayne. Today it is administered by the University Libraries' Special Collections Department. With the recent generous endowment of the program by the Tyson family of Arkansas, the Pryor Center is positioned to broaden its activities.
David and Barbara Pryor
(Photo: Russell Cothren)
Advisory Board Members
- Carole Adornetto, AETN, Conway
- Diane Alderson, El Dorado
- Paul Berry, Paul Berry and Associates, Little Rock
- Carmen Coustaut, Associate Professor, Journalism Department, University of Arkansas
- Dr. Willard B. Gatewood, Fayetteville
- Dr. David Gearhart, Chancellor, University of Arkansas
- Hon. Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., Attorney-at-Law, Newport
- Dr. Suzanne McCray, Associate Dean, Honors College, University of Arkansas
- Ark Monroe III, Attorney-at-Law Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock
- Marilynn Porter, Little Rock
- Dr. Charles F. Robinson, Vice-Provost for Diversity, University of Arkansas
- Steve Ronnel, 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
- Dr. Todd Shields, Chair, Political Science Department, University of Arkansas
- Parker Westbrook, Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation, Inc.
- Randy Wilbourn, Cranford, Johnson, Robinson, Woods, Little Rock
Partnerships
- Arkansas Educational Television Network
- Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
NWA Documentary Film Festival - Old State House Museum (Department of Arkansas Heritage)
Arkansas Politics Exhibit - UA Department of Sociology
Veterans Oral History Project - UA Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
NWA Documentary Film Festival - UA Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism
The Buffalo Flows documentary - University of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs
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.
Citation Guide
Format
[Name of interviewee], interview by [name of interviewer], [date], [project title], Pryor
Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
URL: http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/pryorcenter/ (accessed [date]).
Example
Marcus George, interview by Jerry McConnell, September 2, 2005, Arkansas Democrat Project, Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
URL: http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/pryorcenter/ (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 Libraries
- 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
- Fayetteville, AR 72701-4002
- (479) 575-5577
- FAX: (479) 575-3472
- email: specoll@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 Libraries.
Contact Us
- Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History
- University of Arkansas Libraries
- 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
- Fayetteville, AR 72701
- (479) 575-6829
