Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

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[edit] Address and Contact Info

Address: 100 Rock Street Little Rock, AR 72201

Telephone: (501) 918-3056

Fax: (501) 375-7451

Website: http://www.butlercenter.org

Blog: http://butlercenter.blogspot.com

Email: arkinfo@cals.org

Principal contacts for the collection: Please call the main telephone number for information. This number will reach the main desk in the research room.

[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions

The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is located inside the Main Library building of the Central Arkansas Library System. It is open Monday-Saturday from 9:00am-6:00pm and on Sunday from 1:00pm-5:00pm.

Researchers must register when entering the Butler Center. Access to the manuscript collections requires the researcher to present valid photo identification and sign a use form. This form will become part of the Butler Center's permanent files. A request form must be filled out for items located in the closed stacks; this includes the bulk of the archival material.

Staff may request researchers to wear gloves when using some collections. In addition, individual manuscript collections may have specific restrictions.

The Butler Center reserves the right to inspect personal belongings, such as purses or bags, when researchers exit.

[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids

Online finding aids are available for the manuscript collections, photographs, and maps at http://www.butlercenter.org/manuscript/index.html

The Butler Center Digital Collections can be accessed at http://www.butlercenter.org/index.php. This currently includes the AV/AR audio visual database of Arkansas oral history interviews, lectures and other video footage, as well as the Aftermath Map Collection that tracks changes in Pulaski County, Arkansas after the 1957 Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Crisis.

Additional items, including genealogical sources, can be accessed through the Central Arkansas Library System online catalog at http://vera.cals.lib.ar.us/

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