LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas History Commission and the Sequoyah National Research Center will host a free half-day symposium from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 13, in Dickinson Hall at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
The symposium's theme, "The Great War: Researching World War I in Arkansas Archives," will feature Daniel F. Littlefield, Roy Boney and Amanda Paige.
Topics will include "Cherokee Code Talkers in World War I and Beyond," "American Indians in World War I: Choctaw Case Study," and "Letters, Scrapbooks and Discharges: WWI Treasures at the Arkansas History Commission."
The Arkansas History Commission is located in Little Rock and maintains the largest collection of Arkansas-related historical materials in the world. UALR's Sequoyah National Research Center maintains the largest collection of Native American expression in the world and works to acquire and preserve the writings and ideas of native North Americans.
School on 08/31/2014