Research Services
Donations are accepted for information from the subject files
of the Garland County Historical Society. There is
a per page charge of 25 cents for photocopies. Photographs are
also available and are priced based on size requested and whether
a scanned, photocopy, or actual photograph is desired. For more
extensive research such as marriage, funeral home records, etc.
call the Garland County Historical Society at 501-321-2159.
Holdings
- Arkansas State Fair (at Hot Springs) Collection
- Books
- Census of Garland County
- Chamber of Commerce Collection
- City Directories [1887-present]
- Death Records Books, 1898-1923 [original]
- Dr. Francis J. Scully Collection
- Garden Club Collection
- Jail Register [1890s]
- John Lonsdale Collection
- Maps [city and township]
- Mayor Floyd Housley Collection
- Newspapers [local; 1909-1949 on microfilm; others in print]
- Periodicals
- Photographs [12,000+]
- Police Dockets [early]
- Subject Files
- Telephone Directories [1903-present]
- Tombstone Inscriptions in the County [as of 1969]
Located in new home - at 328
Quapaw Avenue, Hot Springs are now open from 8 to 12 each
weekday morning. Mailing address is 222 McMahan Drive, Hot Springs,
AR 71913-6243
Organized 1960; membership open, annual dues $15.00
plus $3 if mailed; interested in local history and genealogy;
meets third Tuesday of each month. Archives open every weekday
morning 8 - 12 noon, and the first Saturday of each month from
8-12 noon. You may call the Garland County Historical Society
on those days at 501-321-2159. THE RECORD has won several awards
from the Arkansas Historical Association. Each issue has 175/100
pages with full index. Contents include year to year variety of
family history, early Hot Springs articles, historic buildings
and many early photos.
For more extensive research contact
Debra
Garner - she charges a $5 search fee
and 25c per page to copy, plus postage. |