Arkansas Biography

The best collection of published biographies in Arkansas is at the University of Arkansas Library. Also search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories for biographical information. In 1889 and 1890 the Goodspeed Publishing Company published a series of regional biographical encyclopedias. Most have recently been reprinted and are indexed. Those available at the Family History Library include:


 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas. . . . 1890. Reprint. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978. (FHL book 976.7 H2bhm; film 934823 item 3.) Online for free at the Internet Archive. Also online at: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3295&o_xid=9872&o_lid=9872&o_xt=9872&offerid=0%3a694%3a0 Eastern Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs] ($)


 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. . . . Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. (FHL book 976.7 H2ba; film 928094.) Online for free at the Internet Archive. Also online at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3290&amp;o_xid=9872&amp;o_lid=9872&amp;o_xt=9872&amp;offerid=0%3a694%3a0 ($)


 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs: of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Springs Counties, Arkansas. . . . Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. (FHL 934823 item 2.) Online for free at the Internet Archive.


 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas. . . . 1890. Reprint. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978. (FHL book 976.7 H2bh, 1960 reprint of 1890 edition on film 845266.) Online at: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=7192&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 ($)


 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas. . . . 1891. Reprint. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978. (FHL 976.7 H2bw.) Online for free at the Internet Archive. Also online at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3294&amp;o_xid=9872&amp;o_lid=9872&amp;o_xt=9872&amp;offerid=0%3a694%3a0 ($)