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From: "Fern Brewster-Stewart" <>
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Newspapers
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 09:37:18 -0600
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Thank you Nancy. I get reels from the Oklahoma Historical Society and they
are $30.00 plus 5.00 shipping. That is quite a difference in price. What
do you suggest because they didn't answer my first letter, and don't see an
e-mail address to inquire from.

Fern Brewster Stewart


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Matthews" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Newspapers


> You can order copies of the newspaper microfilm from the Arkansas History
> Commission. The problem is that they are $75 a roll (unless they have gone
> up again). A couple of years ago it went from $25 to $75 in one step.
>
> Nancy Matthews
>
> Nancy's Lawrence County Corner (Arkansas)
> http://free.hostdepartment.com/n/nlmatthews/
> Genealogy Society of Craighead County, Arkansas
> http://www.freewebs.com/craighead_genealogy/
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Newspapers
>
>
> > In a message dated 5/15/2005 9:57:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> >
> >
> >> Hope that someone can help. I understand that one can order newspapers
> >> reels. (Purchase them) from the Arkansas Historical Newspaper
collection.
> >> I
> >> can't see on the site where one orders them, and what the cost it. I
> >> sent a
> >> letter over two months ago, and never received an answer from it
either.
> >> Can someone please help, I need to order some reels of the Town of Des
> >> Arc,
> >> Prairie County newspaper. The newspapers from that town are listed,
but
> >> the
> >> web site certainly isn't that friendly to find out more.
> >
> > I have never heard of being able to purchase the reels.
> > If that were true I would be interested in doing it as well.
> > So maybe you can. I just haven't heard of it before.
> > About ten years ago I asked them this very question and was told that
you
> > couldn't.
> > Will Johnson
> >
> >
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