Archives
Visiting the Archives
The UCA Archives is open to students, faculty, staff, and researchers from the community. All visitors should schedule a time to visit the archives.
Archives Hours
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Research Assistance
The UCA Archives is available to assist with research questions. Please submit your questions to Ask the Archives, email archives@uca.edu, or call 501-450-3418.
Research Request Forms
- Manuscript Collections
- Small Manuscript Collection
- Photograph Collections
- Schedler Honors College Papers
Due to high volume of requests, only 3 individual files or 25 pages per patron per week will be fulfilled through online requests, whichever occurs first.
New to the Archives
→ UCA Photograph Collection, photographs between 1907 and 2010 digitized and available for view
→ John Gould Fletcher & Charlie May Simon Fletcher Collection, includes the writings and correspondence of the two writers, as well as the records of the Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award
→ Dr. Foy Lisenby Collection, original cartoons now available online
→ American Association of University Women (Conway Branch) Collection, includes the records and papers of the group dedicated to the higher education of women
→ Rehabilitation Services in Arkansas, Oral History collection finding aid
From the Archives
The UCA Photograph Collection is Now Available Online
The UCA Archives and Special Collections department is pleased to announce that the UCA Images collection is now available for browsing on our Digital Archives platform. This collection represents over one hundred years of UCA’s history, from its foundation as a teacher training school to the present day. This photograph of Arkansas State Teacher’s College […]

UCA Women’s History: Constance Mitchell & Dr. Ada Jane Harvey – “Constant Companions” Part II
“Any college undoubtedly has pioneers worthy of respect by students and faculty, but certainly, Ms. Mitchell and Ms. Harvey were two faculty members who helped to lay a solid foundation of scholarship for State Teachers College…” –LaNell Compton, former student. This edition of From the Archives highlights two important women within the UCA community. […]