Collection Overview
Title: Tom Mull Collection
Collection Number: M21-03
Dates: c. 1940 – c. 1955
Extent: 3 small boxes and 1 oversized box
Biographical Note: Tom Mull was born in Holly Grove, Arkansas. Mull was known as an excellent marksman and hunter. After serving for a time as game warden for Monroe County, he became the educational director for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1940.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of vinyl master records which were played on Arkansas radio stations c. 1940 – c. 1955. The stories contained on the records are about various subjects relating to wildlife conservation and hunting.
Restrictions: This collection is open for research access.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Access Information: Please call (501) 450-3418 or email archives@uca.edu prior to your visit to ensure availability of records.
Finding Aid
Box 1
– File 1 – Doctor Carringon / Pronghorn the Antelope
– File 2 – Garfishing / Fish Bait
– File 3 – Sir Armand the Armadillo / Fishing for Striped Bass
– File 4 – Trader the Trade Rat / Cartwright Buck
– File 5 – Fishing Fever / Rusty the Alligator
– File 6 – Guns / Goose Feathers
– File 7 – Mother Nature / Blank
– File 8 – Screechy the Owl / Blank
– File 9 – Progress in Wildlife Conservation / Blank
– File 10 – Susie the Lone Survivor / Blank
– File 11 – Green Heron / Blank
– File 12 – Whiteskin the Catfish / Blank
– File 13 – Golden Arrow / Conservation and Organization
– File 14 – Wildlife: Limited or Unlimited? / Waste Not in the Good Days
– File 15 – My First Panther / Old Jeff
– File 16 – Long Way Round / Old Saul
– File 17 – Old Pryor’s Lake / Two Coons and a Tenderfoot
– File 18 – Information about Snakes / Blank
– File 19 – Scaley the Alligator Gar / Blank
– File 20 – Hopalong / Three Bears
– File 21 – A Change in Habitat / Peewee the Mouse
– File 22 – The Time I Froze to Death / Land Use and its Effect on Wildlife
– File 23 – Waste Not / Wood Ibis
– File 24 – Sniffy, Part 1 / Sniffy, Part 2
– File 25 – Bad Day / Virgin Waters (LP Damaged)
– File 26 – Lobo / Lost Camp
– File 27 – A Lion Hunt in Mexico / Two Coons
– File 28 – Nature Study, Part 1 / Nature Study, Part 2
– File 29 – Let’s Get Together / Land Use and its Effect on Wildlife
– File 30 – Sportsmen of Tomorrow / Blank
– File 31 – Wildlife: Limited or Unlimited? / Conservation in Arkansas
– File 32 – Old Loud the Coon Dog / Old Peter of the Great Smokies
– File 33 – Sarah the Black Crappie / Marion the Mockingbird
– File 34 – One Wild Night / The Young Sportsman
– File 35 – Winkey the Horned Owl / Long Way Round
– File 36 – A Great Bird Dog / Goose Hunting with a Camera
– File 37 – Katie / Poisonous Snakes
– File 38 – Robins / Garfish
– File 39 – Monty / Turkey
– File 40 – Spotty the King Snake / Mosquito Dope
End of Box 1
Box 2
– File 1 – Specky / Salty the Turtle
– File 2 – Float Fishing / Dead Man’s Lake
– File 3 – Ruby Throat / Cresty the Cardinal
– File 4 – Boomer the Beaver / Poisonous Snakes
– File 5 – The Best Goose Hunt I Ever Had / Old Loud the Coon Dog
– File 6 – Old Choctaw / Cresty the Cardinal
– File 7 – Billy the Snake / The Buffalo
– File 8 – Winky the Horned Owl / Shorty the Bobcat
– File 9 – Sing / Sing
– File 10 – The Things in our Heart / Cartwright Buck
– File 11 – Peter Bluegill / Digger the Badger
– File 12 – Mother Nature / The Things in our Heart
– File 13 – Try and Find Out / Conservation in Arkansas
– File 14 – The Story of Mother Nature / Old George
– File 15 – Peewee the Mouse / Two Fishermen
– File 16 – Mr. Bob White / Fur Bearing Animals
– File 17 – The Caribou / Mother Nature’s Strange Children
– File 18 – Billy the Shrike / Mr. Beaver
– File 19 – Glida / Ruffy the Grouse
– File 20 – Mugsy the Carp / Sarah the Black Crappie
– File 21 – Skippy the Squirrel, Part 1 / Skippy the Squirrel, Part 2
– File 22 – A Forest Tragedy / Blank
– File 23 – Cottonmouth and Coral Snakes / Blank
– File 24 – Wild Goose Hunting with a Camera / Wolf Trapping
– File 25 – Low Water Dam / Blank
– File 26 – Where Do We Go From Here / Blank
– File 27 – More Discussion on Poisonous Snakes / Blank
– File 28 – More Discussion of Snakes / Blank
– File 29 – The Quick Brown Fox / Glider
– File 30 – Bream / The Old Black Crow
– File 31 – Crestie, the Fly Catcher / A Duck Hunt that Failed
– File 32 – Little Horseshoe / Ghost of the Graveyard
– File 33 – Rusty the Alligator / Jugging for Catfish
– File 34 – Pitter Patter the Raindrops / Willie the Jack Snipe
– File 35 – Land Use / Where Do We Go From Here
– File 36 – Harmless Snakes / St. Francis River
– File 37 – Shorty the Bobcat / Porky the Porcupine
– File 38 – A Boy and His Dog / Sportsmen of Tomorrow
– File 39 – Cool Water / Opportunity
– File 40 – Old Don / Memories
End of Box 2
Box 3
– File 1 – Women in Conservation / Susie the Lone Survivor
– File 2 – Best Goose Hunt / Disappointing Deer Hunt (Damaged)
– File 3 – The Snapping Turtle / About Dogs
– File 4 – The Young Sportsman / Mr. Bob White
– File 5 – Hunting with Hounds / The Tiger Who Changed its Stripes
– File 6 – Mammy Cottontail / Whitey the Polar Bear
– File 7 – Glassy the Snake / Fish Bait
– File 8 – Salty the Turtle / Digger the Badger
– File 9 – Jugging for Catfish / Luffy the Grouse
– File 10 – Little Betty / Best Goose Hunt
– File 11 – Sportsmen of Tomorrow / Conservation of Wildlife
– File 12 – Monty / Pitch Duck
– File 13 – Screechy the Owl / Watch out for Snakes
– File 14 – Graveyard Turkey / A Good Game Warden
– File 15 – Looking Out My Window, Pt. 1 / Lost Frontiers
– File 16 – Susie the Lone Survivor / Quail in Arkansas
– File 17 – Bill Bailey / Lion Hunt in Mexico
– File 18 – Day in the Life of a Game Warden, Part 1 / Blank
– File 19 – Deer Problem / Blank
– File 20 – Blackie, the Fighting Bass Pt. 3 / Blackie, the Fighting Bass Pt. 4
– File 21 – Blackie, the Fighting Bass Pt. 5 / Fighting Pryor’s Lake
End of Box 3
Box 4
– File 1 – The Story of Trees / Trees
– File 2 – Honky the Goose / Blank
End of Box 4
End of Collection
Administrative Information
Creator: Mull, Thomas Jr. (Person)
Source: Purvis, George (Person, Donor)
Preferred Citation: Tom Mull Collection, University of Central Arkansas Archives and Special Collections
Processing Information: Transferred to MP3 format while being processed.
Archivist: Daniel Klotz
Processing Date: 2021
Processing Rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2019.0.3
Status: Completed
Repository: University of Central Arkansas, Torreyson Library, Archives and Special Collections
UCA Archives
Torreyson Library
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035
Phone: (501) 450-3418