Primary documents serve as our most direct connections to the past. They are publications, videos, anthologies, letters, photographs, narratives, etc. that were created at the time or place of an event. Without them, history itself is subject to conjecture. Fortunately, we have an extensive compilation right here on the Little Rock Central High Memory Project website.
Our collection is always expanding. If you have any primary documents you would like to contribute to the Memory Project, please send them to george.west@lrsd.org. Images should be in jpeg format, and any type of text file is fine as long as it is compatible with concurrent versions of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari. If you include a title and/or brief description, we’ll include them as well.
Roosevelt Thompson:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=321
Troops at the Governor’s Mansion:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=319
Troops at the Governor’s Mansion (2):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=320
Jeeps:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=299
Hall High:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=298
Guardsmen on Steps:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=297
Guardsmen on Sidewalk:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=296
Guardsmen on Curb:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=294
Guardsmen on Curb (2):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=295
Guardsmen at Door:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=293
Elizabeth Eckford Points:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=291
Letter to Eisenhower from Carleton Putnam in Wall Street Journal (top):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=316
Letter to Eisenhower from Carleton Putnam in Wall Street Journal (bottom):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=315
Letter from T.B. Rankin to William Page:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=301
Declaration Of Independence (Copy Version):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Declaration-of-Independence-Copy.jpg
Declaration Of Independence (Parchment Version):
King Charles II:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/King-Charles-II.jpg
King John:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/King-John.jpg
Thomas Jefferson:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Thomas-Jefferson.jpg
Magna Carta (Parchment Version):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=665
U.S. Bill of Rights:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=677
Little Rock Nine Entering in Central High:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=678
Elizabeth Eckford:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=680
Elizabeth Eckford (Picture 2):
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Elizabeth-Eckford-Picture-21.jpg
Arkansas National Gaurd and Students (Sept 1957):
Terrence Roberts:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=695
Booker T. Washington:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=700
Daisy Bates:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=701
Fred Korematsu:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Fred-Korematsu.jpg
Gloria Steinem:
http://lrchmemory.org/wordpress/?attachment_id=714