The Preservation, Architecture, and Material Culture of the Peel Mansion
Nate Cole is a 4th year architecture student at the University of Arkansas, who seeks to complete minors in Urban Planning, and the History of Architecture and Design. He hopes to study abroad in Rome in the coming Spring semester where he can apply some of the...The Peel Mansion: A Social History
Emily Snyder is a History and Latino and Latin American Studies major in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. After graduation, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in museum studies. The Peel Mansion in Bentonville,...
Building a New Foundation
“There are W.P.A. led projects that still influence our lives presently … One of these important buildings is the current Vol Walker Hall (1935), which … has been the site of essential gatherings such as equal housing rights demonstrations, the 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march, and Vietnam War protests.”
Sink the Censorship
“’…the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole or piecemeal does not appeal to the prurient interest—it is not lascivious, it does not excite lustful thoughts, and it hardly creates itching. Under any legal test, we cannot say that the poems are even arguably obscene.’”
Protest Among the Branches
“This popularity of tree sitting on campus served as part of a national trend … Young people took to the streets, their campuses, or a large tree to have their voices heard.”