For Immediate Release                                                                                                               

ARKANSAS HISTORY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES RELAUNCH OF ONLINE DIGITAL ARCHIVE

June 23, 2014

Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas History Commission is pleased to announce the relaunch on July 1 of its online digital archive through the Online Computer Library Center’s (OCLC) program, Content DM.  Content DM is used by archives and libraries across the country to share digitized archival material online. 

The AHC initially launched its online digital archive through Content DM in 2006 but only with a limited selection of archival material.  In recent months, the agency has redesigned the site and added a number of new collections, including all five of Arkansas’s constitutions, historic maps, postcards, a World War I in Arkansas collection and a collection of Ozark folk music.  The project will be ongoing; the AHC will continue to add new archival material and new collections to the site.  Some future collections will feature material reflecting the cultural diversity of Arkansas, Civil War era material, flag drawings from the 1913 state competition to design Arkansas’s first official flag and oral history interviews with World War II and Korean War veterans. 

The redesign of the site and its ongoing additions will allow the AHC to better serve its patrons by providing greater access to special collections materials. 

The link to the site,  www.digitalarkives.com,  will be available through the AHC website, www.ark-ives.com and through social media.

For more information, contact us at 501-682-6900 or state.archives@arkansas.gov.

Danyelle McNeill
Arkansas History Commission
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR  72201
501-682-6900