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UCA archives area, state history

By JOE LAMB
LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

We preserve civilization," University of Central Arkansas Archivist Jimmy Bryant said, "from the standpoint of being able to answer the question of how we got to where we are."

Bryant oversees the University's archives. Filling several rooms in the Torreyson Library, the collection contains "tens of thousands of stories," Bryant said, most relating to Conway but all having Arkansas ties.

The UCA archives were founded in 1986. Bryant said he has seen the collection double in size since he was hired as the university's archivist in 1998...