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Susan Croce Kelly will join us in person to discuss the achievements and adventures of Lucile Morris Upton, captured in Kelly's new book from the University of Arkansas Press - Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks: The Life and Times of Lucile Morris Upton.
Upton landed her first newspaper job out West in the early 1920s, then returned home to spend half a century reporting on the Ozarks world she knew best. Coming of age just as women gained the right to vote, she rubbed shoulders with presidents, flew with aviation pioneer Wiley Post, covered the worst single killing of U.S. police officers in the twentieth century, wrote an acclaimed book on the vigilante group the Bald Knobbers, charted the growth of tourism in the Ozarks, and spearheaded a movement to preserve iconic sites of regional history. Upton may have been best known as half of the Lucile Morris Upton–Betty Love reporter-photographer duo sent by the Springfield News & Leader to cover everything from murders and bank robberies to centennial celebrations and Ozarks folkways, often making the news as much as reporting on it.
Susan Croce Kelly is a former newspaper reporter and the author of two award-winning books on the history of old US 66: Route 66: The Highway and Its People (University of Oklahoma Press) and Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery. Holding a master’s in history from Saint Louis University, she is managing editor of OzarksWatch Magazine for Missouri State University’s Ozarks Studies Institute.
Legacies & Lunch is a hybrid program offering participants the opportunity to attend either in person or virtually via Zoom. To participate in person, join us at - NEW LOCATION - UA Little Rock Downtown (333 President Clinton Ave). Parking is available in the surface lot or the CALS Parking Deck which you can access from Rock Street. Parking will be validated. Bring your lunch; we will provide drinks and cookies. To participate virtually, register for the webinar using the button above. This program will be live-streamed to YouTube and the recording will be available immediately following the event.
Legacies & Lunch is a free monthly program of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies about Arkansas-related topics.
Today's hours
We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM
The Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art is the special collections branch of the Central Arkansas Library System. It houses the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
The mission of the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art is to engage the people of Central Arkansas in meaningful conversations about our rich history and artistic heritage and its impact on our present.
