The Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock was awarded a $56,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council.
The center plans to use the grant to hire an archivist and process the Garrard Ardeneum Collection, which was donated by Francine Locke Bray of Antlers, Oklahoma, on behalf of the Garrard Ardeneum in McAlester, Oklahoma.
The collection is 100 cubic feet of material amassed by Allece Locke (Mrs. Tom) Garrard, a descendant of two well-known Native American families. She lived from 1909 to 1999.
Read more about the Garrard Ardeneum Collection here.
The center, located at University Plaza, collects and preserves all forms of Native American expression. It has served as an archive for Native Americans since 1983.