Area citizens and alumni who might have old copies of the Bray are being asked to donate them to the Southern Arkansas University Archives. There are large gaps in the collection and there are entire years and semesters missing according to Dr. James Willis, who directs the SAU Archives.
According to Willis, the first Bray was published on Sept. 25, 1923. From 1923 to 1931, the Archives only had three issues, one from 1927 and two from 1928. Other missing periods include the years 1944-1945 and 1956-1957 as well as the spring semester 1954.
Two men have recently sent materials to the SAU Archives. Fred Holt of Dallas gave photos for the campus and students that his mother, Faye Adams made while attending SAU from 1914-1918. Another donation came from Donald Scantland of Streetsboro, Ohio who donated two copies of the Bray from 1928 that his aunt, Lois Scantland, Bray editor of that year, had saved.
Donations of photos of the school and students are also welcome, but because of space limitations, material objects such as clothing are not being collected. For more information about making donations to the SAU Archives, contact Willis at 870-235-4223.
