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Feild Notes on Little Rock

Legacies & Lunch January 2026
2026-01-07 12:00:00 2026-01-07 13:00:00 America/Chicago Feild Notes on Little Rock Join us to hear from Charles Feild about his book Feild Notes on Little Rock: History and Memoir 1622-2024. Main Library - 529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom

Wednesday, January 07
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-01-07 12:00:00 2026-01-07 13:00:00 America/Chicago Feild Notes on Little Rock Join us to hear from Charles Feild about his book Feild Notes on Little Rock: History and Memoir 1622-2024. Main Library - 529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom

Main Library

529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom

Join us to hear from Charles Feild about his book Feild Notes on Little Rock: History and Memoir 1622-2024.

Hear from Charles Feild about his book Feild Notes on Little Rock: History and Memoir 1622-2024 at our new location in the recently renovated CALS Main Library’s Darragh Center (now on the 5th floor of Main). The book blends Feild family history, deep archival research, and rich visual materials to tell a broader story of one southern town and the American South. Far from a nostalgic Old South tale, the book confronts the region’s past with irony and clear-eyed honesty, tracing four centuries of Feilds from Colonial Virginia to modern Arkansas through slavery, war, Reconstruction, segregation, and social change. Drawing on firsthand accounts from Confederate and Union soldiers, enslaved and emancipated people, and his own memories of Little Rock Central High in 1957, Feild dismantles myths and exposes truths about race, memory, and identity. Wry and reflective, Feild Notes on Little Rock asks enduring questions about who we are and how we got here. Dr. Feild will participate in a signing following the talk.
 
Charles Feild is a sixth-generation Arkansas native and Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He has given the annual UAMS History of Medicine Lecture and contributed to the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He enjoys history and storytelling, with an eye and ear for irony, and is a Life Member of the Arkansas History Association.  

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 - Darragh Center, 5th Floor, CALS Main Library (with elevator access). 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.

About Legacies & Lunch

Legacies & Lunch is a free monthly program of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies about Arkansas-related topics.

Past Legacies & Lunch Events

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy |

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Main Library
Phone: 501.918.3000
Branch manager
Joe Hudak
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We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM

Branch manager
Joe Hudak
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100 Rock Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Tel: 501.918.3000

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131 | Martin Children's Center
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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013 | The Hatcher Agency Computer Classroom
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Feild Notes on Little Rock - Legacies & Lunch January 2026
Wed, Jan 07, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
529 | Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom
Join us to hear from Charles Feild about his book Feild Notes on Little Rock: History and Memoir 1622-2024.
Storytime
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131 | Martin Children's Center
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