Letter, Dale Bumpers to Butch Stone
Object number2010.038.51
Date1983
Mediumpaper, ink, wood, glass
Dimensions11 13/16 x 9 1/4 in. (30 x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
DescriptionFramed form letter from Dale Bumpers to Butch Stone in response to a letter Butch Stone had written about making Martin Luther King's birthday a holiday. Typed on United States Senate stationary and signed by Dale Bumpers. Black frame.Dale Leon Bumpers was born on August 12, 1925 in Charleston, Arkansas. He married longtime girlfriend Betty Lou Flanagan on September 4, 1949. After serving as governor for four years, Bumpers ran for the U.S. Senate in 1975 and won, defeating longtime Senator J. William Fulbright. Bumpers served as a U.S. Senator for twenty-four years during which highly supported environmental legislation, expansion of funds and land to the National Park System, and efforts to reduce national debt. Bumpers efforts in environmental legislation and the preservation of parklands and wetlands awarded him the Ansel Adams Award from the Wilderness Society in 1998. He died on January 1, 2016.
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