Letter, Alta Faubus
Object number2015.009.01
DateSeptember 13, 1983
OriginHunstville, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (21.6 × 14 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Musuem Collection
Terms
Celia Alta Faubus was born in 1912 and she married Orval Faubus in 1931. She was a rural school teacher for some time and later went on to become the editor and publisher of the Madison County Record. Alta and Orval had one son, Farrell Faubus. Alta went on to be the Thirty-sixth First Lady of Arkansas when her husband Orval was elected governor in 1955. She divorced Orval in 1969. Alta died in 2002.
Status
Not on viewNovember 7, 1983
June 6, 1991
September 11, 1864
November 7, 1861