Magazine, Time - Orval Faubus on the Cover

 
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Magazine, Time - Orval Faubus on the Cover
Time Magazine with Faubus on cover
Time Magazine with Faubus on cover

Magazine, Time - Orval Faubus on the Cover

Object number2002.526.01
DateSeptember 23, 1957
OriginNew York, New York
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 8 5/16 x 11 in. (21.2 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionThe 1957 Time Magazine with Governor Orval Faubus on the cover. Faubus is seated in front of the Arkansas State flag. A Yellow banner across the top right corner reads "School Integration, A Report Card." 104 pages Vol LXX No. 13. Issue has "Twenty - Five Cents" on the top left. Cover is mostly red. On the back is an ad for Sheraton Hotels. Date: Sept. 23, 1957.

    Orval Eugene Faubus was born on January 7, 1910 in Madison County. Faubus married Alta Haskins in 1931, they had one son. In 1938, Faubus was elected circuit clerk and recorder of Madison County. After WWII, Faubus was rewarded with an appointment to the state highway commission and later worked in the governor’s office as an administrative assistant. In 1955, he defeated Pratt Remmel for the governorship becoming the thirty-sixth governor of Arkansas. While in office Faubus improved public education including pay increases for teachers, began an overhaul of the State Hospital for the mentally ill, built the Arkansas Children’s Colony, expanded state parks, and paved hundreds of miles of highway. He left office in 1967. Faubus died on December 14, 1994.


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