Hope Lions Hear Program On Robert Walz Collection From Peggy Lloyd

The Hope Lions Club heard a fascinating program from Peggy Lloyd of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives of Washington on Monday September 8th.  Lloyd gave a report on the Dr. Robert Walz collection.  Dr. Walz was a native of Little River County and spent much of his career teaching history at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia.  He practiced photography as a hobby and had a "dark room" lab at his home in those pre-digital days.  He collected several thousand  photos from around Arkansas dating back to the 1800's.  He investigated these photos and often had information on the subjects depicted.  Upon his death the collection went to the archives in Washington.  Lloyd showed a series of Dr. Walz's photos to the club and talked about the backgrounds.  The Lions stayed past the meeting's regular dismissal time and many also stayed to ask questions after the meeting was over.