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Oral History
An oral history is a recorded, firsthand audio account in which someone shares personal memories and experiences to preserve and pass down real-life stories.
These oral histories are courtesy of the Hot Spring County Historical Society, as presented by John Henry Irwin on KBOK-AM, Malvern circa 1980s.
Audio Clips
Across the River
00:00 / 19:10
AP&L Part 1
00:00 / 09:59
Arkansas on Wheels
00:00 / 25:21
Brother Jack Taylor
00:00 / 15:20
Cecil Davis Letter
00:00 / 14:51
Civil War Letters
00:00 / 15:44
Crystal Springs Park
00:00 / 16:05
Death of Hiram Potts Pt. 1
00:00 / 16:31
Diamond Jo Railroad
00:00 / 18:34
1930s Drought
00:00 / 26:26
Enoch Vance, Jr.
00:00 / 21:38
Fourth of July
00:00 / 19:51
The Gay 90s
00:00 / 28:38
Malvern in 1909
00:00 / 24:08
Malvern History
00:00 / 25:11
Malvern Meteor Newspaper
00:00 / 21:48
Rockport Methodist Church
00:00 / 14:22
Stories from Tombstone
00:00 / 27:31
Thanksgiving Football
00:00 / 18:59
The Bandit Tom Slaughter
00:00 / 28:51
Tinkerers & Peddlers
00:00 / 15:12
The Poison Picnic Shank Case
00:00 / 27:41
WWI in Hot Spring County
00:00 / 18:55
The Van Vaneer Co.
00:00 / 27:10
Statehood for Arkansas
00:00 / 21:02
AP&L Part 2
00:00 / 05:35
1918 Blizzard
00:00 / 19:03
Ouachita River Bridges
00:00 / 19:33
1936 Centennial
00:00 / 16:44
Christmas Celebration
00:00 / 19:50
D.A.V. Memorial Day
00:00 / 16:58
Death of Hiram Potts Pt. 2
00:00 / 16:23
Disease Fighting Campaign
00:00 / 26:05
Malvern's Early Schools
00:00 / 23:53
Malvern's Early Personalities
00:00 / 19:54
Horses & Wagons
00:00 / 26:38
Housewives of Yesteryears
00:00 / 25:26
Malvern & Stroud, 1913
00:00 / 18:39
1933 Shootout
00:00 / 14:03
Old Theaters
00:00 / 23:00
Sheriffs of the County
00:00 / 25:44
The 1st Fourth of July
00:00 / 18:19
The 1st Thanksgiving.MP3
00:00 / 26:04
Thanksgiving and Early Football.MP3
00:00 / 18:59
The K.K.K. in Malvern
00:00 / 17:00
1983 Tornado
00:00 / 17:27
Train Robberies
00:00 / 19:49
Fighting Disease in early Malvern
00:00 / 21:04
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