Hoyt Purivs could discuss many topics. He was a journalist, the first press secretary for Sen. William Fulbright, an author, a professor and a storyteller. We remember his life and career with the help of archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.

In this Pryor Center archive, we look back at the career of a legendary Arkansas broadcaster.

This week's Pryor Center archive unwraps the story of an influential Arkansas sheriff who exerted influence and ended up in prison.

Today's Pryor Center archive is the second segment focusing on the trial, conviction and parole of convicted rapist and murderer Wyane DuMond in the '90s.

In this week's Pryor Center archive we look back at the infamous trial of Wayne DuMond in the 90s and its political and fatal fallout.

This week Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, examines three Arkansas women who became Miss America.

Jerry Van Dyke was nominated for four Emmy Awards for his work on the situation comedy, "Coach." He also often worked with brother Dick and live in Arkansas for years. He is this week's subject of an archival tour courtesy of the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas oral and Visual History.

A look back at a 'creationism' lawsuit that rocked 1980s Arkansas.

22 years ago today 6-year-old Haley Zega was found after being lost in Newton County wildnerness for more than two-and-a-half days. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, takes us back to the search and resuce with archives from the Pryor Center and with interviews from today.

We go back to this past fall when we asked Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, about the life of Gerald L.K. Smith.