Winfred D. Polk Archives
For many years the United Methodist Archives of Arkansas at Hendrix College in Conway was located in a small room of the old underground library. In the late 1980s Hendrix College began planning to build a new and spacious two story library that would open in the 1990s.
Mr. Winfred D. Polk was a well-known, successful United Methodist businessman from Corning, Arkansas. He had studied Methodist history throughout his lifetime and had journeyed to Great Britain numerous times. Following his untimely death, his widow, Peggy L. Polk, decided to offer a generous gift in Mr. Polk’s memory to enhance the new library to include a permanent place to house a new and permanent archives for the United Methodist people of Arkansas. Thanks to Winfred and Peggy Polk, the Methodist people of Arkansas now have a permanent and ample place to house the records and artifacts of our past.
Hendrix College accepted the gift and made possible a 20’ x 60’ space of two rooms in the new library. Thus our name, in his memory, is the Winfred D. Polk United Methodist Archives.
Contact Us
The Winfred D. Polk United Methodist Archives is located on the beautiful campus of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, in the Bailey Library at the corner of Winfield and Washington Streets. The library faces the inside of the campus with parking surrounding the back.
The Archives is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Thursday except for traditional holidays when the library is closed. The Archivists are also available additional days and times by appointment.
The college has an interactive map of the campus at www.hendrix.edu/campusmap. A map of the Hendrix College campus is also available in PDF format by clicking here.
The best way to contact the Archivists is to send an e-mail to: arkmethodist@hendrix.edu.
Carole Teague, Archivist, joined the Archives staff in 2013.
501-231-3877
carole.teague77@gmail.com
Ellen Bruce, Archivist, joined the Archives staff in 2019.