President Dr. Bentley Wallace of South Arkansas Community College, seated left, and executive director Steve Biernacki of the South Arkansas Historical Preservation Society, seated right, sign an agreement on Thursday that partners the two entities with goals of creating educational internships and preserving local history. Representatives of both SouthArk and SAHPS look on. Students in the college’s entertainment and media arts program will have the opportunity to assist in preserving and cataloging the SAHPS’ Fitzgerald Collection through technological means. This collection contains more than 100 complete films—some of which are among the only prints of these films known to exist—in addition to many items of classic film memorabilia. They also will record oral histories and create documentaries of local historical interest.
