At present, few scholarly works exist on Lee Wilson & Company, though at least one major effort is underway. The sources below pertain to the history of the company and its major personalities.
Most of the photographs in this exhibit are part of a series entitled "Arkansas Giant," in the Special Collections Picture Collection, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville. The originals were made ca 1939 by Jack Pryor for the Wilson Company. The collection in the University Libraries consists of forty-six prints. A few photographs are from the Lee Wilson and Company Archives in Special Collections. All the photographs are used with permission
This project has been made possible in part by a grant from the Arkansas
Community Foundation.
Books and Articles
- Edrington, Mabel F. History of Mississippi County, Arkansas.
Osceola, Arkansas: Osceola Star-Banner, 1962.
Fox, John A. Mississippi County, Arkansas: Through the Years. Osceola: Historical Heritage Documentation Committee, 1986.
Lee Wilson and Company. Growing Prosperity: The Story of the South's Best Known Farmer. Wilson, Arkansas: Lee Wilson and Company, 1930.
Snowden, Deanna. Mississippi County, Arkansas: Appreciating the Past, Anticipating the Future. Little Rock: August House, 1986.
- Arkansas Democrat. "Arkansas Magazine" (July 6, 1936), 9-11.
Blytheville Courier News (July 1, 1936), B1-B7.
Fortune (August 1964), 143-147.
The Osceola Times (September 24, 1970), 1-6.