Dallas T. Herndon

Dallas Tabor Herndon (August 28, 1878 – February 21, 1953) was a teacher, archivist, and author in Arkansas, United States. According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, he was the first director of the Arkansas History Commission, predecessor to the Arkansas State Archives. He wrote about the history of Arkansas. went from there to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), where he graduated in the class of 1902; was given a fellowship by the faculty and completed the next year graduate courses in history and political science; spent two years, 1904-05, at Barton Academy, Mobile, Alabama, as instructor of history; recalled to the Alabama Polytechnic in the fall of 1905, he was an instructor in the department of history until 1908; was given a fellowship in the University of Chicago, where he pursued, 1909-11, graduate courses in history and political science, specializing in original research; was elected secretary of the Arkansas History Commission in August, 1911, which position he has held continually since.

By 1951, health issues largely prevented Herndon from carrying forth his work. His wife reported to the sheriff that she had found Herndon dead with a gun next to him, and that he had been ill.

In the 1945-1946 Arkansas Handbook his comments about the Ten Most Famous Men in Arkansas History were republished from 1937.

Writings Centennial History of Arkansas S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922) Outline of Executive and Legislative History of Arkansas (1922) High Lights of Arkansas History (1922) Arkansas Handbook Why Little Rock Was Born (1933)