Series 2: Everett H. Ortner personal papers, 1873, circa 1932-2007, inclusive

The sub-series documents EHO's childhood and his education at James Madison High School, Jamaica High School, and the University of Arkansas, dating from circa 1932 to 2006. It contains yearbooks, course work, ephemera, correspondence, and memorabilia. It includes one letter from Bill Clinton congratulating the 2006 Distinguished Alumni of J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences (University of Arkansas).

The sub-series documents EHO's career in the United States Army, including his training at Fort Benning, service in World War II, his time as a prisoner of war in Germany, and his post-war service. It includes Army memoranda and special orders, reports, publications, correspondence (both military and personal), photographs, financial records, certificates, memorabilia (including his Bronze Star Medal), and ephemera, dating from 1941 to 2003. It also includes a report on his war experience written by a student.

The sub-series contains material relating to EHO's career as an editor and writer for Popular Science. It includes typescripts, photographs, correspondence, research files, clippings, and magazines, primarily dating from 1959 to 1983. It also includes an issue of The Popular Science Monthly from February 1873.

The sub-series contains files relating to EHO's family, especially his mother, Anna E. Ortner. It includes genealogical records, ephemera, and correspondence, dating from 1953 to 2007.