Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes P. O. Selby's personal papers, research notes and writings and includes the files and records he gave during his lifetime as well as those found in his campus office after his death. The majority are concerned with Kirksville and Adair County history, genealogies of Adair County families, and Mark Twain.

Scope and Contents CONTENT: 97 Letters, Six Telegrams, Three Memos, Four Newspaper Clipping, One News Release, One Report, Two Postcards, Five Miscellaneous CORRESPONDENTS: Arnold, Sam A. Burk, Glenn G. Griswold, Olive Rambo Cook, Charter Heslep, H. A. Moffett, George Somerville, Frank D. Miller, Earl Whitnell, Margareth Brostrup, L. S. Ryan, George Reedy, Jr., G. H. Schmitt, Carl E. Morris, J. B. Wilcox, James S. Price, C. W. Millner, Niles Trammell, John H. Norton, Jr., National Broadcasting...

Abstract

Letters, memos, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and photographs accumulated during Wat Arnold's terms as Representative in the House of Representatives, United State Congress. Subjects include radio station KIRX, flood control, the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery, postal matters, elections, rural electrification administration, speeches, and more.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence accumulated during Wat Arnold's terms as Representative in the House of Representatives, United States Congress (1943-1949), during which time he represented the interests of his constituents in the First District of Missouri (Adair, Clark, Daviess, Grundy, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Sullivan Counties). Correspondence includes letters, photographs, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and more.