Jim Rouse Scrapbook

Collection — Book: 1

Identifier: MS R2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Clippings and photographs, primarily of the First District Normal School's football and baseball teams, collected by Jim Rouse during his years as a student and member of the faculty. Rouse was an "All-Missouri" star athlete who joined the faculty as Associate Professor of Agriculture after graduation.The Book of Jim Rouse includes a biography; a memorial sketch; and items concerning his career at Kirksville which were saved by him and furnished by his wife, Myrtie Van Deusen Rouse. The book was compiled for the University Archives by P.O. Selby in 1963. Rouse was one of the Normal School's star athletes, so most of the items in the album, primarily newspaper clippings and photos, are about the school's football and baseball teams.

Dates

1904-1963

Creator

Selby, P. O. (Paul Owen), 1890-1982 (Person)

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Biographical Note

James Edward Rouse, the son of James Madison and Hulda (Seaman) Rouse, was born 1883 January 12 near Deer Ridge, Lewis County, Missouri, and died 1958 September 25 in Hays, Kansas. He met his wife, Myrtie C. Van Deusen, while both were on the faculty of the First District Normal School in Kirksville (now Truman State University); he as Associate Professor of Agriculture, 1911-1915, and she as Professor of Home Economics, 1912-1915. The couple married in 1917 and had one daughter, Harriet.

Rouse began both his educational and teaching careers at the First District Normal School. He received a Bachelor of Pedagogy (1910) and a BS in Education (1914) from "the Normal", earning the latter degree while a member of the faculty. He left Kirksville in 1915 to earn a BS in Agriculture at the University of Missouri (1916), then moved on to Hays, Kansas where he spent the rest of his career at Fort Hays State College. He retired from there as Professor of Agriculture and Chairman of the Department of Agriculture in 1953. During his years at Fort Hays, he earned an MS in Agriculture from the University of Wisconsin (1933).

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is organized into a single series - Book of Jim Rouse, 1904-1963.

Processing Information

Identification of people in the photos is tentative. Some identifications were provided by Rouse on the backs of pictures; others were supplied by Selby who was a Normal student at the time and knew many of the people. He, however, made his identifications some 40 years later, so some names appear with question marks.

P.O. Selby created this album by stapling sheets of typing paper together and "binding" with cardboard and contact paper. Some documents were used as the pages themselves while others were glued to the typing paper; some items, including at least one photo, were folded to fit. The original order of the album has been retained, but the book has been dismantled and "reconstructed" for preservation of the documents and photographs.