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Kirksville Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP K2

Scope and Contents

An album of 28 photos of Kirksville homes, places and events by an unknown photographer. The photographs appear to have been taken in 1897.

Dates

  • Creation: 1897

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Copyright

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Extent

1 binder

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is organized into a single series - Photographs of Kirksville, 1897.

Acquisition Information

We have no information as to the origins of the album, its photographer or donor.

Existence and Location of Copies

The images in this album are available in our digital library.

Bibliography

Sources used to identify and date photographs in this album include: Directory and Commercial Register of the City of Kirksville, 1892; Kirksville City Directory Company, [1892]; Federal Census for the City of Kirksville, Benton Twp, Adair County, MO, 1900; Kirksville Daily Express, 1920s-1940s; Kirksville Journal, 1892-1897; Kirksville-Adair County Bicentennial Committee. A Book of Adair County History. Kirksville: Simpson Printing Company, 1976; Ryle, Walter H. Centennial History of the First Baptist Church. Kirksville: Simpson Publishing Company, 1968; Selby, P.O. Kirksville Presbyterians. Kirksville: First United Presbyterian Church, 1971; Towne, Ruth Warner. From These Beginnings: A History of First United Methodist Church, Kirksville, Missouri. Kirksville: Journal Printing Company, 1984; Violette, E.M. History of Adair County. Kirksville: The Denslow History Company, 1911; Wallin's Kirksville City Directory, 1899-1900. Kirksville: Wallin Directory Co., 1900; The Weekly Graphic, 1893-1897.

Physical Description

28 - 5" x 8" black and white photographs mounted on 6.5" x 9.5" cardboard pages.

Processing Information

Using Kirksville city directories, local histories, articles in newspapers, and a perpetual calendar, we have been able to identify several events that occurred in early 1897. Other shots seem to have been taken later that summer and fall. Various unidentified people have tried to identify the subjects of the photographs, both before and after the album was donated. Information has been written in different hands on the borders, and while some of it has proven to be on target, some has been misleading. We have yet to identify all the buildings.

Title
Kirksville photo album, 1897
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elaine Doak.
Date
[1993-2010]
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts Repository

Contact:

660-785-4537