E. M. Violette Museum Documents of Unknown Origin
Scope and Contents
Letters, military records, receipts, slave and land sales, political memorabilia and other documents received as individual pieces or in small groups into the E. M. Violette Museum collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1807-1965
Creator
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Extent
0.2 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into a single series - Documents of Unknown Origin, 1807-1965.
Custodial History
There are numerous documents and artifacts in the E.M. Violette Museum collection for which there are no acquisition records. Some of them have been here since the early years of the Museum's existence, and it may be that the original records were lost in the Baldwin Hall fire of January 1924. Accession cards created for a new system in 1941 merely show they were received from the "Old Museum" on the date the card was completed.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These items were placed in the E.M. Violette Museum at the university by unidentified or unknown donors.
Processing Information
We have been able to recreate partial records for most of these "orphans" from articles that appeared in the campus newspaper, The Index, at the time of receipt. The remaining unidentified documents, along with those of a later date from unknown or anonymous donors, have been gathered together in this artificial collection to provide access to them.
Cultural context
Function
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- E. M. Violette Museum Collection: Documents of Unknown Origin, 1807-1965
- 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