Kirksville & Surrounding Communities Funeral Notices & Obituaries Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook with funeral notices for Kirksville and surrounding communities from about 1876-1899 and newspaper clippings of obituaries (along with some marriage and birthday notices) from about 1917-1919. Also includes handwritten notes of local deaths. In a folder in the back of the scrapbook, there are a few memorial cards from local funeral homes in from 1943-1945.In some cases, there are handwritten notes about age and cemetery plots.
Dates
- 1866-1919, 1943-1945
Creator
- Page, Lucy (Person)
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Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is in its original order. The finding aid is in order according to pages in the scrapbook.
Custodial History
Compiled by Lucy Page, then continued by Dola Caldwell
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Originally presented to the Adair County Historical Society then catalogued to the E.M. Violette Museum Documents and Publications collection in 1961.
Physical Description
This scrapbook is in fragile condition.
Creator
- Page, Lucy (Person)
- Caldwell, Dola, 1875-1952 (Person)
- Title
- Kirksville & Surrounding Communities Funeral Notices & Obituaries Scrapbook
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Musch.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts Repository