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Collection
Identifier: MS K10
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
Collection
Identifier: MS K2
Scope and Contents
Late 19th and early 20th century illustrated letterheads and business forms for Missouri firms, and 1913-1915 display ads clipped from The Kirksville Journal. The bulk of the collection dates from 1868 to 1926. The focus of the collection is on the printed form itself, with emphasis on the illustrations. However, information about the transaction completed or the subject of the letter is provided for those who might have interest in the people involved or in the economic or other historical...
Dates:
1868-1981
Collection
Identifier: MS L3
Scope and Contents
Diaries and ledgers dating from 1902 through 1992, which are significant to the history of rural Adair County, Missouri, and the Linder family. The collection also contains letters dating from 1968 through 1974 written by Christa Linder to family in Germany, and letters dating from 1964 through 1981 from Merle and Oran H. Linder to Harold Linder. Oran (Hubert) Linder wrote all but one diary that is included, with the other written by O. R. (Bob) Linder, as well as the farm ledgers....
Dates:
1902-1992
Collection
Identifier: MS R1
Scope and Contents
A photo album containing 125 black and white photographs (most from the 1910-1920s; although some are later) of Margaret Lee Hoffman's (later Rhea) family, school friends from the Normal School, vacations and early teaching assignments in North Dakota. Most of the photos are captioned, but the individuals in them are not always identified. Some of the family members not named in the captions were identified by Peggy's cousin, Ruth (Hoffman) Smiser, at the time the album was donated to...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1960s
Collection
Identifier: MS H6
Scope and Contents
Documents, correspondence and articles covering Marie Turner Harvey's work at Porter Rural School in Adair County, Missouri. Porter School was an internationally recognized "model" of the best in rural education. The collection also includes records from the Porter School.
Dates:
1912-1930
Collection
Identifier: MS S10
Scope and Contents
Paper ephemera and memorabilia related to John F. Kennedy's presidency and family collected by Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) alumna and professor Martha Spath.
Dates:
1960-1980
Collection
Identifier: MS W5
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents, photos, and artifacts from the life of Mildred (Brown) Willows. From 1943-1970, Willows owned and operated "Mildred's Beauty Shop", a local business in Kirksville, Mo.
Dates:
1922-1998
Collection
Identifier: MS M2
Scope and Contents
Records of Adair County's Militia units: Muster Roll, Provisional Detailed Company, 86th Regiment of Enrolled Militia of Missouri, July-August 1864; Pay Records for 86th Regiment, Organized Missouri Militia, April-May 1874; Pay Records for 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, May 1874; Pay Records for Simler's Company, Adair Co Militia, April-May 1874.
Dates:
1864, 1874
Collection
Identifier: MS M8
Scope and Contents
Photo album with photographs of early faculty and students of the Normal School. Dating from 1872-1875, it includes images of President Joseph Baldwin and early faculty members John R. Kirk and James Greenwood, to name a few. There are many other unidentified photographs as well, and further research on the item is needed.
Dates:
approximately 1872-1875
Collection
Identifier: MS M7
Scope and Contents
Family register pages documenting the births, marriages and deaths in John and Fannie Morris's extended family, removed from three Bibles as well as the few loose documents and photographs that accompanied them. Although there is no statement of ownership in any of the Bibles, entries indicate one belonged to John and Fannie, the second to her parents, Nicholas and Frances (McNeill) Tull, and the third possibly to her step-mother, Mary Elen (Dun) Tull. Later generations continued making...
Dates:
1801-1936
