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Battle of Kirksville and the Battle of Vassar Hill Paper

 Collection
Identifier: MS B3
Scope and Contents

A class term paper on The Battle of Kirksville and the Battle of Vassar Hill which Kent Bergstrand wrote and submitted to Dr. David March, Professor of History on October 17, 1975. The paper is 79 pages of text, maps and photographs relating to the two battles and associated events and people. The color photographs are of Kirksville, Vassar Hill and other Adair County sites connected with the battles as they appeared at the time the paper was written in 1975.

Dates: 1975

Ruth Warner Towne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS T1
Scope and Contents

Ruth Towne's papers consist of both her home and campus office files and include family records dating from as early as the 1820s, her own personal and professional papers and correspondence, and some of the research for her dissertation on Congressman William Joel Stone, as well as books and articles she wrote over her long teaching career.

Dates: approximately 1800-1999

Zeigler Family Civil War Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS Z1
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Samuel Clark Zeigler during military service in Missouri and Arkansas with the 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry of the Union Army in the Civil War. Also included is a letter to John Zeigler from a friend (or possibly a relative) serving in North Carolina. It also contains added background information and photos from Zeigler family members.

Dates: 1862-1865, with some later additions