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Archie L. Musick Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MS M11

Scope and Contents Kirksville native and artist Archie Musick's 1925 diary, kept while he was attending Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) with daily entries from 1925 March 5-1925 September 7. Includes brief details of classes and schoolwork for each day, who he spent his days with, and mentions the weather and state of each day. Class information such as class names and grades are included. He also mentions his frequent travels to Colorado and other places such as...

Dates: 1921; 1925

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Gladys E. Tull Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MS T2

Scope and Contents

A 189-page scrapbook containing programs, photos and other memorabilia kept by Gladys Tull during her high school and college years at Kirksville Jr. and Sr. High Schools and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University), along with a few childhood photos. Her photo album consists of 100 pages of photographs, most of which seem to be of her extended family.

Dates: 1908-1929

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Hubert Gordon Collett Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C8

Scope and Contents Correspondence, photographs, real estate records, financial records, sheet music, and event programs relating to Hubert Gordon Collett and the Collett Family of Adair County, Missouri.Record Group 1 contains approximately 760 documents pertaining to the family history of the Collett family, and the personal life of Gordon Collett, in the Kirksville, Missouri area. The collection ranges in date from 1874-1973, and consists of a wide variety of document types, including photographs...

Dates: 1773-2012

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Ross C. Allen Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS A3

Scope and Contents Letters from Corporal Ross C. Allen, Squadron A, United States Army, Herington Army Airfield, Kansas, to his parents Dr. and Mrs. Ross C. Allen in Kirksville, Missouri. The letters were written as the base was being deactivated at the close of World War II. They are all "staying in touch" letters, written on a daily, sometimes twice daily, basis. Ross chats about things he is doing at work and leisure, places he goes on his weekends away from base, popular radio shows, the latest movies, his...

Dates: 1945

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

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

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

White Sisters School Records and Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: MS W2

Scope and Contents

Academic Records for Mildred Genevieve (White) McKim (Class of 1922) and Marian Kathleen White (Class of 1928) graduates of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (NMSTC, now Truman State University); collection also includes Mildred's album of school and family photos.

Dates: bulk 1918-1928.

Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

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Archie L. Musick Diaries

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