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Central Wesleyan College Archives

Collection

Identifier: MS C3

Scope and Contents Ledgers; correspondence; business, legal, and financial records; institutional histories of Central Wesleyan College and Orphan Asylum and merging institutions, Mt. Pleasant German College and Ozark Wesleyan College; student organizations' records; and college publications. Some of the documents as well as some records of the St. Louis German Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Many of the documents are in German. Early materials, before 1910, are sparse. The collection contains few...

Dates: 1862-1987

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

Douglas C. McMurtrie Imprints

Collection

Identifier: MS M10

Scope and Contents

Reprinted publications of Douglas Crawford McMurtrie's research on the history of printing in the United States--covering the first printers in numerous states as well as some history of the first printing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere in the world. In addition, there are publications on typefaces, bibliographies, typographical style, and celebrations of printing.

Dates: 1919-1944

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

Fred Schwengel Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS S8

Scope and Contents Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, and assorted government documents associated with Fred Schwengel from his time in both the Iowa legislature (1945-1955) and the United States Congress (1955-1965; 1967-1973). Much of the collection and Schwengel's career is related to the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln, and especially Schwengel's involvement with the Centennial Commemorations of the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln's...

Dates: 1837-1992

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

John A. Broadbooks Stereography Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS B8

Scope and Contents

About 5255 stereographs arranged by topic, stereograph sets and more than 15 viewers. The stereographs feature locations in the U.S. and worldwide; events, including diasters and exhibitions; industry; science and nature; and culture and art. The collection also includes boxed sets highlighting world tours, education, and for optometry diagnosis.

Dates: 1860s–2003

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

Karl Anton Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS A6

Scope and Contents Dr. Dale Jorgenson’s research documents for the writing of his book The Life of Karl Anton, 1887—1956. The items he collected include a variety of Karl Anton’s performance programs, newspaper articles, letters (including between Anton and Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a famous theologian and musicologist who was a contemporary of Karl Anton), published works, unpublished manuscripts, and transcriptions of sermons and lectures. There are also photocopies of Anton’s books, articles, and school...

Dates: 1906-2002.

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

Linder Family Manuscript Collection

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

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

World War I Miscellany Collection

Collection

Identifier: MUSDP W4

Scope and Contents

Training manuals and lectures, military administrative forms, transportation documents, propaganda, pamphlets, and more. This collection contains information pertaining to the training of American soldiers, battle plans and reports, activities of Americans fighting in Europe and organizing on behalf of the war effort in the United States, and the world disarmament movement of the interwar period.

Dates: 1916-1934; bulk 1917-1920; 1930-1934

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

World War II Miscellany Collection

Collection

Identifier: MUSDP W2

Scope and Contents

This collection contains items pertaining to World War II (1939-1945), including printed material, maps, and writings. Of particular interest is a log kept by Orville Bowers about bombing missions in Europe. The printed material includes newspapers and pamphlets printed during the war, both internationally and on the American homefront.

Dates: 1939-1945

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

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Central Wesleyan College Archives

Douglas C. McMurtrie Imprints

Fred Schwengel Papers

John A. Broadbooks Stereography Collection

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Linder Family Manuscript Collection

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World War II Miscellany Collection

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