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Adair County Historical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS A5
Scope and Contents

Focused on Adair County, Missouri, including Kirksville and surrounding areas, this collection encompasses a wide variety of materials from businesses, churches, and organizations. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, and more.

Dates: 1832-1998

Adair County Infirmary Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS A2
Scope and Contents Infirmary records from the Adair County Infirmary including transcripts and photocopies of the County Home Record Residents Roster, 1881-1934; two Adair County Infirmary Patient Registers, 1881-1942; and a partial Adair County Infirmary Grave Register, 1920s. County Home Record, 1881-1934: a ledger listing residents, date admitted, place of birth, parents; names and place of birth, marital...
Dates: 1881-1942

Adair County Public School District Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS A1
Scope and Contents

Ledgers of sub-districts of the Adair County School District for 1866-1881, as well as a compilation of district attendance statistics for 1880-1976 (incomplete).

Dates: 1866-1976

Adair County Women's Committee National Council of Defense Volunteer Registrations

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP W1
Scope and Contents More than 325 registration cards from women volunteering for the Adair County (Missouri) Women's National Council of Defense. These registration forms of Adair County women "who desire to help win the war" provided the Council of Defense with a roster of those willing to help in the war effort if a need arose. Data on the registration card includes: name; address, telephone, age, marital status, race, dependents, country of birth, citizenship status, current occupation and level of education...
Dates: 1917

Captain Harris House Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS H7
Scope and Contents Photographs, architectural plans and drawings, wallpaper samples, correspondence, newspaper clippings, invoices, checks, and paint and varnish samples detailing the restoration of the Captain Harris House, also known as the Parrish House and Parrish Place, a historical residential building in Kirksville, Missouri. The contents were gathered from the Italianate house at 101 Burton Street in Kirksville, Missouri, during renovations and from records kept by Mary Childers Slone, the owner of the...
Dates: 1869-2008

Daughters of the American Revolution Scrapbooks and Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS D6
Scope and Contents

World War I era scrapbooks and photograph album compiled by members of the Ann Haynes Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1850-1952

E. M. Violette Museum Documents of Unknown Origin

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP U2
Scope and Contents

Letters, military records, receipts, slave and land sales, political memorabilia and other documents received as individual pieces or in small groups into the E. M. Violette Museum collection.

Dates: 1807-1965

E. M. Violette Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS V1
Scope and Contents

Eugene M. Violette's papers, approximately 8 linear feet plus 18 volumes, include draft versions of his books and articles; professional papers, primarily from his years in Kirksville, Missouri, 1900-1923; and personal and family papers including diaries, scrapbooks and photos from childhood to shortly before his death.

Dates: 1875-1940

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

Kirksville & Surrounding Communities Funeral Notices & Obituaries Scrapbook

 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

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Adair County Historical Society (Mo.) 6
Daughters of the American Revolution, Ann Haynes Chapter (Kirksville, Mo.) 3
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Adair County Infirmary (Mo.) 1
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