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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

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

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

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

Alice Shea Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS S11

Scope and Contents

A small collection comprised of a cabinet card with a photograph of Alice Shea and four Shea Family letters, including correspondence from Alice Shea to her siblings D. Emmett, Martha, and Frances.

Dates: 1882-1888

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

Amelia and Anna Burk Autograph Album

Collection

Identifier: MS B2

Scope and Contents

Autograph album with signatures from friends and cousins of Amelia and Anna Burk.

Dates: 1887-1901

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

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

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

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

Berenice Beggs Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS B6

Scope and Contents

Poems and plays for children, and articles about children and classroom teachers written by Berenice Beggs, a lifelong educator. This collection contains some of her work from her time as a rural school teacher through her time on the faculty of what is now Truman State University. These papers also contain items from her mother's scrapbook and a few pieces of personal correspondence.

Dates: 1885-1975

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

Biswell Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MUSDP B1

Scope and Contents Approximately 130 documents from the Biswell family of Randolph and Linn Counties in Missouri. It includes letters, financial documents, and military papers from the early 1800s, and newspapers containing family obituaries. Of particular interest are the letters written by brothers Jonathan and Norvell Biswell on their way to, and while in, the California gold fields, 1850-1852. Of the six series, the Gold Rush letters, Series 1, are the most frequently used as they convey the story of a...

Dates: 1795-1912

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

Byron Cosby Essays

Collection

Identifier: MS C7

Scope and Contents

Seven original typed essays about varying topics which Byron Cosby wrote while at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) where he was teaching faculty and later an administrator. These have been collected in a binder. One essay is in draft form with handwritten corrections; only two of the essays are dated.

Dates: 1910-1935

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

Crittenden Family Bible Pages

Collection

Identifier: MUSDP C3

Scope and Contents

The family pages from the Bible of the Iairus and Eunice (Sprague) Crittenden family of New York. These pages document births and marriages in the family.

Dates: 1773 February 22-1881 September 5

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

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Adair County Historical Collection

Adair County Public School District Documents

Alice Shea Collection

Amelia and Anna Burk Autograph Album

Archie L. Musick Diaries

Battle of Kirksville and the Battle of Vassar Hill Paper

Berenice Beggs Papers

Biswell Family Papers

Byron Cosby Essays

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