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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
Belle Porter Memorial Presbyterian Church Record Book
Collection
Identifier: MS P2
Scope and Contents
Record Book containing congregation's petition for affiliation with the Palmyra Presbytery, Presbyterian Church USA; Session Minutes, 1892 February 8 - 1906 December 4; Congregational Meeting Minutes, 1905 October 31; and Membership Roll, 1892-1906.
Dates:
1892-1906
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
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
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
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
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
Cessna Aircraft Company Debenture Offering
Collection
Identifier: MS C5
Scope and Contents
One bound volume (459 pages with table of contents) of documents including letters, telegrams and legal documents related to The Cessna Aircraft Company's 1967 Debentures offering.
Dates:
1967
Company M, 4th Missouri Infantry, Missouri State Guard, 1942-1943 Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS M5
Scope and Contents
"Till the Boys Come Home: Chronicles of the Activities of the Missouri State Guard at Kirksville During World War II, October 1940-February 1947" was compiled by Sgt. Paul O. Selby. A two-volume scrapbook/photo album of the unit's 1942-1943 activities; includes Volume 1 (1942 December-1943 October) of the Battalion's newsletter 3rd Battalion Review. Although the creator P.O. Selby included the full life of Company M in the album title, all photos are from 1942-1943; there are only a few...
Dates:
approximately 1940-1947.
Corporal Dix Post Archives, Grand Army of the Republic
Collection
Identifier: MS D1
Scope and Contents
Archives of Corporal Dix Post No 22, Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1934 and of its Auxiliaries: Corporal Dix Post Number 14, Woman's Relief Corps, Kirksville Camp Number 119, Sons of Veterans and Captain T. C. Harris Camp Number 41, Sons of Veterans. The collection contains the Grand Army of the Republic membership applications, and miscellaneous (for example, G.A.R. annual encampments from 1883-1925), but by no means comprehensive, records for all four organizations; also some member...
Dates:
1882-1934
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