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Kirksville (Mo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

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 Historical Collection

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 / Adair County Public School District Documents

Albert P. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS M1
Scope and Contents

Albert P. Miller, a merchant from Winchester, Augusta County, Virginia, was in partnership with Newton Andrew Baylor in Kirksville for about one year from mid-1881 to mid-1882. The collection includes miscellaneous personal documents from prior to his move and letters from Naylor urging him to come to Kirksville, as well as some publicity for the dry goods store in Kirksville.

Dates: 1869-1881
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / Albert P. Miller Papers

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 / Alice Shea Collection

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 / Archie L. Musick Diaries

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
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / Captain Harris House Collection

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.
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / Company M, 4th Missouri Infantry, Missouri State Guard, 1942-1943 Collection

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
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / Corporal Dix Post Archives, Grand Army of the Republic

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
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / Daughters of the American Revolution Scrapbooks and Photograph Album

Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Chapter, Society Yearbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS D2
Scope and Contents

Seven small yearbooks containing membership rosters, programs and more for The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Missouri Delta Chapter, Kirksville, Missouri.

Dates: 1949-1968
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts / Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Chapter, Society Yearbooks

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