Kirksville (Mo.)
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
DeWitt Family Archive
Collection of letters, photographs, and educational materials from the lives of the DeWitt family from Kirksville, Missouri, from the 1890s to 1960s. The archive provides a snapshot of life in Kirksville in the early twentieth century. Most importantly, Dale DeWitt's 1922 correspondence to his mother gives an outsider's perspective of the turmoil in Europe after World War I.
E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters
E. M. Violette Museum Documents of Unknown Origin
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.
E. Sanborn Smith House Architectural Records
Original architectural plans and specifications for this brick and stucco Colonial Revival style residence in Kirksville, Missouri, designed and built 1924-1925. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, the nomination includes a detailed description of the structure and history of the house, its owners and architect.
Effie Kribs Class Materials
Class notes from architecture and art classes, as well as related illustrations from classes taken by Effie Kribs, a former student of Kirksville State Normal School (now Truman State University), from her time of attendance.
Emma Funk Rieger Photo Album
A 32-page photo album with a carved ivory cover which contains 58 photos, most of which are unidentified. The album was originally owned and filled by Emma Funk in the late 1890s, before she was married in 1902.
Forest Cemetery Association Records
Records for Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery and the "Old" City Cemetery. These records include: (1) the Forest Cemetery Association Minute Book, 1940-1962, 1964, 1974; (2) the Forest Cemetery Association Payment Records, 1926-1951; (3) the Cemetery Records of Kirksville Cemetery, 1880-1895, 1904-05, 1932-52; (4) and the Llewellyn Cemetery Register, 1832 (1880s-1910s), 1950.
Gladys E. Tull Scrapbook
A 189-page scrapbook containing programs, photos and other memorabilia kept by Gladys Tull during her high school and college years at Kirksville Jr. and Sr. High Schools and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University), along with a few childhood photos. Her photo album consists of 100 pages of photographs, most of which seem to be of her extended family.
Hazel Creek Concerned Citizens Committee Records
Maps, photographs, sound recordings, a motion picture, and textual materials from the Hazel Creek Concerned Citizens Committee, a group composed of Kirksville and Adair County, Missouri citizens concerned about the water quality of the Hazel Creek Reservoir.
Heartland Chautauqua in Kirksville Papers
Publicity, schedules and other documents from the Heartland Chautauqua which came to Kirksville during the summers of 2000 and 2002.