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Kirksville (Mo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS M12
Scope and Contents

A diary, scrapbooks, a recipe books, and documents such as programs and poems that represent Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds life while at Kirksville State Normal School (now Truman State University).

Dates: 1873-1884

Highway 63 Transportation Corporation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS H3
Scope and Contents

Documents, correspondence, printed materials, newsletters and studies related to the Highway 63 Transportation Corporation which was incorporated "to fund, promote, plan, design, construct, maintain and operate, the construction of two additional lanes on Highway 63 in Adair County, Macon County...(in) a Cooperative Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, the County of Adair and the City of Kirksville."

Dates: 1995-2006

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

Jim Rouse Scrapbook

 Collection — Book 1
Identifier: MS R2
Scope and Contents Clippings and photographs, primarily of the First District Normal School's football and baseball teams, collected by Jim Rouse during his years as a student and member of the faculty. Rouse was an "All-Missouri" star athlete who joined the faculty as Associate Professor of Agriculture after graduation.The Book of Jim Rouse includes a biography; a memorial sketch; and items concerning his career at Kirksville which were saved by him and furnished by his wife, Myrtie Van Deusen Rouse. The book...
Dates: 1904-1963

John M. Davis Civil War Military Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS D3
Scope and Contents

Personal military and pension records and documents created by John M. Davis as Company Commander, Company H, 63rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Bi-monthly muster rolls contain enrollment, discharge, promotions and other status changes for all company members December 1861 through December 1863.

Dates: 1861-1925

John R. Musick Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS M4
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of articles, stories, poems, and letters to the editor which John Roy Musick (1849-1901) wrote under his own name as well as under several pseudonyms. Musick was a Kirksville, Missouri, newspaper publisher (The Tattler, 1875 January-July), attorney and author. His best-known work was the 12-volume Columbian Historical Novels (1892); a 13th volume was published about the time of his death.

Dates: 1849-1901

Journal Printing Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS J1
Scope and Contents

A set of account ledgers from the Journal Printing Company, Kirksville, Missouri, containing accounts payable and accounts receivable information. These give an overview of the business from 1890 to 1979 through financial transactions and accounts.

Dates: 1890-1979

June Selby Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS S3
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook created in 1912 during Miss Selby's first year as a college student at Kirksville State Normal School (now Truman State University). June Selby created this album with photos clipped from Normal School publications, to which she added handwritten identification.

Dates: 1912

Kirk Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS K3
Scope and Contents

Primarily photographs and diplomas belonging to the children of John R. and Rebecca (Burns) Kirk, which supplements the personal photos and documents of the Kirk Presidential Papers in the University Archives.

Dates: approximately 1882-1957

Kirksville Boy Scouts Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS K9
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a scrapbook of the Kirksville Boy Scouts from 1930-1935, which includes clippings of local Boy Scouts news, posters and programs for local Boy Scout events. The cover was created by J.F. Walker.

Dates: 1930-1935