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Kirksville (Mo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Kirksville & Surrounding Communities Funeral Notices & Obituaries Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS K10
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook with funeral notices for Kirksville and surrounding communities from about 1876-1899 and newspaper clippings of obituaries (along with some marriage and birthday notices) from about 1917-1919. Also includes handwritten notes of local deaths. In a folder in the back of the scrapbook, there are a few memorial cards from local funeral homes in from 1943-1945.In some cases, there are handwritten notes about age and cemetery plots.

Dates: 1866-1919, 1943-1945
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Leon Karel Business Forms Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS K2
Scope and Contents Late 19th and early 20th century illustrated letterheads and business forms for Missouri firms, and 1913-1915 display ads clipped from The Kirksville Journal. The bulk of the collection dates from 1868 to 1926. The focus of the collection is on the printed form itself, with emphasis on the illustrations. However, information about the transaction completed or the subject of the letter is provided for those who might have interest in the people involved or in the economic or other historical...
Dates: 1868-1981
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Linder Family Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS L3
Scope and Contents Diaries and ledgers dating from 1902 through 1992, which are significant to the history of rural Adair County, Missouri, and the Linder family. The collection also contains letters dating from 1968 through 1974 written by Christa Linder to family in Germany, and letters dating from 1964 through 1981 from Merle and Oran H. Linder to Harold Linder. Oran (Hubert) Linder wrote all but one diary that is included, with the other written by O. R. (Bob) Linder, as well as the farm ledgers....
Dates: 1902-1992
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Margaret Lee Hoffman Rhea Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS R1
Scope and Contents A photo album containing 125 black and white photographs (most from the 1910-1920s; although some are later) of Margaret Lee Hoffman's (later Rhea) family, school friends from the Normal School, vacations and early teaching assignments in North Dakota. Most of the photos are captioned, but the individuals in them are not always identified. Some of the family members not named in the captions were identified by Peggy's cousin, Ruth (Hoffman) Smiser, at the time the album was donated to...
Dates: approximately 1910-1960s
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Mildred Brown Willows Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS W5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents, photos, and artifacts from the life of Mildred (Brown) Willows. From 1943-1970, Willows owned and operated "Mildred's Beauty Shop", a local business in Kirksville, Mo.

Dates: 1922-1998
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Paul Owen Selby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS S1
Abstract

Personal papers, research notes and writings of Paul Owen Selby, consisting of the files and records he gave during his lifetime as well as those cleared from his campus office after his death. Many are concerned with Kirksville and Adair County history, genealogies of Adair County families, and Mark Twain. Also includes his personal scrapbooks from 1890-1979.

Dates: 1890-approximately 1995
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Princess Theatre/Sieren's Palace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS P5
Scope and Contents

Artifacts and movie posters from the Princess Theater, and a guest book from Sieren's Palace, both of which were located in Kirksville, Missouri.

Dates: 1944-1977
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Ross C. Allen and Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS A3
Scope and Contents Letters from Corporal Ross C. Allen, Squadron A, United States Army, Herington Army Airfield, Kansas, to his parents Dr. and Mrs. Ross C. Allen in Kirksville, Missouri. The letters were written as the base was being deactivated at the close of World War II. They are all "staying in touch" letters, written on a daily, sometimes twice daily, basis. Ross chats about things he is doing at work and leisure, places he goes on his weekends away from base, popular radio shows, the latest movies, his...
Dates: 1945
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Ruth Warner Towne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS T1
Scope and Contents

Ruth Towne's papers consist of both her home and campus office files and include family records dating from as early as the 1820s, her own personal and professional papers and correspondence, and some of the research for her dissertation on Congressman William Joel Stone, as well as books and articles she wrote over her long teaching career.

Dates: approximately 1800-1999
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Samuel Washington "Wat" Arnold Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS A4
Scope and Contents Letters, memos, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and photographs accumulated during Wat Arnold's terms as Representative in the House of Representatives, United State Congress (1943-1949). during which time he represented the interests of his constituents in the First District of Missouri (Adair, Clark, Daviess, Grundy, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Sullivan Counties). Subjects include radio station KIRX, flood control, the...
Dates: 1943-1949
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

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