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A small collection with a wide variety of materials which include the Kirksville High School and Kirksville Junior High School. There are a few items from the city's elementary schools, which included Greenwood School, Washington School, Willard School and more. Items include curriculum documents, school and commencement programs, sports tickets, and reunion materials.

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Paper ephemera and memorabilia related to John F. Kennedy's presidency and family collected by Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) alumna and professor Martha Spath.

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The vertical files consist of subject folders on people, places, and events related to Missouri history in Adair County, Kirksville and Northeast Missouri. Materials include articles, newspaper clippings, press releases, biographical information, fliers, and other ephemeral materials.

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This collection includes P. O. Selby's personal papers, research notes and writings and includes the files and records he gave during his lifetime as well as those found in his campus office after his death. The majority are concerned with Kirksville and Adair County history, genealogies of Adair County families, and Mark Twain.

Scope and Contents Greeting and holiday cards gained popularity in the early 1900s when stamps became more available to all social classes. Valentines are some of the oldest forms of holiday cards, and are typically more intricate and detailed because of the importance attached to the Valentine holiday. Postcards became one of the most popular and easiest types of cards to send in the mail during this period.This collection contains a variety of Valentine, holiday, and greeting cards, in postcard...

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

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Training manuals and lectures, military administrative forms, transportation documents, propaganda, pamphlets, and more. This collection contains information pertaining to the training of American soldiers, battle plans and reports, activities of Americans fighting in Europe and organizing on behalf of the war effort in the United States, and the world disarmament movement of the interwar period.

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This collection contains items pertaining to World War II (1939-1945), including printed material, maps, and writings. Of particular interest is a log kept by Orville Bowers about bombing missions in Europe. The printed material includes newspapers and pamphlets printed during the war, both internationally and on the American homefront.