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.

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

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.

Two hundred twenty-six glass lantern slides to project sheet music to a group of people. The slides feature music for a variety of genres, including folk and classical songs, school cheers, holiday music, and popular songs of the time. The collection also include copy of a newspaper article from The Index, the newspaper of what is now Truman State University, about the slides.