Scope and Contents Infirmary records from the Adair County Infirmary including transcripts and photocopies of the County Home Record Residents Roster, 1881-1934; two Adair County Infirmary Patient Registers, 1881-1942; and a partial Adair County Infirmary Grave Register, 1920s. County Home Record, 1881-1934: a ledger listing residents, date admitted, place of birth, parents; names and place of birth, marital...

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Ledgers of sub-districts of the Adair County School District for 1866-1881, as well as a compilation of district attendance statistics for 1880-1976 (incomplete).

Scope and Contents More than 325 registration cards from women volunteering for the Adair County (Missouri) Women's National Council of Defense. These registration forms of Adair County women "who desire to help win the war" provided the Council of Defense with a roster of those willing to help in the war effort if a need arose. Data on the registration card includes: name; address, telephone, age, marital status, race, dependents, country of birth, citizenship status, current occupation and level of education...

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World War I era scrapbooks and photograph album compiled by members of the Ann Haynes Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Eugene M. Violette's papers, approximately 8 linear feet plus 18 volumes, include draft versions of his books and articles; professional papers, primarily from his years in Kirksville, Missouri, 1900-1923; and personal and family papers including diaries, scrapbooks and photos from childhood to shortly before his death.

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...

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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.

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Documents, correspondence and articles covering Marie Turner Harvey's work at Porter Rural School in Adair County, Missouri. Porter School was an internationally recognized "model" of the best in rural education. The collection also includes records from the Porter School.

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Records of Adair County's Militia units: Muster Roll, Provisional Detailed Company, 86th Regiment of Enrolled Militia of Missouri, July-August 1864; Pay Records for 86th Regiment, Organized Missouri Militia, April-May 1874; Pay Records for 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, May 1874; Pay Records for Simler's Company, Adair Co Militia, April-May 1874.

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Three registers of daily attendance and classification records for the students at Mulberry School in Ninevah Township, Adair County, Missouri (Sub-district 1, Township 64, Range 16).