Scope and Contents Kirksville native and artist Archie Musick's 1925 diary, kept while he was attending Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) with daily entries from 1925 March 5-1925 September 7. Includes brief details of classes and schoolwork for each day, who he spent his days with, and mentions the weather and state of each day. Class information such as class names and grades are included. He also mentions his frequent travels to Colorado and other places such as...

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The family pages from the Bible of the Iairus and Eunice (Sprague) Crittenden family of New York. These pages document births and marriages in the family.

Scope and Contents Recordings and music scores including over 270 music books and sheet music, dating from the 1880s through the 1940s (some later), and more than 340 recordings from the 1900s through the 1970s. The scores are primarily classical and popular arrangements for music students; the vinyl records, which are mostly pop, also include classical, juvenile, jazz and country-western.The older items are from the music library of David Todd and Catherine (Firestone) Stump, Davis'...

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A photograph scrapbook of Ella (Skippy) Skipwith Harrison’s time as a Kirksville State Teacher’s College (now Truman State University) student from 1937–1939.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, and assorted government documents associated with Fred Schwengel from his time in both the Iowa legislature (1945-1955) and the United States Congress (1955-1965; 1967-1973). Much of the collection and Schwengel's career is related to the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln, and especially Schwengel's involvement with the Centennial Commemorations of the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln's...

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A 189-page scrapbook containing programs, photos and other memorabilia kept by Gladys Tull during her high school and college years at Kirksville Jr. and Sr. High Schools and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University), along with a few childhood photos. Her photo album consists of 100 pages of photographs, most of which seem to be of her extended family.

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A photo album, diploma and certificates, and various school documents and letters from Goldie E. Pitney Bivin which capture life in Kirksville and at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) during the 1920s–1930s.

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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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.

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...