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Records and Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Adair County Coal Mine Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS A8
Scope and Contents

This collection contains sales slips, paychecks, and worker time cards and other documents including some land leases from Adair County coal mines and companies including Baiotto Coal Company, Inc., Billy Creek Coal Mine, Blacksmith Coal Corporation, Corrigan Coal Company, Kansas City Midland Coal & Mining Company, Orek Coal Company, Rose Hill Coal Mine and Simler Bluff Coal Mine, as well as the Adair County Coal Operators Association.

Dates: 1930-1947, 1954-1956
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Adair County Historical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS A5
Scope and Contents

Focused on Adair County, Missouri, including Kirksville and surrounding areas, this collection encompasses a wide variety of materials from businesses, churches, and organizations. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, and more.

Dates: 1832-1998
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Adair County Infirmary Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS A2
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...
Dates: 1881-1942
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Adair County Public School District Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS A1
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1866-1976
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Albert P. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS M1
Scope and Contents

Albert P. Miller, a merchant from Winchester, Augusta County, Virginia, was in partnership with Newton Andrew Baylor in Kirksville, Missouri, for about one year from mid-1881 to mid-1882. The collection includes miscellaneous personal documents from prior to his move and letters from Naylor urging him to come to Kirksville, as well as some publicity for the dry goods store in Kirksville.

Dates: 1869-1881
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Alice Shea Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS S11
Scope and Contents

A small collection comprised of a cabinet card with a photograph of Alice Shea and four Shea Family letters, including correspondence from Alice Shea to her siblings D. Emmett, Martha, and Frances.

Dates: 1882-1888
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Belle Porter Memorial Presbyterian Church Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS P2
Scope and Contents

Record Book containing congregation's petition for affiliation with the Palmyra Presbytery, Presbyterian Church USA; Session Minutes, 1892 February 8 - 1906 December 4; Congregational Meeting Minutes, 1905 October 31; and Membership Roll, 1892-1906.

Dates: 1892-1906
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Biswell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP B1
Scope and Contents Approximately 130 documents from the Biswell family of Randolph and Linn Counties in Missouri. It includes letters, financial documents, and military papers from the early 1800s, and newspapers containing family obituaries. Of particular interest are the letters written by brothers Jonathan and Norvell Biswell on their way to, and while in, the California gold fields, 1850-1852. Of the six series, the Gold Rush letters, Series 1, are the most frequently used as they convey the story of a...
Dates: 1795-1912
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Captain Harris House Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS H7
Scope and Contents Photographs, architectural plans and drawings, wallpaper samples, correspondence, newspaper clippings, invoices, checks, and paint and varnish samples detailing the restoration of the Captain Harris House, also known as the Parrish House and Parrish Place, a historical residential building in Kirksville, Missouri. The contents were gathered from the Italianate house at 101 Burton Street in Kirksville, Missouri, during renovations and from records kept by Mary Childers Slone, the owner of the...
Dates: 1869-2008
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

Central Wesleyan College Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C3
Scope and Contents Ledgers; correspondence; business, legal, and financial records; institutional histories of Central Wesleyan College and Orphan Asylum and merging institutions, Mt. Pleasant German College and Ozark Wesleyan College; student organizations' records; and college publications. Some of the documents as well as some records of the St. Louis German Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Many of the documents are in German. Early materials, before 1910, are sparse. The collection contains few...
Dates: 1862-1987
Found in: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts

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