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Records and Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Cessna Aircraft Company Debenture Offering

 Collection
Identifier: MS C5
Scope and Contents

One bound volume (459 pages with table of contents) of documents including letters, telegrams and legal documents related to The Cessna Aircraft Company's 1967 Debentures offering.

Dates: 1967

Darrow Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP D1
Scope and Contents

Joseph Darrow's 1812-1825 account book and 1847 court summons, as well as an 1864 Civil War diary, militia accounts book and post war County Collector's ledger maintained by his grandson, Lt. Edwin Darrow. Typed transcripts of Joseph's account book and Edwin's diary accompany the originals, but it is unknown who completed them or when they were added to the collection.

Dates: 1812-1825; 1864-1879.

DeWitt Family Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS D7
Scope and Contents

Collection of letters, photographs, and educational materials from the lives of the DeWitt family from Kirksville, Missouri, from the 1890s to 1960s. The archive provides a snapshot of life in Kirksville in the early twentieth century. Most importantly, Dale DeWitt's 1922 correspondence to his mother gives an outsider's perspective of the turmoil in Europe after World War I.

Dates: 1890-1967

E. M. Violette Collection of World War I Soldiers' Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP V1
Scope and Contents Letters, written from the field in Europe, relating living and battle conditions; many in response to a campaign by the Normal School and Kirksville Rotary Club to see that Adair County soldiers received mail, some donated by the soldiers' families; nearly all were printed in the Kirksville Daily Express or Normal School Index.These letters were collected by Professor E. M. Violette, head of the History Department at the First District State Normal School (now Truman State University), for...
Dates: 1917-1919

E. M. Violette Museum Documents of Unknown Origin

 Collection
Identifier: MUSDP U2
Scope and Contents

Letters, military records, receipts, slave and land sales, political memorabilia and other documents received as individual pieces or in small groups into the E. M. Violette Museum collection.

Dates: 1807-1965

E. M. Violette Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS V1
Scope and Contents

Eugene M. Violette's papers 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.

Dates: 1875-1940

Elisha Cotton Winchell Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS W3
Scope and Contents The core of this collection consists of 64 letters from Elisha Cotton Winchell to his parents and siblings in Missouri. Winchell moved to California from Missouri during the "Gold Rush" to establish his law practice while others were seeking riches in the gold fields. The first was written to his mother as he was making preparations to leave Missouri and the final one was to his sister shortly before his death, over 60 years later. Over half of the letters were written during his first few...
Dates: 1849-1912

Fred Schwengel Papers

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Identifier: MS S8
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...
Dates: 1837-1992

George Mead Civil War Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS M9
Scope and Contents Eighty-one documents from the Mead and Chandler family. The majority of the documents are handwritten letters, but there are also postmarked envelopes, indentures, payment records, marriage certificates, telegraphs, envelopes, poetry, photographs, and newspaper clippings spanning from 1824-1968. The majority of the documents pertain to the Civil War, however, the California Gold Rush and World War I are also mentioned. The letters date from 1824-1871, involving the Chandler and Mead family,...
Dates: 1824-1968

Glenn Frank Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS F2
Scope and Contents

Speeches, correspondence, and papers from alumnus Glenn Frank. Frank was managing editor of The Century Publishing Company (publisher of books and The Century Magazine) for several years, was later President of the University of Wisconsin and became active in Wisconsin and national politics.

Dates: 1880-1948; bulk from the late 1920s and the 1930s.