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.

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...

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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.

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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 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,...

Scope and Contents Dr. Dale Jorgenson’s research documents for the writing of his book The Life of Karl Anton, 1887—1956. The items he collected include a variety of Karl Anton’s performance programs, newspaper articles, letters (including between Anton and Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a famous theologian and musicologist who was a contemporary of Karl Anton), published works, unpublished manuscripts, and transcriptions of sermons and lectures. There are also photocopies of Anton’s books, articles, and school...

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Personal papers, research notes and writings of Paul Owen Selby, consisting of the files and records he gave during his lifetime as well as those cleared from his campus office after his death. Many are concerned with Kirksville and Adair County history, genealogies of Adair County families, and Mark Twain. Also includes his personal scrapbooks from 1890-1979.

Scope and Contents Enlistment forms completed by the United States Army Recruiting Officer from information provided by prospective soldiers who enrolled at the Kirksville Recruiting Station during World War I. There are two types of forms included in this collection, an enlistment record and what appears to be the record of the recruit's physical exam; neither form is labeled and there are different versions of each. None of the versions asks for exactly the same set of personal information, but common to all...

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Academic records for Mildred Genevieve (White) McKim (Class of 1922) and Marian Kathleen White (Class of 1928) graduates of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (NMSTC, now Truman State University); collection also includes Mildred's album of school and family photos.