Greene

Reba Staggs Papers, circa 1928-1933 (R0586)
(1 folder)

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This is the scrapbook of Reba Staggs of Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, photographs, programs for theatrical productions and other events, and miscellaneous materials concerning Newburg High School, and Drury College in Springfield, Missouri.

STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, USS Discovery Chapter, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1985-2017 (S0310)
3.25 cubic feet

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The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and starship schematics documenting the USS Discovery's activities as a chapter of Starfleet: the International Star Trek Fan Association, devoted to the Star Trek Franchise and making creator Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future a reality.

State Normal School, Springfield, Missouri, May Day Collection, 1917 (R1297)
(1 folder)

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This is a program for the May Day Festival held on the grounds of the State Normal School (formerly the Springfield Normal School) at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, May 1, 1917. The program lists the various components of the celebration and the names of participants.

Mark Stauter Collection, 1852-1980 (R1432)
2 cubic feet (120 folders)

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The Mark Stauter Collection consist of materials donated by Dr. Mark Stauter, the former director of the State Historical Society of Missouri's Rolla Research Center. The papers cover a variety of topics related to Missouri history.

James Blain Stone Papers, 1943-1945 (R1189)
(1 folder)

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This is correspondence written during World War II between James. B. "Stoney" Stone, who served in an Ordnances Battalion in the United State Army in the Southwest Pacific Theatre, and his parents, who lived in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. The letters include news of friends and family, and a few newspaper clippings.

Edward E. Stout Genealogical Collection, 1890-2002 (SP0068)
3 cubic feet (67 folders, 2 volumes)

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The Edward E. Stout Genealogical Collection contains correspondence, genealogical research, family charts, photographs, and manuscripts related to the Fulbright and Stout families.

Strafford High School Collection, 1920 (R0853)
(1 folder)

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This is the catalogue and course of study for Strafford High School at Straford in Greene County, Missouri, for the academic year 1920-1921.

Strafford, Missouri Bank Books, 1910-1938 (C0056A)
26 rolls of microfilm (114 volumes only on microfilm)

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Records of the bank include balance books, collection register, daily statement registers, day books, deposit certificate register, discount registers, distribution of expense accounts register, draft registers, inventory book, ledgers, notes due books, record book containing minutes of the stockholders meetings, statement books, and stock certificate register.

Tom C. Strickland Photographs, 1880 (P0612)
5 photographs

Stereographs images of Springfield town square ca. 1890, unidentified house, and and Fort No. 1 historic site; Marshfield tornado damage, 1880; still lifes.

Dillard Surbrugg Papers, 1925 -1931 (R1448)
(4 folders)

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The Dillard Surbrugg Papers contain letters of correspondence between the Order of the Eastern Star, Webb City Chapter and other chapters in the United States, correspondence between the Springfield Republican and Dillard Surbrugg, correspondence from the Joplin Globe Publishing Company and Mr. Surbrugg and miscellaneous papers.

John Jacob Sutter Collection, 1865-1871 (R0624)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The John Jacob Sutter Papers contains photocopies of a notebook and travel journal by John J. Sutter, a native of Germany and resident of Saint Louis, Missouri. The memoranda book covers Sutter’s service as inspector of artillery in the Department of the Missouri in 1865, and inspections at Cape Girardeau, Macon, Rolla, and Springfield, Missouri; and Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, and Paola, Kansas. The travel journal documents a trip from Saint Louis to Germany and return in 1871. The travel journal is in German.

Austyn Swenson Collection, 1960 (R0897)
(1 folder)

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This is a promotional booklet for Austyn "Aut" Swenson's "Thrillcade" professional stunt driving show. The troupe made its headquarters at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri.

Fay Colleen Swyers Photograph Collection, 1885, 1925 (P0357)
2 photographs

Group photograph of Springfield, Missouri, firefighters, ca. 1885, and portrait of John Barry, a St. Louis firefighter

The Passerby Newsletter Collection, 1932-1939 (R1524)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Passerby Newsletter Collection contains a copied mimeograph monthly family newsletter that circulated among the descendants of John H. Pummill and Lydia Eliza (Matthews) Pummill. In circulation from 1932 to 1939 the newsletter was edited by James E. Pummill, Superintendent of Schools in Eureka, Missouri, it was based on letters received from family members. The newsletters focus on the Pummill family of Shannon County, Missouri and life during the Great Depression.

The Southwest Magazine Collection, 1900-1903 (R0760)
(1 folder)

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This collection contains nineteen issues (January-October 1900) of the Southwest magazine, a semi-monthly publication devoted to commercial fruit-growing, published at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. There is also a single issue fo Practical Fruit Grower, a successor to the Southwest.

Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers, 1850-1932 (R0671)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers contain the personal and family papers collected by Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson from 1850 to 1932. This collection includes photocopies of family correspondence, legal documents, and business papers for the Dabbs and Thompson families of Greene County, Missouri.

Tri-State Exploration Company Collection, 1927 (R1041)
(1 folder)

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This is a certificate for one share of stock in the Tri-State Exploration Company, which had offices at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, and mineral leases on land in Lawrence County, Missouri. The certificate was issued to L.M. Miller on November 4, 1927.

Mrs. J.N. Trotter Postcard Collection, 1909 (P0450)
8 postcards

Postcards of University of Missouri football ca. 1909, Glasgow (MO), Springfield (MO), and The Benton, Excelsior Springs, MO

U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey of Missouri, 1935-1942 (C3551)
302 cubic feet (24,282 folders); also available on 817 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, records, and working files. Originally designed to survey and inventory all county government records, the survey finally included inventories of church records, manuscript collections, vital statistics, American imprints, and federal archives. Incorporates records of the Federal Writers Project for Missouri.

United Confederate Veterans, Springfield, Missouri Records, 1903-1919 (R0273)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The United Confederate Veterans, Springfield, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of records of the United Confederate Veterans Campbell Camp No. 488 located in Springfield, Missouri. The records, dating from 1903 to 1919 contain meeting minutes, membership and visitor rosters, and other organizational records.

United Confederate Veterans Springfield, Missouri Records, 1894-1915 (R0060)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The United Confederate Veterans, Campbell Camp No. 488 Records contains a microfilm copy of a volume with the records of the United Confederate Veterans, Campbell Camp No. 488 in Springfield, Missouri. The volume includes the constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, lists of the members, and miscellaneous papers.

Lucile Morris Upton Papers, 1823-1986 (C3869)
1 cubic foot, 25 rolls of microfilm (599 folders, 71 volumes), 1 video cassette

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The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks.  The papers are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region, and in Ozark folklore.

Valuation for People Enslaved by Richard Nowlin, 1844 (SP0102)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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Valuation for three people enslaved by Richard Nowlin of Ray County, Missouri.

Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers, 1845-2003 (SP0096)
7 cubic feet (294 folders, 1 video cassette, 21 audio cassettes, 2,271 photographs, 2,607 negatives, 327 slides)

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The Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, research, genealogy, cemetery records, publications, and photographs from Kathleen Van Buskirk, a journalist and regional historian who spent most of her career writing about the people, culture, and history of the Ozarks and White River Valley.

W. N. Veirs Realty Company Records, 1910 (R0737)
(1 oversize volume)

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This is a brief real estate record index kept by W. N. Beirs Realty company of Springfield, Missouri, in 1910. It includes descriptive entries for individual parcels, located mostly in Springfield.

Samuel Spencer Vinton Collection, 1864-1939 (R0819)
(2 folders)

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This is a freight receipt book of Samuel Spencer Vinton (1828-1890), and a reminiscence by his son, Samuel Spencer Vinton (1857-1951). The receipt book reflects a freighting business from Sedalia to southwestern Missouri, 1864-1865. The reminiscence, written in 1939, concerns life around Springfield, Missouri, circa 1875-1890.

Waddell Canning Company Label Collection, no date (R1014)
(1 folder)

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This is a label for Nancy Jane Justice brand tomatoes packed by the Waddell Canning Company at Ash Grove in Greene County, Missouri.

Walnut Grove Booster Club, Old Timers Reunion Collection, 1964 (R0767)
(1 folder)

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This is a booklet published by the Walnut Grove Booster Club for its Old Timers Reunion celebration held on June 15-20, 1964. Walnut Grove is in northwestern Greene County, Missouri.

War Time Recipes, 1917 (SP0034)
.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The War Time Recipes Cookbook collection consists of a cookbook, featuring meals that conserve wheat, meat, sugar, and fats because of World War I rationing. The cookbook also features a display of advertisements for local companies and public service announcements made by the United States Government.

Where to Go in the Ozarks Booklet Collection, 1930 (R1443)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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Where to go in the Ozarks is a booklet written for tourists that was published in the 1930s. It included information about the different towns and locations in the Ozarks.

Thomas Houston Wiles Records, 1906-1945 (R1234)
(1 volume)

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This is a record book kept by the Reverend Thomas Houston Wiles, a Baptist minister or several congregations in Missouri, Colorado, and Kentucky, most notably at Grant Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Included are records of sermons, baptisms, marriages, funerals, and 'conversions and additions' to the membership of his churches.

Robert S. Wiley Collection, 1869-1994 (R0521)
8.5 cubic feet (177 folders, 639 photographs, 25 slides, 2 audio discs, 13 oversize folders)

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The Robert S. Wiley Collection consists of legal documents, publications, promotional material, and ephemera related to Missouri, specifically Stone County, and to travel, tourism and recreation in the White River region of Missouri and Arkansas. The collection also contains material largely focused on Missouri State Representative Dewey Short and the Republican Party.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams Photograph Collection, 1871-1945 (P0535)
45 photographs

Copy photo of Presbyterian Church, ca. 1871, Boonville. Photos of Phelps, Franklin, Carter, Greene, and Crawford counties, focusing particularly on caves and other natural features.

Jacob P. Williamson Papers, 1862 (R0664)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Jacob P. Williamson Papers contain a Civil War letter written February 27, 1862, from Camp Rolla in Phelps county, Missouri , by a soldier in the 13th Illinois Infantry. The letter notes the Union capture of Springfield, Missouri, by soldiers who had marched from Rolla, and rumors of future movements.

Wilson's Creek Battlefield National Park Commission Deed, 1964 (C2193)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains photocopied documentation of land deeded by the State of Missouri in Greene County.

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Papers, 1926-1949 (C4221)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders)

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The papers consist of correspondence and descriptions regarding the Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek that took place in Springfield, Missouri, on August 10, 1861. Also included are maps, letters from the Shepard of the Hills Association, Lebanon, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce Commercial Club, Civic Groups, the Missouri State Legislature, and other organizations endorsing efforts to make Wilson’s Creek Battlefield a National Park/Memorial.

Charles S. Yancey Letters, 1839-1865 (C0192)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Letters of a circuit court judge from Greene County, Missouri, largely written to his wife in Springfield. Tell of the court; discusses Benton; Clay Compromise; and the slavery question. Other family letters. Originals in possession of donor.