Scott

Sikes Family Papers, 1845-1859 (CG0019)
0.02 cubic feet

 Digitized Materials

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The Sikes Family Papers contain eight enslaved bills of sale to William Sikes of New Madrid County, Missouri. These documents reflect the name, age, and price of each enslaved person. Three additional documents show land transfers and a tax assessment of personal property.

Sikeston, Missouri Centennial Program, 1960 (R0683)
(1 folder)

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This is a photocopy of a souvenir booklet for the centennial of Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri. Prepared by Audrey Chaney, the program includes illustrated historical sketches of Sikeston, prominent citizens, municipal officials, business, churches, and schools. There is also a schedule of events, a program for the centennial pageant, "Pioneer Days Relived," and advertisements.

E. Herbert Smith Papers, 1954 (R0184)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The E. Herbert Smith Papers contain photocopies of a thirteen-page autobiography by a newspaper publisher and editor of southeastern Missouri. At one time or another during his sixty-year career, Smith was associated with the Benton Record, the Charleston Democrat and Enterprise, the Sikeston Star, and the Clarkton News.

Laura Sikes Smith Papers, 1878-1881 (R1420)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The collection consists of the journal of Laura Sikes Smith. It records her daily duties, comments on the weather, and the goings on of neighbors and acquaintances.

Southeast Missouri Drummers' Association Collection, 1910 (R0680)
(1 folder)

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The Southeast Missouri Drummers' Association Collection contains photocopies of the souvenir program of the fourteenth annual meeting of the Southeast Missouri Drummers' Association, held at Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, May 26-28, 1910. The program features a schedule of events, descriptions of prominent Scott County businesses, photographs of officers and members of the assocation, and views of buinessses, residences, and public buildings in Sikeston.

Southeast Missouri Drummers' Association Collection, 1920 (R0694)
(1 folder)

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This is a souvenir program for the twenty-fourth annual convention of the Southeast Missouri Drummers Association, held at Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, on May 27-29, 1920. The illustrated program includes a schedule of events, photographs of officers and members of the association, and views of Sikeston.

Southeast Missouri Medical Association Records, 1877-1967 (CG0003)
0.5 cubic feet

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The Southeast Missouri Medical Society Records include a minute book ledger from 1877-1896, issues of the Cape County Journal, an anniversary booklet for the Southeast Missouri Hospital, advertising materials, publication n the history of medicine in Southeast Missouri, and various papers from 1877-1967.

The Southeast Missouri Collection, 1820-2016 (CG0001)
0.8 c.f.

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The Southeast Missouri Collection is a combination of small acquisitions to the State Historical Society related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.

Southeast Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1902-1975 (P1126)

An artificial collection of photographs depicting Southeast Missouri, including the Bootheel: Wayne, Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid, Stoddard, Scott, and Mississippi counties.

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Employee Records, 1930-1977 (SP0057)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Employee Records contain Seniority Rosters and Employee Line-Ups from 1930 to 1977. The records include the names and seniority rank of the St. Louis-San Francisco "Frisco" railroad employees throughout Missouri, as well as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

James and Hope Edwards Terrell Papers, (CG0054)
2.0

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This collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, schoolwork, and other materials from James Terrell and Hope Edwards Terrell, in addition to letters, drawings, and other materials from members of the Edwards family. The collection also contains playbills, programs, tickets, photographs, correspondence, articles, and newspaper clippings related to the Sikeston Little Theater, as well as its cast and crew. 

U.S. Post Office (Rockview, Mo.) Cash Book, 1914-1915 (C3373)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a cash book of the domestic money order office at Rockview, Missouri, Post Office, July 1914 to August 1915; two pages from the record of money orders issued giving the remitter and payee, the amount of the order, and the date issued.

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.

Weiss Family Papers, 1906-1919 (CG0048)
0.02 c.f.

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The Weiss Family Papers contains ten postcards of the 1906 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, centennial and fourteen postcards of correspondence between Clara Weiss Masters and Wilson Masters from 1909 to 1919.

Edward Leo Welter Papers, 1918-1919 (R0312)
(1 folder)

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This is a diary of overseas service by a native of Kelso, Scott County, Missouri, and an enlisted
member of Co. F, 110th Engineers, 35th Division, U.S. Army. E. L. Welter served in France along
the Somme River and in the Vosges Mountains, was part of the reserve during the St. Mihiel
offensive, and came under fire during the Meuse-Argonne offensive.