Rolla Manuscript Collections

The Samuel Ledgerwood Papers contains a photocopy of a memoranda book belong to Samuel Ledgerwood, an early resident of Relfe in southern Phelps County, Missouri. The entries concern the operations of a general store and mill.

The Martin Brothers Mercantile Records contain records books for a grocery and general store operated by Issac N. Martin and Thomas Martin in Theodosia, Missouri. The records include an account ledger and daybook.

These are papers of a conservationist and outdoor journalist, including material on the Outdoor Writers Association of America, wilderness areas, the "Irish Wilderness" of Oregon County, Missouri, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and the Ozarks region. There are a typescript of Saults's unpublished novel and copies of many of his articles and speeches.

The Charles E. Boulson Papers contain the personal and professional papers of an electrical engineer in Missouri. Boulson was the general manager of the Sho-Me Power Corporation from 1954 to 1974 and a member of the Board of Directors of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, professional and historical writings, speeches on rural electrification in Missouri and corporate manuals and annual reports of Sho-Me Power Corporation and Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.

The John Holland Papers contain a typescript copy of the Civil War diary of John Holland. Holland served with Company F, 2nd United States Veteran Volunteers in Virginia, Washington D.C., and New York in 1865.

These are a record book and papers of the Dry Fork Regular Baptist Church in the Lake Spring
community of Dent County, Missouri. The volume includes the rules of decorum, articles of faith,
membership records, and minutes of church business meetings, 1834-1879. The papers include
letters of dismission and church correspondence

The Farmers and Merchants Bank, Humansville, Missouri Records contain the minutes and monthly meetings of the Board of Directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Humansville, Polk County, Missouri. The minutes include certifications of elections of directors, appointments of officers, lists of past due loans and overdrawn accounts, and reports of state bank examiners.

These are papers of a conservationist, newspaper columnist, author, and lecturer. Prominent topics include the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, the National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and wilderness areas. There are texts and notes for many of his articles, books, and lectures, as well as scripts for several nature films.

The Eugene McAuliffe Papers contain the personal correspondence, papers, and photograph album of mining and railway engineer Eugene McAuliffe. The album contains views of the construction of the Panama Canal and a tour of the canal by a group from the American Institute of Mining Engineers in 1910.

The Richard Goodridge Woodson Papers consist of the correspondence, orders, and miscellaneous military papers of Richard G. Woodson of Pike County, Missouri, colonel of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry (New). The papers concern the administration of the post at Pilot Knob, Missouri, and the activities of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Calvary.

This collection includes the articles of association, certificate of incorporation, and minutes of
meetings of directors and stockholders of the Bolivar Creamery Company in Bolivar, Polk County,
Missouri, 1889-1891. Also included are records of a subsequent firm, the Bolivar Milk Company,
organized in 1892.

This is an account ledger of C. C. Bennetsen, a blacksmith in the High Gate community of
Maries County, Missouri. The entries list the names of customers and the nature and cost of blacksmithing
work done from May 1906 through May 1916.

These are Civil War papers of Francis M. Williams, a native of Fredericktown in Madison County, Missouri, who served in the 4th Missouri Militia Regiment and the 50th Missouri Infantry. The collection includes correspondence and military papers concerning duty at St. Francis Bridge and in Iron and Washington counties in Missouri.

This is the clerk's record book of the Saint Martins School District, which was located north of
Versailles and east of Glensted in Morgan County, Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings,
annual enumeration of children and taxpayers, and an account of expenditures by the district.

These are letters of a native of California, Moniteau County, Missouri, and member of Co. L,
18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, during World War I. The letters include brief comments on the
war in France, 1917-1918, and service with the army of occupation in Germany, 1919. There is also
a letter from Hall's father with news from home.

These are records of the Big Rock Primitive Baptist Church and its predecessor, Bethlehem
Baptist Church, near Versailles in Morgan County, Missouri. The records include minutes of church
business meetings and membership rosters, 1827-1942, and a history of Big Rock Church, 1968.

This is a record book of the Big Buffalo United Baptist Church in southeastern Benton County,
Missouri. The volume includes the declaration of faith and rules of church order, minutes of church
business meetings, 1 August 1869 -- 29 April 1894, and membership records.

These are record books of the Freedom Baptist Church near Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include the articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership records, and minutes
of church business meetings, August 1844 --January 1962, and the secretary's record book of the
Baptist Young People's Union, 1929-1932.

This is a record book of the Central Gravois Baptist Church at Gravois Mills in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include minutes of church business meetings, 1881-1903, membership
records, ca. 1881-1902, and miscellaneous church papers, 1895-1902.

This is a record of assessments on real estate and personal property in Morgan County, Missouri.
The volume includes a listing of taxpayers, the amount of taxable property, including slaves,
and the amounts assessed. There are separate lists of assessments of property in the towns of Versailles,
Florence, and Mining Post.

These are papers concerning a short-line railroad which connected the towns of Cassville and
Exeter in Barry County, Missouri, begun as the Cassville & Western Railway in 1896 and reorganized
as the C&E in 1919. The collection includes letters, documents, clippings, and photographs

These are records of an association of Baptist churches primarily in Morgan and Cooper
counties of Missouri. Included are minutes of annual conferences in 1913, 1965, and 1972, and an
institutional history compiled for the association's centennial in 1972.

These are papers on various topics of Morgan County's history, including histories of the towns
of Fortuna, Barnett, and Laurie, a memoir of mule-buying, and an investigation of major mining
sites.

This is "Health and Pleasure in the Missouri Hills Along Rock Island Lines," a promotional
booklet featuring hotels, rooming houses, resorts, and recreational opportunities along or near the
CRI&P Railway between St. Louis and Versailles, Missouri.

This is a memoir of a resident of Morgan County, Missouri, concerning his experiences as a
soldier in World War One. Marriott served in the 110th Ammunition Train of the 35th Division and
participated in the Battle of the Argonne in 1918.

This is a record book of a farm club which met at East Prairie School in eastern Morgan
County, Missouri. An affiliate of the Missouri Farmers' Association, the club provided educational
and social programs for the area's residents. It met in conjunction with the East Prairie Literary
Society, 1921-1923. The records include the constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, and
membership lists.

The Morgan County, Missouri, chapter of the American Red Cross was organized on 20 April
1932 in Versailles. It distributed flour and clothing to needy families, and contributed funds to the
national flood relief effort in January 1937. Chairpersons were Dr. H. N. Lutman and Mrs. A. J.
Gunn.

This is "The History of 90 Years of Linn Creek Methodist Church, from 1874 to 1964,"
compiled by Mrs. F. L. Ridenour. The congregation was formed in 1874 and officially organized in
1882. In 1930 the church moved to higher ground as a result of the construction of Lake of the
Ozarks.

These are printed histories and programs for nine churches in Morgan and Moniteau counties of
Missouri. Included are Baptist, Methodist, United Church of Christ, Lutheran, and Mennonite congregations
in or near Versailles, Fortuna, Florence, Glensted, and Pyrmont.

These are business records of Dr. John B. Thruston, a physician at Versailles in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include account ledgers, 1859-1879, and a daybook, 1861-1863. The
entries note the names of the patients, the types of medical services rendered, Thruston's fees, and
settlements of accounts.

These are clerk's record books of the Marvin School southeast of Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings, annual enumeration of children and taxpayers,
financial records, and statements of the district clerk.

These are records of quarterly conferences of the Lane's Prairie Charge, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. The charge consisted of congregations in Maries County, Missouri. The records
include minutes of meetings, reports on the status of churches, Sunday schools and missions, and
financial statements.

These are scrapbooks of the Missouri Pacific Women's Club of Poplar Bluff in Butler County, Missouri. The club was composed of the relatives of Missouri Pacific Railroad employees. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous material concerning the club's activities.

These are two letter press volumes, 1874-1875 and 1881-1882, for "Harris & Janis, Bankers
and Exchange Dealers," of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The letters are copies of routine outgoing correspondence, usually to other financial institutions, often written to accompany bank drafts and
other financial instruments. There are alphabetical and chronological lists of addressees for each
volume.

Felix Janis and Henry Janis operated a general store, styled as "Felix Janis & Co.," at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 1852-1855. Included here are a list of "metal" hauled for the Madison Iron & Mining Company, 1854-1855, and an inventory of notes and accounts due the firm at the time of Felix Janis's death and the dissolution of the firm in 1855, with payments noted through 1857.

This is "A Brief Resume of the Venezuelan Career of John R. Stubbins," an autobiographical
sketch by a native of Paris, Missouri, and civil engineer who spent fifty-eight years in Venezuela.
He was involved in oil exploration, mining, construction, and public works projects, and headed
OTESCO, an engineering firm, 1930-1970.

This book has two distinct sections. One, probably kept by Felix Janis & Company of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, is a record of sand hauled to Little Rock landing on the Mississippi River, 1853-1854. The other contains three inventories (1868, 1870, 1873) of the general store run by Janis & Cox at Sainte Genevieve

This daybook was kept at Little Rock landing on the Mississippi River just north of Sainte
Genevieve, Missouri, from 5 January 1854 to 22 March 1856. Listings include the person or firm
and amount charged, commodities brought ashore or shipped, and the name of the steamboat. The
proprietor might have been Francis Claude Rozier. Large quantities of iron and lead were shipped
from the landing.

This is a "List of Hauling of Metal paid by Janis & Valle for a/c Am.[erican] Iron Mountain
Co.," between 22 September 1855 and 30 January 1858. Included are the date, name of hauler,
weight of load, and toll paid, presumably over the "plank road" from Iron Mountain to Ste. Genevieve,
Missouri. The haulers' names have been indexed.

This is a journal, 1905-1930, of a native of Denmark and resident of Chicago, Illinois. The entries
include notes of becoming a naturalized citizen and a description of a trip to California. With
the journal are two letters to John Nielsen at Licking, Missouri, from relatives in Denmark, 1969.
The letters and part of the journal are in Danish.

This is an indexed account ledger of B. F. Kemper, a blacksmith at Fredericktown in Madison
County, Missouri. The volume includes accounts receivable for services rendered, 1885-1888, and
"cash book" records of daily transactions, January 1887 -- January 1888.

The D.B. Axtell and Company Records contain an indexed account ledger for a grocery, general store, and tie-buying firm in southeastern Missouri. Owned by D.B. Axtell and J.P. Gabriel, the business was based in Poplar Bluff and did business in Butler and Stoddard Counties. The ledger includes accounts receivable, lists of payments for ties, and expense accounts.

These are diaries of Alfred Avery Lamkin, a soldier in the 25th Ohio Infantry and a civilian employee of
the army during the Civil War, who moved to Jasper County, Missouri, in 1866. His diaries cover antebellum
employment in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, military service in Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky, and
postwar activities in Ohio and Missouri.

This is the record book of the Prosperity Baptist Church near Crocker in Pulaski County,
Missouri. The volume includes minutes of monthly business meetings, membership records, and
miscellaneous entries, 1883-1892. Included are minutes of meetings of the Tavern Creek Baptist
Church, 1874-1876.

This collection includes minutes of meetings, 1880-1987, and membership records, 1880-1991, of
the Spring Creek Baptist Church in northern Phelps County, Missouri. Volume 1 includes records of
two earlier organizations: the Corinth Baptist Church, 1880-1891, and the Macedonia Baptist Church,
1881-1883.

These are records of the Masonic Lodge at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri. The records include
minute books, membership records, personnel files, and miscellaneous lodge papers,
1849-1962. The collection also includes the record books of the Iron Mountain Lodge, 1864-1894,
which consolidated with the Star of the West Lodge in 1894.

This is correspondence of related families of Miller County, Missouri. The principal correspondents are John, Martha, and Matthew Tallman, who wrote to their brother, Jeremiah, while he served in the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, and John D. Brown, of the same regiment, who wrote to his sister, Hannah M. Brown. Topics include military activity in Miller County and southern Missouri, farm life, and family matters.

These are papers of the Kesler and Lytle families of Champaign, Illinois. The collection consists primarily of the Civil War letters of William H. Kesler, written during his service in the 3rd Missouri Cavalry, January 13, 1862 – June 12, 1865. There are also four letters from the papers of Alexander M. Lytle, September 10, 1861 – April 10, 1869. Genealogical information on the Kesler and Lytle families is included.

This is an addition to the business records of the Gideon-Anderson Lumber & Mercantile
Company (see also R290), which operated at Gideon in New Madrid County, Missouri. Most of the
papers concern operations in 1901-1919, but there are also papers of a subsidiary operation, the
Gideon and North Island Railroad Company, 1903-1932, and historical materials on the firm to
1985.

This is an account book for the receipt and disposition of lead (and some copper) shipments at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, perhaps associated with Ziegler & Company. Records include the date, name of hauler, number of “pigs,” and weight. Contrary accounts give the disposition of metal, including destinations, names of steamboats, and credits to third parties.

The Felix Janis & Company Daybooks are from the general merchandise firm of Felix Janis & Company of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Account entries include the date, name of patron (an individual or another firm), items purchased, and the amount charged or credited.

These are daybooks of a general merchandise firm in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The principals were Henry L. Janis (who died in 1856), Jules F. Janis, and L. Bert Valle. The firm was a successor to Felix Janis and Company (q.v.).

These are photographs and miscellaneous papers of the Scott family of Rolla, Missouri. Included are the personal papers and memorabilia of John W. Scott, a businessman and musician who directed the Rolla town band and other local ensembles, catalogs of the Western Conservatory of Music operated by Ephraim H. Scott at Rolla, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, and other materials pertaining to the Dean and Morris families, and the town of Rolla.

The Meramec Regional Planning Commission Historic Sites Survey Records contains the historic site surveys, with accompanying photographs, negatives, and research materials for Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, and Washington Counties. Included in the reports are houses, churches, schools, bridges, businesses, and other structures.

The Henry Perrin Mann Papers contain the Civil War diaries of Henry P. Mann, Co. B Cavalry, 36th Illinois Infantry. The company was later assigned to the 15th Illinois Cavalry as Co. K. The diaries cover the Pea Ridge campaign in Missouri and Arkansas, the occupation of Corinth, Mississippi, the battle of Chickamauga, the siege of Chattanooga, and the Atlanta campaign. The entries for 1865 concern personal business and finances.

These are illustrated souvenir programs of annual meetings of the Frisco Travelers, a businessmen's
association, at Rolla, Union, and St. James, Missouri, in 1915, 1920, and 1921. The
programs include rosters of members, photographs of officers, schedules of events, articles on the
host towns, and advertisements.

The Dexter Monday Club Records contain “Press” books of the Dexter Monday Club, a women’s club at Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri. The volumes include the club’s printed yearbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous materials regarding the activities of the club.

The Aquilla Standifird Papers contain photocopies of the Civil War diary of a sergeant and, later, lieutenant of Company D, 23rd Iowa Infantry. The diary covers duty in Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, July 26, 1862 through circa April 15, 1865. Included are descriptions of service in the Army of Southeastern Missouri, the Vicksburg Campaign, including the battles of Port Gibson, Champion’s Hill, Big Black River Bridge, and Milliken’s Bend, and furlough and medical leave in Iowa.

The Missouri Pacific Railway Company Collection contains illustrated promotional booklets advertising railroad lands for sale in northeastern and central Arkansas. The booklets include descriptions and photographs of twenty-one counties, with information on agricultural production, stock raising, and railroad connections in the region.

The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Booklet is an advertising booklet on the “Cotton Belt Route” in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas. The booklet includes timetables, a map of the system, and material on the passenger, freight, and agricultural services of the railroad.

The Francis Claude Rozier Records contains a ledger with lists of real estate owned by Francis Claude Rozier of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The listings are for properties in Missouri, Iowa, and Texas. Also included in the records are assessments of the real, personal, and intangible property owned by Rozier, his widow and his estate.

The Merchants’ Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records contain a “General Ledger” and “Individual Ledger” of the “branch of the Merchants’ Bank of St. Louis, at St. Genevieve,” 1859-1872. Controlled largely by the Rozier family, this institution appears to have been succeeded in 1865 by the Ste. Genevieve Savings Association. The “Individual Ledger” is indexed.

The Henry Louis Rozier Records contain a ledger and journal of Henry Louis Rozier, a private banker in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Accounts indicate loans, payments, and other financial transactions.

The Rozier and Jokerst Mercantile Records contain a daily account journal of the general mercantile firm of Rozier & Jokerst of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The principals were Henry Louis Rozier and Francis L. Jokerst. Included are names of patrons, goods bought, and amounts charged. Inclusive dates are January 8, 1876, through September 23, 1876.

The Francis Claude Rozier Financial Records contain financial journal kept by Francis Claude Rozier (1816-1879) of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, and after Francis Rozier’s death, by his son, Henry Louis Rozier (1849-1927). It provides periodic summaries of personal financial affairs, including lists of assets, expenses, and other financial transactions.

The Sainte Genevieve Savings Association Records include a letter book, account books and draft stubs for the Sainte Genevieve Savings Association of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Firmin A. Rozier was president and Oliver D. Harris, Eugene Guibourd, and Hiram Blackledge were cashiers.

These are account books and draft stubs for Harris & Janis, a "banking house" in Ste. Genevieve,
Missouri. Oliver D. Harris and Jules F. Janis were the proprietors.

This collection includes correspondence, printed material, and ephemera collected by Louise
Bradford (1898-1986), and Eva Ann Bradford (1900-1966), during their careers as teachers in
Missouri schools. Included are letters from former pupils, and printed materials from education and
teachers associations, schools in Berkeley, Rolla, St. James, Salem, and Sullivan, Missouri, and
women's clubs and service organizations in Dent and Phelps counties.

The Hunter Family Papers contain photocopies and typescript copies of correspondence of the Hunter and Hagler families of Jasper, Lawrence, and Polk counties in Missouri. The letters were written by Elizabeth Hunter and her daughters, Priscilla A. Hunter and Charlotte Elizabeth (Hunter) Hagler, and were addressed to another daughter, Margaret (Hunter) Newberry. Topics include news of family and friends, turmoil during the Civil War, farm life, and religious matters.

The Junior Civic Club, Dexter, Missouri Records are minute books and scrapbooks of the Junior Civic Club, a women’s club formed in 1949 at Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings, membership lists, yearbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous printed materials.

This collection was selected from unofficial files on miscellaneous historical topics, including local histories, the CCC, the YCC, the "Irish Wilderness," and the Eleven Point River. There are transcriptions of interviews with older members of the community and Forest Service retirees.

The John D. Crawford Papers contain an original and two photocopied Civil War letters written by John D. Crawford, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and likely his father, H. P. Crawford. The letters note events in Adair, Knox, Schuyler, and Scotland counties in Missouri, and the execution of prisoners by Union authorities at Palmyra, Missouri.

This collection contains papers of the Audibert and Tickell families of New Madrid, Missouri. Included are miscellaneous papers, 1816-1932, the store ledger of Aime Audibert, 1850-1860, and shipping receipts of M. J. Tickell and Son, 1872-1880.

The Hubert Edwin Small Papers include a scrapbook, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed material of Hubert E. Small, a musician, Chautauqua performer, and music teacher at Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri. Some material pertains to his wife, Vera Whitmore Small, also a professional musician.

This collection includes correspondence and business records of J. W. Towl, a businessman at
Potosi in Washington County, Missouri. Included are letters and shipping receipts regarding the
barite industry, mineral lands, and the Southeast Missouri Lead Company, 1918-1939, an inventory
of goods at the Towl store in Potosi, 1928, and receipts for subscriptions to the Missouri War Chest,
Inc., 1944.

These are papers of a farmer and stock raiser in Maries County, Missouri. The collection includes
family correspondence, obituaries and funeral home cards, election poll books, and records
pertaining to Creamer's work with the Maries County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service and the Maries County Highway Commission.

These are record books and scrapbooks of the Community Woman's Club of Gideon in New
Madrid County, Missouri. The record books contain minutes of meetings, membership rosters, and
treasurer's records, 1929-1975. The scrapbooks include printed material, photographs, and miscellaneous
items concerning the club's activities, 1940-1990.

This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Alice Cary Risley, a volunteer nurse for the Union army in New Orleans during the Civil War, and a postwar resident of West Plains, Missouri. Risley was active in the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. She corresponded with members of these organizations and with former soldiers.

The Saint James Civics Club Records are microfilmed scrapbooks of a women’s club at St. James in Phelps County, Missouri. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the activities of the club.

The Akers School, Shannon County, Missouri Records collection contains records of the school at Akers on the Current River in Shannon County, Missouri. The collection includes teachers’ registers, 1910-1945, and the records of the district clerk, 1922-1953.

The Saint Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association Records collection contains a daybook, 1872-1873, and livestock entry book, 1882-1895, of the St. Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association.

The J. B. Fleming Business Records collection is an account ledger of a saloon and general store operated by John B. Fleming at Farmington, Saint Francois County, Missouri.

The Horace Monroe Parrish Surveyor Records contain the field notebook of Horatio “Horace” Monroe Parrish, a physician and surveyor in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

These are records of the New Hope Baptist Church in Peace Valley, Howell County, Missouri.
The collection includes minutes of meetings, membership records, treasurer's reports, and a history
of the church to 1985.

These are photographs copied from holdings of the Mark Twain National Forest in Rolla, Missouri. Topics include National Forest facilities and projects; forest and wood industries; water mills; lakes, rivers, and springs; mines; dams; and the Civilian Conservation Corps and Youth Conservation Corps.

The Schoenherr-Walton Mining Company Records are records of zinc and lead extracted from a mine near Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, operated by the Schoenherr-Walton Mining Company.

The South Fork Congregational Methodist Church, Howell County, Missouri Records are record books of the South Fork Congregational Methodist Church in southwestern Howell County, Missouri.

The New Madrid Woman’s Club Records collection contains annual scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and papers compiled by the New Madrid Woman’s Club of New Madrid, Missouri.

The Reed-Harlin Company Records are minutes of meetings of the stockholders and
board of directors of the Reed-Harlin Company, a wholesale grocery firm based in West Plains,
Howell County, Missouri.

This is a compilation from county records of the land surveys and legal actions which established
the town of Farmington in St. Francois County, Missouri. The compilation begins with the
donation of land by David Murphy and location of the county seat in 1822, and continues through
1904 with the transactions which established the various additions to the city.

This is a "Memory Book for Worthy High Priestess, Bessie Spencer, of Pleiades White Shrine
No. 1, arranged by Bertha Graham, Worthy Chaplain." The White Shrine of Jerusalem was an
affiliate of freemasonry. The membership consisted mostly of wives of Master Masons. This
volume covers activities of the Springfield chapter from March 1939 to April 1940.

This is a minute book of the Rolla chapter of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Within the volume the chapter refers to itself as the "Rolla Parent-Teacher Association" and similar
variants. Included are minutes of meetings from 1 April 1927 through 13 May 1930.

This collection includes minutes of the Business Women's Circle (1938-1944), a capital campaign
booklet (1954), a "Centennial Record" (1970), directories (1960, 1970), other printed material,
and items concerning member Sadie Goggin (1884-1965), including three Sunday School class
records (1952-1955), and an obituary.

These are the minutes of meetings of the Tom Walker Post of the G.A.R. at Zion, Stoddard
County, Missouri. The minutes begin with the organizational meeting on 7 April 1888 and continue
through 16 February 1895.

These are the minutes of meetings and membership lists of the Prairie Flower Literary Society
of Webb City in Jasper County, Missouri. The records begin with the bylaws of the club, followed
by minutes of meetings beginning with the organizational meeting on 23 December 1884 and continuing
through 23 January 1888.

These are photographs of the town of Newburg and vicinity in Phelps County, Missouri. Included are views of employees, equipment, and facilities of the "Frisco" railroad, businesses, buildings, and street scenes, and miscellaneous photographs of locations near Newburg including the Dana Lead Mine and Stonydell Swimming Pool.

This is a group of miscellaneous papers from the collections of the Iron County Historical Society. Included are "Iron County Yesterdays," essays on the Plank Road and the Whitworth Store, and a summary history of the Pilot Knob Iron Company. Also included are a number of items concerning Baptist churches in Ironton and Belleview, the Missouri Baptist Assembly at Arcadia Heights, and the history of the Baptist Home at Ironton.

These are personal and business papers of Milton P. Cayce and family of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Missouri. Included are bills of lading for goods shipped through Ste. Genevieve
(1849), family correspondence and business papers (1833-1926), and papers and correspondence
with Firmin A. Rozier regarding the St. Francois and Iron Mountain Road Company (1877-1883).

These are Civil War letters of Richard Ryall, 6th Missouri Cavalry, from New Iberia, Louisiana.
The letters, written to his brother, Isaac, in Maries County, Missouri, concern war news and
family matters including the death of a brother in Union service. With the letters are typescripts, a
photograph of Ryall in uniform, and a biographical sketch provided by the donor.

This is a booklet of letters by alumni of the Salem Academy at Salem in Dent County, Missouri. Compiled by John Massey, the booklet includes biographical news of former students, and reminiscences of the years 1874-1884, when the school was under the direction of Professor William H. Lynch.