Series I: Scrapbooks and Newspaper Clippings, 1886-1982

Series — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the papers of the Owen, McCutchen and Merritt families; and consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, business and legal papers and ephemera, mostly dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1920s.

Dates

Creation: 1886-1982

Extent

From the Collection: 9.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Ten scrapbooks and three folders of newspaper clippings. The clippings mainly came from Campbell, Missouri publications and consist of wedding announcements, obituaries, articles about family members and local, regional and national events. The scrapbooks also contain personal ephemera, some correspondence and photographs. The scrapbooks contain materials ranging in date from 1886 to 1948. The newspaper clippings folders contain articles ranging in date from 1913 to 1982.