RH. Regional History Collections

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Records of the League of Women Voters of Southeast Missouri concerning league administration and service programs organized by the league.

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Bound volume (60p) of poems by Abernathy, member of the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College class of 1935. Poems published in “Our Dumb Animals,” the Capaha Arrow and read on station WEW, St. Louis University, 1948.

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Pamphlet (12p) entitled “The Truth About Mississippi County Told with Fancy’s Aid,” reprinting the report by Abernathy, a business efficiency expert from New York, distributed by the Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau, promoting the improvement and development of the region’s farmland.

Abstract This collection contains materials collected by Ludeane Ruzicka related to her family history and the history of Cape Girardeau. It contains abstracts of title and information for 327 Morgan Oak Street and 325 Morgan Oak Street, that would become Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. It also contains Southeast Missouri State University news articles, the Shubert Choral Club event program, Square Deal Variety Store fireworks advertisement, and correspondence with Lu Ruzicka’s...

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Abstract of title for lot no. 1, range C, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The lot is located to the west of the Mississippi River, east of Main Street, south of Themis Street, and north of Independence Street.

Abstract Recording of lecture by Ackenhead, a teacher who moved to Missouri where he was hired as a field representative for the Missouri Commission on Human Rights in 1955.In July 1966, he moved to Kennett and became a full-time investigator of human rights violations.In this recording, which took place on July 7, 1969, he addressed an audience at Southeast Missouri State University on the difficulties inherent in school desegregation in the 1960s.The end of the recording is a question and answer...

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Program from an awards banquet held in honor of Cape Girardeau winning the All-American City title. Originating in 1949, the All-America City Award is given to 10 cities annually by the National Civic League recognizing communities that work together on important social issues.

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Menu from the Cape Girardeau restaurant (1929-c.1959) which operated out of the service station at the intersection of Broadway and Highway 61.Menu shows restaurant selections and prices.

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American soldiers who served in the U.S Balloon Corps during World War I formed the National Association of the American Balloon Corps Veterans (NAABCV).This newspaper kept members updated on each other, ballooning and aviation news, as well as veterans affairs information.

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Broadside entitled “Protestant! Get Wise,” printed in protest over the fund-raising for St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau.