RH. Regional History Collections

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Bashaka language primers used by Christian missionaries teaching in the Belgian Congo. Smith was a 1914 graduate of the Missouri State Normal School in Cape Girardeau.

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Issue of the Cape Girardeau newspaper dated April 13, 1870

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Printed and bound poem (20p) entitled “Story in Rhyme of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and its People,” by Smith, printed as a “Twentieth Century Souvenir” celebrating the business people of the community.

Abstract Recordings of Snider’s lectures to the Home and Community Relations class at Southeast Missouri State University in February and March of 1973 on historical aspects of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri. In the February presentation, Snider described the geology, manmade water works, and pre-Columbian history of the area. In the March lecture, Dr. Snider described the “people and places” of Southeast Missouri from an historical perspective. These were two of his last public speaking...

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Copies of Cementopics, the newsletter of the Marquette Cement Company, with articles in each issue featuring Cape Girardeau. Also includes a program from a June 1957 recognition dinner.

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Photographs (b/w) of Cape Girardeau landmarks from Felix Snider’s Cape Girardeau: Biography of a City (1956).

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Carbon typescript (6p) by Snider entitled “History of the Cape Girardeau Eagle (Union Series),” a local 19th century newspaper.

Abstract Ten oral histories from six residents of Hermann, Missouri discussing their experiences growing up in the community, including: education, agriculture, community development, transportation, family life, World War I, Prohibition, the Depression, and World War II. The oral histories were conducted by Dr. Arthur Mattingly, Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University, between September and December, 1979, as part of “Hermann: The Rhine City on the Missouri River,” a project...

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Bound carbon typescript (10p) of poems by Snider, a resident of Campbell, [Mo], including one poem dedicated to the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College; and holograph letter from Snider to Sadie Kent, October 20, 1948, regarding donation of poetry.

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Correspondence (1934-1949), Snow’s writings (1921-1948), including letters to the editor, short stories, and speeches; and two scrapbooks of news clippings by and about Snow (1926-1954). Topics covered include personal reminiscences farming in Southeast Missouri, government farm policies, roads, flood control, politics, the 1939 Roadside Strike, World War II, and foreign policy. Filmed from originals on deposit at the Western Historical Collection, University of Missouri, St. Louis.