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RH. Regional History Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: RH

Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:

Dennis Scivally Family Bible and Papers

 Collection — Box 1017
Identifier: 1998.053
Abstract

Scivally Family Bible and the papers on family history that had been stored in the bible. The Majority of the material is on Dennis Scivally, a Cape Girardeau civil engineer.

Dates: 1881-1985

Derek Coller Collection of Jess Stacy Materials

 Collection — Box 1502
Identifier: 2010.007
Abstract

Materials collected and compiled by Derek Coller relate to Jess Stacy (1904-1995), a jazz pianist with roots in Southeast Missouri. Stacy played with the Benny Goodman Band and several other ensembles during his career. The collection includes correspondence between Coller and Stacy and other musicians, photographs, news clippings, and publications.

Dates: circa 1921-1998

Donald B. Kraft Collection

 Collection — Box 1447
Identifier: 2002.334
Abstract Materials collected by Donald and Rubye Kraft. Includes ephemera from Donald B. Kraft’s days as a student at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College (1938-1939), V-Mail correspondence from World War II, Armed Forces editions of Newsweek and the Boston Herald, and late 19th century Cape Girardeau ephemera. Also includes a typed manuscript by Don Kraft (34p) entitled “Der Amerikanish Traum (The American Dream): A Profile of a Hessian Immigrant in Cape Girardeau, 1855-1888,” regarding the...
Dates: 1798-1824, 1882, 1896, 1938-1939, 1944-1946, 1981

Donnell vs. McDaniel Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 2606, Scrapbook: 002
Identifier: 2007.186
Abstract

Articles covering the political battle for the position of Missouri Governor between Hon. Lawrence McDaniel and Gov. Forrest C. Donnell.

Dates: 1941

Douglas C. Wixson Papers

 Collection — Box 4380
Identifier: 2013.011
Abstract Correspondence, newspapers, photocopies, and journal articles pertaining to Douglas Wixson’s research on Harold Harwell Lewis (1901-1985), a Missouri farmhand poet and Communist essayist, for an article in the William Carlos Williams Review titled: “In Search of the Low-Down Americano: H.H. Lewis, William Carlos Williams and the Politics of Literary Reception, 1930-1950.” Wixson was Associate Professor of English at the then-University of Missouri-Rolla. He edited The Weed King and Other...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1929-2006

Dr. Paul Bergeron Speech

 Collection — Box 2670, Object: 2001.9D
Identifier: 2001.009
Abstract Recording of speech “What’s it All About,” a description of the role of an historian and the process of research, by Bergeron given on behalf of Phi Alpha Theta, Southeast Missouri State University chapter. This was part of an all-day event of the Missouri chapters of Phi Alpha Theta. Dr. Bergeron obtained his Ph.D. in History from Vanderbilt University in 1965. At the time of this lecture, he was a professor at the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Running time: 00:50:43. *Also listed as...
Dates: 1969

Dr. Unruh Lecture

 Collection — Box 2670, Object: 2001.12D
Identifier: 2001.012
Abstract

Recording of presentation by Unruh to students from the education program at Southeast Missouri State University as they are about to embark on their student teaching assignments. Lecture focuses on teacher accountability. Dr. Unruh was a professor from St. Louis University’s School of Education. This on-campus program was given on April 2, 1972, and introduced by Dr. Mayberry. 00:44:31.

Dates: 1972

Duncan Wilkie Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004.003
Abstract

A compilation of materials related to Dr. Duncan Wilkie’s archaeological work in southeastern Missouri. Includes contract and academic work with Southeast Missouri State University, photographs, slides, maps, reports, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1976-1988

Dunkard Church Ledger

 Collection — Box 1447, Folder: 006-007
Identifier: 1998.022
Abstract

Ledger containing the records of the Dunkard Church (later known as the Universalist Order), organized in Cape Girardeau County in the early 19th century in the Whitewater community; and records of the Millersville [Mo] Spiritualist Society, formed in 1902. Also contains typed transcript of the ledger with historical overview prepared by J. C. “Jack” Miller.

Dates: circa 1867-circa 1929, 1985; 1985

Dunklin County Library Annual Report

 Collection — Box 1737, Folder: 002
Identifier: 2004.043
Abstract

Carbon typescript (7p) of first annual report submitted by librarian concerning financial expenditures and library usage.

Dates: 1948