RH. Regional History Collections

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Photographs, sheet music, ephemera, publications, clippings, phonographic and tape records of Stacy, a jazz pianist with roots in Southeast Missouri.

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Photographs, news clippings and other materials documenting the life of P.J. Stearns, a prominent educator and business man in New Madrid County, Mo.

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A 2012 calendar featuring Steinhoff’s photographs of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri and a photobook entitled Tower Rock “A Demon that Devours Travelers.” Tower Rock includes photographs and descriptions of Tower Rock in the Mississippi River.

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Microfilmed history of the early settlers of Mississippi County [MO] by Thomas Beckwith and edited by Louis Houck.

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Southeastern District Agricultural Society Award presented to Edward Stoutmeister for Best display of horseshoes. *oversized

Abstract Genealogical research files and audio recordings of interviews conducted by Stricklin for her bachelor’s degree in anthropology at Southeast Missouri State University, 2007. Included a copy of honors paper (57p) entitled “The Migration of Edible and Medicinal Plant Folk Knowledge in the Missouri Ozarks: a Preliminary Study” and a guide to the recordings with brief biographies of the eight interviewees and indices of surnames mentioned and plants/trees mentioned. Interviews are not...

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Checkbook registers, signature books, daily records for loans, and other records for the Branch Bank or the State of Missouri (Sturdivant Bank) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

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Records of items shipped on different steamboats for R. Sturdivant in 1856-1857.

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Reports and correspondence resulting from a senior sociology seminar at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, intended to study race relations in Cape Girardeau. Included are the form given to students for interviews, the class’ final report, the report of a student, Alma Meyer, and her correspondence with local, state, and national organizations on the conditions of African Americans throughout the nation.

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Survey maps of Cape Girardeau County, Mo, and Perry County, Mo.