RH. Regional History Collections
Found in 530 Collections and/or Records:
W. W. Parker Lecture Notes
Filecards containing the lecture notes of W. W. Parker, President of Southeast Missouri State Teachers College from 1933-1956. Notes pertain primarily to poetry and literature. *also listed as University Archives Collection.
Pleasant Ridge District #98 School Photograph
Class photograph from Pleasant Ridge District #98 School, Henry County [Mo.] Photograph includes students (25), ranging in age from a toddler to young adolescence, a teacher, and the original one room school house. Construction of a new school is barely visible behind the old school.
Mabel Post Papers
Collection of handwritten papers on the history of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the surrounding area. Produced in the mid-1930s by Mabel Post while employed by the Federal Writers' Project.
Mabel Post Photographs
Eighteen b/w 7” x 9” photographs showing construction of the U. S. Post Office and Courthouse at Cape Girardeau between 1908 and 1910; and sixteen b/w 8” x 10” photographs showing teams of men and mules in the early phases of construction on the Cape Girardeau Waterworks between May 1 and June 15, 1931.
Postcard Collection
Accumulation of historic postcards from Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, and surrounding areas.
Minutes of the Potosi Presbytery
Printed minutes (25p) of the meeting of the Presbytery held at Kennett, [Mo], September 14-15, 1937. Contains committees’ reports, information on ministers and churches in attendance, meeting activities and business transactions.
H. F. Potter Ordnance Papers
Letterbook (307p) and typescript containing the correspondence from the Office of the Chief of Ordnance of the Department of Kentucky, kept primarily by Captain Henry F. Potter. Also included are monthly return forms, receipts, invoices and cover letter.
Brief History of the Presbyterian Church
Scrapbook of a series of articles, beginning December 10, 1931 and ending January 14, 1932, by Rev. C. H. Morton which tells the history of the First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau and the general history of Presbyterians in the Southeast Missouri region.
Marvin Proffer Collection
Materials from Marvin E. Proffer’s time as a Missouri State Representative from 1976 to 1988. Contains correspondence, reports, notes, and other documents about House and Senate Bills, tax reform, and other legislation.