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Bound volume (54p) of newspaper clippings from Louis Houck’s “Reminiscences” series, originally published in the Southeast Missourian between April and June 1969.

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Materials and notes collected by Houck for his history of the Spanish Regime in Missouri. Includes transcripts of reports on the actions of the Spanish in the Mississippi River Region from the Archivo General de Indias, as well as Houck’s handwritten notes. The reports are mostly handwritten in Spanish.

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Programs from the recognition dinner honoring Schultz, Superintendent of Cape Girardeau Public Schools from 1935 to circa 1956.

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Transcribed copy of 1821 deed conveying Louis Lorimier’s land on which the Court of Common Pleas now sits to the citizens of Cape Girardeau.

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Typed manuscript (3p) by Ferguson on the history of Cape Girardeau business schools from 1904 to 1954, including the Cape Girardeau Business College, the Southeast Missouri Commercial College, Steimle Business School, and the Cape Girardeau Office Training School.

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Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials relating to the life of Louise R. Sparks Millner, a prominent African-American businesswoman of Southeast Missouri. Millner owned and operated the Sparks Funeral Homes of Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, Mo for 48 years, and was an active member of the community, focusing especially on the educational needs of children.

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Notes and studies resulting from the archeological survey of southeast Missouri done as part of a larger survey of the entire Lower Mississippi region started in 1939 by the Peabody Museum at Harvard University.

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...

Abstract The Lueders Studio Collection spans seventy years of commercial photographic work by Herbert Lueders and his sons, Paul and John. Lueders Studio, located at 427 Broadway, began operations in the 1920s. Paul Lueders earned national fame as a Master Retoucher, turning photographs into fine art. The Lueders Collection is a "who's who" of Southeast Missouri, containing images of local people, families, politicians, businesses and events. People from all walks of life came from the surrounding...

Abstract Transcribed letters (43p) written by Highley, a former student at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, to his parents during World War II from Africa, India, and China, describing the places where he was stationed with the 308th Heavy Bomb Group. Highley left college to join the Army Air Corps in 1941. Letters are compiled by Jeffrey Scott Highley, with historical information on the 308th Heavy Bomb group and paternal genealogy for Highley. Includes typed letter from Jeffrey Highley...