RH. Regional History Collections

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Typed letter, signed from United States Vice-President George Bush to Sidney Pollack, Cape Girardeau, October 29, 1984, regarding Bush’s visit to Cape Girardeau.

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Recording of interview with Buxton, conducted by Dr. Paul Travis, professor of history at Southeast Missouri State University. Buxton describes his life experiences in Cape Girardeau and in Scott County. Topics discussed include medical conditions and contagious disease outbreaks as well as campus life at Southeast at the turn of the 20th century. The interview took place July 11, 1979.

Abstract Legal documents concerning the acquisition and disposition of land by the H&H Lumber Company of Southeast Missouri, including deeds, warrants, and leases to lands in southeast Missouri and Arkansas. Additional records include contracts and correspondence with railroad companies, material on the Little River Drainage project, documents concerning the construction of the Himmelberger-Harrison building in Cape Girardeau, and correspondence with other businesses. The records primarily are...

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Photocopied typed manuscript (8p) on “Cape Girardeau County’s Part in the War of 1812,” presented to the County Historical Society in 1928.

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Typed manuscript (8p) entitled “In Old Cape Girardeau” by Hinchey, a paper read before the Nancy Hunter chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, March 23, 1929, regarding the early settlement of Cape Girardeau County.

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Scrapbook (191p) containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera from Hinchey’s college days at the Missouri State Normal School in Cape Girardeau, where she was involved with Sorosis and the Robin Hood Circle.*also listed as University Archives Collection

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Programs from local shows featuring the work of Hirsch, a native of Cape Girardeau and graduate of the Missouri State Normal School, who after studying and teaching abroad and nationally, retired to Cape Girardeau.

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Photocopied typescript (4p) manuscript on historic houses in the city of Cape Girardeau, providing information on many of the 19th century homes, some no longer in existence.

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Photographs of the Shackleford House, 921 College Hill Place (4) and of 338 N. Pacific Ave (5).

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Images of the town of Hornersville, Mo., working on the railroad, and working on the Little River.