RH. Regional History Collections
Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:
Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company Collection
Copies of Cementopics, the newsletter of the Marquette Cement Company, with articles in each issue featuring Cape Girardeau. Also includes a program from a June 1957 recognition dinner.
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.
Mary Kochtitzky Papers
Holograph (6p) and typescript copy (6p) of Kochtitzky’s reminiscences regarding her role in the creation of the Missouri state flag, with photocopied newspaper clippings about her life and death and holograph letter from Kochtitzky to Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Mark Scully
Mayme Walker Brown Poems
Bound typescript of nine poems by Brown, some previously published.
McKendree Chapel Programs
Illustrated program (10p) from the rededication of McKendree Methodist Chapel in Jackson, [Mo], and printed words and lyrics (12p) to hymns for the service. *Oversized
McLain Family Papers
Receipts and financial paperwork of the McLain Family, Alexander McLain, David McLain, and John McLain, consisting of Alexander McLain’s pension for his service in the American Revolution, as well as a list of Alexander’s expenses, family receipts, two partial letters, and a contract for the establishment of a ferry at Crooked Creek.
McMinn-Berry Collection
Personal, business, and legal paperwork from North Carolina and Missouri. Includes product receipts from Missouri State Guard camps during the American Civil War, election results from Wayne County, Missouri, elections in 1837 and 1840, and Bollinger County, Missouri, 1857. Also included are business ledgers, legal documents, and published materials.
Midwestern Folk Drama Festival Collection
Correspondence, announcements, programs and publications pertaining to the festival created and sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College at Cape Girardeau, and directed by Lealon N. Jones. Program in playwriting and acting was open to graduate and undergraduate college students in the Midwestern United States. Programs provide a history of the festival, information on rules and regulations, participants and past winners. *also listed in University Archives.
Midwestern Folk Drama Festival Scrapbook
Newspaper clippings and photographs regarding festivals created and sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College at Cape Girardeau, and directed by Lealon N. Jones. Articles on the subjects of drama, folk dance, and a folkdrama tournament held in Cape Girardeau in 1937.
Mills Family Genealogy
Genealogy (125pg) of the Mills family of Dunklin County, [Mo] compiled by Wendell Mills.