RH. Regional History Collections

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Illustrated bulletin from the Presbyterian school for young women at Farmington, [Mo]. Provides information about the course of study, faculty and alumnae.

Abstract Planning materials from the dedication ceremonies of the Emerson Bridge over the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. Emerson was an eight-term Southeast Missouri Congressman who was influential in securing funds to construct the bridge. Collection includes correspondence with Southeast Missouri State University’s University Relations Department, which coordinated the event, planning committee minutes, newspaper clippings, planning notes, photographs, and a VHS tape and DVD of the dedication...

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Ephemeral items distributed at dedication to bridge over Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. Includes a dedication booklet, invitations to the dedication ceremony, and a commemoritve pin. Emerson was an eight-term Southeast Missouri Congressman who was influential in securing funds to construct the bridge.

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Transcriptions (2 copies) of memoranda book kept by Thomas J. Dalton, a private in Company E, 8th Missouri Cavalry (CSA). Dalton’s record book consists various combinations of personal memoranda and records pertaining to Co. E, including clothing and ordnance issues, records of the men in his unit (i.e., AWOL, captured, injured), and records of goods issued and payments to individuals affiliated with camp life (e.g., laundresses, laborers).

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Album of inscriptions and signatures from Nettie Danforth’s friends and fellow students at the Missouri State Normal School—Third District. *also listed as University Archives Collection

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Ephemera from Daues, a student at the Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau (class of 1898), including photographs, a program, and letter of recommendation from Edward H. Engelmann, Clerk of the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. *also listed as University Archives Collection

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Copies and originals of correspondence, invoices and newspaper clippings pertaining to the ceremonies arranged to honor five Revolutionary War soldiers (William Allen, Charles Friend, Joseph Hunter, Daniel Kenny, John Beach Moore, and David Trotter) buried in Scott County, [Mo].Contains program from and transcript of ceremony, and biographical sketches of the soldiers. Compiled by Margaret Woods Allen.

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Ephemera from Daughtery’s days as a student at the Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau, including programs for Hesperian Society events, recitals, a Cape Girardeau High School Commencement program (1915) and a Women’s Missionary Society District meeting program (1915).

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Recording of lecture by Dawson, from the State Department’s Human Rights division, presents “How Foreign Policy is Made.” This speech was made on July 18, 1968, in the Language Arts building at Southeast Missouri State University, and offers an interesting perspective on foreign affairs and policy during the Vietnam War era. Running time: 00:57:28.

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Transcribed letters (29p) of Captain Dawson, Confederate States of America, to his wife Amanda in New Madrid, with biographical information on Dawson and historical information on the American Civil War. Dawson was one of the founders of the 1st Missouri Infantry Volunteers. Compiled and edited by H. Riley Bock, with references (19p.)