RH. Regional History Collections

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Ration books issued to the Gerlach family in Cape Girardeau.

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Ration books issued to Bernadette M. Heche and H. Marie Friant. Includes receipts from Esicar’s Market, Cape Girardeau, [Mo].

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Holograph and typewritten letters from Vancil-Rizer, St. Joseph, [Mo], to Mississippi Riverboat Captain Clarence N. Fultz, Cape Girardeau, [Mo], regarding her grandfather’s riverboat the Paw Paw, sunk by the Union Army during the American Civil War just north of Cape Girardeau at Vancil’s Landing.

Abstract Photocopied typescript (45p) by Vandiver (1854-1932), former Professor of Natural Science and President of the Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau, and Missouri Congressman credited with originating Missouri’s “Show-Me State” nickname. Manuscript covers Vance and Vandiver family genealogies, Vandiver’s educational and religious upbringing, professional training, years in Cape Girardeau and as a Congressman, and other personal and political reminiscences. Accompanied by four...

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Typed reminiscences of Vandivort regarding the Common Pleas Courthouse at Cape Girardeau, and its various renovations, beginning in 1885.

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Magazine with article and photographs “Christmas at Missouri’s Glenn House,” (pp 33-43), Fall 1982.

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Newspaper clippings, photographs, typed manuscripts and ephemera pertaining to the history of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Cape Girardeau Chapter #629, 1891-1949.

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Biographies of James B. Gantt, a Confederate Veteran and Missouri Supreme Court Judge, and chapter members Sarah Elizabeth Ledbetter-Tucker, Nannie Tucker-Lotz, Ermine M. Massie-Young, and two unnamed women, a handwritten document, history of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, notes from a serviceman of the Confederate Army, a scrapbook consisting of news clippings on the American Civil War and pro-southern articles.

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Scrapbook consisting primarily of news clippings about the American Civil War and postwar activities, such as veteran reunions, memorials, and tributes, photographs (10) and postcards (2), as well as news clippings about activities throughout the years.

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Microfilmed records of the U.S. Army post at Cape Girardeau, filmed from the National Archives records.