RH. Regional History Collections

Issue of the Cape Girardeau newspaper dated April 25, 1855.

Eleven b/w 3.5” x 5 3/8” photographic postcards of Mississippi River flooding scenes on the Cape Girardeau riverfront, showing the Frisco Passenger Station, the shoe factory, the buildings along Water Street, sandbagging efforts, and a train running on the flooded tracks, 1922.

Images of the Cape Girardeau Riverfront after the flood of January 1937, as well as some damage to an unidentified structure.

Holograph and typed manuscripts, original and photocopied, and Reader’s Digest reprint on the history of gardens in the Cape Girardeau area, including the rose gardens.

Coloring book published by the Historic Preservation Commission containing 12 images of historic structures in Cape Girardeau, illustrated by N. D. Wilsen, and providing historical information on the structures.

Occupational and Industrial survey published by the Missouri State Employment Service, showing comprehensive results of an intensive study of job opportunities open to working youth of the community, 1941; and Industrial Economic survey prepared by the Chamber of Commerce, 1960.

Photocopies of the legal applications made by the Cape Girardeau-Jackson Interurban Railway to the Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri.

Bound report (95p) prepared by the Division of Science and Mathematics at Southeast Missouri State University for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers on the quality of water in the Cape Girardeau-Jackson area.

Photographs and slides of an assemblage of the Stockholders for the Mississippi River Bridge at Cape Girardeau. Also includes a photo of the bridge and of the “Delta Queen” riverboat docked at the Cape Girardeau Riverfront.

Bound illustrated report (15p) outlining four options for airport expansion, with general information on area population and industry; two pamphlets (undated) regarding municipal airport bond issue; and 1956 letter from Lt. W. C. Irving, United States Naval Reserve to Felix Snider, regarding training center at Harris Field, Municipal Airport. *Oversized