RH. Regional History Collections

Commemorative stamp from dedication of airport with letter regarding significance of stamp.

Contracts, list of musical selections and documents relating to the city’s financial support of the band.

Issues (2) of the Cape Girardeau newspaper, dated June 16, 1875, and March 9, 1881.

Ordinance No. 930 (22p) regarding a contract dispute between the city and the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company over maintenance and operation of tracks and depots.

Ordinance No. 996 and amendments regarding misdemeanors and offenses against the city and penalties for them.

Illustrated brochures developed by the Cape Osteopathic Association for fundraising for the new hospital facilities. Provide a history of osteopathy, local facilities, and information on hospital trustees, physicians, nurses and employees.

Eleven adhesive commemorative stamps featuring nine different scenes of buildings in Cape Girardeau, [Mo] and Southeast Missouri State University campus.

Illustrated pamphlets (3) relating the history of public libraries in Cape Girardeau, and focusing on the Carnegie Public Library, which opened in 1922; and pamphlet promoting approval of library tax so the library would remain eligible for state and federal aid.

Two copies of the Cape Girardeau Republican City Beautiful Supplement dated 1916 March, and one copy of Cape Girardeau Republican Suburban District dated 1917 Dec 31.

Images of the Mississippi Riverfront in Cape Girardeau, Mo., including the Traffic Bridge, steamboats, and dockworkers.