Scrapbook of a series of newspaper articles about a fictional journey up the Shawnee path or Kingshighway. The character in the story describes his encounters with native peoples on his trip along the path.

Late 19th Century and early 20th Century published sheet music and compilations representing a cross-section of popular parlor music of that era, before written music was eclipsed by phonograph and radio in American homes.

Photographs and negatives of 1409 N. Sprigg, the house of the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity.

Prints illustrated by St. Louis, Missouri artist Siegfried Reinhardt for the 1984 book the Man who Fenced the West, about barbed wired inventor and entrepreneur William Edenborn. The prints include images of Edenborn, his family, and residences, and of his business partner John W. Gates.

Correspondence and government documents (proclamations, marriage certificates, etc.) from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Includes documents effecting local history around Jackson [MO], the state of Missouri, and the Louisiana Territory as a whole.

Pamphlet promoting agricultural development in the region.

Typed manuscripts, pamphlets, postcards, and maps, relating to radio and television stations in Southeast Missouri, including KGMO radio, and KFVS radio and television.

Cemetery indices for Cape Girardeau city and county cemeteries, Jackson cemeteries, and Bollinger County cemeteries, primarily compiled by Alice Proffer Spillman, 1978. List is arranged alphabetically by cemetery name.

Typed manuscripts, pamphlets, programs, bulletins, newsletters, minutes and ephemera from churches in the region, including Altenburg, Cape Girardeau, Fredericktown, Fruitland, Gordonville, Jackson, Morehouse, New Madrid, Perryville, Potosi, and Scott City. List is arranged alphabetically by location.

Programs, premium lists, and catalogs from the Cape Girardeau Fair, later known as Southeast District Fair. Materials provide information on exhibitors and owners, fair association officers, and board, performers, and show sponsors.