RH. Regional History Collections
Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:
Cape Girardeau Surveyor’s Notebook
Bound volume (45p) with survey notes and sketches of residential and commercial properties in Cape Girardeau. Surveyor is not identified.
Cape Girardeau Tax List
Photocopied compilation (3p) of a list of householders listed by township for Cape Girardeau, 1814. Compiled by [Thekla] V. James, November 10, 1984.
Cape Girardeau Telephone Rate Card and Directory
Laminated copies of a telephone rate card and a Cape Girardeau telephone directory, both in poor condition. *Oversized
Cape Girardeau Tornado of 1949 Photographs
Images of tornado damage of various homes and businesses around Cape Girardeau Mo.
Cape Girardeau Traffic Bridge Ephemera
Invitation to dedication ceremony, dedication program; illustrated program from ceremony (1928) inaugurating the Cape Girardeau Traffic Bridge over the Mississippi River; automobile toll sticker, mimeograph typescript (23p) of pageant script written by Dorothy Quarles and Laura St. Ann Keller for the dedication, September 3, 1928; and map “Motor Routes to Cape Girardeau Bridge,” showing routes to bridge from fourteen states, circa 1928.
Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Original copies of a weekly newspaper published by W. H. Hamilton in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Cape Girardeau Writers Guild Records
Correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records of the Writers Guild, documenting the group’s history from the groups founding in 1943.
Frank Carroll Manuscript
Photocopied typescript (3p) possibly by William [Kaempfer], City Clerk, Cape Girardeau, regarding Frank Carroll, an African-American food vendor in the city.
John Cavano Copy Book
Nineteenth century copy book belonging John Cavano, which was used by students to copy lessons given to them by teachers.
Southeast Missouri Cemeteries Vertical File
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.