Abstract

Charter and Proclamation from the Brothers of the Brush, a boosters group for the Cape Girardeau sesquicentennial celebration who promised to grow their facial hair to resemble the hair styles of the early 19th century. *Oversized

Abstract

Program from the dedication of the bridge and Bollinger Mill, July 23, 1961, by the Cape Girardeau County Historical Society, and two large-format color postcards of the mill and bridge.

Abstract

Records of the milling orders for the Burfordville Mill in Burfordville, Missouri for the years 1900-1901.

Abstract

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

Abstract

Blueprint of the layout for Capaha Park’s Rose Garden dated June 10, 1954. *Oversized.

Abstract

Microfilmed copies of the Cape County Post, a newspaper published in Jackson [MO].

Abstract Film footage of various events of note in the Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri, and Mississippi River Valley region, in the late 1930s and 1940s. Includes scenes of Mississippi River flooding (c. 1937) at Cape Girardeau, Charleston, Wyatt and New Madrid, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois; and a later flood (c. 1940s) in the Cape Girardeau downtown and riverfront area; the burning of the Cape Girardeau Community Club House in February 1937; damage from the November 1936 tornado in Cape...

Abstract

Collection of photos and articles written by Kenneth Evans primarily concerning economics in Southeast Missouri and Cape Girardeau.

Abstract

Newspaper articles concerning events in Cape Girardeau and postcards of Ste. Genevieve.

Abstract

Created on the behalf of St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO, the brochure contains a map highlighting local state parks, lakes, and conservation areas in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee. The brochure also features facts on the Medical Center as well as the medical staff and Board of Directors.