Transcript (41 pages, 2 copies) of legal and personal papers of Bradford, a Southern businessman from Baton Rouge [ La] who owned property in Cape Girardeau, including an interest in the Johnson House.

Photographs (58), photo albums (3), postcards (7), and other documents collected by the Brase Family over the years. Also includes the baby book of Richard Brase, son of prominent Cape Girardeau businessman and philanthropist, A.C. Brase, news clippings about A. C. Brase, and a marriage record book.

Abstract of record (253p) in the Supreme Court of Missouri on appeal from the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, regarding the railway’s lawsuit over use of land for right-of-way for tracks, terminal yards and bridges.

Photographs and negatives created by Brooks, documenting small, rural towns in Southeast Missouri, including Advance, Bloomfield, Chaonia, Fulton, Harviell, Patterson, Taft and Williamsville.

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

General correspondence of Missouri Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown, during his term as governor.

Bound typescript of nine poems by Brown, some previously published.

Photocopied typed reminiscences (3p) of Browning, one of the founders of the Clio Society at the Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau; and photocopied correspondence between Browning and former Clio members and the Alumni Association at the college. *also listed as University Archives Collection

Personal and political papers of Vernon Bruckerhoff, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State College, who served as a representative in the Missouri state legislature from 1970-1983. Materials date from Bruckerhoff’s time as a student at Southeast, his teaching career, and his time as a state legislator.

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.