Meeting minutes, correspondence, and other papers relating to the Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Celebration in 1993. Also contains a few documents regarding the city’s Sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary.

Articles and photographs regarding the construction, maintenance, and use of the Cape Girardeau Traffic Bridge. Also includes a bridge dedication program.

Advertisement for the Cape Girardeau Business College discussing its location, history and curriculum.

Souvenir pocket directory (16p) containing a subject listing of “reliable” businesses in the city of Cape Girardeau, showing locations, with advertisements for local merchants. A one-page narrative essay provides an overview of the business life of the city.

Photocopied typescript (14p) of alphabetical subject listing of all businesses and industries in Cape Girardeau in 1956.

Pamphlets concerning the city’s centennial celebration events and providing some history of the town.

Illustrated brochure (9p) on constructing fallout shelters, with maps of Cape Girardeau and Jackson shelters, and list of committee members.

Bound illustrated report (125p) of study funded by a federal grant from the Urban Renewal Administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, intended to serve as a guide for future development of city of Cape Girardeau.

The first volume contains the Cape Girardeau City Council Proceedings from April 13, 1845-May 9, 1849, as well as a financial register dating from 1850-1853. The second volume is a report of the Cape Girardeau Assessor’s Office from August 1, 1873, and lists real estate values from 1870-1873. The third volume lists the proceedings of the Board of Council for Cape Girardeau from December 21, 1871-June 7, 1875.

Survey maps of Cape Girardeau County, Mo, and Perry County, Mo.