American soldiers who served in the U.S Balloon Corps during World War I formed the National Association of the American Balloon Corps Veterans (NAABCV).This newspaper kept members updated on each other, ballooning and aviation news, as well as veterans affairs information.

Broadside entitled “Protestant! Get Wise,” printed in protest over the fund-raising for St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Notebook containing the meeting minutes of the Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans group, a Cape Girardeau Women’s Club. Includes roll call, treasury reports, and descriptions of service projects.

Newspaper clippings documenting the construction of the dam, including the abandonment of the town of Linn Creek, [Mo], establishment of Camdenton, [Mo], and the controversy over the alleged damage to nearby Hahatonka Lake.

Illustrated booklet (12p) celebrating 75th anniversary of the Bank of Perryville, providing a history of the bank, a list of officers and directors since 1891 and staff in 1966

Materials relating to growing up and attending Barkadaro Rural School in Ripley County, Mo.

An ornate poster stating that Everett M. Bartlett served in the U.S. Army from May 9, 1918–Dec. 6, 1918. The poster features a picture of Bartlett and images of army life colored using the autochrome process. Published by H. H. Stratton of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Primarily speeches (typescripts, carbons, photocopies) by Bates, speechwriter for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from circa 1958 to circa 1980, and graduate of Southeast Missouri State University (1941). Also contains NASA publications and pamphlets, photographs, slides, Congressional reports, plaques and ephemera. Largely relates to the Apollo 8-17, Skylab 1-2, and Viking missions.

Microfiche copies of correspondents’ accounts of the American Civil War Battle of Cape Girardeau [MO] as printed in the New York Daily Tribune, New York City [NY], May 1, 1863, and the Marble City Weekly, Cape Girardeau [MO], June 26, 1867.

Scrapbook containing letters (136), typed and handwritten, to Bedford, art instructor at Southeast Missouri State College (1925-1970) upon her retirement. *also listed as a University Archives Collection.