RH. Regional History Collections

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Late 19th Century and early 20th Century published sheet music and compilations representing a cross-section of popular parlor music of that era, before written music was eclipsed by phonograph and radio in American homes.

Abstract Poems, plays, and stories written by Myrtle Vorst Sheppard of Saint Genevieve, MO. Sheppard attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers college in the year of 1925-1926. Sheppard wrote a range of poems, stories, and plays which were published in different magazines and newspapers.The Myrtle Vorst Sheppard Collection consists of hand-written lists of stories and plays and their publication date and location, a black book of poems that were clipped from publications, and a red book...

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A baptismal certificate of Irene Anna Shivelbine, written in German and decorated with religious depictions and the church’s raised seal, also in German. *Oversized.

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Pamphlet explaining the reasoning behind and the construction of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway in Missouri. Includes a map, charts, and photographs

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Correspondence, legal papers, travel writings and ephemera, drawings, sheet music, stamps, foreign currency, journals, photographs, glass negatives, and slides from the Blackwelder, Del Mar, and MacCoy families, who were connected by marriage. The families were avid travelers, artists, and writers, and were prominent in Chicago, St. Louis, and New York.

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Materials relating to Blue’s years as a student at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College and as a member of the Navy V-12 program. Includes an athletics scrapbook, programs from athletic, theatrical, social, and university events, photographs, and ephemera. *also listed as University Archives Collection.

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Microfilmed copies of the Bollinger County [Mo] probate court records.

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Trustee’s Deed of Sale, dated May 29, 1880, documenting the conveyance of the Bollinger Mill, Burfordville, [Mo], from Solomon Burford and his wife Kate, to Mary Otis Hale.

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Pamphlet entitled The Saga of a Man and A House by Glen Goellner, issued by the Daniel Boone Shrine Association, inc. Documents the later life of Daniel Boone and the home in which he died, near Defiance [Mo]

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Program from lecture by Salvation Army founder Booth, at the Community Arena [A. C. Brase Arena Building], Cape Girardeau, May 14, 1940. Provides information on new community building.