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Sikes Rodgers Collection

 Collection — Box: 2556
Identifier: 1998.115

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and government documents (proclamations, marriage certificates, etc.) from the from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Includes documents effecting local history around Jackson [MO], the state of Missouri, and the Louisiana Territory as a whole.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1780-circa 1867, Bulk [1805-1813]

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

Sikes Rodgers was the mayor of Jackson [MO] from 1919 to 1921.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Correspondence and government documents (proclamations, marriage certificates, etc.) from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Includes documents effecting local history around Jackson [MO], the state of Missouri, and the Louisiana Territory as a whole.

Provenance

Documents stayed within the Rodgers family until Luella Rodgers donated the Collection to Special Collections and Archives.

Title
Sikes Rodgers Collection 1780-circa 1867, [1805-1813]
Status
Completed
Author
Joshua Doll
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
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