Pamphlet (12p) entitled “The Truth About Mississippi County Told with Fancy’s Aid,” reprinting the report by Abernathy, a business efficiency expert from New York, distributed by the Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau, promoting the improvement and development of the region’s farmland.

Program from an awards banquet held in honor of Cape Girardeau winning the All-American City title. Originating in 1949, the All-America City Award is given to 10 cities annually by the National Civic League recognizing communities that work together on important social issues.

Ration books issued to Bernadette M. Heche and H. Marie Friant. Includes receipts from Esicar’s Market, Cape Girardeau, [Mo].

Scrapbook of photocopied newspaper clippings relating the history of football in Southeast Missouri high schools and recording games played (dates and coaches listed), wins and losses for Southeast Missouri teams throughout most of the 20th century, with a high school basketball supplement for 1996-1997.

Pamphlets and scrapbook advertising settlement in southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas. The pamphlets were produced by real estate firms, Frisco rail lines, and the Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau. They discuss topics such as drainage, roads, climate, soil, crops, churches, schools, livestock, land values as well as contain railroad maps of the region.

Programs (16p) from the city picnic held at Fairground Park, the proceeds from which benefited the Community Band. Lists events and sponsors.

Typescript (28p) by McDowell, of the Commission on Archives and History of the Missouri East Conference of the United Methodist Church, concerning the factual errors in Frank C. Tucker’s books Old McKendree Chapel and The Methodist Church in Missouri, 1789-1939.

Original holograph (1p), photocopy and transcription of letter from King George V of England to Ella Schultz of Cape Girardeau thanking American soldiers for their participation in World War I.

Transcripts (3) of broadcast “Salute to Cape Girardeau,” primarily a historical tribute to significant figures of the city’s past.

Photocopy of typed manuscript (11p) on “History of the Changes in the Southern Line of Cape Girardeau County” regarding boundary alterations, presented at the County Historical Society meeting in 1936.