Personal, business and legal correspondence, financial and legal papers, school, church and genealogical records, scrapbooks, photographs, postcards, and artifacts from the four allied families of Friend, Bollinger, Heise and Heldermon of Southeast Missouri. The Friends were a pioneering family in Scott County, first settling there in 1796, near Benton.

Consists of correspondence to and from Mr. & Mrs. F. M. Friend, social invitations, seasonal cards, and newspaper clippings, 1895-1974.

Includes composition books, essays, and report cards, 1907-1928.

Consists of various church documents, Post Office records, and artifacts. These materials include a leather identification wallet, enclosed in it a certificate of membership in Knights and Ladies of Security and a registration certificate, a memo pad, and a “Retired U.S.C.S.E. [United States Civil Service Employee] Association” button, c. 1880-1993.

Contains genealogies for the four allied families. Genealogy folders include Family Group Sheets, personal typed memories of some of these families, and photocopies of several marriage certificates. Also includes one commercial book on The World Book of Bollingers. Genealogical records date from c. 1718-1986.

The collection is primarily composed of photographs, business, personal and legal correspondence, bank and insurance records, land deed transfers, and religious records. The collection also contains an extensive compilation of early American postcards, various artifacts, and recorded family histories of the four allied families.

The collection is primarily composed of photographs, business, personal and legal correspondence, bank and insurance records, land deed transfers, and religious records. The collection also contains an extensive compilation of early American postcards, various artifacts, and recorded family histories of the four allied families.

The collection is primarily composed of photographs, business, personal and legal correspondence, bank and insurance records, land deed transfers, and religious records. The collection also contains an extensive compilation of early American postcards, various artifacts, and recorded family histories of the four allied families.

The collection is primarily composed of photographs, business, personal and legal correspondence, bank and insurance records, land deed transfers, and religious records. The collection also contains an extensive compilation of early American postcards, various artifacts, and recorded family histories of the four allied families.

The collection is primarily composed of photographs, business, personal and legal correspondence, bank and insurance records, land deed transfers, and religious records. The collection also contains an extensive compilation of early American postcards, various artifacts, and recorded family histories of the four allied families.