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Magazine for employees of Proctor & Gamble Technical Buildings, with illustrated article on “Cape Girardeau: All America City,” (April 1972).

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This collection contains an examination of the Martin Buchheit House in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri by Richard A. Young. The house was partly constructed with a French-Colonial style and adds to the rich architectural history of the region. The analysis includes inofrmation on early Ste. Genevieve history as it relates to the house. There is also a photograph log corresponding to photos taken of the house and landscape.

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Bound typescript (46p) by O. D. Niswonger, hospital administrator, providing 50-year historical review of the hospital. Provides information on hospital facilities, administrators, trustees, and fund-raising efforts.

Abstract Photocopied typescript (45p) by Vandiver (1854-1932), former Professor of Natural Science and President of the Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau, and Missouri Congressman credited with originating Missouri’s “Show-Me State” nickname. Manuscript covers Vance and Vandiver family genealogies, Vandiver’s educational and religious upbringing, professional training, years in Cape Girardeau and as a Congressman, and other personal and political reminiscences. Accompanied by four...

Abstract Promotional and fundraising material distributed by St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Illustrated booklets (20p) show new facility (1914) and 1938 addition (9p) and provide overview of hospital services. Illustrated 1967 fundraising brochures (13p, 17p) provide milestones in the hospital’s history, information on current trustees, staff and services and information on proposed hospital. 1968 role study (45p) provides additional information on hospital services. Illustrated program from...

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Program from official launching of ship built for the United States Maritime Commission, and later through a Lend-Lease transfer, given to the British Ministry of War Transport and renamed S. S. Empire Spearhead, which participated in the D-Day invasion.

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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]