Bookstamp used by prominent rare book collector Charles Luce Harrison.

Abstract of title for lot no. 1, range C, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The lot is located to the west of the Mississippi River, east of Main Street, south of Themis Street, and north of Independence Street.

Menu from the Cape Girardeau restaurant (1929-c.1959) which operated out of the service station at the intersection of Broadway and Highway 61.Menu shows restaurant selections and prices.

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.

Holograph and typewritten letters from Vancil-Rizer, St. Joseph, [Mo], to Mississippi Riverboat Captain Clarence N. Fultz, Cape Girardeau, [Mo], regarding her grandfather’s riverboat the Paw Paw, sunk by the Union Army during the American Civil War just north of Cape Girardeau at Vancil’s Landing.

Published articles and papers on the forced migration of the Cherokee people, specifically the Cherokees time in Cape Girardeau County Mo in the winter of 1838-1839, as well as materials concerning the Trail of Tears State Park in Cape Girardeau County, Mo.

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.

Correspondence, announcements, programs and publications pertaining to the festival created and sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College at Cape Girardeau, and directed by Lealon N. Jones. Program in playwriting and acting was open to graduate and undergraduate college students in the Midwestern United States. Programs provide a history of the festival, information on rules and regulations, participants and past winners. *also listed in University Archives.

Broadsheet announcing matinee concert by the United States Navy Band at Houck Field Stadium, Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, November 2, 1930, listing program. With advertisements for local eateries and elections. *also listed as University Archives Collection

Program from 4-H hog production show listing contest rules, previous winners and contest sponsors. Primarily advertisements from local businesses.