Box 1444

Correspondence between Colonel John R. Purvis, First Division of Missouri, Confederate States of America, and other Confederate military personnel. Provides information regarding troop movements, care of army horses, soldier dissatisfaction, and capture of Federal soldiers. Originals held at the University of North Carolina. Photocopying not permitted. Original FA of materials, https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/catalog/00614

Pamphlet (12p) excerpting newspaper articles on Lloyd, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, created for his gubernatorial campaign.

Holograph (6p) and typescript copy (6p) of Kochtitzky’s reminiscences regarding her role in the creation of the Missouri state flag, with photocopied newspaper clippings about her life and death and holograph letter from Kochtitzky to Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Mark Scully

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials relating to the life of Louise R. Sparks Millner, a prominent African-American businesswoman of Southeast Missouri. Millner owned and operated the Sparks Funeral Homes of Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, Mo for 48 years, and was an active member of the community, focusing especially on the educational needs of children.

Copies and originals of correspondence, invoices and newspaper clippings pertaining to the ceremonies arranged to honor five Revolutionary War soldiers (William Allen, Charles Friend, Joseph Hunter, Daniel Kenny, John Beach Moore, and David Trotter) buried in Scott County, [Mo].Contains program from and transcript of ceremony, and biographical sketches of the soldiers. Compiled by Margaret Woods Allen.

Transcribed letters (29p) of Captain Dawson, Confederate States of America, to his wife Amanda in New Madrid, with biographical information on Dawson and historical information on the American Civil War. Dawson was one of the founders of the 1st Missouri Infantry Volunteers. Compiled and edited by H. Riley Bock, with references (19p.)

Mimeograph leaflet (1p, 3 leaves) on species of birds spotted at refuge between 1948-1957.

Typed manuscript (3p) by Ferguson on the history of Cape Girardeau business schools from 1904 to 1954, including the Cape Girardeau Business College, the Southeast Missouri Commercial College, Steimle Business School, and the Cape Girardeau Office Training School.

Invitation to dedication ceremony, dedication program; illustrated program from ceremony (1928) inaugurating the Cape Girardeau Traffic Bridge over the Mississippi River; automobile toll sticker, mimeograph typescript (23p) of pageant script written by Dorothy Quarles and Laura St. Ann Keller for the dedication, September 3, 1928; and map “Motor Routes to Cape Girardeau Bridge,” showing routes to bridge from fourteen states, circa 1928.

Holograph document (1p) discharging Private Cooper from the service of the 7th Arkansas Regiment, Confederate States of America.