Box 1135
Contains 27 Results:
Katie Russell Smith Collection
Bashaka language primers used by Christian missionaries teaching in the Belgian Congo. Smith was a 1914 graduate of the Missouri State Normal School in Cape Girardeau.
Richard E. Snider Manuscript
Carbon typescript (6p) by Snider entitled “History of the Cape Girardeau Eagle (Union Series),” a local 19th century newspaper.
Southeast Missouri Newspapers Collection
Typed manuscript (3p) on the history of regional newspapers and their publishers compiled by Judy [?] from George Naeter’s notes; and typed letter, signed (2p) from Kenneth B. Holmes, Newspaper Librarian, State Historical Society of Missouri, to Felix Snider, Librarian at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, regarding the history of various newspapers in Cape Girardeau, 1956.
Wimpy’s Restaurant Menu
Menu from popular Cape Girardeau, [Mo] restaurant (1942-1997) showing selections and prices.
World’s Fair Guide Books
Three souvenir booklets from the 1904 World’s Fair held in St. Louis Missouri.
World’s Fair Souvenir Booklet
Booklet (47p) entitled A Catalogue of Periodicals of Missouri of 1902 in World’s Fair Exhibit in Missouri Building compiled by F.A. Sampson, Secretary State Historical Society of Missouri, which list books by Missouri authors.
Telephone Booklets
Booklet (31p) from the Telephone Pioneers of America, telling about the company and the history of the telephone in Southeast Missouri. Booklet (12p) entitled “The Telephone Comes to St. Louis” which tells of the first 20 years of the telephone in St. Louis, along with a letter from Southwestern Bell gifting the booklet to Kent Library.
Wiggins and Weaver’s Ohio River Directory
Commercial and residential directory (14p) for Cape Girardeau. Households are arranged alphabetically, occupations and residences of householders are provided. Commercial section is arranged by occupational area. Please use photocopy in ready reference area of reading room. Original is fragile.
Morley Swingle Manuscript
Ink jet manuscript (135p) entitled “The Story of the Major Case Squad: A History of the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad,” by Swingle, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, October 2001.
Cindy Raines Postcards
Four color postcards depicting scenes of Southeast Missouri, including the Bollinger Mill and covered bridge, the lime stone quarries south of Cape Girardeau, and the Mississippi River from Cape Rock and at the Mississippi River traffic bridge in Cape Girardeau.