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Records of the Little River Drainage District Corporation, the agency responsible for constructing and maintaining the system of diversion channel, ditches, levees, and catch-basins that drain the swamp and overflowed lands of southeast Missouri, 1907-present. Records include correspondence, minutes, financial and legal papers, field books, maps, publications, photographs, and artifacts.

Article with seven short stories relating to Missouri’s history.

Scrapbook (22 pages) containing yearbooks from the Cape Girardeau County Women’s Extension Club, Achievement Day programs, group photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera documenting the activities of the Spring Valley Home Economics Extension Club.

Journal (52p) kept by Louis A. Krueger, a student at the Missouri State Normal School—Third District, recording his teachers at the Lorimier and Normal Schools, courses he took at the Normal School, officers and members of the Hesperian and Benton Societies, compositions he wrote and the grades he received, and books he had read.

Correspondence, business and legal papers of Louis Houck, Southeast Missouri railroad entrepreneur, and his son, Giboney, a partner in his father’s business ventures and member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1919). Some political papers relating to Giboney Houck are included, as well as business ledgers, maps, and artifacts.

Holograph letter from Houck to L. B. James at Bollinger Mill [Burfordville, MO] regarding construction of a railroad across Mingo [Swamp].

Photocopied typed manuscript (80p) of reminiscences of Southeast Missouri railroad entrepreneur, Houck. Original owned by Andy and Jeanette Juden. Photocopying requires permission.

Sketch of front, side, and rear views of a proposed memorial in honor of Louis Houck (location unknown) designed by Gabriel Ferrand, Del. *Oversized

Scrapbook primarily of newspaper clippings about Houck’s death and memorials. Album containing the materials used in the memorial for Houck at Southeast Missouri State Teacher’s College in 1925.

Programs from service held at the College Auditorium, April 23, 1925, memorializing the life of Houck, who served for 39 years on the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College Board of Regents, and 36 years as President of the Board of Regents.