| Cape Girardeau and Mississippi River Flooding Video |
| circa 1937-1940s |
| Extent: 1 VHS tape, 2 DVD copies. |
| Accession Number: 2008.010. |
| Abstract: Film footage of various events of note in the Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri, and Mississippi River Valley region, in the late 1930s and 1940s. Includes scenes of Mississippi River flooding (c. 1937) at Cape Girardeau, Charleston, Wyatt and New Madrid, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois; and a later flood (c. 1940s) in the Cape Girardeau downtown and riverfront area; the burning of the Cape Girardeau Community Club House in February 1937; damage from the November 1936 tornado in Cape Girardeau; a motor boat regatta on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau in the summer of 1937; winter scenes in Cape Girardeau, 1936-1937; and miscellaneous undated scenes of the Ten-Mile Rose Garden between Cape and Jackson, Murphysboro, Illinois, local gardens, homes, and the Hirsch grave. |
| Processed by: Dr. Lisa Speer, February 2008. |
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Repository:
Special Collections and Archives, Missouri
State University Phone:(573) 651-2245 Fax: (573) 651-2666 Email: semoarchives@semo.edu |
| Provenance: Original VHS tape donated by Scott Shivelbine. |
| Citation: Cape Girardeau and Mississippi River Flooding Video, Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University |
| Restrictions: Requires DVD or VHS player to view. |
| Scope and Content Note |
| Film footage of various events of note in the Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri, and Mississippi River Valley region, in the late 1930s and 1940s. Includes scenes of Mississippi River flooding (c. 1937) at Cape Girardeau, Charleston, Wyatt and New Madrid, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois; and a later flood (c. 1940s) in the Cape Girardeau downtown and riverfront area; the burning of the Cape Girardeau Community Club House in February 1937; damage from the November 1936 tornado in Cape Girardeau; a motor boat regatta on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau in the summer of 1937; winter scenes in Cape Girardeau, 1936-1937; and miscellaneous undated scenes of the Ten-Mile Rose Garden between Cape and Jackson, Murphysboro, Illinois, local gardens, homes, and the Hirsch grave. |
| Rules or Conventions: Finding Aid prepared using DACS |
