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Series I |
Correspondence |
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Box
1939 |
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Folder 1 |
Between AMS, Jr. and James A. Finch of
First National Bank of Cape Girardeau congratulating AMS, Jr. on his
debate teams victory. |
1936
Mar 17 |
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Folder 2 |
Primarily between AMS, Jr.
and AMS, Sr. regarding law school and various subjects. Between AMS, Sr. and First National Bank of Cape Girardeau and Boone
County National Bank of Columbia, Missouri, regarding AMS, Jr.'s
accounts. |
1939
Sep-Dec |
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Folder 3 |
Primarily between AMS, Jr. and AMS, Sr. regarding law
school and various subjects. Between AMS, Sr. and First
National Bank of Cape Girardeau concerning AMS, Jr.'s accounts. |
1940
Jan-Dec |
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Folder 4 |
Primarily between AMS, Jr.
and AMS, Sr. regarding law school and various subjects.
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1941
Jan-Dec |
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Folder 5 |
Primarily between AMS, Jr.
and AMS, Sr. regarding law school and various subjects. Also includes
the Mar expense account with enclosed bills. |
1942
Jan-May |
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Folder 6 |
Eight letters including AMS, Jr., S.P.
Dalton, and Russell L. Dearmont. |
1945
Sep-Oct |
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Folder 7 |
Primarily concerning
letters of recommendation for AMS, Jr. Also Between AMS,
Jr. and S. P. Dalton, Russell L. Dearmont, and various insurance
companies concerning legal matters. |
1946
Jan-Dec |
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Folder 8 |
Primarily concerns AMS, Jr.'s application
for the Junior Chamber of Commerce and his nomination form for 1947
distinguished Service Award. |
1947
Jan-Sep |
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Folder 9 |
Between AMS, Jr. and O.E. Pete Peterson congratulating
ASM, Jr. on his election to President of the Kiwanis Club of Cape
Girardeau. |
1949
Nov 11 |
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Folder 10 |
Concerns Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau
program for officers. |
1950
Jan 6 |
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Folder 11 |
Between AMS, Jr. and Anita
Barnes of Oran Public Schools and Blodgett Public School Faculty.
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1952
Feb |
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Folder 12 |
Primarily between Senate
Committee on Public Health and Welfare and various people regarding the
publics disappointment in the Governors appointment of the Director of
the Division of Mental Diseases. Also includes Where Do Bills
Originate paper. |
1954
Apr |
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Folder 13 |
Between AMS, Jr. and Harry
S. Truman concerning Truman's decline to visit Cape Girardeau.
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1956
Jul 13
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Folder 14 |
Between AMS, Jr. and Mrs.
Dorothy Calvin regarding the Young Democratic Convention and the
abolishment of women's activities in Civil Defense.
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1957 Jul 3 |
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Folder 15 |
Between Richard H. Amberg and AMS, Jr. concerning AMS, Jr.'s nomination for a
Globe-Democrat award. Invitation for AMS, Jr. to the opening of the
Town-Plaza Shopping Center. |
1960
Feb 18, 1960 Aug 11
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Folder 16 |
Between Richard H.
[Dick] Amberg and AMS, Jr. regarding his nomination for a
Globe-Democrat award. |
1962
Feb 23, 1962 Mar 8 |
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Folder 17 |
Between AMS, Jr. and Harry
S. Truman regarding a donation to the Harry S. Truman Library.
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1966
Mar 14 |
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Folder 18 |
Primarily invitations sent
by Mary Lou Scott to various people for AMS, Jr.s birthday party.
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1976
Jan-Mar |
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Folder 19 |
Primarily concerning AMS,
Jr. chairing the Democrats for Reagan-Bush campaign.
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1984
Sep-Nov |
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Folder 20 |
Between AMS, Jr. and Ronald
Reagan regarding Reagan's plans to return to California.
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1989
Jan 13 |
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Folder 21 |
Includes a fake affidavit from AMS, Jr.s
Legal Secretary for the Boss of the Year. |
1991
Apr 8 |
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Folder 22 |
Primarily between AMS, Jr. and
his parents regarding law school and various subjects.
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Series II
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Personal and Financial Ephemera |
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Box
1939 |
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Folder 23 |
AMS, Jr.'s 1937 Central High School diploma and graduation invitations.
Shakespeare 55-Report on various Shakespeare plays, c. 1939.
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1937,
c. 1939 |
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Folder 24 |
Rough
draft and final copy of the Statement of Facts submitted by AMS, Sr. and
McDaniel during the Nov Term of the Supreme Court Case Club, Nov 1940.
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1940
Nov |
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Folder 25 |
Small
1940s stamp collection and 1940s ration stamp booklet. AMS, Jr. winner
of the 1940 Holmes Club certificate and Delta Theta Phi law fraternity
membership certificate, 1940. 1942 University of Missouri, Columbia,
graduation announcement and commencement program for AMS, Jr. |
Circa
1940s |
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Folder 26 |
St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Award program, 1950. |
1950
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Folder 27 |
1963 desk calendar. 1964 Gamma Sigma Delta Spring Awards Banquet
program. 1967 memorial services booklet, DeMolay Legion of Honor
certificate presented to AMS, Jr., 1968. |
Circa
1960s |
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Folder28 |
1937
Central High School class reunion booklet, 1974. St. Francis Medical
Center certificate to AMS, Jr., 1976. United States Court of Appeals
certificate to AMS, Jr., 1978. |
Circa
1970s |
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Folder 29 |
Eulogy to Charles Andrew Juden, 1987. Ode to AMS, Jr. and Robert M.
Buerkle-on forty years of legal practice. |
1987 |
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Box 1940 |
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Folder 1 |
VIP Industries 30th anniversary booklet dedicated to AMS, Jr. |
undated |
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Folder 2 |
Family tree beginning in 1775 and ending with Albert Spradling, Sr. |
undated |
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Folder 3 |
Financial records & bank/check stubs, 1939. |
1939 |
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Folder 4 |
Checks & bills, 1940. |
1940 |
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Folder 5 |
Personal budget, 1941. |
1941 |
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Folder 6 |
Miscellaneous bills & insurance policy. |
Undated |
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Folder 7 |
Harris Motor Company repair orders bill, 1947. |
1947 |
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Folder 8 |
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company bill, 1948. |
1948 |
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Folder 9 |
Oran
State Bank statement of condition; Farmers & Merchants Bank statement of
condition, undated |
undated |
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Loose |
1938 Sagamore. |
1938 |
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Loose |
1945
Personal Diary. |
1945 |
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Series III
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Political and Legal Ephemera |
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Box
1940 |
Subseries 1: Political Documents
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Folder 10 |
Minutes of the Democratic Judicial Committee for the Twenty-Eighth
Judicial Circuit of Missouri, Sep 7, 1948. |
1948
Sep 7 |
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Folder 11 |
Senate journals, 1952-1954. The inaugural ceremonies for the State of
Missouri, Jan 12, 1953. Senate Criminal Law Revision Committee, Jan
1955. |
Circa
1950s |
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Folder 12 |
St.
Louis Globe-Democrat Award program booklet, Apr 6, 1960. Inaugural
ceremonies for the State of Missouri, Jan 9, 1961. John F. Kennedy
inauguration invitation, Jan 20, 1961. Council of State Governments
booklet, 1965. Senate Manual: Seventy-fourth General Assembly of
Missouri, 1967. |
Circa
1960s |
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Folder 13 |
Senate Manual: Seventy-Seventh General Assembly of Missouri, 1973-1974.
Rededication ceremony program in which AMS, Jr. delivered the dedication
speech, Apr 25, 1977. |
1973-1974, 1977 Apr 25 |
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Box
1941 |
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Folder 1 |
Paper
about the history and architectural design of the Missouri State
Capitol, c. 1980. The Missouri State Capitol book regarding historical
information about the Capitols architectural design, c. 1980. |
circa
1980 |
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Folder 2 |
27th Senatorial district sample ballots, undated
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undated |
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Folder 3 |
Two Senator Spradling signs and one Spradling for State Senate bumper
sticker, undated |
undated |
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Box 1941
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Subseries 2:
Foreign Trade Mission |
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Folder 4 |
Booklets regarding the Missouri Trade Mission, Holland, and a currency
conversion table. |
Undated |
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Folder 5 |
Invitations to a Missouri Trade Mission meeting in London and to a
reception in Rotterdam. |
Undated |
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Folder 6 |
Daily
schedules for the Foreign Trade Mission in Europe including London,
Rotterdam and Bonn, Rome and Paris.
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Undated |
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Folder 7 |
Correspondence, May 1, 1964. Between Senator and Mrs.
AMS, Jr. and their children regarding their day in London during the
Foreign Trade Mission. |
1964
May 1 |
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Box
1941
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Subseries 3:
Legal Documents |
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Folder 8 |
Issued rules for practice of the Supreme Court of Missouri and of the 27th
Judicial Circuit
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1946
Jul 29 |
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Folder 9 |
Case
reviews including automobiles, bills and notes, and Statute of Frauds
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undated |
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Folder 10 |
Case
reviews including change of venue, chattel mortgages, and exemptions
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undated |
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Folder 11 |
Case
reviews including the Fair Labor Standard Act, Humanitarian Doctrine,
and permitting and denying a recovery
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undated |
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Folder 12 |
Case
reviews including homestead insurance, jury instructions, and
inheritance tax |
undated |
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Folder 13 |
Case
reviews including insurance-subrogation, joint tenancy, and municipal
corporations |
undated |
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Folder 14 |
Case
reviews including signals, Statute of Limitation, and National Labor
relations Board Act
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undated |
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Folder 15 |
Case
reviews including wills and witnesses
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undated |
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Folder 16 |
Case review regarding divorce
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undated |
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Folder 17 |
Case
reviews including imputed negligence and actions
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undated |
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Loose |
Binder with A. M. Spradling Cape Girardeau, Mo. on front.
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Series IV |
Photographs |
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Box
1941
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Subseries 1: Political and Public Appearances
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Folder 18 |
Missouri Pharmacist
Banquet. (5), b/w, 4 x 5 |
undated |
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Folder 19 |
The groundbreaking of an
unidentified project and AMS, Jr. with various officials. (25), 24 b/w;
1 color, 1-6 x 9; 1-7 x 10; 23-8 x 10 |
1961-1975 |
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Box
1942 |
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Folder 1 |
AMS, Jr. at the W.T. Grant Co.
Ceremony and AMS, Jr. with various officials. (23), 20 b/w; 3 color, 2-5
x 7; 19-8 x 10; 2-11 x 14 |
1955,
1963, undated |
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Folder 2 |
AMS, Jr.'s campaign and
AMS, Jr. with various officials. (14) b/w, 1-2.5 x 3.5; 3-3.25 x
4; 2-3.5 x 5; 2-4 x 5; 6-5 x 7 |
1961,
undated |
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Folder 3 |
Unidentified
banquet. (16 Negatives ), b/w, 4 x 5 |
1966
Jan |
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Folder 4 |
AMS, Jr.'s 25-year
retirement party. (51), color, 3.5 x 5 |
undated |
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Folder 5 |
AMS, Jr.'s 25-year
retirement party. (23), color, 3.5 x 5 |
undated |
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Box 1942
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Subseries 2: Foreign Trade Missions
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Folder 6 |
Pnsite, group scenes, and photographs from Trade Mission conferences.
(17), 9 b/w; 8 color, 4-3 x 3; 3-5 x 5; 1-7 x 9; 8-8 x 10 |
1964 May |
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Box 1942
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Subseries 3: Cityscape
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Folder 7 |
Various views of the Town Plaza, W.T. Grant Town
Plaza, Kroger Town Plaza, and Woolworths Town Plaza. (25), 21 b/w;
4 color, 4-3.25 x 3.25; 21-8 x 10 |
1957,
1960, undated |
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Folder 8 |
Various buildings and streets in Cape Girardeau.
(14), 13 b/w; 1color, 1-11 x 14; 13-8 x 10, 1957, 1959 |
1957,
1959, undated |
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Box
1942
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Subseries 4:
Personal and Miscellaneous |
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Folder 9 |
The
Spradling house and various members of the Spradling family. Also
includes a tintype of a young male. (21) 17 b/w; 4 color, 2-2.25 x 3.25;
2-3 x 3; 1-3.5 x 4.75; 1-3.5 x 5; 11-3 x 4; 4-5 x 7 |
1968,
undated |
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Folder 10 |
Includes Jo Ann and
Bill Emerson with AMS, Jr., various members of the Spradling family, and
AMS, Jr.'s school photographs. (13) 8 b/w; 5 color, 2-3.5 x 5; 1-3.5 x
5.25; 1-4.5 x 6.5; 1-5 x 8; 1-7 x 9; 7-8 x 10 |
undated |
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Folder 11 |
Includes various members of the Spradling
family, Senator Spradling portrait, and AMS, Jr.'s college photograph(7), 6 b/w; 1 color, 2-6 x 9; 1-6.5 x 11; 1-7 x 10; 1-8.5 x
10; 2-11 x 14.
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Series V
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Local
History
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Box
1943 |
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| Folder 1 |
Plot of Spradlings Subdivision, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, document
dedicating property to the public |
1949
Feb 10 |
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Folder 2 |
Golden anniversary picture, story of Cape Girardeau and Its Newspaper
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undated |
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Folder 3 |
Biography of historic Cape Girardeau County, project of the
Bicentennial Commission of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Articles collected
and arranged by Jess E. Thilenius, 1976. |
1976 |
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Folder 4 |
Reflections on Life and Law during Three Score and Five Years-Jul 3,
1916-Jul 3, 1981, by Rush H. Limbaugh. |
Undated |
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Folder 5 |
Bollinger Mill State Historic Site 1981 dedication program. |
1981 |
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Folder 6 |
Transcripts of an interview with AMS, Jr. at his law office in Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, by Will Sarvis
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1996 Mar 14 |
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Folder 7 |
Transcripts of an interview with AMS, Jr. at his law office in Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, by Will Sarvis
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1996
Oct 29 |
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Folder 8 |
Correspondence, Jul 1, 1997. Letter from Will Sarvis to Senator
Spradling regarding the completed finding aid for his collection at the
University of Missouri, Columbia. |
1997
Jul 1 |
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Folder 9 |
Transcripts of public history interview with Senator Spradling by Will
Sarvis
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undated |
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Folder 10 |
Three biographies of Senator Spradling from unknown authors |
undated |
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Folder 11 |
Wildwood, history of the home of Southeast Missouri State University
President Dr. Bill Stacy
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undated |
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Folder 12 |
Memories of Cape Girardeau and Old Man River,
by Lee L. Albert, undated |
undated
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Folder 13 |
Cape Girardeau County Map (5 copies), Geological Map of Cape Girardeau
County by B.F. Shumard, |
undated |
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Folder 14 |
History of Burfordville, Missouri, booklet [copy] |
undated |
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Folder 15 |
Souvenir book of Executive Mansion, Jefferson City, Missouri |
undated |
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Folder 16 |
A Rose for Cape Girardeau, a Readers Digest reprint with
photograph of the Spradling family home
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undated |
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Folder 17 |
Southeast Missouri State University board member profile sheet
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undated |
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Folder 18 |
Summaries of area murders and trials |
undated |
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Series VI |
Booklets and Clippings
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Box
1943 |
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Folder 19 |
The
Young Democratic Clubs of America flyer and informational pamphlet |
1946 |
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Folder 20 |
The Hospital Record (a program) from Barnes Hospital, St. Louis,
Missouri. Also booklets from The Cape County Journal (AMS, Jr. to
receive an award) and Missouri Good Roads
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1958
Jun - 1959 Jun |
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Folder 21 |
Various journals and magazines, including Missouri Business and
Missouri Pharmacist, with articles concerning Senator Spradling
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1961
Feb - 1962 Mar |
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Box
1944 |
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Folder 1 |
Various journals and magazines, including Missouri Business and
Missouri Pharmacist, with articles concerning Senator Spradling |
1962
Apr - 1968 Dec |
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Folder 2 |
Primarily reports and newsletters with articles regarding various awards
presented to Senator Spradling
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1971
May -1979 |
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Folder 3 |
2
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
Annual Stockholders Reports |
1981,
1982 Jun 25 |
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Folder 4 |
Project Homecoming brochure, c.1990. World Atlas-complements of
Cunard Sea Goddes |
circa 1990 |
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| Item 001 | Scrapbook, containing clippings on AMS Sr.’s appointment as a special commissioner to investigate the disbarment of Verne R.C. Lacy, AMS Sr.’s golf hobby, and AMS Sr.’s death. | Circa 1940-1945 |
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| Folder 5 |
AMS, Jr.'s trip to China including postcards, a travel brochure, and
recipe cards
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undated |
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Folder 6 |
Obituaries for Emerson, Luther, and AMS, Sr. and clipping regarding AMS,
Jr.'s return to Cape Girardeau. |
1945
Feb-Sep |
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Folder 7 |
Newspaper articles primarily concerning Missouri's surplus funds and the
Idle Funds Bill
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1951-1959 |
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Folder 8 |
Newspaper articles primarily regarding AMS, Jr.'s biography,
appointments to commissions, awards, and the Missouri Trade Mission
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1960-1969 |
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Folder 9 |
Newspaper articles primarily regarding AMS, Jr.'s awards, appointments
to commissions, and various Circuit Court duties
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1971-1977 |
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Folder 10 |
Primarily newspaper articles concerning the Presidential and
congressional campaigns |
1980-1986 |
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Folder 11 |
Biographical newspaper article spanning AMS, Jr.'s legal and political
careers
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1994
Aug 23 |
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Folder 12 |
Newspaper articles including Spradling honored by Missouri State Senate
with distinguished service awards and Southeast honors Spradling as
Alumni |
2001 Mar - 2002 Sep |
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Series VII |
Oversized
Materials
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MMC
4.9 |
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| Folder 1 | | |
| Item 1 | Resolution to the Missouri Bar | undated |
| Items 2-4 | State Senator Certificate | 1956, 1960, 1968 |
| Item 5 | Interstate Commerce Commission Certificate | undated |
| Items 6-7 | Executive Department Order Certificates | 1959, 1961 |
| Items 8-12 | Senate Resolutions | 1963, 1965, 1965, 1969, 1971 |
| Item 13 | Reprimand | 1972 Mar 13 |
| Item 14 | Senate Journal Roll Call & Copy of Resolution of
Reprimand (item 13) | 1972 |
| Items 15-18 | Resolutions | 1972, 1975, 1978, 1984 |
| Item 19 | Certificate to the appointment of the state militia | |
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| Item 002 | AMS Jr., Boss of the Year Award, presented by the Legal Secretaries Association | 1991 |
| Item 003 | Mounted Magnetic iron ore from the “Pea Ridge” mine, presented to AMS Jr. from the St. Joseph Land and Bethlehem Steel Companies. | undated |
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