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Vancil-Rizer Letters, Virginia, 1960-1968.
28 items. 2005.132. Holograph and typewritten letters from Vancil-Rizer, St. Joseph, [Mo], to Mississippi Riverboat Captain Clarence N. Fultz, Cape Girardeau, [Mo], regarding her grandfather’s riverboat the Paw Paw, sunk by the Union Army during the American Civil War just north of Cape Girardeau at Vancil’s Landing. |
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Vandiver Autobiography, Willard Duncan, 1968. 6 items. 1989.002. Photocopied typescript (45p) by Vandiver (1854-1932), former Professor of Natural Science and President of the Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau, and Missouri Congressman credited with originating Missouri’s “Show-Me State” nickname. Manuscript covers Vance and Vandiver family genealogies, Vandiver’s educational and religious upbringing, professional training, years in Cape Girardeau and as a Congressman, and other personal and political reminiscences. Accompanied by four photocopied news clippings and photocopied image of Vandiver. |
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Vandivort Reminiscences, C. A., circa 1950.
1 item.2004.031. Typed reminiscences of Vandivort regarding the Common Pleas Courthouse at Cape Girardeau, and its various renovations, beginning in 1885. |
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Victorian Homes,
1982.
1 item. 2002.040. Magazine with article and photographs “Christmas at Missouri’s Glenn House,” (pp 33-43), Fall 1982. |
