CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, MISSOURI
The Cape Girardeau District dates from Missouri's French colonial
period. Cape Girardeau County was organized in 1812, during Missouri's
territorial era. The county seat is Jackson. Listed below are
collections at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla that
deal in some manner with Cape Girardeau County. Follow the hypertext
links for additional information about each collection.
- Ancient Order of United Workmen, Fruitland Lodge No. 429 (Fruitland, Mo.), records, ca. 1889-1900
- Thomas Akers Barr papers, 1861-1919
- Bird
family papers, 1831-1959
- Cape Girardeau Academy, program, 1855
- Cape
Girardeau Baptist Association, sesquicentennial booklet, 1974
- Cape Girardeau Business College, booklet, 1920
- Cape Girardeau McAdamized and Plank Road Company, papers, 1852-1858
- Central High School (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), booklets, 1923-1925
- John D. Crawford, Civil War letters, 1862-1863
- Kenneth E. Corbin, "William Marion Fulbright," 1976
- Ellis
family papers, 1787-1948
- First Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), booklet, 1928
- First
Baptist Church (Jackson, Mo.), sesquicentennial booklet, 1974
- Freemasons, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221 (Oak Ridge, Mo.), meeting program, 1952
- Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133, records, 1849-1962
- Galilee Association of General Baptists, proceedings, 1913-1980
- Grace
Methodist Church (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), centennial booklet, 1955
- High
School Athletic and Oratorical Association for Southeast Misouri,
program, 1926
- High
School Meet for Southeast Missouri, program, 1933
- Commodore Perry Hill collection, 1885-1982
- Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company, letters, 1915-1920
- Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company, papers, ca. 1906-1958
- Edmond Laramore, Baptist associations minutes, 1912-1980
- Little River Valley Land Company, booklet, ca. 1908
- Henry
Perrin Mann, Civil War diaries, 1862-1865
- Mark Twain National Forest, local history collection, 1930s-1980s
- Millar
family papers, 1840-1899
- Missouri & Illinois Mineral & Land Co., papers, 1834-1900
- Naeter Brothers Publishing Company, Ten Mile Garden ... Cape Rock Drive (booklet), 1949
- Normal Chapel (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), program, 1896
- Ozark
Trails Bridge (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), brochure, n.d.
- Pilot Knob (Mo.), Civil War telegrams, 1862-1863
- Rainwater family papers, 1863-1939
- Philip A. Reilly, letters, 1858-1863
- Attie
Zelpha Mitchell Shanks, genealogical records, 1890-1960
- Casper Shell papers, 1832-1849
- E.
Herbert Smith, autobiography, 1954
- St. Francis Hospital (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), booklet, 1939
- St.
Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., records, 1859-1980
- Ste.
Genevieve Telephone Company, papers, 1899-1906
- Southeast Missouri District Fair Association, booklets, 1949-1976
- Southeast Missouri District Fair Association, horse-show program, 1950
- Southeast Missouri Odd Fellow Association, program, 1892
- Southeast Missouri Teachers Association, program, 1942
- Standard Egg Farms, booklet, 1929
- John
Jacob Sutter, collection, 1865-1871
- John
Tlapek, correspondence, 1897-1935
- United States. Army. Illinois Artillery Reg't, 2nd, report, 1865
- United States. Army Air Forces. Flying Training Detachment, 73rd, newsletter, 1943
- Thomas Benson Whitledge papers, 1874-1916
- Robert S. Wiley collection, 1869-1994
- Paul A. Wobus papers, 1918-1989
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