NEW MADRID COUNTY, MISSOURI
New Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid) County traces its roots to the New Madrid district of Spanish and French colonial times. It was established as a county in 1812, during Missouri's territorial period. Named after Madrid, the capital of Spain, the county seat is also New Madrid. Listed below are collections at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla that deal in some manner with New Madrid County. Follow the hypertext links for additional information about each collection.
- American Legion Gideon-New Madrid Post No. 324, Cotton Festival program, 1967
- Audibert family papers, 1816-1932
- Bird family papers, 1831-1959
- Community Woman's Club of Gideon, records, 1929-1990
- Wellington Eldred letters, 1862
- Ellis
family papers, 1787-1948
- Gideon (Mo.) Common School District, building dedication program, 1937
- Gideon-Anderson Lumber & Mercantile Co., papers, 1901-1938
- Gideon-Anderson Lumber & Mercantile Company, records, 1901-1985
- Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company, letters, 1915-1920
- Houts & Stallcup, journal, 1816-1817
- W. J.
Ivie, A Message To The Homeseeker, booklet, 1939
- Konenszewski family, papers, 1816-1862
- Edmond Laramore, Baptist associations minutes, 1912-1980
- Little River Valley Land Company, booklet, ca. 1908
- Mark Twain National Forest, local history collection, 1930s-1980s
- Millar
family, papers, 1840-1899
- New Madrid (Mo.), motion picture, ca. 1940s
- New Madrid Civic Club (New Madrid, Mo.), records, 1950-1966
- New Madrid Woman's Club (New Madrid, Mo.), scrapbooks, 1965-1978
- Phillips family papers, 1863-1935
- Saint
Francis Levee District, records, 1893-1980
- Fritz
Smith log book, 1892-1900
- St.
Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., records, 1859-1980
- Aquilla Standifird, Civil War diary, 1862-1865
- Robert S. Wiley collection, 1869-1994
- R. T.
Williamson, receipt, 1829
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