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R         Wobus, Paul A., 1893-1982.

8                      Papers, 1918-1989.

                                    52 folders and 89 notebooks.

 

 

 

The Rev. Paul A. Wobus was born in St. Charles, Missouri, on 14 February 1893.  His father, Reinhard Wobus, was pastor of the Evangelical Church there.  Paul Wobus died on 11 December 1982 in Concordia, Missouri.

 

 

Folder             Description

 

01                       Historical notes and maps

                                    Ozarks region of Missouri; notes on early settlements, railroads, and mills.

 

02                       Mills

                                Lists of mills in the Ozarks region of Missouri, by county.  The mills are

                                    located on accompanying maps.

 

03                       Mills

                                Notes and correspondence about mills in the Missouri Ozarks, 1927-1938.

 

04                       Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield Railway

                                Correspondence, 1961-1978

 

05                       Maps

                                Crawford County (1936) and Howell County (1937)

 

06                       Dent County

                                Historical notes and materials, ca. 1928

 

07                       Clippings and printed material

                                Mostly newspaper and magazine clippings.  Includes Ozarks Mountaineer

                                    (Feb 1978), and Shannon County Historical Review (I-4; II-3; II-4; III-4).

 

08                       Memoirs

                                Draft of memoirs, and “Early Days in Our Ozark Church Program”

                                    (September 1979)

 

09                       Ozark Community Council

                                Correspondence, minutes, and printed material, 1962-1973.

 

10                       Mount Zion Community Church.  (Akers, Mo.).

                                Correspondence, bulletins, clippings, etc., 1945-1980.

 

11                       Correspondence, 1918-1919

                                These are letters, in German, from Wobus to his mother.

 

12                       Correspondence, 1920

 

13                       Correspondence, 1921

14                       Correspondence, 1922

 

15                       Correspondence, 1923

 

16                       Correspondence, 1924

 

17                       Correspondence, 1925

 

18                       Correspondence, 1926

 

19                       Correspondence, 1927

 

20                       Correspondence, 1928

 

21                       Correspondence, 1929

 

22                       Clippings (Mostly concerning rural church work, 1920s)

 

23                       Church printed material, 1927

 

24                       Church printed material, 1928

 

25                       Church printed material, 1929

 

26                       Church printed material, 1930

 

27                       Church printed material, 1931

 

28                       Church printed material, 1932

 

29                       Church printed material, 1933

 

30                       Church printed material, 1934

 

31                       Church printed material, 1935

 

32                       Church printed material, 1936

 

33                       Church printed material, 1937

 

34                       Church printed material, 1938

 

35                       Church printed material, 1939

 

36                       Church printed material, 1940-1942

 

37                       Newspaper Clippings, 1944

                                Mostly “Along the Road” by May E. Doms in the Salem News.

 

38                       Newspaper Clippings, 1945

                                Includes “Along the Road” by May E. Doms in the Salem News.

 

39                       Newspaper Clippings, 1946

 

40                       Newspaper Clipping, 1947

                                Profile of E. J. Wallace

41                       Scrapbook No. 1

                                Clippings from Salem, Mo., newspapers, 1928-1931.  Included are obituaries

                                    and news articles.

 

42                       Scrapbook No. 2

                                Clippings from St. Louis newspapers, 1930-1931, as well as papers in

                                    Douglas and Ozark counties and the Watchman Advocate, concerning the Missouri Ozarks region.

 

43                       Scrapbook No. 3

                                Clippings from Salem, Mo., newspapers, 1931-1932.

 

44                       Miscellaneous

                                Includes surveys of “the religious situation” in Missouri Ozarks counties,

                                    1921.

 

45                       Photographs, 1927-1983

                                79 Prints and 18 transparencies.  Most are views of Missouri Ozarks rural

                                    schools, 1942-1947.

 

46                       Narratives 20-42 (1926-1927)

 

47                       Narratives 43-73 (1928-1929)

 

48                       Narratives 74-92 (1929-1930)

 

49                       Narratives 93-134 (1930-1931)

 

50                       Narratives 135-187 (1932-1933)

 

51                       Narratives 188-275 (1933-1936)

 

52                       Narratives 283-943 (1937-1973)

 

                            Notebooks No. 25—No. 107 (1938-1972)

                                Includes unnumbered notebooks for special trips, and note cards for trips 942-

                                    951 (1972-1980).  89 volumes.

 

 

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