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R         Ousley, Mayme Hanrahan, 1887-1970.

173                  Papers, 1889-1967.

                                    Forty-two folders.

 

 

 

This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a civic leader and mayor of St. James in Phelps County, Missouri.  She was the first woman to be elected to the may­or­alty of a city in Missouri.  The papers include material regarding city business, her posi­tion on the board of Missouri State Training Schools, and her activities with the Rebekah Lodge (I.O.O.F.).

 

 

Folders 1-19:  Personal correspondence, 1905-1967.

 

                Folder 01: Correspondence, 1905-1920.

                Folder 02: Correspondence, 1921.

                Folder 03: Correspondence, 1922.

                Folder 04: Correspondence, 1923.

                Folder 05: Correspondence, 1924-1925.

                Folder 06: Correspondence, 1926.

                Folder 07: Correspondence, 1927-1930.

                Folder 08: Correspondence, 1931-1932.

                Folder 09: Correspondence, 1933-1934.

                Folder 10: Correspondence, 1935-1939.

                Folder 11: Correspondence, 1940-1943.

                Folder 12: Correspondence, 1944-1946.

                Folder 13: Correspondence, 1947-1949.

                Folder 14: Correspondence, 1950-1951.

                Folder 15: Correspondence, 1952-1954.

                Folder 16: Correspondence, 1955-1957.

                Folder 17: Correspondence, 1958-1959.

                Folder 18: Correspondence, 1960-1967.

                Folder 19: Correspondence, undated and fragments.

 

Folders 20-24:  Biographical and genealogical information, 1889-1958.

 

                Folder 20: James S. Ousley (1862-1944), estate papers, 1933-1944.

                Folder 21: Ousley family, miscellaneous biographical material, 1934-1958.

                Folder 22: Hanrahan family, miscellaneous papers, 1889-1956.

                Folder 23: Mayme H. Ousley (1887-1970), biographical material, ca. 1925-1955.

                Folder 24: Miscellaneous material, undated.

 

Folders 25-35:  Official papers, 1921-1957.

 

                Folder 25: St. James, Missouri, municipal business, 1921.

                Folder 26: St. James, Missouri, municipal business, 1922.

                Folder 27: St. James, Missouri, municipal business, 1926-1940.

                Folder 28: St. James, Missouri, municipal business, 1941-1946.

                Folder 29: St. James, Missouri, municipal business, 1950-1957.

                Folder 30: St. James, Missouri, municipal business, undated.

                Folder 31: St. James Charity Board, papers, 1921-1927.

                Folder 32: Ozark Trails Association, papers, 1922-1929.

                Folder 33: Missouri State Training Schools, papers, 1946.

                Folder 34: Missouri State Training Schools, papers, 1947.

                Folder 35: Missouri State Training Schools, papers, 1948-1950.

 

Folders 36-42:  Lodge papers, 1917-1962.

 

                Folder 36: Order of the Eastern Star, miscellaneous printed material, 1917-1949.

                Folder 37: Rebekah Lodge, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1919-1932.

                Folder 38: Rebekah Lodge, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1933-1948.

                Folder 39: Rebekah Lodge, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1949-1952.

                Folder 40: Rebekah Lodge, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1953-1962.

                Folder 41: Rebekah Lodge, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated.

                Folder 42: Rebekah Lodge, programs and printed material, 1924-1950.

 

 

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