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"Jack Glendenning Collection"

 

 

AGI-005-04 Jack Glendenning Collection 3A-2-5
This collection contains papers given to us by Jack Glendenning. Mr. Glendenning is a long time Polk County resident who has a wealth of knowledge about Polk County and its people. He, along with George Hooper, are considered the "Historians of Polk County"
 

Folder/Item

Contents

1

Pictures
  1. Bolivar Boys Band 1921
  2. Bolivar Band—no date
  3. Naperville Light Guard Band—no date
  4. Head Consul’s Review, Grant Park, Chicago, June 1925
  5. 1910 Bolivar High School Girls’ Basketball Team—identification on back
  6. Bolivar High School Girls’ team—no date or identification
  7. School group picture—no date/location but does have identification on back
  8. Elementary school group picture—no date/location or identification
  9. Group picture—no date/location or identification
  10. Copy of #9—slightly enlarged
  11. James H. Baldwin—Presiding Judge Polk County 1905-1908
  12. Bolivar Post Office Crew—1927—identified on back

2

Pictures
  1. Interior of store—no date or identification
  2. Interior of barber shop—no date or identification
  3. Interior of store identified as Boyer Grocery on back—no date
  4. Crowded street—no date or location
  5. Sheep being herded through Bolivar—no date
  6. Herd of cattle—no date/location
  7. Pigs—no date/location Rack Mitchell written on front

3

Pictures
  1. Six photos from envelope marked "Pictures of North Ward School" no date
  2. Advertisement photo "It ain’t toothache It’s CLIMAX" no date
  3. Telephone—no date
  4. Standard oil truck—no date
  5. Postcard of Polk County Court House 1841 on back "This is Mrs. Esther Lovelace’s writing"
  6. Mary Owens holding banjo March 1990
  7. News clipping "Mary’s Museum" no date or source
  8. Unidentified photo from newspaper—no date/source

4

  1. Reprint of Polk County Centennial Celebration August 1935
  2. Over Hills and Hollows
  3. A Pictorial History of Fair Play 1776-1976
  4. The 1983 Guide to Bolivar Living
  5. Polk County Bank’s Centennial Anniversary—Rural Route Map, County and City Maps

5

Country Folk Magazine April/June 1996 containing an article on Butterfield Overland Mail Route

6

Reminisce magazine July/August and Sept/October 2000

7

Ozarks Mountaineer Vol. 20 No. 9 October 1972 contains article on Butterfield Mail Route Vol. 48 No. 2 April/May 2000

8

Ozar’kin (3 volumes) Vol. XIX, No. 2 Summer 21997; Vol. XXII No. 2 & 3 Summer/Fall 2000

9

Stufflebam Family
  1. Newspaper article on death of Francis L. Stufflebam (2 pages) no source/date given
  2. Newspaper article on death of Ralph L. Stufflebam no source/date given
  3. Newspaper article on death of F. L. Stufflebam (4 pages) no source/date given
  4. Front page from Omnibus (SWBC) 8 Nov 1978 Celessa Stufflebam to receive Life Service Award

10

Bolivar Fires
  1. Original article on North Side Fire 13 Dec 1890 from "the lost files of the Bolivar Herald" found in the scrapbook of Mrs. Dan C. Farrar "Bolivar’s Big Burn"
  2. Copies of #1 (4 pages)
  3. Original article about fire "Bolivar’s Big Blaze" no source
  4. Original article on second fired on North side 27 Nov 1893 found in scrapbook of Mrs. Farrar
  5. Copy of #4

11

Polk County History
  1. Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Polk County (14 pages) prepared for the Centennial Celebration on the Fourth of July 1876 by A. C. Lemmon
  2. Polk County Centennial Celebration august 1935 (18 pages)
  3. Reorganization of the Polk County Historical Society (3 pages) 19 March 1941
  4. History of the Polk County Chapter American Red Cross (6 pages)June 1917-July 1919

12

Hand drawn plats of Bolivar City Blocks showing location of businesses no date
  1. Missouri, Chestnut, Main, Broadway
  2. Benton, Jackson, Market, Broadway
  3. Chestnut, Springfield, Broadway, Main
  4. Jefferson, Jackson, Main
  5. Jackson, Pike, Broadway, Missouri
  6. Main, Walnut, Pike, Jefferson
  7. Main, Jackson, Missouri, W. Broadway
  8. Chestnut, Missouri, Broadway, Pike
  9. Chestnut, Market, Broadway, Springfield
  10. Olive, Springfield, Chestnut, Main
  11. Jackson Market, Jefferson, Springfield
  12. Springfield, Jefferson, main, Jackson
  13. Jackson, Benton, Market
  14. Olive, Main, Chestnut
  15. Jackson, Springfield, E. Broadway, Market
  16. Main, Jefferson, Springfield, Walnut
  17. Springfield, Jefferson, Benton, Walnut

13

Letters
  1. To G. F. Hooper from hazel Arnold 4 Dec 1977 tells about Erna, MO Post Office (3 pages)
  2. To George F. Hooper from Lotta Baldwin Hollenbeak 10 July 1978 (2 pages) tells about her father, presiding judge Baldwin during construction of court house
  3. To Bolivar Postmaster from Hilton Carey Kessler 30 Nov 1978
  4. To George F. Hooper from Audrey Henry 25 Feb 1982
  5. To Secretary Polk county Historical Society from Audrey Henry 1983
  6. To Bolivar Chamber of Commerce from Dorothy Neely—no date

14

Family Histories
  1. Birthdates of Griffin Family 1844-1860 8 listed—original copy
  2. George Ailstock
  3. Landon Sanders
  4. Letter to Olive Thomas 3 Nov 1999 includes family tree (3 pages)
  5. Poem written by ---Townsend about himself
  6. Alexander C. Lemmon
  7. Jacob Lemmon Genealogy (6 pages)
  8. William Thomas Jewett McCracken
  9. Descendants of Nancy Ward (9 pages)
  10. Descendants of Carl Star Bean (4 pages)
  11. From memorial and Biographical history of Dallas County, Texas c. 1892 biographical sketch of Major Alexander C. Lemmon (5 pages)
  12. 1886 Cattle Drive—A True Story by martin Van Buren Holman
  13. Clayton Stockton genealogy from Ozar’kin Spring 1981 page 32

15

"Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas Troops Who Participated in the Battle of Oak Hills, and Present at the Re-Union of Ex-Confederate Missourians, at Dallas" TX August 1881

(5 pages)

16

Miscellaneous papers
  1. Two plats of Bolivar City Cemetery 1971
  2. Handwritten information on Clifford, MO, Rimby Store & Post Office, Huckaby Store & Post Office, and Goodson (2 pages)
  3. Mayors of Bolivar 1881-1997
  4. Two pages of handwritten notes on Polk County
  5. Two pages of handwritten notes on choosing Bolivar as county seat
  6. Two pages about settlement in Missouri
  7. "How Did Bolivar Get That Way?" (4 pages)
  8. History of City Drug Store (7 pages)
  9. Page from Polk County history
  10. From Centennial Volume of Missouri Methodism (pg. 550) "History of Hickory Grove Church" by Rev. W. S. Woodard
  11. List of members of Bolivar Band (identifies members of picture in folder 1)
  12. Bolivar Boys Band in front of the Shrine Mosque at Springfield on Labor Day 1925 (identification list—no picture)
  13. Revised Street names
  14. First grocery licenses issued by Polk County Court—1835-36
  15. Transcribed court proceedings from State of Missouri vs. Robert Powell (3 pages)
  16. First white settler in Polk County (3 pages)
  17. Member names of Mt. View Church 12 Nov 1851 (2 pages)

17

Miscellaneous Papers copied from Various Sources
  1. Excursion Day—Karlin "Spudding in" of Margaret Hubbert Well No. 1 advertisement
  2. From Missouri Life, July/August 1983 on Joshua Fleeman
  3. From Shelby and His Men; or War in the West pages 168-69 and 188-89
  4. First business establishment in Humansville source not given
  5. Diary of E. Dunsha Steele pg. 299 & 308 of Colorado Magazine Vol. 29
  6. Times of the Rebellion pg. 234
  7. Pages 14-15 of story on Butterfield Overland Mail
  8. History of First Iowa Cavalry pg. 73-75
  9. History of Vernon County pg. 712
  10. Biographical sketch of Fitz-Henry Warren from Generals in Blue by Ezra J. Warner C. 1981
  11. Biographical sketch of Fitz-Henry Warren from Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War
  12. The oldest house in El Dorado Springs Vicinity
  13. Topographical map of El Dorado Springs North Quadrangle
  14. Biographical sketch of John M. Smith—source not identified Pg. 596-97
  15. Historical sketch "A Little Bit of History" Humansville/J. C. Penny—no source listed
  16. Photocopy of James H. M. Smith and family 1860-61
  17. "The Butterfield Overland Stage Line" by Lillian Baker (3 pages)
  18. "Will Rogers Representative Collections"—sayings of Will Rogers (3 pages)
  19. Important Events in the Life of Will Rogers
  20. Newspaper 14 Nov 1918 "Germany Signed Iron clad Armistice"
  21. Copy of Enactment of US Congress and Senate approved 30 June 1834 on location of Sioux and Fox Nation Reservations
  22. Copy of letter by and article about John Darrow (13 pages)

18

Newspapers
  1. Springfield Press Monday 22 April 1929 Bolivar Tornado
  2. Article on tornado (2 pieces)
  3. Clipping on Mary Owens—Mary’s Museum
  4. Clipping "Yesterday’s Memories" Humansville woman and her husband
  5. Clipping 1948 Highland Park Blanks Lincoln Team in Grade School Meet
  6. Letters to the Editor "A Taxpayer and M. E. Cross about the Clara Building
  7. Genealogical question w/source to find answer (2 pieces)
  8. Photocopy of picture labeled "Humansville Missouri" men in suits and hats
  9. Clipping on Truman’s visit to Bolivar "Was it a ‘Book Selling Promotion’"
  10. Daily News Tuesday 4 Feb 1986 "Bolivar Bologna"
  11. Clipping "Early History of county recorded in book" about Polk County Tho9mas Allen Banning
  12. Bolivar Herald-Free Press 26 June 1975 "1891 Ringling riot in Bolivar" by George Hooper
  13. Bolivar Herald-Free Press 8 Sept 1983 "Long-ago band contest results in State Fair flap"
  14. Clipping picture of court house
  15. Bolivar Herald-Free Press Bicentennial Section 1 July 1976
  16. Bolivar Herald-Free Press Simon Bolivar Day Commemorative Edition Section c 27 June 1968
  17. Springfield News-Leader Sunday, 15 Feb 1987, photographs and article on Black Springfield culture "Many Thousand Gone"
  18. "Shootout! The Facts Behind the Legend of the Tragic ‘Young Massacre’"

19

Newspaper articles about Bob Hope’s visit to Bolivar to attend funeral of Joan Mass September 1969

20

Copies of newspaper articles
  1. The County Meeting—Civil War Era no date/source
  2. Bolivar Free Press 16 Feb 1933 Reminiscences of Mrs. Bertie Williams
  3. Bolivar Weekly Sentinel 17 Aug 1866 letter from Mr. McNabb
  4. Bolivar Weekly Courier 26 Dec 1857 Sale of Slaves 6 Mar 1858
  5. Articles typed from the Bolivar Weekly Courier 1857 (5 pages)
  6. Business firms here have many changes by Mrs. Sylphia Yates from the Bolivar Herald/no date
  7. Brick factory now in operation 1917 no source
  8. W. C. Whit, killed (city marshal) 1898 no source
  9. Last colored citizen (William Crisp) passes—no source/date
  10. Last Saturday’s Proceedings civil war era no source/date
  11. Unreadable from Weekly Courier

21

Miscellaneous
  1. Program flyer for OGS conference Sept 1997
  2. Sheet of paper w/various notes about education
  3. Small sheet of paper with notes and dates
  4. Membership record historical society card 1 blank and 1 torn in half w/ Gilchrest
  5. Sheet of paper w/ notes
  6. Sheet of paper w/ names and dates
  7. Typed from Bolivar Free Press 22 May 1873 "Jail Key Lost for 26 Years
  8. Two blank prescription papers for druggist John H. Brewer of Fair Play
  9. Note pad w/ two pages full of names rest of pad is blank
  10. 3 notebook pages
  11. Empty envelope addressed to Jack Glendenning from Kerry Meinecke
  12. Set of 31 index cards w/ various notes pertaining to Polk County

22

Miscellaneous papers about education/schools
  1. 1875 Higher Department Courses offered
  2. History of North Ward School as printed in "The Resume" September 1995
  3. Bolivar Schools (short history)
  4. Newspaper article Bolivar High School Football began in 1924 Bolivar Herald-Free Press 16 Sept 1971
  5. Newspaper picture South Ward School Students, 1922 no source/date
  6. Plat of Polk County rural school districts
  7. Photocopy of newspaper article "Schools of Bolivar, A Historical Article Prepared by J. M. Leavitt for BHS Dedication 17 mar 1927 (2 pages) no source
  8. Bolivar Schools compiled and written by Verna Lee Peterson (4 pages)
  9. Copy of commencement programs 6 May 1898 and 11 May 1900
  10. Copy of 1909 BHS commencement program (4 pages)
  11. Copy of 2 day schedule for unnamed meeting plus a list of rural schools w/ teacher and address (no dates for either)

23

Miscellaneous
  1. Minutes from United Baptist Church of Jesus Christ Church Conference 8 Sept 1839
  2. Letter to sister from Emma 26 April 1863
  3. Land Patent for Josiah Wright dated 1 Dec 1853 (original)
  4. Early Plats of Polk County (25 pages)
  5. Rural Missouri July 1997

 

 


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