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Small Collections 3B-3-2

These are collections that have been gifted to the PCGS Library.






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Contents

Doris Wilson Barnhart Collection AGI-009-08

Doris Wilson Barnhart states that the pictures in this collection come from her Grandmother, Daisy Myrtle Rogers Wilson, who lived in Humansville around 1900, The children went to school at Chigger Ridge. Contents are as follows.

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Family group sheet Leander Wilson/Mary

Family group sheet Fleming S. Wilson/Martha Stratton

Family group sheet George Wilson/Daisy Myrtle Rogers

31 pictures—most unidentified pictures have been scanned and are on the main computer on the research floor and also on a disc.

Johnny L. Tygart Collection AGI-010-08 small collections 2

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Photo—1941 8th Grade Graduates Polk County

Public School Diploma for Mary Lee Tygart 1941




Norma A. Pitts Collection AGI-004-10 small collections 3

Photos All these photos are in folders or on hard backing

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1. Grandma Dunham

2. Mom and Aunt Anne (Annie and Nannie)

3. Make at Elkton, MO on Christmas day “In the long ago” Dec 20th 1904 Made by Rosa Steward

4. Minnie (Burkett) Warren

5. Minnie Burkett, George Burkett, Mattie Burkett

6. Minnie Burkett Warren, Her dad, Mattie Burkett (her sister) Minnie’s mother, Geo. Burkett (Minnie’s bro.)

7. Mt. Pisgah School Plato, MO 9 Oct 1906

8. unidentified group (musicians) taken at Dunnegan Memorial Park main gazebo no date

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Photos

1. Tombstones Lunetta Steward, Andrew J. Steward

2. Tombstone John B and Martha C. Pitts

3. Mrs. A. J. Steward

4. Avis and Marie

5. Flemington P.T.A. 1935-36 no identification

6. Rosa Steward

7. Roscoe Nevins and Alta Steward Nevins

8. Howard and Charles Nevins

9. Howard and Charley

10. Dr. B. L. Steward age 20

11. Dr. H. B. Steward “one of the last pictures”

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Newspaper Clippings (articles or pictures, no source or date cited)

1. Deaths over Missouri (Mrs. Rosetta Steward)

2. Obituary—Mrs. Lunetta Steward

3. Death notice—Dr. G. B. Steward

4. “Dr. G. B. Steward, Widely Known Physician, Dies”

5. “Dr. and Mrs. Nevins observed Golden Wedding Anniversary”

6. “A Foursome in the gardens at the Princess Kaiulani” the Dr. L. B. Stallings and the Dr. Charles Nevins 1955

7. “New TV show with Spanish theme to Debut Wednesday” Oct 1953 Sheldon Cherney and Dr. Francis P. Mosseau of Phoenix College

8. “College Dean of Women Resigns; Gives Banquet” dr. Frances Nevins

9. “PC Dean Wins Conference Trip” Dr. Frances Nevins

10. “1st Lieut. Howard L. Nevins”

11. Cadet Captain C. R. (Bill) Steward and others

12. “Dr. Frances Nevins retires” Bear Tracks (Phoenix College’s Official Publication 23 Mar 1955)

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Miscellaneous

1. Funeral Card—Rosetta Steward

2. Funeral Card—Martha A. Pitts

3. Funeral Card—Roscoe C. Nevins

4. Pension certificate for John B. Pitts

5. 1902 Teacher’s Certificate Hickory County Roscoe Nevins

6. Graduation Certificate Mr. Roscoe Nevins 1900 Concord District, Hickory County

7. A. J. Steward Realty Company Contract for Sale Frank S. Erb, Administrator of Land for sale

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Booklets

1. The City of Bolivar in Missouri, U. S. A. renders homage to Simon Bolivar c. 1948

                 2. The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson c. 1953 Originally compiled by Mrs. Mary C. Dorris



Wheatland School Photos—Jarman Collection AGI-008-11 small collections 4

This collection consists of 27 photos pertaining to Wheatland Schools during the late 1920s and 1932. All photos have been scanned, removed from the album they were in, and encapsulated. Many of the photos do not have identification and a few of the images are from newspapers.

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Picture Identification

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Wheatland High School basket ball team 1928: William Estes, Arley Parker, Perry Reno, Joe Thatch, Johnny Allen, Lawrence Mabry, Glen Jones, Wallace Wilson (coach)

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Geraldine, Audra , Mae Lafaver, Pauline, Mrs. Westerman, Mrs. H. Morton, Mrs. Reno

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Unidentified – six children

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Unidentified – nine adults standing in front of a restaurant 1982 (Polaroid print)

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Boy Scout Troup 1928 – Albert Parker, Hank Staten, Cecil Reno, Mutt Murphy, William Parker


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Wheatland High school seniors 1932 – Urban Marlow, Oleta Breshears, Oryene Hargiss, Gladys Bailey, Roy F. Litle (superintendent), Ralph Murphy, Monroe Smith, Richard Bradshaw, Lawrence E. Mabry, Jack Bartshe, Cleo Hemphill, Lewis Breshears, Murat Stevens, Cecil Reno, Clarence Staten


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Music Class no date or identification

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Unidentified no date

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Unidentified no date


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Boys Class, Prof. Ihrig, T. no date

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Wheatland High School basketball team 1932: Roy Lightle (superintendent and coach), Lawrence Edgar Mabry, Everett Thompson, Jack Bartshe, Monroe Smith, Albert Thompson, Hank Staten, Cecil Reno, Bill Gist, Lois(Lewis) Breshears, Cleo Hemphill


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Wheatland High School Freshman Class 1929: Gladys (Bailey) Headley, Evelyn (Wilson) Valentine, Evalena (Reynolds) ____, Oryene (Hargiss) Johnston, Bertha (Bradshaw) Butler, Ralph Murphy, Lawrence Edgar Mabry, Perry Edde (teacher), Richard Bradshaw, Monroe Smith, Cecil Reno, Clarence Staten, Urban Marlow, Cleo Hemphill

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Wheatland High School basketball team 1932 no identification

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No identification 5 men in letter sweater plus man in suit

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Basketball team 1928 7 players and coach with 5 trophies

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Wheatland Public School of 1928 no identification

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Wheatland High School 1929 no identification

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Wheatland Public School Graduates 1928 no identification

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Wheatland Intermediate School 1926 no identification

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Wheatland Sophomore Class 1927 no identification

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Wheatland Grades 1927 no identification

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Wheatland High School 1929 no identification

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Wheatland High School 1928 no identification

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Wheatland High School 1925-26 no identification

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Wheatland High School 1927 no identification

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Grammar Dept. 1923 no identification

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Primary Dept 1923 no identification



Gail Pool Collection AGI-008-10

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This small collection was sent to PCGS by Gail Pool, child of Dorothy Faye Lindsey. It includes pictures of Morrisville Schools, a Pursley reunion, obituaries and other newspaper clippings. Sources are not listed

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1. Letter to PCGS explaining collection 26 April 2010

2. Photo—Reed Hurd’s Class Morrisville School-year unknown

3. Photo—Marion C. Early Senior Class 1934

4. Photo—Teachers at Morrisville year unknown

5. Photo—Marion C. Early Consolidated High School circa 1930’s

6. Photo—Wishart School November 1922

7. Photo—Julian Cordeus Pursley Family Reunion circa 1912

8. Newspaper clipping—Couple will Celebrate 60th Anniversary—Mr. & Mrs. John Gulick

9. Newspaper clipping—Morrisville Couple to Celebrate Their Golden Wedding Anniversary—Roy W. Gould and Eunice Murphy

10. Newspaper clipping—Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Pittman and twins Gwendolyn and Lindolyn

11. Newspaper clipping—Morrisville Grad Speaker at Banquet—C. A. (Abe) Dayton

12. Obituary—Clara E. Sell McKnight

13. Obituary—Alfred Benton Maddux

14. Obit—Jenna Belle Hale

15. Obituary—Venetta Bernice Wheeler

16. Obituary—Samuel S. Pickett

Morrisville Fair Ribbons—Red 1951, White and Blue 1952



Dittmore Diary donated by Grace McVickers small collections 6

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1. Photo—Patty Dittmore

2. Photo—Homer P. Dittmore

3. Photocopy of Diary of Lt. Col H.P. Dittmore WWII 1942-44 43 pgs.






Betty Stokes Collection donated by Connie Stokes small collections 7

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1. Polk County Baptist News Bulletin March 1965

2. Morrisville Baptist Church Bulletin 28 Apr 1946

Obituaries –no source given, dates taken from obits

3. Mrs. T.A. Watson

4. infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Dode Lemmons 5 July 1903

5. Miss Dora McNeil

6. Joseph Warren Mahaney

7. Mike McGuire

8. J.W. Edwards 17 Apr 1911

9. Bertha J. Grantham 13 Nov 1901

10. Victoria Gibson 2 Feb 1904

11. Jennie Elizabeth Rodman 9 Mar 1910

12. Hugh Martin 20 Aug 1910

13. Martha Brittain 19 Nov 1911

14. W.M. Mitchell 17 Nov 1911

15. Jesse J. Saye 9 Apr 1911

16. Ophelia Cantrell Edmonson 21 May 1911

17. Edna Bowman 7 Nov 1903

18. Georgia Wicks Wade 27 Aug 1911 2 obits

19. Hugh Dunn 11 Nov 1939

20. Leniza Dean Pigg

21. Delila E. Phillips Loyd (Mrs. Polk Loyd)

Newspaper articles no source/date

22. Former Ozarkian Killed in Crash Mrs. Stella Sharp

23. Illegal Surgery Charged to Pair 23 July 1940 R.C. Mitchell and Luther J. Boyd

24. Winners in the Tribune’s Piano Contest w/photos Jewell Edwards, Ella Bloomer

25. Fourth Investigation of Murder Case Fizzles death of Walter Bridges by Lola Perryman

26. Morrisville column 1940 Heelstring school reunion

27. Grandpa Tuppe, Blon McMehen deaths

Poems published in paper

28. When the Boys Come Home

29. 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Roark

30. My Church by Ernest D. Christie

31. When the Moonshines on the Moonshine



Leach Family small collections 8

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Leach Family

1. Letter to Tom Leach from Elsie Dec. 1936

2. Application for Payment for One Farm (yellow copy) 1937 Agricultural Conservation Program W.T. Leach

3. 1899 Tax Receipt – W.T. Leach Polk County

4. 1902 Tax Receipt – Tomas Leach Polk County

5. Quarterly examination Questions for Pupils in Elementary Schools in Missouri 1936-37 Second Quarter – “B” Class Mabel Irene Leach Union Grove School 8 pgs.

6. Quarterly examination Questions for Pupils in Elementary Schools in Missouri 1936-37 Fourth Quarter – “B” Class Mabel Irene Leach Union Grove School 8 pgs.

7. Report card for Mabel Leach 1933-34 Grade 4



Richard Kee Collection AGI-002-14 small collections 9

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1. photo – Kee Family 1937

2. photo – Mr. Kee and sons 1937

3. photo – Mildred Kee 1939

4. photo – Ted Kee 1939

5. photo – Ted Kee 1944

6. Story of Pretty Boy Floyd’s Pistol by Richard Kee 3 pgs

7. Photocopy of photo of Pretty Boy Floyd gun 5 copies

8. email correspondence between Richard Kee and Susan Sparks/PCGS 8 pgs

9. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (newspaper) Saturday, June 5, 2004 edition 2 copies contains article “Handgun linked to a life of crime” w/photo Richard Kee holding gun

10. cover letter to Richard from Will Matthews sent with newspapers




Miles Collection AGI-007-15 small collections 10

This collection was gifted by Linda Crawford.

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J.L. Miles

1. Cancelled check to Alva Lyle – disbursement according to J.L. Miles’ will

2. \Last Will and Testament of J.L. Miles dated 22 July 1941 6 pgs.

3. Photo copy of will of J.L. Miles 3 pgs.

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Roberta Miles

1. Last Will and Testament of Roberta Miles (copy) dated 26 April 1968 4 pgs

2. First Codicil to Last Will and Testament of Roberta Miles (copy) dated 19 Sep 1969

3. Addition to will dated 24 June 1970

4. List of J.L. Miles estate assets 1 Nov 1954

5. Assets of Roberta Miles – Ind. 1 Nov 1954

6. Parts of Estate to go to Southwest Baptist College 24 July 1959

7. Request concerning Union Trust account and J.L. Miles will dted 7 Mar 1960

8. Letters Testamentary – Estate of Roberta Miles 14 May 1973

9. Letter to Elvin Douglas from L.E. Pezzillo 21 Aug 1973 claim on Nat’l Liberty Life Ins. Co.

10. Letter to Lawrence Holt from Douglas & Douglas 24 Aug 1973 concerning claim (see # 5)

11. Appraiser’s Notice of Hearing – Estate of Roberta Miles 15 Nov 1973

12. Settlement – Estate of Roberta Miles May 14, 1973-May 14, 1974 6 pgs. plus a copy.

13. Notice of Time for Settlement – Estate of Roberta Miles 9 Oct 1973

14. Notice of Filing of Final Settlement and Petition for Distribution – Estate of jRoberta Miles 24 Nov 1973

            15. Final Settlement – Estate of Roberta Miles June 1974 3 pgs.

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Miles Family

1. Known relatives of Roberta Miles 3 pgs

2. Family of Aunt Estella Miles 5 pgs

3. Children of James & Lucy Holt 3 pgs

4. Letter to Berta from J.L. Miles 25 Feb 1918 2 pgs

5. Letter to Berta from J.L.Miles 9 Sep 1924 3 pgs

6. Carbon copy letter to Sylvia from Berta Miles 8 Jan 1960 2 pgs

                    7. Letter to Mr. Holt from Marguerite Miles 29 Mar 1973

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Financial/Executor Estate of Roberta Miles

1. Letter to Lawrence Holt from Douglas & Douglas 27 Maay 1974 disbursement of money per Roberta Miles will

2. Continuation of inventory of Roberta Miles safe deposit box pg. 2 only, pg. 1 missing

3. Memo to Lawrence Holt from Douglas & Douglas 28 Jan 1974 concerning check to Missouri Deptarment of Revenue

4. Letter to Lawrence Holt from Robert Skidmore 13 Oct 1973 concerning insurance on Roberta Miles property w/reply form Larence Holt 20 Oct 1973 2 pgs

5. Letter to Lawrence Holt from Ruth Brooks 23 May 1973 concerning reason for notice from Probate Court 2 pgs w/ reply from Lawrence Holt 5 June 1973

6. Taxpayer’s Copy – County tax receipt on property of Robera Miles sold to Ida Brown 31 Dec 1973

7. Missouri State Income Tax Adjusted Refund or Billing Notice 23 Mar 1972

8. Letter to Lloyd B. Martin, Trust Officer from Douglas & Douglas 3 Aug 1973 concerning Miles Memorial Fund 2 pbs.

                9. List of disbursments – amount received, check #


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Financial papers Estate of Roberta Miles

1. Deposit slips (6) for Polk County Bank July, Oct 1973, Jan, Apr 1974 13 pgs.

2. Interest on CDD (3) July 1973 & 1974 Polk County Bank 5 pgs

3. Interest on CD Jan 1974 Humansville Bank plus deposit slip

4. voided check to Missouri Department of Revenue

5. Check stubs from Farm & Home Savings Association and MFA Oil Company

6. Letter from IRS concerning estate tax on estate of Roberta Miles 25 mar 1974

7. Statement – Executors Bond Estate of Roberta Miles, Dec’d (Lawrence Holt) 14 May 1974

8. Bank statement (2) Estate of Roberta Miles Apr/May 1974 Humansville Bank

9. copies of checks written on Roberta Miles Estate 6 pgs/5 checks on each pg

                10. List of H Bonds in name of Roberta Miles

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Financial Papers Estate of Roberta Miles

1. List of checks written on Estate of Roberta Miles Polk County Bank 2 pgs

2. List of checks written on Estate of Roberta Miles Humansville Bank

3. Note pad with Income from Estate of Roberta Miles 11 pgs.

4. Small spiral notebook with 2 pgs listing addresses rest of notebook empty

5. Polk County Bank deposit tickets

6. Telephone statements Apr-Nov 1973 General Telephone Company 10 pgs

7. Empire District Electric Company payment stubs May, Aug, Sep 1973

8. Deposit slips (5) Estate of Roberta Miles Humansville Bank June-Dec 1973

9. Statement of Benefit Payment (2) no date

10. Check stubs for interest payment (2) Aug 1973 MFA Oil Company

11. check stubs for interest payment (9) Mar-Sep 1973 Farm & Home Savings

12. Interest record paid this quarter (1973) International Harvester Company

13. Voucher for withdrawal from Deposit Fund Account of Proceeds of Undeliverable Interest Checks 1973

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Financial Papers Estate of Roberta Miles

· Check stubs and blank checks 1973-74



Pleasant Valley School #8 Collection of County Superintendent of Schools Bulletins for 1935-1936 AGI-005-14
gifted by Darrel Daniels
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This is a series of eight (8) bulletins sent to each rural school district. They contain general information for the teachers and students of each school. The articles found in each bulletin are listed below.



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Bulletin No. 1

1. poem- Petition

2. Polk County Objectives

3. Letter to Teachers of Polk County from Ruth Roalson, Adult Education Counselor August 7, 1935; Grades; Traveling Library

4. Attendance; Health Certificates; Report Cards; Reports for Year; Parent Teacher Associations; Daily Schedule

5. Ordering Text Books; Suggestions; Beginning Pupils; Agents

6. Instructions for Making Book Covers (2 pgs)

7. Manuscript Writing

8. Arrangement of an Attractive Bulletin Board; Pictures (2 pgs)

9. Department of Rural Education Objective – To Make Every School a Good Rural School

10. Unit of Work for Picture Study for 1935-36 (4 pgs)

11. Frances E. Willard Day; Classified Schools

12. Are the County Superintendent’s Visits Worthwhile; School Management (2 pgs)

13. Self Supervision

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Miscellaneous Items

1. Polk County Teachers 1935-36 3 pgs

2. Suggested List of Text Books for Polk County 3 pgs

3. County Chorus Songs for 1935-36 7 pgs

4. Record of Pupils; Reading Circle Work blank form

5. Provisions of Compulsory Attendance Law

6. Poetry Suggested for First through Seventh Grade 1935-36 39 pgs.

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Bulletin No. 2 1935-1936

1. Resolutions for a Rural Teacher 3 pgs

2. Our Program of Action for 1935-1936 by Willard E. Givens, Executive Secretary National Education Association of the United States 2 pgs

3. Extension Work; Class Record Books; Duplicator; Quarterly Examinations

4. County Music Work; Opportunity; Enrollment in the State Association; First Week’s Report; State Reading Circle Certificate; School Visits

5. Heard on the Side Line; Purchasing Equipment; County Superintendent’s Visit; 4-H Club; Adult Education; Exchange of Books; A Challenge

Bulletin No. 3 1935-36

1. Poem – Bittersweet; County Demonstration Meetings; Joplin Teachers Meeting

2. St. Louis Teachers Meeting; Objectives; Adult Education Work; Daily Newspaper; Magazines; County School News; The Good Disciplinarian (2 pgs.)

3. Text Book Money; American Education Week; Promptness in School; My Aim

4. My Experience in the Wickenburg School by Romaine Barkley; Recipe for Paste That Will Keep; Seat Work

5. Geography News Bulletin; What Do We Owe to Our Children (3 pgs)

6. Music and Art; Quarterly Examinations

Bulletin No. 4 1935-36

1. Prayer; Demonstration Meetings

2. State Teachers Meeting; What Do You Need?; “Echoes from Joplin”; Schools of Nation to Honor Mark Twain at Centennial Tribute, November First

3. Red Cross Accident Prevention; Quarterly Reports; Health Song; “Book Week”; Ten Aims of a Good School

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Bulletin No. 5 1935-36

1. Thanksgiving; Demonstration Meetings

2. Thermometer; Water on the Stove; Ventilation; Hot Lunch; O’Rear Memorial Fund; Boundary Lines of District

3. Attendance; Contagious Disease; Elementary Science; Scarlet Fever

4. Reading Circle Certificates; Furniture-Its Selection and Use; “Old Ironsides” Lesson Unit (3 pgs)

5. What’s Your Hobby? 2 pgs

6. Junior Audubon Clubs; The Red Cross Needs You

7. Quarterly Examinations, Tuberculosis Seal Sale; Message from the President of the Department of Classroom Teachers; A Music Supervisor; W.P.A.

8. Amount of Money on Hand-Rural School Districts, Nov. 21, 1935 2 pgs

9. Book Week

Bulletin No. 6 1935-36

1. Poem – The Three Kings Road; Between Editor and Reader

2. Season’s Greetings; Eye Sight; County Association; Professional Library

3. Christmas Seals; Contagious Diseases; W.P.A. Work; Hot Lunch Club; Demonstration Meetings

4. Stimulating the Child to Read 2 pgs

5. Service of the Teacher Is Praised by President Agnes Samuelson 2 pgs

6. The Legend of St. Nicholas

7. The Story of the Greeting Card; Just a Few Remarks Relative to the Situations Found While Visiting Schools (2 pgs)

8. An Optimist’s Creed; Approved Schools

9. Unit Plans – First Grade “The Farm”; Second & Third Grades “Our Winter Friends” Fourth Grade “Eskimos of the Far North” 3 pgs

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Bulletin No. 7 1935-36

1. Letter - To the children of Polk County from Cora Evelyn Morris Dec 16, 1935

2. Missouri Score Card for Rural Schools; Double Promotions; Warning; Not So Bad

3. County Objectives; County Association; An All County Meeting; Reading Circle Certificates

4. Approved Schools; Attractive School Rooms; Defective Eye Sight; Social Science Reader; School Newspapers; Directory of Polk County Officers

5. Rate of Doing Work Neglected; Giving Quarterly Examinations; No More Report Cards

6. “New Responsibilities Set New Goals in Teacher Education”; First Teach Them to Read

7. Amount on Hand – Rural School Districts January 16th, 1936 2 pgs

8. Text Book Money; Directory of National and State Officers

9. Games for Boys and Girls

Bulletin No. 8 1935-36

1. Poem – the Starting Point; Athletic Contests March 21st, 10 A.M.; Grade Basket Ball Tournament March 21st; County Chorus March 28; Final Examinations

2. Reading Circle Certificates; Are Your Examination Accounts Paid?; Teachers Term Reports; Are You Satisfied?; Arbor Day; Bird Day

3. Applications; Crippled Children; Defective Vision; Boys State Fair June 6th; Rural Commencement; Odds & Ends (2 pgs)

4. Poem – Just Keep On; Coming Events; Demonstration Meeting; School Board Convention

5. Rural School Contests for County School Day Bolivar, March 14th, 1936, 9:30 A.M.

6. County School Day March 14th; County Chorus; To Hold 4-H Achievement Day; Teacher’s Term Report; What Is Success!; Essay Type Tests; W.P.A. Project

7. Courses of Study; Use of Workbooks; Quarterly Examinations; Trees and Shrubbery; Reading Circle Certificates

8. “O Promise Me”; Loyalty; Maps; Posters

9. Two lower grade poems-untitled; Appreciation (in music); Enthusiasm

Morton/Paxton/Bartshe/Jinkens Collection AGI-012-15 small collections 12

This collection of research was gifted to the library by Evie Paxton Jones. It contains information on the families of Josiah & Nancy Johnson Morton, Jacob & Elizabeth Dirk Bartshe and John Albert & Nancy Adams Jenkins.

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Morton/Paxton

1. Obituary – John Alexander Morton photocopy/handwritten 3 pgs

2. Transcribed articles (2) on death of John A. Morton Index March 1913 2 pgs

3. Decendancy chart – Josiah Morton & Nancy Johnson Morton 16 pgs handwritten

4. Obituary – Rev. William H. Morton 1988

5. Obituary – Leota Kincaid Paxton 2011

6. Brief descriptive article on Raymond & Nellie Paxton

7. photo – “Mama & Papa’s 60th Wedd. Ann==” no identification

8. Obituary – Clinton Lee Paxton 2001

9. Funeral card – Clinton Paxton

10. Email to Evie from Aunt Kathryn 23 Mar 2002

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Bartshe

1. pgs. 106-109 Bartshe Family (Henry, Daniel) source not given 4 pgs

2. Jacob Bartshe Family – story of unearthing mastadon

3. Bartshe Family – Jacob & Elizabeth, Henry & Francis

4. Family Group Sheet – John Bartshe & Pencelia Harlan

5. Bartshe listed in 1850 Hickory County Census w/brief description of migration to Idaho

6. Information on Henry Brooks family

7. The Jacob Bartshe Family Record

8. Daniel Bartshe descendents 6 pgs

9. John Bartshe descendents 7 pgs

10. Jacob Bartshe descendants 2 pgs

11. Henry Bartshe descendants 3 pgs missing pgs 1-3

12. Rebecca Bartshe descendants 1 pgs

13. Selma Bartshe descendants 3 pgs

14. Catherine Bartshe descendants 8 pgs

15. Hannah Bartshe descendants 3 pgs

16. Elizabeth Bartshe descendants 1 pg

17. Susannah Bartshe descendants 3 pgs

18. James Bartshe descendants 4 pgs

19. George Bartshe descendants 1 pg

20. Henry Bartshe descenants 3 pgs

21. Obituary – Pencelia Harlan Bartshe

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Jinkins/Jenkins/Jinkens

1. Obituary – John Dale Costelow 2012

2. Funeral card (2) – John Dale Costelow

3. photo – Jenkins Family of Wheatland (8x10) taken late 1800s plus photocopy from uncited source that includes identification

4. Obituaries – Robert Henry Jenkins 1935 and Catherine Jane Bartshe Jenkins 1935 transcribed from The Index 2 pgs/2 copies

5. John Albert Jinkens descendent chart 1 pg/3 copies

6. John Albert Jinkens & Nancy Adams Jinkens descendents 6 pgs

7. pgs 2-4 Jinkens descendants photocopy/very poor quality

8. Age of Catherine at birth of each child

9. List of children for Deborah, Johnny Lee, Russell, William Bruce Reed, Barry Thomas Reed and Harold Dean

10. photo – baptism Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church on Pomme de Terre River no date

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Paxton (This folder was added to the collection in October 2018)

1. Note to Leta from Evie Paxton Jones concerning contents of this folder

2. Obituary – Harvey Robert (Bob) Paxton

3. Obituary – William Leslie Paxton

4. Obituary – Clinton Lee Paxton

5. Obituary – Virginia Leigh Harrison Paxton

6. Obituary – Leonard J. Paxton

7. Thank you from family of Leonard J. Paxton to bolivar Patriot Guard Riders w/photo of riders photocopy

8. Photocopy of Paxton Family Portrait, probably 1942 2 pgs

9. Photocopy of picture of Harvey & Clara Belle Morton Paxton and their 1912-14 Model T in front of Don Harryman Garage in Weaubleau c. 1925 2 copies from Hickory County History

10. Article on Nannie Jinkens, the Hickory County historian w/2photos The Index January 1984 2 pgs

11. Photo – Louise Paxton Cochrane

12. Photo – Leonard Jenkins Paxton & Jason William Jones

13. Photo – T.W. Jones & Evie Paxton Jones



Millard and Bonita Ruckman Papers AGI-003-16 small collections 13

These papers were given to the library by Jean Pufahl Vincent who rescued them from the trash. The papers came in two boxes and included many receipts from phone, electric and water bills, as well as receipts for items purchased. Most of these receipts have been destroyed as well as tax forms from the 1980s due to the lack of genealogical and/or historical significance.



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Vital Records

1. Birth Certificate – Bonita Fisk Yeager 2 copies

2. Birth Certificate – Pearl Daisy Dugan

3. Birth Certificate – Millard Leslie Ruckman (Delayed or Special Certificate)

4. Birth Certificate – Alice Tharp (Delayed or Special Certificate)

5. Death Certificate – Alice Ruckman

6. Death Certificate – Millard Leslie Ruckman

7. Marriage License – Millard L. Ruckman and Bonita Yeager

8. Certification of marriage of Millard Ruckman & Bonita Yeager from Polk County Recorder of Deeds

9. Last Will and Testament of Millard L. Ruckman 2 pgs

10. Last Will and Testament of Bonita F. Ruckman 2 pgs

11. Discharge paper for Millard L. Ruckman plus 2 small copies

12. Registration Certificate Card – Millard Leslie Ruckman 16 Oct 1940

13. Divorce decree – Minnie Dungan vs. Samuel H. Dungan

14. Social Security Cards of Millard L. Ruckman and Bonita Yeager Ruckman 2 cards

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Miscellaneous

1. Missouri Teaching Certificate – Bonita Fisk Ruckman 5 copies

2. southwest Missouri State College Permanent Elementary Certificate – Bonita Yeager Ruckman 26 May 2959

3. Post card to Pearl Daisy Hopkins with membership number for Public School Retirement System of Missouri

4. Letter from Central Missouri State College Registrar – birth date of Pearl D. (Dungan) Hopkins

5. Copy of letter to Social Security Administration from Census Bureau concerning Pearl Dungan in 1910 census

6. Letter to Mrs. Marvin Hopkins from Office of City Clerk of Henry County 11 Apr 1967 concerning adoption of Pearl Dungan

7. High School Diploma – Bonita F. Yeager Humansville 1932

8. Transcripts and grade reports for Bonita Ruckman from Southwest Missouri State College and Drury College 17 pgs

9. Official certification of family bible which shows birthday of Alice Tharp 17 Dec 1956

10. Letter to Alanson Yeager from Census Bureau concerning listing of William Breeze family in 1900 census

11. Funeral card for A.B. Yeager 1872-1847

12. Obituary – Eileen Ruckman Suiter

13. Papers (invoice, receipt, window sticker, odometer statement) for purchase of new 1984 car from Bill Grant Ford 4 pgs

14. Receipt from Wommack Monument Company – stones for Millard & Bonita Ruckman

15. Receipt from James Tindle for barber chair, mirror & supplies purchased by J.H. Ruckman and J.H. Simpson 4 May 1905



Dunnegan/Evans Collection AGI-004-16 small collections 14



This collection, donated by Robert Evans, consists of items pertaining to the Dunnegan family and Polk County Bank.



Folder/Item

Contents

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Photos

1. John Dunnegan holding a dog

2. Dunnegan House March 1957 (covered in snow)

3. Dunnegan House in Dunnegan Springs, MO

4. Gates of Dunnegan Memorial Park

5. Dunnegan Rose Garden

6. Dunnegan Rose Garden

7. Dinner guests – no identification/date


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Photocopied Photos

1. Polk County Bank in 1955

2. Unidentified photo – cutting ribbon 2 copies

3. Polk County Bank employees 75th anniversary identified

4. Bank employees – unidentified no date

5. Bank employees newspaper photo identified no source/date

6. Cake for 100th anniversary of Polk County Bank

7. Bank building 2 photos 2 copies each

8. Inside bank no date 2 photos

9. Phelps Bros. General Merchandise Store in Cliquot, Polk County Bank, unidentified building 2 copies

10. Photos from re-enactment of bringing safe to bank 8 photos no identification

11. THB Dunnegan, Sr. 2 copies

12. Dunnegan brothers on a walk 2 copies

13. Dunnegan cutting flowers 2 copies

14. Dunnegan at piano 2 copies

15. Dunnegan house

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Miscellaneous

1. Invitation to Commencement Week Activities at Southwest Academy of William Jewell College held at Viles Opera House May 22-27, 1908

2. Invitation/Program – Piano Graduates Recital by pupils of Gimbel’s School of Music May 29, 1908

3. Cornell Crew 1912 Celebration Program

4. Cornell Junior Smoker Program March 8, 1912

5. Cornell University Forty-Fifth Commencement June 13-18, 1913

6. Field Service Detachment Banquet – Corps of Cadets March 6, 1913 w/signatures of members

7. Invitation to Commencement Exercises Bolivar High School May 16 & 17, 1912

8. Wedding Invitation – Grace Benton Dunnegan and Dr. Nicholas H. Prusch April 4, 1912

9. Baccalaureate Services – Syracuse University June 9, 1912

10. Invitation to Commencement Exercises Bolivar High School May 16, 1913 w/card of Marie Bushnell Townsend

11. Invitation to Open House – Polk County Bank October 19, 1986

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Miscellaneous

1. Newspaper article – Utmost simplicity marks funeral of Mrs. THB Dunnegan no source/1920 2 copies

2. Magazine article – “Galllery in the Meadow” by Bill Nunn about Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art Missouri Magazine Fall/Winter 1990 pgs. 18-22 photocopy

3. Photocopied photo – Ella Carothers Dunnegan 13 copies

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Newspaper Articles

1. Backward Glance photos (4) – 1)“In the old days” inside Polk County Bank in early years 2 copies 2) “Mr. Benton” THB Dunnegan 3) “Centennial celebration” THB & John Dunnegan cutting cake 4) “Past winners” THB Dunnegan & Dr. Doyle C. McCraw

2. Photo – “Gallery hosts and guests” Jo Strader, Wanda Wainscott, Frankie Van Johnson, Charles Banks Wilson 19 June 1991

3. Article – “Bronze busts of bankers unveiled” w/photo Bob Tommey and busts of THB & John Dunnegan

4. Photos (2) “ Grand ole time? 1) Harold Hendrickson and Teresa Parson 2) Wanda Gilbert, Dave Strader, Jo Strader

5. Photo – “Artist talk” James Spurlock, Betty Smith, Helen Hopkins, Peggy Moffett, Doug Prine 18 Oct 1984

6. “Big art show this weekend” w/2 photos 1) James Burkhart, Joe & Rita Orr 2) Helene Hopkins, Peggy & Jerry Moffett

7. Articles (2) “So life like”, “Sijan’s figures startlingly real” w/2 photos 1) Sue Pufahl & Stephanie Lawson looking a sculputre “Security Guatd” 2) Jo Strader w/sculpture “Photographer”

8. Article – “Dunnegan Gallery of Art buys two Lipe paintings” w/3 photos 1) Riki Lipe 2) painting “Magic at Delarue’s” 3) painting of old Polk County jail 25 Aug 1999

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Full Page Newspaper Articles/Advertisements

1. The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art invites you to our second annual Autumn Paintbrush Show & Sale Oct 1984

2. Public gets view of new art gallery w/5 photos 1) visitors looking at exhibition 2) Wanda Wainscott & Bill Nunn 3) Joe Strader, Ronald Crooks, Danny Hensley 4) Dr. & Mrs. Ben Koon 5) James Burkhart, Joe Orr December 1983

3. Advertisement – “A quiet place…to stand and enjoy” opening of Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art Oct 1985 on back is ad for Polk County Bank w/photo of employees and the bank

4. Polk County Bank salutes our thrid president Chester L. Wainscott on the eve of his retirement w/6 photos May 1985

5. Advertisement – “We wish you a joyous Christmas” w/4 photos of Polk County Bank employees December 1985

6. “Still the one at 101” invitation to open house at Polk County Bank w/4 photos October 1986

7. Bolivar proud? You Can Bank On It! 150th anniversary of Polk County Bank w/4 photos May 1985

8. Advertisement – “Merry Christmas” w/5 photos of employees no date

9. Bolivar proud? You Can Bank On It! w/ photo of employees no date

10. Bolivar Proud? You Bet We Are!” w/13 photos of employees no date

11. Dedication of new financial services center w/3 photos October 2001

12. Meet one of the reasons we’ve been so successful for 121 years – Robert Evans June 1993

13. “Floyd takes sheriff for buggy ride” Six decades later, sheriff’s widow recalls the events of the day March 2000

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Miscellaneous

1. Post card – Westward Ho!

2. Post card (4) – Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art

3. Polk County Bank Consolidated Statement (Condensed) February 5, 1909

4. Polk County Bank’s Centennial Anniversary Souvenir w/maps of Bolivar and Polk County 2 copies

5. Program – Brahm’s Requiem presented by SBU May 3, 1986

6. Schedule of Examinations 1911-1912

7. Official Rooming and Boarding List issued by Cornell University Christian Association

8. 1985 calendar featuring Dunnegan Poetry

Also included in this collection is a perpetual calendar advertising Boatmen’s Union National Bank of Springfield, Missouri



Photos from newspaper AGI-005-16 small collections 15

This is a collection of photos clipped from the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. It includes rural school photos, and photos of early Bolivar.






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Schools

1. Aldrich grads 1912 BHFP Nov. 27, 2002

2. Black Oak 1920s

3. Black Oak 1943 BHFP July 18, 2003

4. Brush Creek 1929

5. Carter no date

6. Carter 1942-43 2 copies BHFP January 15, 2003

7. Carter no date also picture with Cecil Black, Tommy LeBow and Caroline Black

8. Carter 1930

9. Carter 1947-48

10. Clark 1946

11. Cliquot early 1950s

12. Collins 1923 Seventh & Eighth graders

13. Collins 1923 First, Second & Third graders

14. Collins 1923 Third graders

15. Collins 1923 Fifth grade

16. Collins 1923 Fourth grade

17. Cooper 1947-48 and 1948-49

18. Coy 1894

19. Dunnegan 1951

20. Emma D class of ‘36

21. Emma D. High School 1941

22. Eudora 1928

23. Eudora 1941

24. Fair Play High School 1924-25

25. Fair Play 1924-25 Juniors

26. Fair Play High School 1925-26

27. Fair Play graduates 1926

28. Fair Play 1936-37 Second graders

29. Fair Play 1936-37 First and Second graders

30. Fairview 1948-49

31. Flint 1938

32. Flint 1940

33. Flint 1947-48

34. Forest Grove 1939

35. Frog Pond 1918-19

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Rural Schools

1. Goodson 1938

2. Goodson 1937-38

3. Green Leaf graduates 1938

4. Green Leaf 1938-39

5. Green Leaf 1930 Seventh and Eight grade

6. Green Leaf teachers 1930

7. Heydon 1948-49

8. Hickory Point 1934

9. Hickory Point 1939

10. Hickory Point 1948-49

11. Hopkins 1938

12. Independence 1932

13. Inglis 1936-37

14. Inglis 1940

15. Inglis 1940 basketball team

16. King 1944-45

17. Knapp 1938-39

18. Knapp 1940

19. Knapp 1939

20. Lee 1947-48

21. Leith 1947-48

22. Liberty 1944-45

23. Liberty mid 1920s

24. Mt. Etna 1943

25. Mt. Etna 1947

26. Mt. Etna 1947-48

27. McKinney 1948-49

28. McKinney 1938-39

29. New Home 1916

30. Oak Grove 1931

31. Oak Grove 1940

32. Orleans 1947-48

33. Orleans 1948-49

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Rural Schools

1. Pleasant Ridge 1940

2. Pleasant Vale 1948-49

3. Plum Grove 1940

4. Polk 1940

5. Potts 1939

6. Providence 1912

7. Providence 1938

8. Providence 1945

9. Rock 1939

10. Rock Prairie 1948

11. Rose Bud 1939

12. Rose Bud 1931-32

13. Rosebud 1941

14. Schofield 1928

15. Sentinel 1939

16. Slagle 1946-47

17. Slagle 1890

18. Star Ridge 1940

19. Star Ridge 1943

20. Sunset 1946-47

21. Union (#33) 1940-41

22. Union Ridge 1907

23. Union Ridge 1940

24. Van 1930

25. Van 1931

26. Van 1941

27. West Union 1938

28. Wilson 1905

29. Wilson 1940-41

30. Wilson late 1940s

31. Wilson 1947

32. Wilson 1947-48

33. 1933 Polk County graduates

34. Halfway – from freshmen in 1933 to seniors in 1937 2 photos


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Bolivar

1. Class of ‘53

2. Class of 1975 – BHS Homecoming parade 1999

3. Class of 1953

4. Friends forever 1949 grads Harold Reynolds, Orval Woods, Jack Robertson and Harlan Spurgeon

5. 1947 girl Scouts – helen Miller, Ada McCracken leaders

6. Southward 1930

7. South Ward 1945-46 Third Grade

8. South Ward 7th Grade 1945-46

9. 1940 Bolivar High School faculty

10. AB royalty 1969

11. Students started attending school at North Ward 100 years ago BHFP Oct 17, 2003

12. Basketball class of 1941 last to reach state w/photo 1941 Fair Play boys basketball team

13. Street repair was a serious matter here in 1912

14. Fairgrounds were in a different place for different activities in 1913 w/photo of Polk County Fair 1913

15. Bolivar FFA 1939-40

16. “Who are they?” guess the identity of people from 20 years ago 4 different groups

17. 1952 inductees

18. Bolivar in 1945 west side of square

19. Ag office, 1941

20. Woodlawn Willing Workers, circa 1950

21. Sunday school boys mid 1940s First Christian Church

22. Ladies from Bolivar First Christian Church lat 1940s

23. Fairview Church, 1920s

24. 4-H tour 1947

25. Polk County Baptists Association 1913

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Advertisements with old photos of Polk County. Ads are from Polk County Bank or seeking photos for the Historical Society’s Polk County Classics.

1. Anna Stufflebam and others dressed for Halloween

2. East side square in 1880s-1890s

3. View of Bolivar looking south along N Main toward square

4. Cary Hotel

5. 1841 Court House

6. West side square

7. 1928 tornado

8. West Broadway

9. Working on the courthouse

10. July 1948 parade

11. Pomme de Terre flood

12. North side square

13. View of Bolivar looking north from SBU

14. 1841 Courthouse

15. Main Street in Flemington

16. West side square

17. O.K. Livery Stable

18. View of Bolivar looking southwest

19. 1911 horseless carriage

20. Frisco station in bolivar

21. West side square looking south

22. Original building of Southwest Baptist College

23. Bolivar Square during Civil War

24. Scarritt-Morrisville College

25. Wagon train going down Ohio Street in Humansville

26. Livery and Feed Stable in Flemington

27. Building of courthouse

28. Franklin House 1880

29. Aldrich Station

30. Dunnegan

31. “Junk Matinee” 1930s/1940s

32. Harvesting 1890

33. Drake Block

34. Aldrich

35. Five-wheel Decapod

36. Administration Building S.W.B.C.

37. Threshing crew near Cliquot

38. Early Polk County Fair

39. Post Office at Burns

40. unidentified three ads with no identification of the photo



Scrapbook – Hood/Cunningham AGI-008-12 Small Collection #16



This scrapbook was donated to PCGS by Kenneth Murray. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of mainly obituaries of Hood and Cunningham families. The clippings were stuck down on the sticky pages. Heat was applied to soften the wax in order to remove them. Some came off very easily but others still were difficult to remove and they are not in good quality.



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Contents

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Family Information/Funeral Cards

1. William Thomas Hood and Laura Isabelle Stewart family – children, grandchildren – birth/marriage/death dates 2 pgs.

2. Harlan Cunningham and Flora Pearl Rusk family – children, birth/marriage/death dates

3. Pgs. 1-A, 2-A, 11-A, 12-A Bolivar Herald-Free Press 25 Jan 1005 death of Dr. Gervais Smith

4. Handwritten copy of Laura Isabelle Stewart and William Thomas Hood family

5. Funeral card – Fern M. Hood

6. Funeral card – John Allen Hood 2 copies

7. Funeral card – William Joseph Hood

8. Funeral card – Miss Emma Rusk

9. Funeral card – Burchie W. Stoakes

10. Funeral card – George M. Kranz

11. Funeral card – Harlan Cunningham

12. Funeral card – Mrs. Opal Ruby (Morrison) Stewart

13. Funeral card – Mrs. Flora Pearl Cunningham

14. Funeral card – Elizabeth Cunningham

15. Funeral card – M.C. (Connie) Wollard

16. Funeral card – Edith Wollard

17. Funeral card – Willis R. Cunningham

18. Funeral card – Omer Austin Hood

19. Funeral card – Fern Louise Bacon

20. Thank you from Iris, Junior and Bill Hood

21. Order of Memorial Service for Burchie W. Stoakes

22. Thank you from Clifford Bacon family

23. Funeral card – Anthony L. Hood

24. Funeral card – Cordia Vire

25. Funeral card – Waid Hankey

26. Funeral Notice – Laura B. Hood

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Obituaries/Death Notices/Thank you printed in paper

1. Flora Pearl Cunningham

2. Mrs. Harlan Cunningham

3. Harlan Cunningham

4. Mrs. Franka Belle Cunningham

5. H. Maurice Cunningham

6. Services for known citizen – Elizabeth Cunningham

7. Willis R. Cunningham

8. J. Paul Cunningham

9. Edith Wollard

10. Mrs. Clifford (Alma) Bacon

11. John Allen Hood

12. Gene Allen Hood

13. William Thomas Hood

14. William J. Hood

15. Anthony L. Hood

16. Omer Austin Hood

17. Mrs. Laura Belle Hood

18. Idris Olive Rusk

19. Mrs. Lydia P. Kranz

20. Waid Hankey

21. Fern Louise Bacon

22. George M. Kranz

23. Burchie W. Stoakes

24. Lietuellus Cunningham

25. Mrs. Anna Krantz

26. M.C. (Connie) Wollard

27. Two deaths in same home same day – Elmer Sheridan, Laura Bell Hood

28. Hood, Pippert marry June 1 w/photo



Cavin Family Research AGI-009-16 small collections #17

This small collection was mailed to the library by Candayce Schwabauer Detloff of Oregon City, Oregon. The collection contains three original photographs, copies of family bible listing Ramey/Cavin, and the descendants of William Cavin.

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Miscellaneous

1. Cover letter from Candayce Detloff original & copy

2. Photo – to brother Sherman & Sister Ida from Jerome & Jan Canfield Rinehart

3. Photo – Cora Etta, Fay, Earnest, Alta, Abel Slaton Cavin jr., Elliot, Louie

4. Photo – Four Generations-Great Grandfather Grim, Grandmother Fox, Nettie Hoopes, Clarence Hoopes

5. Birth and Death certificate for Dora Ellen Cavin (Byers) 2 copies

6. Findagrave printouts – Nancy Ramey, John Ramey 3 pgs

7. Rubbing of headstone of Nancy Ramey

8. Rubbing of headstone of John Ramey

9. Obituary – Mrs. Dora Ellen Gavin

10. Administrator’s Sale – Estate of Abel S. Cavin copy

11. Copy of receipt for R.L. Ramey for lace, ribbon, basket etc.

12. Picture of headstone of Hanna Cavin copied from internet with details carvings written over

13. Marriage record for James Grim and Roannah Merady 1846

14. Warranty deed between Joseph & Margaret Cavin & Joseph C. Cavin 1877 Polk County, MO

15. Email from Candayce Detloff to detpat31 3 Nov 2010 Bedford Co. TN Biographies – Joseph Cavin 1797-1877 3 pgs

16. Pg. 30, Book A Greene County Probate John Ramey, deceased

17. Ramey/Cavin Bible records 4 pgs 2 copies

18. Letter to Mrs. Richard Schwabauer from WV Dept. of Archives & History 18 Nov 1971 information on James Grimm

17-2

1. Descendants of Joseph sr. Cavin 5 pgs

2. Descendants of William Cavin 31 pgs



AGI-003-17 Spoon Photo Album and Papers Small Collections 18


This small collection consists of a photo album belonging to Margaret Spoon. The album measures approximately 4 x 5 inches with 20 thick pages (40 photographs). The album is in poor condition with the spine almost disconnected. There are four pages with no photos and three pages with two photos. Fourteen photos were unidentified. One letter to MM Spoon was found in the album. Upon receiving the album at the Library, research was done on the Spoon Family. Included here are death certificates and census records. The photos have been scanned and the album wrapped.

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Contents

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1. Scanned copy of the following photographs (wallet size) 5 pgs.

Spoon 01 unidentified

Spoon 02 Sarah Mohler (original photo is almost black)

Spoon 04 unidentified

Spoon 05 Altic

Spoon 06 William and John Spoon

Spoon 07 unidentified

Spoon 08 Mag Spoon and unidentified

        Spoon 09 unidentified

Spoon 10 Mag Spoon’s sister

Spoon 11 blank page

Spoon 12 unidentified

Spoon 13 Mag Spoon, her sister, Mrs. Altic her mother

Spoon 14 William Spoon

Spoon 15 Mag Spoon

Spoon 16 blank page

Spoon 17 blank page

Spoon 18 Tinnie Spoon

Spoon 19 Altic

Spoon 20 unidentified

Spoon 21 Tinie a Bell, Mag Spoon sister

Spoon 22 unidentified

Spoon 23 unidentified

Spoon 24 Will Spoon’s father and mother

Spoon 25 unidentified

Spoon 26 maw and Levi

Spoon 27 Lewis and Levi Spoon

Spoon 28 unidentified

Spoon 29 unidentified

Spoon 30 unidentified

Spoon 31 blank page

Spoon 32 William Spoon

Spoon 33 William and Paul’s mother Spoon

Spoon 34 Margret Mohler Spoon Ella Rusel and Grace Russel

Spoon 35 Maw’s sister

Spoon 36 unidentified

Spoon 37 John Shaw Ella, Earl, and myself

Spoon 38 Annie Bryant George Spoon

Spoon 39 unidentified

Spoon 40 Maw’s Mother Mrs. Altic

2. Letter to MM Spoon and family from Rosa Crites and Family 25 Oct 1904 5 pgs.

3. Death Certificate – Samuel Spoon

4. Death Certificate – Ruby May Spoon

5. Death Certificate – Luanna Spoon

6. Death Certificate – Levi Spoon

7. Death Certificate – George Spoon

8. Death Certificate – Viola M. Spoon

9. Death Certificate – Lydia Alma Spoon

10. Death Certificate – Margrett Spoon

11. Death Certificate – William Spoon

12. 1850 Census – George Spoon 2 pgs.

13. 1860 Census – George Spohn (Spoon)

14. 1870 Census – George Spoon

15. 1880 Census - Geo. Spoon

16. 1900 Census – Margaret [Margrett] Spoon

17. George Spoon timeline/family members 2 copies 1 from Spoon Family Tree and 1 from Geise/Rentner Family Tree from Ancestry

18. St. Louis City Death Records – George Spoon



AGI-021-17 Avis Hawkins & Nella Needham Collection Small Collections 19

This is a collection of eleven (11) 8x10 photos taken during a family gathering at Emma D School. Also included is the Avis Hawkins & Nella Needham family bible and the following newspaper clippings found in the Bible. This collection was donated by Judy McConaghie on 20 October 2017.

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Newspaper clippings

1. Seven men to be inducted this month (Ray Hawkins)

2. Golden wedding August 18 for Mr. and Mrs. Avis Hawkins with photo

3. Avis Hawkins and wife honored on Golden Wedding

4. Donna Leigh’s betrothal told by Fosters with photo of Donna Foster

5. Foster, Barnes troth told w/photo of Donna Foster



Harold Dean and Mildred Marie (Williams) Breshears Collection AGI-004-12 Small Collections 20

This collection was gifted to the library by Charles Robeson, Marylin Scatena and Jamie L. Cushman. Found in this collection are family group sheets, generational charts, warranty and quit claim deeds for Hubert L. Williams, birth and death certificates, obituaries and divorce papers. Also, there are two large photos in frames and two framed marriage licenses

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Breshears

1. Business cards (3) of Dean Breshears, A.A.E. Director of Aviation, Stockton, California

2. Funeral card for Harold Dean Breshears (2 cards)

3. Obituary—Harold Dean Breshears

4. Resume for Harold Dean Breshears 3 pgs in comb-bound booklet

5. Death Certificate—Harold Dean Breshears

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Breshears Genealogy

1. 15 generation pedigree chart beginning with Harold Dean Breshears, 6 generations completed, prepared by Mrs. Dean (Marie) Breshears 2 copies – one handwritten (6 gen.) and one typed (4 gen)

2. Family group sheet—William Francis Breshears & Ollie Frances Ketchum 2 copies

3. Family group sheet—William Keith Breshears & Lydia Ruth Wagner

4. Family group sheet—Harold Dean Breshears & Mildred Marie Williams

5. Family group sheet—Josias Ketchum & Nancy Elizabeth Weaver 2 copies

6. Family group sheet—Abraham (Abram) Clark Nowell & Gladis White

7. Family group sheet—George W. Weaver (Wever) & Euphemia Frances Nowell

8. Obituary—Nancy Elizabeth Weaver Ketchum 3 pgs handwritten-transcribed from Hermitage Index 17 Oct 1940

9. Obituary—Josias Ketchum

10. Death notice—Mrs. Elizabeth Ketchum handwritten copy from 10 Oct 1940 Hermitage Index

11. William (Will) Marion Breshears family from Descendants of Henry, Jr. & Atsey (Ethridge) Brashears-Breshears

12. Order and billing for copies of Veteran’s records John Leander Moore 3 pgs no records found

13. Letter to Dean & Marie from Mrs. Omer Cox contains some Breshears history 2 Sep 1978 3 pgs

14. Icel Marie Breshears family chart

15. Andrew Jackson Breshears family

16. Ketchum-Weaver notes 2 pgs

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Williams

1. Warranty Deed from James H. and Etta C. Williams to Hubert L. and Clara M. Williams 21 Aug 1937 (Hickory County)

2. Warranty Deed from James H. and Etta C. Williams to Hubert L. and Clara M. Williams 21 Aug 1937 (Hickory County)

3. Quit Claim Deed Paul and Lena Palmer, Hubert L. Williams 10 Sep 1974

4. Quit Claim Deed Marnece and George Morrison, Hubert L. Williams Aug 8 1975

5. Letter to Hubert from Marnece concerning Quit Claim Deed 21 Aug 1975

6. Quit Claim Deed William Keet and Josephine Mary Williams, Hubert L. Williams 20 Aug 1975

7. Receipt for preparing two Quit Claim Deeds 10 Mar 1975

8. Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Kline from H.C. of Bentley Title Co. w/pro-ration of taxes 12 Dec 1977

9. Survey map—Paul Palmer boundaries

10. Registered Land Survey of Paul Palmer/Humbert Williams line 14 July 1974 Donald Reser, Surveyor 2 copies

11. Divorce papers—Hubert L. Williams and Rena Williams 5 pgs

12. Birth Certificate—Hubert Lacy Williams

13. Affidavit of Birth—Hubert Lacy Williams 2 copies

14. Death Certificate—Clara Mary Williams

15. Receipt for Inheritance Tax—Clara M. Williams Estate

16. Affidavit Terminating Joint Tenancy Hubert L. Williams on death of Clara Williams

17. Affidavit stating Hubert Williams is widower of Clara Williams

Framed photographs/certificates

1. 11x15 framed photo of unidentified family (father, mother, two boys) on back has been glued an advertisement for W.F. Breshears, Avery, MO – The Store of Big Values –

2. Marriage Certificate – Mr. Clyde F. Holland and Miss Floy Heard 17 Feb 1915 Hickory County

3. 18x24 framed Marriage Certificate John F. Holland and Martha L. Goodman 24 Nov 1890

4. 18x24 framed photograph of unidentified man and woman


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AGI-001-19 Polk/Mustain DAR Lineage Small Collections 21

The three folders in this collection contain the lineage of Carolyn Mustain Mott to her Revolutionary War Ancestors Thomas Mustain and Ezekial Polk. These folders contain the documentation for each line that Carolyn used for Daughters of the American Revolution membership applications. The papers were in two magnetic photo albums and have been removed from those albums. All papers are photocopies of originals. The contents are in the order they were found in the album with the heading that was on the page.

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Polk Lineage

1. Polk line of descent

2. Polk crest

3. Proof of birth and parentage of Ruth Elizabeth Keeling Mustain

4. Proof of birth and parentage of Claud Jones Mustain

5. Proof of marriage of Ruth Elizabeth Keeling and Claud Jones Mustain

6. Proof of birth, death and parentage of Caroline Elizabeth Sims Keeling 4 pgs

7. Proof of birth, death, and parentage of Austin Oliver Keeling 4 pgs

8. Proof of marriage of Caroline Elizabeth Sims and Austin Oliver Keeling

9. Proof of birth, death and parentage of Rebecca Patton Clark Sims 3 pgs

10. Proof of birth, and death of James McGarity Sims 2 pgs plus a photocopy

11. Proof of marriage of Rebecca Patton Clark and James McGarity Sims w/photocopy

12. Proof of birth and death of Ophelia Caroline Campbell and David Simpson Clark 2 photos

13. Proof of parentage of Ophelia Caroline Campbell plus photocopy of # 12 & 13

14. Estate papers of E.M. Campbell naming all children but one 3 pgs w/photocopy

15. Proof of parentage – newspaper article “A historical look at bolivar and Polk County” by John Polk Campbell

16. Proof of birth and death of E.M. Campbell 3 photos plus photocopy

17. Will of Matilda Golden Polk Campbell Jenkins 3 pgs

18. Proof of marriage of Ezekial Madison Campbell and Rebecca Patton Adkins

19. Proof of birth, death and marriage of John Campbell and Matilda Golden Polk

20. Epitaph of Ezekial Polk – Polk Cemetery, Bolivar, TN 2 photos

21. Certificate certifying membership in DAR for Ruth Keeling Mustain

22. List of documentation for Carolyn Mustain Mott

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Mustain Lineage

1. Mustain line of descent

2. Proof of birth and parentage of Claud Jones Mustain

3. Proof of birth and parentage of Ruth Elizabeth Keeling

4. Proof of marriage of Claud Jones Mustain and Ruth Elizabeth Keeling

5. Proof of birth and death of Lewis Edward Mustain and Tennessee Jones Mustain 5 pgs

6. Known location of graves of Revolutionary Soldiers in Pittsylvania Co., VA

7. Certification of Death – Ruth E. Mustain

8. Death Certificate – Kenneth Keeling Mustain

9. Certificate of Death – Claud Jones Mustain

10. Obituary – Claud J. Mustain

11. Proof of marriage of Lewis Edward Mustain and Tennessee Jones

12. Proof of parentage of Lewis Edward Mustain

13. Proof of birth and death of Thomas Edward Mustain, Jr. and Nancy Melissa Jackson Mustain 2 photos

14. Proof of marriage of Thomas Edward Mustain, Jr. and Nancy Melissa Jackson

15. Proof of parentage of Lewis Edward Mustain

16. Death Certificate – Thomas Edward Mustain, Jr.

17. Proof of parentage of Thomas Edward Mustain, Jr.

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Mustain Lineage (con’t)

1. Proof of birth of Thomas Edward Mustain, Sr.

2. Further proof of birth of Thomas, Sr. 2 pgs

3. Proof of marriage of Thomas Sr. and Mary Hardy

4. Proof of parentage of Thomas, Sr. 3 pgs

5. Proof of birth and death of Avery Mustain, his marriage to Mary Shelton Barber

6. Will of Thomas 1 – cites Avery as son and Mary as wife 3 pgs

7. Land grant made to Thomas Mustain by King George II

8. Document qualifying Thomas Mustain as patriot during the Revolution

9. Bible record of Thomas Mustain, Sr. and wife Mary Hardy 2 pgs

10. Photos (2) of graves of Isaiah Jackson and wife America Moore, parents of Nancy Melissa Mustain

11. Photocopy of photo of Claud J. Mustain, US Army Chaplain

12. Photocopy photo of Howard S. Keeling, WS Army WWI

13. Marriage record of Elijah Mitchell and Janetta Solen Dowell

14. Marriage record of Nelson M. Jones and Sarah Murphy

15. List of documentation for Carolyn Mustain Mott for DAR membership

　

AGI-003-19                                                    Rector Papers                                          small collections

The papers found in this collection were in an old album gifted to the library by Tom Hobbs, President of the Dade County Genealogical Society. The pages were removed from the album and are in the order they appeared in the album.

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Rector/Butler

  1. Letters (2) to Evelyn Shelton from Colleen with information on the Rector family found in the Bowling Green Public Library   16 Feb 1979, 20 Feb 1979               also includes some information on the Garrett family     4 pgs.
  2. Maps (2) of Oliver Springs and Roane County with notes on Rector locations          2 pgs.
  3. Newspaper article – “Historical Map of the Oliver Springs Area” with Snyder Roberts Bicentennial Series column          The Oliver Springs Citizen                 25 Nov 1975, p. 3
  4. Information sheet from Dade County Genealogical Society
  5. Burials in Butler Cemetery   3 pgs
  6. Abstracted Butler information, no source listed   2 pgs.
  7. Pgs 248-250 1850 Tennessee Census by Byron/Sistler      lists butler families with Head of Household and ages of all family members   3 pgs
  8. Newspaper columns by Snyder Roberts – “A Glimpse of the Past”    includes photo of Oliver Springs School faculty 1927-1928
  9. Transcribed pg. 12 of Virginia Marriages of Campbell County, Virginia”   Boteler, Rector
  10. Abstracted Rectors from Roane County Tennessee 1850 Census   2 pgs.
  11. Rector Marriages in Knox County, Tennessee
  12. Abstracted information on Lewis Rector   2 pgs.
  13. Photocopy – last page of letter to unknown person from Snyder Roberts, no date, with information on Butler-Pryor
  14. Pgs. 258-259, 664-665 Landmarks of Old Prince William by Fairfax Harrison    c. 1964   2 pgs.
  15. Pgs. 240-241 Sanders Saga by Catherine Sanders McConnell, c 1972           Harvey McPhatridge Rector
  16. Collier Butler Bible, Todd County, Kentucky    transcribed family information
  17. Obituary – Lucile Shuler
  18. Death Certificate – Lina Kingston
  19. Rector marriages abstracted from Pettis County, Missouri Marriage Records A & B
  20. Pgs. 256 Deed Book 10, Campbell County, Virginia – Jane Rector gives “one Negro boy, Clairborne” to her granddaughter Mary Jane Butler

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Rector/Butler

  1. 1850 Warren County, Kentucky Census   abstracted Rectors   3 pgs.
  2. Newspaper article “180 churches serve Springfield worshipers” with photo Christ Episcopal Church    Springfield Daily News 10 Mar 1980, pg. 40D
  3. Obituary – W.F. Zumbrun
  4. Letter to Mrs. Shelton from Mrs. Ferrel (Betty) Hayward   18 Mar 1997 with information from the Hayward Family Bible   2 pgs
  5. Newspaper article – “Union, Confederate dead buried here”   Springfield Daily News 10 Mar 1980, pg. 11D
  6. Newspaper article – “City got its start in 1829 when Campbell made claim” with 2 photos of Day House and College Street   Springfield Daily News 10 Mar 1980
  7. Newspaper article – “Grave project leaves no stones unturned” about Rountree Cemetery with photos        no source/date
  8. Abstracted burials from Cedar County, Missouri Cemetery Book    Dale, Ferguson, Holman, Huber, Johnson, Loyd, Martin, Rountree, White
  9. Newspaper article – “Unusual doctor has no phone, charges $1 and works Saturdays” w/photo Dr. Gervais Smith   S[Springfield Daily News 3 May 1979
  10. Pgs. 327-331 Daughters of the American Colonists Lineage Book   Mrs. Dorothy Ann McKinney Deck lineage   3 pgs.
  11. Family Group Sheet – William Garrett/Eleanor Lewallen

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Newspaper Clippings

These clippings were in a photo album and are listed in the order in which they were found.

  1. Pgs. 12 & 13 Today’s Woman, a special section of Bolivar Herald Free Press     12 Nov 1985 with photos of the following women: Neita Campbell, Carol Smith, Martha Gilliam, Theresa Rauch, Bertha Williams, Jean Swoboda, Evelyn Shelton, Veta Steinshouer, Juanita Griffin, Mary Atkinson, Edna Matthews, Neva Kladt, Patty Lawrence, Kay & Ashley McGowan
  2. Women of Vision - Brenda Berry, Patty Steinshouer
  3. Pgs. 5 & 6 Today’s Woman with photos of Mary Childress and Dixie Barber
  4. Map of southwest Missouri counties with local newspapers found in some of the counties
  5. Polk County People – Lula Butler   BHFP 30 Oct 1985
  6. Obituaries – Anna Jean Stevens Anderson, Faye Williams, Clifford Wayne Foster, Lawrence (Nig) Pursley, Harry Gene Standley, Fannie Frieze, Robert G. Miller   pg. 6A BHFP 23 Oct 1985
  7. Photo – Wilson School, 1905
  8. Obituaries – Jennifer Newcomb, D.T. (Twain) Kirk, John C. Walker, Joe Hindman, John Brannon   BHFP Oct 1985
  9. Obituaries – Marjory Alice Cox, Anna M. Wright, Virgil Randolph, Jesse Vincent, Eunice Wilson, Lucille L. Bean   BHFP Jan 1986
  10. Obituaries – Mary Ann Tindle, Orville M. Williamson, Walter L. Ussery, Nelson Lee Warren, Verna Sell    BHFP Jan 1986
  11. Photo – Couple plan August vows – Kimberly Jones and Dennis Smith   BHFP 30 June 1983
  12. Photo – Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes wedding photo
  13. Longtime banker, T.H.B. Dunnegan, dies at 91
  14. Escapee works on milk rout prior to capture with 2 photos   1) Jim Hillenberg, Jim & John Jackson   2) Thomas Clyde Merrifield   BHFP 30 June 1983
  15. T.H.B. Dunnegan…Polk County gentleman (editorial)
  16. Lotus Springs community news   5 Nov 1981   unknown source
  17. Few stores open to fill city’s needs   Springfield News-Leader 9 Feb 1980
  18. Obituary – Cecil Frieze   Springfield Daily News 5 Feb 1980

 





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