Finding Aids
"Bolivar Fire Department Collection"
ABFD-001-09 Bolivar City Fire Department 3B-7-01 | |
This collection contains minutes of meetings, two scrap books, over 500 photographs, many cards of thanks from school children, businesses and individuals, and newspaper articles all pertaining to the Bolivar City Fire Department. This collection is contained in two boxes with one box containing all the above mentioned items and the second box containing oversized items including 13 maps of Bolivar as divided into sections. This collection was brought to us by Fire Chief Terry A. Lane to sort and put in archival safe materials. This collection is on loan until called for. | |
Folder/Item |
Contents |
1 |
Index
to photos
Finding aid for collection |
2 |
Spiral Note book containing minutes dated Dec. 1974 through May 5, 1977. This is not a complete set of minutes for meetings between these dates. |
3 |
Minutes
1982
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4 |
Minutes
1983
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5 |
Minutes
1984
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6 |
Minutes
1985
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7 |
Minutes
1986
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8 |
Minutes
1987
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9 |
Minutes
1988
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10 |
Minutes
1989
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11 |
Minutes
1990
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12 |
Minutes
1991
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13 |
Minutes
1992
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14 |
Minutes
1993
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15 |
Minutes
1994
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16 |
Minutes
1995
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17 |
Minutes
1996
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18 |
Minutes
1997
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Minutes
1998
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20 |
Minutes
1999
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21 |
Minutes
2000
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22 |
Minutes
2001
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23 |
Minutes
2002
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24 |
Minutes
2003
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25 |
Minutes
2004
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26 |
Minutes
2005
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27 |
Minutes
2006
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28 |
Miscellaneous
|
29 |
Miscellaneous
|
30 |
2005 Mayor’s Council on Health & Fitness Calendar |
31 |
Copies of photos from unidentified fires, unidentified source, 13 photos on regular paper. These photos are not included in the photo files. |
32 |
Burn
Camp photos 8 X 10 photos
|
33 |
MFA
Grain Elevator Fire photos 1977
8 X 10 black/white photos 7 photos Scanned images on Disk 4 |
34 |
Scanned image on Disk 5 |
35 |
Dairy
Queen Fire photos 1980
5 X 7 black/white photos 17 photos Scanned images on Disk 3 |
36 |
Bolivar
Hotel Fire photos 1971
5 X 7 black/white photos 7 photos Scanned images on Disk 4 |
37 |
Large
photos from unidentified fires
Scanned images on Disk 5 |
38 |
Group
photos—no date
|
39 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
1980s
|
40 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
1990s
|
41 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
2001
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42 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
2002
|
43 |
Newspapers
/Articles/Photos 2003
|
44 |
Newspapers/Articles/photos
2004
Dec 31 Bolivar Herald-Free Press "Bolivar’s rock landmark" pg. 1B Teegarden building on S. Springfield |
45 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
2005
|
46 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
2006
All dated March 15
|
47 |
Newspapers/Articles/Photos
2006-2007
|
48 |
Miscellaneous
Newspaper Clippings
|
49 |
Miscellaneous
|
50 |
Letters
|
51 |
Twenty letters addressed to Safety Pup from school children (no identification as to school or date) |
52 |
Thank
you letters/cards
|
53 |
Thank
you letters written by the following students Sept
2006
Brye Crites, Ryan Kulju, Kassie Foreman (2 pages), Korin Cross (2 pages), Manny Ofori-Yeboah, Sarah Magana, Peaeye Steele, Shelby Mossman, Taylor Hedges, Larisa Reut, Mariah Periman |
54 |
Christmas
Cards sent to the Fire Department
|
55 |
Thank you letter and children’s colorings from Noah’s Ark Playhouse 4 (Ms. Jessica’s class) 11 pages Dec 2006 |
56 |
Construction
Information Book
Notes on station renovations |
The photos in this collection have been scanned and are found on 5 disks in this box as follows | |
Disk 1 |
Chili
Supper 2005
Photos from Scrapbook 1 Tree Lighting Ceremony Allen Property Controlled Burn Claude & Fair Play Street Controlled Burn |
Disk 2 |
Masten
Property Controlled Burn
Fire Equipment 1995 (b&w) Fire Department Trip 2004 Fire Department Building 2001 |
Disk 3 |
Burn
Camp
Dairy Queen Fire 1980 Fair Play Fire 2001 Fire Games Personnel |
Disk 4 |
Fire
Trucks
Bolivar Hotel Fire 1971 MFA Grain Elevator Fire 1977 Miscellaneous Photos Safety Pup |
Disk 5 |
SBU
Homecoming Parade 2004
Susan Drake Fire—Hughs Addition Unidentified Fires Fire Department Group Photos 1967 & 1972-75 |
The actual photos can be found in photo envelopes and/or in an archival safe photo album as follows | |
File 1 |
Susan Drake Fire Hughs Addition 9 photos |
File 2 |
Claude & Fair Play Streets Controlled Burn 25 photos |
File 3 |
Allen Controlled Burn 51 photos |
File 4 |
Fair Play Fire 2001 or 2002 4 photos |
File 5 |
Masten Property Controlled Burn 15 photos |
File 6 |
Unidentified fires 24 photos (photos 17-20 are found in folder 37 |
File 7 |
Miscellaneous photos 23 photos |
Album |
Personnel
64 photos
Safety Pup 69 photos Fire Trucks 39 photos Equipment Jan 1995 18 photos Equipment Feb 1995 18 photos Equipment Apr 1995 45 photos Fire Department Building Sep 2001 21 photos Fire Games 9 photos Amusement Park Trip June 2004 24 photos SBU Homecoming 2004 10 photos Tree Lighting Ceremony 9 photos Chili Supper 12 photos |
ABFD-001-09 Bolivar City Fire Department Box 2 3B-8-2 |
This box contains the rest of the Fire Department Collection and consists of over sized materials including Sanborn Insurance Maps of Bolivar dated 1928 containing 6 pages and Sanborn Maps of Bolivar dated 1957 containing 7 pages. Also included in this box are posters and pictures created by area school children. |
Art work by the following
students:
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Thank you cards from
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Black and White Posters
|
Plaque
This department is a member in good standing with the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri 1981-84 |
Notebook containing maintenance manuals for various pieces of equipment. |
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ABFD-001-09 Bolivar City Fire Department Scrapbook II 3B-7-1 | |
This is the second scrapbook which is a part of the collection from the Bolivar Fire Department. The pages have been numbered and each item found on the pages is listed here. This scrapbook contains thank you cards, funeral cards, some obituaries and newspaper articles and/or pictures cut from the newspaper. | |
Page |
Contents |
1 |
Poem—A Fireman’s Prayer |
2 |
Obituary of
Jerry L. Lewis
Funeral card for Chester Steven Cozad Thank you card from Nancy Lewis & family |
3 |
Funeral card for Frederick (Fred) Savage |
4 |
Obituary of
Joe L. Lemmon
Funeral card for Joe L. Lemmon |
5 |
Obituary of
Johnathon David Mullaney
Funeral card for David Mullaney Memorial card for Lt. David Mullaney |
6 |
Funeral card for Gary Bryan Gammill |
7 |
Funeral card
for Joseph W. Gerke (Harrisonville Fire Chief)
Thank you from Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District |
8 |
Funeral card for Richard Sydney "Tiny" Corbett |
9 |
Obituary of Richard Sydney "Tiny" Corbett |
10 |
Funeral card
for Thomas Riley Duncan
Thank you card from Katie and Shane Duncan |
11 |
Thank you card
from Tom and Patti Duncan (Shane’s parents)
Funeral card for David and Myra Stoke |
12 |
Life & Times of George W. Watson A Celebration of Life! (funeral card) |
13 |
Curriculum Vitae of George W. Watson (3 pages) |
14 |
Thank you card
from Dawn Hodson, Rachel Oglesby, Rachel McNamera,
Jennie & Mandy
Thank you card from Bill and Pan Yeargain and Yeargain family Thank you card from Mrs. Samek and her kindergarteners Thank you card from Louis and Vera Gorden |
15 |
Thank you card
from Robert Beaman
Thank you card from Julie Young Gooch |
16 |
Thank you card
from Evelyn Shelton
Thank you card from the Bob Curry family |
17 |
Thank you card
from Robby Kroll
Thank you card from Mrs. Hosteller’s 5 p.m. SBU Child Study Center class |
18 |
Thank you card
from --- no name/s listed
Thank you card from Ruth Cox |
19 |
Thank you card from Jim & Betty Watson |
20 |
Thank you card
from Sherry LuCerne Boy Scout Day Camp Director
Announcement of Regional Fire Department Memorial in honor of 9-11 victims Saturday September 22, 2001 |
21 |
Thank you card
from -- no name/s listed
Thank you card from Jim & Erin Ludden |
22 |
Thank you card
signed b y Amy, Linda Lee, Tim Allen, Brian H., Greg
Wood, JoAnna Newcomb, Leland James, Erin Davey,
Richard Peterson
Red Ribbon Week ribbon |
23 |
Thank you card
from Amanda Parks, staff and children of Noah’s Ark
Two
Thank you card from Rick Seiner family Thank you card from CMH Rehab—Haley, Deanna |
24 |
Thank you card from Debbi Simms, Lauren & Nathan concerning help after accident July 19, 2001 |
25 |
Thank you card
from Austin, Chandler, Matthew, Cameron, Michelle,
Morghann, Christy, LeAnna, Kaly
Thank you card from Fran Shover |
26 |
Program for Polk County Emergency Services Day October 6, 2001 |
27 |
"Brotherhood" by William Shakespeare |
28 |
Thank you card from Freedom Fellowship |
29 |
Thank you letter from Tom Liberty and Ron Mattson |
30 |
Obituary of Albert L. "Sonny" Jump |
31 |
Dave Berry column honoring Sonny Jump and Coach Charles "Hoss" McCallister |
32 |
Wedding invitation—Candy Lynn Hall and Robert William Yeargain |
33 |
Wedding
invitation—Sherrie Lee Fisher and Jonathan Stephen
Lichtenwalner
Wedding invitation—Michelle Lynn Summers and Shane Hayden Gatewood |
34 |
Wedding invitation—April Marie Spore and Chad Allen Wright |
35 |
Wedding invitation—Elizabeth Tripp and Eric Davey |
36 |
Wedding
invitation—Erin Marie Reichmann and James Michael
Ludden
Funeral card for Ruth Pearl Zidlicky |
37 |
SBU Graduation
announcement for Erin Marie Luddeen
SBU Graduation announcement for Ricky Lewis Pennington |
38 |
SBU Graduation
announcement for Chad Allen Wright
Bolivar High School Graduation Announcement for JoAnna Dale Newcomb |
39 |
MSU Graduation
announcement for Lisa Marie Oheim
Morrisville High School Graduation announcement for Richard Andrew Peterson and Timothy Douglas Allen |
40 |
Bolivar High
School Graduation announcement for Amy Arbuckle
Pleasant Hope High school Graduation announcement for Linda Diane Lee |
The remainder of this scrapbook contains newspaper articles and/or newspaper photos from the Bolivar Herald Free Press unless otherwise noted. | |
41 |
Trailer
fire—photo October 28, 2005
Labor Day crash—photo September 7, 2005 Bolivar firefighters at PCCS—photo October 28, 2005 |
42 |
In the line of duty—article on death of Rick Seiner September 7, 2005 |
43 |
Obituary for Ricky Allen Seiner |
44 |
Car fire—photo October 19, 2005 |
45 |
Fluke fire—photo October 28, 2005 |
46 |
Colorful parade—photo November 2, 2005 SBU homecoming parade |
47 |
BCFD at Kiddie Korral—photo November 9, 2005 |
48 |
BCFD chili
supper—photo November 16, 2005
Grass fire—photo January 11, 2006 |
49 |
Fire destroys fur warehouse—article/photo on fire at Duryee’s Fur Co. January 27, 2006 |
50 |
Morning
crash—photo January 25, 2006
Grill fire—photo (Wendy’s) January 25, 2006 |
51 |
New sales tax can’t be collected until April 1—article January 6, 2006 |
52 |
Duryee’s Fur
Co. Still buying furs, plans call for
rebuilding—article February 1, 2006
Newcomb named to honor roll—article January 18, 2006 Fire education donation—photo April 26, 2006 |
53 |
House fire—photo (Jackowsky family) February 1, 2006 |
54 |
Two area
responders selected as Heroes—article March 15, 2006
Rick Seiner & Rick Davis
No, that’s not snow—photo March 15, 2006 (hail) |
55 |
Rollover
crash—photo March 1, 2006 (All-Star Gas truck)
Brush fire out of control—photo March 29, 2006 |
56 |
Officials,
fire depts., urge farmers to put off burning
fields—article March 1, 2006
Birth announcement of Madelynn Grace Duncan—article May 24, 2006 |
57 |
Columbaria placed in Greenwood Cemetery—article/photo no date |
58 |
Highway right of way becomes part of Bolivar—article/photo January 18, 2006 |
59 |
Storms, tornado hit area—article/photo March 15, 2006 |
60 |
TIF commission adjourns until June 6—article/photo May 24, 2006 |
61 |
Control
burn—photo January 7, 2004
Brush pile fire—photo no date given |
62 |
Bolivar’s new
water tower—photo April 11, 2001
New water tower, fire station on line—photo no date given |
63 |
Hay fire—photo
no date given
Stealth bombers now in Afghanistan—photo no date given |
64 |
False
alarm—photo no date given (City Hall)
Craig to wed Cole June 16—wedding announcement Cindy Craig and David Cole Car wreck—photo November 15, 2000 |
65 |
Bolivar FD inaugurates honor guard—article/photo December 12, 2001 |
66 |
Fire guts house, destroys generations of memories—article/photos January 5, 2002 Dwight and Judith Crites house |
67 |
Fire safety
week—photo October 20, 2000
Donavan gets fire hat—photo June 27, 2001 |
68 |
Stop, drop and roll your way to safety—photo no date given |
69 |
Tuesday wreck
closes MO. 13—article/photo April 25, 2001
Pine Street fire—January 24, 2001 |
70 |
Kansas man
dies in crash early Friday morning—article/photo
February 13, 2002
Plaques of appreciation—photo November 21, 2001 |
71 |
Bolivar business lost, mobile home totaled in weekend fires—article/photo August 6, 2003 Riley’s Package Store & trailer on West Locust Street |
72 |
Rains, winds storm across county—article/photo no date given |
73 |
Children safe after fire starts at daycare—article/photo July 12, 2002 Noah’s Ark 2 |
74 |
Bolivar Fire
department works to improve city’s ISO rating—article
no date given
Bolivar Fire Dept. getting ISO check-up—article August 6, 2003 |
75 |
Frozen
pipe—photo no date given CMH Administrative building
Firefighters find victim of heart attack Friday—article June 28,1995 Robert R. Clark |
76 |
Bolivar,
county crews respond to emergencies—article December
15, 2000
Early snow notice helped—article December 15, 2000 Snow on the square—photo December 15, 2000 |
77 |
Second storm blankets area—article/photo December 27, 2000 |
78 |
Man dies in Fair Play fire---article/photo October 26, 2001 |
79 |
Water for
you—photo October 10, 2001
Birth announcement Jennie Marie Yeargain—article October 20, 2004 |
80 |
Friendly
competition—photo no date given
Fire at Butterfield—photo September 6, 2006 |
81 |
Docudrama—photo
September 6, 2006
Driver injured in rollover crash on RT. D—article September 6, 2006 |
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