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" |
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Pictures
- Bolivar Boys Band
1921
- Bolivar Bandno
date
- Naperville Light
Guard Bandno date
- Head Consuls
Review, Grant Park, Chicago, June 1925
- 1910 Bolivar High
School Girls Basketball
Teamidentification on back
- Bolivar High School
Girls teamno date or identification
- School group
pictureno date/location but does have
identification on back
- Elementary school
group pictureno date/location or
identification
- Group pictureno
date/location or identification
- Copy of
#9slightly enlarged
- James H.
BaldwinPresiding Judge Polk County
1905-1908
- Bolivar Post Office
Crew1927identified on back
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Pictures
- Interior of
storeno date or identification
- Interior of barber
shopno date or identification
- Interior of store
identified as Boyer Grocery on backno date
- Crowded
streetno date or location
- Sheep being herded
through Bolivarno date
- Herd of
cattleno date/location
- Pigsno
date/location Rack Mitchell written on front
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Pictures
- Six photos from
envelope marked "Pictures of North Ward
School" no date
- Advertisement photo
"It aint toothache Its
CLIMAX" no date
- Telephoneno
date
- Standard oil
truckno date
- Postcard of Polk
County Court House 1841 on back "This is
Mrs. Esther Lovelaces writing"
- Mary Owens holding
banjo March 1990
- News clipping
"Marys Museum" no date or source
- Unidentified photo
from newspaperno date/source
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- Reprint of Polk
County Centennial Celebration August 1935
- Over Hills and
Hollows
- A Pictorial History
of Fair Play 1776-1976
- The 1983 Guide to
Bolivar Living
- Polk County
Banks Centennial AnniversaryRural
Route Map, County and City Maps
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Country
Folk Magazine April/June 1996 containing an article on
Butterfield Overland Mail Route |
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Reminisce
magazine July/August and Sept/October 2000 |
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Ozarks
Mountaineer Vol. 20 No. 9 October 1972 contains article
on Butterfield Mail Route Vol. 48 No. 2 April/May 2000 |
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Ozarkin
(3 volumes) Vol. XIX, No. 2 Summer 21997; Vol. XXII No. 2
& 3 Summer/Fall 2000 |
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Stufflebam
Family
- Newspaper article on
death of Francis L. Stufflebam (2 pages) no
source/date given
- Newspaper article on
death of Ralph L. Stufflebam no source/date given
- Newspaper article on
death of F. L. Stufflebam (4 pages) no
source/date given
- Front page from
Omnibus (SWBC) 8 Nov 1978 Celessa Stufflebam to
receive Life Service Award
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Bolivar
Fires
- 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
"Bolivars Big Burn"
- Copies of #1 (4
pages)
- Original article
about fire "Bolivars Big Blaze"
no source
- Original article on
second fired on North side 27 Nov 1893 found in
scrapbook of Mrs. Farrar
- Copy of #4
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Polk
County History
- Historical and
Descriptive Sketch of Polk County (14 pages)
prepared for the Centennial Celebration on the
Fourth of July 1876 by A. C. Lemmon
- Polk County
Centennial Celebration august 1935 (18 pages)
- Reorganization of the
Polk County Historical Society (3 pages) 19 March
1941
- History of the Polk
County Chapter American Red Cross (6 pages)June
1917-July 1919
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Hand
drawn plats of Bolivar City Blocks showing location of
businesses no date
- Missouri, Chestnut,
Main, Broadway
- Benton, Jackson,
Market, Broadway
- Chestnut,
Springfield, Broadway, Main
- Jefferson, Jackson,
Main
- Jackson, Pike,
Broadway, Missouri
- Main, Walnut, Pike,
Jefferson
- Main, Jackson,
Missouri, W. Broadway
- Chestnut, Missouri,
Broadway, Pike
- Chestnut, Market,
Broadway, Springfield
- Olive, Springfield,
Chestnut, Main
- Jackson Market,
Jefferson, Springfield
- Springfield,
Jefferson, main, Jackson
- Jackson, Benton,
Market
- Olive, Main, Chestnut
- Jackson, Springfield,
E. Broadway, Market
- Main, Jefferson,
Springfield, Walnut
- Springfield,
Jefferson, Benton, Walnut
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Letters
- To G. F. Hooper from
hazel Arnold 4 Dec 1977 tells about Erna, MO Post
Office (3 pages)
- 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
- To Bolivar Postmaster
from Hilton Carey Kessler 30 Nov 1978
- To George F. Hooper
from Audrey Henry 25 Feb 1982
- To Secretary Polk
county Historical Society from Audrey Henry 1983
- To Bolivar Chamber of
Commerce from Dorothy Neelyno date
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Family
Histories
- Birthdates of Griffin
Family 1844-1860 8 listedoriginal copy
- George Ailstock
- Landon Sanders
- Letter to Olive
Thomas 3 Nov 1999 includes family tree (3 pages)
- Poem written by
---Townsend about himself
- Alexander C. Lemmon
- Jacob Lemmon
Genealogy (6 pages)
- William Thomas Jewett
McCracken
- Descendants of Nancy
Ward (9 pages)
- Descendants of Carl
Star Bean (4 pages)
- From memorial and
Biographical history of Dallas County, Texas
c. 1892 biographical sketch of Major Alexander C.
Lemmon (5 pages)
- 1886 Cattle
DriveA True Story by martin Van Buren
Holman
- Clayton Stockton
genealogy from Ozarkin Spring 1981 page 32
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"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)
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Miscellaneous
papers
- Two plats of Bolivar
City Cemetery 1971
- Handwritten
information on Clifford, MO, Rimby Store &
Post Office, Huckaby Store & Post Office, and
Goodson (2 pages)
- Mayors of Bolivar
1881-1997
- Two pages of
handwritten notes on Polk County
- Two pages of
handwritten notes on choosing Bolivar as county
seat
- Two pages about
settlement in Missouri
- "How Did Bolivar
Get That Way?" (4 pages)
- History of City Drug
Store (7 pages)
- Page from Polk County
history
- From Centennial
Volume of Missouri Methodism (pg. 550)
"History of Hickory Grove Church" by
Rev. W. S. Woodard
- List of members of
Bolivar Band (identifies members of picture in
folder 1)
- Bolivar Boys Band in
front of the Shrine Mosque at Springfield on
Labor Day 1925 (identification listno
picture)
- Revised Street names
- First grocery
licenses issued by Polk County Court1835-36
- Transcribed court
proceedings from State of Missouri vs. Robert
Powell (3 pages)
- First white settler
in Polk County (3 pages)
- Member names of Mt.
View Church 12 Nov 1851 (2 pages)
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Miscellaneous
Papers copied from Various Sources
- Excursion
DayKarlin "Spudding in" of
Margaret Hubbert Well No. 1 advertisement
- From Missouri Life,
July/August 1983 on Joshua Fleeman
- From Shelby and
His Men; or War in the West pages 168-69 and
188-89
- First business
establishment in Humansville source not given
- Diary of E. Dunsha
Steele pg. 299 & 308 of Colorado Magazine
Vol. 29
- Times of the
Rebellion pg. 234
- Pages 14-15 of story
on Butterfield Overland Mail
- History of First Iowa
Cavalry pg. 73-75
- History of Vernon
County pg. 712
- Biographical sketch
of Fitz-Henry Warren from Generals in Blue
by Ezra J. Warner C. 1981
- Biographical sketch
of Fitz-Henry Warren from Historical Times
Encyclopedia of the Civil War
- The oldest house in
El Dorado Springs Vicinity
- Topographical map of
El Dorado Springs North Quadrangle
- Biographical sketch
of John M. Smithsource not identified Pg.
596-97
- Historical sketch
"A Little Bit of History"
Humansville/J. C. Pennyno source listed
- Photocopy of James H.
M. Smith and family 1860-61
- "The Butterfield
Overland Stage Line" by Lillian Baker (3
pages)
- "Will Rogers
Representative Collections"sayings of
Will Rogers (3 pages)
- Important Events in
the Life of Will Rogers
- Newspaper 14 Nov 1918
"Germany Signed Iron clad Armistice"
- Copy of Enactment of
US Congress and Senate approved 30 June 1834 on
location of Sioux and Fox Nation Reservations
- Copy of letter by and
article about John Darrow (13 pages)
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Newspapers
- Springfield Press
Monday 22 April 1929 Bolivar Tornado
- Article on tornado (2
pieces)
- Clipping on Mary
OwensMarys Museum
- Clipping
"Yesterdays Memories" Humansville
woman and her husband
- Clipping 1948
Highland Park Blanks Lincoln Team in Grade School
Meet
- Letters to the Editor
"A Taxpayer and M. E. Cross about the Clara
Building
- Genealogical question
w/source to find answer (2 pieces)
- Photocopy of picture
labeled "Humansville Missouri" men in
suits and hats
- Clipping on
Trumans visit to Bolivar "Was it a
Book Selling Promotion"
- Daily News Tuesday 4
Feb 1986 "Bolivar Bologna"
- Clipping "Early
History of county recorded in book" about
Polk County Tho9mas Allen Banning
- Bolivar Herald-Free
Press 26 June 1975 "1891 Ringling riot in
Bolivar" by George Hooper
- Bolivar Herald-Free
Press 8 Sept 1983 "Long-ago band contest
results in State Fair flap"
- Clipping picture of
court house
- Bolivar Herald-Free
Press Bicentennial Section 1 July 1976
- Bolivar Herald-Free
Press Simon Bolivar Day Commemorative Edition
Section c 27 June 1968
- Springfield
News-Leader Sunday, 15 Feb 1987, photographs and
article on Black Springfield culture "Many
Thousand Gone"
- "Shootout! The
Facts Behind the Legend of the Tragic Young
Massacre"
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Newspaper
articles about Bob Hopes visit to Bolivar to attend
funeral of Joan Mass September 1969 |
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Copies
of newspaper articles
- The County
MeetingCivil War Era no date/source
- Bolivar Free Press 16
Feb 1933 Reminiscences of Mrs. Bertie Williams
- Bolivar Weekly
Sentinel 17 Aug 1866 letter from Mr. McNabb
- Bolivar Weekly
Courier 26 Dec 1857 Sale of Slaves 6 Mar 1858
- Articles typed from
the Bolivar Weekly Courier 1857 (5 pages)
- Business firms here
have many changes by Mrs. Sylphia Yates from the
Bolivar Herald/no date
- Brick factory now in
operation 1917 no source
- W. C. Whit, killed
(city marshal) 1898 no source
- Last colored citizen
(William Crisp) passesno source/date
- Last Saturdays
Proceedings civil war era no source/date
- Unreadable from
Weekly Courier
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Miscellaneous
- Program flyer for OGS
conference Sept 1997
- Sheet of paper
w/various notes about education
- Small sheet of paper
with notes and dates
- Membership record
historical society card 1 blank and 1 torn in
half w/ Gilchrest
- Sheet of paper w/
notes
- Sheet of paper w/
names and dates
- Typed from Bolivar
Free Press 22 May 1873 "Jail Key Lost for 26
Years
- Two blank
prescription papers for druggist John H. Brewer
of Fair Play
- Note pad w/ two pages
full of names rest of pad is blank
- 3 notebook pages
- Empty envelope
addressed to Jack Glendenning from Kerry Meinecke
- Set of 31 index cards
w/ various notes pertaining to Polk County
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Miscellaneous
papers about education/schools
- 1875 Higher
Department Courses offered
- History of North Ward
School as printed in "The Resume"
September 1995
- Bolivar Schools
(short history)
- Newspaper article
Bolivar High School Football began in 1924
Bolivar Herald-Free Press 16 Sept 1971
- Newspaper picture
South Ward School Students, 1922 no source/date
- Plat of Polk County
rural school districts
- 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
- Bolivar Schools
compiled and written by Verna Lee Peterson (4
pages)
- Copy of commencement
programs 6 May 1898 and 11 May 1900
- Copy of 1909 BHS
commencement program (4 pages)
- Copy of 2 day
schedule for unnamed meeting plus a list of rural
schools w/ teacher and address (no dates for
either)
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Miscellaneous
- Minutes from United
Baptist Church of Jesus Christ Church Conference
8 Sept 1839
- Letter to sister from
Emma 26 April 1863
- Land Patent for
Josiah Wright dated 1 Dec 1853 (original)
- Early Plats of Polk
County (25 pages)
- Rural Missouri July
1997
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