AGI-002-08
Gravely Collection 3A-6-3 |
This
collection contains papers that were gifted to the
library by Ben Gravely. Many of these papers are
newspaper clippings on the Standley, Otradovec and
McCracken families in Polk County. |
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Folder/Item
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Anna Z.
McCracken papers
- Envelope only to Anna V. McCracken
from Hu Campbell 21 Jan 1931
- Postcard to Anna Z. McCracken from
Harry
- Wedding invitation Anna Standley
to Joseph Otradovec to Anna Z. McCracken 3 Mar
1946
- Graduation announcement Anna
Standley sent to Anna Z. McCracken summer 1944
- Eastern Star of Missouri
membership card Anna Z. McCracken 31 Dec 1939
- Eastern Star of Missouri
membership card Anna Z. McCracken 31 Dec 1941
- Eastern Star of Missouri
membership card Anna Z. McCracken 31 Dec 1942
- Letter to Anna Z. McCracken from
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College 4 Feb
1932
- Letter to Anna Z. McCracken from
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College 15 May
1929
- Letter to Anna Z. McCracken from
University of Missouri 14 Mar 1930
- Letters to Anna Z. McCracken from
University of Missouri 15 Oct 1928, 4 Jan 1929,
25 Oct 1927
- Letter of Anna Z. McCracken from
University of Missouri 18 Sept 1928
- Letter to Anna Z. McCracken from
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College 18 Feb
1929
- Letter to Anna Z. McCracken from
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College 3 July
1929
- Teaching assignment Anna Z.
McCracken 23 Mar 1907
- Letter regarding Anna Z. McCracken
from Maud Metier Cunningham
- Graduation program class of 1900
- Teachers certificate Anna Z.
McCracken 23 Mar 1907
- Teachers certificate Anna
McCracken 10 Aug 1900
- Teachers certificate Anna
McCracken 3 July 1903
- Certificate from Department of
Education for Anna Z. McCracken 30 April 1909
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McCracken
papers
- Envelope only addressed Mrs. A. J.
McCracken from Harry J. McCracken 6 Dec 1918
- Envelope only addressed Mrs. A. J.
McCracken from McCracken 15 Jan 1919
- Funeral notice A. J. McCracken (4
copies)
- Letter to Mother from G. F.
McCracken 10 April 1926
- Letter to Susan McCracken from War
Department 26 Sep 1919
- Letter to mother (Mrs. A. J.
McCracken) from Barrett (son) 8 Oct 1918
- Letter to Mrs. A. J. McCracken
from Elsie J. Chinn 23 Apr 1926
- Obituary Mrs. A. J. McCracken
Bolivar Free Press no date
- Obituary Susan A. McCracken
Bolivar Herald 28 Aug 1930
- Funeral notice Mrs. A. J.
McCracken 17 Aug 1930 (8 copies)
- Obituary A. J. McCracken
- Obituary Barnett McCracken
- Death notice Carolyn McCracken
- Obituary Carolyn McCracken
- Death notice Harry McCracken (2
copies)
- Obituary Harry McCracken Bolivar
Free Press 29 Nov 1951
- Obituary Harry McCracken Bolivar
Herald 29 Nov 1951
- Funeral notice Harry J. McCracken
26 Nov 1951 (4 copies)
- In Remembrance Harry J. McCracken
22 Nov 1951 (2 copies)
- Newspaper clipping visitors to
Harry McCracken funeral
- Newspaper clipping card of thanks
from Harry McCracken family
- Obituary John W. McCracken Bolivar
Herald 22 April 1926
- Death notice Fred McCracken
- Obituary Fred McCracken
- Funeral notice John Fred McCracken
15 Apr 1926 (13 copies)
- List of deaths in McCracken Family
- Abou Ben-adhem Temple widow fund
card for E. A. McCracken
- Report card for Grace McCracken 11
May 1900
- Wedding invitation Grace McCracken
to Oscar Standley 8 Sep 1912
- McCracken family marriages, births
& deaths recorded in bible
- Handwritten obituary of John W.
Weaver copied from Free Press 27 Apr 1939
- Typed obituary Harry J. McCracken
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McCracken
Papers
- Letter to Miss Anna Z. McCracken
29 Aug 1924 from George Engleman, Clerk of Board,
District 107 (Dunnegan) Bank of Dunnegan
letterhead
- Copy of Eighth Grade Entertainment
24 Apr 1908 Viles Opera House
- Political flyer Vote for Miss Anna
Z. McCracken for county superintendent of public
schools (3 copies)
- List of Polk County Schools and
Teachers 1926-27
- School Board Directory Polk County
1926-27 (2 copies)
- Grade cards
Ed McCracken 1899
Harry McCracken 1988, 1900, 1902,
1902-03, 1904-05
Barrett McCracken 1900, 1901
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Standley
Papers
- Letter to Grace from Harry J.
McCracken 7 Jan 1919, from Germany (2 pages)
- Newspaper clipping (no source)
"Home from the service" soldiers
returning from overseas, includes PFC Oscar F.
Standley, Jr.
- Newspaper article (no source)
mentions PFC Gene Standley and out of town who
attended funeral of Harry McCracken
- Bolivar Herald 23 May 1912 top
right quarter of page 1, lists graduates
- Newspaper articles
"Miscellaneous shower for Geneva
Standley" 29 July 1948 (2 copies)
- "Geneva Standley weds Herbert
H. Robinson" Bolivar Free Press (2 copies)
no date
- "Standley-Robinson"
newspaper article no source 5 Aug 1948
- "Miss Standley Wed"
Springfield Leader 28 July 1948 (4 copies)
- "A Bolivar girls keeps
climbing" Bolivar Herald 5 Mar 1959 Mrs.
Geneva Standley Robinson
- "A very interesting
trip" no source/date Mr. & Mrs. Oscar
Standley
- Resume of Harry E. Standley
- Marriage notices in paper no
source/date (1912) Coats-Terrell;
Willis-Wimberly; Bitzer-Murray;
Standley-McCracken
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Miscellaneous
- Newspaper photo wedding picture
Barbara Braithwait and Donald Russell no
date/source
- Poem "To a Friend" by
Julia Morris Pursley written about Lillie Hubbard
no date/source
- Article "Whites Celebrate
Golden Wedding" no source/date Mr. &
Mrs. W. S. White (1946)
- "Purple Heart awarded
Posthumously" Pvt. Loren A. Parrott Bolivar
Free Press 16 Aug 1945
- James Chamberlain Weaver Family 3
pages
- Funeral notice card Henry K. Kuhn
- Funeral notice card Mrs. Will
Hendrickson
- Photo postcard Bolivar Band 2nd
Regiment Band N. C. M. taken at Aurora 16 July
1915 (2 copies)
- Valentinenames on back have
been erased
- Funeral notice Mrs. J. T. Standley
- Handwritten copy of obituary of
Mary Alice Weaver
- Items of interest copied from
obituary of Dr. W. G. Weaver (3 pages)
- Obituary Margaret J. Weaver no
source
- Obituary A. J. McCracken (2
copies)
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Genealogical
information sent to Anna Frances Otradovec
- Letter to Anna Frances 9 Mar 1979
from Gloria Scott
- Pages 101-02 from Ozarkin
Vol. 1 No. 3 Fall 1979 (3 pages)
- Ancestor chart Anna Frances
Standley
- Ancestor chart James McCracken
- Ancestor chart Ann Ballew Douglas
- Ancestor chart John Barnett Weaver
- Ancestor chart Margaret Jane
Chamberlain
- Ancestor chart William Garrett
- Will of John McCracken (2 pages)
- Will of Ephraim Lytle (2 pages)
- Will of Nathaniel Lytle
- Will of Robert Holmes (2 pages)
- Weavers from Buncombe Co., NC (2
pages)
- Data on William Garretts
Family
- Family Group Sheet William Garrett
- Family Group Sheet John Garratt
- Garretts in Chester Co., PA (2
pages)
- Early Settlers of Alabama pg.
313-14
- Carmichael Family (2 pages)
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Anna
Francis Standley Otradovec
- Polk County People article on
Annie Otradovec Bolivar Herald-Free Press 8 Feb
1979 (3 copies)
- Otradovec opens dentist office 19
July 1979
- STC honor graduates (Anna Francis
Standley) clipping Springfield News and Leader
(Sunday) 23 July 1944 (2 copies)
- Graduation announcement Anna
Francis Standley Bolivar High School
- 8th grade graduation
program 1961 Bolivar
- "Shower for Bride-to-be"
newspaper article Anna Francis Standley no date
- "Miss Standley Marries"
Bolivar Herald 7 Mar 1946
- "Bolivar Couple Wed
Recently" no source
- Births from Springfield Newspaper
boy born to Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Otradovec no
date
- Invitation to bridal shower for
Anna Francis Standley 1946
- Valentine postcard to Anna Francis
Standley from Aunt Lottie 1914
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Miscellaneous
papers
- Charles and Elizabeth Hutcheson
family tree chart
- George W. Kelley family history
written by granddaughters Jessie & Lavina
Kelley 1971 (4 pages)
- Copy of letter to Jack Glendenning
from Linda Stotts June 1966 Wilsons (2 pages)
- Letter to Jack Glendenning from
Linda Childers March 1998 Spoon, Mohler family
group sheets (5 pages)
- Shirlee (Simpson) Steinbach
"My Simpson Line"
- "The Cemetery" story of
Tinker Cemetery as told by Alva Rains (5 pages)
- "A Journey by
Stagecoach" by Mrs. Sybil (Hirst) Ingram (2
pages)
- Dr. Charles Tharp
- Newspaper article Vest-Franklin
family members gather in Buffalo 1992
- Obituaries Mary Davis, Archie T.
& Anna Mae Wilkerson 1988
- Obituary Herschel Ingram 1989
- Contact person for Kelley
genealogy
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Israel Boone Pages 260-289 from Israel Boone Descendants
containing the following surnames
Wright, Coffee, Hodges, Orr, Knight,
Gaines, Stiles, Leach, Durnell, Selvidge, Swicegood,
Fields, Shockley, Boone, Curtis, Silver, Williams, Allen,
Hinson, Gibbs, Kelley
(There are two copies of pages 270-279)
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Cliquot
- Early Days at Cliquot story by
Beulah Creed Brown (2 pages)
- Cliquot in the Early Days by C. J.
Hahn ( 3 pages)
- History of Cliquot School by Agnes
Pickering written 8 Oct 1929
- Letter to Ben Gravely from Linda
ChildersSpoon & Mohler families (2
pages)
- Charles Julius Hahn "Uncle
Julius" (3 pages)
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Rondo Rondo Institute (3 pages)
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Heydon
School History of Heydon
School 1 handwritten copy (6 pages) , 2 typed copies (4
pages each)
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Complete
edition of Bolivar Herald
Free Press
Vol. 106, No. 50
8 Feb 1979
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Miscellaneous
papers
- Frisco Lines envelope (empty)
- "The Shipton Prophecy"
article from unnamed newspaper 14 Jan 1955
- Flyer advertising War time Cookery
demonstration 7 June 1918 (reprint)
- Envelope w/recipe for marshmallow
puddingpart of recipe missing
- Newspaper article "And how
are your poor feet?" Springfield
Leader-Press 9 Nov 1948
- Empty envelope addressed to Mrs.
Grace Standley from Congress of the United States
1928
- Newspaper article "African
violets taking their place
"
Springfield News and Leader 20 Oct 1927
- Newspaper photo "Founders
Kin" Springfield Calvary Church founders
(G. A. M. Renshaw) descendants
- Newspaper photo "50 year
Masons are honored" (Roberts, Weaver,
Johnson) Bolivar Herald no date
- Pages 279-80 McCalls
Magazine, Dec 1904 candy recipes, taking care of
your hair
- Pages 63-4 Liberty Magazine Oct
1948
- Newspaper clippingno title,
date, sourcebegins "Lights never go
out in one group of offices
."
- "State Departments
Communication System
" no source, date
- Pages 1-4 from employee handbook
Gates Rubber Company (2 pages)
- Picture "Diplomatic Message
Center" State Department
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Newspaper
Clippings
- A Descriptive Pamphlet on the City
of Bolivar and Polk County, Missouri
- President receives god keys to
city 15 July 1948 Bolivar Free Press
- Successful events do not just
happen, F. L. Stufflebam, Doyle C. McCraw 15 July
1948 Bolivar Herald
- Honored visitors enjoyed smoked
turkey dinner, Presidents Truman and Gallegos,
Bolivar Mayor
- Presidents of two nations to honor
Liberator Bolivar Free Press 17 June 1948
- Air Force bands, S. A. Dances, and
Queen are Fiesta Features Bolivar Free Press 17
June 1948
- State Auditors report
discloses lax bookkeeping (County audit) Bolivar
Herald 19 Aug 1926
The following articles are located in
the PCGS Oversized Collection folder 10 found on 3A-7-3
- Springfield Leader and Press
"Nature Wraps Ozarks in Icy Blanket" 11
Jan 1949 front page and page 14 pictures of
Bolivar
- Springfield Daily News coverage of
Trumans visit to Bolivar 6 July 1948 page 3
- Springfield Leader-Press
"Bolivar Relaxes with Proud Memories of
Grand Celebration" 6 July 1948 2 large
pictures of crowd page 11
- Springfield Daily News statue of
Simon Bolivar and articles about celebration
front page 6 July 1948
- Springfield Leader-Press
"Truman Accepts Bid to Dedicate Statue
"
16 Mar 1948
- Springfield Daily News pictures
from celebration Gladys Swarthout, Truman,
Gallegos, Mayor McCraw 6 July 1948 page 9
- Springfield Leader-Press front
page 6 July 1948 Frisco station in Springfield
- Bolivar Free Press 8 July 1948
coverage of Trumans visit
- Bolivar Herald 18 (8) July 1948
coverage of Trumans visit
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Carroll
County, Missouri Pages
copied from book (untitled) published by Carroll County
Historical Society, Carrollton, Missouri 1968
- Cover
- Carroll County Court House 1910
(page 16)
- Court house 1968 (page 17)
- First 300 Carroll County Marriage
Records (1833-1842) (pages 523-24) (2 pages )
- Reminiscences (cont) Pat
Wegeng: Carroll County First (page 110)
- Masonic Lodges (page 244)
- Home-town boys fought side by side
by Harold Calvert (page 344)
(4 copies of each page listed above)
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Extra
copies of newspaper articles
- UMKC Ceremonies Graduate 2,250 KC
Star 13 May 1979
- Otradovec receives dental degree,
Otradovecs Host Visitor, BHFP 24 May 1979, UMKC
Ceremonies
(5 copies)
- Favorites fail as Anna Otradovec
wins contest 25 Oct 1979 (football contest) Open
House ad for Michael H. Otradovec, DDS, Osage
Beach, The Lake Sun 25 Oct 1979 (4 copies)
- Bustling Bohemian settlement fades
into past by Mike OBrien Springfield Daily
News 20 Sept 1979 (4 copies)
- Dentist opens new office at Osage
Beach 12 July 1979 Miller Co. Autogram, Eldon
Advertiser Otradovec opens dentist office BHFP 19
Jul 1979 (7 copies)
- Open House, Otradovec opens
dentist office, Favorites Fail (see articles
above) Tough games on tap for final contest week
BHFP 15 Nov 1979 (5 copies)
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Front page
from the following editions of The Bolivar Herald
- 7 April 1927
- 5 April 1923
- 9 April 1931
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Show Bills
from the Drake Theater 14 flyers as follows: June, July, Sept 1956
Oct., Dec. 1957
Jan., Mar (7 copies), April 1958
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German
books
- Trier (Treves) and Its Curiosities
- Illustrated Guide of the Town and
Its Environs c. 1918
- Luftkurort
Kyllburg i. d. Ejfelmit Umgebung (2 copies)
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Books
- Piper compiled by Betty Minnick
1984
- History and Tragedies of Hickory
County Faye Smith Allen & Nannie Bandel
Jinkens June 8, 1957
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Photos
- 1841 courthouse
- 1925 Eighth Grade South Ward
- Bell Houck Wells (2 copies)
- scanned Ben Leonard business card
- Eliza Kelly, Lavinna and Jessie
Kelly
- Franklin House
- Mae & Margaret Hubbard 1904
- Maud Piper Reed (photocopy)
- Orval Ray Wells
- Ruins of Franklin House
- Wells Welding Shop
- Yoast Relay Station, Hickory
County
- Wyatt Strange
- Ethel Brakebill
- Luther Brakebill
- Henry Brakebill & wife with
unidentified woman in front of Brakebill home
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Miscellaneous
- GAR Reunion button w/photo of Col.
J. J. Gravely August 1908
- Memorial Day, 1893 GAR flyer
- Rules and Regulations of the
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
- John Spillman tombstone photos (3)
- David Burns tombstone photo
- Polk County Banks Centennial
Anniversary
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Original
Plat Books published by W. W. Hixson & Co.
- Dade County, Missouri
- Dallas county, Missouri
- Greene County, Missouri
- La Clede County, Missouri
- Webster County, Missouri
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