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Title
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Finding Aid for the Ethel White Earles Scrapbook
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Type
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Collection
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Date
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1940s-1950s
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Description
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This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Ethel White Earles from items clipped from the Liberty [MO] Tribune newspaper. These clippings range from the 1940s to 1950s. The contents include Clay County Cemeteries, Memoirs of Mrs. Melonda Estes, Old Folks Tales by Robert Withers, Recollections of Life in Liberty by W.F. Carpenter, My Scrapbook by H.H. King, Mt. Memorial Cemetery at William Jewell College, and Graves in Price Cemetery.
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Format
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Scrapbook
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Language
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English
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Place
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Clay County (Mo.)
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC 1103
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Ethel White Earles scrapbook
Collection Summary
Title
Ethel White Earles scrapbook
Date
1940s-1950s
Extent
1 box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 2003-EWES
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Name of Creator
Earles, Ethel White
Biographical History
Ethel White was born in Missouri in 1893 to James and Lora White. James and Lora had another
daughter, Grace, in 1895. Ethel married John Earls in Clay County, Missouri. John and Ethel had one son,
David, in 1928. Ethel lived her life in Clay County and participated in many community organizations,
including the Alexander Doniphan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ethel passed
away on July 4, 1965 and was buried in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Ethel White Earles from items clipped from the
Liberty [MO] Tribune newspaper. These clippings range from the 1940s to 1950s. The contents include
Clay County Cemeteries, Memoirs of Mrs. Melonda Estes, Old Folks Tales by Robert Withers,
Recollections of Life in Liberty by W.F. Carpenter, My Scrapbook by H.H. King, Mt. Memorial Cemetery at
William Jewell College, and Graves in Price Cemetery.
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Ethel White Earles scrapbook
Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Scrapbook
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within a file folder.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Fishing River, Clay, Missouri;
Roll: 849; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1240849
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Gallatin, Clay, Missouri;
Roll: 1183; Page: 29B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image:274.0; FHL microfilm: 2340918
FindAGrave. “Ethel White Earls.” Accessed March 8, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=EA&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSsr=3201&GRid
=7762391&
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