Finding Aid for the Midwest Genealogy Center Ephemeral Collection

Title

Finding Aid for the Midwest Genealogy Center Ephemeral Collection

Description

The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Folders that don’t fit into existing collection become a part of the ephemeral collection. Folders can include unidentified photographs, pamphlets, programs, and more. Also included are items found in donated books.

Subject

Genealogy
Family history

Creator

Nicole Schlagel, Archivist, Midwest Genealogy Center

Jolene Clark, Archivist, Midwest Genealogy Center

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Date

2017; updated 2019; updated 2020

Rights

Rights Information

Format

Portable Document File Format; 589 KB; 6 pages.

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

MGC 1148

extracted text

MGC Ephemeral collection

Collection Summary
Title
Midwest Genealogy Center Ephemeral collection
Date
Undated [Dates vary by Folders]
Extent
5 archival boxes

Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1148-MGCEC
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2017; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2017

Scope and Content
The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Folders that
don’t fit into existing collection become a part of the ephemeral collection. Folders can include
unidentified photographs, pamphlets, programs, and more. Also included are items found in donated
books.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged by folder.
Box 1,
Folder 1, Edgar M. King, Jr. memory book, 1981, Hayti, MO
Folder 2, Marshall, MO High School Junior-Senior banquet program, 1951
Folder 3, Items found in Genealogical & Biographical Sketches of the name and family of
Brackett and Richardson [929.2 R394], donated to MGC
Folder 4, The Holland Society of New York calendar, 1908-1908
Folder 5, Silica Book Slate, quartz surface
Folder 6, Ray County, [MO] Museum and Recreation Center Dedication Program, 1976
Folder 7, Folders relating to Aubrey Louise SHAW
Folder 8, Nashville, [IL] Centennial Program, 1930
Folder 9, Denham Theatre [Denver, CO] Program, 1916
Folder 10, Autograph book [1880s] belonging to Hattie Sutton
Folder 11, Album with handwritten poetry dated between 1839 and 1899
Folder 12, Certificate of Promotion awarded to Lois Huffman, 1940
Folder 13, Deed, W. H. Jordan to R. T. Williams, 1889, Daviess County, KY
Folder 14, Items found in The Zayiceks [929.2 C1528] [donated to MGC]
Folder 15, Uncle Sam’s Diary publication, 1936
Folder 16, The Girls’ Companion, 1933
Folder 17, Materials from First United Methodist Church in Lebanon, MO
Folder 18, Items found in 100 Years Historical Recollections of Gillespie County [976.465 L6442],
donated to MGC
Folder 19, Scrapbook of Thomas Jackson Key, Sr.
Folder 20, Marriage Ceremonies Performed by Rev. James Edwards Sims between 1846-1912
Folder 21, Funeral program for Gertrude Rodgers Eddy, 1982 [accrual, 2018]
Folder 22, Baby book for Maxine Esther Lyon, 1941 [accrual, 2018]
Folder 23, Mildred Wood memory book, 1937
Box 2,
Folder 24, Award Los Alamos National Laboratory to Loren A. Carlson
Folder 25, Vietnam Memorial Groundbreaking
Item 1, List of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Groundbreakers
Folder 26, Kansas Engineer
Item 1, Jan 1956
Item 2, Nov 1958
Folder 27, North Ameri-Kansan, October 6, 1944
Folder 28, Ledger book with births, deaths, and marriages of Saunders family [accrual, 2018]
Folder 29, Ledger book for school board (1898-1928) and list of student (1904-1928), Daviess
County, MO [accrual, 2018]
Folder 30, Ledger book for J. D. Dillon’s clothing business in Hannibal, MO, 1912 to 1921
[accrual, 2018]
Folder 31, Descendants of Noah Carver 1830-1855 [accrual, 2018]
Folder 32, Diplomas, Cherokee County [KS]
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Item 1, Elementary school diploma for Maxine Lyons, 1955
Item 2,High school diploma for Maxine Lyons, 1959
Folder 33, Eldridge Family [accrual, 2018]
Item 1, “The Eldridge Family”
Item 2, Obituaries
Item 3, 6-photographs
Item 4, Bethany Hospital receipt
Item 5, Family group sheet
Item 6, “The Johnson-Eldridge Feud”
Item 7, KC Star photo
Folder 34, Memorial Book for Felka Wytesko [accrual, 2018]
Folder 35, James Butters Carswell [accrual, 2018]
Item 1, Photo postcard, circa 1945
Item 2, Lace postcard, circa 1918
Item 3, Norwich University enrollment certificate
Item 4, Seton Hall College Commencement program, 1949
Item 5, Commendation letter to James Butters Carswell for performance of duty in
World War II
Folder 36, Missouri Postcards
Item 1, Missouri Botanical Gardens [accrual, 2018]
Item 2, New Baptist Church, Troy, MO [accrual, 2018]
Item 3, A Float Trip on the White River in the Missouri Ozarks [accrual, 2018]
Item 4, Chimpanzee Show, St. Louis Zoo [accrual, 2018]
Item 4, Marquette Hotel, St. Louis [accrual, 2018]
Item 5, Day and Night Blooming Tropical Lilies in Tower Grove Park, St. Louis [accrual,
2018]
Item 6, Shows Gardens, St. Louis, Mo [accrual, 2018]
Item 7, Public Library, St. Louis [accrual, 2018]
Item 8, Jewel Box, Forest Park, St. Louis [accrual, 2018]
Item 9, Electric Fountain and Rest House, Forest Park, St. Louis [accrual, 2018]
Item 10, McCleary Clinic Excelsior Springs [accrual, 2020]
Folder 37, Misc Postcards
Item 1, St. Joseph River, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, MI, 1935 [accrual, 2018]
Item 2, Bloomsland Bridge across St. Joseph River, St. Joseph-Benton Harbor, MI, 1939
[accrual, 2018]
Item 3, Rocky Gap County Park, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI, 1935 [accrual, 2018]
Item 4, Jean Klock Park Bathing Beach, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI, 1936 [accrual,
2018]
Item 5, Rocky Gap Bathing Beach, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI, 1935 [accrual, 2018]
Item 6, Grant’s Tomb, New York [accrual, 2018]
Item 7, Ocean Front Hotels from off Shore, Atlantic City, NJ, circa 1930-1945 [accrual,
2018]
Item 8, Looking from Ocean, showing Atlantic City Auditorium and Convention Hall, circa
1930-1945 [accrual, 2018]
Item 9, Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln near Hodgenville, KY [accrual, 2018]
Item 10, This House belonged to Mrs. Mary Brennen and stood or stands at 84th and St.
Nicholas Blvd, New York City, Raven was written here in 1844 [accrual, 2018]
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Item 11, Old Gristmill Country Store, Rhinebeck, NY [accrual, 2018]
Item 12, Rochester, New York. The George Eastman House of Photography [accrual,
2018]
Item 13, Monument and Tomb of Wm. McKinley, Canton, Ohio [accrual, 2018]
Item 14, St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, LA [accrual, 2018]
Item 15, Beaches near Los Angeles, CA [accrual, 2018]
Item 16, Bodie State Historic Park, CA [accrual, 2020]
Item 17, Bell Tower Schoolhouse and Parsonage Volga German Colony of Merkel, Russia
[accrual, 2020]
Item 18, Barracks Camp Devens, Ayer, MA [accrual, 2020]
Item 19, Barracks, Camp Devens, Ayer, MA [accrual, 2020]
Item 20, Salvation Army World War I postcard [accrual, 2020]
Item 21, Salvation Army World War I postcard [accrual, 2020]
Item 22, The Rock Corner at Switzer’s[CA] [accrual, 2020]
Folder 38,Memorial Cards [accrual, 2018]
Item 1, Elizabeth J. Blotcher, 1904
Item 2, Henry Wendt, 1907 (2 cards)
Item 3, Henry Newforth, 1913
Item 4, Thomas McCleary, 1918
Folder 39, Handwritten obituary notice for Griffith J Scholl, 1882
Folder 40, Memorial Obituary for Laura Cross DeCamp, 1967
Folder 41, Graduation Ceremony program from Class of 60-C, United States Air Force SingleEngine Pilot School, Vance Air Force Base, Enid, OK [accrual, 2019]
Folder 42, Maine Revolutionary Heroes [accrual, 2019]
Folder 43, Weather Bureau Expense Book of Station at St. Joseph, MO, 1909-1906
Folder 44, Marriage license for John J Mahan and May C Hoke, Rolla, MO, 1900
Folder 45, Celebration of Life for Sharon e. Guess, 2019 [accrual, 2020]
Folder 46, Harvard University Tercentenary Gazette, 1936 (found in Harvard’s Military Record in
the World War) [accrual, 2020]
Folder 47, Will for Crosby Stevens of Reno County, KS [accrual, 2020]
Folder 48, Receipt and calendar pages from 1880s found in History of Livingston County, Illinois
[accrual, 2020]
Folder 49, Receipts for books [accrual, 2020]
Item 1, receipt for Landmarks of Wayne Co. N.Y., 1895
Item 2, receipt for WW II book, 1945
Item 3, receipt and letter for Live Oak County Centennial 1856-1956 [accrual, 2020]
Folder 50, Items found in Centennial Celebration of Gen. Sullivan’s campaign against the
Iroquios in 1779 [accrual, 2020]
Item 1, Ladies of Waterloo Library and Historical Society Bazar invitation, 1881
Item 2, Waterloo Library and Historical Society information
Folder 51, First Baptist Church [Columbia, MO] program, 1937 [accrual, 2020]
Folder 52, City directory “Bold Face” advertisement [accrual, 2020]
Folder 53, Letter found in History of the Presbytery of Blairsville and its churches [accrual, 2020]
Folder 54, Christmas card and notes on memorial for Olin Oeschger [accrual, 2020]
Folder 55, Lists of delegates [accrual, 2020]
Item 1, List of delegates to Democratic State Convention, 1928
Item 2, List of delegates to Democratic State Convention, 1938
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Item 3, List of delegates to Democratic State Convention, 1942
Item 4, List of delegates to Democratic State Convention, 1968
Item 5, List of delegates to Republican State Convention, 1928
Item 6, List of delegates to Republican State Convention, 1938
Item 7, List of delegates to Republican State Convention, 1942
Item 8, List of delegates to Republican State Convention, 1964
Folder 56, Memorial book for Quincy Cox [Versailles, MO], 1983 [accrual, 2020]
See also MGC Photo Collection
Folder 57, Memorial book for Florence Dorothy Cox [Versailles, MO] with cards and obituary,
1978, [accrual, 2020]
See also MGC Photo Collection
Box 4,
Folder 58, Abstract of Title to Pt of NW ¼ SW ¼ 36-49-29 in Lafayette County, MO made
for Gerald A. and Dorothy P. Oswald [accrual, 2020]
Folder 59, Anders Persson [Sweden], proof of distributies, 1871 [accrual, 2020]
Folder 60, David Keller Power of Attorney for Philipp Keller [Prussia], 1867 [accrual,
2020]
Folder 61, Royal District Court in Witzenhausen court documents for Martha
Elisabeth (Welch) Rappe, in Germany with English translation, 1906 [accrual,
2020]
Folder 62, Army discharge papers for Ainsworth DeWitt Moore, 1943
Box 5, [OVERSIZE]
Folder 1, Diplomas [OVERSIZE] [accrual, 2018]
Item 1, Vinnie Graham, High school entrance certificate, 1909
Item 2, Vinnie Graham, Public School Diploma, Vernon County, Missouri, 1909
Item 3, Vinnie G Payne, Lincoln Nurses Institute, 1941
Item 4, Laura Letton, High School Diploma, North Star School, Barton County, MO, 1909
Folder 2, Beaver County, PA government directories [OVERSIZE] [accrual, 2018]
Folder 3, Marriage certificate for James Fitzgerald and Carrie M Willhite, 1906 [oversized]
[accrual, 2018]
Folder 4, Pedigree Charts [OVERSIZE] [accrual, 2018]
Item 1, Pedigree Chart for Joseph Currah and Fanny Pearson
Item 2, Pedigree Chart for Robert Charles Nelson
Item 3, Pedigree Chart for Betty Ann Campbell
Item 4, Pedigree Chart for Stephen Maynard Stevens and Hannah Gray
Folder 5, School register of attendance, Raub School, Chariton County, MO, 1942 [oversized]
[accrual, 2018]
Folder 6, Trimmer Ranch, NV collage [oversized]
Folder 7, Ritter Farm Survey blueprints [oversized]
Folder 8, “Lest Auld Acquaintance be Forgot,” 1917-1918 list of names, University of Missouri
[oversize]
Folder 9, Rust family [OVERSIZE] [accrual, 2019]
Item 1, Marriage certificate for William Lippen and Albertine Rust, 1894, St. Louis, MO
Item 2, Memorial for Albertine Rust, 1900, St. Louis, MO [in German]
Item 3, Memorial for August Rust, 1899, St. Louis, MO [in German]
Folder 10, Memorial for Georgia Alice Brady (1903-1905) [OVERSIZE] [accrual, 2019]

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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed in file folders.
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
These items were donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
Accruals added, Jolene Clark, 2018; Accruals added, Jolene Clark, 2019. Accruals added, Jolene Clark,
2020
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.

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