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Title
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Finding Aid for the Martha Ruth Burgess Papers
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Type
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Text
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Date
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c. 1900-2000s
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Format
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pdf
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Language
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English
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Place
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Los Angeles--Los Angeles County--California
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Kansas City--Jackson County--Missouri
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Limon--Lincoln County--Colorado
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Contributor
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Identifier
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MGC1241
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Temporal Coverage
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20th century
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extracted text
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Martha Ruth Burgess Papers
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Martha Ruth Burgess
Dates: c.1900-2003
Identification: MGC1241
Extent: 4.3 linear feet (7 boxes)
Language: Materials in the collection are in English.
Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri
Scope and Content
This collection contains the genealogical research of Martha Ruth Burgess, family and
personal photographs, and scrapbooks. There are also materials from George
Washington High School in Los Angeles, California, and from Limon High School in
Limon, Colorado. There are also documents such as old passports, immunization
records for travel, and correspondences from Martha Burgess’s travels through Europe,
Turkey, and Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection also includes photographs of
Frank Sinatra playing softball as part of Sinatra’s Swooners, a celebrity softball team in
Hollywood, California.
Restrictions
Access: This collection is open for research.
Conditions governing reproduction and use: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Administrative Information
Immediate source of acquisition: This collection was donated by Bob Stewart, 2022.
Citation: The Martha Ruth Burgess Papers (MGC1241), Midwest Genealogy Center,
Independence, Missouri
Processing Information: This collection was processed by John Mason, 2025.
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Container List
Series 1: Scrapbooks
File Name
Box(es)
Scrapbook 1
Scrapbook 2 (2 folders)
Scrapbook 3 (2 folders)
Scrapbook 4
1
1
1
1
Series 2: Family History Research
File Name
Albright Family
Bailey-Mitchell Families
Baskin Family
Burgess Family (7 folders)
Chambers Family
Clapp Family
Crawford Family
Coles Family
Day Family
Dexter Family (4 folders)
Feland Family
Foust/Faust Family (5 folders)
General File
Graves Family
Hardwick Family
Holt Family
Howell Family
Jones Family (6 folders)
Lakin Family
Loy Family
Mansfield Family (4 folders)
Mitchell Family (2 folders)
Neighbors Family
Peden Family
Perkins Family
Preston Family
Reed Family
Rittenhouse Family (2 folders)
Search Family
Sharp Family
Box Number(s)
1
1
1
1, 6
1
1
1
1
1
1,2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
2
5
5
4
4
4
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Smith Family (2 folders)
Tribble Family (3 folders)
Watkins Family
Williams Family
James K. Simmons
Peden, Pratt Families
Jones, Mansfield, and Mitchell Families
(2 folders)
Baskin, Burgess, Chambers, Feland, and
Jones Families
Barren County, KY Census
Miscellaneous Research (3 folders)
Family Trees (oversize)
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3, 4
7
Series 3: Photographs
File Name
Box Number(s)
Photographs
Photo Album, 1955
Sinatra’s Swooners, c,1940s
6
6
6
Series 4: Velma Jones Burgess
File Name
Velma Jones Education Documents
Velma R. Burgess Will and Death
Certificate, 1989
Box Number(s)
6
6
Series 5: Martha Ruth Burgess
File Name
Baby Book, 1928
George Washington High School Class of
1947
Travel Documents
Correspondences, 1958, 1963
Box Number(s)
6
6
6
6
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