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Title
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Finding Aid for the Alice Houts Papers
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Type
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Collection
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Date
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1952-1970
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Description
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This collection consists of administrative and personal papers of Alice K. Houts as well as business correspondence. Items range in date from 1952 to 1970 and mostly cover the sale and creation of her book Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri. There is also a photograph of Alice taken in the 1940s.
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Language
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English
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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 1058
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Alice Houts collection
Collection Summary
Title
Alice Houts collection
Date
1952-1970
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1058-AHC
Processed by: Nicole Pye, 2015; finding aid created by Nicole Pye, 2015
Name of Creator
Houts, Alice K., 1890-1974
Biographical History
Alice K. Houts was born May 13, 1890 in Staten Island, New York. She married her husband, Henry Hale
Houts, June 30, 1929 in Johnson County, Missouri. Alice was the founder of the Westport Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). From the chapter’s inception in 1937, Alice was active
within the chapter as well as the state organization as historian for the Missouri DAR. She also authored
Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri, a book that exists in many libraries across the United States. In
addition to her DAR membership, Alice was also a member of the Colonial Dames of American. Alice
passed away on November 13, 1974 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of administrative and personal papers of Alice K. Houts as well as business
correspondence. Items range in date from 1952 to 1970 and mostly cover the sale and creation of her
book Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri. There is also a photograph of Alice taken in the 1940s.
Additionally, the collection includes clippings from newspapers and a series of articles titled “This Week
in Missouri History” compiled by Floyd C Shoemaker of the State Historical Society of Missouri. The
articles include biographical or burial information related to many early Missourians.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 4 series.
Series 1, Administrative
Folder 1, Book orders from individuals
Folder 2, Book orders from libraries and other institutions
Folder 3, Invoices from book orders
Series 2, Correspondence
Folder 1, 1952-1960
Folder 2, 1965
Folder 3, 1966
Folder 4, 1967
Folder 5, Undated
Series 3, Personal
Folder 1, Book Ephemera
Folder 2, Newspaper Articles and Photograph
Series 4, Newspaper Clippings
Folder 1, “This Week in Missouri History”
Folder 2, Miscellaneous Newspaper clippings
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within an archival box.
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.
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Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Related Materials at the Midwest Genealogy Center
Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri/Houts, Alice Kinyoun. 977.8 H819
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
FindAGrave.com. “Alice Eccles Kinyoun Houts.” Accessed April 27, 2015.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90500235&ref=acom
Westport Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. “Chapter History.”
Accessed April 27, 2015. http://www.mssdar.org/westport/
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