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Clements Family collection
Collection Summary
Title
Clements Family collection
Date
19th & 20th centuries
Extent
1 archival document box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1086-CFC
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2016; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Name of Creator
Clements, Helen
Biographical History
Helen May Clements was born August 31, 1900 in Jackson County, Missouri to Luther and Sallie
Clements. She was one of three children born to the couple. Helen attended William Chrisman High
School in Independence, MO and graduated in 1919. Helen became involved in selling insurance and
owned her own insurance office. She died on March 2, 1988 and was buried in Mount Washington
Cemetery in Independence, MO.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the genealogy research of Helen Clements. The completed work from this
research is titled Clements Family Records and was finished in 1972. Within this work are genealogy
charts, family history, and transcribed records. Also found within this collection are photographs,
correspondence, Bible records, genealogy charts, and miscellaneous family histories.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Clements Family Records
Item 1, Clements Family Records compiled by Helen Clements
Series 2, Supplementary papers
Folder 1, Bible Records
Folder 2, Correspondence
Folder 3, Family Group charts
Folder 4, Family Histories
Folder 5, Photographs
Folder 6, Research materials
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within 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
This collection was donated by Dorothy Houchens Bogart.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
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Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Independence, Jackson, Missouri;
Roll: T627_2114; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 48-9
Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
"Announce Honor Students. Miss Mildred Sturges Heads Independence High Alumni," Kansas
City Star, June 04, 1919: 5, accessed October 27, 2016,
http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2:1126152C152E4978@EANX-NB119AE6CD3B0D2830@2422114-119AE6CE061772C0@28-119AE6D56D56B468@Announce
Honor Students. Miss Mildred Sturges Heads Independence High Alumni?p=WORLDNEWS.
"Chrisman Honor Students. Highest Awards to George E. Stayton and Miss Frances Royster,"
Kansas City Star, May 30, 1919: 11, accessed October 27, 2016,
http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2:1126152C152E4978@EANX-NB119526795B55A670@2422109-1195267A9AAD8378@31-11952680ADF4ADD0@Chrisman
Honor Students. Highest Awards to George E. Stayton and Miss Frances
Royster?p=WORLDNEWS.
FindAGrave.com. “Helen May Clements.” Accessed October 27, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12597429&ref=acom
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