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Rufi Family Collection
Descriptive Summary
Creator: John Rufi, Joan Rufi Imes Craig, Jacob Rufi
Dates: c.1900-1993
Identification: MGC1264
Extent: 0.417 linear feet (1 boxes)
Language: Materials in the collection are in English and German.
Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri
Biographical Note
Jacob Rufi was born in Switzerland in 1842 and immigrated to the United States as a
child. In 1861, he enlisted to fight in the U.S. Civil War for the Union. He served with the
Missouri State Home Guard, the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, and the Missouri State Militia. He
passed away in 1918 in Neosho County, Kansas.
John Rufi was born in Neosho County, Kansas in 1892. He received degrees from the
Kansas State Teachers College and Columbia University, and joined the faculty of the
University of Missouri in 1928. John Rufi was a professor of education until his
retirement in 1962.
Joan Rufi Craig was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and lived most of her life in
Missouri. She received both an English/Sociology and Journalism degree at the
University of Missouri, and worked as a copywriter in the field of advertising. She
passed away in Lee’s Summit in 2016.
Scope and Content
This collection contains family history records for the Rufi family, including a brief
autobiography of Civil War veteran Jacob Rufi, a scrapbooks with images dating from
the 1900s to the 1960s, and correspondences. The collection also contains family
history research and family trees for the Rufi and Wolf families. John Rufi, whose
materials make up much of the collection, was a professor at the University of Missouri.
The materials of Joan Rufi are included as well, including papers written as a student of
journalism at the University of Missouri and a scrapbook documenting her wedding in
1955.
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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 Melanie Day, 2025.
Citation: The Rufi Family Collection (MGC1264), Midwest Genealogy Center,
Independence, Missouri
Processing Information: This collection was processed by John Mason, 2025.
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Container List
Box 1
Series 1: Correspondence
f 1: John Rufi Correspondence, 1962-1972
f 2: Joan Rufi Craig Correspondence, 1940-1992
Series 2: Genealogy Information
f 3: Rufi Family History, 1970s
f 4: Fort, Harmon, and Wolf Families, c. 1970s
Series 3: Wolf Family
f 5: Frank Wolf
Series 4: Foss Family
f 6: Clifford H. Foss, 1970
Series 5: Rufi Family
f 7: Jacob Rufi, 1918
f 8: F.W. Rufi, 1970
f 9: John Rufi, 1951-1983
f 10: Joan Elizabeth Rufi, 1937-1993
f 10: Joan Rufi Brides’ Book, 1955
f 11: Rufi Family Scrapbook, c.1900 – 1960s
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