Springfield-Greene County Library
 
 
 
RESEARCH MATERIALS
Most materials do not check out and must be used in the Library Center. Photocopiers and microform printers are available.
CENSUS

Microfilm of Missouri population schedule 1830-1930. Finding aids available.
 

GENEALOGY

Missouri (especially Greene County and southwest Missouri) records transcribed or microfilmed for genealogical research: birth, death, funeral homes, marriage, land and probate, transcriptions of cemeteries and tombstone. Family histories, immigration indexes, indexes to military records.

See Basic Genealogy for a list of specific resources.
 

LEGAL MATERIALS
 
MISSOURI HISTORY
Local and county histories with emphasis on Greene County and southwest Missouri.
 
NEWSPAPERS
  • Springfield newspapers on microfilm, 1844-present; many gaps before 1880, but most dates after 1880.

  • Microfilmed copies of Ash Grove Commonwealth newspapers, 1884-1970.

  • Springfield Business Journal, 1981-present.

  • New York Times, 1920-present.
PERIODICALS

Magazines and journals with emphasis on Springfield, Missouri, the Ozarks and genealogical research.

  • Family Tree Magazine
  • Genealogical Computing
  • Missouri Historical Review
  • Ozarks Mountaineer
  • Springfield Magazine
 
SCHOOL YEARBOOKS
From Missouri State University, Drury University, Springfield High School (some missing issues), and some area high schools.
CITY DIRECTORIES
  • Springfield city directories: 1878, 1881-1900, photocopies; 1901-1959, microfilm; 1960-present in Rare Book Collection.

  • Telephone directories: 1916-1960, microfilm; 1960-present in Rare Book Collection.

  • Cross reference directories: 1950-1970, microfilm; 1971-present in Rare Book Collection.
CIVIL WAR
Official Record of the War of the Rebellion and other Missouri Civil War materials.
 
INFORMATION FILES
Clipping/pamphlet file arranged by subject. People, places, events, nature and other topics of local interest, including many photographs.
 
MISSOURI
Historical and current materials on religion, customs, law, government, politics, folklore, conservation, geology, geography, sports and biography.
 
MISSOURI GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Books, pamphlets, reports and periodicals published by state. Includes conservation, natural resources, agriculture, crime and other subjects.
 
NATIVE AMERICANS

Index to Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Rolls), Index to Enrollment of Easter Cherokee by Guion Miller and other materials on the Cherokee Nation and other area tribes.

See our online guide to Native American Research.
 

OZARKS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Part of the collection is housed at the Library Center; the remainder at the Ozarks Genealogical Society Library, 534 West Catalpa Street. Collections emphasize states from which most early Missourians migrated during the westward expansion--Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky and Tennessee.
 
   
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