| CENSUS |
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Microfilm of Missouri population schedule 1830-1930.
Finding aids available.
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| 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 |
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| MISSOURI
HISTORY |
| Local
and county histories with emphasis on Greene County
and southwest Missouri.
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| 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.
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| PERIODICALS |
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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
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| SCHOOL
YEARBOOKS |
| From
Missouri State University, Drury University,
Springfield High School (some missing issues), and
some area high schools. |
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| 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.
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| CIVIL
WAR |
Official
Record of the War of the Rebellion and other
Missouri Civil War materials.
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| INFORMATION
FILES |
Clipping/pamphlet file arranged
by subject. People, places, events, nature and other
topics of local interest, including many photographs.
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| MISSOURI |
Historical and current materials
on religion, customs, law, government, politics,
folklore, conservation, geology, geography, sports
and biography.
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| MISSOURI
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS |
Books, pamphlets, reports and periodicals
published by state. Includes conservation, natural
resources, agriculture, crime and other subjects.
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| 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.
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| 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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