The Library

DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS

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  From the Darkroom: Springfield's Historic Newspaper Photographs

  Thousands of photographic negatives and prints from the Springfield News & Leader, Leader and Press, and the Daily News.
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  Missouri Over There

  A statewide, collaborative digitization project investigating the state's involvement in World War I.
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  Battle of Springfield

  An interactive map of the Battle of Springfield, Missouri, January 8, 1863.
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  Civil War Timeline

  A timeline (1820-1870) of the Trans-Mississippi Theater in the Civil War with artifacts, descriptions and parallel events.
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  Civil War Virtual Museum

  Civil War-era artifacts including letters, maps, diaries, weapons, flags, uniforms and photographs.
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  Civil War Photo Archive

  Hundreds of photos from the Civil War.
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  Community and Conflict

  The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks. Photographs, journals, business and personal letters and other artifacts, 1850-1875.
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  The Frisco

  A Look Back at the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. Photographs, postcards, employee magazines and more.
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  O'Reilly General (Army) Hospital of Springfield, Missouri

  A collection of 194 photographs, a map, and history of this wartime facility.
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  Greene County Records

  Abstracts and indexes of a number of court and other records.
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  Black Families of the Ozarks

  A genealogy guide to Southwest Missouri's black families from the 1820s to the 1950s.
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  Moser's Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets Past and Present of Missouri

  An annotated gazetteer of place names of populated places.
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  Missouri Digital Heritage

  Digitized collections for other Missouri areas.
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  Historical Markers of Springfield and Greene County

  Photos, text and related information for 21 historical markers. A Project of the University Club.
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  Historical Postcards of Springfield, Missouri

  113 postcards display a variety of themes and periods.
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  The Turnbo Manuscripts

  800 tales of life in the early days of the Ozarks.
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  Greene County History

  Histories of Greene County, Missouri, available in full text.
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  Regional Periodicals

  Full text of three Ozarks periodicals: OzarksWatch, Bittersweet, and White River Valley Historical Quarterly.
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  The Max Hunter Collection

  An archive of more than 1600 Ozark Mountain folk songs. This site is a joint project of the Missouri State University Department of Music and The Library.
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  The Ethnic Life Stories Project

  Giving the Springfield community a window to its diversity through the life stories of more than 30 ethnic elders.