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Missouri Historical Review

Cover Description: The Truman Family, commissioned for the State Historical Society of Missouri in 1951 by Richard N. Nacy, is one of eleven portraits that artist Greta Kempton painted of President Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and their daughter, Margaret. The oil-on-canvas work is featured in the Society’s current gallery exhibition, Twentieth-Century Missouri Portraits: From Famous to Familiar. Beginning on page 1 of
this issue, Ethan S. Rafuse examines the president’s love of history in “‘Far More Than a Romantic Adventure’:
The American Civil War in Harry Truman’s History and Memory.”
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Listing of titles and authors by volume

July 1981 (Vol. 75, No. 4)

“Thomas Hart Benton's Original Illustrations for Mark Twain Classics.” 385-395.

“The Belle Fontaine Indian Factory, 1805-1808.” By Russell M. Magnaghi. pp. 396-416.

“Of Sugar and Salt and Things in the Cellar and Sun: Food Preservation in Jackson County in the 1850s.” By Janet Bruce. pp. 417-447.

“Rhetoric of a Small Midwestern Town.” By Alice Donaldson. pp. 448-463.

April 1981 (Vol. 75, No. 3)

“Eight Months in Missouri: The Civil War Letters of Philander H. Nesbit.” By Norman Stewart. pp. 261-284.

“The Lock Mill, Loose Creek, Missouri: The Center of a Self-Sufficient Community, 1848-1900.” By Janet C. Rowe. pp. 285-293.

“Charles H. Jones: Spokesman for the 'Western Idea.'” By Thomas Graham. pp. 294-315.

“Mass Commercial Amusements in Kansas City Before World War I.” By Alan Havig. pp. 316-345.

January 1981 (Vol. 75, No. 2)

“Gottfried Duden: A Nineteenth-Century Missouri Promoter.” By James W. Goodrich. pp. 131-146.

“Trader William Gilliss and Delaware Migration in Southern Missouri.” By Lynn Morrow. pp. 147-167.

“The Knights of Father Mathew: Parallel Ethnic Reform.” By Martin G. Towey and Margaret LoPiccolo Sullivan. pp. 168-183.

“History of Morrison Observatory, 1875-1979.” By Bartlett C. Jones. pp. 184-196.

“Bennett Champ Clark and the 1936 Presidential Campaign.” By Thomas T. Spencer. pp. 197-213.

October 1980 (Vol. 75, No. 1)

“Bourgmond's Fort d'Orleans and the Missouri Indians.” By Robert T. Bray. pp. 1-32.

“A Minuteman for Years: Clarence Cannon and the Spirit of Volunteerism.” By Stephen Ray Lilley. pp. 33-50.

“Lafayette County and the Aftermath of Slavery, 1861-1870.” By John Starrett Hughes. pp. 51-63.

“The Expansion of the Settlement Frontier in Missouri.” By James R. Shortridge. pp. 64-90.

July 1980 (Vol. 74, No. 4)

“The Carondelet Seminary.” By John E. Rybolt, C.M. pp. 391-413.

“The Prison Against the Town: Jefferson City and the Penitentiary in the 19th Century.” By Gary R. Kremer and Thomas E. Gage. pp. 414-432.

“The Mule in Missouri Agriculture, 1821-1950.” By G. K. Renner. pp. 433-457.

“Partnership Practice and the Professionalization of Architecture in Kansas City, Missouri.” By George Ehrlich. pp. 458-480.

April 1980 (Vol. 74, No. 3)

“Jefferson Landing: A Commercial Center of the Steamboat Era.” By Eldon Hattervig. pp. 277-299.

“The Emergence of Bureaucracy: The Missouri School Law of 1853.” By Ken Luebbering. pp. 300-322.

“Remember Poisin Spring.” By Mike Fisher. pp. 323-342.

“W. E. B. Du Bois at Lincoln University: Founders' Day Address, 1941.” By Walter C. Daniel. pp. 343-355.

January 1980 (Vol. 74, No. 2)

“Covered Bridges: Sturdy Relics of Missouri.” By Haden Smith. pp. 123-136.

“The Impeachment and Trial of James H. Peck.” By Eleanore Bushnell. pp. 137-165.

“The Meeting of Two Bears: Grand Duke Alexis at the Missouri Legislature.” By Byron Stewart. pp. 166-189.

“Government Patronage of the Press in St. Louis, Missouri: 1829-1832. By Elizabeth Snapp. pp. 190-216.

October 1979 (Vol. 74, No. 1)

“The Decline of Radicalism and Its Effect on Public Education in Missouri.” By Arthur E. Lee. pp. 1-20.

“Missouri and Monopoly: The 1890s As an Experiment In Law Enforcement.” By Steven L. Piott. pp. 21-49.

“The World of Make-Believe: James Milton Turner and Black Masonry.” By Gary R. Kremer. pp. 50-71.

“Early Movies and Their Impact on Columbia.” By Joe E. Smith. pp. 72-85.

July 1979 (Vol. 73, No. 4)

“Commemorating George Caleb Bingham: An Exhibit.” 407-425.

“Mr. Bingham's Tombstone.” By Jean Tyree Hamilton. pp. 426-433.

“John S. Jones: Farmer, Freighter, Frontier Promoter.” By William B. Claycomb. pp. 434-450.

“Julius Strauss and the Art of Photography.” By Bonnie Wright. pp. 451-462.

April 1979 (Vol. 73, No. 3)

“Robert Eaton Acock: The Gentleman From Polk.” By James W. Goodrich. pp. 281-306.

“History of 'La Saline': Salt Manufacturing Site 1675-1825.” By David D. Denman. pp. 307-320.

“Panther Hollow and Dead Elm School: Plant and Animal Place Names in Missouri.” By Walter A. Schroeder. pp. 321-347.

“Fighting Words From the Frontier: Thomas Hardeman On The Election of 1824-1825.” By Nicholas P. Hardeman. pp. 348-362.

“The Cartoon Collections at the State Historical Society.” By Laura Peritore. pp. 363-377.

January 1979 (Vol. 73, No. 2)

“The Ozarks in Missouri History.” By Duane Meyer. pp. 143-149.

“Slave Labor At The Maramec Iron Works, 1828-1850.” By Barbara L. Green. pp. 150-164.

“One Year At War: Letters of Capt. Geo. W. Dawson, C.S.A.” Edited by H. Riley Bock. pp. 165-197.

“Joseph K. Emmet as Fritz, Our Cousin German: The Stage Immigrant and the American Dream.” By John R. David. pp. 198-217.

“La Grange: Home of the James S. Rollins Family.” By Ruth Rollins Westfall. pp. 218-236.

October 1978 (Vol. 73, No. 1)

“Catholic Integration in St. Louis, 1935-1947.” By Donald J. Kemper. pp. 1-22.

“The Missouri State Fair: A Struggle to Begin.” By Mary K. Dains. pp. 23-53.

“The Exodusters of 1879: St. Louis and Kansas City Responses.” By Suzanna M. Grenz. pp. 54-70.

“James Shannon's Search for Happiness.” By George R. Lee. pp. 71-84.

“Exploration and Diplomacy: George Champlin Sibley's Report to William Clark, 1811.” Edited by Thomas D. Isern. pp. 85-102.

July 1978 (Vol. 72, No. 4)

“Pierre Chouteau, Entrepreneur as Indian Agent.” By William E. Foley and Charles David Rice. pp. 365-387.

“Population and Agriculture In Nodaway County, Missouri, 1850 to 1860.” By Randall C. Manring. pp. 388-411.

“Secessionist Strength in Missouri.” By William Roed. pp. 412-423.

“The M.A.C. Fire in St. Louis, 1914.” By Bonnie Wright. pp. 424-433.

April 1978 (Vol. 72, No. 3)

“Sobriquets of Missouri and Missourians.” By David D. March. pp. 243-261.

“The Early Missouri Graduates of West Point: Officers or Merchants?” By Donald Chaput. pp. 262-270.

“Boone County Slaves: Sales, Estate Divisions and Families, 1820-1865.” Part 2. By James William McGettigan, Jr. pp. 271-295.

“Reformers, Factionalists and Kansas City's 1925 City Manager Charter.” By Donald B. Oster. pp. 296-327.

January 1978 (Vol. 72, No. 2)

“St. Louis's Resident Ballet Company: 1852.” By Mary Grace Swift. pp. 121-135.

“Stereotypes and Cliches: The Pioneer Teacher in Missouri.” By Ralph E. Glauert. pp. 136-153.

“Reverend R. D. Thomas's 'Welsh in Missouri, 1872.'” By Phillips G. Davies. pp. 154-175.

“Boone County Slaves: Sales, Estate Divisions and Families, 1820-1865.” Part 1. By James William McGettigan, Jr. pp. 176-197.

October 1977 (Vol. 72, No. 1)

“The Persistency of Colonization in Missouri.” By Donnie D. Bellamy. pp. 1-24.

“Richard Campbell: The Missouri Years.” By James W. Goodrich. pp. 25-37.

“The Fragility of the Roosevelt Coalition: The Case in Missouri.” By Thomas F. Soapes. pp. 38-57.

“China at the St. Louis World's Fair.” By Irene E. Cortinovis. pp. 59-66.

“The Jefferson Monument at the University of Missouri.” By William Peden. pp. 67-77.

July 1977 (Vol. 71, No. 4)

“'Killed by Rebels': A Civil War Massacre and Its Aftermath.” By Robert W. Frizzell. pp. 369-395.

“The Lead Belt Riot and World War One.” By Christopher C. Gibbs. pp. 396-418.

“Missouri and the Presidential Election of 1828.” By Byron G. Lander. pp. 419-435.

April 1977 (Vol. 71, No. 3)

“Chicago Versus St. Louis: A Reassessment of the Great Rivalry.” By J. Christopher Schnell. pp. 245-265.

“Slavery in Callaway County, Missouri: 1845-1855.” Part 2. By Philip V. Scarpino. pp. 266-283.

“'Holy Joe' Folk's Crusade: The 1918 Election in Missouri.” By Barry Robert Wood. pp. 284-314.

“Compulsory Education and the St. Louis Public School System 1905-1907.” By Richard Ives. pp. 315-329.

January 1977 (Vol. 71, No. 2)

“Kenrick's First Seminary.” By John E. Rybolt, C.M. pp. 139-155.

“The Battle of Wilson's Creek and its Effect Upon Missouri.” By L. E. Schroeder. pp. 156-173.

“Organizing Small Business During World War II: The Experience of the Kansas City Region.” By Donald J. Mrozek. pp. 174-192.

“4-H Club Work in Missouri. By Clarence R. Keathley and Donna M. Ham. pp. 193-203.

October 1976 (Vol. 71, No. 1)

“Population Origins in Rural Missouri.” By Russel L. Gerlach. pp. 1-21.

“Slavery in Callaway County, Missouri: 1845-1855.” By Philip V. Scarpino. pp. 22-43.

“General M. Jeff Thompson: Soldier-Rhetorician.” By Donal J. Stanton, Goodwin F. Berquist, Jr., and Paul C. Bowers. pp. 44-58.

“Background to Apostasy: James Milton Turner and the Republican Party.” By Gary R. Kremer. pp. 59-75.

“Henry Lee of Virginia.” By Sandra Wallace. pp. 76-79.

July 1976 (Vol. 70, No. 4) Bicentennial Issue

“The Indians.” 379-382.

“Discovery and Exploration.” 383-385.

“Settling Upper Louisiana Territory.” pp. 386-392.

“Territorial Period: 1804-1820.” pp. 393-406.

“Early Statehood.” pp. 407-410.

“The Formative Years: 1821-1860.” pp. 441-439.

“Civil War.” pp. 440-448.

“Late 1800s And Early 1900s.” pp. 449-469.

“World War I.” pp. 470-473.

“Between The Wars: 1920-1930s.” pp. 474-490.

“World War II.” pp. 491-496.

“Modern Missouri.” pp. 497-512.

April 1976 (Vol. 70, No. 3)

“Missouri's Forgotten General: M. Jeff Thompson and the Civil War.” By Donal J. Stanton, Goodwin F. Berquist, Jr., and Paul C. Bowers. pp. 237-258.

“Urban Politics in Jacksonian St. Louis: Traditional Values in Change and Conflict.” By Maximilian Reichard. pp. 259-271.

“Base Hospital 21 and the Great War.” By Donna Bingham Munger. pp. 272-290.

“The Truman Administration's Fair Deal for Black America.” By Philip V. Vaughan. pp. 291-305.

“Robert Beverly Price II: Banker and Philanthropist.” By John C. Crighton. pp. 306-314.

January 1976 (Vol. 70, No. 2)

“Local History and the Bicentennial.” By James C. Olson. pp. 127-133.

“Smithton, Missouri.” By Beth Pendergast. pp. 134-141.

“The St. Louis Free Congregation Library: A Study of German-American Reading Interests.” By Don Heinrich Tolzmann. pp. 142-161.

“The Political Campaign of 1860 in Missouri.” By Doris Davis Wallace. pp. 162-183.

“Some Aspects of Black Education in Reconstruction Missouri: An Address by Richard B. Foster.” Edited by Antonio F. Holland and Gary R. Kremer. pp. 184-198.

October 1975 (Vol. 70, No. 1)

“J. Milton Turner: An Appraisal.” By Lawrence O. Christensen.” 1-19.

“University of Missouri Football: The First Decade.” By Mary K. Dains. pp. 20-54.

“The Contemporary Artists Exhibition.” 55-86.

“The Loss of Government Greenbacks on the Steamer Ruth.” By Ronald Horstman. pp. 87-89.

July 1975 (Vol. 69, No. 4)

“New Deal Scandals: E.Y. Mitchell and F.D.R.'s Commerce Department.” By J. Christopher Schnell. pp. 357-375.

“Toward the Promised Land: The Exodus to Kansas and Afterward.” By Arvarh E. Strickland. pp. 376-412.

“The Enrolled Missouri Militia: Its Creation and Controversial History.” By James A. Hamilton. pp. 413-432.

“The American Missionary Association and Black Education in Civil War Missouri.” By Joe M. Richardson. pp. 433-448.

“New Language for St. Louis Cathedral.” By Peter J. Rahill. pp. 449-460.

April 1975 (Vol. 69, No. 3)

“Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975).” pp. 243-249.

“Men From Home: Missouri Volunteers in the Pacification of Mobile, Alabama, 1865-1866.” 250-259.

“Legitimate Theater in St. Louis, 1870-1879.” By Gerelyn Hollingsworth. pp. 260-281.

“Rural-Urban Tensions and the Bourbon Democrat: The Missouri Case.” By C. Joseph Pusateri. pp. 282-298.

“Agricultural Change in the Western Ozarks.” By Milton D. Rafferty. pp. 299-322.

January 1975 (Vol. 69, No. 2)

“Lawyers, Legislation and Educational Localism: The Missouri School Code of 1825.” By David L. Colton. pp. 121-146.

“'Farthest North' The Historian and the Battle of Athens.” By Leslie Anders. pp. 147-168.

“Post-Civil War Immigration to Southwest Missouri, 1865-1873.” By L. Steven Demaree. pp. 169-190.

“The War Against St. Louis's Smoke: 1891-1924.” By Robert Dale Grinder. pp. 191-205.

October 1974 (Vol. 69, No. 1)

“Thomas Hart Benton and the Santa Fe Trail.” By Stephen Sayles. pp. 1-22.

“Early Methodism in the New Madrid Circuit.” By Alberta H. Klemp. pp. 23-47.

“Rowdyism and Rivalism in the St. Louis Fire Department, 1850-1857.” By Arlen R. Dykstra. pp. 48-64.

“Kansas City Blacks, Harry Truman and the Pendergast Machine.” By Larry Grothaus. pp. 65-82.

July 1974 (Vol. 68, No. 4)

“Potawatomis in the Platte Country: An Indian Removal Incomplete.” By R. David Edmunds. pp. 375-392.

“The Mormon Experience in Missouri, 1830-1839.” Part 2. By R. J. Robertson, Jr. pp. 393-415.

“Richard Parks Bland: Almost a Candidate.” By Cynthia Shook. pp. 417-436.

“The Golden Age of German Song.” By Irene E. Cortinovis. pp. 437-442.

April 1974 (Vol. 68, No. 3)

“Missouri Progressives and the Nomination of F.D.R.” By J. Christopher Schnell. pp. 269-279.

“The Mormon Experience in Missouri, 1830-1839.” Part 1. By R. J. Robertson, Jr. pp. 280-298.

“Frustrations of a Missouri Small Businessman: Lou E. Holland in Wartime Washington.” By Jim F. Heath. pp. 299-316.

“Merchant Gristmills and Communities, 1820-1880: An Economic Relationship.” By Priscilla Ann Evans. pp. 317-326.

“St. Louis Opposition to David R. Francis in the Gubernatorial Election of 1888.” By Myra Himelhoch. pp. 327-346.

January 1974 (Vol. 68, No. 2)

“Riot and Reaction in St. Louis, 1854-1856.” By John C. Schneider. p. 171-185.

“'Yours Very Truly, Thos. T. Crittenden': A Missouri Democrat's Observations of the Election of 1896.” By P. Joseph Powers. pp. 186-203.

“'The Public is Aroused': The Missouri Children's Code Commission, 1915-1919.” By Peter Romanofsky. pp. 204-222.

“The Society of Bethel: A Visitor's Account.” By H. Roger Grant. pp. 223-231.

October 1973 (Vol. 68, No. 1)

“The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1898-1973: A Brief History.” By Richard S. Brownlee, James W. Goodrich, and Mary K. Dains. pp. 1-27.

“The Contemporary Artists Exhibition.” 28-54.

“The Romance of Western History.” By Edward Gaylord Bourne. pp. 55-73.

“Glimpses of Old Missouri by Explorers and Travelers.” By Francis A. Sampson. pp. 74-93.

“The Missouri Tavern.” By Walter B. Stevens. pp. 94-130.

July 1973 (Vol. 67, No. 4)

“The Neophyte General: U.S. Grant and the Belmont Campaign.” By James E. McGhee. pp. 465-483.

“The Race of Improvement: Springfield Society, 1865-1881.” By Charles K. Piehl. pp. 484-521.

“Teachers' Institutes: A Missouri Tradition.” By Dick B. Clough. pp. 522-534.

“The Racial Views of John W. Wheeler.” By Lawrence O. Christensen. pp. 535-547.

“Frederick W. Niedermeyer: A Missouri Aviator.” By J. P. Kennedy. pp. 548-575.

“Charles W. Schwartz: Missouri Wildlife Artist and Author.” 576-584.

April 1973 (Vol. 67, No. 3)

“Painting the Truman Family.” By Greta Kempton. pp. 335-350.

“The Civil War Letters of Bethiah Pyatt McKown.” Part 2. Edited by James W. Goodrich. pp. 351-370.

“Missouri's Confederate Leaders After the War.” By Lloyd A. Hunter. pp. 371-396.

“John Hay and Mark Twain.” By Kenton J. Clymer. pp. 397-406.

“The Grand Opera House and the Golden Age of the Legitimate Theatre in Kansas City.” By Miles W. Coiner, Jr. pp. 407-423.

January 1973 (Vol. 67, No. 2)

“William Clark: A New Perpsective of Missouri Territorial Politics, 1813-1820.” By Jerome O. Steffen. pp. 171-197.

“Free Blacks in Antebellum Missouri, 1820-1860.” By Donnie D. Bellamy. pp. 198-226.

“The Civil War Letters of Bethiah Pyatt McKown.” Part 1. Edited by James W. Goodrich. pp. 227-252.

“Making Sorghum in Arcadia Valley.” By Clarence R. Keathley. pp. 253-264. Steamboats of the 1850s-1860s: A Pictorial History.” Compiled by Mary K. Dains. pp. 265-282.

October 1972 (Vol. 67, No. 1)

“Floyd Calvin Shoemaker (1886-1972).” 1-6

“Jefferson Barracks: The Early Years.” By Richard E. Mueller. pp. 7-30.

“Missourians and the Spirit of '76.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 31-51.

“The Honorable Nathan Frank.” By Burton Alan Boxerman. pp. 52-74.

“William H. Black: Missouri Leader in the Ecumenical Movement.” By Stephen A. Woodruff. pp. 75-97.

“The World's Fair and the New St. Louis 1896-1904.” By Stephen J. Raiche. pp. 98-121.

“What's in a Name--of the Governor, that is?” By Peter D. Hilty. pp. 122-133.

July 1972 (Vol. 66, No. 4)

“St. Louis Under Bishop Rosati.” By Peter J. Rahill. pp. 495-519.

“Sectionalism and National History: American History in the Debate over Foote's Resolution, December 1829-May 1830.” By Peter C. Hoffer. pp. 520-538.

“The Battle of Moore's Mill.” By Hugh P. Williamson. pp. 539-548.

“Mark Twain and Ben Ely: Two Missouri Boyhoods.” By Curtis Dahl. pp. 549-566.

“Logan U. Reavis: Nineteenth Century Urban Promoter.” By Patrick E. McLear. pp. 567-588.

“Midwestern River Steamboats: A Pictorial History.” Compiled by Mary K. Dains. pp. 589-609.

“History of Greer Mill.” By Wm. Howard Morman. pp. 610-621.

“'Mrs. Carrico': A Fred Shane Gift.” pp. 622-624.

“Pershing's Falsified Birthday: A Note.” By Donald Smythe. pp. 625-627.

April 1972 (Vol. 66, No. 3)

“Portrait of a Western Farmer: John Locke Hardeman of Missouri, 1809-1858.” By Nicholas P. Hardeman. pp. 319-335.

“Conservation of a Bingham Portrait.” By Sidney Larson. pp. 336-341.

“The Nature of an Immigrant Community: St. Louis Germans, 1850-1920.” By Sister Audrey Olson. pp. 342-359.

“How to Become a Union General Without Military Experience.” By James E. Kirby, Jr. pp. 360-376.

“David Rankin 'Cattle King' of Missouri.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 377-394.

“Disinherited or Rural? A Historical Case Study in Urban Holiness Religion.” By Charles Edwin Jones. pp. 395-412.

“President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: The Urban Implications.” By Philip H. Vaughan. pp. 413-430.

“The St. Louis Tornado of 1896.” By Mary K. Dains. pp. 431-450.

January 1972 (Vol. 66, No. 2)

“In the Earnest Pursuit of Wealth: David Waldo in Missouri and the Southwest, 1820-1878.” By James W. Goodrich. pp. 155-184.

“General Orders No. 11 and Border Warfare During the Civil War.” By Ann D. Niepman. pp. 185-210.

“Operation Headstart: The Beginnings of the Public School Kindergarten Movement.” By Selwyn K. Troen. pp. 211-229.

“A Progressive's Progress: The Changing Liberalism of Charles M. Hay of Missouri.” By Franklin D. Mitchell. pp. 230-245.

“Aviation Promotion in Kansas City: 1925-1931.” By James W. Leyerzapf. pp. 246-267.

October 1971 (Vol. 66, No. 1)

“Senator Lewis F. Linn and the Oregon Question.” By Michael B. Husband. pp. 1-19.

“Missouri's Utopian Communities.” By H. Roger Grant. pp. 20-48.

“The Military Career of James Craig.” By Paul M. Robinett and Howard V. Canan. pp. 49-75.

“Missouri's National Historic Landmarks: Patee House.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 76-92.

“The London Times and the St. Louis World's Fair.” By Lawrence F. Barmann. pp. 93-100.

July 1971 (Vol. 65, No. 4)

“The American Territorial System: Missouri's Experience.” By William E. Foley. pp. 403-426.

“The Admission of Missouri.” By David D. March. pp. 427-449.

“Missouri's Society and Economy in 1821.” By Lewis E. Atherton. pp. 450-472.

“'Add a Pinch and a Lump' Missouri Women in the 1820s.” By Jerena East Giffen. pp. 473-504.

“Aspects of Slavery in Missouri, 1821.” By Arvarh E. Strickland. pp. 505-526.

“David Barton, John Rice Jones and Edward Bates: Three Missouri State and Statehood Founders.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 527-544.

April 1971 (Vol. 65, No. 3)

“The Upper Missouri Indian Agency, 1819-1868.” By Ernest L. Schusky. pp. 249-269.

“Jackson County in Early Mormon Descriptions.” By Richard L. Anderson. pp. 270-293.

“Slavery and Emancipation in Lewis County, Missouri.” By George R. Lee. pp. 294-317.

“The Truman Vice Presidency: Constructive Apprenticeship or Brief Interlude?” By Arthur F. McClure and Donna Costigan. pp. 318-341.

January 1971 (Vol. 65, No. 2)

“Christmas in Early Missouri.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 125-138.

“His 'Radical Reverence' John H. Cox.” By Leslie Anders. pp. 139-158.

“Populism and Socialism in the Southeast Missouri Lowlands.” By Leon Parker Ogilvie. pp. 159-183.

“Fighting for Irish Freedom, St. Louis Irish-Americans, 1918-1922.” By Margaret Sullivan. pp. 184-206.

October 1970 (Vol. 65, No. 1)

“The Founding of Missouri's First College Saint Mary's of the Barrens, 1815-1818.” By Stafford Poole, C.M. pp. 1-22.

“Senator George Graham Vest and the 'Menace' of Mormonism, 1882-1887.” By M. Paul Holsinger. pp. 23-36.

“The Excelsior Springs Route: Life and Death of a Missouri Interurban. By H. Roger Grant. pp. 37-50.

“The St. Louis Jewish Coordinating Council: Its Formative Years.” By Burton A. Boxerman. pp. 51-71.

July 1970 (Vol. 64, No. 4)

“The Big Neck Affair: Tragedy and Farce on the Missouri Frontier.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 391-412.

“The Missouri Negro Press, 1875-1920.” By George Everett Slavens. pp. 413-431.

“The Unwanted Conflict: Missouri Labor and the CIO.” By Gary M. Fink. pp. 432-447.

“The Alienation of the South: A Crisis for Harry S. Truman and the Democratic Party, 1945-1948.” By Robert A. Garson. pp. 448-471.

April 1970 (Vol. 64, No. 3)

“Frank Blair: Lincoln's Congressional Spokesman.” By Leonard B. Wurthman, Jr. pp. 263-288.

“Pioneer Women of the Missouri Press.” By Alma Vaughan. pp. 289-305.

“'And All For Nothing' Early Experiences of John M. Schofield in Missouri.” By James L. McDonough. pp. 306-321.

“Town Growth in Central Missouri.” Part 3. By Stuart F. Voss. pp. 322-350.

January 1970 (Vol. 64, No. 2)

“The Genesis of the Variety Theatre: The Black Crook Comes to St. Louis.” By John Russell David. pp. 133-149.

“Governmental Efforts at Reclamation in the Southeast Missouri Lowlands.” By Leon Parker Ogilvie. pp. 150-176.

“The Columbia Female Academy: A Pioneer in Education for Women.” By John Crighton. pp. 177-196.

“Town Growth in Central Missouri.” Part 2. By Stuart F. Voss. pp. 197-217.

October 1969 (Vol. 64, No. 1)

“Martin Cantonment and American Expansion in the Missouri Valley.” By Roger L. Nichols. pp. 1-17.

“Strawberry Culture in Southwest Missouri.” By G. K. Renner. pp. 18-40.

“The Expulsion of the Mormons from Jackson County, Missouri.” By Warren A. Jennings. pp. 41-63.

“Town Growth in Central Missouri, 1815-1860: An Urban Chaparral.” Part 1. By Stuart F. Voss. pp. 64-80.

“Jacques Marquette, 1637-1675.” By John F. Bannon, S.J. pp. 81-87.

July 1969 (Vol. 63, No. 4)

“Donan and the Caucasian.” By Lewis O. Saum. pp. 418-450.

“Origins of Engineering Education in Missouri.” By Harry J. Eisenman. pp. 451-460.

“Carry Nation, A Missouri Girl, Won Fame as a Kansas Crusader.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 461-488.

“Thomas Hart Benton and the Oregon Question.” By William A. Hansen. pp. 489-497.

April 1969 (Vol. 63, No. 3)

“John Dougherty and the Pawnee Rite of Human Sacrifice: April, 1827.” By Dorothy V. Jones. pp. 293-316.

“Was the Dred Scott Case Valid?” By Walter Ehrlich. pp. 317-328.

“Romulus Estep Culver: A Sketch of Frontier Self-Improvement and Tragedy.” By James W. Goodrich. pp. 329-344.

“The Colonization of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, 1880-1882: A Study of Corporate Diplomacy.” By Craig Miner. pp. 345-363.

“Missouri's National Historic Landmarks: Watkins Mill.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 364-377.

January 1969 (Vol. 63, No. 2)

“James Shannon: Preacher, Educator, and Fire-Eater.” By David E. Harrell, Jr. pp. 135-170.

“The St. Louis Cholera Epidemic of 1849.” By Patrick E. McLear. pp. 171-181.

“Newspaper Reaction to the Louisiana Purchase.” By Jerry W. Knudson. pp. 182-213.

“Missouri's Black Walnut Kernel Industry.” By Milton D. Rafferty. pp. 214-226.

“Missouri, A Borderland.” By John F. Bannon, S.J. pp. 227-247.

October 1968 (Vol. 63, No. 1)

“Spread of Settlement in Howard County, Missouri, 1810-1859.” By Walter A. Schroeder. pp. 1-37.

“John Henton Carter, alias 'Commodore Rollingpin.'” By John T. Flanagan. pp. 38-54.

“The 1918 Kansas City Influenza Epidemic.” By C. Kevin McShane. pp. 55-70.

“Bernarr Macfadden.” By William H. Taft. pp. 71-89.

July 1968 (Vol. 62, No. 4)

“Prohibition Comes to Missouri, 1910-1919.” By G. K. Renner. pp. 363-397.

“Twain's Last Months on the Mississippi.” By J. Stanley Mattson. pp. 398-409.

“The Barth Family: A Case Study of Pioneer Immigrant Merchants.” By Harvey A. Kantor. pp. 410-430.

“The Missouri Paw Paw Militia 1863-1864.” By Howard V. Canan. pp. 431-448.

“Joseph LaBarge Steamboat Captain.” By T. S. Bowdern, S.J. pp. 449-470.

April 1968 (Vol. 62, No. 3)

“Footsteps in the Corridors Behind Us.” By John C. Weaver. pp. 213-234.

“St. Louis Volunteer Fire Department, 1820-1850.” By A. B. Lampe. pp. 235-259.

“Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus.” By Douglas D. Hale, Jr. pp. 260-285.

“William P. Hall.” By Fred Pfening, III. pp. 286-313.

“Civil War Reminiscences of Danville Female Academy.” By Mary Lee Kemper. pp. 314-320.

January 1968 (Vol. 62, No. 2)

“The Acquisition of St. Louis' Forest Park.” By Kevin C. Kearns. pp. 95-106.

“The Army of Israel Marches Into Missouri.” By Warren A. Jennings. pp. 107-135.

“A New View of the Battle of Pea Ridge.” By Albert Castel. pp. 136-151.

“Missouri's National Historic Landmarks.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 152-165.

October 1967 (Vol. 62, No. 1)

“Public Quarrels and Private Plans: The President, Veterans and The Mayor of St. Louis.” By C. Joseph Pusateri. pp. 1-13.

“Benjamin F. Stringfellow: The Fight for Slavery on the Missouri Border.” By Lester B. Baltimore. pp. 14-29.

“Banking in Early Missouri.” Part 2. By Harry S. Gleick. pp. 30-44.

“Old Chariton--Only a Memory.” By Harold N. Calvert. pp. 45-50.

“The Walter Scott: A Steamboat Ahead Of Its Day.” By Warren E. Spehar. pp. 51-53.

July 1967 (Vol. 61, No. 4)

“Banking in Early Missouri.” By Harry S. Gleick. pp. 427-443.

“Dallas County Railroad Bonds.” By Virginia Rust Frazer. pp. 444-462.

“William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1862.” Edited by Harvey L. Carter and Norma L. Peterson. pp. 463-488.

“The Chariton River Fish Trap.” By Wayne F. Shields. pp. 489-496.

“Missouri's National Historic Landmarks.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 497-509.

April 1967 (Vol. 61, No. 3)

“When the Boer Came to St. Louis.” By Ted C. Hinckley. pp. 285-302.

“William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861, to December 4, 1862.” Edited by Harvey L. Carter and Norma L. Peterson. pp. 303-320.

“Negroes and Missouri Protestant Churches.” By G. Hugh Wamble. pp. 321-347.

“Digging Up Missouri's Past.” By Carl H. Chapman. pp. 348-363.

“Reconstruction in Missouri.” By Fred DeArmond. pp. 364-377.

January 1967 (Vol. 61, No. 2)

“Henry Clay and the Missouri Question.” By Alfred Lightfoot. pp. 143-165.

“A Vignette of Missouri's Native Prairie.” By Donald Christisen. pp. 166-186.

“William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861, to December 4, 1864.” Edited by Harvey L. Carter and Norma L. Peterson. pp. 187-228.

“Missouri's Covered Bridges.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. 229-237.

October 1966 (Vol. 61, No. 1)

“William Henry Ashley: A Jackson Man With Feet of Clay.” By James Earl Moss. pp. 1-20.

“Civil War Journal and Letters of Col. John Van Deusen Du Bois.” Edited by Jared C. Lobdell. pp. 21-50.

“The Candidate Speaks, Arthur M. Hyde.” By Robert P. Friedman. pp. 51-61.

“Isaac McCoy and the Mormons.” By Warren A. Jennings. pp. 62-82.

“St. Louis Academy of Science: The Early Years.” By Walter B. Hendrickson. pp. 83-95.

July 1966 (Vol. 60, No. 4)

“Peter Verhaegen: Pioneer Missouri Educator and Church Administrator.” By William Barnaby Faherty. pp. 407-415.

“The Re-Election of the Irreconcilable James A. Reed.” By Franklin D. Mitchell. pp. 416-435.

“Civil War Journal and Letters of Col. John Van Deusen Du Bois.” Edited by Jared C. Lobdell. pp. pp. 436-459.

“John Scott, Thomas Hart Benton, David Barton and the 1824 Presidential Election: A Case Study in Pressure Politics.” By Alan S. Weiner. pp. 460-494.

“The Wilson Letters, 1835-1849.” Edited by Durward T. Stokes. pp. 495-517.

April 1966 (Vol. 60, No. 3)

“Missouri Press Association and the Origins of the State Historical Society.” By William H. Taft. pp. 269-282.

“The Army of the Frontier's First Campaign: The Confederates Win at Newtonia.” By Edwin C. Bearss. pp. 283-319.

“Pershing's Great Personal Tragedy.” By Donald Smythe. pp. 320-335.

“Doctors in Controversy.” By Cynthia De Haven Pitcock. pp. 336-349.

“Development of the Jewish Community of Kansas City, 1864-1908.” By Howard F. Sachs. pp. 350-360.

January 1966 (Vol. 60, No. 2)

“Nobody's Nominee: Sample Orr and the Election of 1860.” By B. B. Lightfoot. pp. 127-148.

“Full Measure of Devotion. The Ordeal of Private Hugh Sloan, 1864.” By Richard K. Darr and Floyd E. Overly. pp. 149-161.

“From Virginia to Missouri in 1846: The Journal of Elizabeth Ann Cooley.” Edited by Edward D. Jervey and James E. Moss. pp. 162-206.

“Wildlife in Missouri History.” By Leonard Hall. pp. 207-215.

October 1965 (Vol. 60, No. 1)

“Franz Schwarzer: Missouri Zither Maker.” By Thomas M. Davis and Franz R. Beinke. pp. 1-30.

“From the Log of the Red Rover, 1862-1865. A History of the First U.S. Navy Hospital Ship.” By Edward C. Kenney. pp. 31-49.

“The Attempted Assassination of Missouri's Ex-Governor, Lilburn W. Boggs.” By Monte B. McLaws. pp. 50-62.

“The Cuban Crisis of 1895-1898: Newspapers and Nativism.” By J. Stanley Lemons. pp. 63-74.

July 1965 (Vol. 59, No. 4)

“The Republican Party Convention of 1912 and the Role of Herbert S. Hadley in National Politics.” By Harlan Hahn. pp. 407-423.

“How George Vest Came to Missouri.” By Manuel Irwin Kuhr. pp. 424-427.

“Two Comstock Journalists: Samuel L. Clemens and William L. Wright as Reporters and Authors.” By Linda Boeser. pp. 428-438.

“A History of the Selection and Tenure of Supreme Court Judges in Missouri.” By Kay G. Collett. pp. 439-447.

“George Caleb Bingham: The Artist As A Whig Politician.” By Keith L. Bryant. pp. 448-463.

“The Character of Missouri History.” By Duane Meyer. pp. 464-469.

April 1965 (Vol. 59, No. 3)

“Moses Lewis Linton, 'Doctor of Epigrams.'” By William E. Parrish. pp. 293-301.

“Steamboats At The Bar. The Keokuk Northern Line, 1873-1888.” By Robert C. Toole. pp. 302-323.

“Pope's New Madrid And Island Number Ten Campaigns.” By Jay Carlton Mullen. pp. 324-343.

“A Note on the Lead Mines of Missouri: Henry R. Schoolcraft to William H. Crawford, 1820.” By Brad Luckingham. pp. 344-348.

“Mark Twain's Basic Political Concepts: Man, Parties, Democracy.” By J. Harold Smith. pp. 349-354.

“Notes on the Missouri Germans on Slavery.” By A. A. Dunson. pp. 355-366.

January 1965 (Vol. 59, No. 2)

“Railroad Men Versus Steamboat Men: The First Bridging of the Mississippi River.” By Benedict K. Zobrist. pp. 159-172.

“Joseph Wingate Folk: The Politician as Speaker and Public Servant.” By A. L. Thurman, Jr. pp. 173-191.

“Missourians Who 'Marched Through Georgia.'” By Leslie Anders. pp. 192-209.

“Concordia Seminary: For 125 Years Toward A More Excellent Ministry.” By Carl S. Meyer. pp. 210-222.

“Milton Burch: Anti-Guerrilla Fighter.” By Howard V. Canan. pp. 223-242.

October 1964 (Vol. 59, No. 1)

“The Battle of Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri, September 27, 1864.” By Richard S. Brownlee. pp. 1-30.

“The Involvement of William Beaumont, M.D., in a Medical-Legal Controversy; the Darnes-Davis Case, 1840.” By Cynthia De Haven Pitcock. pp. 31-45.

“Aboard the Western in 1879.” By Charles W. Bryan, Jr. pp. 46-63.

“Variations Of The Indian Conflict: The Effects of the Emigrant Indian Removal Policy, 1830-1854.” By Bert Anson. pp. 64-89.

“Missouri and Kansas and the Capture of General Marmaduke.” By Mark A. Plummer. pp. 90-104.

July 1964 (Vol. 58, No. 4)

“Walter Williams: Weekly Newspaper Editor.” By Charles C. Clayton. pp. 409-421.

“Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Secession Crisis In Missouri.” By William H. Lyon. pp. 422-441.

“White Man's Fly On the Frontier.” By Daniel L. McKinley. pp. 442-451.

“The Marmaduke-Walker Duel: The Last Duel in Arkansas.” By Leo E. Huff. pp. 452-463.

“Developments In The Missouri Pottery Industry, 1800-1950.” By Clarence N. Roberts. pp. 464-473.

April 1964 (Vol. 58, No. 3)

“Bushwhacker Activity on the Missouri Border. Letters to Dr. Glen O. Hardeman, 1862-1865.” By Nicholas P. Hardeman. pp. 265-277.

“The Political Philosophy of David Barton.” By William E. Foley. pp. 278-289.

“Cyclists Raced For World Championship At Clarksville In 1887.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 290-308.

“Frederick Starr. A Missouri Border Abolitionist: The Making of a Martyr.” By Milton E. Bierbaum. pp. 309-325.

“The Recruitment Of Negro Troops In Missouri During The Civil War.” By John W. Blassingame. pp. 326-337.

January 1964 (Vol. 58, No. 2)

“State Historical Society of Missouri, Annual Report, 1962-1963.” By Richard S. Brownlee. pp. 135-139.

“Bill Vaughan's Missouri.” By William Edward Vaughan. pp. 140-150.

“Marmaduke's Expedition Into Missouri: The Battles of Springfield and Hartville, January, 1863.” By Paul M. Robinett. pp. 151-173.

“The Old St. Louis Riverfront, 1763-1960.” By Don Rickey, Jr. pp. 174-190.

“Dramatic Criticism in Frontier St. Louis, 1835-1838.” By James E. Moss. pp. 191-216.

October 1963 (Vol. 58, No. 1)

“The Early Years of John J. Pershing, 1860-1882.” By Donald Smythe. pp. 1-20.

“Attempts by the State of Missouri to Extradite Joseph Smith, 1841-1843.” By George R. Gayler. pp. 21-36.

“Missouri's Confederate Capital in Marshall, Texas.” By William R. Geise. pp. 37-54.

“A Young Girl in the Missouri Border War.” By Dorothy Brown Thompson. pp. 55-69.

“The Pioneer Lecturer in the West: A Note on the Appearance of Ralph Waldo Emerson in St. Louis, 1852-1853.” By Brad Luckingham. pp. 70-88.

July 1963 (Vol. 57, No. 4)

“The Genius of Liberty.” By Frances L. McCurdy. pp. 331-343.

“Jefferson Davis Comes to Missouri.” By William E. Parrish. pp. 344-356.

“Order No. 11 and the Civil War on the Border.” By Albert Castel. pp. 357-368.

“One Who Went West.” By Hugh P. Williamson. pp. 369-378.

“Bureau of Information Erected on the Site of the Liberty Jail at Liberty, Missouri.” By Alvin R. Dyer. pp. 379-388.

April 1963 (Vol. 57, No. 3)

“Marmaduke's Cape Girardeau Expedition, 1863.” By Stephen B. Oates. pp. 237-247.

“A Study of Confusion: Missouri's Immigration Program, 1865-1916.” By Norman L. Crockett. pp. 248-260.

“HO! For the Gold Mines of Montana. Up the Missouri in 1865. The Journal of William H. Gallaher.” Edited by James E. Moss. pp. 261-284.

“Missouri's 268 Congressmen, 1821-1960.” By Paul O. Selby. pp. 285-290.

“A Letter from the St. Louis Arsenal: 1849.” 291-293.

January 1963 (Vol. 57, No. 2)

“The Importance of the State Historical Society as a Research Center and Public Service Agency.” By Thomas A. Brady. pp. 123-127.

“Truman's First Senatorial Election.” By Gene Schmidtlein. pp. 128-155.

“HO! For the Gold Mines of Montana. Up the Missouri in 1865. The Journal of William H. Gallaher.” Edited by James E. Moss. pp. 156-183.

“A Note on the Significance of the Merchant in the Development of St. Louis Society as Expressed in the Philosophy of the Mercantile Library Association, 1846-1854.” By Brad Luckingham. pp. 184-198.

October 1962 (Vol. 57, No. 1)

“In Defense of John Cummings.” By Harold C. Bradley. pp. 1-15.

“A Missouri Confederate in the Civil War. The Journal of Henry Martyn Cheavens, 1862-1863.” By James E. Moss. pp. 16-52.

“The Columbia--Providence Plank Road.” By Paul C. Doherty. pp. 53-69.

“James Redpath, Missouri Correspondent.” By James A. Hart. pp. 70-78.

“The Saints Build a Temple.” By Roger Yarrington. pp. 79-88.

July 1962 (Vol. 56, No. 4)

“Worthy of the Steel of Our Best.” By Elbert B. Smith. pp. 315-318.

“Coates' Tales.” By Janet Loring. pp. 319-327.

“Old Woman River.” By Rudolph J. Gerber. pp. 328-346.

“Books, Newpapers, and Libraries in Pioneer St. Louis, 1808-1842.” By Eleanora A. Baer. pp. 347-360.

“From Jail to History Center.” By W. Howard Adams. pp. 361-364.

“Ratification Speaking in Missouri in 1860.” By A. L. Thurman, Jr. pp. 365-379.

April 1962 (Vol. 56, No. 3)

“Governor Daniel Dunklin's Jacksonian Democracy in Missouri, 1832-1836.” By James Roger Sharp. pp. 217-229.

“Vinnie Ream: Portrait of a Sculptor.” By Maude E. Griffin. pp. 230-243.

“Organized Labor in Missouri Politics Before the Civil War.” By Walter R. Houf. pp. 244-254.

“Beginning of the Park and Boulevard Movement in Frontier Kansas City, 1872-1882.” By William H. Wilson. pp. 255-273.

“How to Rebury a Revolutionary Soldier.” By William R. Gentry, Jr. pp. 274-279.

January 1962 (Vol. 56, No. 2)

“The State Historical Society of Missouri, Annual Meeting and Dedication of New Quarters.” By Daniel H. Spies. pp. 115-130.

“Governor John M. Dalton's Address to the State Historical Society of Missouri.” 131-135.

“Thomas Miller.” By Ruth Rollins Westfall. pp. 136-145. Edward Bates and Hamilton R. Gamble: A Wartime Partnership.” By Marvin R. Cain. pp. 146-155.

“The Cherokee Emigrants in Missouri, 1837-1839.” By B. B. Lightfoot. pp. 156-167.

“The A B C's of the Spinning Wheel.” By Joseph E. Vollmar, Jr. pp. 168-172.

October 1961 (Vol. 56, No. 1)

“Courtroom Oratory of the Pioneer Period.” By Frances McCurdy. pp. 1-11.

“Journal of the Civil War in Missouri: 1861, Henry Martyn Cheavens.” Edited by Virginia Easley. pp. 12-25.

“Champ Clark, The 'Leather-Bound Orator.'” By Hollis L. White. pp. 26-39.

“The 1912 Single Tax Campaign in Missouri.” By Norman L. Crockett. pp. 40-52.

“Letters from the Battle of Lexington: 1861.” pp. 53-58.

“A New Look at the Anderson House and the Civil War Battle of Lexington State Park.” By Leonard F. Haslag. pp. 59-68.

“An Announcement by the Editor.” By Richard S. Brownlee. pp. 69-70.

July 1961 (Vol. 55, No. 4)

“A Union Band Director Views Camp Rolla: 1861.” Edited by Donald H. Welsh. pp. 307-343.

“Cholera in Missouri.” By James T. Barrett. pp. 344-354.

“The Management of Organized Wagon Trains on the Overland Trail.” By Leslie L. D. Shaffer. pp. 355-365.

“The Admission of Missouri to the Confederacy.” By Arthur Roy Kirkpatrick. pp. 366-386.

April 1961 (Vol. 55, No. 3)

“The Camp Jackson Affair: 1861.” By James W. Covington. pp. 197-212.

“The Missouri Indian Tribe in Archaeology and History.” By Robert T. Bray. pp. 213-225.

“Arthur M. Hyde: Articulate Antagonist.” By Robert P. Friedman. pp. 226-234.

“Missouri in the Early Months of the Civil War.” By Arthur Roy Kirkpatrick. pp. 235-266.

January 1961 (Vol. 55, No.2)

“Missouri on the Eve of the Civil War.” By Arthur R. Kirkpatrick. pp. 99-108.

“Martha J. Woods Visits Missouri in 1857.” Edited by Donald H. Welsh. pp. 109-123.

“Thomas C. Duggins Views Northwest Missouri in 1840.” pp. 124-126.

“The Missouri Democrat, 1852-1860.” By Jim A. Hart. pp. 127-141.

“The Argonauts of ’98.” By Hugh P. Williamson. pp. 142-154.

October 1960 (Vol. 55, No.1)

“A Message to the Members of the State Historical Society of Missouri.” By Richard S. Brownlee. pp. 1-4.

“A 1795 Inspection of Spanish Missouri.” Translated and Edited by Jack D. L. Holmes. pp. 5-17.

“The Kansas City Meat Packing Industry Before 1900.” By G. K. Renner. pp. 18-29.

“Two Letters from St. Charles.” pp. 30-34.

“The British-Indian Attack on St. Louis, May 26, 1780.” By Don Rickey, Jr. pp. 35-45.

July 1960 (Vol. 54, No. 4)

“Osceola, Land of Osage River Lore.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 327-334.

“Travel by Stage on the Boonslick Road.” Edited by Donald H. Welsh. pp. 335-340.

“Missouri’s Heritage to be Perpetuated in Historic Sites Survey Records.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 341-347.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1959. Part II.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 348-355.

“The American Elk in Pioneer Missouri.” By Daniel McKinley. pp. 356-365.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Nancy Weatherly Sharp. pp. 366-374.

April 1960 (Vol. 54, No. 3)

“Forty-Five Years as Editor and Author of Missouri History.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 225- 230.

“The Pony Express Starts from St. Joseph.” By Olaf T. Hagen. pp. 231-236.

“The Pony Express in Retrospect.” By Donald H. Welsh. pp. 237-244.

“Dr. Brown’s St. Louis.” By John Francis McDermott. pp. 245-253.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1959. Part I.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 254-261.

“The Controversial Dred Scott Decision.” By Harold Schwartz. pp. 262-272.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Nancy Weatherly Sharp and Kitty Thomas Wilkinson. pp. 273-281.

January 1960 (Vol. 54, No. 2)

“Importance of the Work of Local Historical Societies.” By Clifford L. Lord. pp. 107-115.

“How a Local Community Can Survey, Mark, and Preserve its Historic Sites.” By Richard H. Howland. pp. 132-134.

“The Local Historical Society and its Problems.” By Arch Grahn. pp. 135-142.

“Writing Historical Articles for Local Newspapers.” By Lucile Morris Upton. pp. 143-147.

“Making a Missouri Historical Center of International Fame.” By John A. Winkler. pp. 148-157.

“How to Write and Produce a Historical Pageant.” By Anna Hesse. pp. 158-160.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 167-175.

October 1959 (Vol. 54, No. 1)

“Kansas Jayhawking Raids into Western Missouri in 1861.” By Albert Castel. pp. 1-11.

“A Country Boy.” By Samuel M. Jordan. pp. 12-17.

“’Do Right To Me Often’.” By Ross A. Webb. pp. 18-26.

“The Federal Lead Leasing System in Missouri.” By Donald J. Abramoske. pp. 27-38.

“Campaigning in Missouri: Civil War Memoir of General Jefferson C. Davis.” Edited by James P. Jones. pp. 39-45.

“Some Unpublished Sketches by George Caleb Bingham.” By John Francis McDermott. pp. 46- 51.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 52-60.

July 1959 (Vol. 53, No. 4)

“The Public Lands in Early Missouri Politics.” By Donald J. Abramoske. pp. 295-305.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1958. Part II.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 306-314.

“Lead Mining in Southwest Missouri After 1865.” By A. M. Gibson. pp. 315-328.

“Cedar County.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 337-345.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 337-345.

April 1959 (Vol. 53, No. 3)

“Lead Mining in Southwest Missouri to 1865.” By A. M. Gibson. pp. 197-205.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1958. Part I.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 206-216.

“The Political Transition of James S. Rollins.” By John V. Mering. pp. 217-226.

“Some Colorful Lawyers in the History of Missouri, 1804-1904. Part II.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 227-237.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 238-245.

January 1959 (Vol. 53, No. 2)

“The Memorable War.” By Bell Irwin Wiley. pp. 99-104.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957. Part IV.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 113-124.

“Some Colorful Lawyers in the History of Missouri, 1804-1904. Part I.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 125-131.

“The Butterfield Overland Mail Centennial in Missouri.” By Donald H. Welsh. pp. 132-140.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 141-149.

October 1958 (Vol. 53, No. 1)

“Madison County.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 1-9.

“Tourists’ Impressions of St. Louis, 1766-1859. Part II.” By William E. Lass. pp. 10-21.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957. Part III.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 22-33.

“The Significance of County Making in the Elections of Thomas H. Benton.” By Perry McCandless. pp. 34-38.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 39-47.

July 1958 (Vol. 52, No. 4)

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957. Part II.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 301-312.

“Pike County.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 413-324.

“Tourists’ Impressions of St. Louis, 1766-1859. Part I.” By William E. Lass. pp. 325-338.

“Recollections of White Oak College.” By Maud Bell Burton. pp. 339-343.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 344-351.

April 1958 (Vol. 52, No. 3)

“History—Science—Fiction.” By Herman Betz. pp. 193-204.

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 205-217.

“The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861, and Its Centennial Observance in Missouri.” By Donald H. Welsh. pp. 218-234.

“Grundy County.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 235-245.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 246-254.

January 1958 (Vol. 52, No. 2)

“Kennett: Center of a Land Reborn in Missouri’s Valley of the Nile.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 99-110.

“The Political Career of Lilburn W. Boggs.” By Joseph F. Gordon. pp. 111-122.

“An Abortive Slave Uprising.” By W. K. Moore. pp. 123-126.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 139-146.

October 1957 (Vol. 52, No. 1)

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking. Part III.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 1-15.

“Boyhood Impressions of the Lexington, Missouri, Area, 1858-1863.” By George A. McKee. pp. 16-24.

“Clay County.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 25-34.

“The Missouri State Flag.” By Allen L. Oliver. pp. 35-39.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 40-48.

July 1957 (Vol. 51, No. 4)

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking. Part II.” Directed by Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 339-353.

“Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis—City Engineer.” By John P. Dietzler. pp. 354-361.

“Macon.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 362-372.

“The First Steamboats on the Missouri, Reminiscences of Captain W. D. Hubbell.” Edited by Vivian K McLarty. pp. 373-381.

“A Peoria Indian States his Case.” By James W. Covington. pp. 382-385.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” pp. 386-394.

April 1957 (Vol. 51, No. 3)

“Missouri’s Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1953-1955.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. Inscriptions by Ruby M. Robins. pp. 217-234.

“Hermann: A Bit of the Old World in the Heart of the New.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 235-244.

“Congressional Opinion in Missouri Concerning the Spanish-American War.” By James Warren Neilson. pp. 245-256.

“St. Louis and the Union Baseball War.” By Harold Seymour. pp. 257-269.

“Missouri in Crisis: The Journal of Captain Albert Tracy, 1961. Part III.” Edited by Ray W. Irwin. pp. 270-283.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” pp. 284-292.

January 1957 (Vol. 51, No. 2)

“Fort Orleans: The Heritage of Carroll County.” By Floyd C. Shoemaker. pp. 105-112.

“David Rice Atchison: ‘Faithful Champion of the South.’” By William E. Parrish. pp. 113-125.

“The Morrill Lands of the University of Missouri.” By John J. Jones. pp. 126-138.

“Missouri in Crisis: The Journal of Captain Albert Tracy, 1961. Part II.” Edited by Ray W. Irwin. pp. 151-164.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” pp. 165-173.

October 1956 (Vol. 51, No. 1)

“The Sauk and Fox Treaty of 1804.” By William T. Hagan. pp. 1-7.

“Missouri in Crisis: The Journal of Captain Albert Tracy, 1961.” Edited by Ray W. Irwin. pp. 8-21.

“The Political Fluctuations of B. Gratz Brown: Politics in a Border State, 1850-1870.” By Norma L. Peterson. pp. 22-30.

“A Look at the Missouri State Teachers Association, 1856-1956,” By Dorothy J. Caldwell. pp. 31-41.

“The Early Telegraph in Rural Missouri, 1847-1859.” By John E. Sunder. pp. 42-53.

“Vignettes of Famous Missourians.” pp. 54-62.


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