PRELIMINARY INVENTORY ACCESSION CA6178 HARSHBARGER FAMILY, PAPERS This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri, Research Center- Columbia. If you would like more information, please contact us at research@shsmo.org. Dates: 1800s-2010s Creator: Harshbarger family Collection Size: 104.35 cubic feet, 7 volumes, 16 audio cassettes Introduction Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, U.S. Naval records, farm records, real estate records, clippings, songbooks, sheet music, and audio recordings of a Boone County, Missouri, family. Includes genealogical materials on the Aydelotte, McVicker, Mossholder, and Tourtillott families. Box List Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Correspondence: Letters, postcards 1928 1930s 1940s 1950-1958 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards, stamps Misc. undated letters, loose stamps 1950s miscellaneous 1959 1960-1964 1967-1968 1972-1976 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1977, 1979 1970s Christmas cards 1970s miscellaneous 1970s undated Christmas cards Miscellaneous, 1980s, 1 letter, Sauk Valley College grade report 1980-1990 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1927 1930-1939 1940-1943 THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 2/27/2018
1945-1953 1955-1956 1958-1959 ACCESSION CA6178 Box 5 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 Correspondence: Letters, postcards 1961-1971 1973-1974 Miscellaneous Correspondence: Letters, postcards 1940-1967 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1973 1976-1986 1988-1994 Miscellaneous/undated Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1926 1930-1935 1937-1949 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1950-1953 1955 1958-1966 1969-1974 Miscellaneous undated/dates illegible 1972 Christmas cards 50 th Anniversary cards Frank and Frances Harshbarger Postcards Box 10 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1919-1920 1922-1923 1925-1929 1941-1943 1945, 1949 1954 Page 2 of 19
1959-1960 1970S 1980-1986 1988, 1990-1998 2001-2006 Mendata Reporter notes Miscellaneous undated letters, greeting cards, announcements, Song sheets from Pace Institute, New York 1933 Chicago World s Fair photos, MFA Directory (early 1980s) Box 11 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards 1937 1939 1940 1942-1948 1950-53 1958-1961 1981 Miscellaneous undated Box 12 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, announcements, programs 1960s 1971-1976 1978 1960s-1970s undated 1984-1988 Box 13 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, invitations 1989-1990 Miscellaneous/undated 2007 cards and letters Newspaper clippings, newsletters Obituaries Harshbarger genealogy Don M. Harshbarger WWII Navy information Clippings and DAR Bulletins, 2001 Graduation invitation 1950s 2000 1979 Paula 1969, 1 photograph Page 3 of 19
Box 14 Correspondence: Letters, postcards, greeting cards Photo negatives Booklet The Story of a Passion cw 1917 Unused post cards Travel maps, receipts from hotels, railroads, bus terminals Genealogy 1923 German banknote 100,000 mark Church pamphlets College school reports, pamphlets Newspaper clippings, social entertainment ads Box 15 Newspaper clippings: St. Louis Post Dispatch Wildlife Federation animal fact cards Magazines, advertisements History articles Box 16 Newspaper/magazine articles various subjects Box 17 2 issues of Saturday Evening Post 1 issue of Life magazine Chance Company information, 1970s Pauline Mossholder grade school reports/awards Newspapers 1928 religious calendar University of Illinois yearbooks 1938-1941 (4 volumes) Harshbarger genealogy Miscellaneous poems, jokes Box 18 Newspaper clippings Magazine articles on various subjects Headlines, health articles Box 19 Negatives, slides, photographs Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards 50 th Anniversary decorations/napkins Announcements Obituaries Miscellaneous undated Page 4 of 19
Box 20 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards Newspaper clippings Bulletins, pamphlets Miscellaneous 1974-1978 1983-1984 Box 21 Correspondence: greeting cards - to Pauline Harshbarger, to Don Harshbarger/80 th birthday Genealogy Paula 1971 Religious miscellaneous, prayers written by D. M. Harshbarger Veterinarian record books 1996, 1997, 1999-2001 (5 volumes) Box 22 Correspondence: greeting cards, newspaper clippings of Centralia, postcards, 1975-1983 Magazine articles, pamphlets, 4-H papers University of Missouri commencement, honor roll Religious miscellaneous Box 23 Correspondence: letters from Maryellen McVicker 2000, 2002-2008 Miscellaneous, postcards, greeting cards, 1980s 1990s Centralia Historical Society, 1990-1997, 2003-2005 Don M. Harshbarger eulogy, insurance policies Wedding planning pamphlets Group photo Mossholder family history Family Links Sappington family Newsletter/history Harshbarger family history McVicker family history Tourtillott family history General history, genealogy Obituaries, death notices, wedding/graduation announcements Box 24 1920s agriculture papers, receipts, 1921 Missouri Farmer magazine, livestock papers (1950s), stock certificate (1930), tulip farm club account book 1917 Motor vehicle registrations (1920s) 1984 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, newspaper clippings Deeds, aerial maps, police report Recipes, cooking instructions, recipe book 1947 Trust agreement, extra copies of living will, retirement planning Page 5 of 19
Box 25 Pauline Mossholder high school and college items Prescription drug information, advertisements Speech therapy documents, classes Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, articles on various subjects in folder labeled Memories A.H. Tourtillott military information Newspapers, 1898-1909 Box 26 Genealogy Aydelotte, Tourtillott Christmas lists 1960s present Paul Mossholder Goodwill Farm Tour to South America - 1960 Trip memorabilia, newspapers Correspondence: letters, greeting cards, postcards Religious memorabilia, church histories Masonic handbook membership certificates, miscellaneous membership certificates Spalding Basketball scorebook Birthday book Box 27 Unused postcards c. 1910s, calling cards (early 1900s) Correspondence c.1910s postcards, letters, greeting cards Ladies needlework instruction book pub. 1893 Bank checks (1960s) receipts (1920s) 4-H information, activities Correspondence from computer College term papers Box 28 State Historical Society Centralia Historical Society information Harshbarger Family tree Sappington Family history Mossholder Genealogy McVicker, Abele, Kamm, Schriefer family tree Family and individual photographs Deeds, trusts, land sale papers 1911 Celebration book of Lincoln s birthday; 47 th Ill. General Assembly Descendants of Edmund and Jonathan Welch Welch Family Genealogy Box 29 Spanish-American War Valentine cards, calling cards 1920s Sheep registrations/ receipts Page 6 of 19
Frances Sappington School book, miscellaneous school material 1986 calendar with high/low temperatures Farm account books, miscellaneous farm records Checks, taxes, court documents Real estate loan papers, account books, MFA Conference Calendars of miscellaneous years Pauline Harshbarger eye checkup cards Box 30 Scrapbooks (contents moved to folders) Family documents 1800s Civil War Genealogy A-S: obituaries, announcements, photos, misc. correspondence Box 31 Scrapbooks (contents moved to folders) Genealogy T-Z: obituaries, announcements, photos, misc. correspondence Welsh Tourtillot ATT 1911-1934 ATT 1936-1945 Tourtillot A-J Tourtillot K-Z Tourtillot genealogy 1886-1923 Songs, Poems 1924 Miscellaneous correspondence Diary 1956-1961 Hatches Tourtillots in Dixon and Sublette, Illinois Box 32 Scrapbooks (contents moved to folders) Diary 1956-1961 Diary 1949-1952 Diary 1949 Walter Frederick Aydelotte (history and miscellaneous of) 2 scrapbooks late 1800s-early 1900s news clippings Box 33 Photos (tintypes) 1860-1900s Correspondence between Don and Pauline: 1940s, 1986, 1990s Legal Documents and Miscellaneous documents Dr. Walter Aydelotte s death, bereavement letters, pin Box 34 Photos Grandma Harshbarger s pictures Page 7 of 19
Old family/military photos Photos taken by Don Harshbarger while in the Navy Correspondence: letters, post cards, souvenirs, greeting cards Burlington Route RR timetable July-Aug. 1942 Box 35 1976 Bicentennial magazines, newspapers, road maps, post cards, misc. 1976 calendar 76 th Audrain County fair booklets, newspaper clippings 4H information Amboy Centennial Newspapers 1953 Mendota Reporter 1953 newspapers Box 36 MFA information, news clippings, magazines Correspondence: letters, greeting cards University of Missouri 1975, 1977 commencement booklets 1910 Centralia H. S. Yearbook Miscellaneous household receipts Misc. Agriculture information Household Guide / Centralia Civil War Facts Sympathy cards for Frances Harshbarger s death Homemade Scrapbooks Red scrapbook: photos, letters, Tourtillott information, greeting cards Birthday cards, pictures of Mary E. Tourtillott-Aydelotte Diary 1954, 1955, 1956 Mary Aydelotte Scrapbook Box 37 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation 1975-1981, 2000s Box 38 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation 1982-1984 Letters from foreign countries: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s Correspondence to Mary Aydelotte Correspondence to Don Harshbarger after stroke in 1995 1977 Christmas cards and letters Correspondence to Harshbargers from Alice Raymond Box 39 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards 1975-1979, 1980s, 1990-1995 Page 8 of 19
Box 40 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation Minnie Mossholder s death on Oct. 12, 1959 1900-1926/miscellaneous, receipts 1944, 1951 1980-1985, 1987, 1990s Miscellaneous undated 2002-2005 Box 41 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation 2006-2008 1999 2001-2002 sympathy cards for Don Harshbarger s death Correspondence from Maryellen and Wiley to Pauline and Don Harshbarger Christmas correspondence 1971, 1974, 1975 1950s, 1960s Miscellaneous undated correspondence Box 42 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation 1928, 1971-1979 2000-2003 2005, 2006 Miscellaneous undated Correspondence to Paul and Florence Mossholder Get Well Correspondence to Don Harshbarger after Nov. 1996 stroke Box 43 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation Don and Pauline s 25 th Wedding Anniversary Jan. 1, 1973 Miscellaneous no dates Pre-1950 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Miscellaneous 1990-1997 1998 To Mary Aydelotte-1950s, 1960s Misc: Sauk Valley College, theater program, family addresses Robert Glen Harshbarger s death 1977 Page 9 of 19
Box 44 Correspondence: Letters, greeting cards, postcards, announcements of death, marriage, and graduation Miscellaneous no dates 1950s 1960s 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007 Box 45 Boston Summer trip: miscellaneous sightseeing information souvenirs, theater play bills, photographs, postcards from Washington, D. C., New York, and Niagara Falls, tour maps/guides Religious Pamphlets Jordan Marsh Company Memorial/dedication booklets Bridal book Birthday book Anniversary book Astrological booklet, miscellaneous Scrapbooks 1967-1972 (removed from binder) 1937-1973 miscellaneous years (removed from binder) 1962-1973 book A, book B labeled Maryellen (removed from binder) Diaries 3 spiral bound 1953, 1953-1954, 1954 Daily account books 1949-1963 Box 46 Diaries: 1971-1973 1969-1970 1974-1975 1965-1968 Scrapbook with news clippings for exercises Poems scrapbook Miscellaneous booklets: 1890- Union Pacific guide to the Great Salt Lake Lincoln s 102 nd birthday celebration in Illinois Book reviews by Pauline Mossholder MU spring commencement - May 2002 3 Scrapbooks in book form Box 47 Aunt Mamie s Scrapbook (wood cover) Aydelotte/ Tourtillotte wedding album Box 48 High School yearbooks: Page 10 of 19
Centralia Heliostat 1938, 1967 Drummer Township H. S. 1945, 1946 Stanford Community H. S. 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 Vocational Agriculture class notes, books Don Harshbarger Don Harshbarger s grade reports from Centralia H. S. Box 49 Navy manuals and miscellaneous Don Harshbarger Lockheed Aircraft Corporation manual 1943 Don s notes taken in Naval classes Naval class notes, naval school certificate, pay receipts, naval I. D. cards, name template, knot tying booklet, naval survival guide, name pin Shipmate s signature/address book Pilots/aviators handbooks log book Pilots engine/operations manuals The Blue Jackets manual 1940 Aviation Machinist Mate 1938, 1939 Aircraft Engine Maintenance - 1939 Box 50 Songbooks Box 51 Songbooks, sheet music Box 52 Songbooks, sheet music, 1 scrapbook Box 53 Sheet music (lying flat in bottom of box) Box 54 Scrapbooks: 3 in book form Box 55 Scrapbooks: 4 in book form Box 56 Scrapbooks: 6 in book form Box 57 Scrapbooks: 4 in book form Box 58 Scrapbooks: 3 in book form Page 11 of 19
Box 59 Scrapbooks: 5 in book form ACCESSION CA6178 Box 60 Scrapbooks: 4 in book form 1 legal size envelope with newspaper clippings Box 61 MU Spring and December 2006 Commencement booklets Mendota and other Illinois newspapers/clippings Minnie Tourtillott s school certificates Hon. Albert T. Tourtillott correspondence: Senate Bills in House House Bills Misc. 1910s-1920s Trust deed, Bank receipts Correspondence: 1973, 1982 Taxes 1987/ Mortgages, deeds, official documents Christmas letters Financial Papers Commencement Invitations 1908, 1937 Miscellaneous Correspondence Letters, deed, news clippings Miscellaneous Correspondence Tourtillott Greeting Cards from scrapbook taken apart March 11, 1966 Buttons and pins in cigar box Miscellaneous photos Box 62 Harshbarger Family portfolio / genealogy and news clippings High School Yearbooks (4) 1936, 1937, 1943, 1947 Misc. Holiday Correspondence (1980s 2008) Misc. High School and College Commencement Programs Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mossholder Family Papers Pauline Harshbarger nee Mossholder s Education (1929 1948) Correspondence Lucy Morris Letters (1977 2001) To/From Mary Aydelotte (1912 1974) Newspaper Clippings Amboy Yesterday and Today Dexter Family Genealogy Records Richardson, Boscawen, and Welch relations Box 63 Pauline s Grade and High School Work Scrapbook Storyboards (3) Freshman (9 th grade) Clothing Class Notes Written Reports News Clippings Scrapbook (roughly 1965 1980s) Page 12 of 19
Correspondence (1927 2012) From Milton G. Harshbarger Weekly Reader from Maryellen (10 Feb 2010 18 April 2012) Rhodes Family First Christian Church Directories (Centralia, MO; 1982-1990, 1992, 1995) Lucy Rowe DAR and MO Historical Family Photos (Color and B&W) Box 64 Cards (1970s 2012) Frank Harshbarger Funeral Booklet (1965) Marline Mossholder Funeral (2007) Souvenirs from New Orleans (postcards; 1946) Autograph Book (1933-1934) Diaries Five-Year Diary (1938-1942) Journal (2004) Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mossholder s Wedding Guestbook (1918) Address/Note Book Mossholder Genealogy-Biography Historic Wedding Fashion Show University of Missouri-Columbia s 150 th Anniversary of Geyer Act (1989) Missouri Driver s License (2) Box 65 Family Photos (1830s 1950s) Wedding Photos Weekly Letters from Maryellen (2007 2012) Cards (2008 2011) News Clippings of Friends Obituaries (2007 2012) Box 66 Letters (1867-2009) Between Mossholders and Tourtillotts (1920-1963) From Exchange Students (1996-2000) From Mary Mossholder (mother) (1956- ) Hooper Family Correspondence (1960) Tourtillott Family (1867-1924) Weekly from Maryellen (2007-2009) Cards (2009) Richardson Genealogy (1733-1945) Hopps and Hoffman Family Documents (1904-1960) Donald Harshbarger (brother) Documents (1949-2008) Jones Family documents IL State Normal University (Pauline; 1938-1941) Year Book/Autographs Page 13 of 19
Our Family Christmas Treasury book (1983-1992) Daughters of the American Revolution, Mexico, MO, Chapter (1977-2006) Children of the American Revolution (1970-1978) News Clippings Mexico Ledger (1976-1978) Letters (1976-1977) Official Documents (1975-1978) Maryellen s Marriage Certificate (1973) Box 67 Cards (1980s-2008) Sales Receipt 1970 Auction Box 68 Cards, 1990s-2010 Box 69 Correspondence from Mary Ellen McVicker to family 1980s-2011, n.d. Box 70 Cards, 1970s-1980s Correspondence from Margaret Mossholder, 1990s-2010s Correspondence, 1940s-2010s Centennial Jubilee History of Missouri DAR Chapters Postcards Family photos, 1960s-2000s Box 71 Miscellaneous family papers, correspondence, clippings, etc. (10 folders) Harshbarger family genealogy (2 folders) Don t Forget the Boonslick in the Rush to Santa Fe by Maryellen McVicker Family photos, 1900s-1950s Box 72 Family photos, 1900s-1950s Family photos, Minnie Tourtillot Mossholder relatives Scrapbook, Nov. 1989-April 1990 Box 73 Scrapbooks, 1994, 2005-2006 Daughters of Union Veterans Ancestors Book, Ann Hawkins Gentry Tent #21, Columbia, MO, 1996 Box 74 Scrapbooks 2006-2010 Page 14 of 19
Box 75 Box 76 2008-2009 Christmas 2005 Sept. 1988-March 1989 Feb.-Aug. 2002 Feb.-June 2005 Box 77 Scrapbooks June-Nov. 1989 Christmas 1994 1997 Jan-May 2006 Box 78 Box 79 Box 80 Box 81 Box 82 Box 83 June-Aug 1992 Jan.-June 1993 Nov.-Christmas 2009 Jan.-Sept. 1986 Nov. 1999-June 2000 Aug. trip 2002 June-hristmas 1992 Jan.-Nov. 1999 Christmas 2001-April 2002 2010 Spring-Sept. 1988 2007 Dec. 2010-March 2011 2010 2007 2011 May-Aug. 2011 April-Nov. 2000 June-Nov. 2004 Page 15 of 19
2007-2008 Box 84 Scrapbooks Oct. 1990-Feb. 1991 1991-1992 NW trip 2002 Box 85 1987-1988 1990-1991 1996 Fall 2002 ACCESSION CA6178 Box 86 Box 87 Box 88 Box 89 Box 90 1984-1985 1997 Jan. 2009 Mexico, MO DAR 1983-1984 1986-1987 1989 1991 Paula Harshbarger & Allan Alhouse wedding 2003 Laura McVicker-Wax wedding 1995 (2) 2001 2002 2003 DAR, Mexico MO 2004 2008 Box 91 1983 2006 Assorted correspondence and photos Box 92 1971 wedding album, Maryellen Harshbarger and Wiley McVicker Page 16 of 19
Scrapbooks 2006 Pauline s Books, 1978-1979, May-Dec. 1987 Box 93 Children of the American Revolution, 1978 1976-1977 2005 Assorted correspondence and Mossholder family genealogy Box 94 Pauline s 80th Birthday Assorted photos, 50 th anniversary Grandma, funeral book Children books Assorted photos Box 95 Photo albums 1956, 1957 1977-78, 1979-1980 1999 Mom s 80th birthday party Box 96 Box 97 1951-52, 1953 1966-68, 1970, 1971-72, 1973-75 1980 Hawaii trip 1954-57, 1958-60, 1960-64 1964, 1975-77 1980-81, 1982-83 Box 98 1965-66 Scrapbooks 1993, 2000-2001, 2004 Box 99 Box 100 April-Aug. 2001 2002-Aug. 2003 2010 1998 Page 17 of 19
2010 Assorted photos Box 101 Greeting cards, 1980s-2010s Tourtillot and Mossholder family records and genealogy Box 102 Miscellaneous correspondence Postcards Obituaries and death information Photo album, Pauline Harshbarger s 90th birthday Box 103 Photos, 1900s-2000s Photo albums, 1900s (2) Miscellaneous photos Box 104 (gray box) Greeting cards, 1990s Box 105 (half gray box) Greeting cards, 1990s Miscellaneous Box 106 (oversize) Farm records, 1977-1990 Wills and estate papers, Frances C. and Franklin Marion Harshbarger Calendars with notes on days Chinese embroidery from California ca. 1869 High school class photos, 1944, 1969 Tourtillott, Albert T. Marriage certificate to Hattie E. Welch and military certificates OVERSIZE v. 1-4 Scrapbooks v. 5-7 Mexico, MO DAR scrapbooks, 1978-1988 Package #1 Farm Expenditure Records 1960s-1970s, 1981, 1983-1985, 1988, 1993-1995 AUDIO (Location: Unprocessed A/V) Audio Cassettes (16): Don Harshbarger Lucy Rowe (USE CD COPY) Todd McVicker Raymond and Elenora McVicker, August 1, 1986 (USE CD COPY) Page 18 of 19
Pauline [Harshbarger] (USE CD COPY) Todd Todd, age 2 ½ Don s life story (USE CD COPY) Don Preacher and the Bear, Poor Old Man, limericks: Lady and Tiger, The Centipede (USE CD COPY) Tom Sawyer X-mas 1971 Uncle Glen and X-mas (side a), Bach s organ masterpiece s (side b) Grandpa Mossholder Pauline Wedding of Wiley Ray McVicker and Mary Ellen Harshbarger X-mas 1971 and Dad s poems Page 19 of 19