NewsSeptember 12, 2011
Project to document Mo., Ill. Civil War artifacts
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- A library at Southeast Missouri State University wants to document the whereabouts of letters, journals, diaries, photographs and other original documents dating back to the Civil War. The Special Collections and Archives in Kent Library is conducting a survey of materials housed in places such as libraries, museums and historical societies. It also wants to know what documents people may have stashed in their homes...
The Associated Press
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- A library at Southeast Missouri State University wants to document the whereabouts of letters, journals, diaries, photographs and other original documents dating back to the Civil War.
The Special Collections and Archives in Kent Library is conducting a survey of materials housed in places such as libraries, museums and historical societies. It also wants to know what documents people may have stashed in their homes.
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The survey area includes 19 counties in Missouri and five in Illinois.
Other groups involved in the effort include the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center and the Special Collections Research Center at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
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