Scope and Content Note The collection consists of research materials created and compiled as part of Janet Allured's research for her doctoral dissertation, Families, Food and Folklore: Women's Culture in the Post-Bellum Ozarks. Contents include transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Allured; topics discussed by interviewees include farming, transportation, shivarees, and family life. In addition, the collection includes photocopies of printed and manuscript...

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Deeds, tax receipts, and abstracts.

The incomplete set of records contains deeds, tax receipts, abstracts, and other records pertaining to Boone County property from 1873 to 1922. Folder 24 contains miscellaneous receipts for unspecified services rendered by Boone County Abstract.

Scope and Content Note Collection of 256 glossy prints, mostly 8" by 10", made from the photographer’s negatives for Special Collections in the winter of 1980-1981. Subjects include rural schools before and after the WPA construction program and before and after consolidation; farm tenancy and migratory farm labor, many small rural churches and dwellings, including log structures, tenant houses, and sharecroppers’ cabins; and agricultural structures, including many types of chicken houses, barns, and...

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Materials in this collection include minutes books.

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The Williford papers consist primarily of photographs and examples of J.D. Slagle's artwork. A few printed materials and letters are also included. The items have been arranged by document type. Numbers listed after each calendared item are original accession numbers assigned to the documents by the Coos County Historical Society Museum.