Ethel Massie Withers, Scrapbook, ca. 1916 (C1440)

.3 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The Ethel Massie Withers Scrapbook is an album of photographic copies of lantern slides used to illustrate the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution lecture, APioneering in Missouri,@ 1916. The scrapbook also includes a copy of the lecture, written by Ethel Massie Withers, with explanations of the photographs. The lantern slides are located in the Editorial Department of the State Historical Society of Missouri.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Withers scrapbook was donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Ethel Massie Withers, c. 1917.

BACKGROUND

The lantern slide lecture Pioneering in Missouri was sponsored by the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution. Its purpose was to arouse a greater interest in Missouri history. Ethel Massie Withers was the State Historian of the Missouri DAR when she wrote the lecture and gathered the slides to illustrate it. Local chapters of the DAR financially assisted the creation of the lecture.

The lecture and its 175 lantern slides were deposited with the State Historical Society of Missouri which could then loan it to clubs, schools, and public gatherings for the cost of postage and any loss due to breakage. The lantern slides are located in the Editorial Department of the State Historical Society of Missouri.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Ethel Massie Withers Scrapbook consists of a copy of the lecture Pioneering in Missouri and 210 photographs. The photographs have been removed from the scrapbook for conservation purposes and are arranged in the order that they appeared in the lecture. Six photographs are missing: #87, 109-111, 141 and 142. At the end of the scrapbook were photographs that were not part of the lecture although they relate to the theme of pioneering in Missouri.

The photographs depict historic sites in the earliest settlements and along the primary settlement trails of the state. There are also pictures of various DAR groups at the dedication of markers commemorating historic sites throughout the state.

At the beginning of the lecture is a list describing the photographs used in the lecture. A copy of the list follows this inventory.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1Pioneering in Missouri, 1916
f. 2Photographs, #1-20
f. 3Photographs, #21-40
f. 4Photographs, #41-60
f. 5Photographs, #61-80
f. 6Photographs, #81-100 (#87 missing)
f. 7Photographs, #101-120 (#109-111 missing)
f. 8Photographs, #121-140
f. 9Photographs, #143-160 (#141-142 missing)
f. 10Photographs, #161-180
f. 11Photographs, #181-200
f. 12Photographs, #201-211

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Covered bridges
  • Covered bridges, Fairfield, Missouri
  • Covered bridges, Linn County, Missouri
  • Covered bridges, Livingston County, Missouri
  • Cross Keys Tavern, Jonesburg, Missouri
  • Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Davis, Albert Gallatin
  • Doorman family, Clinton, Missouri
  • Fences
  • Fire fighters, Volunteer, St. Louis, 1848
  • Flags, Missouri
  • Floods, Missouri, Cape Girardeau, 1916
  • Fort Charles, St. Louis, MO
  • Fort Pike, Clark County
  • Fox hunting, c. 1916
  • Frontier & pioneer life--Missouri
  • Furniture, 1830s
  • Grand River College, Edinburgh, MO
  • Hair & hairdressing, 1910s
  • Heald, Rebecca Wells
  • Henderson, Billy--House, Boone County, MO
  • Historic buildings--Missouri
  • Historic sites
  • Houses
  • Houses--Missouri,
  • Houses--Missouri, Boone County
  • Houses--Missouri, Cape Girardeau
  • Houses--Missouri, Clinton
  • Houses--Missouri, Farmington
  • Houses--Missouri, Frankfort
  • Houses--Missouri, Hannibal
  • Houses--Missouri, Henry County
  • Houses--Missouri, Lafayette County
  • Houses--Missouri, Moberly
  • Houses--Missouri, Saline County
  • Houses--Missouri, St. Charles
  • Houses--Missouri, St. Joseph
  • Houses--Missouri, St. Louis
  • Houses--Missouri, St. Louis County
  • Houses--Missouri, Ste. Genevieve
  • Houses--Missouri, Windsor
  • Hubble, William
  • Indians
  • Interior decoration, 1830s
  • Jackson's Mill, Henry County, MO
  • Jewett Norris Library, Trenton, MO
  • Lewis, William
  • Library buildings
  • Lindenwood College, St. Charles, MO
  • Locust Creek, Linn County, MO
  • Log cabins
  • Looms
  • Maps, Missouri Transportation
  • Marmaton River
  • Maryville State Normal School, Missouri
  • McGee College, College Mound, Marion County, MO
  • McKendree Chapel, Cape Girardeau County, MO
  • Mills & millwork
  • Miners
  • Mining & mineral resources--Missouri, Webb City
  • Mississippi River
  • Missouri Hotel, St. Louis
  • Missouri River
  • Missouri, Arrow Rock
  • Missouri, Brookfield
  • Missouri, Canton
  • Missouri, Cape Girardeau
  • Missouri, Clay County
  • Missouri, Farmington
  • Missouri, Frankfort
  • Missouri, Hamilton, 1855
  • Missouri, Hannibal
  • Missouri, Henry County
  • Missouri, Henry County. Courthouse, 1831
  • Missouri, History
  • Missouri, Independence
  • Missouri, Jackson County. Courthouse, 1845
  • Missouri, Jasper County. Courthouse
  • Missouri, Johnson County. Courthouse
  • Missouri, Kansas City
  • Missouri, Lexington. Courthouse
  • Missouri, Liberty
  • Missouri, Liberty. Courthouse
  • Missouri, Louisiana
  • Missouri, Sikeston
  • Missouri, St. Charles
  • Missouri, St. Charles, Courthouse
  • Missouri, St. Joseph
  • Missouri, St. Louis
  • Missouri, St. Louis County
  • Missouri, St. Louis Courthouse
  • Missouri, St. Louis, Bird's eye view, 1848
  • Missouri, Ste. Genevieve
  • Missouri, Webb City, Lakeside Park
  • Missouri, Westport
  • Missouri. Capitol, St. Charles
  • Missouri. Capitol--Construction
  • Missouri. Flag
  • Old Cathedral, St. Louis, MO
  • Osage River
  • Parks
  • Withers, Ethel Massie