Dorsey-Fuqua Family, Collection, 1851-1939 (C3830)

4 folders, 1 oversize volume

INTRODUCTION

The Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence and legal papers concern Jerre S. Dorsey during the Civil War. The miscellaneous papers include memorabilia of Columbia, Missouri, the University of Missouri, and a souvenir of Mark Twain’s 70^th birthday at Delmonico’s in 1905. The volume is an illustrated atlas of Boone County, Missouri, from 1876, with handwritten notations

DONOR INFORMATION

The Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection was donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Margaret Dorsey Fuqua on 24 February 1985 (SHS Accession No. 2554).

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.

• Central Missouri Railway Company
• Christian College, Columbia, Missouri
• Civil War--Correspondence
• Dorsey, J[erry] S[quires]
• Dorsey, Margaret
• Durkee, Dwight
• Fuqua, Margaret Dorsey
• Missouri, Boone County
• Missouri, Columbia
• Slavery, 1858
• Williams, Eliza
• Williams, John Augustus