St. Louis Safety Club

Betty Baron was an active member of her community working with a variety of clubs. This collection takes a trip through her scrapbooks looking at her time in the Saint Louis Safety Club. With the slogan "Safety, First, Last, Always" the Safety Club focused on providing lectures informing women in their community how to prevent danger on the road and in the home.

International Piano Competition Collection

Started in 1987 by Vivian León this competition offered 20 years of musical prowess by pianists between the ages of 9 and 30 from around the world. Competitors chosen received the chance to visit the Missouri Southern campus, network with other musicians, and compete for cash prizes as well as a chance to play at New York's Carnegie Hall.

Smaller Archival Collections

Explore some of the smaller archival collection in the Missouri Southern State University's Special Collections with student intern, Kyleigh Mason.

Spiva Center for the Arts Collection

Spiva Center for the Arts is an art gallery based in Joplin, Missouri. The gallery was located on the campus of Missouri Southern State College, now Missouri Southern State University, when the university first opened at its current location in 1967. The gallery has exhibited multiple popular exhibitions and has fostered a strong relationship with the community and MSSU throughout the years.

Daniel R. Stewart Collection

Daniel R. Stewart (b.1913-d.2006) worked as a geologist and geophysicist in the Tri-State District, the zinc and lead mining area of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, for over 21 years. He was associated with American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company and was also the district manager for the Tri-State District.

ABBC Coterie Scrapbook Collection

The ABBC Coterie was founded in 1939 by Betty Baron and three of her friends she met in an English class. Originally, the ABBC Coterie was created for women to gather to study English and Parliamentary Law; however, as WWII began, the ABBC Coterie found themselves dedicated to providing entertainment and resources to the servicemen in the war.

Charles W. Wilkerson Collection

A Springfield, Missouri native, Charles W. Wilkerson helped found the International Molders’ and Foundry Workers Union of North America after being fired from multiple jobs for being a "union agitator." He worked as an officer of the Union from 1906 through his death in 1950.

Eric Hawkins Collection

Eric Hawkins was the Managing Editor of the Paris Herald for 36 years beginning his career in 1924 and ending in 1960. The Eric Hawkins Collection consists of photographs, newspapers, letters, and other documents from his career at the Paris Herald Tribune.

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