Ozark Playgrounds Association Collection: Home

Folder 1: Jim Barrett paper

• “The Ozarks Playground Association” paper
• Written note from Jim Barrett
• “Ozark Playground Region Tri-Lake Souvenir” paper

Folder 2: Ozark Playgrounds Association booklets, pamphlets and maps

• “Playground of the Ozarks” map
• 1951 – “Buyers and Shoppers Guide For Ozark Playgrounds Tourists and Members” pamphlet
• “There’s more to do in Ozark Playgrounds!” booklet
• “Happy Days in the Playgrounds of the Ozarks” booklet
• “The Answer to Every Question: Who? What? Why?” pamphlets about the Ozark Playgrounds Association
• “Is the Tourist Making Good?” Facts presented by the Ozark Playground Association
• “The Fourth Ozark Smile Girl Contest – Rules and Purposes” booklet
• “Happy Days in the Playgrounds of the Ozarks” pamphlet
• 1945 – “Ambassador Playgrounds of the Ozarks” card (2 copies)
• Playgrounds of the Ozarks Area “Poster Stamps”
• 1932 – “Come to Minnesota’s Northern Playground” pamphlet, with note to copy and rewrite

Folder 3: Joplin Photograph

• “Birds Eye View of the City of Joplin 1877” photograph

Folder 4: Photographs

• Marie Kolb, Secretary, Ozark Playground Association at 31^st annual meeting April 18, 1951, Vinita, Oklahoma, Receiving gift from “Frankhoma” by Arthur J. Black, M.C. (3 photographs)
• Lake photograph
• Tom Ayers, Field Director, Ozark Playground Association
• Ralph Coughenour – President OPA Rockaway Beach, O.M. Bishop, Neosho
• “Play in the Ozarks” Publicity Display, Convention in Fort Smith
• “1936 Ozark Smile Girl” photograph, Glenda Marie Smith
• Fishing Photograph
• Boat on Lake (2 photographs)
• 1949 – Convention – Rockaway Beach” photograph, George A. Spiva, Frank Volker, Marie Kolb
• Group photograph with movie camera
• Marie Kolb photograph (5 copies in envelope)

Folder 5: Articles by Marie Kolb

• “Ozark Playgrounds” written note
• “An Ozark – Hillbilly Quiz” article (4 pages)
• “The Ozarks: A Subject for Writers” newspaper article
• July 1932 – “’Behind the Scenes’ In the Ozarks” article (2 pages)
• April 1947 – “Sports Review” magazine
• June 1953 – The Ozark Mountaineer Vol. 1, No. 12, “History of Ozark Playgrounds Association” article
• 1954 – “Ozark Playgrounds Association” ad

Folder 6: Marie A. Kolb letters and papers

• Sept. 2, 1926 – letter from Marie Kolb
• Sept. 2, 1936 – letter from Ed
• Photographs in envelope
• “Marie A. Kolb” papers (3 pages)
• “Bill of Sale” paper
• Sept. 28, 1936 – letter to Marie A. Kolb
• Paper about Biddie Alton
• Written notes (3 pages)
• “Questions for Miss Kolb” paper
• “Questions” rough draft
• “M.K. Ozark Playground Assn.” paper (2 pages)
• 1930 – “Ozark Playground Association” paper (3 pages)
• Oct. 10, 1939 – letter photocopies (2 copies)
• Aug. 26, 1969 – letter to Miss Kolb from Robert Markman
• Written notes (2 pages)
• “Out of the Bureau Drawers” letter and birthday card (in envelope)

Folder 7: Flaming Fall Revue

• Nov. 7-9, 1933 – “Ozarks Flaming Fall Revue: Map and Schedule” pamphlet
• “Ozark Playgrounds Association Flaming Fall Revue Contest” paper
• 1938 – “Ozark Playgrounds Association: Flaming Fall Revue Poetry and Essay Contest – A True Story” paper

Folder 8: Joplin, Missouri booklets

• “History and Development” booklet
• Sept. 29, 1940 – “The 50^th Anniversary” booklet

Folder 9: Miscellaneous documents

• Miniatures
  • “New York Times” miniature newspaper
  • Jan. 4, 1883 – “Life: issued every Thursday” booklet
  • Aug. 4, 1895 – “Young Peoples Weekly” miniature newspaper
  • April 1, 1940 – “Life” miniature magazine
  • Jan. 4, 1883 – “Life: Issued every Thursday” booklet
• “Hardscrabble Country Club” score card
• “The Chamber of Commerce ‘Workshop’” newspaper clipping
• Oct. 28-29, 1939 – “Annual Pilgrimage of the Ozark Writers & Authors Guild” program
• 1933-1934 – “The Theatre Division of The Fine Arts League presents ‘Hell Bent For Heaven’ A Pulitzer Prize Play” program
• May 23, 1941 – “The Mears Newz” pamphlet
• March 26, 1954 – “Programme” Memorial Hall, Joplin, Sponsored by Over 50 Club Building Fund, Old Fiddlers Contest, Square Dance
• “Grace Moore” flyer, Memorial Hall, Joplin, Missouri
•  “The Caxton Printers” paper
• “The American Tobacco Company” paper
• “OPA Honors ‘Ollie’ Oliver At Meeting in Springdale” newspaper clipping
• Aug. 23, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “208 Advisory Group Plans Water Pollution Meeting” newspaper clipping
• Jan. 4, 1800 – “Ulster County Gazette,” Supplement to the Neosho Daily News, newspaper reproduction

Folder 10: Newspaper Clippings

• “Look to the Hills for Best Flower Show” newspaper clipping
• “Is This ‘Blackberry Winter’? We Don’t Know; Experts Are Disagreed” newspaper clipping
• “Harold Bell Wright Writes Mrs. Spurlock About Her Book” newspaper clipping
• “Flower Show in the Ozarks” newspaper clipping
• “Noted Negro Scientist to Visit Birthplace Near Diamond, MO.” newspaper clipping
• “Would Mark Historic Spots in Barry County” newspaper clipping
• “Two Joplin Women Win National Fame” newspaper clipping
• “Dawt Mill” magazine clipping
• “Grace Moore Arrives for Joplin Concert” newspaper clipping
• “Such a Summer” newspaper clipping
• “Glorious Voice of Grace Moore Delights Large Audience at Hall” newspaper clipping
• “Before the War” newspaper clipping
• “Singer Escapes Mishap” newspaper clipping
• Jan. 8, 1937 – “Formation of Ozarks Told” newspaper clipping
• Nov. 4, 1937 – “Grace Moore Calm As Tire Blows Out On Speeding Car” newspaper clipping
• Nov. 22, 1937 – Joplin News, “Grace Moore Arrives for Concert Here; Finds Happiness in Others’ Enjoyment
• Nov. 23, 1937 – Joplin Globe, “Grace Moore, Noted Singer, Will Appear in Concert Here Tonight” newspaper clipping
• June 2, 1939 – Photograph
• June 6, 1940 – “Three More Noted Writers in County” newspaper clipping
• Feb. 16, 1968 – Joplin Globe, “Ozark Playgrounds Group Commended by Legislature” newspaper clipping
• June 13, 1971 – “Angling in the Archives” newspaper clipping
• Jan. 27, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “Pottering Around” newspaper clipping
• June 30, 1977 – Pottering Around” newspaper clipping
• July 30, 1978 – “He Didn’t Own A Home Radio When He Was Made President of WMBH” newspaper clipping

Folder 11: Newspaper Clippings

• “As business records bulge, archival services blossom” newspaper clipping
• “Nation’s Notables Are ‘Panned’ by Will Rogers – Sage of Claremore Keeps Large Crowd in Uproar” newspaper clipping
• “Miss Elaine Arendale of Springdale, Arkansas, Ozark Smile Girl and Mayor Arthur C. Maher and Ozark Playground officials” newspaper clipping
• “Columbia Chain Broadcast Will Feature Joplin” newspaper clipping
• “Gracious Living in the Ozark Playgrounds: Many Who Come to Play, Stay to Build” by Marie Kolb, Executive Secretary, Ozark Playgrounds Association, newspaper clipping
• May 12, 1934 – “Art Exhibit Opens Monday at Library” newspaper clipping
• July 10, 1939 – Rogers Ark. News – “Ediscope” newspaper clipping
• Sept. 25, 1940 – The Joplin Globe, “Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood” newspaper clipping
• April 14, 1945 – The Joplin Globe, “With Our Service Forces – 26 war casualties include 4 of Joplin; Allied Armies Push forward in Italy” newspaper clipping
• June 8, 1947 – The New York Times, “The Rugged Ozarks” newspaper clipping
• Sept. 15, 1950 – “May Will Leave Prison Next Monday” newspaper clipping
• Nov. 23, 1969 – The Joplin Globe, “OPA Plans” newspaper clipping
• Dec. 2, 1973 – The Joplin Globe, “Angling in the…: News of Half Century” newspaper clipping
• June 23. 1974 – The Joplin Globe, “Kewpie Doll Collecting Grows in Popularity” newspaper clipping
• May 29, 1975 – The Joplin Globe, “Joplin Deaths: G. Tom Ayes, Former OPA Director, Dies” newspaper clipping
• Nov. 21, 1976 – “Angling in the Archives” newspaper clipping
• Jan. 4, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “Maynard Durham (was field Rep. for several years)” newspaper clipping
• March 13, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “Angling in the Archives” newspaper clipping
• March 23, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “Southern at Mizzou For Twin-Bill Today; Life of Monte Ne’s Creator One of Fame and Frustration” newspaper clipping
• March 24, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “By Texas Couple…Monte Ne Restoration Planned” newspaper clipping
• April 2, 1977 – “Prominent Miami Civic Leader Dies After Long Illness” newspaper clipping
• April 23, 1977 – “State Historian Recommends Connor Remains on Register” newspaper clipping
• July 11, 1977 – The Joplin Globe, “Annual Renewal of Jesse James Days Scheduled July 14-19” newspaper clipping
• “Ideas for Feature Stories, Ozarks” Envelope
  • Written notes (13 pages)
  • “Spurlock Book” newspaper clipping
  • “Mrs. Pearl Spurlock Booster for Region” newspaper clipping
  • “Butterflies Her Hobby” newspaper clipping
  • “At The Churches” newspaper clipping
  • “Miss Shepherd’s Work is Shown in Magazine” newspaper clipping
  • “To Preserve Early History of Section” newspaper clipping
  • “Reservoir Breaks” newspaper clipping
  • “Historic Marker Suggested for Tragic ‘Trail of Tears’ When Indians Left State” newspaper clipping
  • “Bottle Collector Attracts Attention by Unusual Display” newspaper clipping
  • “Mary Barnsley is Magazine Writer” newspaper clipping
  • “Rosa Z. Marinoni in 1933 Line Book” newspaper clipping
  • “Visitors at the Chicago World’s Fair from Neosho and Newton County” newspaper clipping
  • “New Ozark Novel” Newspaper clipping
  • “Landscape Painter Would Come Here; Writes To Field” newspaper clipping
  • “Bouquet for Walter Williams” newspaper clipping
  • “Local Poet To Write New Book’s Preface” newspaper clipping
  • “Installation of new officers” newspaper clipping
  • “Voice of the People” newspaper clipping
  • “Sad Stories from the Ozarks” newspaper clipping
  • “Fair Sidelights” newspaper clipping
  • “Marinoni Returns From Summer in East” newspaper clipping
  • “Other Points” newspaper clipping
  • “So Hollywood is Shown” newspaper clipping
  • “Humansville Good Town to be from” newspaper clipping
  • “Mrs. Frances Jacobi Heads Writers’ Guild” newspaper clipping
  • “Halsell Name On Memorial Commission” newspaper clipping
  • “Ozark Moon Writer Brings Out Volume Of Reprint Verse” newspaper clipping
  • “Shorter Railroad?” newspaper clipping
  • “Local Writer Author of Liberty ‘Shorts’” newspaper clipping
  • “Noted Arkansas Flier Visiting in Chicago” newspaper clipping
  • “Head of Hillcrofters” newspaper clipping
  • “Mrs. Marinoni Will Be Guest of Honor” newspaper clipping
  • “Marie Morris Rushing Has Poems Published, is ‘Moon’ Writer” newspaper clipping
  • “May Kennedy McCord Will Be Guest Speaker at W.R.B. League” newspaper clipping
  • “Chas. Morrow Wilson On the ‘Post’ Staff; Guest Here Few Days” newspaper clipping
  • “Ozark Writer to Hold Meeting” newspaper clipping
  • “Side Show” newspaper clipping
  • “Worlds Fairs’ Canes Will Be Made Here” newspaper clipping
  •  Rogers, “Casual Acquaintance Interests Nebraskan in Arkansas Ozarks” newspaper clipping
  • “Joplin Gets Pitcher From Arkansas Loop” newspaper clipping
  • “Writers of Ozarks Get Works Published” newspaper clipping
  • “Native of Lawrence County Gains World Recognition as Scientist” newspaper clipping
  • “Colorful Garb Predicted for Men” newspaper clipping
  • “Mrs. Kite To Lecture at Stephens College Next Week” newspaper clipping
  • “Locally Designed Linen ‘To Sail 7 Seas,’ Shown Here” newspaper clipping
  • “Book is Published By Mrs. Louise Thaden” newspaper clipping
  • “Charles J. Finger Honored Friday” newspaper clipping
  • “Chars. M. Wilson Here for Month; Writing Yell Life” newspaper clipping
  • “An Ozarks Columnist” newspaper clipping
  • “State Penal Board” newspaper clipping
  • “Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starr Announce Engagement of Mr. Starr’s Daughter” newspaper clipping
  • “’Personalities’ to be New Kuou Feature” newspaper clipping
  • “Mrs. Marinoni To Speak Here” newspaper clipping
  • “Baskets of Avoca Woman to go to London” newspaper clipping
  • “Dean Gray Defends Ozark Farm Lands” newspaper clipping
  • “To Study the Ozarks” newspaper clipping
  • “Book by Mrs. Marinoni, Who Will Speak Here Soon, Now in Library” newspaper clipping
  • “Novelist Catherine Brody Off for New York Today” newspaper clipping
  • “Missouri Literature at Ozarks Festival” newspaper clipping
  •  “The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University” booklet
  • 1950 Construction  Put at 30 Billion” newspaper clipping
  • Aug. 30, 1926 – written notes (5 pages)
  • Oct. 4, 1932 – “Huntsville Women Observes 100^th Birthday Today” newspaper clipping
  • Feb. 7, 1934 – “Edward Stone Designs $60,000 House” newspaper clipping
  • 1935 – “May Kennedy McCord is an Authority on Ozarkian Folklore and Folk Music” newspaper clipping
  • June 18, 1934 – “Highways and Natural Beauty” newspaper clipping
  • Jan. 3, 1935 – “Mrs. Ada Check Succumbs to Pneumonia attack” newspaper clipping
  • March 24, 1935 – “Radio Poet Plans Bar D Publication; Visits Fayetteville” newspaper clipping
  • Aug. 5, 1935 – “France Takes Its Food Seriously” newspaper clipping
  • 1936 – “Springdale Girl ‘Bosses’ Ads For World’s Big Store” newspaper clipping
  • Sept. 13, 1936 – “Word Wisdom” newspaper clipping
  • Nov. 18, 1936 – “Tulsa Games Will Not Be Transferred” newspaper clipping
  • June 29, 1938 – “Ozark Scene, Hillbilly Dolls At Hot Springs for Nat’l Frat Meet” newspaper clipping
  • Nov. 4, 1938 – The Winslow American, “’The Wimmin Folks’ of Boston Mountain Range of the Arkansas Ozarks” newspaper clipping
  • Dec. 15, 1938 – Fayetteville, “J. Duard Marshall Has Art Exhibition in Kansas City” newspaper clipping
  • 1939 – “Plain Tales from the Ozarks” newspaper clipping
  • Feb. 4, 1939 – “Vance Randolph Studies Advertiser File ‘Ballads’” newspaper clipping
  • Feb. 30, 1939 – Fayetteville, “Book of Poems by Mary A. Davis To Be Published” newspaper clipping
  • May 10, 1939 – Joplin Globe, “Carl R. Gray, 71, is Fatally Stricken” newspaper clipping
  • Aug. 1, 1939 – “Noted Negro Scientist to Visit Birthplace Near Diamond, MO.” newspaper clipping
  • Oct. 29, 1939 – Arkansas Gazelle, “Rhodes Scholars From Arkansas” newspaper clipping
  • Dec. 10, 1939 – Arkansas Gazelle, “Interesting Arkansas People” newspaper clipping
  • Dec. 10, 1939 – Arkansas Gazelle, “On a Controversial Subject” newspaper clipping
  • July 14, 1940 – The Joplin Globe, “Ozark becomes Home of Louis Zara, Noted Novelist, Three Young Songs Having the ‘Time of Their Lives’” newspaper clipping

• "Miss Elaine Arendale" newspaper clipping, May 19, 1935 & photograph
• 1930 Smile Girl Good Will Tour photographs