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Special Collections, SC#13, Ozark Playgrounds Association. Papers, photographs and newspaper clippings dealing with the Ozark Playgrounds Association from 1928 to 1977. The association promoted tourism in the Ozarks region.
Collection Information
Collection Number: SC#13
Title:
Ozark Playgrounds Association Collection
Dates:
1800s, 1928-1977
Collection Size:
1 Box
Scope and Content
Papers, photographs and newspaper clippings dealing with the Ozark Playground Association from 1928 to 1977. The association promoted tourism in the Ozarks region.
Creator(s)
Ozark Playground Association
The Joplin Globe
Rogers Arkansas News
Arkansas Gazette
Acquisition Information
Donated by Marie Kolb in 1979 and 1981. "The Ozarks Playground Association" history paper donated by James F. Barrett in 2005.
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 31st 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 50th 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
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
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
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
Back of Box – Scrapbook pages
"Miss Elaine Arendale" newspaper clipping, May 19, 1935 & photograph