Jones - Museum and Historical Society
On this page are articles and a pamphlet relating to the Dorothea B. Hoover Museum of Joplin, Missouri. Also included are some newsletters and articles relating to the Historical Society, as the museum and society have merged.
A pamphlet for the Dorothea B. Hoover museum which lists key exhibits, tour information, and hours open.
A pamphlet for the Dorothea B. Hoover museum which lists key exhibits, tour information, and hours open.
A pamphlet for the Dorothea B. Hoover museum which lists key exhibits, tour information, and hours open.
The Dorothea B. Hoover Museum and its guild will now merge with and be under the Joplin Historical Society.
Includes planning for Joplin’s 96th Birthday celebration. Evelyn Jones is noted as one of the speakers for the meeting.
Newsletter of the 1968 Spring meeting. Mr. And Mrs. Philip Jones are included in the Hosts and Hostesses List.
Includes news of upcoming events for the society and news of what's new at the museum. Also noted are the newly elected officers which includes Philip Jones as Historian.
Discusses the historical museum and its funding as well as the funding of the Historical Homes History brochures. Evelyn Jones is to give the speeches “History of Joplin’s Earliest Schools” and “Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons”.
One of four known versions of this very rare harp-shaped Schimmel-Nelson piano is now at the museum.
This article describes how the museum guild tries to recreate what upper middle class living in the late 1800s would look like.
Over the last three years, the museum has been working on creating a model of a Victorian style home representative of old Joplin homes. The museum is asking for donations to continue the project.
The Dorothea B. Hoover Museum received and will display a portrait of John Sergeant, one of the early developers of Joplin.
Joplin, a Pictorial History is a book sold by the Joplin Genealogical Society which uses pictures to depict the history of Joplin from 1800 to 1978.
Two musicians that have greatly helped Joplin’s music were given special certificates. There was also a small program called “A History of Music in Joplin” that was performed at the celebration.
The Joplin Historical Society sent out invitations to Joplin’s birthday celebration to people with the last name of Joplin nation-wide in an attempt to get the descendants of Joplin’s early founders to attend.
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