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Veterans History Project: Veteran Interview Links A-Z

Special Collections, SC#141, Missouri Southern State University began actively collecting the personal accounts of veterans for the Veterans History Project in 2005 with a call for veterans to participate. This effort would be continued by former faculty

A-Z Links

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N-O P-Q R S T-V W-Z

Collection Inventory A

Box 1

Veterans History Project Field Kit and other promotional documents
Education Digest DVD – Interview with Robert Markman and Ed Neer about the Veterans History Project at Missouri Southern

Abbott, George (Bob) R. – Baxter Springs, Kansas – Interview Date: April 9, 2006
Abrams, Benjamin – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/4/2008 (Powers Museum)
Adams, Elizabeth Ann – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/30/2013 (Powers Museum)
no link
Aldridge, Jonathan
Allen, Kenneth Eugene – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: August 11, 2005
Anderson, Charles Arthur – Ballwin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/23/2008 (Powers Museum)
Anderson, Larry Michael – Granby, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/6/2007 (Powers Museum)
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Anderson, Roy D. – Ballwin, Missouri – Interview Date: February 15, 2006
Arner, Edwin L. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/23/2007 (Powers Museum)
Arner, Glenda Kay – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/20/2007 (Powers Museum)
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Artym, Rocky Maxwell – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/11/2012 (Powers Museum)
Atkerson, George R. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/30/2005 (Powers Museum)
Ayshford, Arthur Thomas – Portsmouth, England – Interview Date: March 8, 2005
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Collection Inventory B

Baldridge, George Crocker – Carl Junction, Missouri - Interview Date: June 1, 2009
no link
Barker, Earon Elton – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/30/2011 (Powers Museum)
Barker, Joe G. – Afton, Oklahoma – Interview Date: March 23, 2006
no link
Batchelor, Gary L. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/21/2008 (Powers Museum)
no link
Baugh, Dick M. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/29/2007 (Powers Museum)
no link
Beadell, Albert Eleazar – Fort Scott, Missouri - 2nd Interview Date Unknown
Beadell, Albert Eleazar – Fort Scott, Missouri – 1st Interview Date: November 16, 2006
Bearskin, Leaford – Wyandotte, Oklahoma – Interview Date: April 25, 2007
Beaver, Ferman Charles – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/25/2006 (Powers Museum)
no link
Belk, Howard Michael – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/24/2008 (Powers Museum)
Bennett, Gary D. – Goodman, Missouri – Interview Date: December 8, 2006
Bennett, Jeremy - Oklahoma - Interview Date Unknown
Bennett, John Richard – Jasper, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/13/2008 (Powers Museum)
Benson, Arnold Lawrence – Jasper, Missouri – Interview Date: December 6, 2008
Benson, Bruce M. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 8/28/2008 (Powers Museum)
Berger, Joseph – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: September 11, 2007
Berryhill, Loyal L. – Jasper, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/29/2010 (Powers Museum)
Bewick, Thomas Wayne – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/4/2007 (Powers Museum))
Bilke, James L. – Baxter Springs, Kansas - Interview Date: April 10, 2006
Blackford, Eugene L. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/17/2009 (Powers Museum)
Blackraven, R. Stoney – Carl Junction – Interview Date: 3/15/2007 (Powers Museum)
Bonitt, Edward John – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: October 18, 2005
Boots, Robert A. – Tulsa, Oklahoma – Interview Date: 4/27/2006 (Powers Museum)
Borg, Nan – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 9/14/2006 (Powers Museum)
Borjas, Richard Robert – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/9/2008 (Powers Museum)
Borror, Calvin Ansley – Wichita, Kansas – Interview Date: February 11, 2006
Bottom, Paul W. – no biography – Interview Date: 2005 (Branson Veterans Task Force)
Bottom, Paul W. – no biography – Interview Date: 2005 (Powers Museum)
Bourne, Frederick Alexander – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: September 23, 2006
Bowman, Gerald W. – Parsons, Kansas – Interview Date: June 28, 2007
Boyd, Allen Kingsley – Independence, Kansas – Interview Date: 3/6/2011 (Powers Museum)
Boydston, Dale Edward – Duenweg, Missouri – Interview Date: October 16, 2005
Bright, Gary D. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/17/2010 (Powers Museum)
Brooks, Stephen Ray – Nevada, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/24/2010 (Powers Museum))
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Brown, Donald W. – Clever, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/19/2009 (Powers Museum)
Buck, Edwin A. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 9/4/2006 (Powers Museum)
Buckmaster, Larry – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: March 18, 2006
Buckmaster, Roberta – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: March 18, 2006
Burke, Jeffrey David – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/28/2007 (Powers Museum)
Burt, Charles Flavius (Jr.) – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: October 18, 2005
Butler, Blondie – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/22/2012 (Powers Museum)
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Butler, Paul Thurman – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: January 10, 2006

Collection Inventory C

Cable, Robert Curtis – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 11, 2005
Cargile, Bobby Joe – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: September 18, 2005
Carroll, Harry K. – Springfield, Missouri – Interview Date 10/9/2007 (Powers Museum)
Carter, Boyd J. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/25/2006 (Powers Museum)
Cartwright, Riley Don – Parsons Kansas - Interview Date: December 19, 2006
Caskey, Charles G. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: February 10, 2006
Casteel, Herbert C. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/29/2005 (Powers Museum)
Chase, Ned B. (Jr.) – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: June 27, 2005
Choate, Richard A. – Lamar, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/17/2012 (Powers Museum)
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Chrisman, Raimonde Barkley – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 9/27/2007 (Powers Museum)
Chrisman, Raimonde Barkley – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 9/27/2007 (Roy Blunt)
Chrisman, Raimonde Barkley – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: December 7, 2005
Clarke, Gerald Estel – Wentzville, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/2/2011 (Powers Museum)
Clementir, Jonathan B. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: September 20, 2009
Close, Robert D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/15/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Close, Robert D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/15/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Coates, Gary Vernon - Carthage Missouri – Interview Date: 3/20/2008 (Powers Museum)
no link
Cobaugh, Jerry Wayne (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/15/2010 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Cobaugh, Jerry Wayne (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/15/2010 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Coffman, Ronald L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/6/2010 (Powers Museum)
Colgan, Anthony(Tony) Bernard – Liss, England – Interview Date: August 9, 2005
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Collard, Arthur Eugene – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/20/2007 (Powers Museum)
Combs, Loyd Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: May 22, 2007
Conrad, Leland D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/7/2007 (Powers Museum)
Conrow, Roy (Pete) – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 8/15/2007 (Powers Museum)
Cook, James Grant – Columbus, Kansas – Interview Date: 10/22/2007 (James Cook)
Cook, James Grant – Columbus, Kansas – Interview Date: 10/22/2007 (Powers Museum)
Cook, Nathan E. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/9/2008 (Powers Museum)
Cooper, Everett E. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 8/7/2006 (Powers Museum)
Corcoran, Eric Lane – Anderson, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/11/2007 (Powers Museum)
Coulter (Maiden Name: Morris), Margaret Maria – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: June 8, 2006
no link
Coulter, Theodore F. – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: July 8, 2006
Cousatte, Tim D. – Miami, Oklahoma – Interview Date: 10/15/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Crooks, Leonidas M. – Parsons, Kansas – Interview Date: June 23, 2007
Crum, Raleigh E. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/1/2006 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory D

Dagenett, Kenneth Eugene – Commerce, Oklahoma – Interview Date: January 8, 2008
no link
Dahl, Douglas – Carthage, Missouri- Interview Date: 12/1/2013 (Powers Museum)
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Daily, William Roy & Daily (Maiden Reisenlighter), Marilyn R. – Seymour, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/2/2006 (Powers Museum)
Davis, Alan Anthony – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2007 (Powers Museum)
Davis, Robert G. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/4/2007 (Powers Museum)
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Dearing, George E. and Hariet – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/21/2006 (Powers Museum)
Decker, Bruce Adam – Oronogo, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/22/2011 (Powers Museum)
DeGraff, Elmer H. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/22/2007 (Powers Museum)
Delmont, Zachariah Benjamin - Missouri - Interview Date Unknown
Dement, Richard L. – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/24/2008 (Powers Museum)
no link
Deonier, Roy Ray – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: October 12, 2005
Deremo, Herbert Leland – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: July 1, 2005
Dewitt, Keith Gabee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: August 24, 2005
Dickerson, Robert Marshall – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2013 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Dickerson, Robert Marshall – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2013 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Dingman, Jordan Lee – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/1/2013 (Powers Museum)
Dixon, Joe Alex – Hot Springs, Arkansas – Interview Date: September 25, 2010
Dobbins, Perry H. – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview Date: April 11, 2011
no link
Duensing, Elmer Louis – Marysville, Kansas – Interview Date: 1/19/2009 (Powers Museum)
Duff, George Rogers - Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: April 1, 2019
no link
Duley, William Francis – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview: April 11, 2011
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Duncan, Lance Logan – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/20/2012 (Powers Museum)
Dunlap, Charles Ray – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/15/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Dunlap, Charles Ray – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/15/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 2)

Collection Inventory E

Collection Inventory F

Fairleigh, Darrell Lee – Ft. Gordon, Georgia – Interview Date: 2/16/2009 (Powers Museum)
Farris, Albert Mack – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: March 7, 2011
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Feingold, Justin - Missouri - Interview Date Unknown
Ferguson, Lura Basil – Pierce City, Missouri – Interview Date: October 28, 2005
Ferguson, Richard Frazer – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: June 22, 2005
Ferguson, Ronald P. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/3/2006 (Powers Museum)
Fix, Eugene – Kirkwood, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/25/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Fleming, Richard Burbank – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview Date: November 16, 2006
Fletcher, James Dennis – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2011 (Powers Museum)
Foster, Floyd Edward – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: April 16, 2008
Frazier, James Ralph – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 30, 2005
Freeman, John Warren – Joplin, Missouri - Interview Date: February 18, 2006
Freitas, Michael – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/9/2007 (Powers Museum)
French, Robert “Bob” Allen – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: December 2, 2009
Frerer, Joseph L. (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/30/2008 (Powers Museum)
Frost, Marvin W. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/22/2008 (Powers Museum)
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Fuller, Dick Diaz – Fairland, Oklahoma – Interview Date: 10/12/2007 (Powers Museum)
Furry, John Holland – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/7/2008 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory G

Gabriel, Melvin Emanual – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: October 23, 2005
Gaddey, James M. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/24/2006 (Powers Museum)
Gann, James Porter (Jr.) – Lanagan, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/18/2013 (Powers Museum)
Garber, Thomas Raymond – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/19/2008 (Powers Museum)
Garbet, Charles Aaron - Missouri - Interview Date Unknown
George, Cecil Lloyd – Miami, Oklahoma – Interview Date: March 6, 2008
no link
Giannakopoulos, Adam – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 25, 2005
Gibson, Chester L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: November 3, 2005
Gilbert, James Elroy – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: March 18, 2010
Glover, Max H. – Webb City – Interview Date: 10/16/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Glover, Max H. – Webb City – Interview Date: 10/16/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Goddard, Earl W. – Duenweg, Missouri – Interview Date: December 8, 2006
Goettel, Kenneth Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/9/2008 (Powers Museum)
Gollhofer, Victor Leroy – Sarcoxie, Missouri – Interview Date: August 17, 2005
Goodbary, Edgar R. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/20/2006 (Powers Museum)
Goodnight, Carl L.- Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/20/2009 (Powers Museum)
Gordon, Richard K. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 9,15/2006 (Powers Museum)
Gossett, Norm – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/12/2006 (Powers Museum)
Grantham, Mitchell Shane – Missouri – Interview Date: 2014
Gray, Gloria – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 8/8/2007 (Powers Museum)
Gray, John T. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 7/17/2007 (Powers Museum)
Grayson, Daphne L. – Aurora, Missouri – Interview Date: October 20, 2008
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Greenlee, Kenneth Lee – Sarcoxie, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2007 (Powers Museum)
Gregg, Robert L. – Oronogo, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/17/2007 (Powers Museum)
Griffey, Louie W. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/9/2007 (Powers Museum)
no link
Griffith, Bill Henry – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/24/2008 (Powers Museum)
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Grundy, Edwin L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/13/2007 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory H

Hager, Ivan L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/23/2006 (Powers Museum)
Hamm, Alfred John – Goodman, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/8/2007 (Powers Museum)
Hammond, George Vernon (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
Harder, Henry Louis – Tulsa Oklahoma – Interview Date: October 25, 2010
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Hartley, Jim – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/17/2006 (Powers Museum)
Hartman, William A. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/23/2006 (Powers Museum)
Hayes, Michael Wayne- Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: April 4, 2013
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Heath, Loren – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/1/2006 (Powers Museum)
Henry, Arley Dale – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/7/2011 (Powers Museum)
Henry, Bryce Pete – Jasper, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Henry, George A. – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: November 25, 2005
Henry, Mahlon E. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 17, 2006
Hensley, Joseph B. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/2/2009 (Powers Museum)
Henson, Wiley J. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/12/2006 (Powers Museum)
Hevel, Louis Ray – Parsons, Kansas – Interview Date: May 23, 2007
Hibbs, Edward Franklin – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 8/3/2006 (Powers Museum)
Hickey, Lawrence – Joplin Missouri – Interview Date: June 1, 2010
Hilton, Thurman – Granby, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2011 (Powers Museum)
Hocker, Daniel LeRoy – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: February 10, 2006
Hodges, Jeremy Gene – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: August 10, 2010
Hoffman, William F. (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/15/2007 (Powers Museum)
Holdeman, W.(Bill) R. – Marion, Kansas – Interview Date: 1/20/2007 (Powers Museum)
Holden, Bill Roy – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: August 11, 2005
Hopper, Randy Lee – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/22/2008 (Powers Museum)
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Horrell, Mark A. (Sr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/19/2011 (Powers Museum)
Houck, Elmer Thomas – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: November 6, 2005
Hubbard (maiden: Wright), Helen C. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/28/2005 (Powers Museum)
Hudiburg, George E. – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview Date: June 23 2006
Huggins, Gordon Elliot (Sr.) – Parsons, Kansas – Interview Date: November 9, 2006
Huggins, Shirley Bumgarner – Parsons, Kansas – Interview Date: December 12, 2006
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Hughes, Max Edwin – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/15/2007 (Powers Museum)
Hulen, Walter Chester – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: September 30, 2005
Hunt, Myles Westley – Troy, Illinois – Interview Date: 3/10/2009 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory I

Ida, Joseph A. – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview Date: October 26, 2006
Ikenberry, Carl Eugene – Baxter Springs, Kansas – Interview Date: 3/16/2008 (Powers Museum)
Isbell, Ann Giesert – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/7/2011 (Powers Museum)
no link
Isbell, Loyd – Carthage, Missouri – 1st Interview Date: December 8, 2005
Isbell, Loyd – Carthage, Missouri – 2nd Interview Date Unknown
Isbell, Loyd – Carthage, Missouri – 3rd Interview Date Unknown

Collection Inventory J

Collection Inventory K

Keller, Alvin G. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2008 (Powers Museum)
Kester, Quinton L. - Missouri - Interview Date Unknown
Ketcher, Gerald – Miami, Oklahoma – Interview Date: October 20, 2008
Keys, Eugene D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/20/2007 (Powers Museum)
Kindel, David E. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2013 (Powers Museum)
King, Eugene – Cherryvale, Kansas – Interview Date: 11/26/2011 (Powers Museum)
no link
King, Ralph Carl – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/19/2008 (Powers Museum)
Kingsbury, Beryl L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/24/2006 (Powers Museum)
Kirk, Jack W. – Nevada, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/13/2007 (Powers Museum)
Kirkland, Lesely C. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: September 14, 2006
Klein, Jack E. – Oronogo, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/22/2007 (Powers Museum)
Koch, Roger Charles – Carl Junction, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/24/2008 (Powers Museum)
Kollmeyer, Cleona M. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/11/2006 (Powers Museum)
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Kreutzer, Raymond L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/8/2006 (Powers Museum)
Kunkler, Russell Ray – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 14, 2005

Collection Inventory L

Lamkin, Harry F. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/27/2005 (Powers Museum)
Lamoreaux (Maiden Name: Hoecker), Juanita Ruth - Interview Date: Neosho, Missouri – June 21, 2006
Lamoreaux, Loren Eugene – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: July 8, 2006
Land, Raymond Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: June 9, 2010
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Lane, Paul Lensey – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/26/2007 (Powers Museum)
LaNear, Eddie Kenneth – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: March 1, 2006
Langan, Ervin Paul – Orongo, Missouri – Interview Date: December 19, 2016
no link
Langston, Frank – LaRussell, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/26/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Langston, Frank – LaRussell, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/26/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Larson, Kelly B. – Seneca, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/10/2006 (Powers Museum)
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Lawrence, James Lorew – Golden, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/15/2009 (Powers Museum)
Lawrence, Richard Dennis – Wakita, Oklahoma – Interview Date: February 10, 2006
Lawson, Charles Henry (Sr.) – North Little Rock, Arkansas – Interview Date: September 21, 2017
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Legitt, Ray – Sarcoxie, Missouri – Interview Date: September 27, 2006
Leonard, Floyd E. – Miami, Oklahoma – Interview Date: February 1, 2006
Lewis, Lloyd Dave – Sarcoxie, Missouri – Interview Date: 7/14/2006 (Powers Museum)
Lewis, Mary K. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/31/2008 (Powers Museum)
Lindley, Richard Harvey – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Lindley, Richard Harvey – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Lindley, Richard Harvey – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2007 (Powers Museum - Link 3)
Livingston, George Robert – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: August 11, 2005
Logsdon, Jim L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/16/2007 (Powers Museum)
Long, Gerald Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/13/2007 (Powers Museum)
Lowe, Jacob Charles – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 7/7/2006 (Powers Museum)
Lowe, Richard Edward – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/25/2008 (Powers Museum)
Luck, Hershel W. – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/4/2006 (Powers Museum)
Lyan, Keneth W. – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview Date: 1/25/2013 (Powers Museum)
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Collection Inventory M

Magee, Charles L. – Fort Scott, Kansas – Interview Date: November 2, 2006
Maggard, Lloyd Kyle – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2013 (Powers Museum)
Marchbanks, Sinobu – Diamond, Missouri – Interview Date: 7/13/2006 (Powers Museum)
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Martin, Bobby Evans – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: July 20, 2010
Martin, David Edward – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/8/2011 (Powers Museum)
Martin, Tommy - Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/16/2009 (Powers Museum)
no link
Martinez, Frank Bernard – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/22/2007 (Powers Museum)
no link
Mathews, Valgene M. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/29/2007 (Powers Museum)
Maupin, James K. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/27/2008 (Powers Museum)
May, Marion Hopkins – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: July 6, 2005
McCoy, Curtis M. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/7/2008 (Powers Museum)
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McCoy, James Davilee – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/9/2006 (Powers Museum)
McCoy, Vernon Duward – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 6/29/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
McCoy, Vernon Duward – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 6/29/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
McCreary, Paul Allen – Pensacola, Florida – Interview Date: March 19, 2011
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McCutcheon, Frankie L. - Saginaw, Missouri – Interview Date: 2006
McGinty (maiden Christensen), Edna – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: November 6, 2005
McKinney, Alonzo Ware – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/20/2011 (Powers Museum)
McMillan, David Wayne – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/3/2012 (Powers Museum)
Mealey (Maiden: Fuller), Gola B. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/6/2006 (Powers Museum)
Meares, Vance A. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/9/2010 (Powers Museum)
Melott, Joseph David – Oklahoma – Interview Date Unknown
Miller, Darrell E. – Anderson, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/3/2009 (Powers Museum)
Miller, Joseph H. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/7/2006 (Powers Museum)
Mitchell, Bobby Ray – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/17/2008 (Powers Museum)
Mitchell, Claude C. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/3/2008 (Powers Museum)
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Mitchell, Paul E. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/6/2007 (Powers Museum)
no link
Moore, Richard Desmond – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 13, 2005
no link
Moore, Travis – Missouri – Interview Date: February 21, 2014
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Moravits, Siedel Evans – Uvalde, Texas – Interview Date: September 15, 2006
Morgan, Henry G. (Jr.) – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: September 17, 2007
Mosbaugh, Ronald C. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/10/2006 (Powers Museum)
Mosely, Donald Ray – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: March 17, 2010
Moss, Isabelle W. Duensing – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/19/2006 (Powers Museum)
Mumford, Derek Ivor – Little Rock, Arkansas – Interview Date: June 7, 2014
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Muskrat, James C. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/19/2009 (Powers Museum)
Myers, Irene Cook – Columbus Kansas – Interview Date: September 26, 2008
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Collection Inventory N-O

Neal, William Boyd – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: October 18, 2005
Neely, Harold K. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/11/2011 (Powers Museum)
Neely, Virgil O. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: December 14, 2005
Neer, Edgar Jr. – Carl Junction, Missouri – Interview Date: August 11, 2005
Nelson, Alan Christian – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/24/2009 (Powers Museum)
Newton, Leonard Thomas – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/30/2013 (Powers Museum)
Newton, Leonard “Bunny” Thomas – Joplin, Missouri – 1st Interview Date: June 1, 2010
Newton, Leonard “Bunny” Thomas – Joplin, Missouri – 2nd Interview Date Unknown
Nichols, Bert Walter (Sr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/23/2011 (Powers Museum)
no link
Nichols, Naomi - Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/28/2006 (Powers Museum)
no link
Nielsen, Milton Frede – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/25/2006 (Powers Museum)
Nugent, Bill David – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/2/2007 (Powers Museum)
O’Connell, Patrick J. – Frontenac, Kansas – Interview Date: 10/22/2006 (Powers Museum)
Ortiz – Plaza, Felix A. – Waynesville, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/11/2012 (Powers Museum)
Owens, Norman Sile – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: June 28, 2005
Owens, Royal H. – Wichita, Kansas – Interview Date: August 2, 2014
no link

Collection Inventory P-Q

Collection Inventory R

Ralph, William – Huntsville, Arkansas – Interview Date: 10/22/2006 (Powers Museum)
Ramey, Ronald Clinton – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: March 17, 2006
Reddy, Steven G. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/20/2008 (Powers Museum)
Riggs, Bernard L. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/17/ 2008 (Powers Museum)
Riggs, Bernard Lee – Joplin, Missouri – 1st Interview Date: January 3, 2006
Riggs, Bernard Lee – Joplin, Missouri – 2nd Interview Date Unknown
Riley, M. B. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/29/2008 (Powers Museum)
Ripley, Harry B. (Sr.) – Carterville, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/9/2011 (Powers Museum)
Roberson, Jappie Monroe – Miami Oklahoma – Interview Date: March 31, 2008
Roberts, Jay Samuel – Broken Arrow, Oklahoma – Interview Date: December 20, 2005
Robertson, Lawrence W. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/5/2009 (Powers Museum)
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Robinson, Katherine M. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 7/30/2009 (Powers Museum)
Rogers (Maidan: Shearer), Ruth Harrison Lang – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/16/2006 (Powers Museum)
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Roman, Cesar E. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/23/2008 (Powers Museum)
Rose, Bill James – Derby, Kansas – Interview Date: 12/5/2012 (Powers Museum)
Rosier, Frank – Waterlooville, England – Interview Date: August 5, 2005
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Rosiere, Bill – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/19/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Royer, Shawn Dwayne – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/25/2007 (Powers Museum)
Royer, William Charles – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/22/2009 (Powers Museum)
Rubottom, Darwyn Edward (Jr.) – Diamond, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/9/2007 (Powers Museum)
Ruhl, Robert Jack – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/4/2007 (Powers Museum)
Russell, Fred (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: December 11, 2005
Russell, Fred (Jr.) – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/3/2005 (Powers Museum)
Russell, Harold Leon - Missouri - Interview Date Unknown
Russow, Paul Robert – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/22/2006 (Powers Museum)
Rydstedt, Daniel Eugene – Springfield, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2011 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory S

Sanders, Kimberly LaRue – Little Rock, Arkansas – Interview Date: March 28, 2011
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Saulbeamer, William Henry – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: June 20, 2005
Sayles (Maiden Name: Watson), Rowenna A. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: Febuary 14, 2007
Schepper, Ernest Willard (Jr.) – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/16/2007 (Powers Museum)
Scott, Charley J. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/22/2008 (Powers Museum)
Scott, Verda M. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Selsor, Michael D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/2/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Selvey, William E. – Oronogo, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/27/2011 (Powers Museums)
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Shaffer, Robert L. – Topeka, Kansas – Interview Date: October 6, 2005
Shaffer, Urban A. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/18/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Shaffer, Urban A. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/18/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Shelton, Dave Edward – Bethany, Illinois – Interview Date: 12/15/2011 (Powers Museum)
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Shields, Paul E. – Pittsburg, Kansas - Interview Date: September 5, 2015
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Shonk, Nadine Sale – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
Shouse, J. Frank – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/27/2007 (Powers Museum)
Simmons, Robert L. – Carthage, Missouri – 1st Interview Date: December 9, 2005
Simmons, Robert L. – Carthage, Missouri – 2nd Interview Date Unknown
Simmons, Robert L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/28/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Simmons, Robert L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/28/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Sinnard, Roger Francis – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/20/2006 (Powers Museum)
Sisseck, John L. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
Slates, Jack – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/12/2009 (Powers Museum)
Smith, Bennett M. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 4/9/2008 (Powers Museum)
Smith, Cecil C. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/14/2007 (Powers Museums)
Smith, Lloyd L. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: November 25, 2005
Smith, William A. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/26/2006 (Powers Museum)
Sneddon, Jack Hilliam – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/6/2007 (Powers Museum)
Southard, Lonnie F. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/24/2013 (Powers Museum)
Sparkman, Etsyl J. – Rogers, Arkansas – Interview Date: 5/8/2007 (Powers Museum)
Spicer, Paul O. – Miami, Oklahoma – Interview Date: February 8, 2008
Spiva, Howard – Joplin, Missouri - Interview Date: March 10, 2006
Sponsel, Lee Paul – Pittsburg, Kansas – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
Springmeyer, William Edward – LaGrange, Kentucky – Interview Date: 1/25/2007 (Powers Museum)
Staats, Cleona M. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/11/2006 (Powers Museum)
Stanley, Dan Logan III – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: June 9, 2014
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Starchman, Paul C. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: June 1, 2017
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Steffan, Jeff L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/25/2009 (Powers Museum)
Stephens, Iva Mae – Chetopa Kansas – Interview Date: September 26, 2008
Stocking, Herbert Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
Story, Kerry D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/26/2012 (Powers Museum)
Strait, Leslie Raymond – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/17/2005 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Strait, Leslie Raymond – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/17/2005 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Straw, George R. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 8/27/2008 (Powers Museum)
Straw, George Roy – Carthage, Missouri – 1st Interview Date: March 18, 2006
Straw, George Roy – Carthage, Missouri – 2nd Interview Date Unknown
Strickland, J. L. – Joplin, Missouri - Interview Date: November 10, 2009
Stutzman, Andrew D. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/9/2005 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory T-V

Taylor, Leslie F. – Benton, Arkansas – Interview Date: October 14, 2011
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Terry, Gene Latham – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/16/2008 (Powers Museum)
Theiman, Harold Wright – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/12/2007 (Powers Museum)
Thompson, Adam Mitchell – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 12/2/2011 (Powers Museum)
Thompson, Howard L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/14/2006 (Powers Museum)
Tommy, Bob Dallas – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/18/2008 (Powers Museum)
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Trimble, Nathaniel Walls – Little Rock, Arkansas – Interview Date: September 13, 2014
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Trolinger, Donald C. – Miami, Oklahoma – Interview Date: 11/10/2013 (Powers Museum)
Tryk, Donald E. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 9/1/2006 (Powers Museums)
Tucci, Antoinette – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/3/2006 (Powers Museum)
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Tucker, Kenneth Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/10/2006 (Powers Museum)
Tuckwell, Victor(Jim) James – Hampshire, England - Interview Date: August 3, 2005
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Tunnell, Leonard Hartford – Miami, Oklahoma- Interview Date: November 30, 2005
Tuttle, DeWayne Lewis – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: December 14, 2005
Tyler, Terry Morlan – Asbury, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/19/2007 (Powers Museum)
VanAuker, Lefty – Riverton, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/25/2008 (Powers Museum)
VanAuker, Leo W. – Riverton, Kansas – Interview Date: 2/25/2008 (Powers Museum)
Vandergriff, James Peter – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/18/2007 (Powers Museum)

Collection Inventory W-Z

Wade, Eileen J. Torgerson – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/18/2008 (Powers Museum)
Wagner, Paul R. – Woodridge, Illinois – Interview Date: September 6, 2009
Walker, Floyd Franklin – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
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Walker, Max Lee – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
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Wallace, David Harold – Frederick, Maryland – Interview Date: 6/22/2010 (Powers Museum)
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Wallace, Herbert Edward George – Portsmouth, England – Interview Date: August 4, 2005
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Walton, Albert W. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/11/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Walton, Albert W. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/11/2006 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Walton, Fannie J. – Picher, Oklahoma – Interview Date: 9/30/2006 (Powers Museum)
no link
Warden, Richard Bradley – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/8/2010 (Powers Museum)
Ware, Jackie Arnold – Ponca City, Oklahoma – Interview Date: 3/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
no link
Warn, James Donald – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: December 6, 2006
Warren, Gary George – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 11/4/2012 (Powers Museum)
Washburn, Norma J. – Monett, Missouri – Interview Date: October 20, 2008
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Webb, Harold Thomas – Oronogo, Missouri – Interview Date: August 26, 2005
Webb, Thomas Oscar – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/29/2007 (Powers Museum)
Weimar, Mark Allan – Goodman, Missouri – Interview Date: November 29, 2006
Wells, Dwight B. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/31/2008 (Powers Museum)
no link
Wheeler, James R. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: October 4, 2017
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Whisler Clarence H. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/31/2006 (Powers Museum)
Whitehead, John A. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/17/2006 (Powers Museum)
Whitelock, Bobby G. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/6/2006 (Powers Museum)
Whitlock, Jimmie R. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: January 28, 2011
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Whorton, James Keller - Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: September 19, 2005
Wick, Milton L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/25/2011 (Powers Museum - Link 1)
Wick, Milton L. – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 1/25/2011 (Powers Museum - Link 2)
Wiland, Paul E. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/1/2007 (Powers Museum)
Wilcox, Allan C. – Neosho, Missouri – Interview Date: 2/18/2007 (Powers Museum)
Wilcoxson, Blake N. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 10/17/2006 (Powers Museum)
Wilks, Elizabeth Ellen – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: January 4, 2008
Williams, Daniel – Missouri – Interview Date 2013
Williams, Tommy Gene – Sacramento, California – Interview Date: 3/15/2007 (Powers Museum)
Wininger, Jerry Reese – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/8/2006 (Powers Museum)
Wofford, Kenneth Omar – Golden Valley Minnesota – Interview Date: 10/3/2006 (Powers Museum)
Wood, Marion G. – Reeds, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/10/2006 (Powers Museum)
Woodfill, William Loy – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 5/15/2006 (Powers Museum)
Wooldridge, William Marshall – Carthage, Missouri – Interview Date: 3/8/2007 (Powers Museum)
Yates, Randall Renfro – Interview Date: March, 2007
Yokley, Tom L. – Webb City, Missouri – Interview Date: August 11, 2005
Zenon, Zenn Z. – Joplin, Missouri – Interview Date: May 12, 2011
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