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Title: Civil War and the Ozarks
Description: Pictorial map diagramming major troop movements and locating battle sites, burned towns, military headquarters and outposts, bushwhackers, and agricultural communes in southern Missouri, northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma during the Civil War. A summary of principal events is included, along with a list of battles, engagements, skirmishes for each county which saw action.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Object Type: Map

Title: William Napoleon (Babe) Hudspeth
Description: Charcoal portrait drawing of William "Babe" Hudspeth in suit, vest, and tie. The drawing is signed by the artist. Below the signature, handwritten in black ink is "Babe Hudspeth."
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City in 1879
Description: Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
Date: 1879

Title: SC15-1 James J. Akard Papers Finding Aid
Description: James J. Akard was born July 7, 1838, in Polk County, Missouri. He was captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the state legislature and held other important Polk County positions including sheriff, collector and clerk of the county court. He died in 1919.The collection includes official reports, general orders, court martial proceedings, photographs, correspondence, pension claims, and miscellaneous items. Much of the material in the collection relates to Company A, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia.
Date: 1861/1917
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: The Battle for Westport
Description: Article describes author Darryl Levings upcoming book of historical fiction on the Battle of Westport titled "Saddle the Pale Horse." Includes an excerpt from the book documenting the day before the battle at Mockbee Farm, present-day site of Holmes Road and 78th Street.
Date: 2011-04-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: SC15-8 Mrs. J. O. Williams Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection has information relating to Richard Yeager (also known as Dick Yeager) and his activities in the Civil War and on the Santa Fe Trail. Yeager, noted guerrilla who rode with Quantrill, was also a wagon master between Westport and Santa Fe and a friend and compatriot of Upton Hays, noted resident of Westport, prominent in several early local battles and skirmishes in the Civil War.
Date: 1861/1865
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC232 George F. Havens Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection consists of diaries, correspondence, military papers, autobiography, and cloth bosom of George F. Havens. The collection also contains typed transcripts and information provided by the donor, a great-granddaughter of George F. Havens. The diaries, dated 1862-1865, cover his time enlisted in the army during the Civil War. One letter from Havens’ mother, dated 1858, reminisced on the Battle of Black Jack two years earlier and the killing of Gaius Jenkins by General James Henry Lee. A few items in the collection also have additional typed information included with them, added by the donor.
Date: 1840~/2002
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Unidentified Man
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: SC38 John A. Bushnell Family Papers Finding Aid
Description: John A. Bushnell was a businessman who came to Missouri and settled in Calhoun, Henry County. Collection contains correspondence and legal documents. Most of the material relates to Henry County, Missouri, and most of the correspondence is between Bushnell and Eugenia Bronaugh, whom he married. Includes miscellaneous items relating to the Confederate Home Association of Missouri and mentions of the Civil War.
Date: 1842/1914
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: William (Bill) T. Anderson
Description: Charcoal portrait of Bill Anderson in jacket with top button closed, shirt, carvat, and a brimmed hat with a lone star on the upturned brim and embellished with an ostrich plume. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Wm. Anderson" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Man
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Man in Uniform
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified guerrilla dressed in coat or cloak, shirt, and hat similar to a beret adorned with a plume and three large and two small stars on the headband. Subject holds a pistol. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Alexander Franklin (Frank) James
Description: Charcoal portrait of Frank James dressed in what appears to be a Confederate cavalry uniform. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Not visible in the image is "Frank James" written in blue ink in lower right corner edge.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Jesse Hamlett
Description: Charcoal portrait of Jesse Hamlett (sometimes spelled Hamlet) in suit coat, vest, tie, and hat. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Jesse Hamlet" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified person in cloak, shirt, and hat with plume andfive stars on the hatband. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is taken from another drawing (MVO-101F).
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified Civil War soldier or guerrilla in uniform with cloak. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is from another drawing in this collection (MVO-101F).
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Charles Fletcher (Fletch) Taylor
Description: Charcoal portrait of Charles Fletcher Taylor (Fletch) dressed in suit coat, shirt, tie, and hat. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Fletcher Taylor" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Guerrilla
Description: Charcoal portrait of man in typical guerrilla overshirt, wearing a hat with a plume, and holding two crossed pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Peyton Long
Description: Charcoal portrait of Peyton Long in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Peyton Long" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Unidentified Civil War Soldiers or Guerrillas
Description: Charcoal portrait of two men dressed in cloaks, uniforms, and hats with plumes and holding pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Each of these has his own portrait (taken from this one) in this same collection by the same artist.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

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