Missouri State University Libraries
War Memorial Album Collection
Volume: 1 cubic foot and 1 oversized volume
Provenance
The library was in possession of the collection prior to the formation of the Special Collections and Archives Department in 1997. It was processed in 2004 by Shannon Western, with assistance from Leslie James.
Copyright
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Access
The collection is unrestricted. Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be obtained from the Department of Special Collections and Archives. Citations should be as follows: Identification of the item, box and folder number, War Memorial Album Collection (M010), Department of Special Collections and Archives, Missouri State University.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The War Memorial Album was completed and formally dedicated in 1955. That year also marked the dedication of the new library (now Cheek Hall) and the MSU Golden Anniversary Celebration. The album itself contains photographs and biographies of 93 students and alumni who lost their lives in World Wars I and II and the Korean Conflict. The War Memorial Album Collection contains information about each of these students and alumni, as well as Springfield Leader and Press newspaper articles about other soldiers from the Ozarks.
This information was gathered primarily by Dr. Anna Lou Blair. Dr. Blair was a member of the Southwest Missouri State College faculty for 49 years, 14 of which she spent as the head of the Foreign Language Department. She retired in 1957 and passed away in 1965 at the age of 81.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection (Folders 6-101) contains biographical information of individuals included in the album. There are also alphabetized newspaper articles about other Ozarks soldiers who were not included in the album.
The War Memorial is on display for viewing in the Reading Room of the Special Collections and Archives Department.
A list is included with this finding aid that contains the names of all the soldiers in the album, including their ranks, units and branches of service, and their years of birth and death.
Collection List
| 1 | General Information Concerning Album | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 2 | Letters and Lists Concerning Korean War Losses | 1955 |
| 3 | Letters Concerning Those Not Included in Memorial | 1955 |
| 4 | Letters, Lists, and Forms Concerning Prisoners of War | 1944 |
| 5 | Lists of Students/Alumni in Service | 1944, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 6 | Abney, Jr., Charles LeRoy | 1949, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 7 | Anderson, Jr., Webster S. | 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1956, n.d. |
| 8 | Baker, Denver L. | 1945, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, n.d. |
| 9 | Barlow, Walter Scott | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 10 | Biles, William R. | n.d. |
| 11 | Blevins, Jr., William F. | 1943, 1947, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 12 | Brand, James Troy | 1945, 1947, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 13 | Brandon, Joseph Hailey | 1943, 1945, 1948, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 14 | Breuer, Buell C. | 1956, n.d. |
| 15 | Brown, Charles L. | 1943, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 16 | Busiek, Kurt Dwight | 1945, 1948, 1955, n.d. |
| 17 | Cain, John Lee | 1956, n.d. |
| 18 | Cansler, Leonard Lavell | 1955, 1956 |
| 19 | Cavender, Leon W. | 1944, 1945, 1949, 1956, n.d. |
| 20 | Cheek, Ralph William | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 21 | Craig, Eugene Coleman | 1957, n.d. |
| 22 | Crume, Ralph C. | 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 23 | Cunningham, Frank | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 24 | Cypret, Paul Thomas | 1950, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 25 | Davis, Clarence A. | 1946, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 26 | Dehoney, Earnest Irving and Byron Mack, Jr. | 1943, 1944, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 27 | Dill, Jr., Alvis Newt | 1945, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 28 | Dillard, Jr., Etcyl D | 1942, 1948, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 29 | Edmondson, James Floyd | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 30 | Edwards, John Carlos | 1956, n.d. |
| 31 | Ellis, John Junior | 1945, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 32 | Ellison, James David | 1944, 1945, 1955, n.d. |
| 33 | Enslen, Lewden McCullah | 1942, 1943, 1947, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 34 | Frink, James L. | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 35 | Fry, Donald L. | 1942, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 36 | Glasscock, Wayne H. | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 37 | Glossip, Chester Cornell | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 38 | Goss, Floyd Noel | 1945, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 39 | Gover, James Snyder | 1943, 1944, 1949, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 40 | Grimes, Jr., Charles Louis | 1942, 1948, 1955, n.d. |
| 41 | Hailey, Max M. | 1943, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 42 | Hall, James Alvan | 1945, 1948, 1956, n.d. |
| 43 | Hamilton, James Oral | 1944, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 44 | Harpe, Richard Lamar | 1943, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 45 | Harrell, Douglas Duane | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 46 | Hayward, Otto H. | 1957, n.d. |
| 47 | Henson, Lathon Eugene | 1948, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 48 | Herd, Marlyn C. | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 49 | Hines, James H. | 1944, 1947, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 50 | Hobbs, Joseph L. | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 51 | Hoefgen, Warren Dwight | 1945, n.d. |
| 52 | Hoke, Jack W. | 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1956, n.d. |
| 53 | Hoskins, Eugene Calvin | 1949, 1957, n.d. |
| 54 | Impey, William Francis | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 55 | Israel, Millard W. | 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 56 | James, William Alfred | 1943, 1944, 1947, 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 57 | Jeffries, William Carl | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 58 | Johnson | 1955 |
| 59 | Johnston, Gerald Wayne | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 60 | Jones, William Jack | 1942, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 61 | Karch, Robert E. | 1942, 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 62 | Keller, James Robert | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 63 | Kelley, A. Theodore | 1944, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 64 | Killian, Ivyl Lee | 1947, 1949, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 65 | Landers, Thomas F. | 1944, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 66 | Leavitt, Jr., Porter | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 67 | Lee, Rex Eugene | 1942, 1943, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 68 | LeJeune, Delbert Charles | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 69 | Massey, Earle Thomas | 1944, 1947, 1949, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 70 | McDaniel, Everett N. | 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 71 | McHolland, Robert B. | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 72 | McKinney, James Francis | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 73 | Michael, Eddie Finley | 1944, 1948, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 74 | Miller, Jack Robert | 1944, 1947, 1948, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 75 | Morton, Clyde N. | 1943, 1945, 1950, 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 76 | Moseley, Ralph H. | 1942, 1957, n.d. |
| 77 | Neff, Harold Leroy | 1944, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 78 | Nichols, Don E. | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 79 | Overfelt, Bruce Edward | 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 80 | Pachl, Delmar Max | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 81 | Perry, Nap K. | 1944, 1947, 1957, n.d. |
| 82 | Robertson, James Morris | 1942, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 83 | Rollston, Frederick Paul | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 84 | Row, Leonard Russell | 1955, 1956, n.d. |
| 85 | Scott, Robert Lee | 1942, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 86 | Shannon, Lawrence R. | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 87 | Smith, Hilliard V. | 1957, n.d. |
| 88 | Stapp, Charles W. | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 89 | Stone, William Thomas | 1944, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 90 | Swinea, Jr., William | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 91 | Tharp, Dwight Denney | 1957, n.d. |
| 92 | Truitt, Jr., Milton Otis | 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 93 | Turk, Jack B. | 1942, 1944, 1948, 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 94 | Uhr, Joseph S. | 1944, 1955, 1957, n.d. |
| 95 | Upton, Jr., Eugene Vernon | 1942, 1945, 1957, n.d. |
| 96 | White, Raymond Robert | 1944, 1945, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 97 | Wicker, Roy E. | 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 98 | Wilfret, Joseph A. | 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 99 | Wilkerson, Eugene Virgil | 1944, 1947, 1948, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 100 | Williams, Jr., Eddie Allega | 1944, 1947, 1955-1957, n.d. |
| 101 | Wilson, Robert H. | 1943, 1956, 1957, n.d. |
| 102 | A | 1942-1944, n.d. |
| 103 | B | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 104 | C | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 105 | D | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 106 | E | 1942-1944, n.d. |
| 107 | F | 1942-1945, 1959, n.d. |
| 108 | G | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 109 | H | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 110 | I | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 111 | J | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 112 | K | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 113 | L | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 114 | M | 1942-1944, n.d. |
| 115 | N | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 116 | O | 1942-1944, n.d. |
| 117 | P-Q | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 118 | R | 1942-1944, n.d. |
| 119 | S | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 120 | T | 1942-1945, n.d. |
| 121 | U-V | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 122 | W | 1942-1943, 1958, n.d. |
| 123 | X-Y-Z | 1942-1943, n.d. |
| 124 | Incomplete Articles | 1943, n.d. |