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Central College Annual Catalogue of 1877 - 1878 p8; List of students attended at the college
No full textp. 8 of the Annual Catalogue of Central College (now Central Methodist University), listing the names of the attending students for that year, their homes, and the schools they are attending at Central
Photo-- Morrison Observatory, Pritchett College
No full textPhotograph of the Morrison Observatory, taken from the southeast, labeled "Morrison Observatory, Pritchett College." As Pritchett School Institute did not become Pritchett College until 1878, this image dates from some time between 1878 and Pritchett College's closing in 1922
Photo- Carr Waller Pritchett [Sr.] and son with dogs, at Morrison Observatory
No full textCarr Waller Pritchett (left) and one of his three sons (right) with two dogs, outside of a northwest corner of the Morrison Observatory
Photo of Central Methodist University (then: Central College) campus in 1872
No full textSepia photograph of the campus of Central College (now Central Methodist University) taken from the southern end of campus. Givens Hall, with two attached or adjacent buildings, and a corral, is on the left. North Main Street, with a man seated on a horse and two unhitched carts in the road, is in the middle of the photograph, and a line of trees is on the right. At the top of the photo and end of the road is Brannock Hall, with another brick building on the left top of the photo, behind some trees.
Reverse of the photo has stamp in red: "C.B. Mills, Photographer. Cnr. of Water & Commerce Streets. Glasgow, MO. Negatives preserved three months only." Handwritten inscription in ink: "Central College. Fayette, Mo. 1872.
The Babe of the Company: an unfolded leaf from the forest of never-to-be-forgotten years
No full text35p, photographic illustrations. Narration of the author's experiences as a teenaged member of William "Bloody Bill" Anderson's bushwackers (Confederate guerillas) in Missouri, including the battle in Fayette on September 24, 1864 and in Centralia
Photograph of William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, from Watts's <em><a href="https://cmuspecialcollections.omeka.net/items/show/362">The Babe of the Company</a>.</em>
No full textPhotograph of William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, as pictured in the narrative of one of the men under his command, Hamp B. Watts
Excerpt from <a href="https://avalon.searchmobius.org/record=b1680744~S1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri</em></a>, p269-284
No full textPages 269-284 of a reprint of 1883's History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri : written and compiled from the most official authentic and private sources including a history of its townships, towns and village concerning events in and around Fayette, Missouri, during the Civil War. Headings include:Howard County Upon the Eve of the Civil War (p. 269)Union Meeting in Fayette (p. 269-271)Ladies' Union Meeting (p. 271-273)Howard County During the War of 1861 (p. 273-4)Confederate Soldiers, Officers, and Privates (p. 274-278)Howard County Militia (p. 278)Colored Recruits (p. 278-282)Battles and Incidents (p. 282)Attack on Fayette (p. 282-284
Homecoming parade; Phi Kappa Theta sorority homecoming float; "Our hearts set on victory"
No full textIn a homecoming parade at Central College (now Central Methodist University), three women ride atop a float for sorority Phi Kappa Theta. The float reads "Our [Hearts] Set on Victory.
Cupples Hall; exterior; covered in ivy; sign reads "Cupples Hall George M. Smiley Memorial Library
No full textExterior photo of Cupples Hall, covered in ivy, taken from the southwest.Fayette, Mo
Cupples Hall third floor interior, reference desk blocking access to stacks
No full textCirculation desk in Smiley Memorial Library, on 3rd floor of Cupples HallFayette, Mo