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Record Group: 22 C Record Sub-Group: 23 Records Title: UMC; Student Life and Activities; Memorabilia; Frank Neale and Grace (McCormack) Barker Collection Dates: 1895-1968 Volume: 1 cubic foot, 1.25 linear feet; 1 OSF Scope and Content Note (A87-27) This Sub-Group contains memorabilia and biographical information concerning Frank Neale Barker, an MU Alumnus who received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1923. While at MU, Barker met his future wife, Grace McCormack, also an MU student. The items in this collection document Frank and Grace's lives up to and beyond their days at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Items include photographs of family, friends, MU football games, Women's Athletic Association events, and the "Engineers on Parade." However, many of the people and places in the photographs are unidentified. Materials in this Sub-Group also include report cards and transcripts, school certificates and graduation diplomas, correspondence from Governor Adlai Stevenson, newspaper clippings, Santa Fe railroad information, scrapbooks, and high school yearbooks. This collection also includes a presidential appointment to the US Highway Safety Advisory Commission, a broadside for a highway traffic law conference in 1951, marriage certificate for Barker's parents, an "erin go bragh" membership certificate, and a panoramic photograph of Allied Charity Drive volunteers in Kansas City, 1921. Series Descriptions: This Sub-Group is not divided into separate record series. Arrangement of the Sub-Group follows the original, topical and format order. Inventory Box 1 FF 1 - Photographs - Frank N. Barker and Grace McCormack FF 2 - Photographs - Single portraits, group shots, and Frank's high school Senior Class FF 3 - Photographs - Frank Barker - college graduation FF 4 - Photographs - Family group shots, family vacations and outings, pets, birdhouses, fish, and house pictures FF 5 - Photographs - College friends, football game crowds (also includes games' final scores), MU "Engineers on Parade," Women's Athletic Association members in Homecoming Parade (1921), and a "St. Pat's Smoker" invitation FF 6 - Greenfield Public School - Frank Barker's report cards FF 7 - West Point-Annapolis Coaching School in Columbia, Missouri - letter confirming Frank Barker's attendance and grades FF 8 - University of Missouri - Columbia - Grace McCormack's memorabilia FF 9 - University of Missouri - Columbia - St. Patrick's Survey - Engineer's Week Paper, March 17, 1923 FF 10 - University of Missouri - Columbia - Journalism Play Commission - Bambino, a Musical Comedy FF 11 - University of Missouri - Columbia - MU Homecoming Day insert - the St. Louis Democrat, 1921 FF 12 - University of Missouri - Columbia - Frank Barker's MU transcripts FF 13 - University of Missouri - Columbia - Commencement Programs - College of Engineering - Frank Barker, April 25, 1925 FF 14 - News clippings - Frank Barker's Illinois highway job and wedding announcements for Frank and Grace FF 15 - Governor Adlai Stevenson (Illinois) - letter concerning Frank Barker's job FF 16 - Railroad Material - Programs and invitations for luncheons, and pamphlets and brochures concerning the Santa Fe Railway system FF 17 - Holy Bible - Owned by Katie (Neale) Barker and her son Frank Neale Barker FF 18 - Katie (Neale) Barker - scrapbook FF 19 - Photo Album FF 20 - "A Memory of My School Days" - Grace McCormack - scrapbook FF 21 - American Red Cross patches, Alpha Tau Omega Patch and Pin, High School and University Athletic letters, and a 2nd Place Track and Field Ribbon FF 22 - The Bulletin for '16 - Greenfield High School Yearbook, 1916 FF 23 - The Acta - Greenfield High School Yearbook, 1917 and 1918 FF 24 - The Centralian - Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri Yearbook, 1921 OSF 1 Item 1 - Panoramic Photograph - women volunteers of the Allied Charity Drive in Kansas City, 1921 Item 2 - Award Certificate to Grace McCormack from Wyatt School of St. Joseph, MO for perfect school attendance, 1917 Item 3 - Membership Certificate in the Knights of St. Patrick - Erin Go Bragh, 1923 Item 4 - Graduation Diploma for Grace McCormack from Central High School of Kansas City, 1921 Item 5 - Graduation Announcement for the Class of 1921 Item 6 - Admission Certificate for Grace McCormack to attend the Public High School of St. Joseph, Missouri, 1917 Item 7 - BS in Engineering Diploma from MU for Frank Barker, 1923 Item 8 - Graduation Diploma for Frank Barker from Greenfield High School, 1919 Item 9 - Marriage Certificate for Charley W. Barker and Katie M. Neale (Frank Barker's parents), 1895 Item 10 - Presidential Appointment of Frank Barker to the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee, 1968 Item 11 - Broadside Poster for the Sangamon County, Illinois, Traffic Law Conference (Frank Barker pictured), 1951 Search our Holdings

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