Wheeler-Fleming family papers, 1862-1961 (bulk 1899-1918).

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Wheeler-Fleming family papers, 1862-1961 (bulk 1899-1918).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32452454

Correspondence, photographs, financial and legal papers, poetry, cards, clippings, and genealogical information pertaining to the related Wheeler and Fleming families from La Monte, Mo. Photographs (ca. 150) are mainly from the late 19th century; most are family portraits, but also include town businesses and rural scenes. Correspondence concerns crops and weather, church life, illnesses, family life, and primary school life in Bates County, Mo. (1899-1900). Includes a group of 100 letters (1908-1933) from R.A.S. Wade, a Missouri Methodist minister in California, who refers to Los Angeles area politics; church history; the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the Masonic Home of California in De Coto, Ca.; prohibition and the temperance movement; World War I; the 1929 Depression; and the legal affairs of the Rev. J.P. Shuler. Some 100 pieces of poetry were also written by Wade and sent to the Wheelers. Genealogical materials refer to the Wheeler, Fleming, Kemp, Routsong, and McArtor or McArthur families. Collection also includes: a history of Methodist Church in La Monte, Mo.; calling cards and greeting cards; memorial booklets; land plats and deeds; records of the La Monte Woman's Missionary Society; school reports; insurance policies; and tax receipts.

900 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342020

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Fleming family.

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Kemp family.

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La Monte Methodist Church

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Wheeler family.

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Two related families living in La Monte (Pettis County), Missouri. From the description of Wheeler-Fleming family papers, 1862-1961 (bulk 1899-1918). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32452454 ...

Routsong family.

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McArtor family.

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La Monte Woman's Missionary Society.

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Shuler, J. P., Reverend.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Wade, R. A. S. (Reuben Alexander Slaven), 1848-

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Masonic Home of California (De Coto, Calif.)

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