Scope and Contents This collection was reprocessed in August and September of 2025. The previous order was largely maintained.This collection primarily contains photographs documenting five generations of the Booth and Grunendike families, their properties in Springfield and the surrounding areas, their social activities, and their travels. There are approximately four thousand photographs, including cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards and cyanotypes, as well as scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and...

Scope and Contents This record series includes original issues of the Springfield Record newspaper between August 15 and August 20, 1908 during the Springfield Race Riots. While the newspaper contains articles on a variety of subjects, ranging from sports to local and national new, the primary significance of these issues are the articles that pertain to the Race Riots. These articles include stories about mob lynchings, mob prosecutions, stories pertaining to survivors, and the trial that instigated the...