Copies of two letters concerning pioneer life in Missouri and four letters written by Confederates giving information about the Battle of Wilson's Creek and wartime conditions in Lexington, Missouri. Research materials including letters, publications, notes, bibliographies, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to 1930s agriculture, Missouri and plains archeology, and forts on the upper Missouri River. Hardeman Glen 0. Correspondence includes letters from such prominent persons as Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Benton. 1 f. Letters to Joseph Barnett, Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, from Callaway County, Missouri.
Letters describe the area, give prices for land, slaves, and products, and mention family news.
Estate records include a will and an 1852 estate inventory. Letters from relatives concerning family matters. Letter from brother Richard to brother Warren commenting upon attitude of Texans toward the Confederate Army. Dr. Headen tells of crops, prices, local conditions, and family affairs. Reports what some emigrants had told him about their trips to .California.