Created by: Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Last Updated: 2026-01-12
Collection Details
These are early photographs of student life at what is now Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. The originals are held in Pickler Memorial Library's Special Collections and University Archives.
Members of the 1867-1868 algebra class at the North Missouri Normal School and Commercial College in Kirksville, MO. Front row, left to right: M.W. Smith, Dr. T.B. DeWitt, John M. Swallow, Abe Bowen, Vincent Stine, Sam M....
Subject:
North Missouri Normal School and Commercial College and Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Members of the winning team, Alpha Sigma Alpha, gather around their trophy from a basketball tournament in 1931.
Subject:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College sorority members--Missouri--Kirksville, and Basketball teams--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Members of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority gather on and around the porch at 301 S. Franklin Street in 1921.
Subject:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, and College sorority members--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Arlys Wells (left) & Frank Bigsby on campus tennis courts at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. They were the tennis doubles state champions of 1929.
Subject:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, and Tennis--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, and Art--Study and teaching--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Students gather for art class, estimated date 1940.
Subject:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, and Art--Study and teaching--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Lucy Simmons, professor of history at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, lectures to an assembly of students in the auditorium of Kirk Building around 1940.
Subject:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
