The E. M. Violette Museum Collections
The E. M. Violette Museum Collections
While E. M. Violette was a graduate student in the University of Chicago, he became interested in the use of visual aids in the teaching of history. As a professor of history at this institution, then the First District Normal School, he began to experiment with visual materials in the classroom. In 1923, the Museum contained several hundred items. Since then, its collections have grown to include thousands of catalogued items. For information on the objects in the collection, please contact the Special Collections & Museums department.
The Frank Cassity Collection
One of the outstanding collections given to the Violette Museum is that of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cassity of Purdin, Missouri. In this collection of 105 items are many tools, farm implements, cooking utensils, pieces of furniture...
The Civil War Collection
This collection includes artifacts obtained from a number of sources; visitors may see such sundry items as Confederate money, Civil War papers and records, a lead melter and bullet molds, cannonballs, swords...
The World War I Collection
Of all the Twentieth Century conflicts, the "Great War" was viewed with the greatest enthusiasm. Much campus fervor was inspired by the selection of alum General John J. Pershing to command...
The World War II Collection
In less than a quarter of a century, the University again found itself again involved in a World War. As during World War I, students threw themselves wholeheartedly into the war effort; by V-J day, August 15, 1945...
The Knobbs Paperweight Collection
One of the most beautiful collections given to the Violette Museum is the glass paperweight collection of Dr. Pauline Dingle Knobbs. Dr. Knobbs was an alumna (Normal School, class of 1924) and retired from this...
The American Indian Collection
This collection is a work in progress. Please check back in the future to view more information. These selected objects are but a small sample of the entire collection...