
Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds Collection
Ms Collection M12
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Record Class: Diaries, School
Documents
Date: 1873 – 1884
Creators: Helen Mar Halliburton
McReynolds, Juliet Owen Halliburton
Provenance: This collection was
donated to Special Collections Department, Pickler Memorial Library, Truman
State University in 2004 by Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier, John G. Rozier, and
James A. Rozier.
Extent: .209 linear feet
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections
Department, Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University
Access: Open
Processed by: Emma Christensen
Processing Information:
Arrangement scheme for the collection was imposed during processing due to the
absence of a usable original order.
Abstract: This collection
includes a variety of diaries, scrapbooks, recipe books, and documents such as
programs and poems that represent Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds life while at
Kirksville State Normal School (now Truman State University).
Keywords: Diary; Halliburton;
Helen; Kirksville State Normal School; McReynolds; Rozier; R
Historical Sketch:
Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds (1844–1924) was born
to Judge Charles Westley Halliburton (1812–1890) and Armilda Collins Halliburton
(1824–1876) in Randolph County, Missouri. Judge Halliburton, Helen’s father, was
a renowned judge in Northeast Missouri, and records on his work can be found in
History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri in
Special Collections (F472.A2 H57). Helen’s mother was her father’s second wife,
but his third wife, Juliet Owen Halliburton (1838–1914), was also influential on
Helen’s life as her stepmother. Helen first attended school as a child in
Chariton County, Missouri, and eventually moved to Kirksville, Missouri. It was
in Kirksville when Helen decided to attend Kirksville State Normal School (now
Truman State University), where she initially met her husband Samuel McReynolds.
Helen then became a teacher at the Normal School, until her husband moved them
to Carthage so he could begin his law practice. Samuel became a prominent
attorney in Carthage, Missouri, which is where Helen spent the rest of her
married life with Samuel. The couple had four children, and it was her eldest
son, Allen, who had Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier, one of the donors of this
collection.
Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier (1907 – 2010) was the
granddaughter of Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds, on her father’s side.
Elizabeth held onto the diaries until late in her life, when she then gave them
to her children, John G. Rozier and James A. Rozier.
Box 1:
1.1 Helen Mar Halliburton
McReynolds’ 1873 Pocket Diary
Jan 1, 1873 – April 16,
1873; Written when she was a student at the State Normal School; Notes of the
daily weather, schoolwork and professors, and briefings about her day; Kept
budget and total of cash accounts
3.5 x 5 inch brown leather
journal with fold-over clasp
1.2 Juliet Owen Halliburton’s
Scrapbook
Includes clippings of
various newspaper articles with handwritten notes accompanying the clippings;
Undated
6.5 x 8 inch red-patterned journal
1.3 Recipe Book
Includes loose recipes, both
handwritten and clipped from newspapers; Unknown owner; Undated
6 x 8 inch black journal
with gold lettering
1.4 Normal School Documents
1875 Commencement Week Program ◙ Form letter from
President Blanton transmitting class schedule, 1884 ◙ Letter of recommendation
for Halliburton signed by Vice President Nason, 1876 ◙ Note from Joseph Baldwin,
undated ◙ Speaking Notes for End-of-School Program Speech, undated ◙ Untitled
Poem by Helen Mar Halliburton McReynolds, undated
1.5 Jaccard Paper Envelope
Unidentified, undated
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