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DeKalb County Historical Society

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Museum and Genealogical Library

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How we began...

 

On April 19 1969, a meeting of interested people was held for the purpose of forming a Historical Society for DeKalb County. Those in attendance were Dorothy Caldwell, Associate Editor of the Missouri historical Review, published by the State historical Society, Mrs. Dayle C. Mc Donough, President of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, Bessie L Whiteaker, Lora Lockhart, Ruth Lybarger and Martha Spiers.

A constitution and by-laws were written, a slate of officers was drawn up and the place and time of the organizational meeting was considered.

The following day, April 20, 1969, 34 people who were interested in the preservation of the county's history met in the Community Room of the courthouse and formed a Historical Society. Mrs Dayle McDonough presided as temporary chairman and her husband, Judge mcDonough, read the proposed by-laws and conducted the discussion after which the Society accepted the corrected form.    

A motto, which had been suggested by Harley Fisher, was chosen, "A county that forgets its past will never have a future." The purpose of the DeKalb County Historical Society is to "study, preserve and record our heritage."

By the end of 1969, 167 members from many areas of the United States had joined the Society.

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About Us

2019-2021 Officers

Township Representatives

Township Representatives

 

President - Sharon Martin
Vice President Martha Shireman

2nd Vice President Beulah McManus

Recording Secretary Bev Maltsberger
Corresponding Secretary Janice Bennett

Treasurer Barbara Owen

Financial Secretary Sharon Murphy

President Emeritus Earlene Vaughn 1987 - 1989

President Emeritus Ruth Owen 1989 - 2003

Township Representatives

Township Representatives

Township Representatives

 Adams - Ken & Margie Bray

Camden - Kyle Bridgman, Vola Castle

Colfax - Anne Wolfe, Noma Vaughn

Dallas - Mike & Carol Wolf, Harold & Jackie Allison

Grand River - Keith Meek

Grant - Marilyn Haley & Kelly Mc Millen

Polk - John Jr. & Rose Hutchcraft

Sherman - June Lippold, Joyce Shirk

Washington - Sharon Murphy, Joe Stevenson 

Standing committees

Standing committees

Standing committees

                                                                       *denotes Chairperson

Museum-Kenneth Rhodes, Roberta Dice   (Co-curators)

Heritage -  * Beulah Mc Manus, John & Sharon Murphy, Joyce & Bert Sherard, Karen Anderson, Janice Bennett

Membership - *Beulah Mc Manus, Sharon Murphy, Martha Shireman, Janice Bennett

Memorial Fund - Joyce Sherard

Genealory -  Chet Owen, Joyce Shirk, Frank Pettijohn, Charlotte Carpenter

Records Preservation -Chet Owen
Building - *Chet Owen Kenneth Rhodes, Gene Newkirk, Charles Martin, Galen Castor,  Frank Pettijohn, Mike Wolf, Roger Bennett

Heritage Park -  Vola Castle, Gene Newkirk, Frank Pettijohn

Financial - * Sharon Martin, Martha Shireman, Linda Walker, Betty Vinson, Anne Wolfe


 Our staff are all volunteers. They are dedicated to preservation of the history of DeKalb County MO 

Membership

Standing committees

Standing committees

Membership is established yearly and costs $15.00.


Membership entitles the member to four quarterly published issues of The Heritage, a newsletter of the Historical Society that includes information, updates and articles relating to the latest activities of the DeKalb County Historical Society.


Membership also gives a discount on photocopies of research files.


Membership helps to provide financial support for the ongoing work of the Historical Society. 


To become a member of the DeKalb County Historical Society click on the "Contact Us " tab at the top of the page and drop us an email or send us a letter with a check for $15.00 to the address on that page.


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