Postcard of the Joplin Fire Department in four automobile fire engines outside of their station's garage. The vehicles are equipped (separately) with ladders, hoses, and water tanks. A note at the side of the postcard says, "Built and installed by the Webb Motor Fire Apparatus Company. Vincennes, Indiana. U. S. A"

From Introduction: "This report describes the lead and zinc deposits and the mining methods employed in the sheet-ground area of the Joplin district, Missouri, and discusses the causes and the methods of abating rock dust in the mines, the chemical and physical characteristics of the dust, and the quantities present in mine air."

From Introduction: "This report of investigations carried on by the Bureau of Mines gives the methods used in mining and milling and indicates in some detail the conditions that affect the efficiency of those methods; it does not attempt to discuss the geology of the district, except incidentally, as this has been described in numerous reports by several geologists."

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 516, 2-8-0, Joplin, MO.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 728, 4-6-0, Carthage, MO.

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 622, 2-8-0, Joplin, MO.

A letter addressed to "Tom Carlson" [T. N. Carswell], Abilene, Texas from Seomare Westfull, Carthage, Mo., dated April 26, 1947. Westfull requests a statement from Carswell to vouch for his integrity. In a postscript, he requests that Carswell send the original to Roy E. Mayes, President of the Carthage Marble Corp and the copy to him. Carswell makes note that he answered as requested in as helpful a way as he knew how.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "JOPLIN, MO., Feb. 6 - Charles E. "Gabby" Street, 68, one of basseball's most famous figures, died quietly "more or less in his sleep" in a hospital here at 5:55 a.m. Tuesday."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of William Cook with at the bottom with "Mo. State Prison.")"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Angered by what they termed a "hoax," four relatives of Bill Cook arrived here early Wednesday morning demanding that his public funeral in Comanche be cancelled."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "John Mitchell, Joplin, mo. "Elderly people driving old cars and young kids driving and drinking."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Frank Coulter of Joplin Mo. high school will conduct the high school string orchestra."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of four escapees from the prison at Jackson, Mich., is escorted to Carthage, Mo., jail Tuesday after his capture."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Twenty-two cars in a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed Tuesday morning in a collision with a gravel truck near Jasper, MO."

Wanted poster for Clyde Champion Barrow and his brother, Marvin Ivan Barrow. It includes both their physical descriptions and details of their last sighting. The monetary reward of $1000 is the total amount added from the four counties they are wanted in.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Portrait of Hettie Louella Kepler as a young woman sitting on a bench with a book in her lap.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a large tornado in Joplin, Missouri.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a string of storms and tornados in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Texas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

An independent pilot study suggested that the Retail Employment Inventory (REI) might be predictive of subjectively and objectively measured Over the Road (OTR) truck driver performance. The present validation study consisted of three parts. First, an examination of the relationship between REI scores and 11 objective, performance criteria revealed weak and non-significant correlations. Second, a comparison of subjective ratings and REI scores failed to replicate the findings of the pilot study. And third, to confirm that the task components of the OTR job were correctly identified in the pilot study, a second job analysis was performed. Possible reasons for the failure of the REI to predict OTR performance and directions for future research are discussed.

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.

Photograph of a scene along Route 66.