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Title: "Straight From The Shoulder" Journal
Date: 1956
Description: 10 15/16 inches by 8 3/8 inches tan journal with black and red writing. The top of the cover has red and black letters spelling "Straight from the shoulder A Journal of Political Fact VOLUME 3 NOVEMBER, 1956 NUMBER 9". This was made and distributed by the Republican National Committee as a series in the lead up to the 1956 election. There are fifteen pages in the journal with a back cover page

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 58, Number 1
Date: 1944-04-01, 1944-04-01
Description: Vol. LVIII, No. 1. Article about displaying the importance of rivers in World War II at a museum. Article about draft deferment for transportation industries including 845 deferments for river workers and 27,000 for rail workers.

Title: National Inland Waterways Volume 1, Number 6
Date: 1920-08
Description: Editorials - 38; Killing the New York Barge Canal - By Gordon P. Gleason, 7; Deeper Channels in the Great Lakes - By Francis C. Shenehon, 13; Annual Convention of the Mississippi Valley Waterways Association - 17; Utilization of Our Navigable Waterways as an Economic Necessity - By John M. Parker,19; Water Transportation in the Mississippi Valley - By Hon. John H. Small, 21; The Reconstruction Period and Waterborne Transportation - By Harry H. Merrick, 26; The Relation of Our Inland Waterways to Foreign Commerce - By Hon, Joshua W. Alexander, 28; Methods Through Which Traffic Was Diverted from the Rivers - By Major Gen. Lansing H. Beach, 30; Federal Waterway Control as a Constructive Experiment - By Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, 34; The Needs and Difficulties of River Improvements - By Hon. Cleveland A. Newton, 41; Annual Report of President James E. Smith of the Mississippi Valley Waterways Association - 47; River-Rail Terminals for the Lower Mississippi River - By Liet. Col. John R. Fordyce, 54; The Merchant Marine To-day - By Rear-Admiral W. S. Benson, 55; A Nation Wide Waterway System Advocated - 59; Effect of the War on the Foreign Trade of the United States - 63; Motor Vehicle Traffic Which Required the Use of Cement Concrete Foundations - By W. G. Thompson, 64; Ship by the Port of Erie - By William L. Morrison, 67; Erie Water Works Department - 72; Waterway Transportation for General Electric Company Traffic - By Robert H. Rogers, 75.

Title: National Inland Waterways Volume 1, Number 5
Date: 1920-04
Description: Editorials, p. 38
Waterways -- The Diversion of Trade to Abnormal Channels (Richard Selden Harvey), p. 7 Our Country's Greatest Need - Transportation (James E. Smith), p. 10 Standardized Barges Planned for New York State Canal (Gordon P. Gleason), p. 11 A National System of Transportation (Richard Waterman), p. 14 The Ohio - A River of Commerce (Robert Salade), p. 21 Up Green River to Mammoth Cave (Donald T. Wright), p. 29 Memphis and the Revival of River Traffic (J. Mack Gamble), P. 33 Florida's Highways and Inland Waterways, p. 37 Mississippi Valley Waterways Association Convention, p. 65 Palmy Days of Steamboating on the Ohio, p. 70 Ports and Terminals -- Motorizing Terminals (B. F. Fitch), p. 17 Freight Handling in England as Applied to Our Home Problem (Capt. F. T. Chambers), p. 25 World Trade and the Port of Philadelphia, p. 41 Ports and Harbors of South America, West and North Coast (William A. Reid), p. 47 New Orleans Lead in War Grain in Shipments, p. 64 The Development of Pennsylvania's Only Lake Port, p. 74 World Trade -- Russia, Its Resources and Its Possibilities (John F Wahl), p. 57 Business in Mexico As It Is Today, p. 60 Opportunities for American Exporters in the Argentine Republic (Dr. T. A. LeBreton), p. 59 ------ Factors Affecting Present Day Prices (Francis R. Sisson), p. 62 Mechanical Conveyors Solve Many Problems, p. 68 High Time to Get Back to the Land, p. 66 Delaware's Unique Highway System, p. 67 Business Elements Which Govern Chinese Trade, p. 72 A Reporter's Vision of Presque Isle Peninsula (Paul Trescott Robarts), p. 35

Title: Circular of the St. Louis College of Medical and Natural Sciences
Date: 1855
Description: Session, 1855-'56

Title: P-094 Milroy, Henry Bruce Diary
Date: 1836
Description: This diary documents Rebecca and Henry Bruce Milroy’s convalescent journey from Washington County, Indiana to Natchez Mississippi, as well as Henry’s return trip after his wife’s death. The 42 page diary includes near daily entries from October 26, 1836 to January 1, 1837. The author describes several towns they pass through, places they stay, steamboats they take passage aboard, people they encounter, and medical treatments Rebecca receives.

Title: P-099 Wright, Thomas Immigration Narrative
Date: 1817
Description: This manuscript journal was written in 1817 by Thomas Wright, a druggist and veterinarian, as he traveled from his native home in England to the Morris Birkbeck settlement in southern Illinois. The pages are filled with his optimism and courage as he set off on a long and winding journey over open ocean, to distant shores, and across the wild American West. His careful and detailed observations

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 32
Date: 1909-11-06,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 32. Lakes To The Gulf Convention: Greatest Convention on Record-Addressed by President Taft and Others-Resolutions of Convention.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 21
Date: 1909-08-21,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 21. The Result of the Humphrey's Bill: If Taken Advantage of by Foreign Owners Would Bring No Benefit in Return. Dates for [Deep Waterway] Convention Fixed. President Taft's Itinerary. Nearly Thrity Miles An Hour.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 48
Date: 1910-02-26,
Description: Vol. XXII. No. 48. Devoted to the Marine Profession, Yachting and Commercial Interests. Official Organ of the Western Rivers' Ferry Owners' Association.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 12
Date: 1909-06-19,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 12. American Trade and Panama Canal: Advantages Accruing American Trade Through the Building of the Isthmian Canal in Opening up New Markets. River Tonnage and Improvement.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 6
Date: 1909-05-08,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 6. Harry Dean steamboat explosion. Senator Elkins favors $500,000,000 bond issue for improvement of waterways.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 28
Date: 1909-10-09,
Description: Vol. XXII. No. 28. O. V. I. A. Meeting: Planned to be One of the Most Important Waterways Meetings Ever Held. John A. Cox On Waterways. Matt Monaghan Passes Away. Arkansas Rice. Work Commenced on "Frisco."

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 23
Date: 1909-09-04,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 23. Waterway Policy is Quickening: A Greater Interest Than Ever Before is Being Shown by the Senators and Representatives and by the People; Rainey Favors Bond Issue of Good Proportions to Carry on the Work of Improving the Inland Waters and Canals. Bridge Likely To Be At Paducah: President of the Chicago, Pittsburg and New York R. R. Wants it Built Between Brookport and Paducah. Hoosier Boy Wins Again: Hoosier Boy Now Champion of the Lakes-Won Fre-for all at Toldeo, O. Olden Days at Vicksburg.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 30
Date: 1909-10-23,
Description: Vol. XXII. No. 30. Duty of Congress As To National Waterways. A Successful Gasoline Engine. The Conquest of the Missouri. Improved Waterways. Waterway Sentiment Is Growing: Bond Issue is Becoming Favorable. Bond Issues For Waterways. River Gambling Before The War: Some Things That Were, and Some Things That Were Not So-How Fortunes Were Lost and Won in a Single Night. President Taft's Itinerary. Program for the Waterways Convetion. Ernest Gaudard. Two Famous Racers of '70. Success To The New Orleans Convention. The Ohio River Convention. Captain I. M. Mason Seriously Ill. Miscellaneous River News. Practical Talk On River Improvements. Came to St. Louis in '53. Boilers Built By Rohans. Capt. Patten's First River Ride: Sailed on the Wyoming Fifty-nine Years Ago. J. R. Massengale, President of the St. Louis Lumberman's Exchange. Capt. Phil S. Hacker. Capt. Wm. L. Heckmann. Capt. Sol York. St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co. Harry S. Hawes. J. F. O. Reller. A. C. Tindle. Captain D. W. Wisherd. J. H. Gunlach. L. W. Quick. Frank F. Blades. Capt. Mike Williams. Packet Company To Quit. Ohio River. W. H. Thorwegen. Capt. J. Frank Beaty. Captain M. J. Gibbons. The Whiteman Brothers. The Katie (1875). The Ark. Capt. Frank R. Farnsley. Maritime Decisions. Frisco Transfer Engines To Be Built At Clinton, IO. The Natchez. Capt. John E. Luebben. Charles R. Nadal. Edmund Koeln. C. L. Goldsmith. W. C. Lepper. Richard Bartholdt: America's First Apostle of Peace. The President And The Ship Subsidy. Commercial Movements On Rivers and Canals: Report of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the Month of August, 1907, 1908, and 1909. For the Improvement of our Rivers. Monongahela River Notes. Some Reminiscences. Mark Twain's Friend Bixby. New Coal Dump At Cairo. Walk! Late Marine Decisions. Observations From The Bridge. Wharfage And Agency Charges. U. S. Engineers Favor Ohio River. Will Travel In Fine Style., Vol. XXII. No. 30. Extra-long issue devoted to President Taft's Steamboat trip.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 18
Date: 1909-07-31,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 18. The Problem of Transportation. Big Peoria Regatta. Paducah Dry Docks Sold.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 7
Date: 1909-05-15,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 7. Georgia Lee sinks. Tennesse River freight rates. Deep Waterway Convention.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 24
Date: 1909-09-11,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 24. Boat Lines Request Support: Affirms Senator Burton's Statement That People Do Not Utilize Present Depth of Water-Steamboats Begging For Business. U. S. Dredge Engineer Drowned. New Machinery Being Built. The St. Charles (MO.) Boat Races. Gracey Childers Burns to Water's Edge. Hoosier Boy Wins Again.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 10
Date: 1909-06-05,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 10. Taft pleased with Lorimer. West Kentucky Co. invades southern market. Extravagance in natural resources man's downfall.

Title: Rail-Road Journal, Volume 1, Number 1
Date: 1832-01-02
Description: Vol. I, No. 1. The 1831 issue date is a mistake.

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