Missouri State Archives Finding Aid [998.369] MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Bob Priddy Collection Abstract: Materials primarily related to Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City, including the old Capitol that was destroyed in fire and the construction of new Capitol building. Includes research material related to donor’s published works, especially The Art of the Missouri Capitol: History in Canvas, Bronze and Stone. Extent: 9 cubic feet Physical Description: Paper; Photographs; Slides; Postcards; A/V; Ephemera/Objects Location: Missouri State Archives ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Alternative Formats: TIF Access Restrictions: Access to the Objects series is restricted; patrons should use the digital images first Publication Restrictions: Standard copyright rules apply Preferred Citation: [description of item], [date]; Bob Priddy Collection, Record Group 998.369; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Acquisition Information: Gifts with Deed; #2006-0164; #2011-0052; #2013-0043; #2013-0044; #2013-0045; #2017-0195. Processing Information: Initial processing completed by TB (intern) and AMM on 09/16/2013. Final processing completed by EW on 09/21/2017. Updated by EW on 03/25/2021. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Bob Priddy is a journalist and historian specializing in Missouri, Jefferson City and State Capitol Building history. He worked for 40 years for Missourinet, a radio broadcast company, before he retired in 2014. He is the author of many books on Missouri and its people and is a former Board member of the Friends of the Missouri State Archives. as of 03/25/2021 BOB PRIDDY COLLECTION, MS369 ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION Related Collections MS064 David Denman Photograph Collection MS266 Historic City of Jefferson Collection MS272 Ehrhardt Photograph Collection MS292 Harry Snodgrass Record Collection MS297 Mark Schreiber Photograph Collection MS314 Tom Sater Capital City Collection MS315 Lynn Shaffer Jefferson City Photograph Collection MS317 Duke Diggs Jefferson City Photograph Collection MS329 Alice Fast Postcard Collection MS340 George Grazier Jefferson City Photograph Collection MS349 Otto Kroeger Photograph Collection MS360 Dr. Arnold G. Parks Jefferson City Postcard Collection MS390 Ann Noe Collection MS394 Priesmeyer Shoe Factory Photograph Collection MS399 Bill Fannin Jefferson City Photograph Collection MS400 Gary Kremer Jefferson City Photograph Collection MS402 Jefferson City Circus Photograph Collection MS421 Henry Gensky Photograph Collection MS426 Jefferson City News Tribune Photograph MS433 Dr. Joseph Summers Collection MS457 Missouri State Penitentiary Postcard Collection MS463 Jefferson City Photographs by Kendal Mertens MS467 Ott Construction Company Photograph Collection MS481 Martha Rutledge Jefferson City Photograph Collection RG110 Department of Natural Resources National Register of Historic Places RG395 State Capitol Commission Board RG395 State Capitol Commission Board Photographs RG395.2 Missouri State Capitol Commission RG395.2 Missouri State Capitol Commission Photographs RG396 Capitol Decoration Commission Ball, Jeffrey L. The Missouri Murals: A History of the Decorations for the State Capitol. University of Missouri-Columbia Dissertation: 1997. Call No. R 725.11 B2101 Edelman, Nancy. The Thomas Hart Benton Murals in the Missouri State Capitol: A Social History of the State of Missouri. Jefferson City: Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 1978. Call No. R 759.13 Ed276 The Missouri State Capitol: A Collection of Information about Its Architectural Design. Jefferson City: Missouri Senate, 1979. Call No. R 725.11 M6918 Missouri State Archives Page 2 of 20 Finding Aid 998.369 as of 03/25/2021 BOB PRIDDY COLLECTION, MS369 Summers, Joseph S. Jr. The Day the Capitol Burned. Jefferson City, MO: CeMoMedServ Publications, 1986. (On the Cole County shelf in Reference.) Additional External Resources Boston, Claire. “Veteran Newscaster Bob Priddy Retires After 40 Years on the Capitol Beat.” Columbia Missourian December 3, 2014. Available online: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/veteran-newscaster-bob-priddy-retires- after-years-on-the-capitol/article_c04af0cb-52a3-53eb-a3cb-20394da278a5.html Priddy, Bob and Jeffrey Ball. The Art of the Missouri Capitol: History in Canvas, Bronze, and Stone. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2011. SERIES Postcards (1898-1971) Photographs (1904-2006) Slides (1982-2002) Books and Research Materials (1861-2011) Objects (1896-1989) Audio/Visual Materials (1998) Missouri State Archives Page 3 of 20 Finding Aid 998.369 as of 03/25/2021 BOB PRIDDY COLLECTION, MS369 POSTCARDS, 1898-1971 Extent: 243 Postcards Arrangement: By subject Scope and Content This collection contains historic postcards of Jefferson City and other Missouri locations, primarily the Missouri State Capitol and state government buildings. It also includes Jefferson City street views, Lake of the Ozarks, Ha Ha Tonka and a few images from San Francisco and France. All the postcards, fronts and backs, have been scanned as 400dpi TIFFs and are available on two DVDs in the Reference Room, DVD Cabinet 4/2. The fronts of most of the postcards are also on Missouri Digital Heritage in the Historical Postcards of Jefferson City collection online here: http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/postjc. This is a combination of three postcard collections: Priddy’s plus MS329 Alice Fast Postcard Collection and MS360 Dr. Arnold G. Parks Jefferson City Postcard Collection. Container List See the Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item description under the tab labeled “Postcards.” Location Box Folder Contents Date 143 147-250 Postcards 001-108 1898-1971 144 1-119 Postcards 109-227 1898-1971 Missouri State Archives Page 4 of 20 Finding Aid 998.369 as of 03/25/2021 BOB PRIDDY COLLECTION, MS369 PHOTOGRAPHS, 1904-2006 Extent: 147 photographs Arrangement: Arranged by subject Scope and Content This collection contains original photographs of sites in Jefferson City (primarily the Capitol Building), Washington, D.C. and Taos, New Mexico. The images concern research the donor, Bob Priddy, made when writing his book, The Art of the Missouri Capitol. All the photographs have been scanned as 400dpi TIFFs and are available on DVD in the Reference Room, DVD Cabinet 4/2 (same disk as the Objects series). Container List See the Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item description under the tab labeled “Photographs.” Location Box Folder Contents Date 144 120-216 5x7 or smaller photographs 1904-2003 145 1-46 8x10 photographs 1905-2006 OB39 2-5 Oversized photographs 1925-2004 Missouri State Archives Page 5 of 20 Finding Aid 998.369 as of 03/25/2021 BOB PRIDDY COLLECTION, MS369 SLIDES, 1982-2002 Extent: 6 slide boxes Arrangement: By category according to donor; Box 6 arranged by subject Scope and Content This series contains ~1200 35mm slides of the Missouri Capitol Building, Capitol artists and artwork as well as other subjects related to Missouri state history. The majority of slides are images used in the donor’s series of lectures (copyright unclear). Many of the images are copies of photographs found in other collections within the State Archives or other repositories. Donor notes images of Benton sketches are rare, as the originals are in a Kansas City bank vault. Photographs taken by donor (copyright clear) include slides B1 – O15, taken in 1994 at Belmont, the home and studio of Gari Melchers, near Falmouth, Virginia. The slides are in segments according to the paintings Melcher did for the-then Governor’s waiting room. B: Susan Elizabeth Blow, T: Mark Twain, R: James Rollins, F: Eugene Field, O: miscellaneous other. The slides were digitized in 2009 and 2013 and are on two DVDs in the Reference Room, drawer 4/2. Users should be aware that standard copyright rules apply to these images. Container List See the Excel spreadsheet for a preliminary item-by-item description under the tab labeled “Slides.” Location Box Folder Contents Date 1-6 n/a 35mm color slides 1982-2002 Missouri State Archives Page 6 of 20 Finding Aid 998.369 as of 03/25/2021 BOB PRIDDY COLLECTION, MS369 BOOKS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1861-2011 Extent: 6 ½ cubic feet Arrangement: Books first, then loose research material arranged alphabetically by folder title Scope and Content The series contains books, research notes and other materials and copy prints of photographs from various institutions. Material was used primarily in writing the book The Art of the Missouri Capitol (Priddy and Jeff Ball). Container List Books: Location Box Folder Contents Date 146 (none) Furst, Herbert. The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn: A 1924 Study of the Problems of Decoration with Special Reference to the Work of This Artist. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1924. 146 (none) Allen, Douglas and Douglas Allen, Jr. N.C. Wyeth: The 1972 Collected Paintings, Illustrations, and Murals. New York: Bonanza Books, 1972. 146 (none) Michaelis, David. N.C. Wyeth: A Biography. New York: 1998 Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Autographed copy. 147 (none) True, Jere and Victoria Tupper Kirby. Allen Tupper True: 2009 An American Artist. San Francisco, CA: Canyon Leap in association with Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 2009. 147 (none) Dreiss, Joseph G. Gari Melchers: His Works in the 1984 Belmont Collection. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1984. 147 (none) Schimmel, Julie. The Art and Life of W. Herbert Dunton 1984 1878-1936. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1984. 147 (none) Sanders, Gordon E. Oscar