The 1913 S.W.B.C. time capsule and its contents will be exhibited in a permanent, rotating display in a museum quality display case in the foyer of the Harriett K. Hutchens Library, home of the Southwest Baptist University Archives.  The time capsule contents will be displayed in small batches in an exhibitat that will change every 2-3 months.

SBU received generous donations through the SBU Alumni Association's 50-Year Club.  The University and the University Archives extend our warmest appreciation to those individuals who donated funds toward this project.  Also, appreciation is expressed to the officers of the 50-Year Club and the staff of the SBU Office of Development.

Call (417) 328-1604 for the library hours or for directions to the library when the exhibit is on display.

This preliminary inventory was prepared by Sandra Brown, University Archivist, after the initial removal of the contents from the time capsule.  A more detailed group inventory will be prepared as the materials are processed for preservation purposes and added to the Archive collection.  Plans are being made to provide some public access through displays in the near future.

Total number of physical items: 185

5 - Bolivar Herald, newspapers circa 1912

1 - Bolivar Free Press, March 9, 1871 [extremely fragile; deteriorated]

1 - Bolivar Free Press, July 17, 1913

1 - St. Louis Globe Democrat, June 23, 1913

5 - Word & Way (incorporating the Central Baptist), circa 1912-13

1 - [Mother & Child Portrait in studio folder], no identification or date

1 - Rural Graduates [of Polk County] 1911

1 - Piper Creek Bridge 1910

1 - Rural Graduates [of Polk County] 1912

1 - [Four Children posed group photograph - appears to be a pretend wedding], no identification or date

1 - Birds Eye View of Bolivar, April 1913

1 - From Ross Studio Paving Public Square 1912

2 - [master plan of S.W.B.C. campus by Kansas City architects]

1 - Bolivar Public School 1885

1 - Meet Man's Best Friend at the Polk County Fair [grandstand & animals]

5 - [Polk County Fair promotional postcard images]

2 - North Side Square, Bolivar, MO

1 - High School, Bolivar, MO

2 - West Broadway, Bolivar, MO

1 - West Side Square, Bolivar, MO

2 - East Side Square, Bolivar, MO

1 - East Broadway, Bolivar MO (includes a bit of the original building used by college when it moved to Bolivar before building its own building)

1 - Polk County Court House

1 - High School & South Side School, Bolivar, MO

1 - [depicts 5 Bolivar churches including FBC]

1 - Enrollment Card [ S.W.B.C. recruiting item]

1 - Information Card [S.W.B.C. recruiting item]

1 - Greater South West Baptist College [two building images]

1 - S.W.B.C. catalog 1898-99. 32 pages.

1 - Minutes of the 45th Annual Sessions of the Polk County Baptist Association, Flemington, MO, August 13-15, 1912. 28 pages.

1 - Minutes: Missouri Baptist Convention General Association, Kansas City, MO,  October 22-25, 1912. 185 pages.

1 - Southern Baptist Convention. St. Louis, MO 1913. 447 pages.

2 - Bulletin. [July 1911?]. Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, MO

4 - Announcement. 1913-1914 South West Baptist College, Bolivar, MO. [college catalogs]

1 - Forty Years [Polk County Bank promotional booklet], 8 pages.

2 - Bylaws. Osage Lodge No. 61 I.O.O.F [small booklet], 12 pages.

1 - The Call of the Ozarks. Published by Polk County Land Investment Company [small booklet], 32 pages.

1 - 1913 Polk County Fair, Bolivar, Mo., September 24, 25, 26, 27. [small booklet], 78 pages.

1 - Fourth Annual Street Fair and Carnival, Bolivar, Mo., Oct. 12, 13 14, 15, 16, 1909. [small booklet], 52 pages.

1 - Fifth Annual Street Fair and Carnival, Bolivar, Mo. Sept. 28, 29, 30, Oct. 1, 1910. [small booklet], 48 pages.

1 - Sixth Annual Street Fair and Carnival, Bolivar, Mo., Oct. 11, 12, 13, 14, 1911. [small booklet], 40 pages.

1 - Directory. Polk County Mutual. Telephone Company.  Issued April 1, 1911.  Bolivar, Missouri. 54 pages.

1 - Bar Docket of the Polk County Circuit Court, February term, 1911.

1 - Bar Docket of the Polk County Circuit Court, May term, 1911.

1 - Bar Docket of the Polk County Circuit Court, October term, 1912.

1 - Bar Docket of the Polk County Circuit Court, February term, 1912.

1 - Bar Docket of the Polk County Circuit Court, May term, 1912.

1 - Bar Docket of the Polk County Circuit Court, May term, 1913.

 1 - Contents of Cornerstone S.W.B. College 1902 new building. [manilla business size envelope tied with string contained the following items].

 1 - 1902-1903 S.W.B.C. [Catalog, very deteriorated and misshapen covers torn and loose].

 1 - Grand Lodge of A.F. & A. Masons of Missouri.  This cornerstone was laid with Masonic ceremonies by W. Bro. Chas. J.

Wright of Springfield, Mo. Acting under dispensation granted to W.B. Dunnegan, D.G.M. of the 39th Dist. By the Grand Master of Masons of Missouri, on the 7th day of August A.L. 5902, A.D. 1902, in the presence of a large assemblage of the Craft and patrons and friends of South-West Baptist College. [single sheet, blue copy, badly deteriorated and torn].

 1 - By-laws of Bolivar Lodge No. 195 A.F. AND A.M. Bolivar, Missouri, 1889. [small booklet, water damaged, poor

condition, deteriorated], 20 pages.

 1 - 1902 St, Elmo Commandery No. 43 K.T. [small booklet, badly malformed due to moisture damage].

 1 - Directions for operating X Rays Sulky Plow. [newspaper clipping, badly formed and deteriorated due to moisture].

 1 - [probably a list of donors, extremely brittle and water damaged.  Cannot unfold without destroying.]

 The following coins were also in this envelope:

  1 - 1902 large penny [badly corroded]

  1 - 1901 U.S. Quarter Dollar [looks like tarnished silver, size equivalent to current nickel].

  1 - 1889 V Cents [tarnished and scratched].

  1 -  1898 One Cent [badly corroded, looks like iron content, looks like Indian Head on front].

  1 -  1901 One Cent [mild corrosion, looks like iron content, looks like Indian Head on front].

  1 -  1897-9 One Cent [corroded, looks like iron content, looks like Indian Head on front].

  1 -  1891 One Cent [badly corroded, looks like iron content, looks like Indian Head on front].

  1 -  1890 One Cent [badly corroded, looks like iron content, looks like Indian Head on front].

  1 -  1900 One Cent [badly corroded, looks like iron content, looks like Indian Head on front, stamped     large "L" on one side and stamped large "W" on the other side].

1 - The McKinney Mortgage Company, Bolivar, Mo. [envelope contained the following items].

1 - Advantaged Offered by Being on the Ground. [promotional flyer printed by McKinney Mortgage].

 1 - C.S. McKinney [business card, heavy card stock].

1 - McKinney Mortgage Company, Farm Loans [business card, heavy card stock].

1 - McKinney Mortgage Company [letterhead sheet with typed text and signatures as follows]:

July 23, 1913
Long Live South West Baptist College

[signed by]
 __?__ McKinney, Sec'y-Treas.
 G.H.(?) Durkee, Vice-Pres.
 Carrie E. Gunn, Stenographer

 1 - Joe A. Drake, Dentist, Bolivar, Mo. [envelope contained the following items];

 1 - [Drake letterhead sheet with handwritten message]:

 July 23, 1913

 These flowers gathered at Nome, Alaska, July 4th, 1900 by J.A. Drake.

 6 - [dried, pressed small flowers]

1 - Farmers State Bank of Bolivar [letterhead envelop contained the following items]:

 1 - Condensed Statement of the Farmers State Bank at Close of Business, July 23, 1913. [printed statement[.

 1 - F.H. Sussman [business card with following inscription written on it]: July 23, 1913.

 1 - J.I. Reed, pres. Farmers State Bank [business card with following inscription written on it]: July 23, 1913.

 1 - J. M. Chamberlin, Lawyer, Bolivar, Mo. [envelope containing the following items]:

 1 - Directory of Southwest Baptist College containing the names of all the graduates of South West Baptist College in alphabetical register, together with their addresses and occupations.

 1 - O.P. Hollingworth, Lawyer, Bolivar, Missouri [letterhead sheet].

 1 - City Officers, Bolivar, Mo. 1913. [municipal information printed on heavy card stock, pocket size].

 1 - Masonic Calendar and Directory.  Bolivar, Missouri, 1913. [small booklet], 8 pages.

2 - Rev. C.W. Fisher Accepts Financial Agency of South West Baptist College.

3 - Indorsements of South West Baptist College in the 1911 Association.

1 - Strong Argument for the Rebuilding of the College Offered at the Mass Meeting at Bolivar.

2 - All Parts of Southwest Missouri and the General Association Respond Heartily.

2 - Greater South West Baptist College.

1 - [pad of S.W.B.C. Pledge Cards, with terms (7% interest), plus a few loose sheets of same].

1 - Territory & Government Proposed for South West Baptist College.

1 - School Opens in 1913. Greater South West Baptist College.

1 - [3 page recruiting letter from C.W. Fisher on S.W.B.C. letterhead], July 1, 1913.

1 - S.W.B.C. letterhead envelope [used to contain some the business cards mentioned later in this inventory].

1 - This Map Drawn by Dan M. Bailey - Townsend & Townsend Office Force: W.A. (?) Townsend; Perry Tyan; Dan M. Bailey; Earbe [Earle/] Warren.

Warren [ outline color map of Polk County, Missouri] From Townsend & Townsend Farm Loans & Abstracts, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Kirby's Hardware News. [folded flyer]

1 - No. 1825 Official Statement of the Financial Statement of the Farmer's State Bank of Bolivar, at Bolivar, State of Missouri, at the

Close of Business, June 4, 1913

1 - Quarterly Examination Questions for Pupils in the Common School of Missouri.  Third Quarter, 1912-1913.

1 - Final Examination Questions for the Graduation of Pupils from the Common Schools of Missouri. January 1913.

1 - Democrats, Republican, Progressives are Alike in One Respect. [Bolivar Herald subscription promotional booklet, 12 pages].

1 - Keep Your Eye on Polk County Missouri, Harry T. West Realty Co., Bolivar, Mo.

2 - Official Vote of Polk County, General Election, Tuesday, November 5, 1912.

8 - C.W. Fisher, S.W.B.C. [business cards on heavy card stock].

12 - [portrait calling cards of C.W. Fisher with photo of S.W.B.C. while W.J.C. Academy - various colors of card stock].

1 -Frank Smay

1 -F.W. Adams, president-Otis Mosier, Sec'y. Treas., The Adams-Mosier Mortgage Company, Bolivar, M)

1 -M.E. Kirby, Bolivar, Missouri, Western Association; Hardware, Stoves, Implements, Vehicles and Sporting Goods.

1 - S.B. Brown [might be ancestor of Sam Bruce Brown, current Bolivar resident].  Inscribed on back:

M.E. Kirby, J.J. Skaggs, J.O. Finchbin (sp?), W.J. Hooper, S.B. Brown, M.P. Reeves.

1 - Thos. A. Douglas, Lawyer, Bolivar, MO.

1 - J.M. Chamberlin, Lawyer, Bolivar, MO.

1 - The Bolivar Herald. Frank L. Stufflebaum, Bolivar, MO.

1 -W.M. Reiss, Photographer, Bolivar, MO. [empty envelope]

1 -W.M. Reiss, Photographer, Bolivar, MO. [blank sheet]

1 - Daisy Johnson, Superintendent of Public School, Polk County, Mo.

1 - B.M. Sparks, Country Treasurer, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - First National Bank, R.B. Viles pres., Bolivar, Mo.

1 - M.E. Kirby Hardware, Implement and Vehicles, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Tinkle's Furniture, Hardware and General Merchandise, W. H. Tinkle, T.L. Tinkle, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - American Produce Company, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - I.X.L. Grocery Company.  J.F. McCracken, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - W.S. White Furniture & Undertaking, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Utley Furniture Company, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Law Office of Cox and Douglas, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - The McKinney Mortgage Company, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - F.M. Shoffner, Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - R.B. Viles & Co., Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Furnishings, Millinery, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, etc., Bolivar, Mo.

1 - A.J. Hunter, Late of the Interior Department, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - H.J. McCracken, Watchmaker and Optician, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - J.C. Parker & Co. Dry Goods, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Townsend & Townsend, Farm Loans & Abstracts of Titles, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Farmers State Bank, J. I. Reed, pres., Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Office of the Clerk of the County Court, Polk County, Missouri, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Office of J.W. Thomas, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Polk County, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Office of A.P. Mitchell, Recorder of Deeds, Polk County, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Office of J.A. Phillips, Judge of Probate, Polk County, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Polk County Bank, T.H.B. Dunnegan, pres., Bolivar, Mo.

1 - Winn & Warren, Dry Goods, Ladies & Gents Furnishings, Shoes and Notions, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - W.W. Moore & Co., Dealers in Clothing, Furnishing, Shoes and Hats, Bolivar, Mo.

1 - First Baptist Church, P.T. Harman, pastor, Bolivar, Missouri

1 - Bolivar Bottling Works (blank receipt sheet)

Miscellaneous (1 item):

1 - dried ear of seed corn

The time capsule itself was not counted in the total number of items.  It is constructed of metal, probably copper, and had been meticulously crafted to seal out moisture and air.  The sealed edged seemed to have been crimped under twice and when the item was opened there was a slight air intake sound that indicated that the contents were not only sealed in but probably in a slight vacuum.  This environment has caused the items, unless they were already deteriorated when packed into the time capsule, to stay in almost pristine condition.  Whereas the small envelope of materials found in this time capsule which had been in an earlier [c.1902] time capsule at the college, suffered major moisture damage.

Dr. Steve Lesh, Chair

Norma Bishop

Chris Breshears

Sandra Brown

Mary Lou Edmondson

Terri Fallin

Matt Hayden

Tamera Heitz-Peek

Judy Taylor

Louise Wimberly