Carthage, Missouri Schools and Colleges - Resources for Research including Ozark Wesleyan College

Yesterday's Schools in Carthage

To see an illustration of all the Carthage "ward" schools, c. 1900, click here.

Historic Jasper County Missouri Schools website maintained by Kathy Sidenstricker. Lots of history and photographs!

Today's Schools in Carthage

Mini-history of Carthage's Columbian Elementary School (with links to pictures of historic Columbian School found in c. 1900 photo link above)

Mark Twain Elementary School website.

Fairview Elementary School website.

Steadley Elementary School website.

Pleasant Valley Elementary School website.

Carthage Middle School website.

Carthage Junior High School website.

Carthage Senior High School website.

Carthage Technical Center website.

St. Ann's Catholic School website.

Other private schools in Carthage -- provide us your link and we will add you to this page. Better yet, give us a little history of your school and we will include that too!

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School Holdings in Reference Library

The below listed yearbooks can be consulted at the museum during regular hours but advance notice on their use is appreciated to insure a private research/work area for you. (Resources may be consulted during off-season by advance appointment only.)

Remember, there are other yearbook collections at the Carthage Public Library (Tues.-Sat) and the Jasper County Records Center (Mon.-Fri.) available on a year-round basis. The library's set is the most complete collection available.

Terms of Use and Fees

Free yearbook look-ups available onsite during normal public hours. Yearbook scanning services no longer provided due to poor quality of scans from yearbooks due to original printing process. If you bring your own scanning equipment, researchers may try to scan on-site. Please pre-schedule your visit if you are bringing equipment as pre-visit arrangements are necessary to provide electrical access and a private research/work area in the meeting room/library. Availability is subject to the museum's own programming scheduled for the same area.

Carthage High School Yearbooks
The following list represents the museum's holdings, as of February 2012, for the High School Herald Annual and the Carthaginian yearbooks published for Carthage High School.

The Powers Museum thanks the various donors who have given yearbooks in recent years including Carthage High School, Jeanie Hill, Jasper County Records Center via Tom & Myrl Dunphy, Ario Murto, and most recently, the estate of Dr. Russell Smith in 2010.  We welcome other gifts for years that are missing on this list. 

The museum also thanks volunteer Marian Abrams for conducting the winter 2012 library inventory and cataloging project.

Ozark Wesleyan College Yearbooks 

Ozark Wesleyan College Yearbooks (holdings as of January 2012)

1924 (College was still in Marionville, MO. Thank you for your 2011 donation, Mr. Roy Staas of Springfield, MO)

1925
1926
1927 
1931

We have no documents or yearbooks concerning Ozark Junior College as of this date.  Other OWC archival items are available for consultation by prior appointment.

Link for OWC archival materials in the Pickler Memorial Library at Truman State University, click here.  This collection is part of the Missouri Digital Heritage project.

No materials for Carthage Collegiate Institute are available in the Reference Library at this time except for a photocopy of a 1905-06 college catalog and one CCI alumni booklet.  Access to other materials on the college (except what can be found in county and town history books), is by appointment only.