Peek into the Powers Museum Collections

Carthage ephemera featured in 1992 exhibit celebrating Carthage's Sesquicentennial.

This page (and sub-pages) being added to and revised throughout 2012 so please consider it a "work-in-progress."   

The Powers Museum's permanent collection numbers over 10,000 items and is growing every year. Since museum display space is limited, only a small percentage of artifacts are ever displayed at any one time. However, the goal of this section of the website is to highlight some of those other holdings.

But remember, just because artifacts are are not on display does not mean they are not available for research or educational study. Like the resources of the archival collection, items in storage can be consulted by prior arrangement. (Contact the museum for the appropriate application.)

Gifts to the Museum

            Selected 2010 & 2011 Donations

          Selected 2000-2005 Donations

          Selected 2005-2008 Donations

          Selected Pre-2000 Donations

Leisure Activity Collections

Teddy goes to Tulsa Antiques Roadshow Teddy Goes to Tulsa Antiques Roadshow

Other Stuffed Animals & Toys in the Powers Family Founding Collection

Topsy Turvy Puzzles Topsy Turvy Puzzles

Other Puzzle Makers represented in museum collections

Holiday Celebration Memorabilia

Greetings: Valentine's Day

    Facebook Album  2011-12

Greetings: St. Patrick's Day & Easter

    Facebook Album 2012

Greetings: Patriotic Holidays

Greetings: Halloween

    Facebook Album 2011 (news items); 2012

Greetings: Thanksgiving

Greetings: Christmas & New Year's Day                                                      

Other Celebrations

    Facebook Album 2011

Greeting Card Manufacturer Links:  Hallmark

Textiles & Fashion Collections

Powers Family Quilts of the Powers Family Quilts

Display Schedule for Jasper County Courthouse Quilts

      Flickr Album on Courthouse Quilt 1895 version

Decorative Arts for the Home

Painted China

Art Holdings of the Powers Museum

 

Medical Ephemera, Books & Instruments

             Dr. John Alexander Powers' Medical Practice

          Dr. Everett Powers' Medical Practice

          Dr. A. N. Winchester of Joplin, Missouri

Musical Archives & Music

             Civil War-era Sheet Music

          Lamperti-Valda Musical Instruction Collection

          Marian Wright Powers Performance Programs

Photographic & Visual Image Collections

IPHF Daguerreotype Exhibit with Powers Museum Images

Baseball Photographs in Archives

Carthage Postcards

Black History Photographs & Documents

        Facebook Album 2012

Women's History Portraits & Documents

        Facebook Album 2012

Route 66 Memorabilia

Bridge Balusters Donated

Postcards & Advertising from the Mother Road

        Facebook Album 2012

 

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Image at the top of the page:
Curtis & Nira Wright's library set up for the wedding reception of daughter Marian Wright to Dr. Everett Powers. Tables have been put up to display the wedding gifts for the couple, many of which remained in the Powers-Winchester families and are now part of the founding collection of the Powers Museum.