- Aurora Advertiser, microfilmed copies of our local newspaper housed in the Mount Vernon public library
- Aurora Historical Society, its collections, and its collective memory
- Census records in Ancestry.com
- eBay and its numerous Aurora postcards by phenomenal photographer R.E. Hinchey
- Facebook groups familiar with the house and its previous owners
- FindaGrave.com
- Google Maps with its historic street views
- a Hairstylist who knows the locals
- another Hairstylist who knows the locals
- House owners and family of house owners
- Lawrence County Historical Society
- Lawrence County recorder office
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps housed at University of Missouri and Library of Congress
- Yale University's Beinecke Library and its preserved and digitized copy of Hinchey's 1907 Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri book of photos
Our most recent discoveries are the photos of Lewis Shaw Coleman and Mary Kate Miller Coleman. This young couple has captured our imaginations for years because while still in their 20s, Lewis and Kate built an architecturally unique airplane bungalow in small-town Aurora. We have been most eager to lay our eyes on their faces and thanks to the work of the Aurora Historical Society, we are thrilled to digitally hold these images in our house history collection.
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| Lewis Shaw Coleman |
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| Mary Kate Miller Coleman |
We very much appreciate many library and archival institutions for the good work they do. And we are especially grateful for those small-town organizations all around the country, such as the Aurora Historical Society and the Lawrence County Historical Society, for working on shoestring budgets in order to accomplish so much in the collection and preservation of historic documents and artifacts that help us tell our story.
Yours in appreciating the great work of local historical societies,
Mary Jo
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