Those pictures have been scanned from the originals, which were 35mm slides, and can be viewed from this webpage. Please excuse the order of the slides but since they were taken probably between 1953 - 1960 I am not able to categorize or identify most of the Kewpies in the pictures or exactly when they were each taken. Many are self explanatory and hopefully there will be enough enjoyment derived from these pictures just seeing them and trying to remember who, what, where and when!

The slides are grouped as they were when I received them and the Previous Scans are slides that were scanned by Hickman students and then rescanned by me.

Group one (1) - 1956 - 1960 Misc

Group two (2) - 1956

Group three (3) - 1957

Group four (4) - 1958

Group five (5) - 1959

Group six (6) - 1960

Group seven (7) - Previous Scans

The slides that were referred to as the Dr. Robert Shaw slides were turned over to me by Jan Mees when she retired from Hickman High School in 2006 as the Media Coordinator. Her students were going to scan (digitize the slides) but only got started and then the project ended. The best I could tell from the condition of the slides when I received them:

1)I  It appeared that the students had scanned 166 slides named Group 7 and I labeled them (Previous Scans).

2)   The folder named (1956 - 1960 Misc) were slides which had been separated from the rest.

3)   The rest of the slides, the best I could tell, where still in groups sorted by years so I named those folders, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960.

There were a total of 1184 slides. I scanned them, sixteen slides per scan, on an HP Scanjet G4050 and then many of the slides were individually cropped to get rid of the rounded corners and black or white bars; above, below and/or on the sides….. None of the slides were altered; only the bad edges were cropped….

I was really shocked at how good the slides turned out. This was the first time for me at scanning slides; I didn’t even have a scanner that did slides. I bought a slide scanner and now these slides are scanned and it's history.

Some of the slides had names, etc. written on the borders but to scan 1184 slides it really didn’t seem like a one person job to try to make notes at the time of each scan. Maybe that was a mistake, but since no one else had offered to do this project in the last 10 years or so, I elected myself to do it.

Please let know if you have any desire to identify the slides and I can get a copy of them to you.

Thanks!

For any questions contact me at:

Charley Blackmore

charley@kewpie.net

or

573-442-1873 (between the hours of 11:00 AM to midnight)
 

Robert Calvin Shaw, 80, of Columbia passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, April 2, 2010.

A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010, at Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 9, at the church. Private inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

The youngest of eight children, Bob was born on July 1, 1929, in Illmo to William Henry and Rose Missouri Palmer Shaw. He married Mary Ann Fisher on Aug. 13, 1955, in Ancell.

Bob graduated from Illmo High School in 1947, and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Southeast Missouri State College in 1950, when he began his half-century career in education by teaching math and science in Fornfelt. 

He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1951, and served in the Counterintelligence Corps from 1951 to 1953. While stationed in Berlin, he witnessed the closing of the border between West Germany and East Germany and traveled to London during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 

Beginning in 1955, he served four years as assistant principal and biology teacher at Hickman High School. Bob earned his Ed.D. from the University of Missouri in 1959, having been mentored by Dr. John Rufi. He then became assistant superintendent of schools in Columbia and worked under Dr. Neil C. Aslin. Dr. Shaw served as superintendent of schools in Columbia between 1962 and 1976, when he again followed Dr. Aslin in his position as a professor in the University of Missouri’s College of Education. 

During his tenure in the College of Education, Bob mentored numerous educators and administrators who continue to serve the state of Missouri. 

For more than 20 years, he served as the Missouri state director of the North Central Association or NCA, accrediting schools throughout the Midwest and overseas. Bob was president for the multi-state NCA region in 1998. 

Bob was a longtime member of Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia. He served as campaign chairman of the Columbia United Way in 1962. The Junior Chamber of Commerce awarded him the “Outstanding Young Man of the Year” distinguished service award in 1962. 

Bob served on the executive committee of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and was president of the Columbia Rotary Club from 1964 to 1965. In 1970, Bob was awarded the “American Educator Medal” by the United States Freedom Foundation. He served on the Board of Curators for Stephens College in Columbia from 1979 to 1982.

Bob is survived by his wife, Mary Ann of Columbia; four sons, Robert Calvin Shaw Jr. and wife Jeannie and their children Jordan and Riley of Overland Park, Kan.; John Curtis Shaw and partner Desmond Child and their children Roman and Nyro of Nashville, Tenn.; Steven Lane Shaw of Minneapolis, and Stuart Kent Shaw and wife Julie and their children Jack and Caroline of the Kansas City area; and his brother, William Henry Shaw of Columbia. 

His parents and six sisters, Gussie, Helen, Mildred, Emma Lea, Hazel, and Rose Willetta, preceded him in death.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions either to the Robert C. Shaw Scholarship Fund, located in the development office at 114 Hill Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 65211, or to the charity of one’s choice.