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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Photographs, 1909-1921 (P0154)
0.25 linear feet

Various views of agriculture, buildings, students, and other related images taken from an early filmstrip developed by the college.

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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Photographs, 1912 (C0766)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photographs of College of Agriculture faculty members and a very brief history of Sanborn Field.

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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Resident Wives Club Records, 1941-1997 (C4436)
1.0 cubic feet (22 folders), 4 oversize volumes, 2 audio cassettes

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The records of the Resident Wives Club (1941-1996) of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture include financial documents, event planning materials, membership lists, meeting minutes and reports, and photographs.

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University of Missouri, School of Journalism 50th Anniversary Papers, 1958-1959 (C0768)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Executive committee progress report and enclosures outlining events scheduled to celebrate the school's golden anniversary.

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University of Missouri-Columbia, Friends of the University of Missouri Library Papers, 1976-1985 (C4320)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)

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The papers consist of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, financial reports, notes, and clippings of the Friends of the University of Missouri Library.

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UPSTREAM Records, 1983 (C4514)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The records of the University of Missouri-Columbia organization UPSTREAM-- University People Striving to Recover Excellence and Mirth--including materials surrounding governance, membership, and events.

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Van Horn Tavern Collection, 1829-2013 (C4634)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders, 1 CD)

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The collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, an appraisal, and miscellaneous material concerning the Van Horn Tavern in Boone County, Missouri, compiled by Patrick Dougherty. Includes an audio interview with Fergene Goddin Sims, whose family lived in the tavern in the early 1900s.

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John Warnock Papers, 1846-1850 (C0420)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter to John Warnock, Columbia, MO, from his brother, describing New York City. Two letters from Warnock to his wife in Columbia while en route to California in 1850 describing conditions of road, water, grain, number of miles traveled, and Indians.

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Waters Family Papers, 1860s-2021 (CA6619)
0.1 cubic feet

Photographs, correspondence, and genealogical material concerning the Joseph C. Waters family of Boone County, Missouri.

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Waters Family Photograph Collection, 1900-1919 (P0164)
0.42 linear feet

Original photographs of musician John William "Blind" Boone; approx. 121 reproductions of photos of prominent citizens from Columbia and Boone County; reproductions of Waters family photos.

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Ralph K. Watkins Papers, 1866-1970 (C4551)
1.4 cubic feet (31 folders)

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Papers of a University of Missouri education professor including teaching resources, educational publications, information on professional activities and presentations, and family genealogy research material.

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Watson-Westlake Family Papers, 1813-1949 (C0186)
0.7 cubic feet

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Correspondence, receipts, legal documents, and miscellaneous items of the Watson family of Boone County. Memoir by Thomas W. Westlake of his Civil War and post-Civil War experiences.

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Raymond Weeks Photograph Collection, 1896-1901 (P0233)
0.16 linear feet

Photos of Columbia homes in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Carla Weitzel Papers, 1970-1999 (C2154)
1.8 cubic feet (131 folders), 6 audio cassettes

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The papers of Carla Weitzel, a sociology graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The materials document civil rights issues, particularly the anti-apartheid and divestment movement that occurred on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus during the mid-1980s.

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Frankie Welch Report Card, 1866 (C1888)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Report card from Baptist Female College for the month ending 19 October 1866.

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Mel and Barbara West Papers, 1987-2023 (CA6688)
0.2 cubic feet

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Memoirs of Melvin E. and Barbara A. West. The topics include their childhood, family, missionary work, and the service programs and organizations they founded. Also included are published material from these service programs, poems written by Melvin, and biographical information on both Melvin and Barbara.

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Ruth Rollins Westfall Photograph Collection, 1838-1937 (P0020)
0.5 cubic feet

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Exhaustive photographic genealogy of the Rollins Family dating back to the 1860s; most photographs with accompanying names and dates.

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Westmount Civic Improvement Association (Columbia, Mo.) Record Book, 1905-1945 (C1289)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Constitution, minutes, committee reports and financial records of a group organized to buy lots and make and maintain improvements in the Westmount Addition of Columbia.

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Mahlon N. White Photographs, 1958 (P0051)
5 photographs

Photographs of bridges near Warsaw, Missouri.

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Jerome Whitfield Papers, 1970s-1980s (C4598)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Ephemeral items of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, photographs, student guides, and an autobiography, collected by a University of Missouri student, c. 1970s-1980s.

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Margaret Boggs Wight Collection, 1908-1918 (P0521)
5 photographs

Copy images of Boone Co Circuit Clerk's Office, Armistice day broadside, and invitation to a hanging.

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Reginald P. Wilkins Photograph Albums, 1943-1944 (C4599)
0.35 cubic feet (11folders)

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Photographs taken and collected by Wilkins during 1943 and 1944 while a Civil Air Patrol instructor. Includes photographs of students, aircraft, air fields, friends, and numerous communities: including Columbia, Missouri, and Pittsburg, Kansas.

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Willett Family Papers, 1883-1982 (C4233)
1.5 cubic feet (34 folders), 10 volumes

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The papers of the Willett Family document the professional and civic activities of Rollin and Seena Willett family of Columbia, Missouri, including their involvement with the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Athens Rebekah Lodge.

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Tim Williams Photograph Collection, no date (P0863)
0.4 linear feet

Family photos, including glass plate negatives of Columns at University of Missouri.

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H. Clyde Wilson Papers, 1962-1984 (C0390)
5.6 cubic feet (321 folders)

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The papers contain campaign materials from Wilson’s 1970 challenge to the 8th district’s incumbent U.S. congressman Richard H. Ichord, arranged as county files or research and reference files; Columbia City Council files arranged alphabetically by topic; and material regarding cable television coming to Columbia.

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Donald A. Wise Photograph Collection, 1910, 1990 (P0569)
2 photographs

Two photographs of W.H. Crosswhite Store, Columbia, MO. 1910 and 1990.

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Arthur Witt Jr. Papers, 1913-1995 (C4632)
2.6 cubic feet (73 folders, 32 oversize items)

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The Arthur Witt Jr. papers document the life of a WWII pilot who served from 1942-1947. After the war, Witt became a zoology professor at the University of Missouri and ended his career as a professor of Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, retiring in 1983. The papers include military papers and ephemera, aeronautical maps of Asia and the United States, forestry projects, military training manuals, and some correspondence.

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Woman's Auxiliary to the Boone County Medical Society Records, 1925-1973 (C3692)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The records of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Boone County Medical Society contain minutes and treasurer's records of an organization of wives of Boone County, Missouri, physicians.

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Columbia, Mo.) Minute Book, 1884-1888 (C0262)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Book contains constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, roll of members, and activities of the organization.

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Women's Auxiliary to the Boone County Medical Society Records, 1977-1982 (C4318)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The records contain program pamphlets, times and dates of meetings, luncheons, dinners, and lists of members. Also includes a Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA) newsletter and meeting minutes.

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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Records, 1980s-2020 (CA6671)
1.2 cubic feet, 2 oversize items

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The records of the Mid-Missouri Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom contain minutes, promotional material, correspondence, project materials, photographs, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous organizational material.

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Woodlandville United Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Ladies Aid Society Records, 1910-1975 (CA5994)
0.6 cubic feet

Meeting minutes and cash books for the Ladies Aid Society of the Woodlandville United Methodist Church, 1910-1975.

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Woodruff-Stumpff Family Papers, 1901-2022 (S0506)
0.4 cubic feet

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The Woodruff-Stumpff family papers contain correspondence, photographs, diplomas, yearbooks, and family tree charts documenting the Woodruff and Stumpff families of St. Louis, Missouri.

Marie Woods Photograph Collection, 1931-1952, no date (P0649)
7 photographs

Photos of Linn Methodist Church and Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO. Photographs of the University of Missouri Columns and Memorial Union.

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Robert Gail and Margie McDaniel Woods Collection, 1920s-2023 (CA5749)
81.9 cubic feet, 5 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items, 41 audio cassettes, 14 audio tapes, and 6 video cassettes

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Family papers, photographs, and genealogical records of Woods, Edwards, Hanna, and related families, and historical and organizational records of various Methodist churches and communities in and around St. Louis.

Warren Woodson Papers, 1853, 1866 (C2847)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Appeals to the voters of Boone County, MO, during elections for county clerk, 1853 and 1866. Reply to Woodson's appeal by Odon Guitar, 1866.

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Jesse E. Wrench Papers, 1871-1976 (C2509)
2.0 cubic feet (124 folders)

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The papers of Jesse E. Wrench, a University of Missouri history professor, include teaching materials, correspondence, and records of organizations with which Wrench was involved in at the university and in Columbia, Missouri. The papers also include some family papers and photographs and two unpublished manuscripts from the Cornell Expedition to Asia Minor in 1907-1908.

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Wright Family Collection, 1822-1991 (CA6506)
0.4 cubic feet, 423 MB of digital files, 3 oversize items

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Family papers, photographs, and illustrated biographical sketches concerning members of the Wright and related families of Boone County, Missouri, including J. Kelly Wright II, Rebecca Wright Crighton, and Paul Morris Wright.

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Wright Family Record Book, 1834-1854 (C1807)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record book of the Wright family, including stud records, coal sales, and the register for a Columbia, Missouri tavern operated by Peter Wright.

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Bob Wright Collection, 1934-2003 (CA6551)
0.2 cubic feet, 226 MB of digital files, 1 audio disc, 1 CD

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The collection contains material concerning the Broadway musical career of Bob Wright, originally from Columbia, Missouri, largely during the 1940s-1960s.

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Young Men's Christian Association (Columbia, Mo.) Record Books, 1902-1939 (C3983)
4 oversize volumes

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Record books of the Y.M.C.A. consisting of a ledger containing names of young men who lived at the Columbia, Missouri, Y on Elm Street and financial records of the association

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Jack Young Photograph Collection, 1890, 1914 (P0983)
2 photographs

Photos of Columbia College, 1831, and the University of Missouri Dean of Agriculture's house.

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Mrs. Grover Young Photograph Collection, 1890-1910 (P0272)
1 folder

Images of Rocheport, Missouri, and MKT Railroad.

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Raymond A. Young Scrapbooks, c. 1940-1981 (C3076)
1 roll of microfilm

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Scrapbooks of a Columbia, Missouri, oil company executive and community leader. Material on the development and growth of Missouri Farmers Association.

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John B. Zaring Papers, 1963-1964 (C1581)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Telegram to Mrs. John F. Kennedy from the presiding judge of Boone County Court, Columbia, MO, conveying condolences of Boone County officials on the death of President Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy's printed card to Judge Zaring, February 19, 1964, expressing appreciation for sympathy and thoughtfulness.

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Marcus S. Zuber Papers, 1947-1976 (C4509)
1.0 cubic feet (20 folders)

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The papers of University of Missouri-Columbia agronomy professor and USDA research agronomist, including his research publications, professional correspondence, and materials related to his involvement with the Lutheran fraternity Beta Sigma Psi.

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Zumwalt Family Papers, 1862-1992 (C4048)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)

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The Zumwalt family papers consist of genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, local church histories, and miscellaneous articles relating to a family that settled in Boone and Callaway Counties around 1800.