Linn

"Oh Yes, Some Called Him 'Black Jack'," Victor W. Lomax, no date (C3078)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains recollections of John J. Pershing by a native of Laclede, MO, Pershing's home town.

Ramsay Place Names File, 1928-1945 (C2366)
6 cubic feet (12 boxes), 4 rolls of microfilm

 Digitized Materials

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Card file of origins of Missouri place names, compiled by students of Robert L. Ramsay, University of Missouri professor of English. Cards are in alphabetical order by place name.

William Henry Schrader Reminiscences, no date (C1519)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The reminiscences describe slavery in Missouri, including treatment of slaves, punishment, education, desire for freedom, fugitives, and character sketches of individual slaves. Also described are the Kansas-Missouri border conflicts, the Civil War in Missouri, bushwhackers, Claiborne Fox Jackson, the 1856 and 1860 presidential campaigns, German immigrants, Missouri Republicans, and Linneus and Brunswick, MO.

Noelle Louis Soren Papers, 1904-2008 (K0525)
3.84 c.f.

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Ruby Rose Stauber Papers, 1777-2016 (SP0015)
13.5 linear feet, 2 oversized box

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The papers of Rose Stauber contain the personal papers of Ruby Rose Stauber. They include correspondence, genealogical research, family photographs, and material related to Rose’s 31 years of service in the Women’s Army Corp.

Irene B. Taeuber Papers, 1912-1981 (C2158)
63 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm

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Irene B. Taeuber, a research demographer, was best known for her work on the population of Asia, especially Japan and China. Collection includes correspondence with leading demographers, sociologists, and Asian specialists; publications and manuscripts; research notes and data; bibliographic card files; and photographs and slides of her travels.

Taggart Family Papers, 1825-1913 (C4201)
1 cubic foot (32 folders)

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The Taggart Family Papers consists of correspondence between various members of the Taggart family and friends between the years 1825-1913. Henry Taggart lived in Linn County, Missouri.

James A. Tharp Photograph Collection, 1923 (P0739)
11 photographs

Photos of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Train Wreck, 1923, Meadville, MO.

Maude Turnbow Collection, 1852-1965 (C2924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters, written in 1853, concerning the McHargue family in Missouri and Oregon. Newspaper clippings, genealogy, and random notes of Madam Dorian.

U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey of Missouri, 1935-1942 (C3551)
302 cubic feet (24,282 folders); also available on 817 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, records, and working files. Originally designed to survey and inventory all county government records, the survey finally included inventories of church records, manuscript collections, vital statistics, American imprints, and federal archives. Incorporates records of the Federal Writers Project for Missouri.

F.F. Welsh Daybooks, 1897-1954 (C4235)
0.5 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The collection consists of the daily journals and business ledgers of Frank Welsh, a farmer in Linn County, Missouri. Welsh describes his daily farm activities, the weather and expenses.

J.L. Welsh Photograph Collection, 1940, no date (P0740)
3 photographs

Three photographs: men measuring the big cottonwood tree in Pershing Memorial Park, Laclede, ca. 1940, the covered bridge over Locust Creek near Laclede, and a man fishing from the dam at Woodland Mills, Linn County.

Western Telephone Company Papers, 1903-1907 (C0595)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Statements of uncollectible accounts at Brookfield, Linneus, Marceline, and Unionville, Missouri, and correspondence in connection with them. Also a statement of receipts and expenditures.