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Dutton Brookfield Papers, 1844-1979 (C2732)
72.4 cubic feet (5702 folders, 5 audio cassettes, 2 volumes, 1 microfilm reel)

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The papers of Dutton Brookfield contain the business, political and personal papers and photographs of a Kansas City, MO, community leader. Brookfield was President of Unitog Company (1953-1979), a mayoral candidate (1963, 1971), and on boards of numerous corporations and educational and civic organizations. Family papers include letters from the Civil War, World War I and II, and Vietnam.

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Brown Hill School, Texas County, Missouri Records, 1905-1938 (R0589)
1 roll

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These are the clerk's records of District No. 42, known as Brown Hill School, in Texas County, Missouri. The records include minutes of annual, special, and board meetings, annual enumeration of students and lists of taxpayers, warrants issued, teachers' contracts and monthly reports, and the district clerk's reports to the county.

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Andrew Theodore Brown Collection, 1960-1963 (K0011)
6.25 c.f.

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Personal incoming and outgoing correspondence of a historian and educator, including that related to Wilson's work on the Kansas City History Project, proposals for a history of the J.C. Nichols Company, and progress on his dissertation on the City Beautiful Movement. Also included are research notecards and early printed material related to the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company

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Esther Swirk Brown Collection, 1994 (K0971)
0.01 c.f.

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Brown, a social activist, played significant roles in the desegregation of the South Park elementary school (Merriam, KS) and the Brown v. Board of Education case. Included is a memorandum by her husband Paul Brown summarizing Esther's life and involvement in civil rights activities.

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Nellie Fisher Brown Papers, 1831-1874 (C0212)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Land deeds, 1861-1874; address from Hannibal Gazette; postcard; deed of correction, 1874; theme; authorization for layout of public road, 1835; announcement of school examination, 1831.

Bruhl Family Photographs, 1902-1984, 1994-1996 (CG0037)
0.2 c. f.

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The Bruhl Family Photographs include individual and family portraits of this family and the related families of Ritzenthaler, Caldwell, and Anderson from 1902-1984.

Mabel Brummet Papers, 1924-1927 (R0398)
1 folder

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This is correspondence from friends and relatives of a former resident of Ava, Douglas County,
Missouri. The topics include community events, mutual acquaintances, and family news. Also
included is a report card from the Douglas County Public Schools for the school year 1923-1924.

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Charles W. Bryan Geometry Notebooks, 1881-1884 (C2498)
0.19 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Geometry notebooks filled with pen sketches of figures.

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Girard Thompson Bryant Papers, 1954-1980 (K0036)
0.03 c.f.

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Two scrapbooks which include a series of book reviews and letters to the editor which Bryant, and African-American educator and civic leader, wrote and published in Kansas City newspapers. Also included are materials related to Dr. Bryant's year in Thailand and his travels in Europe

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John D. Buckner Papers, 1875-1981 (S0468)
2 cubic feet, 121 folders, 14 photographs

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John D. Buckner was a St. Louis-area educator and civic leader. Throughout his career as an educator, Buckner served in various position in St. Louis City Public Schools: Sumner High School Faculty (1943-1960, 1964-1968); Sumner principal (1968-1971); Supervisor of secondary education, St. Louis Public Schools (1960-1964); and curriculum specialist for city schools (1971-1977). The papers contain minutes, reports, financial statements, high school yearbooks, and photographs documenting Buckner's activities in educational, civic, and fraternal organizations.

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Thomas P. Bundridge Papers, 1854-1909 (C4222)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Tax receipts, correspondence, Notes, Merchandise Lists, and deeds of Thomas B. Bundridge and Robert Long of Sullivan and Linn Counties.

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Charles E. Burgess Papers, 1972-1987 (S1183)
27 cubic feet

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This collection contains the working files of Charles Burgess, the education writer of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, from 1976 to 1986. The files include newspaper clippings, briefs, court orders, and reports on the St. Louis Desegregation Case.

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Charles Burgess Papers, 1967-1988 (S0856)
27 cubic feet

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Burgess worked as an education writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He collected many documents on school desegregation in St. Louis. The collection includes the most significant federal court cases and notable dissertations on the topic.

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Carl Busch Papers, 1885-1984 (K0222)
6 c.f.

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Busch was a composer, educator, founder of an early symphony, and for fifty years the most noted musician in Kansas City. Included are his musical compositions, and works by other composers that Busch added to, transcribed, edited, and gave or received as gifts. Also correspondence from Busch's friends and colleagues, and from relatives in Europe, most of which are written in German and Danish, photographs and artifacts.

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Sarah Lewis Bush Family Papers, 1888-1972 (K0237)
1 c.f.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other documents regarding members of Bush's family: Dr. Charles Wesley Burrill, Surgeon General of the Grand Army of the Republic and doctor in Kansas City, Evelyn Burrill Lewis, and William A. Lewis, educators in Kansas City

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Evans W. Buskett Papers, 1937 (R1088)
(1 folder)

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These are two letters, dated April 5 and June 2, 1937, from Evans W. Buskett, a chemist and metallurgist in Joplin, Jasper county, Missouri, to A. F. Wilson, president of Stillfilm, Inc., in Los Angeles, California. The letters deal with the selection of images for education filmstrips.

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Butler Play School (Butler, Mo.) Scrapbook, 1908 (C0607)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Scrapbook of the Butler Play School for the summer of 1908. Includes a typewritten report and evaluation of the school's operations, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

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CALEDONIA ECHO, 1953 (C2195)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains alumni paper of the Bellevue Collegiate Institute, Caledonia, MO, including a history of the school, alumni news, and treasurer's report, October 1953.

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Alexander Campbell Letter, 1853 (C0547)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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“To all whom these presents may come,” from Bethany, Virginia, October 15, 1853. A recommendation of Rebecca E. Jones as a teacher.

Cape Girardeau Academy Collection, 1855 (R1056)
(1 folder)

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This is a program of exercises of the First Annual Exhibition of Cape Girardeau Academy, held at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, on June 28, 1855. Included were elocutions and declamations by students, with musical interludes.

Cape Girardeau Business College Collection, 1920 (R1081)
(1 folder)

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This is a booklet promoting the Cape Girardeau Business College, a commerical trade school located at Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.

Carleton College Collection, 1859-1979 (R0133)
1 roll (6 folders)

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These are business papers, correspondence, and printed material of Carleton College (1854-1916) and its alumni association, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of the school, located in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.

Carnahan Family Oral History Collection, 2001-2002 (SP0050)
0.5 cubic foot (9 folders, 19 cassette tapes)

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The Carnahan Family Oral History Collection consists of nineteen cassette tapes featuring interviews with family members of Governor Mel Carnahan. They were interviewed by Alex Primm two to four months following the Governor’s death in a plane crash on October 16, 2000. 

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Carpenter Family Papers, 1796-1851 (C0237)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Israel Grant's will, 1796; Davis Burton's will, 1815; deed for Missouri land, 1830; and trustees' report to Boone County, MO, school board, 1851.

Joseph Carpenter Arithmetic Book, 1820 (C0654)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Book containing 95 pages on arithmetic and about 200 pages on surveying.

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William Weston Carpenter Scrapbooks, 1948-1963 (C3407)
0.2 cubic feet

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Professor of Education at the University of Missouri, Carpenter served as educational advisor to General MacArthur during post World War II occupation of Japan.
Scrapbooks of news clippings, photos of Japanese schools, miscellaneous photos, maps, and posters.

Carr School/Cook Station, Crawford County, Missouri Records, 1873-1927 (R1338)
0.5 cubic foot (4 oversize volumes)

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The collection includes the records of School District No. 79. It consists of four volumes, including the Public School Register, District Clerk's Record and two volumes of attendance records.

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Carrollton Academy (Carrollton, Mo.) Records, 1854-1869 (C0598)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The records contain photostatic copies of minutes of trustees’ and stockholders’ meetings and business records of the academy.

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Cedar Bluff School, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1893-1898 (R0618)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Cedar Bluff School, Jasper County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the teacher’s register for Cedar Bluff School in Jasper County, Missouri. It includes daily and term attendance records for each student beginning April 10, 1893 and continuing through March 18, 1898. There is also a visitor’s register.

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Cedar Grove School, Iron County, Missouri Records, 1910-1943 (R0843)
(2 volumes)

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These are District Clerk's record books from Cedar Grove School in northern Iron County, Missouri. They include minutes of annual and board meetings, financial date, records of the employment of teachers and custodians, and annual enumerations of school-age children.

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Center for Aging Resource Library, 1970-1990 (K0906)
38 c.f.

Research materials donated by the Center on Aging Studies at UMKC, collected materials gathered from other universities and programs deal with aging issues

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Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) Records, 1986-1998 (K0907)
0.11 c.f.

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Organization records for the Center to engage children and families in understanding and appreciating architecture and the built environment. Includes by-laws, newsletters, curriculum, and articles about CUBE.

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Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) Records, 1880-2009 (K0670)
7 c.f.

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Organizational records and other research materials relating to the activities of CAJE and the history of the Jewish Community in Kansas City, particularly in preparation of the book, Mid-America's Promise: A Profile of Kansas City Jewry. (includes oral history cassettes and VHS recordings)

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Central College for Women (Lexington, Mo.) Records, 1852-1932 (C4387)
1 cubic foot (33 folders, 5 oversize items)

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Records of the Methodist women's college consisting of photographs, minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings, event programs, and financial and administrative records documenting the college's building construction projects in the 19th century through its financial decline and closure in the 1920s.

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Central High School Yearbook, 1924 (K1382)
.1 c.f.

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The collection contains a single yearbook, The Centralian, for Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, dated 1924.

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Central High School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection, 1923-1925 (R0920)
(1 folder)

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The Central High School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection contains an official guide book and an official hand book of the fourth and sixth annual fairs presented by the students of Central High School with aid from the faculty at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The follies were held on the evenings of April 20, 1923 and April 23, 1925.

Central Methodist College (Fayette, Mo.) Programs, 1887-1894 (C0621)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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CENTRAL COLLEGIAN, 1891, 1894; constitution of the Phi Alpha Literary Society, 1887; program of the 20th anniversary of Aristotelian Society, 1889; 3rd annual preliminary contest between literary societies, 1892; commencement program, 1893.

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Central School, District No. 55 (Saline County, Mo.) Records, 1882-1959 (C4474)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Materials include district record books, teacher and treasurer reports, warrant registers, and poll books from District No. 55 in Saline County, Missouri.

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Central Slavic Conference Records, 1962-2000 (C3807)
2.4 cubic feet (107 folders)

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Records of a regional association centered in Missouri and Kansas and comprising university professors and other specialists in Soviet and East European Studies. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The records include correspondence, conference programs, copies of papers presented, membership lists, and promotional material concerning the annual conference sponsored by the organization.

Centralia, Missouri School District R-VI, Superintendent's Reports, 1970-1973 (C4525)
0.2 cubic feet (24 folders)

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Minutes of school board meetings and related materials.

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Dail Chambers Papers, 2001-2023 (S0518)
0.3 cu. ft.

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This collection contains exhibition gallery cards, zines, handmade buttons, art, articles, art curricula, books, family photographs, and art pamphlets documenting Dail Chambers' involvement in teaching and producing art.

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James M. Chaney Letter, 1873 (C1783)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To A. Leeper, Chillicothe, MO, from Lexington, MO, Jul. 7, 1873.

Acknowledges payment of Lizzie Leeper's bill at Elizabeth Aull Seminary. Copy of bill enclosed.

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Chapman School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1889-1896 (R0256)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Chapman School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a record book of Chapman School in central Benton County, Missouri. The volume includes daily and term attendance records kept by teachers.

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Cherete Study Club, Joplin, Missouri Collection, 1956-1963 (R1025)
(1 folder)

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These are annual program booklets for 1956-1957, 1958-1959, 1962-1963, and 1963-1964 for Cherete Study Club, a women's study club at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. Included are lists of members, officers, committees, past presidents, and a schedule of meetigns and programs.

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Child Culture Club Joplin, Missouri Collection, 1938-1954 (R1026)
(1 folder)

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These are annual program/membership booklets for the Child Culture Club, a woman's study club at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. Included are lists of members, officers, and schedules of meetings and programs.

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Childbirth and Parent Education, Inc. of Kansas City Records, 1968-1980 (K0911)
1 c.f.

Organizational records include correspondence, newsletters, other printed/published materials, convention files, and questionnaires.

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Childbirth Education Association of Greater Kansas City Records, 1966-1985 (K0676)
2 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Association including minutes, correspondence, public relations files, photographs, clippings, financial records, teaching manuals, and publications.

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Children's Literature Scrapbook, 1870s (K0402)
0.1 c.f.

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The Scrapbook of Children’s Literature consists of a single scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of children’s stories, poems, and pictures that appeared in The Youth’s Companion, an American Children’s magazine. The clippings are undated and were pasted over a business ledger from Cleveland, Ohio. The Youth’s Companion, later known as The Companion-For All the Family, was an American children’s magazine, which began publication in 1827 and ran until its merger with The American Boy in 1929. The magazine was published in Boston, Massachusetts, by the Perry Mason Company.

Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Photographs, 1843-1937 (P0084)
0.75 linear feet

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Photographs of Chillicothe, MO, and Livingston County, including area businesses, farming activity, schools, clubs, homes, and churches.

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Chilton School, Carter County, Missouri Records, 1889-1906 (R0606)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Chilton School, Carter County, Missouri Records contain microfilm copies of the records for the district clerk and a teacher's register from Chilton School in Carter County, Missouri. Records include proceedings of annual meetings, minutes of meetings of directors, treasurers' accounts, lists of resident taxpayers and children, estimates of expenses, term reports, and a teacher's register.

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