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Gerry Mandel Papers, 1958-2020 (S0393)
3 cubic feet

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The Gerry Mandel Papers consists of correspondence, journals, photographs, and story drafts chronicling Mandel’s career in advertising and as a freelance writer and producer. Also included in the collection are video biographies of the elderly in St. Louis.

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"Mark Twain and American Drama Before World War I: A Checklist," Frank Donaldson, 1968 (C2576)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bibliography of plays based on Mark Twain's works.

Susan Louise Marsh Scrapbooks, 1920-1935 (C1414)
0.22 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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The scrapbooks of Mrs. Susan Louise Marsh contain letters, poems, and newspaper clippings of Susan Louise Marsh describing her campaign to save Eugene Field's childhood home, appointment as first poet laureate of Missouri, and club activities.

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Marshall Writers Guild (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 2002-2023 (CA6167)
0.8 cubic feet

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Founded in 1995, the records of a chapter of the Missouri Writers Guild contain essays, poetry, prose, authors' bios, and meeting minutes.

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Pearl Boucher Matthews Scrapbook, 1938-1983 (C4587)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 oversize volume)

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Scrapbook containing clippings, cards, correspondence, photographs, published short stories, and ephemera relating to the career of Moberly (Mo.) author Elizabeth Seifert. Also contains one folder of loose scrapbook material.

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Richard Lawrence Matthis Papers, 1997-2013 (K0609)
6 c.f.

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Matthis is a composer and musician in Kansas City, MO. includes personal records of correspondence, legal files, financial records, personal research, educational and social activities, poetry and musical compositions. Also electronic files containing; music, poetry, correspondence and miscellaneous personal papers.

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James Thomas McAfee Papers, 1948-1985 (C3728)
12.0 cubic feet (689 folders), 5 audio cassettes

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The papers of an Alabama-born poet and writer, professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1953-1982, and associate editor of the Missouri Review, includes correspondence, photographs, diaries, manuscripts, books, newspaper clippings, poetry, sketches, audio cassettes, and student work.

John Calvin McCoy Collection, 1871-1950 (K0296)
0.25

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The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to John Calvin McCoy’s writing for the Kansas City Journal and various other newspapers. The scrapbook also contains a biography, obituaries, and memorials of McCoy, which were published after his death in 1889. The scrapbook includes an index compiled by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City. Additional materials include correspondence and typescript copies of writing by McCoy and his daughter, Nellie McCoy Harris.

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Richard Lawrence Miller Papers, 1959-1991 (K0327)
25 c.f.

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Research materials, manuscript drafts, correspondence, interviews and other recordings for historian and author Miller's work, including his book, Truman: The Rise to Power. Also personal files including on William Jewell College at which he was a student leader, and other projects and topics he researched and wrote upon.

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Missouri History Publications and Notes, no date (C1302)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Reading notes on publications concerning the history of Missouri. Books and articles reviewed date from the 1840s through the 1890s.

The Missouri Review (Columbia, Mo.) Records, c. 1978-2015 (CA5670)
52.7 cubic feet, 2 DVDs

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Addition of office files, manuscript submissions, financial records, galley proofs, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.

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Missouri Valley Series Papers, 1962-1965 (K0241)
0.05 c.f.

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Research papers on the history of the Greater Kansas City area written by graduate students and local historians in response to a prize offered by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.

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Missouri Writers' Guild Records, 1915-2011 (C3657)
4.0 cubic feet (76 folders, 3 volumes, 4 video cassettes)

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Records of a professional writer’s organization that include administrative files, correspondence, event and membership information, and newsletters. The collection also contains information on select local affiliate chapters.

Missouri. Militia, 26th Regiment Fine Assessment Book, 1824-1830 (C1174)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Annual records of the court for the assessment of fines for the Missouri Militia, 26th Regiment. Also contains a membership list of the Magnolia Literary Society, 1874, and recipes.

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David Morantz Papers, 1909-1952 (K0627)
8 c.f.

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Papers of Kansas City area businessman who compiled stories from the Talmud which were syndicated in newspapers as "Talmudic Tales". Also includes his business and religious organizational activities as well as research files and writings on the Talmud, Jewish history and law, dietary laws, and anti-Semitism.

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Shirley Rae Tranin Morantz and Stanley Aaron Morantz Papers, 1922-2010 (K0648)
4 c.f.

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Personal papers of Shirley Morantz, Administrative Secretary for the National Office of the Panel of American Women, and Stanley Morantz, board member of numerous religious and civic groups. Also programs, clippings, military papers, speeches and writings by and organizational publications and awards received Stanley Morantz.

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Speer Morgan Papers, 1970s-1990s (CA6122)
5 cubic feet

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The papers of the University of Missouri English professor include correspondence, personal writing and manuscript files, book reviews, speeches, miscellaneous papers, publishing materials (correspondence, royalty statements etc.), and newspapers clippings. Dr. Morgan has published numerous fictional works and short stories, as well as edited The Missouri Review since 1980.

Leone Levinson Morgenstern Memoir, 1989 (K1049)
0.1 c.f.

"I Remember" details the life of Morgenstern and her work in radio, television and the theater, and as a writer.

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Joe Alex Morris Sr. Papers, 1926-1979 (C0229)
1 cubic foot (69 folders), 1 oversize volume

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The papers of Joe Alex Morris, Sr., a journalist and author from Lancaster, MO, include story drafts and notes, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper and magazine clippings.

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"Mother's White Carnation," Cora Ellis Steele, no date (C2170)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a poetic tribute to mother.

"Mothers", 1946 (C0249)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Manuscript of a short story about two mothers, one white and one African American, with sons in the army.

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Mountain Grove Academy Collection, 1889-1896 (R0800)
(1 folder)

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This collection includes programs for literary exercises in 1889 and commencement exercises in 1890, 1891, 1894, and 1896, and an undated advertisement card for the Mountain Grove Academy at Mountain Grove in Wright County, Missouri.

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Daniel L. Mumpower Jr. Papers, no date (C3899)
1.3 cubic feet

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Manuscripts of fiction and non-fiction works by Mumpower, a psychologist and University of Missouri alumnus who taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Daniel L. Mumpower Jr. Papers, no date (CA6424)
0.2 cubic feet

Addition of poetry. See also C3899.

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MY LIFETIME IN LETTERS Proofs, Upton Sinclair, 1960 (C0165)
0.1 cubic feet

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Galley proofs of book published by University of Missouri Press. Corrections and notations in the author's handwriting.

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Werner O. Nagel Papers, 1907, 1924-1988 (C2544)
3.7 cubic feet (215 folders, 2 volumes, 9 oversize items)

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Papers of a University of Missouri pioneer wildlife student, zoologist, noted conservationist, technical writer for the Missouri Conservation Commission, and philosopher/poet. Material on conservation, pollution, land management, wild game cookery, and technical writing.

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Werner O. Nagel Papers, no date (CA5724)
0.4 cubic feet

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Addition of manuscripts, awards, published stories and poems, photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.

National Association for the Advancement of White People Collection, 1980 (K1101)
0.3 c.f.

Newsletters, newspapers, brochures, announcements regarding candidates and related issues.

National League of American Pen Women, Kansas City-Westport Branch Records, 1931-2011 (K0437)
6 c.f.

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Scrapbooks, minutes, secretary's book, president's records, achievement reports, miscellaneous yearbooks, histories, and organizational newsletters.

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Clyde B. Neibarger Papers, 1920-1963 (K0681)
4 c.f.

Neibarger was at one time music editor Kansas City Star. Includes correspondence, clippings and typed manuscripts of Neibarger's reviews, and programs

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John G. Neihardt Ephemera, 1957-1987 (C1267)
0.3 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette

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Correspondence, clippings, and obituaries of poet and educator John G. Neihardt. Additional materials pertaining to the Neihardt Foundation, Black Elk/Neihardt Park, Blair, Nebraska, and a stage performance of Black Elk Speaks. Enid Fink Neihardt childhood memoir and additional clippings about her and Hilda Neihardt's efforts to continue their father's and Black Elk's legacies.

John G. Neihardt Letters, 1912-1925 (C3074)
1 roll of microfilm

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Letters from Neihardt to George Sterling, California poet. In these letters Neihardt discusses what he is writing, comments on and praises Sterling's work, and tells Sterling of his personal philosophy and about routine events. The originals of these letters are held by the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

John G. Neihardt Papers, c. 1858-1974 (C3716)
9.4 cubic feet, 41 video cassettes, 52 DVDs, 57 audio cassettes, 3 CDs, 3 audio discs (558 folders also available on 18 rolls of microfilm)

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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, news clippings, audio and video cassettes, and miscellaneous material of poet. Neihardt was most famous for his epic, A CYCLE OF THE WEST, and BLACK ELK SPEAKS. He was poet laureate of Nebraska, literary editor of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1926-1938, and instructor at the University of Missouri, 1949-1965.

John G. Neihardt Papers, 1908-1974 (C3778)
1.4 cubic feet (82 folders)

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Correspondence and miscellaneous material of poet John G. Neihardt. Neihardt was most famous for his epic, A Cycle of the West, and Black Elk Speaks. He was poet laureate of Nebraska, literary editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1929-1938, and an instructor at the University of Missouri, 1949-1965.

Normal Chapel, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection, 1896 (R0882)
(1 folder)

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This is a program for the W. B. Wilson Medal Essay contest held at Normal Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on June 8, 1896. The subject of the contest was "The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe."

Norma Levin Novak Collection, 1852-1991 (K1107)
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Photocopy of research notes and typed drafts of the history of Jews in Leavenworth, KS prepared by Novak, Eve Sickel Goldstein and Kathy Goldman Held Green.

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James Olson Papers, no date (CA6039)
22 cubic feet, 3 audio cassettes, 678 KB of digital files

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The collection largely contains research files Olson collected while writing his biography of Senator Stuart Symington.

On Polecats and Vose Populi Vose Dei, no date (C2446)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains two essays written by an unknown concerning human polecats and worship.

OPEN PLACES (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1960s-1990s (CA6620)
2.8 cubic feet, 11 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape, 2 video cassettes, 1 video tape, 14 oversize items

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Addition of records includes correspondence, photographs, audiovisual material, and miscellaneous business records.

OPEN PLACES (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1968-1987 (C3068)
6 rolls of microfilm

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Records of a small poetry and review magazine. Consists of general, contributor and publication correspondence. Includes materials pertaining to the magazine's last six years of publication, 1981-1987. See Collection 3705 for material relating to the magazine's first fifteen years.

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OPEN PLACES (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1961-1987 (C3705)
3.8 cubic feet (269 folders), 1 audio tape

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The records of a small poetry magazine, edited by Eleanor M. Bender, include correspondence, financial documents, grant information, issues 1-44, Poet Series 1-5, photographs, news-paper clippings, and a taped interview with Nan A. Talese, senior editor at Random House. See also collection 3068.

Virginius Blackburn Otey Notebook, 1857-1886 (C0894)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copies of letters, poems, and essays of Virginius B. Otey of Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Hazel Call Page Papers, 1938-1981 (K0097)
0.5 c.f.

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Mrs. Page had been supervisor of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) Statewide Library Project in Missouri. Included are records of the administration of the WPA Library Project and those related to Mrs. Page's book on that subject.

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Matthew K. Partin Collection, 1919-2005 (K1254)
15 c.f.

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Research notes and materials collected for a book concerning Harry S. Truman's early political life, federal prosecutions of election fraud, Tom Pendergast and his political machine, and Kansas City police.

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"Past Days of the Ozarks," Nannie Edwards, 1945 (C0684)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Original poem depicting home and community life during the author's childhood in the Missouri Ozarks.

Patton-Scott Family Papers, 1836-1983 (C3710)
1.2 cubic feet

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Correspondence, financial and legal documents, genealogy, poetry, prose, and miscellaneous volumes of the Patton and Scott families. Describes agriculture, economic conditions, overland travel, daily life, family activities, and tragedies. Firsthand accounts of the Civil War's influence on civilian life in Missouri, Mississippi, and Indiana.

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Benjamin H. Pearson Papers, 1913-1970 (C4530)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders, 1 oversize photograph)

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A collection of writings by Benjamin ‘Jeff’ H. Pearson and Harold Bell Wright.

William Peden Interview, 1968 (C3344)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Peden, an English professor and fiction writer, gives views on various literary forms and comments on current short story market. Discussion of literary potential of Missouri environment. Concludes with major literary influences upon Peden.

Charles Lincoln Phifer Papers, 1880-1908 (C3527)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)

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The papers contain two unpublished novels. The County Editor is autobiographical; The County Judge, or the Osceola Fox is about the repudiation of fraudulent railroad bonds in St. Clair County, Missouri, in the 1860s.

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