Columbia Manuscript Collections

Print from glass negative in possession of donor, showing imposter who identified himself as musician John William "Blind" Boone

Copy print of a Northern Missouri Railroad locomotive.

Photos of St. Charles street scenes and historic houses.

A series of photographs from the daughter of Governor Guy B. Park, this collection includes numerous photographs of Gov. Park, a 1933 Century of Progress photo album featuring views of the Missouri Commission exhibit, a series of images on the Huckleberry Finn Streamliner dedication in Hannibal, National Governor's Conventions, the Missouri State Fair, Camp Clark in Nevada, MO, Church Prison Farm near Jefferson City, Governor Forrest Smith's Inaugeration, Mark Twain Memorial Bridge dedication, notable Missourians, elected officials, and state government staff.

Copy photo of "Ellington" locomotive on the Missouri Southern R.R. line.

30 images, largely 8x10 or smaller, of Sally Rand, as a performer, actress and in her personal life as child in Hickory County, Missouri. Also includes a scrapbook on Harry S Truman.

two carte de visites: Ella Hogan and S. O. Ellis

Viewmaster reels featuring images of Missouri and the St. Louis Zoo

Unidentified photographs from the DeSoto area.

Photos of mining from Ken magazine (1939), the Berryman CCC Camp No. 3733, agriculture, the Palmer Project, and the University of Missouri (ca. 1932-1934).

283 photographs collected by Kay Kirkman in preparation for Joplin: A Pictorial History by Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett (1981).

Digital photographs of apartment buildings designed by architect Nelle E. Peters, located in Columbia and Jefferson City, Missouri.

Copy photo of Ormsby, Waterman Lilly II

Photographs of Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin. Templin attended the University of Missouri, was a dean at Lindenwood University. She later was the head of the Radford School of Girls in El Paso, TX.

Photos of the Draper and McClurg families, Linn Creek School, Missouri United Methodist Church, and Schmidt's Mount Park.

Series of four original photos showing aftermath of train wreck on Frisco Railroad, circa 1920. Additional postcards of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri State University, and photos of Ha Ha Tonka.

Series of 9 8x10 b/w glossy photos of flood damage to railroad bridges and tracks from the 1957 Mississippi River flood, 22 5x7 b/w glossy photos of railway accident with burning tank car, 13 3x5 b/w glossy photos of road machinery and miscellaneous outdoor scenes

Copy print of locomotive "Minnesota" from the North Missouri Railroad.

photographs; landscapes and buildings in Noel, Elk Springs, Maysville, El Dorado Springs, and Vernon County, Missouri, Atchison, Kansas, and Sulphur Springs, Eureka Springs, Siloam Springs, Gravette, and Fayetteville, Arkansas. Portraits taken in Maysville, Osborn, and Cameron, Missouri.

Photos of Bernard Dickmann, St. Louis postmaster and mayor. Likely copy prints from one of the other Dickmann collections. Also: Dickmann papers here, Dickmann photographs in St. Louis

7 b/w photos (some with negatives) of bust views for Harry S. Truman, U.S. Senator from Missouri and, in 1952, U.S. President, from 1941 (2), 1952 (3), and 1957 (2). Photos from 1952 contain a written message to the SHS from and signature of Mr. Truman.

Photographs of Fort Bellefontaine and the transfer of remains to Jefferson Barracks, 1904.

One large photo album and several loose photo album pages; the second containing small portraits of students from North Missouri Normal School, c. 1885; larger album with larger photos of children and adults from Clifton Hall, Missouri

Photos of a train accident near Collins, MO, ca 1900, and employees of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Kansas City, 1910.

Blackburn and Janes family photographs, miscellaneous photos. Some photos taken by Belle Johnson of Monroe City, MO.

Photographs of Washington University, ca. 1936 and 1952.

Two real photo postcard views of train wreck near Sedalia, MO 1908 (August 21, 1986) and postcards of mid-Missouri. Photo of El Dorado Springs.

Original photos of projects in Missouri for Bureau of Public Roads.

Copy photos of Chillicothe, ca. 1890-1900. Particular emphasis on the railroad and related structures, and the State Industrial Home for Girls.

Photographs collected by the Holtschneider family in Osage County of the town of Rich Fountain and surrounding areas. Includes photographs of churches, houses, buildings and people, including First Communion photographs.

Snapshots by donor and postcards from World War I showing scenes from everyday life in U.S. Army during time of war; also artillery damaged from overheating and scene of Armistice celebration. Pemberton, from Bevier, served as a sergeant.

Photographs of 1993 floods in Missouri.

Photographs of a 2004 Ioway encampment during Lewis and Clark Commemoration and Mel Carnahan's funeral, 2000.

Copy photos of George Caleb Bingham, ca. 1877, Eliza Thomas Bingham, and Rollins Bingham.

Photos of the Missouri State Fair.

Postcards of Missouri scenes

Copy photos of the Henry County Courthouse and a fox hunt in Henry County.

Two photos of Jens Christian Bay.

Photographs by J. Robert Hall of Linneus, Missouri, of the laying of the cornerstone of the Laclede, Missouri high school building on May 2, 1936, including photographs of General Pershing.

Several copy prints of alleged Civil War guerrillas.

Studio photographic portrait of Thomas D. Clark

A collection of photographs of and relating to the work of Sidney Larson, art curator for the State Historical Society of Missouri. 15 b/w photos, photocopied news clipping feat. Thomas Benton, artist (MO State Fair 1990). b/w photo of Truman, Benton, and Larson (artist; donor) (with negatives). 3 35mm b/w slides, State Capitol restoration. b/w of Rolla mural. b/w Shane Drawings exhibit, 1964. 2 b/w photos of paintings with notes on figures depicted. 4 colour photos of Larson's artwork shown at Columbia College, August 1999.

Snapshots of the parade for Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman's visit to Fulton, MO.

Photographs of Missouri mills and covered bridges by Charles Bell.

A collection of cabinet cards and carte de visit from the Civil War era, many of military officers.

Photos of historic sites and properties in Missouri, especially St. Joseph.

Postcards related to Bagnell Dam, including construction, and other photos from Lake of the Ozarks area.

12 sepia color postcards of St. Louis Zoo, color postcard folder from Grant's Farm; two b/w real photo postcards of highways through Missouri Ozarks.

Portraits of members of the Missouri General Assembly, 1871-1941.

A collection of US postcards.

Photographs documenting Albert Sarosky's experience while working at Brandview Orchard and Livestock Co., Brandsview, Missouri, in 1914.

Slides by Burnell of Missouri historic sites, including one room school houses, covered bridges, and historic homes.

11 photographs of St. Patrick's Day celebrations at the University of Missouri (1920-21).

Digital photographs taken by Deb Sheals of the St. Albans Farms Stone Barn, which was located in Franklin County, Missouri.

Original photos of the "Early Freak Movement in Columbia" and Vietnam War protests.

Photographs of Missouri State Highway Patrol operations and employees.

Photographs relating to Southwestern Bell Telephone and of several Missouri locations, including the state capitol, St. Louis, Unity Farms, and Forsyth Dam.

5 cabinet cards showing images of cadets from the Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri.

Photographs of the family of Melville Pinkston Moody, an editor of the Johnson County Democrat. He was born and died in Warrensburg, Mo.

Various images of Glenwood and Lancaster, Missouri including street scenes, churches, schools, train wrecks, and gatherings.

Photographs of the American West in the late 19th century, including Colorado, New Mexico, and Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks.

66 unidentified cabinet cards and carte de visites of Missouri families and individuals.

Black and white photo, Pershing addressing troops at Colorado State Rifle Range in Golden, Colorado in 1924. Renamed to Camp George West in 1934.

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

Photos of and related to the works of the sculpture Frederick C. Hibbard, including several photographs of Hibbard at work.

13 photos taken of images of Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis. 32 postcards of various subjects: public buildings, street scenes and scenery in Columbia, Missouri, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Washington, Tucson, Panama, Ontario and New Hampshire.

1 photograph of Camp Dix, NJ Army Base; 12 photos of Dixon Mining Co., circa 1900; 2 photos of Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Henderson; 3 photocopies of Henderson family Bible.

56 postcards pertaining to western and southwestern Missouri, specifically the Joplin and Kansas City areas and a few postcards of Southwest City.

Large postcard collection showing various tourist areas in Missouri as well as places outside Missouri. Other images include photos of Virginia Mayo, the Boone County Fair, St. Louis, and Columbia images.

Three unidentified photos, possibly Greene County area. Winter scenes, picnic, church group and buildings.

Copy photos of Pioneer, Newtonia and Stark City, Missouri. Also, copy photo of J.M. Ritchie and an original photo of the Purcell family on steps of home, circa 1910. 35mm slides of southwest Missouri.

Five photos of St. Louis: LaClede's Landing and the Gateway Arch in 1980.

One class photo of Blue Mound School in Livingston County, ca 1938.

Two large mounted photos showing University of Missouri St. Patrick's Day ceremonies with engineering fraternity kneeling before St. Patrick, March 1904.

One large sized photo of Christian College women,

Digital scans of 1884 meeting of the Missouri Press Association in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Illustrated postcards, primarily comic in nature, and postcards of the Lake of the Ozarks area; print of signed photo of Will Rogers, photos of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Company.

Three copy photos of Charles Nagel taken during his term of office as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1909-1913. Photo of William Taft meeting with his cabinet.

Three photos of Poplar Bluff tornado damage around 1927. Aerial photo of Piedmont around 1927. Four images of Black River with auto and train bridges. One photo of train in Mill Spring Depot.

Postcards of Columbia, Kansas City, St. Louis, and the 1904 World's Fair.

Photos from prominent Cape Girardeau families including the Oliver family, Mary Watkins Oliver and Robert Burett Oliver.

Various images related to Macon County, specifically the town of Ethel, photos of Kirksville State Normal School, 1919-1924, including the 1924 fire and its aftermath, and portraits of identified and unidentified families and individuals.

Original photo by H. Tomlinson, identified as "Becky Thatcher serving tea in Mark Twain's Home, Nov. 30, 1915." Photo is of Laura Hawkins Frazer, childhood sweetheart of Mark Twain who Thatcher character is supposedly taken from.

Series of 38 digital photographs on the St. Louis September 29, 1927 tornado. Original glass plate negatives held by family.

Photographs of Slater, MO, including images related to Steve McQueen. Also photo and document about television movie called A Family of Children by Tom Butterfield.

Three photographs: Jacob Neely and son, Thomas; Wilson G. Wagner; Wilson G. Wagner with Mr. Swift.

Photo of Reverend Mark Rich.

Carte de visite of James McConathy who owned a distillery in Boone County in 1800s at what is now Rockbridge State Park.

Photographs of the Shrine of St. Joseph, also known as St. Joseph's Jesuit Church, in St. Louis.

Photographs of buildings on the campus of St. Louis University.

Three postcards showing interior of the Carroll County Historical Museum in Carrollton and interior view of the Bank of Tina display in Carroll County Historical Museum.

Scrapbook containing photographs taken 1925-1930 while Arthur T. Bailey was a student at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Various images of the university and students.

Copy photo of Mabel Aeschliman, who served from 1943-1944 in the legislature. She was the first republican to serve in the state legislature from Schuyler County since the Civil War and the first woman to serve from north of the Missouri River.

10 color and 4 black and white postcards, with images from Bellevue Valley, Iron County and Caledonia in Washington County.

6 photographs showing the 1983 American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo in Kansas City. Photos are copyrighted by Macklin Photography.

Seven postcards of the University of Missouri showing quadrangle, columns, birds-eye view of campus, academic hall and Broadway in Columbia during busy day.

Assorted slides of buildings and sites in Missouri, particularly St. Louis, Kansas City, Independence, and Springfield.

One print of James F. Antonio, State auditor of Missouri from 1978-1984.

Twelve snapshot color photos taken in 1965 of Armenia, Colombia, South America (sister city of Columbia, Missouri).

Scrapbook and photographs of the University of Missouri taken by Elmon Laurence Collette while he attended the university as an engineering student, 1903-1908.