Columbia Manuscript Collections

Photos of the Rocheport railroad tunnel, R.P. Rider, Mark Twain birthplace, and the Joseph McClurg house

Photos of Saline County, especially Arrow Rock.

Copy photos of Ste. Genevieve houses

Photos of Ste. Genevieve: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Zell School

Photos of Sarah Lucille Turner, one of the first two women elected to the Missouri Legislature

Copy print of James E Yeatman

Photos of Montgomery City High School Class of 1898, Spanish American War 5th MO Volunteer Infantry, Fourth of July picnic, and Frank Saborinne and Linn Lockwood.

Photos of Callaway County: Old Rock Jail, Garretts Café, and Callaway County Courthouse

Photos of the State Hospital for the Insane No. 1 in Fulton, MO

Original photos from the book An Annotated History of the Christian Churches of Callaway Co., Mo., by I. Stanley Williams

Drawings by Hazel Lee of Jefferson County landmarks

Photos of Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Neosho where engines are made, 1962

Copy photos of Boone County: Exchange National Bank, Trimble, Fyfer & Co. Dry Goods

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

Photos of Sterett family of Nevada, MO

five color prints of barns and farm equipment near Paris, Missouri

Images of and relating to Roswell Martin Field, taken from "Roswell Field, Poems & Biographica: His Personal Collections"

Photograph of stockyards.

Photograph of lumber yard and buildings

Photograph with short biography and autograph of Letcher

Studio portait, bust view, of brigadier general in uniform

Studio portrait, bust view

Photographs of the Akeman and Oliver families of Columbia, Missouri, and their extended family members. This collection also includes an album containing photographs of Belle Clayton Mitchell and members of her family.

Photographs of mules, horses, and equestrians. Many of the photographs were taken in mid-Missouri, but images of notable race horses of the early to mid-20th century are also included. Broadacres Farm in Liberty, Missouri, is heavily featured. Shows included are the National Belgian Horse Show, the International Livestock Exposition,

Seven photographs of 1911 fire and aftermath

Aerial photograph of the dam, Lake of the Ozarks and the spillway

Seven views of Missouri exhibits, designed and executed by J.E. Curmbaugh, during Charleston, SC, Exposition.

Photograph of five men who were the commission that located the fifth Missouri State Normal School at Maryville

Studio portrait, probably of an earlier photograph, since Mrs. Lathrop died in 1893 and the photograph is dated 1919

Photographs of the Mohney, Creason, and related families; includes photographs of tombstones of family members at Riffe and South Point cemeteries

Twenty souvenir views in packet

Panoramic photograph of grand lodge and grand court members in front of the new Florence Home for Girls at 238 Campbell, Kansas City, MO

Three postcards of Chillicothe, MO, sights and photograph of Blue Mound, MO, Singing School

Photographs of students from Odessa High School and students from Starr School with their prize winning patriotic float

Photograph of luncheon in honor of President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and copy of a pen and ink drawing of a building on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus

Panoramic photograph of George G. Vest's visit to chapel at the University of Missouri, 1886

35mm slides of historic church buildings across Missouri. Includes both original photography and copy slides.

Photograph of the old Boone County Courthouse

Photograph of senate chambers during state constitutional convention, 1943

Poster of presidents of the historical society from 1954 to 1969

Poster done by Midland Printing showing California missions and a message to turn to the Bible, 3 copies

Early 1900s Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado images, collected by a family that lived in Douglas County, Missouri, prior to 1920.

Portrait of judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit

Photographs of the Lewis family of Springfield, MO

Photographs of St. Louis, including the MUNY and St. Louis Art Museum, and a portrait of Sally Rand.

Photographs of Joplin, Missouri: aerial view of downtown, and Eagle Picher Lead Company.

Arch and St. Louis skyline in winter, Mississippi River frozen over

Panoramic photograph of Columbia College, then known as Christian College

Group photo of Missouri Press Association meeting

Photographs of Union Electric operations in Illinois and Iowa. Photograph of Gateway Arch.

Photograph of University of Missouri columns

Photograph of the employees of the Delta Securities Company in the Rio Grande Valley

Photograph of Sweeney Automobile School and students in front of building

Photograph of Alexander William Doniphan

Photographs of performances at the Muny Theatre

Composite photographs of members of the sorority

Aerial photograph of construction of house

Photographs taken by Brother Norbert A. Kramer, S.M. in and near Hermann, Missouri, includes descriptions of photos and possible dates for photos.

Cabin that was inspiration for "Old Matt's" cabin in the Harold Bell Wright novel "The Shepherd of the Hills." Small child sitting on porch steps

Company I, 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, group photograph of Spanish American War soldiers

Photographs of organizations dealing with aspects of the war effort

Signing of the message of the 49th General Assembly by Governor Elliott N. Major, being first offical in New Capitol Bldg., Jan 2nd 1917

Photographs of St. Charles

Photograph of St. Louis Fair Festival Hall and Terrace of States

Photographs by Earle B. Patten of people and scenes in University City and the St. Louis area, beginning in the 1930s.

Photographs from a Boone County family, including many portraits and school class group portraits.

Family photographs and ephemera, spanning from the late 1860s through the 1970s.

Scrapbooks of trips taken to Florida and the Southeast United States, 1948-1949.

Photographs from Dale C. Barnard, a Missouri-native by way of Kirksville and Kansas City. Barnard attended the Missouri School of Mines in Rolla and worked as an mining engineer for El Barreno Mining Company in Mexico City, Mexico, and the Iron King Mine in Arizona.

A collection of photos and scrapbooks primarily relating to the Arthur Hoch family of Sedalia, MO, ca. 1940s-1950s

Photographs by Elbert Louis Nickerson, better known as "Bert", of Bucklin and Brookfield, MO. Bert worked for the newspaper in Brookfield. This collection also includes his family photographs.

Photographs by Earl Powers, a photographer and farmer who lived in Columbia, MO. Coverage includes people, events, and places in Columbia and Van Nuys, CA. Additional photographs cover Powers' Air Force service in the South Pacific during WWII.

Photographs of artwork held in the State Historical Society of Missouri's art collection.

Six cabinet cards depicting the aftermath of a tornado in Kansas City, May 10, 1886.

Five photographs of Warrensburg, MO, ca. 1958-1962.

Seven photographs of the Confederate Home in Higginsville, MO, ca. 1904. Includes images of the main building, barnyard, surgeon's residence, hospital reception hall, and exterior views of residences.

Thirty-five photographs of Kansas City, ca. 1902. Includes images of streets and exterior views of businesses, parks, clubs, and residences.

Twenty-seven photographs of Nodaway County, ca. 1900-1903. Includes images of Maryville, farms, and Burlington Junction Mineral Springs Company and Hotel.

Seven photographs of Bismarck, Missouri, collection on the occasion of the city's bicentennial and published in the book The Sign of a Good Town.

Seven photographs of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company factory and operations in St. Louis, MO.

Photographs of and relating to showboat theatres on the Missouri River, used in McCormick's thesis on the subject "An Historical Study of Showboat Theatre on the Missouri River."

Photographs of the murals in the Missouri State Capitol building. Photos are from unknown sources and photographers; additional photos can be found in the Walker and Massie photographs.

Six mounted photographs of the Moran Bolt & Nut Manufacturing Company and vicinity, St. Louis, taken May 2-3, 1911.

Five photographs of the lynching of Frank Embree, 22 July 1899, near Fayette, MO.

Four photographs of Edward Allen Martin and one photograph of his father, Dr. J.F. Martin, both druggists in Greenfield, Missouri.

Seven photographs and copy photographs of the Hermann Garlichs family.

Thirty photographs of Franz Schwarzer, the Franz Schwarzer Zither Factory in Washington, Missouri, zithers, zither artisans, zither players, and zither clubs.

Twenty-five snapshots of soldiers, landscapes, and military operations during World War II in the European Theatre. People and places in these photographs are unidentified.

Twenty-six photographs taken in Honolulu, Hawaii, during or shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Cabinet cards taken after 1891, five depicting Mormon sites in Salt Lake City, UT and one of the East Front Pavilion in Saltair, UT.

Twenty-five copy prints of historic Missouri trees.

Six photographs, several taken July 1, 1899, depicting people outdoors, attributed as being near Cape Girardeau.

Copy photos of early four-wheel drive trucks and manufacturing plants, B.J. Patrick, Mark Twain's home in Hannibal, and the Union Covered Bridge, Monroe County.

Fifty photographs of buildings and views of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, St. Louis.

One portrait of Melvin F. Rader. One snapshot by Rader of prisoners of war as Americans took over a concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria.

Copy photos of Atchison County, especially relating to the Rankin Farm and Mule Barn.

Photographs of Monegaw Springs and the Osage River in St. Clair County.

Slides depicting historic structures in Sedalia and Sedalia history.

Photographic postcards of the Dorn-Cloney Laundry & Dry Cleaning delivery wagon, and a marching band parading down Broadway, Columbia, Missouri.