Columbia Manuscript Collections

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C2102 "Kansas City in the 1890s," Elmer N. Powell 1932

Unpublished manuscript submitted to the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW about Kansas City, MO, and the city's young leaders in the 1890s.

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C2103 "Bibliography of Library Sources for the Study of the Place Names of Missouri," Allen Walker Read no date

Annotated bibliography on Missouri place names.

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C2104 "One Hundred Years of Journalism in Boone County," Walter Ridgway no date

A brief history of newspapers in Boone County, MO, particularly Columbia, 1830-1930.

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C2105 "Legend of Princess Watt-Wa-Na of Locust Creek, Linn County, Missouri," William Sissons no date

Poem relating legend of an Indian princess who fled from an unwelcome marriage and was turned into a tree.

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C2106 "Dr. Emmet Starr," Micah Pearce Smith 1930

Biographical sketch of a Cherokee Indian educator, physician, Indian expert and clerk at the Book World, a second-hand book store in St. Louis, MO.

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C2107 David Rice Atchison Biographical Sketch no date

Manuscript submitted to MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW. A short biography of Atchison, emphasizing his family background, education, law and political career in Kentucky, and service as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. Author unknown.

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C2108 Walter Barlow Stevens Papers 1924

Manuscript of article, "From Washington's Farewell Address to the Man Without a Country." Spanish overtures to the West (Kentucky and Tennessee) in the 1790s. Copies of three letters to Carlos De Lassus from Baron de Carondelet, 1796-1797.

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C2109 Walter Barlow Stevens Papers 1923

Notes and manuscript concerning Jesse and Frank James, the Youngers, Charley Pitts, and the attempts to stop their lawlessness in Missouri. T.T. Crittenden, the Pinkertons, and Carl Schurz.

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C2110 Louis W. Reps Letter 1940

To Wayne Parker, Long Beach, CA, from Springfield, MO, July 10, 1940.

A reply to Parker's editorial column in the LONG BEACH INDEPENDENT, "Round the Town," which criticized Dewey Short and his constituency. Also five newspaper clippings about Parker's editorial.

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C2111 Edward Stabler Papers 1839-1840

To Stabler from James L. Minor, R.S. Gilbert, and Thomas M. Allen concerning creation and adoption of the seal of Missouri, the secretary of state's seal, and the seal of the University. Elaborate details of the University and capitol, which were to be represented on the respective seals. Stabler made the seals and presses.

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C2112 Great Seal of Missouri Papers 1933-1936

Articles, editorials, and letters to the editor concerning the Great Seal of Missouri and the designer, George Frederick Burckhartt.

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C2113 Perry S. Rader Papers 1928

Correspondence concerning the Missouri state seal and the designer George Frederick Burckhartt's daughter Bettie C. Burckhartt, Bruce Lemmon, W.C. Knaus, and Mary Miller (Mrs. A. Lee) Smiser.

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C2114 "The Life of Mary Anne Phelps Montgomery, 1846-1943," Margaret Montgomery Zogbaum 1967

Reminiscences of Mary Anne Phelps Montgomery, daughter of John Smith Phelps, Missouri congressman and governor. Recorded by her daughter, the reminiscences cover Montgomery's childhood on a plantation near Springfield, MO; her marriage to James Montgomery, a railroad entrepreneur and early Portland, OR, settler; her travels in Europe; and her friendship with Ulysses S. Grant.

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C2115 "College Tragedy Bares Fraternity's 'Invisible Empire,'" R.B. Sullivan 1940

Newspaper article in the New York City SUNDAY NEWS, 31 March 1940, reporting then death of Hubert L. Spake, Jr., University of Missouri student.

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C2116 "Dateline--Doniphan, Missouri (The Story of the PROSPECT-NEWS)," Thelma S. McManus 1964

History of the PROSPECT-NEWS, the Doniphan, MO, weekly newspaper, 1874-1964.

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C2117 Adison P. Lester Papers 1879-1880

Lester's petition for divorce from Mary J. Lester, and summons for her to appear before Moberly Court of Common Pleas.

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C2118 R.A. Austin Papers 1846-1897

Autobiography of the Reverend R.A. Austin, a Missouri Methodist minister and circuit rider. The Austin family's migration from Kentucky to Missouri, education, conversion, Civil War, Indians, trip West from Chillicothe, MO, to Montana, activities of Montana circuit ministers. Seven letters from Austin to his wife, 1859-1866.

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C2119 Harry S. Truman Papers 1962-1966

The papers contain Truman's regrets that he cannot attend the State Historical Society's annual meetings.

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C2120 J.M. Cutts Letters 1846

To John C. Payne, Esq., Haskinsville, Green County, KY, from Wash., July 12, 1846. Cutt's house guest, Anna Payne, was seriously ill and he informed her father that all possible medical treatment and care were being provided, but her condition was not improving.

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C2121 Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad Company Stock Certificates 1868-1880

Certificates for three $50 shares issued to George W. Moberly, and transfer of one share to James Burrows.

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C2122 "My Father Planned the James Boys' Capture," Thomas Riley Shouse 1959

Copy of an article in the FRONTIER TIMES, Summer 1959.

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C2123 "A Brief History of Lincoln Township, Harrison County, Missouri," S.W. Skelton 1962

Settlement of Lincoln Township, growth of Hatfield, settlers, property owners, outstanding citizens, educational facilities, businesses, churches. Sketches of Hatfield in 1894, 1910, and 1962.

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C2124 Louis Lorimier Will 1808

The collection contains a typed copy of the will of Lorimier of the District and Town of Cape Girardeau, Louisiana Territory. Lorimier named as his executor and heir the Shawnee woman with whom he lived, Pemanpich. The will lists names and ages of their six children.

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C2125 "Navigators of the Old West," John Marion Woolf no date

The collection contains mimeographed excerpts from a brochure, giving short biographies of Orson Pratt, Steven Kearny, John C. Fremont, J.N. Nicollet, and Silvestre Escalante.

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C2126 C.E. Dornbusch Missouri Civil War Bibliography no date

The collection contains annotated bibliographies of published materials available in the New York Public Library on Missouri and the Civil War.

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C2127 Ricka Leimkuehler Papers 1849-1912, 1964-1966

The Leimkuehler Papers consist of photocopies of the records of the Pin Oak Creek Baptist Church, Mount Sterling, Missouri, 1849-1858, typescripts of those records, and articles by Leimkuehler about early German Baptists in Missouri.

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C2128 "History of Barry County's Home Economics Clubs," Willa Mermoud no date

The collection contains two histories by Willa Mermoud on the 4-H and women's clubs in Barry County, Missouri. The first is titled, "History of Barry County's Home Economics Clubs," and includes information on the organization, services rendered, and a list of extension service officers, 1928-1958. The second publication is titled, "Barry County Extension Homemakers Clubs History, 1919-1969," and describes 50 years of club work in Barry County.

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C2129 History of Anniston School and Community, E.E. Bryant no date

The collection contains a brief history of Anniston, MO, describing its founding, name changes from Shellys Ridge to Hainleys Switch to Anniston, businesses, schools, students, teachers, churches, roads, recreation, and occupations of residents. Also included are lyrics of the Anniston PTA song, Anniston school songs, and cheers.

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C2130 "The Old Springfield Road," J.V. Cooper 1962

The collection contains a description of the history and importance of the Old Springfield Road in southwest Missouri.

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C2131 "Educational Institutions," Willa Mermoud no date

The collection contains a history of teachers institutes, normal schools, and summer schools in Barry County, MO, 1870-1910, and a list of administrators and teachers who attended the sessions.

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C2132 "Captain William Farley Carter, Model for a Monument," Joseph M. Shockley no date

The collection contains a biography of Carter (1843-1930) and history of the Confederate cemetery and monument at Springfield, MO.

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C2133 "Let Us Discuss a Man," Dan Saults 1962

The collection contains a speech about John Newman Edwards (1839-1889). Edwards was a Missouri Confederate, newspaper editor, author, and friend of Joseph Shelby, Quantrill, and the James Brothers. Saults discusses Edwards' friendship with Shelby, their Civil War experiences, the fiasco in Mexico after the war, and Edwards' newspaper career and drinking problems.

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C2134 "Observation of the 'Missouri Spook Light,'" Raymond Bayless 1963

Description of an unidentified light in southwest Missouri which residents call the "Missouri Spook Light."

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C2135 "Seeing the Light," Arthur E. Holbrook 1950

Account of photographing "The Light at Hornet," an unidentified light in Newton County, MO, August 11, 1950.

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C2136 Abraham Cole Muster Roll and Report 1864

Muster role of Captain Cole's vigilante company that patrolled Hickory and St. Clair Counties during the Civil War. The company was composed of St. Clair County citizens.

Report by Cole to the commander at Warrensburg about the Citizen Guards and their efforts to combat bushwhackers.

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C2137 Catholic Union of Missouri, 17th State Convention, HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 1909

Ralph Gregory's translation from German of excerpts from the HISTORICAL SOUVENIR of the 17th State Convention of the Catholic Union of Missouri. Arrival and names of the first German Catholics in Washington, MO, 1833. The church, mission and school of St. Francis Borgia Parish.

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C2138 Disciples of Christ State Convention Minutes 1845

Minutes of the state meeting of the Missouri Churches of Jesus Christ held in Columbia, October 17 and 18, 1845. List of the ministers present, the congregations represented, and those represented in 1844 but not in 1845.

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C2139 Feaster Family Papers 1840-1852

The Feaster Family papers contain two letters to William H. Feaster, Palmyra, Marion County, MO, from his brothers, Daniel F. and Jonathan and sister Ann L., Jefferson, Frederick County, MD. The letter from 1852 announces the death of sister Martha in childbirth. Both letters contain news of family members, weather, and crop prices in Maryland.

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C2140 Broadside 1908

Broadside advertising a $1000 Saddle Ring at an unknown location in Missouri. All nine horses entered are sired by Rex McDonald, a famous Missouri stallion. The broadside includes the horses' names, owners, and the owners' places of residence.

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C2141 Curtis Frank Burnam Letter 1908

To George M. Rollins, Columbia, MO, from Richmond, KY, Oct. 8, 1908. Burnam wrote his nephew that he had shipped "the portraits of Mr. Bingham," express charges paid. He called Bingham "Missouri's distinguished Artist and Statesman."

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C2142 John Pickard Affidavit 1933

Pickard, chairman of the Missouri Capitol Interior Decoration Commission and professor of art and archaeology at the University of Missouri, evaluated George Caleb Bingham's "General Order No. 11," a work of art worth $20,000 for insurance purposes.

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C2143 Nicholas Thurmond Letter 1865

Description of Sterling Price's engagement at Boonville, MO, October 6-7, 1864. Price's retreat from Missouri, Oct. 1864. Army camps in Arkansas, the Federals, horror and grandeur of war, news of friends. Thurmond's wounds and his position teaching school on a Choctaw Indian reservation since November 28, 1864.

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C2144 Joseph McCoy Papers 1815-1908

Eight land deeds (3 to land in St. Louis, 1815-1820; 5 to land in Clark County, 1856-1866). Power of attorney and land purchase receipt, 1844. Daybook of McCoy's business transactions in Waterloo, MO, 1841-1842.

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C2145 Amos H. Sullivan Record Books 1878-1947

Weather records, personal diaries, accounts, and medical hints of a Miami, Missouri, physician.

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C2146 Washington Burtnett Papers 1855-1862

Photograph and biography of Burtnett, 1861 Union Army discharge, 1855 Sons of Temperance membership, 1856 record book fly leaf, and two 1862 letters to his wife and children. Burtnett wrote about the war, McClellan and Pope outside Richmond, army marches, communications, and his duties as acting clerk for his commander, Captain McDonald.

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C2147 Truman H. Aehle Scrapbooks 1917-1924

Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about World War I. Aehle was an aviator from St. Louis, MO.

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C2148 Missouri Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records 1906-1938

Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Columbia, formerly the Broadway Methodist Church.

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C2149 James H. Bennett Book 1820-1825

Book contains notes from medical lectures at Transylvania College, Lexington, KY, November 1822-January 1823; constitution, minutes, and membership list of the Richmond [Kentucky] Philosophical Society. October 1820-January 1821; and medical accounts, records of house calls and prescriptions in Columbia and Boone County area, July 1823-December 1825.

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C2150 James Sidney Rollins Record Book 1834-1868

Rollins, a Boone County, MO, lawyer, businessman, and politician, was influential in securing the location of the University of Missouri at Columbia. Record book contains personal and business accounts.

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C2151 Phil M. Donnelly Papers 1935-1957

Papers relating to Donnelly's two terms as Democratic governor of Missouri.

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C2152 W.R. Johnson Account Book 1859-1862

The collection contains an account book of a general storekeeper in the Fulton, MO, area.

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C2153 Mary E. Gentry Scrapbook 1852

Newspaper clippings, short stories, poetry, travel accounts, letters, and news items. Most are undated.

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C2154 Carla Weitzel Papers 1970-1999

The papers of Carla Weitzel, a sociology graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The materials document civil rights issues, particularly the anti-apartheid and divestment movement that occurred on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus during the mid-1980s.

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C2155 John Edward Richards Legal Papers 1860-1936

Legal papers of J.E. Richards of Moscow Mills, MO, his immediate family, contemporaries, and descendants. Stock certificates, leases, deeds, insurance policy, and bills.

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C2156 John Ralls Papers 1837-1848

The papers of John Ralls contain typed copies of correspondence between John Ralls and his immediate family: wife, daughter Mary, brothers William and Nathaniel. One letter is written from Santa Fe about the Mexican War. Ralls genealogical data is also included.

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C2157 Michael Cave Papers 1944-1997 The Michael Cave Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, business records, audiovisual material, and the compositions of Cave, a pianist and composer born in Missouri.  Finding Aid
C2158 Irene B. Taeuber Papers 1912-1981

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.

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C2159 Eva Johnston Papers no date

The papers of Eva Johnston contain lectures on Latin and Greek dramatists and literature, Luxembourg Gardens, women's education, women's wages, and popular superstitions, and translation and interpretation of Terence's HECYRA.

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C2160 War of 1812 Scrapbook 1812-1815

The collection contains newspaper clippings from American newspapers and reprints from British and Canadian newspapers relating to the War of 1812. A group photograph of a woman with three little girls, c. 1910, was included inside the back cover.

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C2161 Benjamin Cullen Adams Papers 1906-1951

The papers of Benjamin Cullen Adams contain correspondence with his mother, 1906-1914, about Adams' work for Ellis & Company of London in Brazil; biographical material on his father, Congressman Henry Cullen Adams; and material on Gas Service Company Group, Kansas City, of which Adams was president and general manager.

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C2162 Tuesday Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records 1921-1977

The records of The Tuesday Club of Columbia, Missouri, contain newspaper articles, minute books, reports and scrapbooks of a women's social club founded in 1899. The records detail the history of the club, including meetings, activities, membership, finances, and projects sponsored.

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C2163 John Edward Richards Papers 1861-1938

The papers of John Edward Richards contain two account books relating primarily to personal, household, and farm expenditures and to the wages and maintenance of manual labor, 1888-1929. The collection includes miscellaneous legal papers, including deeds, personal bills, and canceled checks.

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C2164 THE DAILY CITIZEN (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1863

The collection contains a souvenir copy of the final issue, July 2, 1863. Articles concern Confederate and Union military news, and the fall of Vicksburg. Printed on wallpaper.

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C2165 Methodist Church, St. Louis Annual Conference Report 1954

The collection contains a report issued by the sixteenth session, St. Louis Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.

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C2166 Marshall General Merchandise Store Cash Book 1881-1885

The collection contains cash accounts of the Marshall General Merchandise Store. The location of store is unknown.

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C2167 Channing Richards Papers 1835-1863

The papers of Channing Richards contain correspondence between Channing Richards and his wife Lydia Williamson Richards, 1835-1842. The letters discuss social and family activities in New Jersey and Ohio; business as a grain merchant; transportation; and weather. Also included is a letter from Channing Richards, Jr., Union soldier, 1863.

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C2168 E. Lansing Ray Journal 1918

The collection contains the journal of E. Lansing Ray, editor and publisher of the St. Louis GLOBE DEMOCRAT. Ray was a member of a delegation of American newspapermen invited to visit the Allied Western Front, September-November 1918. The journal includes a record of events and observations of conditions in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, and describes tours, social and political events, and attitudes of the people.

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C2169 "Salt," Paul McDonald Robinett no date

The collection contains a document describing inhabitants of the Missouri Ozarks, their opinions about slavery, secession, and the Civil War. Guerrilla warfare, confiscation of salt by Major General Samuel R. Curtis as economic warfare, and experiences of the Perry Upton-Elizabeth Simmons Lee family during the Civil War are discussed.

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C2170 "Mother's White Carnation," Cora Ellis Steele no date

The collection contains a poetic tribute to mother.

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C2171 William H. Evens Papers no date

The papers of William H. Evens contain biographical sketches of the Todd family and the Quantrill raider, George Todd, as well as notes on early Missouri industries.

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C2172 John Boyd Caldwell Family History no date

The collection contains biographical sketches of John Boyd Caldwell and family, describing their trip from Kentucky to Callaway County, MO, in 1826, establishment of the first pottery business in Missouri, and pioneer life.

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C2173 "Boundary Line Between Cape Girardeau Co. & New Madrid Co., 1800 to 1813," Stephen B. Hunter no date

The collection contains a history of changes in the counties' boundary line.

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C2174 I.G. Morrison Papers 1940

The papers of I.G. Morrison contain the paper "Thomas Hart Benton Murals, Missouri State Capitol: An Interpretative Lecture," 2 September 1940, and a positive photostat of letter to I.G. Morrison from Thomas Hart Benton, Chilmark, MA, 14 September 1940. Morrison presented description, history and symbolism of the murals. Benton defined the purpose of art and expressed approval of Morrison's paper.

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C2175 O.L. Cayton Letters 1938

The collection contains six letters to Eleanor Beatrice Smith, Savannah, Missouri, and one letter to Abbie Foster, Fillmore, Missouri, from Tacoma, Washington. The letters discuss Nodaway and Andrew Counties and genealogy. Maps are included.

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C2176 "History of Bonnots Mill, Missouri, Methodist Church" 1963

History, leaders, and facilities of the Bonnots Mill Methodist Church, covering 1902 to 1963.

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C2177 "Notes on the JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY, 1894-1964," Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery 1964

History and purpose of the JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

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C2178 "A Check List of Missouri Baptist Imprints, 1817-1850," Dayton W. Canaday 1817-1850

History of Missouri Baptist and early newspapers. Short biographies of Joseph Charless, Joshua Norvell, Duff Green, and Nathaniel Patten, Jr. Bibliography of Missouri Baptist imprints.

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C2179 Henry Harrison Sawyer Civil War Diary 1864-1865

Diary of a soldier with the 18th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company C, in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, the March to the Sea, and the Carolina campaigns. Weather information, and location and dates of camps and battles.

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C2180 "Old York Chapel, 1824-1965," Anne Blanche Rutledge no date

History of the Abernathy Settlement and the Old York Chapel, second oldest Methodist organization in the Louisiana Purchase, Perry County and Cape Girardeau County, MO.

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C2181 Solomon Litton Letter 1850

To his wife from Nevada City, CA, Nov. 30, 1850. Description of a trip to California during the Gold Rush. Explanation of the process of "washing out" gold. Health, weather, and living conditions.

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C2182 Nadine Mills Coleman Papers 1965

Clipping and miscellany about Governor Lon Vest Stephens.

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C2183 Jefferson Davis Letter 1889

To [Lynn] Samuels, [Sugar Tree, Carroll County, MO], from Beauvoir, MS, Apr. 10, 1889.

Answers Samuel's inquiries about why he opposed a Confederate pursuit at the Battle of Bull Run and why he was not tried for treason. Also typed copy in collection 995, Vol. XXVI, 711.

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C2184 "A Trip Down The River," Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson no date

History of Montauk Springs and the Current River by the former caretakers of the Montauk State Park.

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C2185 "Research on Boone's Lick," Lewis Saum 1962

Description of nineteenth-century salt-making processes and the Boone's Lick Salt Works.

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C2186 "KLIK, 1954-1974, A Double Decade of Service," Robert Priddy c. 1978

A history of KLIK radio station in Jefferson City, Missouri, by the station's news director.

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C2187 "A Century of Freemasonry at Osceola, Missouri, 1841-1941," A. Loyd Collins no date

Historical sketch of Masonic organizations in Osceola.

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C2188 "Duley's Mill," Hugh P. Williamson and Arnold Bedsworth no date

History and description of Duley's Mill on Big Cedar Creek, Callaway County, MO. Biographical information on the Duley family.

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C2189 "California in 1849," John Hudgins no date

Reminiscences of a wagon train trip from Missouri to California in 1849. The route, weather, and a cholera epidemic.

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C2190 Opal Soetaert Papers no date

History of education and the Edson School, Harrison County, MO. Genealogy of Edson and Needham families.

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C2191 A.L. Brock Papers 1923-1965

The papers of A.L. Brock contain personal reminiscences of A.L. Brock; Wyoming Masonic history; Brock family genealogy; a history of Wyoming, 1868-1933; and cattle, sheep, and horse herding history.

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C2192 Independence, Missouri, Notebook 1961

The collection contains a notebook compiled by the citizenship classes of Mrs. Ruby Akers Gerrard and William Chrisman, Division II, Independence, MO, on Civil War history of Independence and Jackson County, MO.

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C2193 Wilson's Creek Battlefield National Park Commission Deed 1964

The collection contains photocopied documentation of land deeded by the State of Missouri in Greene County.

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C2194 Auguste P. Chouteau Commission 1818

The collection contains Chouteau's commission as major of the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, Missouri Territory Militia.

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C2195 CALEDONIA ECHO 1953

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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C2196 J.J. Clark Letter 1864

The collection contains a love letter to M.L. Riddle, Feb. 22, 1864.

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C2197 John L. Beveridge Special Orders 1865

The collection contains positive photostats of Special Orders No. 144 to investigate complaints of Dresden, Pettis County, MO, citizens against Captain Devohue and the Pettis County Volunteers Militia for alleged interference with citizens (rebels who had taken the oath) and their property.

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C2198 John A. Logan Letter 1865

The collection contains a letter to the Officers and Soldiers of the 15th Army Corps congratulating them on the close of the successful march to the sea during the Civil War. The letter discusses the battles at Resaca, Atlanta, Marietta, Nickajack Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, and Jonesboro.

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C2199 Bettie Helm Letter 1913

The collection contains a letter to Colie, Charlie, and children, from Bettie Helm at Moorehead, Sept. 2, 1913. The letter discusses family, weather, and the garden.

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C2200 William Meeter Letter 1827

The collection contains a letter to John McClure, Greenville, Augusta C[oun]ty, VA, from William Meeter, Callaway County, MO, Dec. 20, 1827. The letter includes a description of a trip from Virginia to Missouri titled "A Virginia Youth's Impressions of Missouri," discussing the appearance of the country, people, water, industry, prices, and marriageable women.

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C2201 James S. Rains Letter 1865

To Thomas C. Reynolds, from Quitman, TX, Apr. 2, 1865.

Discussion of a possible Confederate rally around General Rains north of the Arkansas River, comments about Jeff Thompson's promotion, Confederate recruiting policies, and weather.

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