Columbia Manuscript Collections

Collection Number Title Collection Dates Description Finding Aid
P0240 Larry A. James Photograph Collection 1870-1980

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.

P0241 Laclede's Landing, St. Louis, Missouri, Photographs, 1980 1980

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

P0242 Blue Mound School Photograph 1936

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

P0243 Marie Hoffman Photograph Collection 1940

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

P0244 Christian College Photograph 1921

One large sized photo of Christian College women,

P0245 Missouri Press Association Meeting Photograph 1884

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

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P0246 Donald M. Christisen Collection 1930-1950

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.

P0247 Charles Nagel Jr. Photograph Collection 1909-1913, no date

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.

P0248 Tary L. Stift Photograph Collection 1927

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.

P0249 Peter K. Cullins Postcard Collection 1900-1918

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

P0250 Oliver Family Photographs 1875-1933

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

P0251 Elizabeth Jones Ratliff Photograph Collection 1880-1924

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.

P0252 Laura Hawkins Frazer Photograph 1915

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.

P0253 William A. Gearon Photographs 1927

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

P0254 Cynthia Nold Photograph Collection 1910, 1950

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.

P0255 Lillian M. Wagner Photograph Collection no date

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

P0256 Reverend L. Walk Photograph no date

Photo of Reverend Mark Rich.

P0257 James McConathy Carte de Visite 1863

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

P0258 Shrine of St. Joseph, St. Louis, Photographs no date

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

P0259 St. Louis University Photographs no date

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

P0260 Katie Marie Adkins Postcard Collection 1970

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.

P0261 Arthur T. Bailey Scrapbook 1925-1930

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.

P0262 Mabel Aeschliman Portrait no date

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.

P0263 Muriel E. Akers Postcard Collection 1970, no date

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

P0264 American Royal Association Photographs 1982

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

P0265 Alice Clark Cross Postcard Collection 1906-1909

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

P0266 Missouri Travel and Tourism Slides no date

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

P0267 James F. Antonio Portrait 1984

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

P0268 Argentina Quesada Armstrong Photographs 1965

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

P0269 Elmon Laurence Collette Scrapbook 1905-1908

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

P0270 Odon Guitar Photographs 1862-1864

Copy photos of a carte de visite of Odon Guitar and an older woman, standing, and a carte de visite of Odon Guitar, bust view in uniform. Photographer: N. Brown, St. Louis.

P0271 John Ashcroft Portraits 1984-1987

3 8x10 black and white prints of Governor John Ashcroft.

P0272 Mrs. Grover Young Photograph Collection 1890-1910

Images of Rocheport, Missouri, and MKT Railroad.

P0273 Clarke Dunlap Photograph Collection 1884-1975

12 b/w MARKERS, Old Elm Tree Cemetery, 1975. b/w (negative & slide) of Reed's MILL, Beulah, 1900. MO Civil War MAPS: 2 diagrams of Fort Wyman; 1864 MO-AR border. Postcard of Licking, 1910. 8 b/w photos of Civil War era busts. Sketch of "Uncle Phil" from Pioneers of the Ozarks (1944).

P0274 Nancy Cowan Photograph Collection 1916

Six postcards from 1916 showing images of the British Remount Depot in Lathrop, Missouri.

P0275 Terri Stella-Vega Postcard Collection 1910-1912

19 color postcards of Kansas City and Excelsior Springs, MO.

P0276 Agnes L. Kendall Photograph Collection no date

portraits

P0277 St. Louis Tornado Photographs, 1896 1896

Photographs of damage following an 1896 tornado in St. Louis, including many by Samborsky Photo. Some of these images were published in Julian Curzon's The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896.

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P0278 Mexico, Missouri, Photograph Collection 1955, no date

Photographs of Mexico, Missouri, including A.P. Green Fire Brick Company operations, local buildings, and monuments.

P0279 Edd Ingram Photographs 1904-1918

Photographs by Edd Ingram of Edgar Springs, Missouri, primarily in glass plate negative format. Ingram captured early twentieth-century individual and group portraits, school portraits, and images of rural activities, industries, and agriculture. Identified locations pictured are in south central Missouri and cover portions of Phelps, Pulaski, Dent, Texas, and Crawford counties.

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P0280 Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Photographs 1935-1940

Photographs of Kansas City, ca. 1939 and 1954, with a focus on views of the city and local attractions.

P0281 Nancy J. Irwin Postcard Collection 1905-1930

11 postcards from the early 20th century with scenes of various places in Missouri including Joplin, Springfield, and St. Louis.

P0282 Jerry and Joanne Berneche Photographs 1890, 1940, 1980

Three photographs: staff of the University Argus at the University of Missouri (1890), dentist's office in Kansas City (ca 1940s), and Jesse Hall at the University of Missouri.

P0283 Joanne Coontz Photographs 1876-1912

Photographs include: wreck of train, Engine #313 Missouri Pacific; the Gehlken Mill in Morgan County; the Curry Farm and farmhouse in Morgan County; the Gehlken Store in Pettis County, and the Gehlken and Penning families.

P0284 Angie Walsh Photographs 1913-1937

42 photographs from/of students at Howard Payne Junior College in Fayette, MO ca. 1900.

P0285 Lyndon Irwin Photograph Collection 1880-1915

Late 19th century photographs of Montgomery City, Matson, and St. Louis, portraits and group photographs.

P0286 Point Lisa Photographs, ca. 1904 circa 1904

Images of various rural areas around Rockport and Point Lisa ca 1904. Images might be also be Rock Port, Missouri.

P0287 Mary Rose Photograph Collection 1890-1920

Unidentified portraits from the estate of Mary Rose.

P0288 Puls Family Photograph 1922

One ink jet copy print of Puls family at Noser Mill Dam in 1922.

P0289 John Wall's Moving and Storage Company Slides 1950

Two color slides showing the storefront of the John Wall's Moving and Storage Company. Located at either 908 Truman Road or 2021 Forrest, Kansas City MO, circa 1950s.

P0290 J. Paul Turner Photograph Collection 1920-1927

Two photos, one showing the Poplar Bluff tornado damage and another of a man named Robert Parker sitting in automobile.

P0291 Photographs of Harmony Mission and Papinville, Missouri 1996

snapshots from 1996 of the sites of Harmony Mission and Papinville in Bates County, Missouri

P0292 Ann Bracken Walker Tintype 1860

One encased tintype of Ann Bracken Walker, circa 1860.

P0293 Conley-Myers Bank Photograph 1920

One image of the interior of the Conley-Myers Bank in Columbia, MO, circa 1920.

P0294 Wilder Family Photographs 1940, no date

Copy photos of Laura & Almanzo Wilder and their home in Mansfield, MO.

P0295 Henry Martyn Cheavens Portrait no date

1 b/w bust and negative of Henry Martyn Cheavens

P0296 H.M. Bledsoe Portrait 1895

1 b/w bust and negative of H.M. Bledsoe (1825-1899), taken at Pleasant Hill.

P0297 Monroe F. Cockrell Collection 1864-1907

b/w drawing of New Palace Hotel, Fulton, MO, 1907. b/w photo of Cockrell Family, 1890. b/w photo with negatives of General Cockrell, Confederate Army, Civil War.

P0298 Faye L. Stewart Photograph Collection 1840-1920

Images depicting Chillicothe, MO in the 19th century. Photographs of Missouri State Guard veterans from Chillicothe, including men who served under General Sterling Price.

P0299 James L. Stone Photographs 1915, 1960-1968

Images of and relating to Moberly, MO, mainly in the 1960s.

P0300 Mary Kathy Dains Photographs 1868, 1901-1990

Photographs of Columbia, MO, the University of Missouri (1978-1986, including extensive coverage of Ellis Library construction in the 1980s), and historic sites and structures across Missouri. Also includes portraits taken or acquired by Dains.

P0301 Boone Spring House Photograph no date

Photo of Boone Spring House in Matson, St. Charles County. Also known as Flanders Callaway home.

P0302 Katherine Ann Robertson Photographs 1949

Photos by Katherine Ann Robertson of the James Hicklin home east of Lexington, MO in 1949.

P0303 Anheuser-Busch Inc. Photographs 1875-1996

Various photos of Anheuser-Busch company and grounds.

P0304 Klaus Family Photographs 1920-1928

17 scrapbook photos of 9/29/27 tornado in St. Louis. Various views of family home on 5327 Arsenal Street along with grandfather's cabin in Times Beach, Missouri.

P0305 John W. Coffman Collection of University of Missouri Postcards 1892-1913

Postcards of the University of Missouri, ca. 1910.

P0306 Fred Geary Photographs no date

Images related to Fred Geary the artist.

P0307 William A. Knox Collection no date

Photos of paintings by William A. Knox.

P0308 John Graham Collection of University of Missouri College of Agriculture Photographs 1896-1930

Photographs of University of Missouri School of Agriculture students and faculty from the early twentieth century, including members of Alpha Zeta, Dean Mumford and professors, Dr. Jesse, the Farmers Fair, Barn Warming, and Ag Club.

P0309 C.T. Wallace Album 1877-1912

64 black and white matte photographs, mostly 5x7, showing views of mainly Pettis, Lafayette and Saline counties. Includes images relating to the Methodist church, cats, farming, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, rivers and creeks.

P0310 Catherine Stark Photographs 1939, no date

Photographs of Lloyd C. Stark; photographs of associates of Stark from the U.S. Army and Navy (Naval Academy classmates).

P0311 E. Dora Bohm Photographs no date

Copy photos of Dr. Wilbur Harrison Smith Bohm and his class at the St. Charles Military Academy.

P0312 Trans World Airlines Photograph no date

TWA airplane taking off; "Color-foto" by TWA - "The Take-off"

P0313 Cliffton C. Edom Photographs no date

Exterior view of Ralls County Courthouse, New London, Ralls County, photographs of Chinese stone lions at the University of Missouri.

P0314 F.D. Hampson Photograph 1903

Photo of the St. Louis Plate Glass Co., Valley Park, St. Louis County, 1903.

P0315 Associated Industries of Missouri Photographs 1926-1928

Group photo of the first annual meeting of the Missouri Committee of Women in Industry of the Associated Industries of Missouri, St. Joseph, Mo., May 7, 1926.
Group photo of the third annual meeting of the Missouri Committee of Women in Industry of the Associated Industries of Missouri, St. Joseph, Mo., May 24, 1928.

P0316 Col. H.P. Parker Fort Leavenworth Photographs 1880, 1956

Views of Fort Leavenworth, KS, ca. 1880 and 1956

P0317 William H. McCrum Photographs no date

Photographs of Watts Mill at Dallas, Missouri

P0318 John J. Cochran Photograph no date

b/w photograph of Charles Lindbergh receiving the Medal of Honor after his trans-Atlantic flight; Lindbergh and President Calvin with other dignitaries in White House Garden

P0319 M.M. Drake Photograph Collection 1873-1874, no date

Images of St. Louis, 1874, Grant house ca. 1930, Carl Wimar's "The Lost Trail", and steamboat "Grand Republic".

P0320 Georgia Arnold Lang Photograph 1900

Photograph of Miss Joy Fewsmith's primary class at Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Columbia, MO, early 1900s.

P0321 Walter B. Stevens Photograph 1893

Photo of Champ Clark and son Bennett on Capitol steps in Washington D.C., 1893.

P0322 Nancy J. DeBoer Photograph Collection 1888-1982

Commercially produced stereographs, depicting Italy, Canada, Switzerland, 1892 World's Fair, early 20th century US Presidents, military leaders, Scenes from the Life of Christ, New York City, WWI, and the American West.

P0323 Champ Clark Home Photograph no date

Photo of Champ Clark's home near Bowling Green.

P0324 Mrs. Lewis Sims Photograph Collection no date

b/w photographs of Van Horn Tavern in rural Boone County

P0325 Elizabeth Kennedy Photograph Collection 1901-1940

Six photographs of Joe Tapley of Bowling Green and groups he was involved with at the University of Missouri, including Zeta Chi fraternity, Mechanical Engineering, and ROTC.

P0326 J.H. Stidham Photograph Collection 1906-1907

Group photographs of Columbia Normal Academy students, 1906 and 1907; Harrisburg School students, 1902; and Knights of Pythias, taken in Milan, Missouri, 1912 or 1913

P0327 Virginia Hunt Robertson Photograph Collection 1927

Four framed photographs: John Wormeley Carter; Rear Admiral (Ret.) Joel Bright; W.A. Bright; Joel Haden. Nine photos of islands in Missouri River between Huntsdale and Rocheport.

P0328 Grace Sims Harris Photograph Collection 1909, 1934

Boone County officials on steps of old court house, 1909; studio portrait of Grace Sims Harris, 1920s

P0329 Fort Davidson Plan no date

Plan of Fort Davidson, Pilot Knob

P0330 Cyril Clemens Photograph Collection 1934, no date

Photographs of a model of a Mark Twain memorial by artist Walter Russell, Mark Twain, and a Mark Twain impersonator. Additional images of Missouri politicians and businessmen.

P0331 James T. Brockman Photograph Collection 1909, 1915

Mounted photograph of the M.E. Church, South, Festus, Mo., and a portrait of Omar Bradley (1915).

P0332 George L. Warfel Photograph Collection 1875, no date

Thirteen photographs of portraits of Jesse James, his colleagues, and his family.

P0333 E.G. Wallace Coal Company Collection no date

Photostatic prints (4 copies) of the St. Louis waterfront

P0334 Barbara Ault Collection no date

Page from THE EXPONENT containing picture and biographical information on Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls

P0335 Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Aerial Photographs 1938-1979

Missouri county aerial photographs produced by the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service.

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P0336 Homer L. Ferguson Photograph Collection no date

Photos of First Christian Church of Jefferson City, ministers, and events.

P0337 Missouri Public Service Commission Photographs 1915-1969

8 photographs of various Public Service Commissions: Boards of 1953, 1963, 1969; employees of commission, 1915.

P0338 C.B. Rollins Photograph Collection no date

Portrait of David H. Hickman and group portrait of University of Missouri law students, ca. 1913.

P0339 University of Missouri Francis Quadrangle Panoramic Photograph 1915

Panoramic view of the University of Missouri quadrangle, ca. 1915.