Boone

Frank Tull Collection, 1901-1960 (C3212)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Miscellaneous bills, receipts, articles, and genealogical notes regarding the Tull and Neidermeyer families of Boone County, Missouri.

Turley Family Historical Research Association Records, 1740-2005 (R1068)
6 cubic feet (182 folders, 66 photographs)

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The Turley Family Historical Research Association Records contain historical and genealogical materials related to the Turley family collected by the Turley Family Historical Research Association. The records include copies of family papers, genealogical research, photographs, correspondence, and financial records of the Association.

Turner and Edmondson Family Scrapbooks, 1920-1960 (CA6768)
0.6 cubic feet

Scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, program materials, correspondence, and miscellaneous ephemera for the Turner and Edmondson family of central Missouri.

Turner Family Scrapbook, 1921-1928 (C4697)
0.15 cubic foot (2 folders)

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Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, greeting cards, grade cards, and miscellaneous ephemera. Material pertains to the Turner, Crane, Proctor, and related families of central Missouri.

U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey of Missouri, 1935-1942 (C3551)
302 cubic feet (24,282 folders); also available on 817 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, records, and working files. Originally designed to survey and inventory all county government records, the survey finally included inventories of church records, manuscript collections, vital statistics, American imprints, and federal archives. Incorporates records of the Federal Writers Project for Missouri.

Union Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1887-1984 (C4322)
1.25 cubic feet (35 folders)

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Newsletters, books, and record minute books of the Union Primitive Baptist Church Records.

United Daughters of the Confederacy, John S. Marmaduke Chapter Scrapbook, 1935-1936 (C1431)
0.63 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous articles depicting Missouri history, Civil War, Robert E. Lee, Confederate veterans, history of Columbia, University of Missouri, Stephens and Christian Colleges, and other miscellaneous topics collected by Mrs. G.F. Troxell, historian of the chapter.

United Daughters of the Confederacy, John S. Marmaduke Chapter Scrapbooks, 1927-1929 (C2996)
0.45 cubic feet (2 oversize volumes)

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The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles regarding events of the Civil War and members and activities of the chapter.

United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1915-1999 (C4327)
3.0 cubic feet (73 folders)

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The records of the United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church contain minutes, reports, budgets, correspondence, record books, yearbooks, programs, activities, and photographs.

United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1998-2022 (CA6718)
2.7 cubic feet, 1 oversize item

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Addition of material from the defunct New Horizons unit of the United Methodist Women, 1998-2022. Items include meeting minutes, financial records, publications, certification documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.

University Club Inc. (Columbia, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1965 (C4694)
4 oversize items

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Two sets of floor plans for a proposed clubhouse for University of Missouri-Columbia faculty.

University of Missouri Fortnightly Club Records, 1975-2024 (CA6677)
1.3 cubic feet

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The records include information on the Gourmet Study Group’s meetings, including member lists, agendas, correspondence, photographs of events, recipes, membership dues, dinner costs, and miscellaneous material from the organization. Also includes organizational agendas, budgets, membership records, minutes, newsletters, and an article written on the history of the Fortnightly Club. Also includes two photo albums, Fortnightly Celebrations, 2022-2023, and Year of Smiles, 2023-2024.

University of Missouri Fortnightly Club Records, 1894-2022 (C3670)
4.4 cubic feet (77 folders), 34 oversize volumes, 2 card files, 1 video cassette, 3 audio cassettes

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The records of the Fortnightly Club, a women’s organization for wives of University of Missouri faculty and female faculty members, which consist of materials surrounding membership and recruitment, finances, board meetings, committees and interest groups, and events and trips. Also included are bulletins and newsletters published by the group.

University of Missouri Francis Quadrangle Panoramic Photograph, 1915 (P0339)
1 photograph

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

University of Missouri Horticultural Department Photographs, 1908 (P0504)
11 photographs

Copy photos of Columbia area schools, ca. 1908.

University of Missouri School of Journalism Scrapbook, circa 1909-1913 (P0162)
725 photographs

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The Journalism school scrapbooks (circa 1909-1913) contain images believed to have been taken by one of the student photographers for the University yearbook, the Savitar. In addition to showing everyday academic and student life, photos depict a tour of the state prison in Jefferson City, athletic events, fraternity hazing, the Farmers' Fair, St. Patrick's Day events and homecoming parades. Other areas covered include Christian College and Stephens College, including images of students at Lake Okoboji, Iowa.

University of Missouri, Admission of Women Centennial Records, 1963-1970 (C2603)
2.3 cubic feet (82 folders)

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Correspondence and lists used in preparations for commemorative activities on the centennial of the admission of women to the University. Program bulletins, posters, press releases, copies of speeches delivered, photographs, and biographical materials on distinguished alumnae.

University of Missouri, Black Theatre Workshop Records, 1982-1993 (C4710)
0.2 cubic foot (17 folders), 2 oversize items

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Programs, posters, photographs, correspondence, production reviews, and other materials relating to workshop performances.

University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Photographs, 1912 (C0766)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photographs of College of Agriculture faculty members and a very brief history of Sanborn Field.

University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Photographs, 1909-1921 (P0154)
0.25 linear feet

Various views of agriculture, buildings, students, and other related images taken from an early filmstrip developed by the college.

University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Resident Wives Club Records, 1941-1997 (C4436)
1.0 cubic feet (22 folders), 4 oversize volumes, 2 audio cassettes

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The records of the Resident Wives Club (1941-1996) of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture include financial documents, event planning materials, membership lists, meeting minutes and reports, and photographs.

University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Chemistry Records, 1909-1934 (C4679)
4 cubic feet (89 folders, 42 oversize items)

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The records of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, including correspondence, photographs, research records, and building blueprints.

University of Missouri, Department of Animal Husbandry Records, 1895-1924, 1931-1959 (C2656)
5.0 cubic feet (121 folders) 2 oversize items

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Material on the study and teaching of livestock, annual reports, and reports on the improvement of permanent pastures.

University of Missouri, Extension Division Records, 1956-1963 (C4440)
1.0 cubic feet (33 folders)

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General correspondence and extension teaching course applications.

University of Missouri, Office of Public Information Records, 1930-1963 (C4778)
2.0 cubic feet (158 folders), 1 oversize volume

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Employee records and committee reports maintained by the University of Missouri-Columbia Office of Public Information. Also includes a volume on emergency housing constructed on the campus.

University of Missouri, Office of the Assistant Comptroller Records, 1933-1954 (C4773)
0.7 cubic foot (15 folders)

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Records pertaining to rules and regulations of the university and information on gifts to the university.

University of Missouri, School of Journalism 50th Anniversary Papers, 1958-1959 (C0768)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Executive committee progress report and enclosures outlining events scheduled to celebrate the school's golden anniversary.

University of Missouri-Columbia, Friends of the University of Missouri Library Papers, 1976-1985 (C4320)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)

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The papers consist of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, financial reports, notes, and clippings of the Friends of the University of Missouri Library.

UPSTREAM Records, 1983 (C4514)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The records of the University of Missouri-Columbia organization UPSTREAM-- University People Striving to Recover Excellence and Mirth--including materials surrounding governance, membership, and events.

Van Horn Tavern Collection, 1829-2013 (C4634)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders, 1 CD)

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The collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, an appraisal, and miscellaneous material concerning the Van Horn Tavern in Boone County, Missouri, compiled by Patrick Dougherty. Includes an audio interview with Fergene Goddin Sims, whose family lived in the tavern in the early 1900s.

Violet Vonder Haar Collection, 2005-2019 (CA6808)
3 CD's

The music of Violet Vonder Haar, a local Columbia, Missouri, songwriter, musician, educator, activist, and community leader. The collection includes "Shades of Violet," (2005), "The Way Home," (2011), and with Violet and the Undercurrents, "The Captain," (2019).

W.B. Tichenor Sermon Notes, 1971-2024 (CA6819)
0.4 c.f.

The sermon notes of W.B. Tichenor, Pastor of the Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church in Columbia, Missouri, September 1971-December 1994, and then June 2017- February 2024.

Fred Wappel Papers, 1938-1992 (C4674)
2.0 cubic feet (68 folders)

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The papers of Fred Wappel, a former head athletic trainer at the University of Missouri, include material relating to the university’s athletic department, general correspondence, papers from the National Athletic Trainers Association, and reference materials on athletic training and rehabilitation.

John Warnock Papers, 1846-1850 (C0420)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter to John Warnock, Columbia, MO, from his brother, describing New York City. Two letters from Warnock to his wife in Columbia while en route to California in 1850 describing conditions of road, water, grain, number of miles traveled, and Indians.

Waters Family Papers, 1860s-2021 (CA6619)
0.1 cubic feet

Photographs, correspondence, and genealogical material concerning the Joseph C. Waters family of Boone County, Missouri.

Waters Family Photograph Collection, 1900-1919 (P0164)
0.42 linear feet

Original photographs of musician John William "Blind" Boone; approx. 121 reproductions of photos of prominent citizens from Columbia and Boone County; reproductions of Waters family photos.

Ralph K. Watkins Papers, 1866-1970 (C4551)
1.4 cubic feet (31 folders)

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Papers of a University of Missouri education professor including teaching resources, educational publications, information on professional activities and presentations, and family genealogy research material.

Watson-Westlake Family Papers, 1813-1949 (C0186)
0.7 cubic feet

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Correspondence, receipts, legal documents, and miscellaneous items of the Watson family of Boone County. Memoir by Thomas W. Westlake of his Civil War and post-Civil War experiences.

Wayne Lammers Collection, 1985-2025 (CA5400)
1.0 cubic foot, 2 audio tapes, 419 video cassette tapes, 333 GB of digital files

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The collection of a local Boonville (Mo.) documentarian, documenting local events and activities. Included in the collection are videocassette tapes documenting weddings, graduations, family reunions, high school plays and sporting events, recreational activities on the Missouri river, community events such as the MS walkathon, and the Katy Caboose arriving in Boonville, 1985-2015. Photographs documenting the demolition of the Boonslick bridge in Boonville are also included in the collection.

Wednesday Study Club (Columbia, Mo.) Minutes, 1908-1935 (C0992)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Minutes of a women's organization.

Raymond Weeks Photograph Collection, 1896-1901 (P0233)
0.16 linear feet

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

Carla Weitzel Papers, 1970-1999 (C2154)
1.8 cubic feet (131 folders), 6 audio cassettes

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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.

Frankie Welch Report Card, 1866 (C1888)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Report card from Baptist Female College for the month ending 19 October 1866.

Mel and Barbara West Papers, 1987-2023 (CA6688)
0.2 cubic feet

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Memoirs of Melvin E. and Barbara A. West. The topics include their childhood, family, missionary work, and the service programs and organizations they founded. Also included are published material from these service programs, poems written by Melvin, and biographical information on both Melvin and Barbara.

Ruth Rollins Westfall Photograph Collection, 1838-1937 (P0020)
0.5 cubic feet

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Exhaustive photographic genealogy of the Rollins Family dating back to the 1860s; most photographs with accompanying names and dates.

Westmount Civic Improvement Association (Columbia, Mo.) Record Book, 1905-1945 (C1289)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Constitution, minutes, committee reports and financial records of a group organized to buy lots and make and maintain improvements in the Westmount Addition of Columbia.

Mahlon N. White Photographs, 1958 (P0051)
5 photographs

Photographs of bridges near Warsaw, Missouri.

Jerome Whitfield Papers, 1970s-1980s (C4598)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Ephemeral items of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, photographs, student guides, and an autobiography, collected by a University of Missouri student, c. 1970s-1980s.

Margaret Boggs Wight Collection, 1908-1918 (P0521)
5 photographs

Copy images of Boone Co Circuit Clerk's Office, Armistice day broadside, and invitation to a hanging.

Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church Records, 1910-2025 (CA6815)
10.2 c.f., 8 oversize items, 2 CD's

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Church histories, membership, marriage, anniversary, and baptismal records, meeting minutes, programs, photographs, and conference materials of the Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, Columbia, Mo, 1910-2025. The records include United Methodist Women records, Deborah's Circle materials, architectural information, church directories, and conference materials.