Chariton

Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Aerial Photographs, 1938-1979 (P0335)
107.5 linear feet

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

Grace Small Allen Collection, 1903-1964 (K1411)
0.75 c.f.

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This collection contains materials that belonged to Grace Small Allen, as well as members of her family, who were residents of northwestern Missouri. Materials include books, yearbooks, photographs, a slate, and a diploma.

American Revolution Bicentennial, Missouri Committee for Agriculture Papers, 1974-1976 (C4276)
1.2 cubic feet (42 folders), 1 audio tape

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The papers of the committee contain correspondence, newsletters, reports, updates, events awards programs, lists of elected members, historical information on “Centennial Farms” and “Liberty Trees,” meeting minutes, announcements, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual material for a slide presentation entitled “The Spirit of ’76.”

Lisbon Applegate Collection, 1819-1903 (C0996)
2 cubic feet, 18 volumes

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Correspondence and business papers of Lisbon and Lewis M. Applegate of Keytesville, MO. Letters from George W. Applegate in California, 1848-1873, describing prospects for ranching, gold mining, and wine-making ventures; politics; and impact of Civil War and abolitionists. Civil War in Missouri; politics in Missouri and Chariton County; economic conditions and opportunities in Chariton County.

Benecke Family Papers, 1816-1989 (C3825)
90.8 cubic feet (7592 folders, 62 volumes, 413 glass plate negatives), 4 audio tapes, 5 audio discs

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Correspondence, business and law firm records, civic, political, legislative, and personal papers of a German American family of Brunswick, Missouri.

Benecke Family Papers, 1850-2001 (CA5893)
44.9 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes, oversize material

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Addition of Benecke family materials. Includes professional and personal correspondence, photographs, glass plate negatives, cartes-de-visite, stereograph cards, diaries, clippings, volumes, periodicals, scrapbooks, Grand Army of the Republic materials, Missouri Constitutional Convention materials, genealogical data, ephemera, and miscellaneous material. Includes Magruder, Sasse, Zillman, and other related families.

Bentley Family Collection, 1815-1981 (C3042)
5 rolls of microfilm, 0.4 cubic feet (11 folders), 1 oversize item, 1 oversize volume

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The collection contains the correspondence of Nancy V. Bentley, Jordan R. Bentley, and J. Marshall Bentley. Also included are legal papers and bills of sales for enslaved people pertaining to the Bentley family and Thomas Fristoe; reminiscences of Jordan R. Bentley and material pertaining to Bentley and other allied families; material on the Civil War in Chariton, Howard, and Cooper Counties; material on family and social life in the 1880s and 1890s; and Chariton County history.

Mrs. J. William Benton Photograph Collection, no date (P0480)
19 photographs

Photos of the William E. Hill home and monument in Keytesville, and John B. Wornall home in Kansas City.

Blumenhorst Family Papers, 1586-1959 (S0442)
1.2 cubic foot, 117 folders

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The Blumenhorst Papers contain correspondence, bills of sale, wills, and a diary, chronicling the histories of the Craig, Lewis, Watts, Wallace, and Woodson families from 1586 to 1959.

Bowen Institute of Pharmacy (Brunswick, Mo.) Extension Course Lessons, 1943, undated (C3842)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders), 1 oversize item

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The collection contains extension course lessons in botany, chemistry, medicine, and pharmacology through the Bowen Institute of Pharmacy in Brunswick, Missouri. Dr. Cyrus W. Bowen began the pharmacy school in 1910.

Bill Brandt Photograph Collection, 1930-1950 (P0481)
28 photographs

Copy photos of the Cutoff Club, near Dalton, Missouri, 1930s-1950s

Brunswick, Missouri, Fire Department Records, 1894-1939 (C3061)
1 roll of microfilm

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The records of the Brunswick Fire Department contain meeting minutes, election of officers, lists of members, financial records, and lists of fires, dating from organization in November 1894, through January 1939.

The Brunswicker Photograph Collection, 1920-1939 (P0506)
16 photographs

Copy photos from The Brunswicker of Brunswick, Missouri in the 1920s-1930s.

J.C. Caldwell Photographs, 1959-1970 (P0426)
0.21 linear feet

Photos of Boone County: Gordon Manor, Maplewood, M.K.T. Railroad Tunnel, Schaefer's Shoes, St. George's Church. Also, photos of Chariton County historic buildings.

Chariton County Exchange Bank Papers, 1819-1922 (C0067)
1.5 cubic feet

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Bank accounts; documents; pamphlets; letters and bills having to do with the tobacco industry in Chariton and Carroll Counties and Chariton County Wool Growers Association; miscellaneous clippings. Account book of bank includes bills and receipts from various business concerns.

Chariton County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1866 (P1108)

An artificial collection of photographs of Chariton County, Missouri.

Civil War Regimental Histories, no date (C3500)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Organization, orders, campaigns, mustering out, and casualties of ten Missouri regiments in the Civil War.

Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp No. 3737, Collection, 1935-1983 (R0177)
3 folders

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp No. 3737 Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, camp newspapers, and a scrapbook pertaining to the CCC camp near Lynchburg, Laclede County, Missouri. There are also a few items from camps in Winona and Sumner, Missouri, and newspaper clippings regarding reunions in 1983 of former CCC trainees in Missouri.

Kenneth E. Coombs Papers, 1960s-1970s (CA5865)
5 cubic feet

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Project files of a Kansas City architect related to historic restoration projects in Missouri. Includes correspondence, photographs, survey material, planning documents, financial records, and architectural drawings.

May Bartee Couch Collection, 1853-2007 (CA6422)
49 cubic feet, 2 card files

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Collection of family research files and obituaries of a professional genealogist from Marceline, Missouri, largely concerns Chariton, Linn, and surrounding counties.

Ehrnman-Irvine Family Papers, 1889-1930; 1981 (C4549)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)

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This collection contains photographs and genealogical material on the Ehrnman and Irvine families. The two families migrated to Missouri in the late 1800s. Most of the photographs were taken in Marshall, Jefferson City, and Glasgow.

First Baptist Church (Chariton, Mo.) Records, 1820-1925 (CA6708)
0.35 cubic feet

The records of the First Baptist Church, Glasgow, Missouri, contain meeting minutes, 1820-1925. Also included are five notebooks containing handwritten transcriptions.

Fort D'Orleans Photographs, 1933 (C0786)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Annotated stereoscope photos of the probable site of Fort D'Orleans. Four photos with duplicates.

Raymond Gant Photograph Collection, 1940-1947 (P0486)
6 photographs

Photos of the Cutoff Club, near Dalton, MO, ca. 1940s.

Sarah Guitar Collection, no date (C3391)
1.5 cubic feet (5 card files), 2 rolls of microfilm

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William E. and Bettie Redding Hill Letters, 1851, 1865 (C3831)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)

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Correspondence between husband and wife concerning Civil War ravages of home and property in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri. Hill, a Southern sympathizer, returned to Keytesville to locate and rescue his property, but decided to reopen his mercantile establishment and bring his family home. Relates hazards, sectional animosity, loss of property, Reconstruction politics, friends, and neighbors.

Huber Family Papers, 1839-1977 (C4607)
0.4 cubic feet (13 folders)

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Deeds, receipts, correspondence, news clippings, and genealogical material of the Huber family of Howard County, Missouri, and the related Salzer and Sigmund families, 1830s-1970s.

Hughes Family Papers, 1812-1993 (C4421)
1.6 cubic feet (35 Folders)

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Papers of the Hughes and Latimer families from Keytesville, Chariton County, from 1812 to 1993, including early twentieth-century Democratic Party materials and a myriad of correspondence.

Marvin Hutchinson Collection, 1857-1904 (C1791)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters, poetry, Civil War documents, and other papers pertaining to the Hagen and Sasse families of Chariton County, Missouri. Part of the German Heritage Archives

Hutchinson-Salisbury Family Papers, 1843-1867 (C3779)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The papers of Harriet Newell Hutchinson and Lucius Salisbury, founder of Salisbury, Missouri, contain correspondence, typescripts, and miscel­laneous items.  Many of the letters center around Hutchinson’s and Salisbury’s courtship.

David A. James Papers, 1790-2008 (C4126)
5 cubic feet

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The research material of a hotel management instructor, whose work resulted in the publication Historic Hotels of Missouri: Hotels, Inns, and Taverns of 19th Century Missouri.

E.H.E. Jameson Letter, 1865 (C1571)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to Thomas C. Fletcher, from St. Louis, July 5, 1865. The letter recommends the appointment of Thomas Allen of Brunswick, a Union man, as judge of the Chariton County court of common pleas. Endorsed by W.S. Field and A. Griffen. Returned by the governor for added recommendations.

Carlton Jones Papers, 1820-1850 (C0348)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains negative photostats of a diary of a trip from Salt Lake to Ringgold, California, 1850; map of trip; two letters written from gold fields; deed to military bounty land in Missouri; and obituary.

John A. Jones Papers, 1876-1905 (C3748)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of John A. Jones contain a rental agreement for land in Indiana; a trust deed for land in Chariton County, Missouri, and an order of publication for the settlement of Jone's estate.

William H. Kavanaugh Papers, 1861-1939 (C4251)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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James Keyte Collection, 1818-1876 (C1011)
0.8 cubic feet (12 folders, 13 volumtes); also available on 2 rolls of microfilm

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Land records, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of James Keyte, a Methodist preacher, merchant, and founder of Brunswick and Keytesville in Chariton County.

Joseph T. Keyte Papers, 1865 (C4422)
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Civil War diary, memoir, and miscellaneous papers of Joseph T. Keyte of Brunswick, Missouri. A Union soldier, Keyte served with the 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Sketches are included in the diary.

Adah Binford Kinkhorst Photograph Collection, 1950-1958 (P0490)
11 photographs

Photos of Chariton County sites.

Marceline (Mo.) Coordinated Welfare Council Records, 1950-1985 (C4615)
0.7 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Record books of the Marceline Coordinated Welfare Council, 1950-1985, include minutes and roll calls of meetings, financial records, correspondence, and the council’s articles and bylaws. Also included in the collection is a scrapbook documenting activities of the council’s organizations.

Merchant and Staples Tobacco Company Account Books, 1874-1878 (C0582)
0.04 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Account books of a Chariton County, Missouri, tobacco company, with offices at Brunswick and Triplett, giving amounts of shipments, accounts payable to tobacco growers, and financial accounts of the company.

John Miller Affidavit, 1828 (C3381)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Affidavit signed by John Miller concerning presidential election returns, November 1828, from Chariton and Howard Counties.

Missouri Extension Homemakers Association, Inc., Sacred Stones and Stained Glass Windows Project Records, 1977-1980 (C3723)
7.1 cubic feet (334 folders)

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Statewide documentation of local churches by county. Includes cultural arts reports, church histories, floor plans, architectural details, clippings, slides, photographs, and miscellany.

Missouri German Heritage Corridor Oral History Project, 2018 (C4354)
0.4 cubic feet (6 folders), 9CDs

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A collaborative project between the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Missouri Humanities Council, this collection emphasizes the past and present influence of German heritage in Missouri, including historic sites, past people, notable conflicts, religious influence, agriculture, music, art, and architecture. The German Heritage Corridor will focus on the counties north and south of the Missouri River, from St. Charles and St. Louis, to Chariton, Saline, and Lafayette. This corridor includes several distinct German communities, including New Melle, Herman, Dutzow, and Westphalia.

Missouri Lives Oral History Project Records, 2014-2018 (C4249)
0.01 cubic feet (13 folder), 27 CDs, 1 DVD, 80.1 GBs

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The collection consists of interviews with a wide array of Missourians who have had an interesting personal history and life. The collection consists of digitally recorded interviews, transcripts, and ephemera.

Missouri Place Names Study Papers, 1927-1928 (C3459)
0.6 cubic feet (40 folders)

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Salisbury, Missouri Lantern Slides, 1910s (C3868)
1 roll of microfilm

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Lantern slides of Salisbury residents taken along Salisbury streets by an unknown photographer.

Lynn Morrow Papers, 1804-2015 (R1000)
24 cubic feet (1051 folders, 5 oversize folders, 11,170 photographs, 852 negatives)

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The Lynn Morrow papers contain correspondence and research papers, with an additional significant collection of late twentieth-century promotional and advertising items. The papers reflect major areas of Morrow’s research on the southwest Missouri region; Iron, Shannon, and Washington counties; Theodore Pease Russell and his writings; and the writings of Silas C. Turnbo. The collection also includes a large selection of promotional publications and ephemera associated with late 20th century tourism in Missouri and Arkansas.

Benton Naylor Papers, 1989-2006 (CA6599)
3.1 cubic feet, 1 DVD, 1 video cassette

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The papers of a farmer and hobbyist photographer from Chariton County, Missouri, largely contain photographs, including photographs taken during his involvement with the Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow program and for the funeral of a Civil War veteran.

John J. Pershing Teacher's Contract, 1881 (C2038)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a contract between Pershing and District No. 1, Township No. 56, Range No. 20, Chariton County, MO, for three months.

Ramsay Place Names File, 1928-1945 (C2366)
6 cubic feet (12 boxes), 4 rolls of microfilm

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Card file of origins of Missouri place names, compiled by students of Robert L. Ramsay, University of Missouri professor of English. Cards are in alphabetical order by place name.