Clay

Pleasant Grove Grange Records, 1873-1893 (K0303)
0.08 c.f.

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Handwritten records of the Pleasant Grove Grange, southern Jackson County, MO, including correspondence, brief minutes, voting results, financial reports, store inventories, and a small, bound book of rituals.

Stephen R. "Dick" Pratt Collection, 1998-1980 (K1206)
0.55 c.f.

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Pratt served as Prosecuting Attorney for Clay County, MO, Kansas City Councilman, and Circuit Judge of Clay County. Includes scrapbooks: his political campaign Division II Circuit Court Judge, and cases he handled; and his appointment as an Honorary Missouri Colonel.

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.

Rebekah Assembly of Missouri Collection, 1932-1990 (R0616)
(8 rolls of microfilm)

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The Rebekah Assembly of Missouri Collection contains microfilm copies of printed minutes of the annual meetings of the Rebekah Assembly of Missouri. The minutes include lists of state officials, delegates and alternates, financial information and committee reports, matters concerning the Odd Fellows Home in Liberty, Missouri, and a listing of the names and local addresses of all Rebekah lodges in Missouri.

Renshaw and McLin Family Papers, 1845-2000 (SP0087)
4 cubic feet (61 folders, 3 volumes, 1 oversize box)

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The Renshaw and McLin Family Papers contain the personal papers of the Renshaw and McLin families of Cave Spring, Missouri, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, and genealogical material. The collection also consists of records related to Mount Zion Presbyterian Church located in Cave Spring.

"The Rise of Higher Education in the Missouri Valley, 1818-1900," Earl Leon Heck, 1965 (C2914)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Histories of academics, colleges, and universities in the Missouri Valley.

Ann Rogers Photograph Collection, 1860-1914 (P0086)
2 folders

Assortment of postcards, snapshots and prints from across Missouri, including Excelsior Springs, the University of Missouri, and Kansas City.

James F. Rupe Collection, 1885-1943 (C3463)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)

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Records of Dr. James F. Rupe of Clay County, Missouri, including ledgers; account books, Paradise, Missouri, Christian Church treasurer's books; two warranty deeds; and four diplomas, including his diploma from medical college in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1886, and photographs.

Saint Mary's Jesuit Mission and College Records, 1832-1967 (K0330)
0.02 c.f.

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Records of the Jesuit mission to the Potawatomi Indians located in present Linn County, KS, which moved to present Pottawatomie County, KS and became St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, KS.). Mission and college records, reports sent to superiors, and priests' diaries. Includes early missionary records of births, deaths and marriages in Buchanan, Clay, and Jackson Counties, MO.

Selective Service Collection, 1940-1941 (K1438)
0.3 cubic feet

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The Selective Service Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, and manuals from county and state selective service systems.

Alonzo H. Shelton Reminiscences, no date (K0166)
0.02 c.f. (1 folder)

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Photocopied typescript of Shelton's recollections of his life, experiences and services in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier.

David W. Short Collection, 1902-1975 (K0690)
0.98 c.f.

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Short is a collector of materials relating to interurban railroad and streetcar systems. Includes mechanical drawings, magazines, posters, maps, and photographs.

SHSMO-KC Abstract Title Collection, no date (K0393)
0.5 c.f.

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An artificial collection of land title abstracts from various sources.

Nancy K. Smith Postcard Collection, 1900-1970 (P0029)
268 postcards

Postcards, all views of hospitals and clinics and some sanitariums across Missouri.

Thomas Hardeman Smith Papers, 1945 (C1996)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Thomas Hardeman Smith contain letters to Smith from his father, mother, and sister, Liberty, MO.

Smithville and Longview Dam and Reservoir (Missouri) Projects Records, 1978-1979 (C2519)
0.4 cubic feet

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The records of the Smith and Longview Dam and Reservoir contain National Architectural and Engineering Record/Historic American Buildings Survey photographs, field records, historical and descriptive data, maps, and drawings of historic architectural structures at the Smithville and Longview Lakes, MO. Included are Longview Farm, Rockford School, James Poff and Sophia Rollins residences, Reuben Ross barn, and Waddell "A" truss bridge.

Noelle Louis Soren Papers, 1904-2008 (K0525)
3.84 c.f.

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Theodore C. Sparks Papers, 1750-1960 (K0083)
8 f

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Photocopied family history research done by T.C. Sparks, in the 1920's. They include anecdotes and reminiscences about family members, along with transcriptions of family letters.

Terri Stella-Vega Postcard Collection, 1910-1912 (P0275)
19 postcards

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

Charles C. Tapp Papers, 1887-1975 (K0017)
1 c.f.

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Correspondence, news clippings, land deeds, diaries, notes, and memorabilia of Tapp, a photographer, mine operator, etc. in Clay County, MO., his wife Lizzie, and his family. Also included is material about Mosby, Missouri, the Booth Coal Mine Company, and the Clay County School Districts #8 and #37

Mrs. J.N. Trotter Postcard Collection, 1909 (P0450)
8 postcards

Postcards of University of Missouri football ca. 1909, Glasgow (MO), Springfield (MO), and The Benton, Excelsior Springs, MO

TWA Active Retired Pilots Association (TARPA) Records, 1932-2007 (K0563)
8 c.f.

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Publications and records related to retired pilots of Trans World Airlines. Includes labor agreements, photographs of pilots, and seniority list.

TWA Oral History Project, 1993-2013 (K0482)
0.25 c.f.

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Oral history interviews with employees and others relating to the history of Trans World Airlines (TWA).

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.

United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), Dixie Chapter #2188 Records, 1949-1989 (K1226)
3 c.f.

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Scrapbooks, bylaws, minutes, reports, publications related to the Dixie Chapter, other Missouri Division Chapters in Kansas City and Clay County, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy national operations.

Charles Van Ravenswaay Papers, 1841-1990 (C3873)
21.8 cubic feet (1,359 folders), 1 audio cassette

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Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and literary manuscripts of historian and author Charles van Ravenswaay, former director of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts; and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware.

Herb Waeckerle Photograph Collection, 1875-1902 (P0110)
8 photographs

8 glossy prints of sites related to Jesse James and family, including the James Farm, graves, and historic markers.

Watkins Mill State Park (Clay County, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, no date (C3369)
15 oversize items

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Watkins Woolen Mill Oral History Project, 1934-1988 (K0826)
0.16 c.f.

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The Watkins Woolen Mill Oral History Project collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and research concerning Watkins Woolen Mill and the Watkins Mill Association, as well as oral history interviews conducted with Lee Oberholtz, secretary and founding member of the Watkins Mill Association.

Wight and Wight Architectural Records, 1904-1952 (K0825)
40.04 c.f.

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Architectural drawings, business papers, and photographs from the premier pre-World War II architects of Kansas City, MO. also of furnishings designed by W.D. Wight.

William Jewell College Photograph Collection, 1913-1995 (K0498)
0.3 c.f.

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Glass plate negatives of images of William Jewell College, Liberty Ladies College, and other sites in Liberty, MO.

William Jewell College Photographs, no date (P0500)
9 photographs

Photos of William Jewell College in Liberty, MO.

William Jewell College Receipt, 1869 (C0638)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipt form of William Jewell College, Liberty, MO.

Ethel Massie Withers Scrapbook, ca. 1916 (C1440)
0.3 cubic feet, 175 lantern slides

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An album of photographic copies of lantern slides used to illustrate the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution lecture, "Pioneering in Missouri," 1916. Also includes a copy of the lecture, written by Ethel Massie Withers, with explanations of the photographs.

Melbern E. Wiyninger Papers, 1950-1980 (K0464)
4 c.f.

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Wiyninger was a mechanic with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Includes photographs, training and maintenance manuals and catalogs relating to aircraft engines