Howard

Hazel Price Photograph Collection, no date (P0645)
4 photographs

Photos of Glasgow, MO: Lewis College, Pritchett College, and Glasgow Methodist Church.

Pritchett College Board of Trustees' Proceedings, 1868-1926 (C1209)
0.4 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Articles of association; certificate of incorporation; charter granted by secretary of state of Missouri; by-laws; and reports of the president and treasurer and the director of Morrison Observatory, as incorporated in the minutes of the meetings of the board of trustees of the Pritchett School Institute (later Pritchett College) in Glasgow, MO.

Pritchett College (Glasgow, Mo.) Cash Book, 1868-1917 (C1207)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Cash book of a college in Glasgow, Missouri.

Pritchett College Journal, 1877-1918 (C1208)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Records of Pritchett College and Morrison Observatory. Salary, endowment, tuition, and real estate records are included.

Pritchett Family Papers, 1753-1984 (C4013)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)

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The papers consist of correspondence, published volumes, genealogical information, legal documents, and miscellaneous materials of Carr Waller Pritchett, Henry Smith Pritchett, and Ida Pritchett.

Pritchett School Institute (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1868-1906 (C0603)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The records of the Pritchett School Institute contain yearly reports, correspondence concerning scholarships and hiring of teachers, expense accounts, and material relative to the Morrison Observatory.

E.P. Puckett Photographs, 1957-1958, no date (P0646)
7 photographs

Photos of historic house and business buildings in Fayette, MO, ca. 1958

Harry T. Rall Photograph Collection, 1879-1976 (P0622)
18 photographs

Photos of Thomas Jefferson and Nathaniel Lyon monuments, and the Chicago & Alton Railroad bridge at Glasgow, MO.

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.

"Research on Boone's Lick," Lewis Saum, 1962 (C2185)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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

Herbert Francis Rice Papers, 1944-1963 (C2903)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Personal correspondence with friends and business associates, largely concerning the Civil War in Missouri; manuscripts of articles by Rice on various Missouri history subjects; newspaper clippings from the KANSAS CITY TIMES; Rice's obituary; and miscellaneous handbills and programs.

"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.

Rowland Family Papers, 1844-1893 (C2244)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copies of letters from Robert A. Rowland to his wife Olive in Howard County, MO, while he was enroute (1849) and in California (1850) and during his imprisonment and banishment to Illinois during the Civil War. Also includes miscellaneous letters from other family members and newspaper article describing death of and memorial services for I.N. Rowland (1893).

Burford Leon Royston Collection, 1899-1995 (CA6685)
0.44 cubic feet

The collection contains color slides taken by Burford Leon Royston. Royston worked as a mail carrier in southwest Howard County, Missouri, from 1950-1985. The bulk of the slides were taken by Royston along his routes, and include residents, dwellings, commercial and agricultural structures, natural events, and recreational activities. Also included are slides of the Royston family, photographs and personal papers of the Rawlins, Cox, and Watts families.

Salt Creek Christian Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1817-1828 (C1337)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Original members who constituted the church, minutes of meetings, and membership records. The name of the church was changed to Ashland Christian Church in 1849.

Irvin Edwin Schnell Papers, 1918-1978 (CA6729)
0.8 cubic feet

The papers of Irvin Edwin Schnell, a greenhouse owner and florist from Fayette, Missouri, include daily diaries, 1918-1978; a financial ledger, 1925-1974; The Valley Farmer, v. 6 and 8, 1954, 1956; and miscellaneous papers.

Sellmeyer Family Collection, no date (CA5526)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Addition of Sellmeyer family genealogical materials, including materials in German. Correspondence, census records, family tree, photographs, map, and miscellaneous. See also C3062.

Sellmeyer Family Collection, 1839-1990 (C3062)
1 roll of microfilm

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Deeds, wills, family trees and photographs of three 19th-century immigrant families who settled in Missouri. The Velten and Ebeling families emigrated from Germany and settled in Warren County, while the Swedish Bentleys came to settle in Howard County. Also includes probate and census records, and a "Velten Family Record" narrative.

Robert B. Seymour Military Land Grant, 1853 (C0504)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Grant of 40 acres of land near Fayette, Missouri, by order of Franklin Pierce.

Thomas Shackelford Books, 1893-1902 (C2324)
0.49 cubic feet (4 volumes)

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Shackelford was a lawyer, merchant and landowner in Glasgow, MO, and president and a stockholder of the Glasgow Savings Bank.

Two ledgers and two inventory books.

Thomas Shackelford Papers, 1820-1908 (C0163)
0.6 cubic feet

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Personal and business letters, documents and memoirs of a lawyer and politician of Glasgow, MO. He was a member of the Missouri Convention of 1861 and of the Constitutional Convention of 1875. Includes family letters and letters relating to his legal practice and politics, a few of them pertaining to the Constitutional Convention of 1875.

Smith and Maugh's Drugstore (Fayette, Mo.) Ledger, 1851-1854 (C0340)
1 oversize volume

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Merchandise sold by the store included drugs, spices and other condiments, candy, stationery supplies, literature, school textbooks, paints, tobacco, liquor, violin strings, and some hardware items.

Russell E. Smith Photographs, 1957 (P0465)
39 photographs

Photos of Missouri scenes, primarily small Missouri river towns and rural scenery, ca. 1957

Thomas Adams Smith Papers, 1798-1864 (C1029)
1 cubic foot; also available on 2 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, letterbooks, and official papers of a professional soldier, who served in Florida and on the Canadian front and later was commander of the 9th Military Department at Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, MO. From 1818 to 1829 Smith was receiver of public monies at the land office in Franklin, MO.

Southwest Missouri Library Service, Inc., Records, 1957-1982 (SP0084)
1.5 cubic feet (37 folders, 2 photographs)

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The Southwest Missouri Library Service, Inc., Records contain the by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, and membership papers of Southwest Missouri Library Service, Inc., headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri.

Sproull Family Papers, 1822-1839, 1869 (CA6594)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

The collection contains letters of the Sproull and related Fergus and Riddlesbarger families of Cooper, Howard, Saline, and St. Clair Counties, Missouri. Includes a probate record for Francis Sproull.

Stubbs Photograph Album, 1864-1910 (P0699)
38 photographs

Cartes de visite and tintypes of Howard County families. Surnames: Crews, Maupin, Bishop, Boggs, Broadus, Cornealison, Forbes, Harris, Land, Moore, Strode, and Wilcoxin. Removed from 19th century photo album. Addition photos of Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver (of Pilot Grove)

John Thies Photograph Collection, no date (P0648)
5 photographs

Copy photos of the Missouri River Bridge in Glasgow, MO.

Katherine E. Thomas Scrapbook, 1913-1916 (C4492)
0.36 cubic feet (1 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Photographs, diploma and scrapbook compiled while a student at Howard-Payne College in Fayette, Missouri. Most materials concern classmates and student activities.

Fannie Marie Tolson Papers, 1890s-2005 (C1704)
2.3 cubic feet (63 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes, 1 DVD

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Fannie Marie Tolson was the first African-American educator to teach in the desegregated schools of Fayette, Missouri. Her papers include family correspondence and photographs, memorabilia from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, teaching aids, documents concerning St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fayette, and recordings of two interviews conducted with Tolson.

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

U.S. General Land Office, Franklin, Missouri, Abstract, 1819-1848 (C1279)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)

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An abstract of all the conveyances on record of the military lands in the state of Missouri giving township, range, section, warrant number, name of patentee, company and regiment, date of patents and to whom conveyed.

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 and Children of the Confederacy Records, 1921-1954 (C4305)
0.95 cubic feet (3 folders, 7 oversize volumes)

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The records contain meeting minutes of the Richmond Greys Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and scrapbooks of the Charlotte Jones Smith Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy.

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.

Isaac P. Vaughan Diploma, 1837 (C1851)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a diploma in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. Vaughan practiced medicine in Glasgow, MO, from 1839 until 1864.

W.A. Meyer Mercantile Company Books, 1893-1931 (C2316)
1.22 cubic feet (4 volumes)

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The collection contains Glasgow, MO, mercantile company ledgers. W.A. Meyer (b. 1838) was a merchant and agent for Missouri River packet lines. The business was established about 1870.

G.O. Wagner Account Books, 1851-1860 (C1284)
0.14 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Accounts of a Glasgow, MO, merchant.

Angie Walsh Photographs, 1913-1937 (P0284)
42 photographs

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

Warford Family Cemetery (Howard County, Mo.) Records, no date (C0737)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Inscriptions, land indenture, and map showing location of family cemetery in Prairie Township, Howard County, MO. Also includes a biographical sketch of John Warford (1798-1872), who established the cemetery.

Weathers Family Papers, 1920s-2000s (CA6216)
32 cubic feet, 3 audio tapes

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Addition of family papers, primarily from Gene Weathers of Fayette, Missouri. Includes correspondence and teaching materials for the blind.

Weathers Family Papers, 1868-1991 (C4014)
3.0 cubic feet (71 folders), 1 audio cassette

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The papers document the lives of Virginia “Kate” and Benton H. Weathers of Howard County, Missouri, and the lives of their children and grandchildren. In addition to genealogical materials on the Weathers, Duncan, and Grigsby families, the collection includes some materials on the Weathers Lumber and Hardware Store in Fayette, Missouri, and the Missouri Polled Hereford Association Records.

Weston Bank of Missouri Record Books, 1859-1878 (C2320)
0.55 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Records of the Glasgow branch of Weston Bank of Missouri.

Weston F. Birch & Son Record Books, 1859-1871 (C2310)
0.46 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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The collection contains a daybook and an exchange book of a Glasgow, MO, banking house. Vol. 1 Daybook, 1869-1870. Vol. 2 Exchange book, 1859-1871. See also collection 2313, volume 2 of Glasgow Insurance Company Books, for daybook entries, 1868-1869, of Weston F. Birch & Son.

Willis Family Papers, 1843-1908 (C0419)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Correspondence between A.F. Willis on a trip to the West and his wife in Fayette, MO. He spent several years in California, working in the gold fields and other jobs. Also letters from A.J.'s brother, W.F. Willis, from Alabama and miscellaneous letters and papers.

Marie Woods Photograph Collection, 1931-1952, no date (P0649)
7 photographs

Photos of Linn Methodist Church and Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO. Photographs of the University of Missouri Columns and Memorial Union.

Zoar Old School Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1871-1879 (C1326)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Articles of faith, rules of discipline, acts of the church, minutes of meetings, list of original subscribers, and deaths of members.