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Black Family Letters, 1861-1878 (C1898)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains Civil War correspondence of George W. and Alexander Black of Company E, 21st Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, with members of their family; the correspondence concerns their deaths; family news and business letters.

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Robert C. Brown Photograph Collection, 1900-1971 (P0004)
51 photographs

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Photographs of Missouri railroad depots, primarily for the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad. Photographs relating to A.F. Schliecker of Kansas City, Missouri.

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E. Taylor Campbell Papers, 1840-1970 (C3574)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Genealogical information, with photographs, compiled by a descendant of the Hawkins and Taylor families who settled in Knox County, MO, about 1840.

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Harry M. Hyatt Papers, 1792-1956 (C4301)
3.8 cubic feet (105 folders)

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The papers contain material generated or received by Harry M. Hyatt, a genealogist. The material consists of family lineage charts, family correspondence, journals, photographs, and correspondence between Harry Hyatt and other genealogical researchers. Families researched are predominately the Richardson and Baker families, but other related families are included, such as the Miller and Walton families.

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Wesley Kaylor Papers, 1857-1963 (C0349)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters of a Union soldier in Missouri to his family in Newark, MO. Also letter telling of his death in Ironton, MO, of improper vaccination.

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Frances Cook Kemendo Photograph Collection, 1890-1930 (P0104)
0.42 linear feet

3 mounted photos related to St. Theresa's Church of the Little Flower, Kansas City; 88 b/w photos of people and places in and around Adair, Lewis and Knox counties, ca. 1900

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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.

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Newark, Missouri, History, no date (C0761)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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History of Newark, Knox County, MO, 1836-1932, and typed copy of order of incorporation, 1872.

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Northeast Missouri Photograph Collection, 1830-1944 (P1117)

An artificial collection of photographs of Missouri's northeastern most counties: Schuyler, Knox, Scotland, Clark, and Lewis.

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Pearce Family Letters, 1861-1885 (C4437)
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters sent to Theodore D. Pearce throughout the years 1861-1885 from his brother Simon S. Pearce. Simon wrote with respect to developments throughout the American Civil War from the perspective of his northeast Missouri residence in Knox County.

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Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church (Knox County, Mo.) History, 1964 (C2370)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief history written in celebration of the church's 98th anniversary.

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Thomas M. Powel Books, 1833-1886 (C1204)
0.23 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Papers of the owner of a gristmill and blacksmith shop on the Big Fabius near Newark, Knox County, MO. Includes Powel family genealogical material.

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James A. Stevens Papers, 1878-1884 (R0192)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The James A. Stevens Papers contain photocopies of a journal of a missionary for the American Sunday School Union in southeast Missouri. Stevens promoted and organized Sunday school classes in Butler, Madison, St. Francois, and Wayne counties from a base in Fredericktown.

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Dennis Tucker Deeds, 1860-1864 (C0509)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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For Knox County, Missouri, land, originally in the possession of Eber H. Tucker and sold at auction by Amos Poe to D. Tucker and Zachariah Lear, October 27, 1860. For Knox County, Missouri, land sold by Tucker to Zachariah Lear, February 25, 1864.

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Elias V. Wilson Papers, 1858-1868, 1962 (C4502)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder, 4 oversize items)

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Papers of E.V. Wilson of Edina, Knox County, Missouri. Primarily relates to Wilson's Civil War service as Major of North East Missouri Home Guards; including correspondence, muster rolls, commission papers and provision reports. Includes few earlier and later documents.

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Ardath Cary Young Papers, 1910s-1976 (C4030)
0.25 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The papers of Ardath Anita Cary Young consist of correspondence, postcards, photographs, and miscellaneous family papers documenting the Cary, Young, and McMillen families from Edina, Knox County, Missouri.

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