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Missouri-Iowa Border Dispute Collection, 1815-1862 (R1374)
(1 folder)

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The Missouri-Iowa Border Dispute records collect 23 miscellaneous documents relating to the disputed Missouri-Iowa border. The collection contains documents in French, English, and Spanish that pertain to the underlying causes of the conflict and the eventual resolution. The collection consists of letters, land deeds, and proclamations that deal with the background and events of the conflict.

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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North Central Missouri Region Photograph Collection, 1897-1964 (P1111)

An artificial collection of photographs of the North Central Missouri region, including Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy, Daviess, Livingston, and Linn counties.

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Putnam County Teacher's Institute (Putnam County, Mo.) Papers, 1871-1880 (C3140)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of the Putnam County Teacher's Institute contain copies of a contract for the building of a school building at St. John, MO, 1855; blocks 1 and 2, Elson's addition to the town of Unionville, MO, n.d.; and programs of the Putnam County Teachers Institute, 1871, 1873, 1880.

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Putnam County, Missouri Survey and Town Plats, 1844-1866 (C3440)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection contains negative Photostats of an official survey, by township, of Putnam County, MO, 1844-1854, and plats of thirteen towns in the county showing blocks and street names, 1857-1866.

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Robert G. Schultz Photograph Collection, no date (P0793)
3 photographs

Photos of Monroe Drug Company, Unionville, Putnam Co

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A.B. Shelton Photograph Collection, 1895, 1958-1962 (P0794)
28 photographs

Photos of Putnam County historic buildings and sites, primarily in the Unionville area ca. 1959-1962, and of notable residents.

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Watts Family Papers, 1870s-1979 (CA6121)
2 cubic feet, 5 oversize items

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The papers of a family from Putnam County, Missouri, include an autograph book; travel scrapbooks and family photograph albums compiled by Bertha and Christine Watts; diaries composed by the Rev. Samuel S. McWilliams; and poetry and writings.

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