Randolph

William Powell Letters, 1839-1840 (C2035)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters written by William Powell of Huntsville, MO, to his brother, Henry A. Powell, in Yanceyville, NC. Prices of land, food, grain crops and livestock; abundance of wild game; and richness of the land. Begs the rest of the family to join them in Missouri.

Reuben C. Prewitt World War II Notes, 1945 (C3326)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Notes on Air Force experiences. Cross-country trip to Seattle and description of voyage from Seattle to Iwo Jima and situation at Iwo Jima.

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.

Randolph County, Missouri, Court Order, 1830 (C2028)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Order appointing David Floyd, John Bunch, and John Clarkson to mark out an alteration to the road from Frays Mill to the Grand Prairie.

Randolph County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1894-1951 (P1144)

An artificial collection of photographs of Randolph County, Missouri.

Rogers-Hagar Family Deeds, 1875-1912 (C3256)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains four deeds, all entered in Randolph County, MO. Some holders are George Rogers, William Rogers, James T. Halliburton, and George Hagar.

Charles W. Rubey Papers, 1857-1914 (R0200)
0.25 cubic foot (15 folders, 2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Charles W. Rubey Papers contain the personal, business, and military papers of Charles W. Rubey, a businessman and militia officer from Lebanon, Missouri. Included are personal, family, and business papers, and records from militia organizations raised in Laclede County during the Civil War. The military records include correspondence, orders, equipment, and ordinance returns, certificates of enrollment and exemption, and muster rolls.

Elizabeth Seifert Papers, 1944 (C0401)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Manuscript of DOCTOR WOODWARD'S AMBITION (originally called "The Hospital"), published by Dodd, Mead & Company in 1945. Also notes, clippings, and two letters from the publishers.

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

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

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

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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.

Spangler Family Papers, 1849-1866, 2023 (C4644)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of a Clark County, Missouri, family include biographical material, photographs, and family correspondence. The bulk of the letters were written between Samuel and Mary Ann Spangler during the American Civil War.

Robert Stephenson Deed, 1842 (C1754)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Deed conveying land located in Randolph County, MO, to Joseph C. Moore for purchase price of $55.

James L. Stone Photographs, 1915, 1960-1968 (P0299)
1 folder

Images of and relating to Moberly, MO, mainly in the 1960s.

John N. Taylor Family Papers, 1860-1988 (C4457)
4.7 cubic feet (62 folders, 17 oversize items)

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This collection includes business records from three former mid-Missouri businesses and personal papers and photographs from thirteen members of the Taylor family of Huntsville and Columbia, Missouri. Also included are documents pertaining to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

Mary and Eliza Thompson Quietus for Delinquent Taxes, 1852 (C0502)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipt for taxes paid from the Randolph County register of lands office for a 39-acre tract of land granted for $9.16 to Mary and Eliza Thompson.

Turner-Yates Family Papers, 1912-2010 (CA6486)
2 cubic feet

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The papers of the Turner, Yates, and related families of Macon and Randolph Counties, Missouri, include genealogical research, photographs, publications, and miscellaneous material.

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 States Bureau of Mines, Rolla Research Center Records, 1915-1996 (R1321)
17 cubic feet (372 folders, 4 maps, 3,238 photographs, 68 negatives, 936 slides, 3 volumes)

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The United States Bureau of Mines, Rolla Research Center Records contain the records of the Bureau of Mines office and research facility established in Rolla, Missouri in 1915. The records include correspondence, operational reports, project reports, photographs, newspaper articles, program materials, and maps.

Jay Wright Photograph Collection, 1877-1882 (P0795)
4 photographs

Copy photos of the Randolph County Courthouse and Mount Pleasant College.