Saline

Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Aerial Photographs, 1938-1979 (P0335)
107.5 linear feet

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Missouri county aerial photographs produced by the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service.

Arrow Rock (Mo.) Lyceum Theatre Records, 1964-1992, 2021-2022 (C2898)
0.3 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Correspondence, board meeting minutes and memos, financial records, and history concerning the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock, Missouri.

Arrow Rock Tavern Register, 1859-1861 (C1090)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Register of guests at the Arrow Rock Tavern and index of names in alphabetical order. Copied from original by Elizabeth Benton Chapter, D.A.R., Kansas City, MO.

Arrow Rock, Missouri, List of Residents, 1873-1882 (C3541)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a list of names, compiled by Frank P. Robinson, of men who lived in Arrow Rock, Missouri.

Arrow Rock, Missouri, Town Records, 1827-1887 (C2659)
3 volumes

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Records of town meetings, ordinances, financial transactions, and elections.

Arrow Rock, Missouri, Town Records, 1840-1887 (C1091)
0.2 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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Includes proceedings of the Board of Trustees, 1840-1875, poll records, accounts, assessment of real estate, and expenditures.

Alfred Edward Barnes Jr. Architectural Collection, 1888-1959 (K0004)
150 c.f.

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Architectural drawings, renderings, photographs, specifications and correspondence of the architectural firm Hoit, Price and Barnes and its predecessors.

Jack Behrens Photograph Collection, 1893 (P0227)
10 photographs

5 cabinet cards showing images of cadets from the Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri.

James I. Belwood Account Book, 1856-1892 (C2482)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains account book of a saddler in Arrow Rock, MO, including the accounts of his hired hands.

Big Bottom Baptist Church (Saline County, Mo.) Records, 1818-1829 (C2839)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Church record book, 5 September 1818-19 September 1829. Includes list of church members divided by sex and race, and information on building a meeting house; choosing delegates to attend association meetings; receiving, dismissing, excluding, and reprimanding members; and adopting a new "Articles of Faith." Typescript at top of each page.

Bingham Family Papers, 1814-1930 (C0998)
0.35 cubic feet (27 folders)

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Correspondence of members of the Bingham family of Virginia and then of Missouri and Texas. References to friends, deaths, marriages, travel prices, estates and personal affairs of the Bingham family.

Boller Brothers Architectural Records, 1910-1982 (K0065)
9.31 c.f.

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Architectural drawings and other supporting documents for the Boller Brothers firm who specialized in theater design

Henry J. Brown Family Papers, 1838-1892 (C0230)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 roll of microfilm

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Expense accounts of Brown's trip from Cumberland County, VA, to Saline County, MO, 1838; expense accounts, Saline County, to 1864; family register; obituary of Andrew Jackson; compositions of Peyton A. Brown and letters from his relatives; and letters to Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of Census, Washington, D.C. Microfilm copy also available.

P.A. Brown Stud Horse Advertisement, 1871 (C0720)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Poster advertising a thoroughbred stallion named Winfield as being available for stud service at the farm of P.A. Brown at Miami, Saline County, MO. Prices are listed for various types of service. Description of the horse and of its pedigree are also given.

George William Burke Papers, 1850-1857 (C3796)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Collection of fifty-eight letters written between June 1850 and March 1857 by George W. Burke of Saline County, Missouri, to his parents William and Lurany Thornton Burke, brothers and sisters, and grandparents, all of Saline County, describing his journey west and life in the gold-producing area of northern California until his death there in 1857.

Central School, District No. 55 (Saline County, Mo.) Records, 1882-1959 (C4474)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Materials include district record books, teacher and treasurer reports, warrant registers, and poll books from District No. 55 in Saline County, Missouri.

Cole County Historical Society Photograph Collection, 1850-1954 (P0537)
10 photographs

Photos of Jefferson City and Arrow Rock Tavern.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nelson, Mo.) Records, 1891-1894 (C1875)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Four ledger sheets of church records dating from 24 May 1891 to 25 November 1894. Begins with the founding of the church in Nelson, Saline County, MO, by order of New Lebanon Presbytery with ruling elders from the Salt Fork Congregation. They organized a Presbyterian church known as the Nelson Congregation with the Reverend T.S. Love as pastor.

Davis Family Scrapbook, 1865-1905 (C2472)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Newspaper clippings of poems, editorials, feature articles, wedding and anniversary announcements, and obituaries, concentrating on Davis family members. Many of the clippings are taken from a Marshall, MO, newspaper. Some family photographs are included; others are in the State Historical Society Editorial Office photograph files. See also collection 834.

Herbert E. Duncan Architectural Records, 1929-1992 (K0722)
32.11 c.f.

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Architectural drawings of buildings designed by Herbert Duncan Sr. (1905-1972) and Herbert Jr. (1931- ).

John N. Dunlap Journal, 1847 (C0306)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Part of a journal kept by a doctor during the Mexican War. Describes nature, climate, health, war, and peace activities, traveling conditions, and his companions.

Nancy Ehrlich Collection, 1892-1932 (P0013)
0.63 linear feet

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Original photos taken from "Frank James Photo Album", and photos of Marmaduke Military Academy buildings and students.

Ehrnman-Irvine Family Papers, 1889-1930; 1981 (C4549)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)

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This collection contains photographs and genealogical material on the Ehrnman and Irvine families. The two families migrated to Missouri in the late 1800s. Most of the photographs were taken in Marshall, Jefferson City, and Glasgow.

Robert L. Elgin Research Collection, 1960-1993 (R1261)
2.1 cubic feet (65 folders)

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These are the research files of a civil engineer, surveyor, and historian from St. James in Phelps County, Missouri. The colletion includes reports, scale sketches, and photographs concerning the restoration of various historic sites in Missouri, charcoal iron furnace sites in Missouri, and prehistoric petroglyphs and pictograph sites in the Missouri Ozarks.

Eubank Family Papers, 1846-1946 (C4162)
0.2 cubic feet

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The papers of the Eubank family contain financial records, personal letters, and miscellaneous papers of a Saline County farm family. Some of the letters particularly pertain to R. Eubank's wife, Martha T. Eubank. Some of the more interesting documents include a handwritten version of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, and election returns for John J. Crittenden and Munford in Kentucky.

Ruth Martin Ewing Papers, 1925-1992 (C3815)
1.5 cubic feet (23 folders)

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The diaries of a Grand Pass (Mo.) woman from 1936 to 1992 as well as some miscellaneous personal materials such as her marriage certificate and grade school diploma

James M. Fitzpatrick Letters, 1848-1857 (C2711)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Twenty-one letters to and from James Fitzpatrick of Lexington, KY, concerning family news, the California gold rush, farming, and cholera epidemic.

Mrs. H.D. Floyd Postcard Collection, 1919-1939 (P0531)
15 postcards

Postcards of Boonville area buildings, Arrow Rock Tavern, and Bagnell Dam (Lake of the Ozarks).

Douglas R. Frazee Photographs, 1880-1985 (P0072)
0.25 linear feet

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Photographs of the Missouri River and life on the towboat Brownville, 1963-1985 by Frazee, an engineer on the vessel. Photos of Marshall, MO, 1948-1950, and Marthasville, MO, area in the early 1900s. Aerial photographs of Saline County, Marshall, Brookfield, and Pettis County, 1946-1949. Aerial photographs of farms and buildings along Highways 20, 24, 41 in Saline and Lafayette Counties, ca. 1947. Also include a variety of images of Missouri scenes and Missourians.

Friends of Arrow Rock Collection, 1826-1969 (C3087)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 oversize volume, 3 oversize items

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Correspondence of John Sappington with Hogan & Wright, collection agents, 1842-1844; correspondence of Claiborne F. Jackson, 1855-1861; correspondence and miscellaneous items concerning the placement of Highway 40 and Santa Fe Trail markers; Martha Woods Diary, 1854-1860; Hugh Stephens scrapbook, n.d.; Independent Order of Odd Fellow certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence, 1849-1969.

James A. Gaines Papers, 1842-1876 (C0425)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Letters to Lou Bell and Jennie Bell Gaines from relatives and Confederate prisoner at Johnson's Island, OH, describing St. Louis, freed Blacks, and cholera epidemic; U.S. ARMY ARGUS-EXTRA with Price-Fremont letters on exchange of prisoners and protection of civilians; biography of Mortimer Gaines. Microfilm has over 300 receipts of Dr. Gaines, 1850s and 1860s.

Mary Abney Gamble Photograph Collection, 1907-1944 (P0876)
11 photographs

Photos of Naption area, Saline Co. Also of Gamble family ancestors. 35mm color slides depicting travel and farming in Missouri

Townsend Godsey Photographs, 1928-1958 (P0153)
0.67 linear feet

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Images of 1930s Jefferson City people and politicians, including many images of Governor Stark, and "Ozark personalities."

Sarah Guitar Collection, no date (C3391)
1.5 cubic feet (5 card files), 2 rolls of microfilm

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Sarah Guitar Papers, 1931-1944 (C3563)
1.2 cubic feet (87 folders, 1 card file)

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Correspondence and miscellaneous information on Missouri compiled by Sarah Guitar during her employment, under the direction of Floyd C. Shoemaker, as Reference Librarian for the State Historical Society of Missouri.  Includes one card file of reference notes.

Sallie Hailey Papers, 1860-1989 (C4358)
1.8 cubic feet (36 folders), 17 oversize items

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Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and political convention material of the former director of the Department of Business and Administration for the State of Missouri and Democratic National Committeewoman of Missouri.

John R. Hall Collection, 1834-1966 (C1420)
0.2 cubic feet

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Correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, newspapers, and other material relating to the history of Marshall and Saline County, MO. The collection is composed of items that Hall, an employee of the Marshall DAILY DEMOCRAT NEWS, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

Henry W. Hamilton Papers, 1923-1985 (C4585)
2.0 cubic feet (45 folders)

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The papers of a farmer and amateur archaeologist, including correspondence surrounding his publications, research materials on Upper Missouri River forts, information on his activities, personal papers, and general correspondence.

T.M. "Ted" Hamilton Papers, 1922-1984 (C3073)
1.5 cubic feet (538 photographs), 14 rolls of microfilm (317 folders)

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The papers of a farmer from Saline County, Missouri, who was also an enthusiast of historic and prehistoric weaponry contain correspondence on archaeological and historical topics, as well as personal, business, and local civic affairs. Also includes photographs, notes, organizational materials, publications, and manuscripts on Hamilton's archaeological interests.

John Locke Hardeman Letters, 1843-1850 (C2337)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The collection contains Photostats of eighteen letters to N[athaniel] Beverly Tucker, Williamsburg, VA, from Arrow Rock and St. Louis, MO. Hardeman acted as Tucker's agent in Saline County.

Harvey Family Papers, 1834-1873 (C0338)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection contains negative photostats of correspondence and estate papers of the Thomas H. Harvey family of Saline County, Missouri. Letters describe the area, give prices for land, enslaved persons, and products, and mention family news. Estate records include a will and an estate inventory, 1852.

Harvey Family Ledger, c. 1850s, 1940s (C4158)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 computer disc

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Ledger kept by the Thomas Harvey family of Saline County, Missouri, c. 1850s, 1940s. A patron use copy is available on computer disc.

Hessemer's Atheneum (Marshall, Mo.) Record Books, 1882-1905 (C0865)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Scrapbooks containing theater programs, contracts with performers, clippings, and photographs.

Adam Hill Papers, 1892-1897, 1957 (C3540)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders), 8 oversize items

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The papers contain certificates, a diploma, ephemera, and photographs pertaining to Hill's activities as a cadet at Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri, and his career as a football player for the University of Missouri Tigers.

Claibourne Hill Papers, 1840-1881 (C3082)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of Claibourne Hill contain land grants, deeds, and tax receipts belonging to Claibourne Hill of Saline County, MO.

"History of the Memorial Presbyterian Church & the Experiment Farm of Napton, MO," Thomas B. Hall, 1944 (C0771)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains one pamphlet giving history of the T.A. Smith family and farm in Saline County, the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Napton, Missouri, and other hamlets in Saline County.

Dan B. Hoagland Photographs, 1983, no date (P0150)
0.58 linear feet

580+ photos of mid-Missouri towns, including many small and abandoned locales, and Boone County churches, ca. 1983.

Patricia Holmes Photograph Collection, 1910-2000 (P0371)
1 folder

Photographs of Sam Brown, hung in Greenville, MO in the early 1900s; High Street, Miami, MO; Helen steam ferry on Missouri River; University of Missouri Arts & Sciences faculty (1948-1949), Redding-Hill House, and Cooper county historic houses and markers.

Jennie Hopkins Scrapbook, c. 1880s-1910s (CA6289)
1 volume

Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, and miscellanea related to Blackburn and Saline County, Missouri.

Jessie Humphreys Photographs, no date (P0971)
13 photographs

Photos of Saline County, especially Arrow Rock.