Saline

Thomas Humphreys Diaries, 1857-1886 (C2473)
0.53 cubic feet (11 volumes)

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A daily business and farming record including weather information and occasional references to contemporary social and political events. Provides a case study of farm management in southern Ohio and Saline County, MO, during the nineteenth century. Diaries are not comprehensive for the period.

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.

V. Corinne Jackson Papers, 1920s-2000s (CA6393)
4 cubic feet, 4 audio cassettes

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The papers of V. Corinne Jackson, a schoolteacher from Arrow Rock, Missouri, include correspondence, programs, speeches, photographs, poems, diaries, scrapbooks, plays, audio cassettes, radio broadcasts, school and professional papers, and miscellaneous material from her life and work.

David A. James Papers, 1790-2008 (C4126)
5 cubic feet

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The research material of a hotel management instructor, whose work resulted in the publication Historic Hotels of Missouri: Hotels, Inns, and Taverns of 19th Century Missouri.

Bill Kearns Collection, 1886-2009 (C4140)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection of a fiddle player and musician from Saline County, Missouri.

Debbie Kilgore Photograph Collection, 1993-2002 (P0155)
52 photographs

Approximately 52 35mm color negatives and prints showing scenes around Macon, Missouri during the mid 1990s. Additional photo album, assembled by Ken Fryer, DOT district manager, showing the 1993 Missouri River flood in Cole, Carroll, Howard, Saline, and Livingston counties.

June K. King Papers, 1890-1898 (C0126)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Letters and other papers of a livestock dealer in Marshall, MO. Correspondence concerns the sale of cattle and hogs. Several letters of the American Berkshire Association are in the collection.

Henry Klinge Papers, 1859-1915 (C4323)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Civil War diary, photograph, pension papers, marriage certificate, and passport of Henry Klinge. Also includes a history of the 49th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

J. Clayton Lamkin Photograph Collection, 1882 (P0930)
1 folder

Photos of tornado damage in Sweet Springs, 1882.

John Braxton Land Papers, 1918-1939 (C0359)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Papers of a Slater, MO, druggist. Slater Methodist Church directory, 1918; newspaper clippings, mostly about Cambridge, MO; Chautauqua programs, 1921-1922; and correspondence with Edward E. Wall.

Thomas C. Lannan Letters, 1849 (C2205)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two letters (April 20 and June 18) from a schoolteacher in Saline County, MO, to George Peter of Darnestown, MD, describing life in central Missouri, including a cholera epidemic, opportunities for purchasing land and farming, politics, and teaching.

Joseph N. Laurie Collection, 1837-1862 (C2663)
3 volumes

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Saline County treasurer's book, 1848; Laurie's store accounts from Boonville, MO, 1837-1838; Saline County probate court records, 1858-1862.

Burton Lawless Papers, 1818-1876 (C2056)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Deeds, tax receipts, and will pertaining to property in Saline County, MO.

Josephine R. Lawrence Collection, 1844-1986 (C3792)
0.4 cubic feet (26 folders)

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The papers of the Jackson and Lawrence families of Pennytown and Marshall, Missouri, include newspaper clippings and unpublished manuscripts on the history of Pennytown, a Black community near Marshall. There are also funeral cards, copies of legal documents, church and school records, and photo­graphs of Pennytown and its residents.

Ethelbert Wallis Lewis Letters, 1837-1851 (C1674)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To his brother, William W[alker] Lewis, Culpepper County, VA, from Missouri. Lewis emigrated from Virginia in 1836. Howard County; 1837 Missouri legislature; comparison of Missouri and Virginia; and Missouri life in general.

Library of Congress, Missouri Historic American Buildings Survey, Photograph Collection, 1925-1963 (P0123)
0.834 linear feet

Photos of historic Missouri homes, mainly from the HABS/HAER project. This collection focuses geographically on mid-Missouri and St. Louis.

Earl H. Lubensky Papers, c. 1890s-2000s (CA6241)
50 cubic feet, 1 computer disc, 26 oversize items

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Personal and professional papers of a soldier, diplomat, and archaeologist who was a native of Marshall, Missouri. Includes papers of the Biesemeyer family of Osage County, Missouri, and Missouri Archaeological Society materials.

James Lewis Lynch Memoirs, 1838-1923 (C0132)
0.7 cubic feet

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Memoirs written by Lynch about his family in Howard and Saline Counties. Genealogy from Austria to Virginia to Missouri, farm life, education, Civil War experiences, and tobacco exporting, 1864. Essays for children on citizenship, study, and the Christian life.

Loucile Malone Postcard Collection, 1900-1910 (P0125)
1 folder

Fourteen postcards from around Missouri, particularly Jefferson City and Marshall.

Frank Manning Papers, 1918-1919 (C4578)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folders)

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Letters of a Marshall (Mo.) soldier who served in France during World War I.

Mary C. Marmaduke Clippings, no date (C0791)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains newspaper clippings on the Marmaduke and Sappington families and Arrow Rock Tavern.

Meredith Miles Marmaduke Papers, 1823-1886 (C1021)
0.6 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm

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Correspondence and miscellaneous personal and business papers of a Saline County, Missouri, farmer, businessman, lieutenant governor, and governor of Missouri.

Marshall Writers Guild (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 2002-2024 (CA6167)
0.85 cubic feet

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Founded in 1995, the records of a chapter of the Missouri Writers Guild contain essays, poetry, prose, authors' bios, and meeting minutes.

Mary Eugina Hamilton Collection, 1885-1897 (C2810)
0.6 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The collection contains pamphlets, brochures, and letters advertising organs, sewing machines, pills, electric belts, and various items of medical quackery. Items are primarily from the Pulvermacher Galvanic Company, the German Electric Agency, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, and the Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute. Also included are probate and business documents, genealogical material, farm records, a Mississippi River hydrography survey, medicinal treatments, a day book, and scrapbooks.

Sherman Matthews Papers, 1923-1930 (C4275)
0.4 cubic feet (16 folders)

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Kansas City Bridge Company business correspondence of Sherman Matthews and H. M. Jopling, Jopling’s Nelson High School physics experiment workbooks, and a standard two-week time book to calculate wages owed, 1923-1930.

T. Thistle McKinney Travel Logs, 1928-1929 (C4263)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection consists of two travel logs kept by T. Thistle McKinney, one of an automobile trip taken in 1928 through the northeastern states, Canada, and the eastern states. The other was made in 1929, through parts of northeast Missouri and into some Ozark counties. The volumes include numerous postcards and some photographs of places McKinney visited.

John D. McKown Papers, 1851-1897 (C2335)
0.23 cubic feet (11 folders)

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Personal correspondence, business papers, Civil War military papers, and documents concerning construction of Saline County, MO, courthouse.

Jesse McMahan Account Book, 1850-1860 (C2272)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains an account book of an Arrow Rock, MO, grocery and dry goods merchant. The book also contains recipes and newspaper clippings regarding weddings and deaths of prominent Saline County citizens, 1881-1904.

A.J. McRoberts Papers, 1859-1876 (C0375)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Primarily letters written by A.J. McRoberts to his wife Mollie during the Civil War, and her replies. McRoberts was a Union sympathizer living in Saline County, MO. His wife had returned to her family in Ohio. They describe conditions in their respective locales. Other letters discuss family affairs.

Miami Savings Bank Record Book, 1874-1923 (C1164)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Includes articles of association, bylaws, minutes of board meetings, transfers, and minutes of stockholders' meetings.

Miami, Missouri, Records, 1867-1965 (C2490)
1.1 cubic feet

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The public records of a town in Saline County, Missouri, include city council minutes, school board records, and assessment and tax books.

Missouri Archaeological Society Records, no date (CA4759)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Correspondence, minutes, reports and archaeological site surveys of the Big Bend Archaeological Society of Marshall, Missouri. See also C0780.

Missouri Central Railroad Company Resolutions, 1869 (C1718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Resolutions to dissolve the Missouri Central Railroad Company, adopted by the stockholders. Company organized to build a railroad from Boonville to Arrow Rock. Cooper and Saline Counties and Arrow Rock failed to cooperate.

The Missouri Collection, 1771-2024 (C3982)
18.6 cubic feet (854 folders, 893 photographs), 37 oversize items, 9 audio cassettes, 7 audio discs, 9 CDs, 1 computer disc, 1 film, 6 film strips, 9 DVDs, 3 video cassettes, 583 MB of digital files

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The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.

Missouri Division of Tourism Photographs, 1945-1980 (P0452)
0.08 linear feet

Photos of Thomas Hart Benton and Missouri Historic Sites, monuments, markers, and memorials.

Missouri Extension Homemakers Association, Inc., Sacred Stones and Stained Glass Windows Project Records, 1977-1980 (C3723)
7.1 cubic feet (334 folders)

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Statewide documentation of local churches by county. Includes cultural arts reports, church histories, floor plans, architectural details, clippings, slides, photographs, and miscellany.

Missouri German Heritage Corridor Oral History Project, 2018 (C4354)
0.4 cubic feet (6 folders), 9CDs

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A collaborative project between the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Missouri Humanities Council, this collection emphasizes the past and present influence of German heritage in Missouri, including historic sites, past people, notable conflicts, religious influence, agriculture, music, art, and architecture. The German Heritage Corridor will focus on the counties north and south of the Missouri River, from St. Charles and St. Louis, to Chariton, Saline, and Lafayette. This corridor includes several distinct German communities, including New Melle, Herman, Dutzow, and Westphalia.

Missouri Place Names Study Papers, 1927-1928 (C3459)
0.6 cubic feet (40 folders)

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Missouri Teachers' Academy Circular, 1896 (C1823)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief history of the Missouri Teachers' Academy which was founded in 1886.

Missouri Teachers' Academy Record Book, 1886-1899 (C1180)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The record book includes a history of the academy, meeting minutes, and lists of members. 

Marshall, Missouri Centennial Celebration Pamphlet, 1939 (C0744)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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History of Marshall, MO, and tentative plan for a centennial celebration in 1939. Also a list of mayors of Marshall from 1879 to 1939.

Christine Montgomery Photographs, 1992-2008 (P0144)
0.08 linear feet

Photographs of Walnut Grove, Sappington, and Bellefontaine Cemeteries, the 1993 Missouri River flood near Boonville, New Franklin area, Soulard Farmer's Market 1999, Johnson's Shut-ins 1994, Saline County Courthouse 1998, Jesse Hall 1997 restoration, 2002 Olympic Parade in Columbia, and Ste. Genevieve.

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.

Nellie Moulder Collection, 1960, no date (P0685)
3 photographs

Postcards of Ha Ha Tonka. Photograph of Wet Auglaize Camp Ground Church.

Mount Carmel Methodist Church (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1927-1979 (CA6239)
0.8 cubic feet

Meeting minutes, ledgers, correspondence, and miscellaneous records of a church in Marshall, Missouri, 1927-1979.

Isaac Myers Scrapbook, 1865-1909 (CA6591)
0.2 cubic feet

Scrapbook kept by a resident of Miami, Saline County, Missouri. Includes information on residents of the town, members of various churches, city officers, businesses, and family genealogy. Isaac Myers later moved to Whittier, California.

M. Napton Letters, no date (C0378)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Typed copies of letters to [William Barclay] Napton from his wife, discussing family incidents and activities.

Cynthia Nold Photograph Collection, 1910, 1950 (P0254)
10 photographs

Photographs of Slater, MO, including images related to Steve McQueen. Also photo and document about television movie called A Family of Children by Tom Butterfield.

Paris M. Walker Funeral Home (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1898-1934 (C4279)
1.2 cubic feet (9 volumes)

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The records of the Paris M. Walker Funeral Home, Marshall, Missouri. Volume one is an expense book/ledger, 1898-1904, and 1928-1934. It contains Paris M. Walker
receipts listing materials or services provided, and costs. Volumes 2-9 contain funeral records of individuals covering the years 1902-1920.

Charles K. Parsons Papers, 1904-1983 (K0117)
8 f

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Material related to Parsons' career as a railway mail clerk. It includes photographs of a train derailment in 1914, copies of postal laws, regulations, and schemes, as well as some railroad passes and correspondence related to his retirement in 1950