Shelby

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.

American Revolution Bicentennial, Missouri Committee for Agriculture Papers, 1974-1976 (C4276)
1.2 cubic feet (42 folders), 1 audio tape

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The papers of the committee contain correspondence, newsletters, reports, updates, events awards programs, lists of elected members, historical information on “Centennial Farms” and “Liberty Trees,” meeting minutes, announcements, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual material for a slide presentation entitled “The Spirit of ’76.”

Bacon Chapel (Shelby County, Mo.) Account Book, 1870 (C3372)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains an account book of money collected by Bacon Chapel church subscription and kept by William O. Lowman. The subscription was for a new building.

Zetta E. Bankert Collection, 1945-1976 (C4060)
0.75 cubic feet (21 folders)

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William G. Bek Photograph Collection, 1874-1903 (P0586)
40 photographs

Photos of and relating to German immigrants in Missouri, including the Frederick Steines home and family, St. Albans, MO, the Muench family, the Goebel family, Bethel Colony, Charles Wulfing, and assorted followers of Duden.

John Forbes and Diana Benjamin Papers, 1850-1876 (C1382)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Papers of John Forbes and Diana Benjamin. The papers consist of letters written to family in Liverpool, NY, the majority during the Civil War.

Bethel Community (Shelby County, Mo.) Song Books, 1859-1863, n.d. (C3876)
0.15 cubic feet (2 folders), 1 roll of microfilm

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Four song books containing only the words of German songs, including folk songs and hymns (two are published and two are handwritten).

Bower Brothers Store (Bethel, Mo.) Records, 1890-1924 (C2988)
1 roll of microfilm

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The records of the Bower Brothers Store contain journals of the general store in Bethel, MO, owned by Theodore L. Bower, 1890-1902, and records of Walter C. Bower and the Bower family, 1895-1909 and 1919-1924. Accounts, names of customers and purchases are listed in the store records. The family records include those of the George Bower estate, collections of promissory notes and family expenses.

Bower Family Papers, c. 1865-1974 (C4055)
0.7 cubic feet (12 folders)

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The papers of the Bower family, who settled in Bethel, Missouri, around 1850, consist of correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material.

Bower Family Papers, 1858-1906, 1979 (CA6663)
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)

Addition of correspondence, 1858-1906, along with transcriptions by Adolf E. Schroeder, and three photographs of Clarence and Lucille Bower, 1979. See also C4055.

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.

Robert E. and Betty Lou Crist Photograph Collection, no date (P0938)
2 photographs

Photos of John Forbes Benjamin house, Shelbina

Duncan School (Shelby County, Mo.) Record Book, 1870-1880 (C2487)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Records of Duncan School, including acquisition of land for school and annual enumeration of pupils.

Duncan Chapel (Shelby County, Mo.) Record Books, 1882-1936 (C2485)
0.2 cubic feet

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The collection contains records of Duncan Chapel, a Methodist Episcopal chapel in Shelby County, Missouri.

Duncan-Lowman Family Papers, 1847-1952 (C0487)
0.4 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Papers of Levin O. Duncan, blacksmith and farmer, and William O. Lowman, tanner and farmer, of Shelby County, MO, and families; correspondence from family and friends in Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois; ledgers; miscellaneous business receipts; and scrapbook of Shelby County happenings, 1902-1952. Kept by Ida Lowman.

H. Roger Grant Postcard Collection, 1880-1920 (P0696)
35 postcards

Photo postcards of railroads and related images, primarily in Novinger and Adair county. Additional images of Bethel Colony, railroad depots, and locomotives.

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.

Hinrichs-Bauerrichter Letters, 1854-1906 (C3852)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Letters of the extended Hinrichs-Bauerrichter family living in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, Germany, as well as in Nelsonville and Steffenville, Missouri, with some letters from Louisiana, New York, and Illinois.

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.

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.

Looney's Creek Baptist Church Record Book, 1836-1894 (C3024)
1 roll of microfilm

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Record book of Looney's Creek Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Shelby County. Contains meeting minutes and lists of members.

Mercantile Bancorporation Records, 1859-1999 (S1242)
45.5 cubic feet

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This collection contains meeting minutes, property appraisal cards, annual reports, VHS tapes, and photographs pertaining to the Mercantile Bancorporation’s mission to provide financial services to customers in the Midwest. Materials of interest include property appraisal cards for residential homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region. The cards contain information about the lot size, construction material, and estimated value for each individual property. The materials in this collection date from 1936 to 1999.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Clarence, Mo.) Records, 1878-1891 (C4553)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record book of the Clarence, Missouri, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1878-1891.

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

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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.

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.

Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter Papers, 1839-1929, 1962 (C1779)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter Papers contain photocopies of the papers of a German immigrant and the Ritter family of Shelby County, Missouri. The papers include obituaries, poetry, recipes, accounts, correspondence, naturalization documents, Ritter's will, and other papers. The collection is in German and English and is part of the German Heritage Archives.

Roff Family Papers, 1844-1888 (C0392)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Documents concerning land transactions in Shelby County, Missouri. Four deeds, five checks, and two memorial poetry cards.

Edmond Rutter Papers, 1853-1855 (C0394)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bill of sale for an enslaved African American by Betsey Rutter to her husband. Notice in regard to stray horse in Knox County, MO. Letter from General Land Office, Shelby County, MO.

Shelby County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1902, no date (P1145)

An artificial collection of photographs of Shelby County, Missouri.

Steinbach Family Papers, no date (CA6120)
4 oversize items

Plat maps of Bethel, Missouri. Also includes recorder of deeds supporting materials.

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.

Charles Van Ravenswaay Papers, 1841-1990 (C3873)
21.8 cubic feet (1,359 folders), 1 audio cassette

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Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and literary manuscripts of historian and author Charles van Ravenswaay, former director of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts; and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware.

Ralph K. Watkins Papers, 1866-1970 (C4551)
1.4 cubic feet (31 folders)

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Papers of a University of Missouri education professor including teaching resources, educational publications, information on professional activities and presentations, and family genealogy research material.