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Oliver and Oliver Law Firm Records, 1760-2004 (CG0010)
296 cubic feet
The Oliver and Oliver Law Firm Papers contain case files and correspondence of the firm from the 1880s to 1980s. This collection also includes the genealogy of the Oliver and Watkins families, family correspondence, and civic involvements with the Boy Scouts of America, Rotary Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and Presbyterian Church. In addition, this collection contains material related to the Little River Drainage District, Oliver Land and Development Company, and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Agriculture
- Banking
- Business and Industry
- Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife
- Family and Personal Papers
- Geography and Maps
- Government and Politics
- Governors
- Korean War
- Labor
- Law and Judiciary
- Military
- Militia and National Guard
- Photographs
- Railroads and Railways
- Religion
- Social and Fraternal Organizations
- Social Customs and Daily Life
- Transportation
- University of Missouri
- US Representatives
- US Senators
- Womens Societies
- World War I
- World War II
Oliver Family Papers, 1805-1977 (C3731)
18.1 cubic feet (1061 folders)
The papers of a prominent Cape Girardeau, Missouri, family include family and professional correspondence, patriotic organization materials, legal firm records, family financial and legal records, speeches and writings, genealogical materials, information on Missouri State Normal School and First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau, photographs, and miscellany.
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Henry E. Parberry Papers, 1829-1865 (C3147)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Henry E. Parberry contain copies of a receipt for sale of an enslaved woman and child to James Parberry, 1829; Civil War letters concerning conditions in prison camps in New York and Maryland; and other miscellaneous letters and letter fragments.
Pliny Parks Farm Account Book, 1800-1823 (C0867)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains farm, purchase, milling and general household accounts kept by Pliny Parks. Early entries are listed in English pounds. The book was probably kept while the owner lived in New England.
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Thomas Parmer Papers, 1805-1837 (C0383)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Deeds to land in [Charette] Village, District of St. Charles, to Thomas Parmer from Joseph Chartrau and Joseph Larrevy, and instruments recording the deeds, 1834. Also plan of town of Rockcastle, MO, 1837.
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Heather N. Paxton Collection, 1820-2015 (K0721)
2 c.f.
Advertising flyers to local Kansas City area events and organization, concentrated mostly on the artistic community. Also research and writings by Paxton, a local author and historian.
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William McClung Paxton Papers, 1760-1915 (C1025)
1 cubic foot (72 folders)
Business and personal correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and genealogical material.
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Payne-Broadwell Family Papers, 1828, 1869-1870 (CA6611)
0.4 cubic feet
Addition of daybook of Moses U. Payne, 1828, and business correspondence of Moses M. Broadwell, 1869-1870. See also C0983.
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Payne-Broadwell Family Papers, 1803-1903 (C0983)
4.8 cubic feet, 11 volumes
The Payne-Broadwell Family papers contain the business, personal, and legal papers of Moses U. Payne and his nephew Moses M. Broadwell. Moses U. Payne resided in Boone County, MO, from 1823 to 1895. Moses M. Broadwell's papers contain significant family letters and revealing correspondence from the Civil War and from the Reconstruction era. Also present are miscellaneous papers of the Oliver C. Roby family.
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Pearson Family Papers, 1822-1941 (C0297)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Papers of Isaac Pearson of the mercantile firm of Boon, Pearson, and Smith of Fayette, Missouri, and miscellaneous writings of his grandson, Ben S. Pearson of St. Louis.
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Jacob Peck Papers, 1825-1836 (C1623)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from James S. Peck and David Barton to Jacob Peck. James H. Peck's health, medical, remedies, death of James H. Peck, and funeral and estate arrangements.
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Penninger and Bolin Families Collection, 1823-2023 (R1517)
12.5 cubic feet (358 folders, 1 volume, 13 compact discs, 168 photographs, 6 negatives)
The Penninger and Bolin Families Collection contains genealogical research conducted and collected by Linda Marie Penninger Henry on the Penninger and Bolin families, of whose descendants many settled in Christian, Dent, Greene, Howell, Jackson, Phelps, Shannon, and Stone counties in Missouri.
David Lane Perkins Papers, 1827-1858 (C2295)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Fourteen letters solicited, 1854-1858, by D.L. Perkins for their autograph value from cabinet members, U.S. senators and representatives, U.S. Supreme Court justice and university presidents. 1827 letter is a recommendation of Perkins by Francis Wayland, president of Brown University.
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Spencer Pettis Letter, 1827 (C1781)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To H. Clay, from Jefferson City, MO, May 12, 1827.
Concerns obtaining copies of laws, state papers and public documents.
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William Grymes Pettus Papers, 1823 (C1528)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain photostats of letters to the Missouri Secretary of State from Henry S. Geyer, speaker of Missouri House of Representatives, and Benjamin Emmons, acting President Pro Tempore of the Missouri Senate. Both Geyer and Emmons claimed the constitutional right to act as governor of Missouri in the absence of the governor and lieutenant governor.
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Garrott Philpott Papers, 1825-1913 (R0924)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are the papers of Garrott Philpott of Henry County, Virginia, and Cedar County, Missouri, including promissory notes, tax receipts, and business papers. There are also papers from the estates of the related families of Hezekiah Perkinson and William H. clark, and the correspondence and papers of Thomas W. M. Montgomery.
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George Pohlman Collection, 1615-1953 (C3476)
1.6 cubic feet (88 folders)
The papers of George Pohlman contain material on Macon County and other northern Missouri counties. Included are original survey maps of roads, records from county officials, school and church records, land entries, estate, business and legal papers, biographies, and rare English documents.
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Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Collection, 1791-1959 (CG0042)
2.0 c. f.
The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Collection includes title records, court documents, and other papers primarily from Butler County, Missouri. This collection also contains register books from the Edgewood Home for Children in Poplar Bluff and personal items belonging to William B. Adams, such as farm workers’ time schedules and a divorce memorandum journal.
Potosi, Missouri Board of Trustees Records, 1826-1851 (R0186)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Potosi, Missouri Board of Trustees Records contains a microfilm copy of meeting minutes for the Board of Trustees of Potosi in Washington County, Missouri. The minutes include resolutions and ordinances regarding taxes, public nuisances, streets, slave meetings, and theatrical performances.
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Josiah Y. Powell Papers, 1803-1927 (C4558)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
Papers of Josiah Y. Powell, a carpenter-farmer-surveyor from Chillicothe, Missouri. Included are correspondence, speeches, poems, clippings, and an obituary for Powell.
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Preston Family Papers, 1827-1937 (K0135)
0.3 c.f.
Miscellaneous correspondence, papers and photographs of the Preston family while in Rocheport, Fayette, and Walker, MO.
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Price-Sebree-Jackson Letters, 1779-1910 (C0381)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Typed copies of letters which appeared in THE SUNNY SOUTH. Cover such subjects as the Revolution, Episcopal Church, politics, and Sebree family genealogy. Also personal letters.
Pritchett Family Papers, 1753-1984 (C4013)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)
The papers consist of correspondence, published volumes, genealogical information, legal documents, and miscellaneous materials of Carr Waller Pritchett, Henry Smith Pritchett, and Ida Pritchett.
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Bartholomew Quinn Papers, 1826 (C2304)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three documents concerning the transfer of title to land in Saline County, MO, from Richard M. Cummins to Bartholomew Quinn.
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Julian Sturtevant Rammelkamp Papers, 1800-1994 (S0568)
65 cubic feet, 202 folders, 39 photographs, 6 microfilm rolls
Julian Sturtevant Rammelkamp was a journalism historian, history teacher, and one-time chair of the history department at Albion College in Michigan. He authored "Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch," published in 1967. Included in the collection are note cards from his study of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Post, correspondence with major writers, and rare books.
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Edward Chinn Ransdell Letters, 1824-1890 (C2649)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Twenty-one letters containing only family news.
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William Rector Letter, 1824 (C1632)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Rector, surveyor general for Illinois, Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, estimated expenses of the Surveyor General's Office for 1824.
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Regenhardt Family Papers, 1809-1980 (CG0036)
1.2 c. f.
The Regenhardt Family Papers include Civil War muster rolls of the 56th Enrolled Missouri Militia, McNeely family Bible records, Regenhardt Construction Company papers related to the building of Academic Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, and postcards of Academic Hall.
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Rickman Family Papers, 1778-1978 (C4177)
0.6 cubic feet (34 folders)
The papers consist of genealogical materials pertaining to the Rickman and related families [Fristoe, Henderson, Higgins, Tatum, Thomas, Twyman, and Wilson] of North Carolina, Virginia, and St. Clair County, Missouri. The material includes genealogical charts and corresponding notebook, birth announcements, census records, death certificates and obituaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
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Julia B. Slemons Harrison Riedel Papers, 1600-1990 (K1022)
5 c.f.
Genealogical research on the Slemons, Gardner, Lyles, also biography, Brigadier General William F. Slemons. C.S.A.: His Ancestors and Descendants, by Riedel
John M. Robinson Bond, 1822 (C1478)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
$5000 bond of John M. Robinson as surveyor of Boone County, MO, 18 November 1822, with Thos. Duley and John Henderson as securities.
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Rocky Fork Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minutes, 1821-1921 (C1319)
0.34 cubic feet (3 volumes)
Articles of faith, rules of decorum, letters of admission and dismission, membership lists, and minutes of church meetings.
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Constance Rudder Rogers Papers, 1774-1997 (SP0155)
0.5 cubic foot (35 folders)
The Constance Rudder Rogers Papers contain genealogical research created and compiled by Constance Annabelle Rudder Rogers, including surname files, correspondence, family histories and charts, and newspapers. The materials date from 1774 to 1997 and relate to families throughout the Ozarks of both Constance’s lineage and the lineage of her husband, Dr. William L. Douglas Rogers.
Rogers-Banks Family Papers, 1820-1878 (C2339)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Papers of the Banks and Rogers families of Marion County, Missouri. Record book of Dr. Lynn Stanton Banks, physician and surgeon. Collection includes business and legal papers, Baptist church minutes, and physician records.
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James S. Rollins Papers, 1546, 1809-1968 (C1026)
3.3 cubic feet (222 folders, 1 volume); also available on 11 rolls of microfilm
The papers of James S. Rollins, a Boone County, Missouri, lawyer, politician, businessman, and curator of University of Missouri include correspondence with family, business and political associates, and George Caleb Bingham and other friends. The papers cover state, national, and Whig party politics from 1830 through the 1880s, the Civil War in Missouri, internal improvements and the North Missouri Railroad, and education at University of Missouri.
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Rountree Family Papers, circa 1819-1956 (R0325)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Rountree Family Papers contain photocopies of extracts from the diary of Joseph Rountree, 1819-1831, and the autobiography of William J. Rountree, circa 1910. There are also notes on the Rountree family by Frank Rountree, 1911-1912, Ruth Fowler Sherwood, 1947, and Joseph G. Rountree, 1956, with obituaries and birth-death records of family members.
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Dora Pelagie Rozier Sheet Music Collection, 1828-1890 (R0237)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Dora Pelagie Rozier Sheet Music Collection contains microfilm copies of sheet music for piano and Spanish guitar college by Dora Pelagie Rozier and Emily Pelagie Janis Rozier of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Included are four musical periodicals and a handwritten transcription by Marie Zoe Vallé Rozier.
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Fleta Ryder Papers, 1789-1988 (SP0145)
1.3 cubic feet (66 folders)
The Fleta Ryder Papers contain genealogical research created and compiled by Fleta Isabella Harrell Ryder, including surname files, correspondence, family histories and charts, and manuscripts. The materials date from 1789 to 1988 and include the Ryder, Cadle, Caldwell, Caudill, Harrell, Holland, Merrill, Lea, Mauldin, and Trammell families of the Missouri Ozarks.
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Sainte Genevieve Academy Records, 1808-2001 (R1394)
0.3 cubic foot (14 folders)
The Sainte Genevieve Academy Records consist of photocopied documents pertaining to the founding of and preservation of the Academy, also known as the Old Louisiana Academy in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. These records include a history of the school, construction records, land records, and records kept by the Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve during the preservation of the school.
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Mercatile Records, 1819-1825 (R0212)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Beaver Creek United Baptist Church Records contain microfilm copies of minutes of meetings and membership records of the Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Phelps County, Missouri. The church was founded in 1866 as Willow Spring Baptist Church, and
was relocated and renamed in 1874.
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Mineral Records, 1828-1867 (R0340)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Mineral Records contains a volume with accounts for lead, copper, and “copper stone” shipped at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1828-1848, mostly by the firm of Menard & Valle, and a letter of 1867 from H. Janis of Ste. Genevieve to John Hall of Madison County, Missouri, concerning land on the St. Francis River.
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Tan Yard Records, 1823-1829 (R0335)
0.2 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Tan Yard Records contain a ledger and daybook, combined into one volume, of a tannery located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Accounts note hides and skins exchanged for leather and general merchandise credits. Also included are a poem and an inventory of the personal estate of James Buckely.
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1827-1913 (R0004)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Municipal Records contain the meeting minutes of the boards of trustees and alderman of the city of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The meetings include discussion and resolutions on various items of city business, including payments for services rendered, the hiring and firing of city officials, public works, and proposed ordinances.
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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1827-1934 (C1374)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1827, 1829-1839, 1841-1860, 1866-1877, 1880, 1881, 1884-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1899, and 1928-1934.
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Salem Association of Baptists Record Book, 1827-1888 (C1321)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Constitutions, rules of decorum, names of delegates and the churches they represent, membership material, circular letters and corresponding letters, and minutes of meetings.
Frances Asbury Sampson Collection, 1796-1958 (C3813)
12.9 cubic feet (455 folders)
Collection compiled by Francis Asbury Sampson. Includes Democratic and Republican party campaign literature for national and Missouri elections, 1838-1958; speeches and pamphlets concerning national and state political issues; materials concerning the history of Boone, Schuyler, Pettis and Ste. Genevieve counties and Sedalia; papers of Garland C. Broadhead and William Switzler; and speeches, notes, bibliographies and personal papers of F.A. Sampson.
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John Sappington Papers, 1803-1887 (C1027)
1.8 cubic feet (96 folders, 12 volumes)
The papers of John Sappington consist of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, largely concentrating on Sappington’s anti-fever medicine business. The collection also includes correspondence and papers of William B. Sappington, Erasmus D. Sappington, and Claiborne Fox Jackson.
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Samuel Sawyer Letter, 1822 (C1497)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Oliver Parker, Lexington, MO, from New York, NY, Jan. 20, 1822, regarding collection and payment of accounts.
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John Freeman Schermerhorn Papers, 1809-1909 (C0160)
0.4 cubic feet
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Art A. Schweighauser Collection, 1713-1945 (C3762)
0.35 cubic feet (9 folders, 1 volume)
The collection contains items from the Bezold family of Montgomery and Gasconade Counties in Missouri. There are many school-related items from 1879-1917. Also included are sermons in German by Reverend Niedhammer and a family history of John Jacob Meunzenmayer, who lived in Franklin County.