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Parnell Family Collection, 1835-1981 (SP0090)
1.5 cubic feet (26 folders, 361 photographs, 1 oversize box)
The Parnell Family Collection consists of photographs and personal papers of the Parnell family, as well as related families including the Moore, Thompson, and Wilson families of Taney County, Missouri. The collection also contains early images of Taney and Stone County towns and landscapes.
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Edward Partridge Letter, 1837 (C1622)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Emily and James H. Partridge, Pittsfield, MA, from Far West, MO, Oct. 12, 1837.
Disowned by his family for his Mormon beliefs, he wrote his sister Emily about his ostracism and outlined his faith. Also mentions civil and military officers, crops, wages, prices, need for lawyers, and Indian wars.
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Patton-Scott Family Papers, 1836-1983 (C3710)
1.2 cubic feet
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, genealogy, poetry, prose, and miscellaneous volumes of the Patton and Scott families. Describes agriculture, economic conditions, overland travel, daily life, family activities, and tragedies. Firsthand accounts of the Civil War's influence on civilian life in Missouri, Mississippi, and Indiana.
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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, 1839-1892 (C2584)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of William McClung Paxton contain letters concerning the Paxton and Marshall families, including letters to George Forman of New Orleans, Paxton's brother-in-law, and to Paxton from members of the Marshall family containing genealogical information for his book, THE MARSHALL FAMILY (1885).
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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, 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. James H. Peck's health, medical, remedies, death of James H. Peck, and funeral and estate arrangements.
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James H. Peck Papers, 1834-1841 (C1911)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers pertaining to the settlement of Peck's estate. Bills, inventory of estate, and list of books.
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Edward J. Peers Letter, 1839 (C2957)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Lilburn W. Boggs, Jefferson City, MO, from Troy, MO, Dec. 10, 1839. Letter requesting equipage for a 200-mile march ordered of Peer's brigade by Major General D. Willock.
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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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Perry County, Missouri, Immigration List, 1839 (C1836)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of Lutheran emigrants who left New York and arrived in the village of Wittenburg, Perry County, MO, in 1839.
Original in the possession of the donor.
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Perry County, Missouri, Immigration List, 1839 (C1837)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of Lutheran emigrants who came to Perry County, MO, by way of New Orleans in 1839.
Original in the possession of the donor.
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Perry Family Letters, 1837-1872 (C3323)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of personal letters mentioning deaths, marriages, religious conversions, auctions of enslaved persons, and events of local interest. Letters originate in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, and Missouri.
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John Perry Records, 1839-1840 (R0197)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The John Perry Records contain a microfilm copied daybook of a mercantile operation in Washington County, Missouri, attributed to John Perry, Jr. The trade included dry goods, groceries, hardware, lumber, and blacksmithing services. The Springfield Iron Furnace, Cedar Creek Forge, Samuel T. Dunklin & Company, and Rozier & Desloge were among the customers.
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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
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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Pommer Family Papers, 1831-1874 (C1852)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The Pommer Family papers contain genealogical information, documents in German, a deed for a lot in Hermann, MO, and estate papers. The material pertains primarily to Frederick William Pommer and William Henry Pommer. The latter taught music at the University of Missouri, 1907-1922.
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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.
Eliza G. Post Papers, 1815-1830 (C0540)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Itemized expenses for move to St. Louis, MO, from New York, 1815. Diary, 1826-1830, enumerating visitors and overnight guests while family lived in Bonhomme, St. Louis County, MO. Copies of daguerreotypes of Justus and Eliza G. Post.
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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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Thomas M. Powel Papers, 1833-1886 (C1204)
0.23 cubic feet (7 folders)
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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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William Powell Letters, 1839-1840 (C2035)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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Powers Museum (Carthage, Mo.) Collection, 1836-1916 (C3052)
2 rolls of microfilm
Collected papers of the Powers Museum. Principally Wright family genealogical research done by Curtis Wright of Carthage and Wright family correspondence. Also includes Captain George W. Roby, U.S. Army Commissary of Subsistence documents, 1864-1865; and manumission documents from St. Louis, MO, 1836-1854.
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Presbyterian Church Farmington, Missouri Records, 1832-1982 (R0114)
(3 rolls of microfilm)
The Presbyterian Church of Farmington, Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of minute books, membership rosters, papers of clerks of Session, and miscellaneous business and historical materials of the Presbyterian Church in Farmington, Missouri.
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Presbytery of Missouri Records, 1817-1920 (C1354)
1.4 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
The records of the Presbytery of Missouri contain minutes, reports, and other records of an organization composed of ministers and representative elders of Presbyterian churches in Missouri. Volumes 1-6 have been microfilmed. Volume 7 is available onsite. See also collection 1353.
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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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William P. Preston Papers, 1834-1852 (C2447)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of William P. Preston contain correspondence of a Baltimore, MD, lawyer concerning a kidnapping, business, and family news.
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Prewitt Family Papers, 1836-1907 (C2919)
0.2 cubic feet
Business and personal papers of Moss Prewitt, Robert T. Prewitt, and Sallie Rubey Prewitt. Contains business records, correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous material.
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William Price Account Books, 1837-1855 (C2480)
0.75 cubic feet (3 volumes)
The collection contains business records of Dr. William Price.
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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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Providence Baptist Church (Madison County, Mo.) Record Book, 1813-1898 (C3021)
1 roll of microfilm
Record book of Providence Baptist Church. Contains names of newly received members.
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Providence Baptist Church (Washington County, Mo.) Record Book, 1831-1894 (C3023)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Providence Baptist Church, Washington County, MO. Contains minutes and lists of members.
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Gabriel Prudhomme Estate Abstract, 1831-1858 (K0209)
0.01 c.f.
Land transactions concerning tract of land located in SE 1/4 sec. 32, T. 50N, R. 33W, of 271 93/100 acres fronting on the Missouri River. Its purchase by the Kansas Town Company formed the original site of Kansas City, MO.
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B.G. Pulliam Daybook, 1836-1860 (C4332)
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder)
The daybook of the B.G. Pulliam Dry Goods store in Middletown, Montgomery County, Missouri, contains names of dry goods store customers and an itemized list of goods purchased and prices paid.
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Railroad Stock Certificate Collection, 1835-1915 (R1485)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Railroad Stock and Bond Certificates Collection consists of 70 stock and bond certificates for railroad companies in the United States and Canada.
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John Ralls Papers, 1837-1848 (C2156)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of John Ralls contain typed copies of correspondence between John Ralls and his immediate family: wife, daughter Mary, brothers William and Nathaniel. One letter is written from Santa Fe about the Mexican War. Ralls genealogical data is also included.
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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Randolph County, Missouri, Court Order, 1830 (C2028)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Order appointing David Floyd, John Bunch, and John Clarkson to mark out an alteration to the road from Frays Mill to the Grand Prairie.
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Rankin Family Papers, 1834-1868 (C0393)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters and papers of a Boonville, MO, family concerned with the McFarland estate, Rankin estate, and the firm of William and Smith Rankin.
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Rannells Family Papers, 1836-1914 (S0786)
4.4 cubic feet, 211 folders, 10 oversized items, 1 CD
The Rannells Family Papers contain correspondence, legal materials, account books, and household receipts relating to the real-estate business of Charles Rannells (1814-1877), as well as his son, Edward's, legal career.
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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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Ray County, Missouri, Justice of the Peace Docket, 1836-1851 (C1215)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
Docket includes names of defendants and plaintiffs, nature of complaint, and synopsis of case. Some marriages recorded. Justices were P. Ewell, W. Berry, and W.L. Bransford.
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Peter Goodman Rea Papers, 1838-1899 (C0152)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Letters to a pioneer Presbyterian minister, containing early church history, and autobiography giving account of a trip on horseback to Texas in 1849-1850. Originals are in the possession of the donor.
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Allen Walker Read Papers, 1835-2002 (C4033)
82 cubic feet (2127 folders), 11 oversize items, 2 audio tapes, 6 audio cassettes
The papers of Allen Walker Read contain the personal and professional papers of a prominent etymologist, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, teaching and research materials, writings, and records pertaining to his involvement in linguistic organizations and conferences.
Red Top Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Deed, 1835 (C1333)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Deed to one acre of land, sold to the church by Nathan and Priscilla Roberts.