1830s

Hubble Family Papers, 1833-1937 (C0121)
0.35 cubic feet

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Letters and documents collected by Janie Hubble while compiling the family history. Family names include Morehead, Jones, Turner, Massey, and Hubble.

Huber Family Papers, 1839-1977 (C4607)
0.4 cubic feet (13 folders)

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Deeds, receipts, correspondence, news clippings, and genealogical material of the Huber family of Howard County, Missouri, and the related Salzer and Sigmund families, 1830s-1970s.

Hughes Family Papers, 1812-1993 (C4421)
1.6 cubic feet (35 Folders)

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Papers of the Hughes and Latimer families from Keytesville, Chariton County, from 1812 to 1993, including early twentieth-century Democratic Party materials and a myriad of correspondence.

Hughes Family Papers, 1824-1896 (C4049)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of the Hughes family primarily consist of correspondence, along with a few miscellaneous items. Includes letters received by Daniel Hughes of Clay County, Missouri from relatives and friends in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1824-1859, and letters sent to him and his sons, 1870-1896.

John Calvin Hughes Papers, 1827-1863 (R0309)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The John Calvin Hughes Papers contain typescripts of the Civil War letters of John C. Hughes, a native of Washington County, Missouri, and member of Company I, 33rd Missouri Infantry. He wrote to his wife from camps at St. Louis, Rolla, Salem, Houston, and Hartville, Missouri; Columbus, Kentucky; and Helena, Arkansas.

Rachel Wall Hughes Papers, 1823-1893 (C0331)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The papers contain photostatic copies of letters and a court order appointing Elizabeth Gross administratrix of an estate in 1823. The letters are from Virginia, Ohio, California, and Missouri. They comment on politics, religion, home life, and lead mining in California.

Abraham Hunter Papers, 1804-1865 (C1849)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Abraham Hunter contain miscellaneous appointments and commissions.

Andrew Hunter Letter, 1831 (C1760)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Matthew Pilson, Augusta, VA, from Point Pleasant, MO, June 22, 1831. Writes his nephew about colts and horses; asks Pilson to sell some land in Virginia for him; mentions the prospects of a good corn crop that year; and refers to Janie Thompson's school near Caledonia.

David and Nancy Hunter Papers, 1832-1842 (C1962)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two deeds of sale of enslaved people to David Hunter, 1832. Will deeding enslaved people to Nancy Hunter from her mother, Elizabeth Phillips, 1842.

Stephen B. Hunter Papers, 1805-1848 (C3159)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Miscellaneous deeds, accounts, letters, and notes of Abraham Bird, Abraham Hunter, and others, largely concerning transfers of real estate in Cape Girardeau County.

Hutchison Family Papers, 1831-1890 (C3713)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Personal correspondence of Benjamin F. Hutchison, steamboat captain residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; his wife, Eliza J.; and their son, William B. The letters describe daily life, behavior at school, relatives, and friends, including illnesses and deaths. Also tax records, primarily from St. Louis County, Missouri, and legal documents, including land grants, deeds, and notes.

James Hutson Land Patent, 1835 (C1758)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certified copy of a patent for seminary lands, Cape Girardeau Land District, issued to James Hutson, Scott County, MO. Copy made in 1874.

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.

Imboden-Dunklin Family Letters, 1833-1854 (C0948)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters of the Imboden family in Lake Providence and Locust Grove, LA, to their Dunklin relations in Fredericktown, MO, concerning family matters. Also included is a store account, 1833, in the name of Captain John Dunklin.

Independence, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1827-1957 (P1115)

An artificial collection of photographs of Independence, Missouri.

Mildred Isely Collection, 1825-1871 (C2923)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Patent granted to Samuel O. Masters for an improvement in seed sowers. Scrapbook of clippings, c. 1825; letters, short stories, essays, and poetry, largely concerning women and marriage.

J. M. White and Company Records, 1835 (R0378)
1 folder

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This is a receipt for 3,094 pounds of lead received by J. M. White & Company, commission and
forwarding agents at the "Cliffs of Selma" on the Mississippi River in Jefferson County, Missouri.
The lead was credited to the account of John Parkinson.

J. Pratte and Son Records, 1834-1835 (R0213)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The J. Pratte and Son Records contain a microfilm copy of a daybook of a dry goods store at Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, operated by Joseph Pratte and his son, Peter R. Pratte. The Prattes dealt primarily in clothing and housewares. An index of the customers is available.

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.

Lucy Wortham James Collection, 1801-1895 (C0001)
23 cubic feet (3,032 folders), 234 oversize volumes (volumes also available on 59 rolls of microfilm)

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The records of the Maramec Iron Works in St. James, Missouri, and the papers of the James family, who owned the iron works, includes financial records, correspondence, and account books. The correspondence discusses the hiring of enslaved people, prices, banking and financial conditions, transportation costs and railroads, political conditions, immigration, and the Civil War.

Jameson Family Papers, 1800s-2008 (CA6741)
0.4 cubic feet

The papers of a Fulton, Missouri, family include correspondence, a travel journal, photographs, miscellaneous family papers, and a scrapbook containing obituary clippings. The bulk of the photographs are of Jameson family members and friends from the Fulton area. The correspondence contains letters from Anna Belle Jameson to her mother, Mary E. Jameson.

John Jameson Certification, 1832 (C1572)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a certification by Thomas Reynolds, Speaker of the House, that $105 was due Jameson for attendance as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, November 19-December 21, 1832.

Henry Janis Daybook, 1836-1840 (C3017)
1 roll of microfilm

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Daybook from Henry Janis's general store in Fredericktown, MO.

Iola Allen Jasper Papers, 1827-2020 (S0573)
8.25 cubic feet

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The Iola Jasper Papers contain correspondence, photographs, histories, greeting cards, and a diary related to Jasper's interest in family history. Materials of interest include the correspondence and business papers of her Great-Grandfather, William Sumner Jewett, a Jefferson County entrepreneur who shipped fruit and sand to companies in St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Niel Melvin Johnson Papers, 1830-2007 (K0963)
4.2 c.f.

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Research, oral histories, and manuscript materials collected and created by Johnson, archivist and historian, on Swedish-Americans in Kansas City.

Waldo Porter Johnson Letters, 1839-1872 (C3185)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection contains letters to his family and friends concerning family news; law practice; county court sessions; land speculation; service in the Mexican and Civil wars; national, state and local political campaigns; and financial difficulties during reconstruction.

Jones and Bacon Bill of Lading, 1833 (C2030)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bill for the shipment of a box of books via steamboat CHIAN to E.S. Murray, Richmond, MO.

Jones Family Papers, 1839-1923 (C2523)
0.21 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The papers of the Jones Family contain military papers of Charles A. Adams, a Civil War officer in the Vermont Cavalry Volunteers and father of state representative Charles F. Adams and Carrie Adams Jones. Also included are family land deeds and business transactions.

Alfred B. Jones Collection, 1825-1860 (C1921)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Miscellaneous receipts and papers, including notice to Thomas Linville from George Sniders, 1851, forbidding Linville "from getting water from my spring."

Carlton Jones Papers, 1820-1850 (C0348)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains negative photostats of a diary of a trip from Salt Lake to Ringgold, California, 1850; map of trip; two letters written from gold fields; deed to military bounty land in Missouri; and obituary.

Hezekiah Jones Land Grant, 1835 (C0493)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Grant of 40 acres in Palmyra, Missouri, by order of Andrew Jackson.

John W. Jones Receipt, 1858 (C2922)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipt showing payment of $40 for 320 acres of land at Jackson, MO.

P.S. and Luther Jones Letter, 1836 (C0536)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To James Jones Family, High Hill, MO, from Moons Bluff, MS, Mar. 24, 1836. Discuss living conditions, weather, and local gossip.

William F. Jones Papers, 1819-1928 (C0831)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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Letters written primarily by William F. Jones from his home in Bloomingburg, Ohio, to cousins living in Montgomery County, Missouri.  Jones describes the national political scene, election results, his family, local weather and crops, his Civil War experiences, and the Spanish-American War. The collection also includes the account book (1844-1928) of Wilson P.H. Jones.

Jopling Family Papers, 1818-1995 (C3927)
0.6 cubic feet (20 folders, 1 oversize volume)

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Papers of the Jopling family from Pettis County, MO. The papers consist of personal and business records and correspondence, including genealogical information, financial and legal papers, cattle records, patent records, and medical recipes.

Kane County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1838-1926 (C2360)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Inscriptions from four cemeteries: Garfield Cemetery, Wasco, 1845-1962; Little Wood Cemetery, Dunham Woods, 1838-1962; Thatcher Cemetery, Maple Park, 1842-1962; and Whitney Cemetery, Wasco, 1837-1962.

Kansas City Assessors Office Records, 1833-1908 (K0373)
1.2 c.f.

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Jackson County Court [road]records 1833-1908 includes establishment of roads, vacation of roads, streets, alleys; Assessors Office records 1866-1891 include roads, alleys, streets, roadway and sidewalk tax assessments

"Kansas City's Memorable Dates and Events, 1803-1920," George Fuller Green, 1803-1920 (C2905)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief descriptions of significant dates in the history of Kansas City, 1803-1920.

Kansas Town Company Records, 1839-1957 (K0352)
0.27 c.f.

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Original records of the Town Company which was the origin of Kansas City, MO. Includes minutes and financial accounts of the corporation: lists of lots sold, notes receivable, distribution of proceeds, holdings, and minutes of the proprietors' meetings. Also research on the town site, the Town Company, its Founders, and the Town of Kansas from its origin until 1850.

Archy Kasson Letter, 1831 (C1880)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Isaiah and John Townsend, Albany, NY, from St. Louis, Jan. 17, 1831.

Letter describing his steam saw mill, and giving information about St. Louis and state of Missouri in general.

Mary Paxton Keeley Papers, 1830-1986 (C0848)
13.8 cubic feet (622 folders), 1 audio tape, 4 audio cassettes, 2 oversize items

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Papers of the first woman graduate of the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, in 1910.  She was active as a journalist, teacher, playwright, poet, fiction writer, and photographer.  Material includes correspondence; diaries; manuscripts for Keeley’s articles, fiction, and poetry; clippings; audio cassettes; and photographs.

Kelley Family Collection, 1815-1996, bulk 1946-1996 (R1348)
2.25 cubic feet (70 folders)

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The Kelley Family Collection contains photocopied personal papers of Isaac E. Kelley and James L. Kelley. The collection also includes the genealogical research collection of Patricia Lou Kelley. The research includes information on the Kelley family, but also the connected Barr, Randel, Dyer, Whitson, Bettis, Chilton, Criswell, Huddleston, Payne, Graves, Daniel, and Turley families.

Thomas Henry Kenny Papers, 1816-1997 (C4131)
5 cubic feet

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The papers of a real estate broker, author, artist, treasure hunter, researcher, entrepreneur, and overall Renaissance man include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, publications, photographs, postcards, newspaper articles, and artistic material.

Willard Keyes Journal, 1817-1855 (C2748)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Travel to Wisconsin and Illinois from Newfane, Windham County, VT, 1817-1820; occupations and experiences on frontier; description of Indians, wilderness, logging operations on Mississippi and Black Rivers; travel from Quincy, IL, to New England by stage, boat, and train with itemized account of expenses, 1852.

James Keyte Collection, 1818-1876 (C1011)
0.8 cubic feet (12 folders, 13 volumtes); also available on 2 rolls of microfilm

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Land records, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of James Keyte, a Methodist preacher, merchant, and founder of Brunswick and Keytesville in Chariton County.

John Kiefner Collection, 1819-1912 (C0352)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains photostats of a miscellany of Perry County documents; legal papers concerning real estate; training and apprehension of enslaved persons, taxes, Civil War, loyalty of public officials; politics, 1850, 1896-1912; Missouri military orders during the Civil War.

Joseph C. and Charles A. Killian Papers, 1821-1935 (C0124)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)

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Legal papers and letters of J.C. Killian and his son, Perry County, MO, lawyers. Diary of J.C. Killian describes people of Perryville. Also material on early German immigration.

George King Papers, 1778-1924 (C0125)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of a family from Boone and Callaway Counties, Missouri, contain genealogy, correspondence, legal papers, and a newspaper, The Connecticut Courant, from 1778.

Lilburn A. Kingsbury Collection, 1816-1983 (C3724)
9.2 cubic feet (528 folders), 16 oversize volumes, 6 card files, 4 rolls of microfilm

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The personal papers and collected materials of Lilburn A. Kingsbury of Howard County, Missouri. Kingsbury was an insurance agent, farmer, orchardist, bank clerk, local historian, writer, genealogist, musician, and antique collector.

Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett Photograph Collection, 1838-1984 (P0178)
0.75 linear feet

283 photographs collected by Kay Kirkman in preparation for Joplin: A Pictorial History by Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett (1981).