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Lewis F. Linn Letter, 1841 (C1583)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To James K. Paulding, from Washington, Feb. 6, 1841.
Linn sent Paulding, secretary of the Navy, a petition from prominent Missourians requesting the appointment of Robert C. Minor as midshipman.
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Adolph Gustav Lipp Papers, 1839-1944, 1958 (S0046)
0.05 cubic foot, 32 folders, 13 photographs
The Adolph Gustav Lipp Papers contain marriage certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, and theater programs documenting the life of Adolph Lipp, who immigrated from Germany to St. Louis, Missouri, between the late 1880s and 1890s.
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Lippstadt Evangelical Church (Warren County, Mo.) Records, 1849-1933 (C3643)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)
The marriage, baptismal, confirmation and funeral records of a German evangelical church located near Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri. Volume three also contains the rules of the congregation and list of its members. The records are written almost entirely in German script.
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John W. Lister Papers, 1818-1911 (S0830)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders
The papers of John W. Lister contain photocopies of his memoirs as a Captain in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Lister served in the Mississippi River Brigade as a carpenter and recounted his experiences in the Siege of Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign.
Little Piney Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records, 1834-1876 (R1353)
(1 volume)
This record book contains 123 pages of minutes recorded at the annual meeting held by the Little Piney Regular Predestinarian Baptist Association, located in Pulaski County, September 1834-August 1876.
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Little Piney Baptist Association Records, 1837-1935 (R0283)
0.5 cubic foot (90 folders)
The Little Piney Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records contain minutes of annual meetings of the Little Piney Association, which was composed of churches in Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, and Texas counties in Missouri. At various times, the organization was titled a “United” and “Primitive” Baptist association.
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Little Zion Primitive Baptist Church (Macon County, Mo.) Records, 1836-1974 (C3640)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Record books containing lists of members of the church, the constitution, and the abstract of principles. A synopsis of each meeting of the congregation is also included.
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Logan Family Papers, 1836-1866 (C0363)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
Family letters concerning business, family matters, and health. Letter, 1836, from Philadelphia about purchases and shipment of goods. Letters also written from Kentucky, Missouri, and California. Diary of Martha Logan describes the route taken to California in 1864.
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Logan Wood Genealogical Records, 1700-1980 (K0181)
0.2 c.f.
Genealogical notes, letters, transcribed copies of historical documents and other materials relating to family lines of interest to Dr. Logan Wood, a physician in Bolckow, Andrew County, Missouri.
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Fannie Blair Long Papers, 1834-1944 (C2222)
0.5 cubic feet (25 folders)
Miscellaneous correspondence, legal papers, photographs, genealogy, mementos, accounts, books, and diary of Fannie Blair Long and family. Includes settlement of Isaac Long estate, Keswick, VA.
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James A. Long Papers, 1819-1848 (C3241)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of James A. Long contain letters from Long to his family in Manchester, St. Louis County, MO, while in the University in Columbia, describing everyday student life, professors, preachers, the Whig party in Columbia, James S. Rollins' gubernatorial campaign, and family news.
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Meron G. Mayhew Lonsdale Papers, 1847-1927 (C0130)
0.2 cubic feet
Family letters; bills; Boone County tax receipts for the Civil War period; Missouri University commencement programs, 1880-1881; Christian College catalogue; and newspaper clippings pertaining to family.
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Looney's Creek Baptist Church Record Book, 1836-1894 (C3024)
1 roll of microfilm
Record book of Looney's Creek Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Shelby County. Contains meeting minutes and lists of members.
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James A. Love Papers, 1836-1913 (C0131)
0.4 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
Personal papers and business records of an educator in Callaway County, MO. Includes a journal, clippings, and miscellaneous items. Volumes include personal and tuition accounts, student registers, and records of Tippecanoe Club and the lyceum.
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Larry Lowic St. Louis Architecture Collection, 1803-1995 (S0565)
14 cubic feet, 161 folders
This collection contains secondary source material and notes Lowic accumulated for his book "The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, 1803-1891." Subjects of interest include St. Louis neighborhoods, buildings, churches, and the cultural influences of the French and Germans on the city's built environment.
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William O. Lowman Papers, 1841-1898 (C3136)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Correspondence regarding sale of Harris Mineral Springs and advertising the Erie Medical Company.
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Lykins Family Papers, 1841-1950 (K0294)
0.16 c.f.
Scrapbooks and other items, chiefly clippings, documenting Mrs. Lykins' promotion of the establishment of the Home for Widows and Orphans of Confederate Soldiers: an account book kept for the Potawatomi Baptist School and Mission, which Lykins, missionary, businessman, mayor of Kansas City, MO, took over from his first father-in-law, Isaac McCoy; an account book by Lykins and Brent; and clippings of material written by Mrs. Lykins, Lykins, and others.
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Abel Lyman Letter, 1843 (C1859)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to L.S. Goodno, Braintree, VT, from Rocheport, MO, Nov. 12, 1843, describing Lyman's activities in Missouri and discussing the slavery question.
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Lynch Family Papers, 1765-1929 (C4117)
0.1 cubic feet
The papers of the Lynch Family of Howard County, Missouri, contain correspondence, photographs, land records and other legal papers, financial documents, genealogical data, and Civil War service papers. The correspondence within this collection is primarily between members of the Lynch family.
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James Lewis Lynch Memoirs, 1838-1923 (C0132)
0.7 cubic feet
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.
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Ransom B. Lynch Journals, 1816-1957 (R1518)
1.5 cubic feet (29 folders)
The Ransom B. Lynch Journals consist of 42 journals written by Dr. Ransom B. Lynch of Texas County, Missouri, from 1875 to 1934. The journals describe Dr. Lynch’s daily activities, finances, medical practice, and weather conditions.
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Macfarlane Family Letters, 1828-1844 (C3127)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Originals and typed copies of letters of the Macfarlane family of Stewarton, Scotland, to George Macfarlane in Callaway County, MO. Letters tell of family and local news, reform movement and changes in Stewarton.
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Machette-Scott Family Papers, 1791-1940 (C4486)
2.8 cubic feet (81 folders)
Correspondence, financial records, postcards, journals, scrapbooks, photographs, genealogical records, and chapters of an unpublished book regarding a middle-class Victorian family from Fulton, Missouri.
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John Machir Papers, 1791-1899 (C2893)
0.6 cubic feet (27 folders)
The papers of John Machir, a businessman and landowner who lived in St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri, consist of the legal papers of his father, Henry Machir, business correspondence, bills of sale for enslaved people, deeds, tax bills, surveys, personal correspondence, and account books.
Macke Store Records, 1835-1972 (C0043)
26 rolls of microfilm (2,192 folders, 24 volumes on microfilm)
The business records of a Gordonville, Missouri, dry goods store, which grew into a general merchandise and farm service operation, follow this family-owned business from Vicksburg, Mississippi, through its move to Cape Girardeau County in 1840 and trace its development there into the 1970s.
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Madison County, Missouri, Justice of the Peace Records, 1841-1845 (C1157)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of Justice of the Peace Caleb Cox.
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Madison County, Missouri, Stray Book, 1826-1856 (C1158)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Includes description and appraised value of stray cattle and horses and names of those claiming the animals.
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Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Papers, 1798-1981 (S0452)
25 cubic fet, 1321 folders, 268 photographs, 39 glass slides, 17 volumes
Edward Mallinckrodt was an Industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist in St. Louis. He Served as Mallinckrodt Chemical Works director (1901-1965), vice-president (1918-1928), and board chairman (1928-1965). The collection Documents family and business history, Mallinckrodt’s contributions to medicine, conservation, and education. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, biographies, speeches, notes, scrapbooks, publications, blueprints, patents, and photographs.
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Clair V. Mann Collection, 1821-1973 (C3556)
5.25 cubic feet (560 folders, 23 volumes)
Papers pertaining to the Meramec Iron Works, James family, Frisco Railroad, School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, engineering education, testing of students, and other subjects of interest to Mann as an historian and engineer.
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Mariska Pugsley Marker Papers, 1813-2008 (K0500)
8 c.f.
Family papers of descendants of John Campbell of Kansas City, in particular the Frederic and Charlotte Pugsley family and their daughter Mariska.
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Meredith Miles Marmaduke Papers, 1823-1886 (C1021)
0.6 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm
Correspondence and miscellaneous personal and business papers of a Saline County, Missouri, farmer, businessman, lieutenant governor, and governor of Missouri.
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Meredith Miles Marmaduke Papers, 1844 (C1772)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Meredith Miles Marmaduke contain photostats of petitions to the governor requesting pardons of prisoners currently in the penitentiary. One item is from the Office of Inspectors of the Penitentiary and recommends a number of pardons.
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Falkland H. Martin Letter, 1846 (C1738)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to the General Assembly of Missouri from the City of Jefferson, MO, Nov. 19, 1846. Martin's letter was accompanied an abstract of votes on the 1846 constitution ratification, a list of the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, and the U.S. representatives from Missouri. The constitution was rejected.
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Falkland H. Martin Letter, 1845 (C2423)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To John F. Doherty, Esq., DeKalb County, MO, from Jefferson City, MO, June 13, 1845.
Request from secretary of state that Doherty, newly appointed clerk of the DeKalb County court, forward his required bond.
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Mason Family Papers, 1820-1982 (CA6555)
5.4 cubic feet, 5 oversize items
The papers of the Harry Proctor Mason family of Fayette, Missouri, largely contain correspondence written during the early to mid-twentieth century. Also includes genealogical materials, photographs, postcards, and miscellaneous material.
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Masonic College of Missouri (Lexington, Mo.) Consecration Program, 1845 (C2860)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Order of exercises on 24 June 1845, for consecration of the Masonic College of Missouri in Lexington.
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Thomas C. Maupin Handbill, 1842 (C2849)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Handbill to the voters of Boone County from Thomas C. Maupin refuting charges of immorality made against him during the election for sheriff of Boone County, MO. OVERSIZE.
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Abraham McClellan Receipts, 1840-1841 (C1536)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Receipts to John Rea, Joseph H. Reynolds, Leonard H. Rennick, John M. Clark, and Marturin Latimer for land purchases and payment of property taxes, from Abraham McClellan, Missouri state treasurer.
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Abraham McClellan and Hiram H. Baber Letter, 1840 (C1651)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a form letter to Clay County Court Clerk, Liberty, MO, from the state treasurer and auditor of public accounts, Jefferson City, MO, Dec. 15, 1840, notifying the county court clerk that the General Assembly appropriated $1620 for Clay County from the road and canal fund.
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McCormack Family Papers, 1777-1873 (C2338)
0.21 cubic feet (10 folders)
Letters from John Burgoyne to Horatio Gates about treatment of wounded and noncombatants during the Revolutionary War, 1777. Correspondence about immigration to Texas from Missouri, 1842-1844; economic conditions; politics; J. Cox estate in Jefferson County, MO; business accounts, 1841-1852; weather and farm labor journal; marriage and death records; and diary of James McCormack.
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John Steele McCormick Collection, 1809-2004 (R0877)
5 cubic feet (112 folders, 15 volumes)
These are the personal papers, correspondence, research, and writings of genealogist and local historian John Steele McCormick, a descendant of Cyrus Russell and Rebecca Pease Russell of Iron County, Missouri. Primary topics are Crawford County, the Forest Hill neighborhood, the Russell and McCormick families, and the Goodman Wonder Show.
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Mamie J. McCormick Papers, 1818-1952 (C2094)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Genealogical material gathered by McCormick concerning the McCormick and other related families who settled in Pettis County, MO. Includes photocopy of pension application of Revolutionary War veteran George McCormick; will of George McCormick; deposition of Massina Moreau McCormick, an early Missouri settler; and lists of those buried in family cemeteries in Pettis County and from family Bibles.
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Eleanor (Ellen) Waddle McCoy Papers, 1838-1863 (K0226)
0.01 c.f.
Letters to Ellen McCoy, wife of William McCoy (1813-1900), first mayor of Independence, MO. They were written from Independence from Washington, D.C. detailing the writters experiences and observations.
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Joseph McCoy Papers, 1815-1908 (C2144)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Eight land deeds (3 to land in St. Louis, 1815-1820; 5 to land in Clark County, 1856-1866). Power of attorney and land purchase receipt, 1844. Daybook of McCoy's business transactions in Waterloo, MO, 1841-1842.
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McCraw-Turner Family Papers, 1837-1919 (C0145)
0.1 cubic feet
Letters, deeds, land surveys, tax receipts, and several miscellaneous items of the McCraw and Turner families of Tennessee and Greene County, MO.
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McDaniel Family Papers Papers, 1812-1940 (K0626)
0.75 c.f.
Papers and genealogy relating to the family of McDaniel, Civil War soldier, farmer, insurance agent, and minister.
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McDaniel Family Diaries, 1836-1843 (C2628)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reuben E. McDaniel diary of a trip from Virginia to St. Louis, MO, 1836. Delia Richerson McDaniel diary of a trip from Caroline County, VA, to Boonville, MO, 1841. Also her diary of a trip from Boonville to Virginia in 1843.
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McDonald and Cole (St. Charles, Mo.) Papers, 1849-1850 (C0374)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Bills of sale, accounts, and correspondence of flour milling company.
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McGee Family Papers, 1838-2000 (C4271)
3 cubic feet (60 folders), 6 oversize items, 15 film reels, 1 video cassette
Genealogical material in the form of correspondence, notes, photographs, slides, obituaries, histories, marriages, and funerals of the McGee and other related family members. Also includes Civil War muster rolls.