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William B. Williams Records, 1837-1888 (R0113)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The William B. Williams Records contains a microfilm copy of daybooks and a ledger with records for a physician in Farmington, Saint Francois County, Missouri.
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Williams-Shaw Family Papers, 1796-1904 (C0189)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Papers of a Virginia family who moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee, in the 1830s and to Cass County, Missouri, in the 1860s. Includes tax receipts, legal documents regarding land purchases, accounts, and plans and lists of materials for building a barn, 1867.
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Willis Family Papers, 1843-1908 (C0419)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Correspondence between A.F. Willis on a trip to the West and his wife in Fayette, MO. He spent several years in California, working in the gold fields and other jobs. Also letters from A.J.'s brother, W.F. Willis, from Alabama and miscellaneous letters and papers.
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Samuel S. Wilson Letters, 1849-1852 (C2692)
1 volume
The collection contains six letters written from a steamboat on the Missouri River, a camp on Blue River, and Sacramento, California, to family describing overland travel, gold mining, and camp life. Also included are resolutions by friends to the memory of Wilson, who died enroute home, and a copy of "The California News," 14 February 1852, with letter from George B. [ ].
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Winfrey Family Papers, 1847-1871 (C4628)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
The Winfrey Family Papers include transcriptions and original letters of the Winfrey family from Carroll County, Missouri, to Caroline Kirkpatrick of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1857-1871. Additional records include genealogical research by Melvin Kirkpatrick on the Winfrey family, compiled largely in the 1990s and early 2000s, and miscellaneous correspondence to the Kirkpatrick family, 1847-1870.
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Wingrath-Reistorff Family Record Book, 1754-1855 (C1800)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photocopy of a receipt book used by Jacobus Reistorff and Christian Wingrath, German immigrants to Loose Creek, Missouri. Interspersed throughout the book are letters. Included is a partial transcription. Part of the German Heritage Archives.
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Winston Family Papers, 1805-1886 (C0190)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Letters to and from various members of a North Carolina family concerning settlement of estate, governmental positions, sums of money, and family information. Bill of sale for two slaves. Letter from Francis Marion Cockrell to John H. Winston, Clay County, MO, concerning possibilities of renomination for the U.S. Senate.
Winterbower-Wooldridge Family Papers, 1836-1926 (C3046)
2 rolls of microfilm
Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and miscellaneous items of the Winterbowers and Wooldridges, prominent Cooper County, Missouri, families.
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Wisconsin Company of Gold Seekers Roster, 1849 (C3512)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of 26 men who left St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 19, 1849, to seek gold in California.
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Wolkow and Benjamin Family Papers, 1831-1978 (K1241)
3 c.f.
Genealogical charts of the David Hersh Wolkow and David Benjamavich [Benjamin] families.
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Women of the Mansion Photograph Collection, 1834-1933 (P0536)
0.5 linear feet
Photos of Missouri first ladies, female relatives of the governer, and the governer's mansion. Many images used in their book Women of the Mansion, Missouri, 1821-1936
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Wood Family Papers, 1702-1978 (C4208)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
Correspondence, genealogical material, transcriptions of wills and deeds, notes, and clippings related to the Wood, Warren, Gibbs, Church, Peabody, and other connected families. The Wood family appears to have originated from York, England, then settled in Maine, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Bristol County, Massachusetts. The majority of the material focuses on the 1700s.
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Woods-Holman Family Papers, 1805-1906 (C0191)
0.25 cubic feet
Letters, documents, notebooks, accounts, and receipts of two southeast Missouri families. Papers concern family news, business, farming, livestock, religion, teaching, Native Americans, fur trade, economics, politics, Gold Rush and Civil War and descriptions of California, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas.
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Woods-Spilman Family Papers, 1845-1980 (C4064)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
This collection includes genealogical information, legal records, letters, photographs, and miscellaneous materials of the Woods and Spilman families of Lawrence County, Missouri. It also includes published histories of the Spilman family, Lawrence County, and Pierce City, Missouri.
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Woodson, Chrisman and Comingo Records, 1817-1889 (K1244)
0.4 c.f.
A law firm in Independence, MO. Estate documents, including appraisements, receipts, and other documentation of settlement, concerning notable families in the Independence, Lone Jack, Pleasant Hill, and Kansas City, Missouri areas. Includes Campbell, Cave, Chiles, Chrisman, Noland, Easley and others.
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Albert George Woodward Papers, 1849, 1925 (K0836)
0.04 c.f. (3 folders)
Notebook (1849) for an induction ceremony for Weston [MO] Royal Arch Chapter of Masons; Christmas cards, and National Indian War Veteran membership dues receipt.
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John Bristow Wornall Papers, 1827-1889 (K0474)
0.02 c.f.
Documents relating to the Big Blue (later Westport) Baptist Church for which Wornall served as treasurer and moderator; the Will and estate papers of James W. Manion (1804-1856) for whom Wornall was executor.
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Wright Family Collection, 1822-1991 (CA6506)
0.4 cubic feet, 423 MB of digital files, 3 oversize items
Family papers, photographs, and illustrated biographical sketches concerning members of the Wright and related families of Boone County, Missouri, including J. Kelly Wright II, Rebecca Wright Crighton, and Paul Morris Wright.
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Wright Family Record Book, 1834-1854 (C1807)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record book of the Wright family, including stud records, coal sales, and the register for a Columbia, Missouri tavern operated by Peter Wright.
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John Wyatt Letters, 1844-1846 (C0324)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters written by John Wyatt to his daughter Mary Wyatt Gentry, describing the Missouri River flood in Warren County, disease in Marthasville, and conditions in their church. One letter contains words of a hymn composed by Benjamin Sharp and sent to his granddaughter Mary to sing to the brethren.
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Charles S. Yancey Letters, 1839-1865 (C0192)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
Letters of a circuit court judge from Greene County, Missouri, largely written to his wife in Springfield. Tell of the court; discusses Benton; Clay Compromise; and the slavery question. Other family letters. Originals in possession of donor.
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Yeagle Family Papers, 1732-1984 (C4129)
5 cubic feet
The papers of a Saline County, Missouri, family consist of account books, receipts, wills, deeds, diaries, assorted genealogical material, personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, school material, and miscellaneous material.
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Young Family Papers, 1793-1958 (C3123)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Brief history of the Young, Croft and Scouller families. Two letters of millwright Andrew Young, Rockbridge County, VA, to John Scouller, 1793-1794. Miscellaneous letters containing family genealogy. Scrapbook containing news clippings and genealogical notes on the Croft family.
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T.H. Yount Photograph Collection, 1840, 1920, no date (P1068)
Slides depicting historic structures in Sedalia and Sedalia history.
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Ziegler and Company Records, 1843-1853 (R0185)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Ziegler and Company Records contains a microfilm copy of an account book of a freight transfer and storage firm in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri.
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John Ziegler Papers, 1847 (R1055)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This is a letter dated October 21, 1847 from John Ziegler (for S. Ziegler) at Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, to James Harrison at Iron Mountain in St. Francois County, Missouri. It concerns shipments of iron ore and "pigs" from Iron Mountain to steamboats on the Mississippi river at Sainte Genevieve.
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Lewis Ziegler Records, 1839-1841 (R0211)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Lewis Ziegler Records contain a microfilm copy of a daybook from a tavern operated by Lewis Ziegler, or, possibly, Sebastian Ziegler, at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Entries begin on April 21, 1839 and continue through July 13, 1841.
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Zion Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1841-1953 (C4537)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)
Record books of the church, including minutes of meetings and membership records, 1841-1953. Also index of surnames, volumes I-III.