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Holy Cross Lutheran Church Records, 1842-1875 (R1454)
0.2 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Holy Cross Lutheran Church Records contain photocopies of birth, baptism, and death records copied from the church records of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Benton County. The records include birth, baptism, confirmation, and death records compiled by Irene Cordes Reinhard.
Howard County, Missouri, Freed Negroes Register, 1836-1861 (C1123)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains a list of Negroes set free during the period 26 January 1836-1 April 1861 in Howard County, Missouri.
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Jacob Howard Diploma, 1848 (C0499)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diploma issued to Howard by the University of Missouri.
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Elijah Preston Howell Diary, 1849 (C1675)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 roll of microfilm)
The collection contains a diary, May 6-September 24, 1849, of a journey across the plains from Athens, Gentry County, MO, to the Sacramento Valley during the California gold rush. Topics include members of company, description of wagon trains, countryside, wild game, vegetation, provisions, Native Americans, cholera, travel guides, landmarks, defense, wagon train problems and Mormons.
Spencer M. Hubbard Papers, 1849-1902 (R0676)
0.25 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Spencer M. Hubbard Papers contain the personal and business papers of Spencer M. Hubbard, physician and county clerk of Texas County, Mo. Also include is the medical account book of Spencer's father, Dr. John H. Hubbard, 1849-1852, and minutes of the Texas County Medical Association, 1888.
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Hubble Family Papers, 1833-1937 (C0121)
0.35 cubic feet
Letters and documents collected by Janie Hubble while compiling the family history. Family names include Morehead, Jones, Turner, Massey, and Hubble.
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Huber Family Papers, 1839-1977 (C4607)
0.4 cubic feet (13 folders)
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.
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Hughes Family Papers, 1812-1993 (C4421)
1.6 cubic feet (35 Folders)
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.
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Hughes Family Papers, 1824-1896 (C4049)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)
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.
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John Calvin Hughes Papers, 1827-1863 (R0309)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
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.
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Rachel Wall Hughes Papers, 1823-1893 (C0331)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
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.
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Hughes-Savage Family Papers, 1842-1963; 2022 (C4567)
0.4 cubic feet (13 folders, 1 oversized item)
Photograph albums, family Bible pages, receipts, account books, and miscellaneous papers of a family from Warsaw, Missouri. Includes material on the related Graham and Reeder families.
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Hunt Family Papers, 1847-1920 (C3956)
0.4 cubic feet (12 folders)
The papers of Sanford Conley Hunt and his wife, Margaret Josephine Bright Hunt, include correspondence, genealogy, military records, Civil War histories, organizational memberships, probate documents, wills, land patents, and deeds.
Abraham Hunter Papers, 1804-1865 (C1849)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Abraham Hunter contain miscellaneous appointments and commissions.
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David and Nancy Hunter Papers, 1832-1842 (C1962)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two deeds of sale of enslaved people to David Hunter, 1832. Will deeding enslaved people to Nancy Hunter from her mother, Elizabeth Phillips, 1842.
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Stephen B. Hunter Papers, 1805-1848 (C3159)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous deeds, accounts, letters, and notes of Abraham Bird, Abraham Hunter, and others, largely concerning transfers of real estate in Cape Girardeau County.
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Hutchinson-Salisbury Family Papers, 1843-1867 (C3779)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers of Harriet Newell Hutchinson and Lucius Salisbury, founder of Salisbury, Missouri, contain correspondence, typescripts, and miscellaneous items. Many of the letters center around Hutchinson’s and Salisbury’s courtship.
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Hutchison Family Papers, 1831-1890 (C3713)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
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.
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Harry M. Hyatt Papers, 1792-1956 (C4301)
3.8 cubic feet (105 folders)
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.
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Imboden-Dunklin Family Letters, 1833-1854 (C0948)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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Independence, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1827-1957 (P1115)
An artificial collection of photographs of Independence, Missouri.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Savannah Lodge # 14, Records, 1846-1965 (K0170)
1 MR
A Degree Book and an Historical Register for the lodge in Savannah, Andrew County, MO.
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Mildred Isely Collection, 1825-1871 (C2923)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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Andrew Jackson Letter, 1845 (C0670)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To [William Breckenridge], from The Hermitage, [Jan.] 28, 1845.
Discusses politics and the Polk administration.
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David A. James Papers, 1790-2008 (C4126)
5 cubic feet
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.
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- Adair
- Andrew
- Atchison
- Audrain
- Barry
- Barton
- Bates
- Benton
- Bollinger
- Boone
- Buchanan
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Callaway
- Camden
- Cape Girardeau
- Carroll
- Carter
- Cass
- Cedar
- Chariton
- Christian
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Cole
- Cooper
- Crawford
- Dade
- Dallas
- Daviess
- DeKalb
- Dent
- Douglas
- Dunklin
- Franklin
- Gasconade
- Gentry
- Greene
- Grundy
- Harrison
- Henry
- Hickory
- Holt
- Howard
- Howell
- Iron
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Knox
- Laclede
- Lafayette
- Lawrence
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Livingston
- Macon
- Madison
- Maries
- Marion
- McDonald
- Mercer
- Miller
- Mississippi
- Moniteau
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- New Madrid
- Newton
- Nodaway
- Oregon
- Osage
- Ozark
- Pemiscot
- Perry
- Pettis
- Phelps
- Pike
- Platte
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Ralls
- Randolph
- Ray
- Reynolds
- Ripley
- Saline
- Schuyler
- Scotland
- Scott
- Shannon
- Shelby
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Francois
- Saint Louis
- Sainte Genevieve
- Stoddard
- Stone
- Sullivan
- Taney
- Texas
- Vernon
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Worth
- Wright
Lucy Wortham James Collection, 1801-1895 (C0001)
23 cubic feet (3,032 folders), 234 oversize volumes (volumes also available on 59 rolls of microfilm)
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.
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Henry Janis Daybook, 1836-1840 (C3017)
1 roll of microfilm
Daybook from Henry Janis's general store in Fredericktown, MO.
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Jasper County, Missouri Records, 1842-1890 (R0515)
0.5 cubic foot (8 volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)
These are docket books, marriage records, and stray books, mostly for Marion Township, the collector's forfeiture list, and the clerk's letterpress book for Jasper County, Missouri. The collection is also available on microfilm.
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Brooker S. Jefferson et al. Contract, 1849 (C1808)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains photostats of a contract between Jefferson and three colleagues to make a party to go to California and search for gold. It outlines specific responsibilities to one another.
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Jennings Historical Society Collection, 1843-1981 (S0081)
0.15 cubic foot
The Jennings Historical Society Collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings, a deed of property, photographs, and the contents of a scrapbook collected by Jennings Historical Society regarding the history of Jennings, Missouri, a north St. Louis County suburb.
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Thomas Jefferson Jennings Diary, 1843-1922 (K0285)
0.1 c.f.
Photocopied typed transcript of Jennings diary, a farmer near Greenwood, Cass County, MO. Brief monthly and daily entries mostly about farm operations: crops, livestock, going to market, weather, hunting, etc. Also his life: attending church, traveling, and family news. Occasionally on larger events, i.e. presidential elections, San Francisco earthquake, and World War I.
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Niel Melvin Johnson Papers, 1830-2007 (K0963)
4.2 c.f.
Research, oral histories, and manuscript materials collected and created by Johnson, archivist and historian, on Swedish-Americans in Kansas City.
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Waldo Porter Johnson Letters, 1839-1872 (C3185)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
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.
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Jones Family Papers, 1839-1923 (C2523)
0.21 cubic feet (10 folders)
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.
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Alfred B. Jones Collection, 1825-1860 (C1921)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous receipts and papers, including notice to Thomas Linville from George Sniders, 1851, forbidding Linville "from getting water from my spring."
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Carlton Jones Papers, 1820-1850 (C0348)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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P.S. and Luther Jones Letter, 1836 (C0536)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To James Jones Family, High Hill, MO, from Moons Bluff, MS, Mar. 24, 1836. Discuss living conditions, weather, and local gossip.
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William F. Jones Papers, 1819-1928 (C0831)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
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)
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.
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Joy Family Letters, 1849-1884, bulk 1864-1865 (C4601)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Correspondence between and pertaining to Lewis D. Joy and Augusta D. [Kent] Joy, 1840s-1880s. Also includes genealogical notes on the family.
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Justice of the Peace, Henry County, Missouri Records, 1849-1858 (R0229)
1 volume microfilmed
The Justice of the Peace, Henry County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of records of cases heard by William B. Means, justice of the peace at Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.
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Kane County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1838-1926 (C2360)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
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.
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Kansas City Assessors Office Records, 1833-1908 (K0373)
1.2 c.f.
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
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"Kansas City's Memorable Dates and Events, 1803-1920," George Fuller Green, 1803-1920 (C2905)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief descriptions of significant dates in the history of Kansas City, 1803-1920.
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Kansas Town Company Records, 1839-1957 (K0352)
0.27 c.f.
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.
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Mary Paxton Keeley Papers, 1830-1986 (C0848)
13.8 cubic feet (622 folders), 1 audio tape, 4 audio cassettes, 2 oversize items
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.
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Kelley Family Collection, 1815-1996, bulk 1946-1996 (R1348)
2.25 cubic feet (70 folders)
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
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.
Diane Kerckhoff Papers, 1842-2023 (S0499)
4.2 cubic feet
The Diane Kerckhoff papers contain correspondence, newsletters, photographs, police reports, and training manuals documenting Kerckhoff’s involvement in crime prevention in Missouri, including her work with the St. Louis Crusade Against Crime, the St. Louis County Justice Commission, the Missouri Crime Prevention Association, and the Attorney General’s Crime Commission. Also included in the collection are policy and procedures manuals Kerckhoff co-wrote for small police departments as co-founder of Policy Inc.