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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.
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Maximilian Gottlieb Kern Lecture Notes, 1842-1843 (C3129)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Botany lecture notes, in German, taken by Kern at the University of Tubingen in the classes of Hugo Mohl and Dr. Maerklin. Kern was later on the botany faculty of the University of Missouri.
Willard Keyes Journal, 1817-1855 (C2748)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
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
Land records, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of James Keyte, a Methodist preacher, merchant, and founder of Brunswick and Keytesville in Chariton County.
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John Kiefner Collection, 1819-1912 (C0352)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
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.
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Joseph C. and Charles A. Killian Papers, 1821-1935 (C0124)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)
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.
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George King Papers, 1778-1924 (C0125)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of a family from Boone and Callaway Counties, Missouri, contain genealogy, correspondence, legal papers, and a newspaper, The Connecticut Courant, from 1778.
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Lilburn A. Kingsbury Collection, 1816-1983 (C3724)
9.2 cubic feet (528 folders), 16 oversize volumes, 6 card files, 4 rolls of microfilm
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.
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Kirby-Ridgway-Lightholder Family Papers, 1845-1996, 2003 (C4404)
2.4 cubic feet (48 folders, 1 volume, 5 artifacts), 14 oversize items
Correspondence, photographs, wills, military records, leases, contracts, and miscellaneous material of the Kirby, Ridgway, Lightholder, and related families. The papers document the lives of a Quaker family from Shelltown, New Jersey, and the life of Col. Ellwood Kirby, who moved westward to Missouri.
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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).
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Konenszewski Family Papers, 1816-1862 (R0208)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Konenszewski Family Papers contains photocopies of baptismal and educational certificates, medical records, and immigration papers of Johann Konenszewski and his sons, Ladislaus and Edmund. There is also a Civil War letter by Lieutenant Edmund Konenszewski, November 1861, and a diary by Major Ladislaus Konenszewski, February-July 1862. Both men served in the 26th Missouri Infantry in General John Pope’s Army of the Mississippi.
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Christian Kratzer Affidavit, 1842 (C1700)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Kratzer's affidavit swearing to ownership of described land.
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Peter Krohn Papers, 1847-1869 (C4306)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers contain schoolwork consisting of trigonometry and navigation calculations; merchandise accounts; tax receipts; affidavit of Peter Krohn accepting the duties of the post office, and an internal revenue license granted to Peter Krohn of Linn, Missouri, as a retail dealer, 1847-1869.
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George Frederick Kuemmel Geometry Notebook, 1849 (C1136)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Geometry exercises.
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James R. Lackland Papers, 1840-1896 (C2643)
0.21 cubic feet (10 folders)
The papers of James R. Lackland contain miscellaneous correspondence and family papers, and accounts to 1874.
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J. Sam Lail Papers, 1839-1911 (C0700)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reminiscences of Civil War days and historical sketch of the Christian Church at Liberty, Missouri. Lail lived in Shamrock, Callaway County, Missouri.
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Lake Creek United Methodist Church (Pettis County, Mo.) Records, 1844-1976 (C3698)
1 roll of microfilm
The records of the Lake Creek United Methodist Church contain histories, minutes and membership, baptism, marriage, and funeral lists of the Versailles Mission; Florence District; later Lake Creek District; and the Lake Creek Church, Pettis County, of the Methodist Episcopal, later United Methodist, Church, founded in 1843. Volumes 1 and 2 are in German and volume 3 is partially in German.
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Harvey Lamme Papers, 1840-1888 (C0361)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Personal financial records, including state and county tax receipts.
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Jacob Lanius Diaries, 1833-1842 (C1147)
0.4 cubic feet
Diaries of an itinerant pastor for the Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Concerns church locations, members, revivals, meetings, ministers, and living conditions. Includes an edited transcription, with background information, by Theodore H. Wolff.
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Charles Lanman Collection, 1826-1869 (C3725)
0.2 cubic feet (49 folders)
Autobiographical and biographical correspondence and documents relating to Missouri congressmen collected by Charles Lanman for publication in his Dictionary of the United States Congress. Lanman's biographical dictionary was first printed in 1859 and periodically revised through 1869.
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Thomas C. Lannan Letters, 1849 (C2205)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters (April 20 and June 18) from a schoolteacher in Saline County, MO, to George Peter of Darnestown, MD, describing life in central Missouri, including a cholera epidemic, opportunities for purchasing land and farming, politics, and teaching.
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Larwill Family Papers, 1794-1947 (C0129)
0.4 cubic feet, 1 roll of microfilm
Political, business, and private correspondence, account books, family history, and essays of an early Ohio family active in Ohio River commercial ventures, land transactions, and Jacksonian politics and bank reforms. Folders contain typed copies of items on microfilm plus some originals not on film.
John Hiram Lathrop Papers, 1842-1865 (C0360)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Circulars; correspondence; statement signed by Lathrop freeing an enslaved individual; and letter to president of Hobart College, NY, regarding faculty organization. Lathrop was the first president of the University of Missouri.
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Joseph N. Laurie Collection, 1837-1862 (C2663)
3 volumes
Saline County treasurer's book, 1848; Laurie's store accounts from Boonville, MO, 1837-1838; Saline County probate court records, 1858-1862.
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Burton Lawless Papers, 1818-1876 (C2056)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Deeds, tax receipts, and will pertaining to property in Saline County, MO.
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Josephine R. Lawrence Collection, 1844-1986 (C3792)
0.4 cubic feet (26 folders)
The papers of the Jackson and Lawrence families of Pennytown and Marshall, Missouri, include newspaper clippings and unpublished manuscripts on the history of Pennytown, a Black community near Marshall. There are also funeral cards, copies of legal documents, church and school records, and photographs of Pennytown and its residents.
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Ashley Lea Letters, 1839-1884 (C0354)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters of a pioneer Missouri family discussing conditions on the journey to the California gold fields, family news, and crop conditions in Mississippi in 1857.
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Lead Mining Companies (Washington County, Mo.) Records, 1809-1954 (C3893)
0.5 cubic feet, 29 rolls of microfilm (1 folder, 155 volumes)
This collection contains business records of lead mining companies and company stores in Washington County, Missouri, from 1809 to 1954. The companies include R. Smith and Company; Stone Manning and Company; Manning, Smith and Company; the Missouri and Pennsylvania Lead Company; the Palmer Lead Company; and the Renault Lead Company.
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William T. League Papers, 1840-1866 (C1015)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Correspondence, bills, accounts, and business and legal papers about the printing and newspaper business in Missouri.
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Harold H. and Dorothy V. Leake Papers, 1841-1990 (C4011)
40.25 cubic feet (2288 folders), 4 card files, 9 audio discs, 8 video cassettes
The papers of Harold H. Leake, music teacher, radio broadcaster, and Episcopal priest, and Dorothy V. Leake, educator and biologist, consist of correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, diaries, subject files, and other materials relating to the personal and professional lives of the Leakes and their family.
Leason Business Records, 1832-1864 (K0151)
0.3 c.f.
Account books which appear to relate to a dry goods establishment in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Some of the volumes were recycled as scrapbooks with clippings of poetry and other materials pasted into them. These were photocopied and disassembled to reveal the original account books.
Alfred Lee Papers, 1827-1931 (S0605)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains narratives and correspondence on the life of Alfred Lee and his family. Lee was a partner at Shapleigh Hardware in St. Louis and lived in Webster Groves.
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Ricka Leimkuehler Papers, 1849-1912, 1964-1966 (C2127)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
The Leimkuehler Papers consist of photocopies of the records of the Pin Oak Creek Baptist Church, Mount Sterling, Missouri, 1849-1858, typescripts of those records, and articles by Leimkuehler about early German Baptists in Missouri.
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Lenoir Family Papers, 1832-1860 (C1826)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Correspondence from Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina, but primarily of the Walter R. Lenoir family in Boone County, MO, describing the life of early settlers, prospects for Missouri, and growth of Columbia. Education, farming, land, slaves, churches, and family are also discussed.
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Thomas Lenoir Letters, 1839-1843 (C0355)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from Lenoir in Fort Defiance, NC, to his brother Walter in Columbia, MO, concerning the death of their father and settlement of his estate.
Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1797-1964 (C3835)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina include school notebooks, genealogical material, photographs, and account books of the Lenoirs and Frank G. Nifong, a physician who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.
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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1813-1955 (C3656)
1.6 cubic feet (44 folders)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina, include correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.
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Abiel Leonard Papers, 1782-1932 (C1013)
16.4 cubic feet (1245 folders)
The papers contain the personal and business papers of the Leonard family of Fayette, Missouri, including correspondence, deeds, legal cases, bills, accounts, receipts, and Missouri Militia correspondence. Abiel Leonard was a lawyer, farmer, landowner and prominent Whig, who served on the Missouri Supreme Court.
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Nathaniel Leonard Papers, 1800-1896, 1927 (C2525)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 2 rolls of microfilm
The papers of Nathaniel Leonard, a stock breeder and farmer from Cooper County, Missouri, and his family consist of land papers, account and other record books, correspondence, Civil War papers, an 1824 fur memorandum, and an 1875 diary of Lon V. Stephens.
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Charles John Joseph Leopold Papers, 1836-1884 (C1016)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Correspondence (several letters in German with translations); business and legal papers; and receipts.
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Lesieur Family Papers, 1795-1866 (C3449)
0.15 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
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Thomas Bryan Lester Diary, 1847-1848 (C0452)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary of trip with 1st Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, NM. Served as acting assistant surgeon to the Illinois Regiment in Santa Fe during the Mexican War.
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Charles P. Leverich Papers, 1836-1846 (C2298)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Charles P. Leverich contain three letters to Leverich from New Orleans, concerning business, sugar market, frost, and the shipment and insurance of liquors.
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Lewis Family Papers, 1838-1888 (C4059)
0.3 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of the Lewis family consist of family records, legal documents, financial documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous material of a family from Osceola, Missouri.
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Ethelbert Wallis Lewis Letters, 1837-1851 (C1674)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To his brother, William W[alker] Lewis, Culpepper County, VA, from Missouri. Lewis emigrated from Virginia in 1836. Howard County; 1837 Missouri legislature; comparison of Missouri and Virginia; and Missouri life in general.
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Lexington Presbyterian Church Record Book, 1839-1851 (C3352)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a photocopy of a record book from the Lexington Presbyterian Church listing original and new members; elders; births; deaths; baptisms, records of meetings; investigations, dismissals’ division of church; and other church affiliations.
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Lexington, Missouri Business Records, 1831-1869 (C4311)
2.15 cubic feet (12 folders, 1 oversize volume)
The records of banks and other businesses in Lexington, Missouri, contain account books, day books, letter books, statement books, protest of payment books, copy books, minute books, and bills of lading.
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Liberty Christian Church Records, 1824-1987 (K0235)
0.25 c.f.
Administrative records including minute books, treasurer's records, building fund drive records, scrapbooks, correspondence, roll books and miscellaneous printed materials, and other items relating to the Liberty Christian Church, Liberty, MO.
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William Limrick Papers, 1840-1860, 1876 (C4610)
0.63 cubic feet (7 oversize volumes)
Business records of banker and merchant William Limrick of Lexington, Missouri, 1840-1860, 1876. Included in one of the volumes are the records of Wiley & Lee, 1842-1844.
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Robert L. Lindsay Papers, 1799-1909 (C2801)
0.4 cubic feet
Correspondence, stock certificates, abstracts, and deeds.