1850s
S
Townsend and Sarah Carter Stewart Family Papers, 1836-1875 (C3930)
0.2 cubic feet
Papers of the Stewart family consist of a small group of genealogical documents prepared by twentieth century family members, and a larger, incomplete body of correspondence of family members, family friends, and a small number of businessmen.
Stillwell Family Papers, 1732-1976 (C4204)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
The papers contain typescripts of genealogical material including wills, census reports, marriage records, maps and correspondence pertaining to the Stillwell, Scott, Rosebrough, McCord and related families from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The material was compiled by Norman Bolin of Evansville, Indiana.
Subjects
Stock Certificates Collection, 1800s-1900s (C4154)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Assorted 19th and 20th century stock certificates, which include railroad companies, city loans, bridge, mining and construction companies.
Subjects
Stone County, Missouri Collection, 1851, 1860, 1999 (R1478)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Stone County, Missouri Records contain documents pertaining to the history of Stone County, Missouri, including the original Report of the Commissioners who selected the county seat of Galena on April 15, 1851. Also included is a photocopy of the 1860 assessor's book and photographs of reenactors.
T.F. Stone Papers, 1821-1876 (C0708)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Marriages and birth records from the family Bible and an invitation to the 25th commencement of the College of Christian Brothers, 1876.
Subjects
William Joel Stone Papers, 1859-1935 (C0930)
1.6 cubic feet (114 folders), 1 oversize volume
Papers of a Missouri congressman (1885-1891), governor (1893-1897), and U.S. senator (1903-1918). Includes information on Stone's early career in Nevada, MO; the 1908 senatorial election; his senatorial career; and his death.
Pauline H. Stratton Papers, 1841-1870 (C0842)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
The papers contain a typescript of a diary of Pauline Stratton’s life in Virginia and Missouri. She writes of spinning, weaving, soap making, rearing her children, enslaved people, the Civil War, and business difficulties after her husband’s death. Also included is a photostat letter written by her to her husband in 1841 before their marriage.
Subjects
Counties
Sullivan County, Missouri Papers, 1844-1943 (C0171)
0.2 cubic feet
Miscellaneous papers from Sullivan County: deeds, mortgages, titles, court judgments, and a will. Includes copy of an account of the robbery and murder in 1864 of an African American, Nels Dels.
Subjects
Counties
Amos H. Sullivan Papers, 1850-1939 (C0273)
0.35 cubic feet (3 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize volume)
Papers of a Miami, MO, doctor containing clippings about weather, an eclipse, comet in 1910; Miami history and personalities, patients' case histories and accounts; diary about his family, and complete weather register with maximum and minimum temperature recordings.
Counties
Summers and Company Records, 1852-1860 (K0362)
0.1 c.f.
Journal ledger of the Summers and Company dry goods/grocery of Parkville and Kansas City. Also records of Summers service as justice of the peace in Kansas City.
Counties
Joseph R. Summers Letter, 1850 (C2746)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From Dry Town, CA, Oct. 30, 1850.
Letter describes trip to California from Indiana; Salt Lake City in 1850; and mining, prices, cholera, and prospects of a fortune in California.
Subjects
Survey of Christian Glanz Estate by A. M. Allen, 1852 (K0351)
0.01 c.f.
This collection contains a survey for a sub-division of six acres of land in Westport, Missouri, belonging to the estate of Christian Glanz. The Survey was hand-drawn by A. M. Allen.
Subjects
Counties
Sutherland Family Letters, 1858-1879 (C2685)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to Samuel H. Sutherland, a Missouri University student, from his parents, reporting local news in St. Clair County. A letter from Samuel from Shreveport, LA, in 1865, tells his post-Civil War plans.
Subjects
Counties
Samuel H. Sutherland Papers, 1858-1861 (C0400)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to Samuel H. Sutherland, a student at the University of Missouri, from his parents in St. Clair County.
Subjects
Counties
George Clinton Swallow Papers, 1839-1909 (C0408)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Letters to Mr. And Mrs. Swallow on their 50th wedding anniversary. Clippings. Diary, 1839-1899, recording positions offered and held, move to Columbia, and association with University and Geological Survey of Missouri.
Lewis M. Switzler Papers, 1834-1936 (C3420)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 roll of microfilm
The papers of Lewis M. Switzler contain news clippings, photographs, and correspondence on the Civil War, Boone County, Missouri, history, and national events; poetry; anecdotes; and family announcements.
Counties
William Franklin Switzler Papers, 1836-1905 (C0461)
1 cubic foot
Memoirs, a circular, and a typescript history of the University of Missouri. The history of the university is also available on microfilm.
Counties
Symington Family Papers, 1775-2010 (S1211)
0.2 cubic foot
The Symington Family Papers contain genealogical research on the Johnston, Boggs, and Symington families 1775 to 2010, as well as correspondence to members of the Johnston and Symington families between 1817 to 1883.
F.M. Symmes Sermons, 1857-1888 (C0407)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Series of sermons begun in 1857, with revisions, dates, and occasions of use.
Subjects
T
T.S. Yates Account Books, 1831-1896 (C0342)
3 oversize volumes
Record of a general merchandise firm in Fulton, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Tabernacle Separate Baptist Church (Carroll County, Mo.) Minutes, 1849-1861 (C1324)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes of meetings and list of original subscribers.
Counties
Taggart Family Papers, 1825-1913 (C4201)
1 cubic foot (32 folders)
The Taggart Family Papers consists of correspondence between various members of the Taggart family and friends between the years 1825-1913. Henry Taggart lived in Linn County, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Tate Family Papers, 1786-1871 (C0174)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
Accounts, family letters, and deeds to land of John, James, and Isaac Tate and their families, who lived in Callaway and Ralls Counties, Missouri, and Greensburgh, Kentucky. Diary of a trip to California in 1849. Papers of the Thespian Society of Greensburgh, Kentucky. See also C2720, James A. Tate Diary, 1849.
Subjects
Counties
James B. Tatum Papers, 1852-2016 (SP0122)
3 cubic feet (51 folders, 17 photographs, 6 volumes)
The James B. Tatum Papers contain the personal papers of James Bernard Tatum, an Anderson, Missouri, native and founder of Crowder College. The collection also includes materials related to McDonald County history, Crowder College, and servant-leadership theory.
Subjects
Taube Family Papers, 1838-1906 (C3022)
1 roll of microfilm (3 folders on microfilm)
The collection contains the papers of a German American family in Westphalia, Missouri. Written mostly in German, this collection contains traditional New Year’s cards and letters from the 1870s, 1880s, and 1900s, from Mathias, Ferdinand, and Heinrich Eichholz and others. A notebook begun in 1838 by Anna Margaretha (Temmen) Eicholz includes school exercises, financial account entries for 1856-1861, and a list of family births from 1852-1897.
Counties
Joseph Herbert Tedrow Transportation Collection, 1850-1987 (K0754)
9 c.f.
Collected data on transportation, particularly railroads operating in the Mid-west. Includes photographs, time-tables, notes, and other items.
Counties
The Friends of Arrow Rock, Inc. Collection, 1845-2006 (CA6821)
7.4 c.f., 11 oversize items, 1 oversize volume
The collection of a non-profit organization founded in 1859 dedicated to the preservation of Arrow Rock's historic sites and buildings. The collection includes correspondence with members of F.O.A.R as well as with citizens and former people(s) residing in the town of Arrow Rock. Also included are Masonic Lodge records, ledgers of various businesses, doctors and dentists offices, diaries, news clippings of public events and activities, educational programing, and photographs. The collection contains Reverend U.S.G. Moore Baptist church records, sermon notes, Sunday school teachings and church bulletins, along with Zion Christian Church and Federated Church records, and Lyceum Theatre materials.
Counties
Theater Programs, St. Louis, Missouri Collection, 1852-1953 (S0595)
0.25 cubic foot, 12 folders
This collection contains play bills and programs of theater productions at St. Louis theaters from 1853-1917.
Counties
Thomas-Browning Papers, 1850-1909 (C0975)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous financial papers, 1874-1909, primarily pertaining to C.S. Browning's activities as a cattleman transferring livestock between Texas and Missouri. The account book, 1850-1908, was kept by C.M. Thomas, an auctioneer in Wellington and then Warrensburg, MO.
Subjects
Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers, 1850-1932 (R0671)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers contain the personal and family papers collected by Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson from 1850 to 1932. This collection includes photocopies of family correspondence, legal documents, and business papers for the Dabbs and Thompson families of Greene County, Missouri.
Counties
Henry C. Thompson Collection, 1820-1957 (P0354)
21 photographs
Facsimile of signatures of Missouri governors, 1820-1940, photos of Henry C. Thompson and some of his paintings, early notable Missourians, St. Francois County, mining, and images relating to Mormons.
Subjects
Counties
Mary and Eliza Thompson Quietus for Delinquent Taxes, 1852 (C0502)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Receipt for taxes paid from the Randolph County register of lands office for a 39-acre tract of land granted for $9.16 to Mary and Eliza Thompson.
Subjects
Counties
Meriwether Jeff Thompson Papers, 1854-1935 (C1030)
0.25 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm
Counties
Meriwether Jeff Thompson Bulletin, 1857 (C3208)
1 oversize item
Bulletin listing city and county property that M. Jeff Thompson, general land agent at St. Joseph, Missouri, will sell or trade, April 1, 1857.
Subjects
Counties
James T. Thorp Scrapbooks, 1840-1955 (C1429)
1.5 cubic feet
Materials collected and organized by Thorp as histories of the Missouri River, steamboats, and Miami, MO. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, excerpts from the MIAMI WEEKLY NEWS, and miscellaneous items.
Counties
John B. Thruston Records, 1859-1879 (R0430)
1 roll
These are business records of Dr. John B. Thruston, a physician at Versailles in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include account ledgers, 1859-1879, and a daybook, 1861-1863. The
entries note the names of the patients, the types of medical services rendered, Thruston's fees, and
settlements of accounts.
Counties
Tibbe-Cuthbertson Family Papers, 1846-1986 (C3711)
1.2 cubic feet (59 folders), 2 oversize items
The papers of a Washington, Missouri, family whose patriarch, Henry Tibbe, and his son, Anton, founded the Missouri Meerschaum Company, include family and business correspondence, genealogy, property deeds, an early history of the Missouri Meerschaum Company, material on a patent infringement dispute, pipe catalogs, clippings, and photographs.
Counties
Toler Family Papers, 1856-1882 (C0949)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Contains four deeds conveying property in Arkansas and Missouri: 1856, Polk County, MO; 1861, Benton County, AR; 1876, Independence County, AR; and 1882, Izard County, AR.
Subjects
Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)
The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.
Counties
William Long Tolman Papers, 1852-1919 (R0246)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)
The William Long Tolman Papers contain photocopied personal papers of the Evans and Tolman families of Farmington, Missouri, mostly of Dr. William L. Tolman and his wife, Margaret Frances “Fanny” Evans. Included are letters from relatives in California and Colorado, a file of letters from Civil War veterans seeking invalid pensions, and a collection of stories concerning the early settlers of Saint Francois County.
Counties
Tootle and Armstrong (St. Joseph, Mo.) Memorandum, 1855 (C0505)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copy of legal instrument authorizing collection of notes for Tootle and Armstrong, a mercantile firm in St. Joseph, by Joseph Murphy.
Subjects
Counties
Benjamin F. Townsend Ledger, 1859-1882 (C4535)
0.2 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
Ledger of an Arrow Rock general store owner, Benjamin F. Townsend, which notes customer information and account balances from 1859-1882.
Subjects
Counties
Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.
Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.
Subjects
Counties
E.B. Trail Collection, 1858-1965 (C2071)
4.2 cubic feet (279 folders, 62 volumes)
Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.
E.B. Trail Photograph Collection, 1845-1963 (P0021)
1.1 cubic feet (513 photographs)
Dr. E. B. Trail, St. Louis was a collector of steamboat images and articles, which he kept in scrapbooks. Includes images of steamboats, rivers, and other boating-related scenes.
Travel Account of Journey from Indiana to Washington, c. 1850 (C3415)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a copy of an unidentified woman’s account of the journey from Indiana to Washington. The copy was made about 1925-1930 and includes a record of the weather, environment, illnesses, encounters with indigenous people, territory covered each day, lists of provisions, and charges and expenses kept by George Royse.
Subjects
William H. Trigg Collection, 1776, 1835-1899 (C0281)
1.2 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Books from the collection of William H. Trigg, Boonville, MO. Accounts of the Banking House of William H. Trigg and Co. and a scrapbook containing miscellaneous material, mostly news clippings from the 1860s and some paper money from the 1700s and 1800s.
Counties
Belle Alexander Troxell Collection, 1857-1951 (C3460)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Programs, clippings, photographs, postcards, and miscellaneous items, collected by a Columbia, Missouri, resident and member of several women's organizations.
Subjects
Counties
D.M. and J.H. Tucker Papers, 1833-1902 (C0178)
0.2 cubic feet
Records of a mercantile firm in Fulton, MO. Business, the Civil War, state insane asylum, and politics are discussed. Records of the Tucker and Harris mercantile firm, later the D.M. and J.H. Tucker firm.
Counties
Tuolumne County Water Company Share, 1855 (C2747)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
One share of stock in the Tuolumme County Water Company, Columbia, CA, April 6, 1855, bought by John O'Neill. Note by J. Christian Bay that O'Neill collected distribution dividend in 1906.