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Roy D. Williams Papers, 1853-1972 (C3769)
2.0 cubic feet (122 folders)
Papers of Judge Roy D. Williams of Boonville, Missouri, containing speeches (primarily on local and regional history), historical notes, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellany.
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Sarah Cornelia Williams Diaries, 1845-1889 (S0177)
1 microfilm roll
This collection consists of the diaries of a St. Louis wife and mother with references to daily life, servant problems, Civil War, Lincoln's assassination, and the Chicago fire of 1871.
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William B. Williams Ledger, 1837-1878 (R0103)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The William B. Williams Records contains a microfilm copy of an account ledger for Dr. William B. Williams, a physician in Farmington, Missouri. The entries include the names of patients, the nature of services rendered, and payments received in cash and kind.
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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Francis M. Wilson Papers, 1853-1946 (C1039)
27.4 cubic feet, 14 oversize volumes
Papers of a U.S. district attorney, receiver for the Kansas City Railways Company, and Democratic nominee for governor of Missouri in 1928 and 1932, who died a month before the election of 1932. Also papers concerning his father, R.P.C. Wilson, I.
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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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Mollie E. Withers Papers, 1856-1872 (C3081)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Mollie E. Withers contain two promissory notes from Mollie E. to Jennings Withers, 1869, 1872, and a letter of recommendation for E.T. Withers by George H. Matthews, professor of ancient languages, University of Missouri, 1856.
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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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Grace Wood Papers, 1859-1895 (C0441)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Land patents and other documents.
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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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Daniel Woodson Papers, 1855-1857 (K0472)
0.01 c.f.
Miscellaneous items relating to Woodson, Secretary of the Kansas Territory, and for a five-time acting Governor.
Warren Woodson Papers, 1853, 1866 (C2847)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Appeals to the voters of Boone County, MO, during elections for county clerk, 1853 and 1866. Reply to Woodson's appeal by Odon Guitar, 1866.
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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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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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William Yates Diary, 1859-1860 (C0460)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of a trip to Pike's Peak, 18 April to 6 July 1859; and a trip to the Cherokee country, 25 February to 12 March 1860.
Original in the possession of Mr. Yates.
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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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Frank Young Papers, 1854-1956 (C4214)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)
The papers of Frank Young contain genealogy research of the Shoemaker family, beginning with Johann Heinrich Schumaker (John Henry Shoemaker) who came to Berlin, Pennsylvania, from Germany in 1768. Mr. Young traced the family through at least four generations and several hundred descendants. The papers include correspondence from his genealogy research, such as letters from relatives with information for the family tree. The papers also include a few wills, deeds of estates, and some obituaries and newspaper clippings about the Shoemaker family.
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Charles Younger Will, 1852 (C0503)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Last will and testament made out February 26, 1852, in Jackson County, Missouri, by Charles Younger.
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Zevely Family Papers, 1858-1922 (C1189)
0.2 cubic feet
The papers of the Zevely family, including L. Zevely and E. M. Zevely, contain correspondence, tax receipts, election and political material, and handwritten manuscripts.
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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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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.