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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, Virginia, 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.