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Greene County, Missouri Militia Exemption Records, ca. 1863 (R0321)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Greene County Missouri Militia Exemption Records contains a photocopy of an “Assessment Roll of Exemptions from Military Duty,” for Greene County, Missouri, circa 1863. The list bears the names of individuals who paid a tax in lieu of militia service during the Civil War, the fees paid, and the units from which exemptions were granted. Most exemptions were from duty in the 72nd and 74th regiments of Enrolled Missouri Militia.
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Griffin Brander Papers, 1801-1988 (S0355)
0.04 cubic feet, 32 folders, 3 photographs
The Griffin Brander Papers contain marriage certificates, deeds, and tax bills, reflecting Brander’s efforts to maximize his freedom as a free African American while living in the Antebellum South and post-Civil War St. Louis, Missouri.
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William Grinstead Papers, 1850-1924 (C2921)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary of wagonmaster's 1850 trip to California. Article by Francis Grinstead, "Boone County Citizens Help Settle West."
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William B. Groom Papers, 1843-1872 (C0321)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers of a California, MO, resident. Two notices of the sale of enslaved children; promissory notes.
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Grover Family Papers, 1791-1907 (CA6622)
0.4 cubic feet
The collection contains correspondence, deeds, financial papers, a diary, wallets, military papers, and miscellaneous material of a family from Warrensburg, Missouri. Much of the material pertains to Letitia D. Grover and some documents are in German.
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Gruner Lumber Company (Saint Louis, Mo.) Ledger, 1864-1876 (C2328)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains a record book of company owned by Philip Gruner, Jr.
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Benjamin Guffey Letters, 1862-1864 (C2615)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Six Civil War letters to his wife from a member of the 18th Missouri Regiment. Xeroxed and typed copies.
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Odon Guitar Papers, 1832-1865 (C0882)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Correspondence of Odon Guitar, including love letters to Kate Leonard in 1865; letters from his mother, Emily Guitar, while Odon was in the Army; correspondence of John and Emily Guitar, 1832-1846, and letter from Odon to his parents from Fort Leavenworth, 1843. Also copy of letter of J.H. Ellis criticizing Odon's conduct as provost in St. Joseph, 1863.
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Odon Guitar Collection, 1836-1906 (C1007)
1.33 cubic feet
The Guitar collection is comprised of correspondence, military papers, account books and ledgers, and a scrapbook generated by Union Army General Odon Guitar.
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Odon Guitar Photographs, 1862-1864 (P0270)
2 photographs
Copy photos of a carte de visite of Odon Guitar and an older woman, standing, and a carte de visite of Odon Guitar, bust view in uniform. Photographer: N. Brown, St. Louis.
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Hadley Family Letters, 1838-1869 (C1997)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains letters written to Moses and Susan Hadley by Elizabeth Hadley Wyman and her husband Edward, who were teachers. The letters describe a trip from Boston to Illinois in 1839.
Herbert Spencer Hadley Papers, 1830-1943 (C0006)
15.2 cubic feet (1,062 folders), 35 oversize volumes; also available on 60 rolls of microfilm
The papers of a Missouri Republican lawyer, politician, educator, and author. Attorney general, 1905-1909; governor, 1909-1913; professor of law, University of Colorado, 1917-1923; and Washington University chancellor, 1923-1927. Includes letterbooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, photographs, cartoons, and miscellaneous material. Originals in storage.
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Archibald Little Hager Diary, 1844-1887 (C0896)
0.4 cubic feet (26 folders)
Photocopy of a diary kept by a farmer in a rural community in Perry County, Missouri. Diary records daily events such as births, marriages, and deaths, the weather, social occasions, and agricultural tasks. Gaps may exist in diary.
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Hagerman-Hayden Papers, 1852-1893 (C0110)
0.6 cubic feet
Letters and papers of an Alexandria, MO, lawyer; a Keokuk, IA, student at Academy of Visitation, St. Louis, MO; and a music student in Oberlin, OH.
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Sallie Hailey Papers, 1860-1989 (C4358)
1.8 cubic feet (36 folders), 17 oversize items
Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and political convention material of the former director of the Department of Business and Administration for the State of Missouri and Democratic National Committeewoman of Missouri.
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Haley Family Papers, 1864-1867 (C0337)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from Wade Hampton Haley in Oregon, to relatives in Missouri, telling hazards of Oregon travel and travel in Missouri during the Civil War and describing mill and life in small settlement around mill.
John R. Hall Collection, 1834-1966 (C1420)
0.2 cubic feet
Correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, newspapers, and other material relating to the history of Marshall and Saline County, MO. The collection is composed of items that Hall, an employee of the Marshall DAILY DEMOCRAT NEWS, collected from a variety of sources over the years.
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John Hall Abstract of Title, 1836-1876 (C1547)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Statement of transfers of land in Callaway County, MO, October 27, 1836-November 30, 1867.
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William H. Hall Discharge, 1865 (C2006)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Discharge from United States Army.
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Henry Wager Halleck Letter, 1862 (C2571)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To H.R. Gamble, St. Louis, MO, from Corinth, MS, July 7, 1862.
Halleck assures Gamble that the 18th Missouri Infantry has not been consolidated after the Battle of Shiloh. Also typed copy.
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Mrs. Henry W. Hamilton Collection, 1838-1924 (C1840)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Checks, deeds, promissory notes, and invoices, primarily of residents of Lafayette County, MO. Lafayette County election returns, 1844 and 1860.
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Handley-Taylor Family Papers, 1809-1946 (S0381)
1 cubic foot, 58 folders, 5 photographs, 1 book
The Handley-Taylor Papers document the daily lives, business enterprises, and travels of the Handley and Taylor families as well as reflect 19th century social and political history of St. Louis, Missouri, and the Midwest. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, legal materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
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Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Land Promotion Circular, 1860 (C0904)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains one advertisement of New England Colony located in Daviess and Caldwell Counties, Missouri. Descriptions of crops, minerals, soils, climate, lumber, and price of land.
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Hannibal Ferry Company Papers, 1858-1902 (C0576)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Bills of sale, deeds, and reports concerning the company; ferry operator's license; and minute book containing records of the directors' and stockholders' meetings.
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Hannibal Presbytery Synod of Missouri Records, 1833-1954 (C1362)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of the Hannibal Presbytery, formed in 1923 from the presbyteries of Salt River, McGee, and Kirksville. Pages 1-239 contain the records of the Salt River Presbytery; pages 240-460, of the Hannibal Presbytery.
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Hannibal Savings Bank Records, 1869-1890 (C1243)
0.16 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Volume 1: Articles of association and minutes, 1869-1890; "Life of Constantine," part 2, by John L. Robards. Volume 2: Account book of Hannibal Savings Bank, 1872-1878; "Life of Constantine," part 1, by John L. Robards, secretary of the bank.
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Hannibal, Missouri, Order of Provost Marshal, 1864 (C2819)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Order of the Office of Provost Marshal, 18 January 1864, legitimizing citizens arrests and seizure of bushwhackers and horse thieves.
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Glen O. Hardeman Collection, 1777-1922 (C3655)
3.6 cubic feet (98 folders)
The papers of the Hardeman family, who moved to Howard County, Missouri, from Tennessee, developing Fruitage Farm and a botanical showplace called Hardeman’s Garden on the Missouri River include correspondence, financial records, and scrapbooks. The correspondence includes letters from Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Benton.
Charles Henry Hardin Papers, 1842-1892 (C0111)
0.1 cubic feet (10 folders)
Hardin was a lawyer, governor of Missouri, 1874-1876, and founder of Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri. Collection includes correspondence with wife and friends, essays, speeches, unofficial reports, law notebook, legal cases in Boone, Callaway, Macon, and Randolph Counties, and diary of Mary Hardin, 1854-1856 and 1859.
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Hardy Family Papers, 1849-1987 (S0380)
0.8 cubic feet, 164 photographs
The Hardy Family Papers contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research papers of the Hardy family, who founded a salt packing and distribution business in St. Louis in 1914. The collection primarily chronicles the life of Jane Tillman Hardy, Thomas Walter Hardy Jr., and the family’s involvement with Hardy Salt.
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Andrew Jackson Harlan Scrapbook, 1857-1906 (C4100)
0.35 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
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Moses Harman Papers, 1858-1984 (C3802)
0.1 cubic feet (13 folders), 1 roll of microfilm
Papers of Moses Harman, founder and publisher of Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, later the American Journal of Eugenics. He was a proponent of women’s rights and the eugenics movement during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The papers include typescript copies of speech and articles by Harman, a photograph, articles about Harman, and issues of Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, 1896-1907.
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Harmony Church (Warren County, Mo.) Records, 1843-1919 (C3072)
1 roll of microfilm
The collection contains a record book of a German Lutheran Evangelical Church established in 1842. The collection includes transcriptions from other records, 1843-1881; and original records, 1881-1919, including birth, christening, confirmation, marriage, and death records.
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James Harris Papers, 1806-1918 (C2669)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)
The collection contains copies of papers of James Harris, farmer and justice of the peace, Clay County, Missouri, and family. Includes personal correspondence from friends and family and miscellaneous financial and legal documents such as receipts, contracts, court orders, inventories, land deeds, and wills.
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William Harris Emancipation Deed, 1863 (C1527)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Emancipation deed freeing William Harris, who was enslaved by Jonas M. Tebbetts of St. Charles County, Missouri, on September 29, 1863.
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Harrison, Marr and Company (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1867-1869 (C2323)
0.54 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Ledgers kept by a flour manufacturing business. John Harrison was president and Thomas H. Marr was secretary.
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Thomas Harrison Papers, 1860-1894 (C0329)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
General account and stud book, 1860-1873; stud book, 1876-1894; weight certificate, 1889; check, 1890; and three miscellaneous items.
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Harshbarger Family Papers, 1800s-2010s (CA6178)
104.8 cubic feet, 8 oversize volumes, 16 audio cassettes, 8 CDs
Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, U.S. Naval records, farm records, real estate records, clippings, songbooks, sheet music, and audio recordings of a Boone County, Missouri, family. Includes genealogical materials on the Aydelotte, McVicker, Mossholder, and Tourtillott families.
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Harvey Family Collection, 1860 (R1369)
0.25 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Harvey Family Collection is a photocopy of ""The Lily or Ladies' Manual Pocket Book for 1855"". Amy Lloyd presented the book to Chrysea Harvey in the 1850s. The writing in the book is from a decade later. The book's content consists of family member's birthdays and descriptions of a sea voyage from England to New York.
Harvey Family Papers, 1834-1873 (C0338)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The collection contains negative photostats of correspondence and estate papers of the Thomas H. Harvey family of Saline County, Missouri. Letters describe the area, give prices for land, enslaved persons, and products, and mention family news. Estate records include a will and an estate inventory, 1852.
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Thomas Harvey Jr. Papers, 1852-1865 (C0336)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letter to Harvey from a friend, describing happenings and dangers of a trip from New York to California by way of Isthmus of Panama, conditions in California, and advantages of working there. Letters from relatives concerning family matters. Letter from brother Richard to brother Warren commenting upon attitude of Texans toward the Confederate Army.
Wanda Haney Harwood Collection, 1862-1889 (C1241)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a diary written in 1872 by Maggie Jenkins of Brookfield, Missouri, as well as letters from her sister, Carrie Kittinger of Buffalo, New York. Also includes a letter from Samuel Cherry to Maranda Haney, letters from Sarah A. Mason and members of the Myers family, and letters to William M. Jenkins from single women he contacted through magazines.
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Hashbarger, Ruth, (1917-2004), Papers, 1852-1988, 1852-1988 (C2968)
0.4 cubic feet (12 folders)
The papers of Ruth Hashbarger contain family documents and books from the Goebel, Roesche, and Haeberle families, all of whom immigrated to the United States from Germany. Ruth Hashbarger was a descendent of these families.
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James B. Hassett Papers, 1845-1867 (K0647)
0.01 c.f.
Hasett was a farmer located in Jackson County, MO and Fulton County, KY. Includes land records for a farm near Sibley, MO and a certificate concerning value of his buildings and contents burned by 4th Missouri State Cavalry during the Civil War. Also Hassett's will filed in Fulton Co., KY.
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Hawkins Family Papers, 1835-1879 (C0332)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous letters discuss the Mormon conflict in 1838 and prices, weather, and family news from California and Texas.
William A. Hawkins Papers, 1862-1863 (R1423)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The letters of William A. Hawkins document his stay in the Gratiot prison after his capture in Shelby County, Missouri, on September 15, 1862. Hawkins was a lieutenant in Porter's Regiment (1st Northeast Missouri Cavalry). A Confederate, he remained in Gratiot prison until his parole on February 19, 1863.
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Jacob J. Hayden Letter, 1868 (C1554)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From Scotland County, MO, June 7, 1868.
Hayden wrote an army buddy about his return home after the Civil War . His property was claimed by his brother, a Union man. Family news, marriage, birth of children, farming, county fair, crops, and Hayden family genealogy.
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Oscar Haynie Papers, 1847-1865 (C1811)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Personal accounts with various merchants.
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Clarinda and J.G. Hearn Papers, 1869-1872 (C0327)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Concerning payment of taxes on Dolle estate in Gasconade County, MO.
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Hebron Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau County, Mo.) Minutes, 1829-1878 (C1311)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume, 1 folder)
The records contain minutes of meetings of the church, including official action taken on matters brought before it and the admission and dismissal of members. Also includes a transcription of the record book.