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Friedrich Hecker Papers, 1825-1986 (S0451)
4 cubic feet, 81 folders, 7 microfilm rolls
Friedrich Hecker led an unsuccessful revolt for a German republic in 1848; emigrated to America; aided a second Baden revolt in 1849; and settled in St. Clair County, Illinois. Hecker commanded two regiments in the American Civil War and was active in Republican party politics. The papers contain correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, and artifacts, primarily on the German revolts, the Civil War, and Republican politics. The collection is in German and English.
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S. P. Hellis Papers, 1862 (R0656)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This is a Civil War letter from Patterson in Wayne County, Missouri, by S.P. Hellis of the 1st Nebraska Infantry. Hellis discussed camp life and some of the officers, and expressed his dissatisfaction with the war.
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John B. Helm Papers, 1818-1868 (C0589)
0.5 cubic feet (45 folders)
The papers of a merchant, lawyer, judge, and builder in Kentucky and Hannibal, Missouri, consist of correspondence relating mainly to business interests; financial and legal documents such as receipts, promissory notes, contracts, and legal briefs; and account books.
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Helm-Davidson Family Papers, 1824-1970 (C3434)
2.5 cubic feet (101 folders, 1 oversize volume)
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Charles G. Hendrix Letter, 1862 (C0469)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Tells his wife about fighting at Manassas and the march through Leesburg to the Potomac.
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Ethelda Henry Genealogical Collection, 1671-1988 (C3881)
34.6 cubic feet (2,364 folders)
Family histories and genealogies of over 400 Boone County and central Missouri families, including the Asbell family. The collection also includes cemetery, census, marriage, school, will, Bible, and church records; clippings, photographs, family and genealogical correspondence, source materials, abstracts, and manuscripts; and miscellaneous.
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John E. Henseler Papers, 1820-1910 (S0833)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
The John E. Henseler Papers contain photocopies of photographs, military service summaries, and certificates pertaining to Henseler's service in the 35th Missouri Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
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Administrative files of a major Kansas City real estate firm including leases, studies, sales records, property management records, aerial photographs, maps and drawings.
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Lizzie M. Powell Hereford Papers, 1817-1880 (C4152)
1.3 cubic feet (10 folders, 21 items)
The papers of Lizzie M. Powell Hereford, a Confederate sympathizer from Northeast Missouri, who was imprisoned during the Civil War, include her prison diary and correspondence along with transcriptions. Also included are family photographs, miniature portraiture, jewelry, miscellaneous artifacts, family genealogy, and the papers of her daughter, Stella.
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Herndon Family Letters, 1859-1879 (C0669)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters written from the gold fields and from Texas, describing living conditions and discussing politics.
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Maude Lupe Hewitt Papers, 1800-1968 (R1344)
2 cubic feet (26 folders)
The papers of Maude Lupe Hewlett contain the personal papers of Maude Lupe Hewlett and family photographs.
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Ezekiel Comer Hickam Papers, 1835-1904 (C3610)
0.2 cubic feet (12 folders)
Papers of a Boone County, Missouri, farmer and mule trader, including several ledgers of mule breeding and sale records. Also contains a book of Lycurgus P. Hickam, his son, listing construction workers on a Boone County road, 1868-1869.
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Hickman Family Papers, 1827-1890 (C1009)
0.3 cubic feet, 2 rolls of microfilm
Business accounts and receipts, tax receipts, correspondence, legal papers, deeds, and church repair pledge lists.
Hickman-Bryan Family Papers, 1796-1920 (C0045)
2.8 cubic feet (297 folders, 3 volumes; also available on 13 rolls of microfilm)
This collection contains the papers of two families named Hickman, one of Boone County, Missouri, and the other of Alexandria, Louisiana. Related by marriage, the families had business dealings in slaves, agriculture, and livestock. The papers of the Bryan family, related to the Boone County Hickmans by marriage are also in this collection.
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Hickory Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records, 1868 (R0080)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Hickory Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records contains photocopies of a petition by members of the church to be admitted as a congregation into the Springfield, Missouri Presbytery in 1868.
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James C. Higbie Photograph Collection, 1860-1961 (P0106)
32 photographs
4 b/w photos of Boonville Homes: Judge Roy D. Williams and James Higbie. 23 b/w photos of Boonville locals, especially Roy D. Williams and Family, ca. 1880s-1961. Additional unidentified portraits, 4 depicting children in the 1860s-1880s; 2 of women in 1877 and 1890.
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Claibourne Hill Papers, 1840-1881 (C3082)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Claibourne Hill contain land grants, deeds, and tax receipts belonging to Claibourne Hill of Saline County, MO.
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William E. and Bettie Redding Hill Letters, 1851, 1865 (C3831)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)
Correspondence between husband and wife concerning Civil War ravages of home and property in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri. Hill, a Southern sympathizer, returned to Keytesville to locate and rescue his property, but decided to reopen his mercantile establishment and bring his family home. Relates hazards, sectional animosity, loss of property, Reconstruction politics, friends, and neighbors.
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Hiller Family Papers, 1785-1993 (C3856)
7.2 cubic feet (357 folders), 2 oversize volumes
Papers of a family of farmers, lawyers, bankers, doctors, and business people of Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, genealogical records, estate records, diaries, personal account books, deeds, military records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and miscellaneous material.
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Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers, 1790-1999 (R1280)
20 cubic feet (501 folders, 14 oversize folders, 27 volumes, 3 oversize volumes)
The Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers consisted of family papers, photographs, correspondence, and business records of the extended Hinchey family. Also included are the correspondence and sketches of William J. Hinchey.
Hinde Family Papers, 1864-1978 (C4573)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 oversize item)
Correspondence, receipts, financial documents, and miscellaneous material of the Hinde and Nelson families from Hannibal, Missouri, including Bessie Nelson Hinde and Mary Hinde, 1860s-1970s.
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Hinde Family Papers, 1844-1865 (C3668)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters received by Rodney Martin Hinde and his wife, Catherine Scholl Hinde, of Moorefield, Nicholas County, Kentucky, and Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, from Hinde and Scholl relatives in Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana, and Kentucky. Letters discuss farming and family matters.
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Charles F. Hinrichs Papers, 1862-1902 (C0335)
2 rolls of microfilm
Papers and records of a German American who lived in Cape Girardeau and Butler Counties in Missouri. Records concern Hinrich's Civil War service in Company L, 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. Other papers document his agricultural interests, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and his efforts to establish a German colony at Carola, Butler County, Missouri.
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Hinrichs-Bauerrichter Letters, 1854-1906 (C3852)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Letters of the extended Hinrichs-Bauerrichter family living in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, Germany, as well as in Nelsonville and Steffenville, Missouri, with some letters from Louisiana, New York, and Illinois.
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Jennie Hite Letter, 1863 (C2442)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To her brother, from Cave Spring, Sept. 13, 1863.
Concerning his lack of writing, family, health, crops, and a fair.
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Isaac Hockaday Letters, 1861 (C2728)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains letters from a Lexington, MO, farmer to his mother, describing the battle of Lexington, September 1861.
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John A. Hockaday Papers, 1864-1896 (C3438)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of John A. Hockaday contain newspaper clippings and personal items kept by a Fulton, Missouri, lawyer and his wife, Edith Langstaff Hockaday. Hockaday held the offices of city and county attorney, state senator, and attorney general of Missouri.
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Veryl Hoenig Papers, c. 1770s-1990 (C4181)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of Veryl Hoenig contain genealogical research pertaining to the Burton, Searcy, Scott, Finnell, Sutliff, Forbes, Green, and Duncan families of Kentucky, Virginia, and Missouri. Documents include lineage records, copies of indentures, wills, and estates, a hand-drawn family chart, payroll information for service in the Revolutionary War, and excerpts from written histories.
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Nancy Nash Holeman Papers, 1865-1877 (C0117)
0.1 cubic feet
Diary (104 pages), 1869-1877, gives account of life in Callaway County, MO. Daily activities, family matters, recipes. Original and typed copy.
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John Holland Papers, 1865 (R0405)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The John Holland Papers contain a typescript copy of the Civil War diary of John Holland. Holland served with Company F, 2nd United States Veteran Volunteers in Virginia, Washington D.C., and New York in 1865.
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Holman Family Papers, 1832-1918 (R1403)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Holman Family papers contains personal papers for the Holman family including the military records of John H. Holman who served with the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War and a letter from Private Walter J. Caffery written in Paris, France, in 1918.
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John H. Holman Papers, 1861-1876 (C0334)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Holman, a colonel during the Civil War, was one of the first men to command African American troops. Papers include correspondence regarding his command, a map of the "seat of war," two U.S. Grant letters, one John C. Fremont letter, official documents, and personal letters.
Holsapple Family Papers, 1864-1865 (C2630)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Invoice of clothing issued to Captain C.L. Holsapple, 1865, and letter written to Victoria Holsapple from S.W. Hull, Camp Reno, WI, 1864.
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Holt County, Missouri, Papers, 1862-1893 (C2894)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Holt County Missouri contain four oaths of loyalty to the United States and the State of Missouri, by Daniel Ganghan, George P. Hedrick, and Phillip W. Shambaugh, in the presence of the Holt County clerk in 1862. Also included is a ferryman's bond giving Olney Graham authority to keep a ferry across the Missouri River at Boswell, NE, 1893.
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Ivan Lee Holt Papers, 1835-1966 (C2553)
8 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 4 audio tapes, 8 records
Papers of Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop and a leader of the ecumenical movement. The papers contain correspondence, speeches and sermons, church records, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, and audio recordings of addresses by Holt. Also included are the papers of Eugene Russell Hendrix, a Methodist bishop from Missouri.
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Theresa M. Holt Collection, 1858-2011 (K1218)
0.1 c.f.
Holt is a resident of Leavenworth, KS, and the caretaker of Mount Zion Cemetery. Includes research notes concerning the history of the Jewish Community in Leavenworth, particularly Mount Zion Cemetery, the Society of the Sons of Truth, First Jewish settlers in Leavenworth, and Orthodox Temple history.
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Holtschneider Family Photograph Collection, 1830-1938 (P0198)
0.3 linear feet
Photographs collected by the Holtschneider family in Osage County of the town of Rich Fountain and surrounding areas. Includes photographs of churches, houses, buildings and people, including First Communion photographs.
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Holy Cross Lutheran Church Records, 1842-1875 (R1454)
0.2 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Holy Cross Lutheran Church Records contain photocopies of birth, baptism, and death records copied from the church records of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Benton County. The records include birth, baptism, confirmation, and death records compiled by Irene Cordes Reinhard.
Hopewell Presbyterian Church (Macon County, Mo.) Records, 1854-1903 (C3827)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record book of the Hopewell Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Kirksville Presbytery; includes information on the organization of the church, minutes, and membership lists.
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John and Phoebe Hopkins Bill of Sale, 1862 (C1768)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a bill of sale for Evaline, an enslaved 40 year old woman, who was sold by John and Phoebe Hopkins to Louisa Boggs for $300 in July, 1862.
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William C. Hornbeak Papers, 1860-1873 (C0118)
0.3 cubic feet
Business correspondence, bills, receipts, ledger, daybook and account book of Springfield, MO, general merchant.
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Leonidas Horney and Henry H. Meredith Affidavit, 1863 (C1511)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Certified statement by Horney and Meredith of Company H, 10th Regiment, Missouri Infantry, that Meredith was commissioned as first lieutenant by Missouri governor on January 27, 1863, and performed duties since that date, but could not be mustered as lieutenant as no mustering officer available.
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William N. Hoskin Civil War Diary, 1862-1865 (C1121)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Diary of a Confederate soldier from Palmyra, MO, who served under Sterling Price and fought in battles in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Hoskin's diary describes these battles and the mundane routine of military life. Includes original and typescript of diary.
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Ida Houck Letters, 1869-1927 (C0119)
0.25 cubic feet
Family letters concerning daily activities, personal business and family affairs of a farm woman living near Bedford, IA.
Louis Houck Scrapbook, c. 1859-1876 (C0847)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Scrapbook of business cards from lawyers and other businessmen, primarily from eastern Missouri.
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William N. Houston Receipts, 1858-1870 (C2034)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Tax receipts from Monroe and Audrain Counties, MO, and from U.S. Express Company.
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Howard County, Missouri, Freed Negroes Register, 1836-1861 (C1123)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains a list of Negroes set free during the period 26 January 1836-1 April 1861 in Howard County, Missouri.
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Howard County, Missouri, Record Book, 1868 (C0891)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record book of trials and court proceedings from Howard County, Missouri, beginning in February 1868.
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Howard Family Papers, 1859-1975 (R1375)
0.25 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Howard Family Papers contain documents from several generations of the Howard family. The Howards were a prominent family from New Madrid County in the 19th century. Many of the documents in the collection relate to their involvement on the Confederate side of the Civil War. The papers include a deed for a slave, letters written during the Civil War, receipts from the Missouri State Guard, and essays and newspaper
clippings about family members.
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William G. Howard Letterbook, 1865-1866 (C2497)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
Letterbook of a California, MO, man, dealing with family, business, and political matters.