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George Rodney Jacobs Account Book, 1853-1877 (C2218)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)
Accounts due, personal notes, inventories of land held in Boone and contiguous counties, rents received for the hiring out of enslaved individuals, salaries paid out, lists of production of tobacco of slaves for two years, and personal letters to family and friends.
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Andrew Jackson James Papers, 1863 (C3568)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Andrew Jackson James contain a history of Company M, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia; and an order to James to return to his company after being captured and released by Confederate forces.
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David A. James Papers, 1790-2008 (C4126)
5 cubic feet
The research material of a hotel management instructor, whose work resulted in the publication Historic Hotels of Missouri: Hotels, Inns, and Taverns of 19th Century Missouri.
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- Adair
- Andrew
- Atchison
- Audrain
- Barry
- Barton
- Bates
- Benton
- Bollinger
- Boone
- Buchanan
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Callaway
- Camden
- Cape Girardeau
- Carroll
- Carter
- Cass
- Cedar
- Chariton
- Christian
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Cole
- Cooper
- Crawford
- Dade
- Dallas
- Daviess
- DeKalb
- Dent
- Douglas
- Dunklin
- Franklin
- Gasconade
- Gentry
- Greene
- Grundy
- Harrison
- Henry
- Hickory
- Holt
- Howard
- Howell
- Iron
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Knox
- Laclede
- Lafayette
- Lawrence
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Livingston
- Macon
- Madison
- Maries
- Marion
- McDonald
- Mercer
- Miller
- Mississippi
- Moniteau
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- New Madrid
- Newton
- Nodaway
- Oregon
- Osage
- Ozark
- Pemiscot
- Perry
- Pettis
- Phelps
- Pike
- Platte
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Ralls
- Randolph
- Ray
- Reynolds
- Ripley
- Saline
- Schuyler
- Scotland
- Scott
- Shannon
- Shelby
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Francois
- Saint Louis
- Sainte Genevieve
- Stoddard
- Stone
- Sullivan
- Taney
- Texas
- Vernon
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Worth
- Wright
Lucy Wortham James Collection, 1801-1895 (C0001)
23 cubic feet (3,032 folders), 234 oversize volumes (volumes also available on 59 rolls of microfilm)
The records of the Maramec Iron Works in St. James, Missouri, and the papers of the James family, who owned the iron works, includes financial records, correspondence, and account books. The correspondence discusses the hiring of enslaved people, prices, banking and financial conditions, transportation costs and railroads, political conditions, immigration, and the Civil War.
Jameson Family Papers, 1800s-2008 (CA6741)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of a Fulton, Missouri, family include correspondence, a travel journal, photographs, miscellaneous family papers, and a scrapbook containing obituary clippings. The bulk of the photographs are of Jameson family members and friends from the Fulton area. The correspondence contains letters from Anna Belle Jameson to her mother, Mary E. Jameson.
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E.H.E. Jameson Letter, 1865 (C1571)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Thomas C. Fletcher, from St. Louis, July 5, 1865. The letter recommends the appointment of Thomas Allen of Brunswick, a Union man, as judge of the Chariton County court of common pleas. Endorsed by W.S. Field and A. Griffen. Returned by the governor for added recommendations.
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Janis and Cox Records, 1853-1873 (R0437)
(1 volume)
This book has two distinct sections. One, probably kept by Felix Janis & Company of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, is a record of sand hauled to Little Rock landing on the Mississippi River, 1853-1854. The other contains three inventories (1868, 1870, 1873) of the general store run by Janis & Cox at Sainte Genevieve
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Jasper County, Missouri Records, 1842-1890 (R0515)
0.5 cubic foot (8 volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)
These are docket books, marriage records, and stray books, mostly for Marion Township, the collector's forfeiture list, and the clerk's letterpress book for Jasper County, Missouri. The collection is also available on microfilm.
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Jasper County, Missouri Tax Assessment Records, 1861 (R0016)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Jasper County, Missouri Tax Assessment Records contain a microfilm copy of a volume with the tax assessment list and property assessments for Jasper County, Missouri in 1861. The property assessments include records of acreage, slaves, and town lots.
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Jasper County, Missouri Tax Book Collection, 1864 (R0017)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Jasper County, Missouri Tax Book Collection contains a microfilm copy of a volume that includes property valuation and taxes for Jasper County, Missouri. The taxes listed are only for land holdings.
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Iola Allen Jasper Papers, 1827-2020 (S0573)
8.25 cubic feet
The Iola Jasper Papers contain correspondence, photographs, histories, greeting cards, and a diary related to Jasper's interest in family history. Materials of interest include the correspondence and business papers of her Great-Grandfather, William Sumner Jewett, a Jefferson County entrepreneur who shipped fruit and sand to companies in St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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William Jenkins Collection, 1869-1922 (C4211)
0.4 cubic feet (12 folders)
The papers of William Jenkins contain two diaries, a baseball club ledger used as a scrapbook for newspaper clippings, a Missouri license plate, and several miscellaneous publications, programs, and souvenirs.
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Jennings Historical Society Collection, 1843-1981 (S0081)
0.15 cubic foot
The Jennings Historical Society Collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings, a deed of property, photographs, and the contents of a scrapbook collected by Jennings Historical Society regarding the history of Jennings, Missouri, a north St. Louis County suburb.
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Elisha Middleton Jennings Civil War Letters, 1863 (C2619)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Eight letters Jennings wrote to his fiancée, while stationed at Corinth, MS.
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Thomas Jefferson Jennings Diary, 1843-1922 (K0285)
0.1 c.f.
Photocopied typed transcript of Jennings diary, a farmer near Greenwood, Cass County, MO. Brief monthly and daily entries mostly about farm operations: crops, livestock, going to market, weather, hunting, etc. Also his life: attending church, traveling, and family news. Occasionally on larger events, i.e. presidential elections, San Francisco earthquake, and World War I.
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Jewel Family Papers, 1859-1878 (S0017)
0.01 cubic foot, 6 folders
The Jewel Family Papers contain photocopies of correspondence between members of the Jewel family during the Civil War. Correspondence between siblings James and Sallie Jewel, the former of whom served as a private in the Confederate army, comprises most of the collection. Also included is correspondence between William, Martha, Mary, and James Jewel Sr., as well as close cousins of the Jewel family. The complete date range of the collection is 1859-1878, with bulk dates from 1862 to 1865.
Allen Bolles Johnson Papers, 1860-1861 (R0289)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Allen Bolles Johnson Papers contain typescript and photocopies of letters written by Allen B. Johnson from Rolla and St. Louis, Missouri during the American Civil War. A native of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, his letters include descriptions of rail travel from Birmingham, New York to Missouri, the controversy over secession at Rolla, and the Camp Jackson affair and civil unrest in St. Louis.
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Charles Montgomery Johnson Record Books, 1855-1905 (C0271)
4 rolls of microfilm
Collection of twelve daybooks, 1855-1900, and twelve ledger books, 1865-1905, which give a daily record of visits made and fees charged by Dr. Charles M. Johnson and other doctors who practiced with him in St. Charles, Missouri.
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John Litt Johnson Speech, 1860 (K0219)
0.01 c.f.
Speech by an ex-mayor of Kansas City in defense of the policies of the Republican Party and support for the election of Abraham Lincoln before the Civil War
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M.W. Johnson Affidavit, 1863 (C2703)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Concerns stores lost when he was forced to retreat.
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Niel Melvin Johnson Papers, 1830-2007 (K0963)
4.2 c.f.
Research, oral histories, and manuscript materials collected and created by Johnson, archivist and historian, on Swedish-Americans in Kansas City.
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Thomas Johnson Papers, 1862 (K0052)
.05 c.f.
The Thomas Johnson Diary contains a single, hand-written diary chronicling the military experiences of Thomas Johnson as he served with the 24th Indiana Volunteers.
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W.R. Johnson Account Book, 1859-1862 (C2152)
0.3 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains an account book of a general storekeeper in the Fulton, MO, area.
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Waldo Porter Johnson Letters, 1839-1872 (C3185)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The collection contains letters to his family and friends concerning family news; law practice; county court sessions; land speculation; service in the Mexican and Civil wars; national, state and local political campaigns; and financial difficulties during reconstruction.
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Louisa Poteet Johnston Papers, 1850-2000 (K0650)
30 c.f.
Letters, newspapers, clippings, research and writings, and other materials from great-granddaughter of Alexander Majors concerning the Russell, Majors, and Waddell Freighting company and the Majors Home.
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Jones Family Papers, 1839-1923 (C2523)
0.21 cubic feet (10 folders)
The papers of the Jones Family contain military papers of Charles A. Adams, a Civil War officer in the Vermont Cavalry Volunteers and father of state representative Charles F. Adams and Carrie Adams Jones. Also included are family land deeds and business transactions.
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Jones Family Papers, 1861-1862 (C2235)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Correspondence between three Confederate soldiers, their father, Allen K. Jones of Jacks Creek, TN, and friends in Tennessee.
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Alfred B. Jones Collection, 1825-1860 (C1921)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous receipts and papers, including notice to Thomas Linville from George Sniders, 1851, forbidding Linville "from getting water from my spring."
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David H. Jones Papers, 1856-1863 (R1195)
(1 folder)
This collection contains photocopies of miscellaneous items from Webster County, Missouri collected by David H. Jones. Included are an extract from the minutes of the county court containing specifications and details for the new courthouse and a wartime letter from Marshfield to Mrs. J. A. Cottrell.
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William F. Jones Papers, 1819-1928 (C0831)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Letters written primarily by William F. Jones from his home in Bloomingburg, Ohio, to cousins living in Montgomery County, Missouri. Jones describes the national political scene, election results, his family, local weather and crops, his Civil War experiences, and the Spanish-American War. The collection also includes the account book (1844-1928) of Wilson P.H. Jones.
Jones-Lemon Family Papers, 1865-2006 (CA6587)
1.2 cubic feet
The papers of a family from the Nodaway County, Missouri, area include photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, family Bible, clippings, postcards, small artifacts, and miscellaneous material. Includes material on James H. Lemon and Kathleen Jones; World War II correspondence of Frank Paul Jones who was stationed in Arkansas during the war; and photographs of the related Cowden family.
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Jopling Family Papers, 1818-1995 (C3927)
0.6 cubic feet (20 folders, 1 oversize volume)
Papers of the Jopling family from Pettis County, MO. The papers consist of personal and business records and correspondence, including genealogical information, financial and legal papers, cattle records, patent records, and medical recipes.
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Joy Family Letters, 1849-1884, bulk 1864-1865 (C4601)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Correspondence between and pertaining to Lewis D. Joy and Augusta D. [Kent] Joy, 1840s-1880s. Also includes genealogical notes on the family.
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Kane County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1838-1926 (C2360)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Inscriptions from four cemeteries: Garfield Cemetery, Wasco, 1845-1962; Little Wood Cemetery, Dunham Woods, 1838-1962; Thatcher Cemetery, Maple Park, 1842-1962; and Whitney Cemetery, Wasco, 1837-1962.
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Kansas City Assessors Office Records, 1833-1908 (K0373)
1.2 c.f.
Jackson County Court [road]records 1833-1908 includes establishment of roads, vacation of roads, streets, alleys; Assessors Office records 1866-1891 include roads, alleys, streets, roadway and sidewalk tax assessments
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Kansas City Star Collection, 1868-1954 (P0116)
A limited collection of images sourced from the photographic collections of the Kansas City Star newspaper.
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Kansas City Turner Society (Socialer Turnverein) Records, 1867-1988 (K0771)
11 c.f.
Organizational records of the primary German social club in Kansas City. Includes minute books, ledgers, correspondence, photographs, and membership records, and national and local printed material and publications, programs, and songbooks Also records of the Turner Development Company and the administration of Turner Park.
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"Kansas City's Memorable Dates and Events, 1803-1920," George Fuller Green, 1803-1920 (C2905)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief descriptions of significant dates in the history of Kansas City, 1803-1920.
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Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad Company Records, 1869-1895 (R0088)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad Company Records contains a microfilm copy of the company's financial records and its corporate predecessors. The line became part of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company in 1901.
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Kansas Town Company Records, 1839-1957 (K0352)
0.27 c.f.
Original records of the Town Company which was the origin of Kansas City, MO. Includes minutes and financial accounts of the corporation: lists of lots sold, notes receivable, distribution of proceeds, holdings, and minutes of the proprietors' meetings. Also research on the town site, the Town Company, its Founders, and the Town of Kansas from its origin until 1850.
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Joseph Van Clief Karnes Papers, 1868-1937 (K0287)
0.2 c.f.
Autobiography of Karnes, an attorney prominent and influential member in the civic and legal community of Kansas City, MO. contains information on his family history and education, people he knew, the Kansas City public school and library system, and city charter reform. Also a small scrapbook comprised of clippings and writings.
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William H. Kavanaugh Papers, 1861-1939 (C4251)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)
Wesley Kaylor Papers, 1857-1963 (C0349)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters of a Union soldier in Missouri to his family in Newark, MO. Also letter telling of his death in Ironton, MO, of improper vaccination.
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Richard B. Keeble Papers, 1862-1863 (C2014)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Richard B. Keeble contain a statement by citizens of St. Charles County, January 24, 1862, attesting to Keeble's loyalty and recounting attack on his house (fragment). Also included are charges of disloyalty against Keeble, n.d., and parole of Keeble.
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Mary Paxton Keeley Papers, 1830-1986 (C0848)
13.8 cubic feet (622 folders), 1 audio tape, 4 audio cassettes, 2 oversize items
Papers of the first woman graduate of the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, in 1910. She was active as a journalist, teacher, playwright, poet, fiction writer, and photographer. Material includes correspondence; diaries; manuscripts for Keeley’s articles, fiction, and poetry; clippings; audio cassettes; and photographs.
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Carol Dobkins Keith Papers, 1859-1936 (C4122)
0.5 cubic feet
The papers of Carol Dobkins Keith contain a variety of photographs, correspondences, legal papers, and souvenirs. The majority of the collection consists of photographs depicting several colleges, schools, churches, and religious leaders in Missouri. The correspondences and legal papers date from 1863 to 1876 and primarily discuss the requests of soldiers serving in the military. There is an assortment of souvenir items, particularly from Fulton, Missouri, and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado in the early 1900s.
Kelley Family Collection, 1815-1996, bulk 1946-1996 (R1348)
2.25 cubic feet (70 folders)
The Kelley Family Collection contains photocopied personal papers of Isaac E. Kelley and James L. Kelley. The collection also includes the genealogical research collection of Patricia Lou Kelley. The research includes information on the Kelley family, but also the connected Barr, Randel, Dyer, Whitson, Bettis, Chilton, Criswell, Huddleston, Payne, Graves, Daniel, and Turley families.
Thomas Henry Kenny Papers, 1816-1997 (C4131)
5 cubic feet
The papers of a real estate broker, author, artist, treasure hunter, researcher, entrepreneur, and overall Renaissance man include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, publications, photographs, postcards, newspaper articles, and artistic material.
Kensinger Family Papers, 1856-1920 (C3712)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers largely contain correspondence between members of an Ohio family that began settling in western Missouri in the early 1850s. The collection also includes property tax receipts and miscellaneous family papers.
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Diane Kerckhoff Papers, 1842-2023 (S0499)
4.2 cubic feet
The Diane Kerckhoff papers contain correspondence, newsletters, photographs, police reports, and training manuals documenting Kerckhoff’s involvement in crime prevention in Missouri, including her work with the St. Louis Crusade Against Crime, the St. Louis County Justice Commission, the Missouri Crime Prevention Association, and the Attorney General’s Crime Commission. Also included in the collection are policy and procedures manuals Kerckhoff co-wrote for small police departments as co-founder of Policy Inc.