1860s

John McNeil Papers, 1861-1891 (C4719)
0.04 cubic foot (9 folders), 6 oversize items

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The papers of a brigadier general who served in the Union Army during the Civil War include letters, certificates, railroad passes, a biographical sketch, a tintype, and miscellaneous material.

Allen McReynolds Papers, 1842-1970 (C3605)
6.0 cubic feet (515 folders), 3 audio tapes, 3 audio cassettes

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The papers of a Carthage, Missouri, lawyer, state senator, Democratic candidate for governor, president of the State Historical Society of Missouri, and member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. The correspondence concerns civic, legal, political and business interests, family, and friends. The papers include correspondence of the McReynolds family dating from the 1840s through the 1940s.

McRoberts Family Papers, 1851-1892 (C0377)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Correspondence to Arch and W. B. McRoberts in Monticello, Missouri, concerning the state legislature. Also includes an account book, 1851-1874, Lewis County, Missouri, Board of Education record book, 1866-1870, book of sermons and home medicines, and a U.S. INFANTRY & RIFLE TACTICS BOOK, 1861.

A.J. McRoberts Papers, 1859-1876 (C0375)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Primarily letters written by A.J. McRoberts to his wife Mollie during the Civil War, and her replies. McRoberts was a Union sympathizer living in Saline County, MO. His wife had returned to her family in Ohio. They describe conditions in their respective locales. Other letters discuss family affairs.

Henry McTillston Special Orders, 1865 (C1509)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Commanding Officer, Missouri Infantry Volunteers, 39th Regiment, Company D, Benton Barracks, MO, from Headquarters, Camp of Instruction, Benton Barracks, MO, July 3, 1865.

Companies D and K, 39th Regiment, Missouri Volunteers Infantry ordered to report for duty to Colonel David Moore on 5 July 1865.

Cyrus A. Mead Papers, 1861 (R0166)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Cyrus A. Mead Papers contain photocopies of a letter written by Cyrus A. Mead during the Civil War to his sister in Eaton, Ohio. Serving with the 42nd Ohio Infantry in Camp Chase, Ohio, Mead noted the sickness in the regiment and remarked on the regimental officers, including Colonel James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States.

Nathaniel Mead Papers, 1862 (R0193)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Nathaniel Mead Papers contain two Civil War letters written by Nathaniel Mead while serving in the 30th Missouri Infantry at Saint Louis and Pilot Knob. The letters are addressed to Mead’s wife in Perry County, Missouri, and consist of inquires after family and friends. There are a few items of camp news.

Mechanics' Bank, Warsaw Branch Checks, 1860 (C2395)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two checks on a Warsaw, MO, bank.

Thomas Mee Papers, 1863-1864 (C0550)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers contain one letter from Thomas Mee to his wife. Mee was a soldier with the 2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteers, stationed near Murphreesboro, Tennessee. He talks of the horrors of the battle near Murphreesboro and predicts a greater one in Chattanooga, where he expects to be sent. Also included is a certificate of service showing Mee died at Andersonville Prison in 1864.

Edwin P. Meiners Collection, 1825-1960 (C3722)
7.1 cubic feet (407 folders)

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The papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist include personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners's insect collection and collections of correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.

Memorial Methodist Church (St. Louis, Mo.) Records, 1844-1981 (C1071)
1.25 cubic feet

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Records of the church from its beginning as the South St. Louis Mission (German Methodist) in 1844 to 1981. Includes quarterly conference reports and minutes; membership, baptism, and marriage records; church board and organization meeting minutes; Sunday School records; some financial records; and photographs.

Pierre Menard Sr. Collection, 1805-1905 (K0275)
0.5 c.f.

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Microfilm of the Menard incoming and outgoing personal and professional correspondence in the Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois Historical Survey. Letters deal with Menard's involvement in the fur trade and other businesses. Of particular interest are the letters from his daughter Berenice and her husband Francois Chouteau from their home at the mouth of the Kansas River.

Willard H. Mendenhall Diaries, 1853-1864 (C3866)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The diaries of Willard H. Mendenhall record his life on a farm near Lexington, MO, during the Civil War.

Mercantile Bancorporation Records, 1859-1999 (S1242)
45.5 cubic feet

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This collection contains meeting minutes, property appraisal cards, annual reports, VHS tapes, and photographs pertaining to the Mercantile Bancorporation’s mission to provide financial services to customers in the Midwest. Materials of interest include property appraisal cards for residential homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region. The cards contain information about the lot size, construction material, and estimated value for each individual property. The materials in this collection date from 1936 to 1999.

Merchants' Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records, 1859-1862 (R0462)
0.5 cubic foot (2 volumes)

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The Merchants’ Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records contain a “General Ledger” and “Individual Ledger” of the “branch of the Merchants’ Bank of St. Louis, at St. Genevieve,” 1859-1872. Controlled largely by the Rozier family, this institution appears to have been succeeded in 1865 by the Ste. Genevieve Savings Association. The “Individual Ledger” is indexed.

John D. Meredith Commission, 1864 (C1492)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Commission as captain, Company D, 39th Infantry, Missouri Volunteers.

Julius Caesar Merrill Diary, 1864 (C0371)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Typed copy of diary which gives an account of trip from Milwaukee to Boise City, ID, in 1864. Describes the journey over the old Oregon Trail, storms, severity of weather, shortage of food and water for their livestock, scarcity of firewood and wild game food for themselves, difficulties in fording rivers, fear of Indian attack, encounters with Indians wanting to trade, and other problems of wagon train life.

Leven H. and Susan Smith Merrill Papers, 1854-1864 (CA6669)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

The papers contain letters between Leven Henderson Merrill and his wife Susan Smith Merrill of Lafayette County, Missouri, along with essays and poems by Leven Henderson Merrill. Also includes business records, including information regarding people enslaved by the Merrill family.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Cape Girardeau and Circuit Records, 1848-1883 (C2986)
1 roll of microfilm

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Quarterly conference minutes of the Cape Girardeau circuit in Missouri. Also included are some minutes for the Jackson and Perryville circuits in the same district. The minutes list members present, discuss church business, and list the amount of money collected by each member church and how it was spent. Also includes brief history of financial transactions during the 1870s.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Doniphan Circuit Minutes, 1866-1876 (C1340)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes and miscellaneous records of the Circuit, including those of the Poplar Bluff and Doniphan Circuit as well. Also an account of a man's religious experiences in Kentucky, and in Missouri after his migration.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Missouri Conference, Princeton Circuit Records, 1866-1884 (C4464)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Minutes of quarterly meetings of the Princeton Circuit, Macon District.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Conference District Journals, 1845-1893 (C2994)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Ste. Genevieve, Perryville, and York Chapel circuits of the St. Louis Conference District of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Includes minutes detailing church business and statements of funds collected from the churches. The journals cover the Ste. Genevieve circuit from 1845 to 1860, the Perryville circuit from 1864 to 1871, and the York Chapel circuit from 1881 to 1893.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Versailles Circuit Records, 1859-1901 (C1864)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Register includes names of members and probationers in the Versailles Circuit, Jefferson City District, Missouri, how and when received and disposed of--whether by death, certificate, withdrawal, or expulsion--and some baptism and marriage records.

Miami, Missouri, Records, 1867-1965 (C2490)
1.1 cubic feet

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The public records of a town in Saline County, Missouri, include city council minutes, school board records, and assessment and tax books.

Middleton Family Papers, 1859-1938 (C3175)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters of the James H. Middleton family regarding the history and genealogy of the Middleton, Williams, and Evans families.

Magdalena Miesner Papers, 1869 (R0154)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Magdalena Miesner Papers contain a photocopy of a certificate of confirmation, in German, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, Benton County, Missouri.

Millar Family Papers, 1840-1899 (R0162)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Millar Family Papers contain photocopies of miscellaneous papers of the Millar family of Mississippi County, Missouri. The collection includes a diary of a trip from Scioto
County, Ohio to Mississippi County in 1840, land and tax papers, slave records, and receipts issued by the Missouri State Guard at New Madrid during the Civil War.

Eddie Miller Photograph Collection, 1852-1922 (P0608)
0.23 linear feet

Photographs of the Truman Presidential Library, ca. 1974. Copy photos, the bulk of which depict DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO. Also images of Washington County and Old Mines, MO.

Edwin L. Miller Papers, 1852-1897 (C0367)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Price list of L. and I.J. White Company, a Buffalo, NY, firm making edge tools and planes; letter; and miscellaneous clippings, including article on reelection of Francis M. Cockrell for fifth term, inauguration of William McKinley, obituaries, poems and other items.

Elihu L. Miller Diary, 1863-1865 (C2634)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a diary recording movements of the 10th Missouri Cavalry, Company R.

James Miller Papers, 1842-1896 (C3152)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Legal documents, political correspondence, receipts for services, and real estate transactions of James Miller, the estate of William Miller, and J. Porter English.

Merritt F. Miller Collection, 1866-2003 (C3921)
0.8 cubic feet (40 folders)

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Photographs, negatives and caption notebook of a University of Missouri professor of soils, 1904-1938; and dean of the College of Agriculture, 1838-1945; depicting scenes of the Ozarks; European landmarks and agriculture; a North American tour of the International Society of Soil Science; and various Missouri, Columbia, and University of Missouri scenes. Also included are correspondence to and from Miller, postcards he collected while visiting Europe, and miscellaneous papers.

Wilber Miller Photograph Collection, 1850-1958 (P0494)
0.16 linear feet

Copy photographs of Stockton, MO

Miller-Stephens Family Papers, 1811-1960 (C3229)
0.3 cubic feet

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Correspondence between members of the P.T. Miller family and the E.W. Stephens family, as well as Personal, business, and civic letters of Hugh Stephens. Several letters from 1811 to 1814, one 1839 letter, then resumes with a few Civil War letters. Traces the courtship of Nick E. Miller and Sallie "Birdie" Fisher until their marriage in 1874. Also includes the 1902 foreign travel letters of James H. Moss, a relative of the Stephens family.

Duncan C. and James R. Milner Letters, 1863-1865 (C0365)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains typed copies of letters from soldiers in Sherman's army to relatives in Ohio describing army life. Telegram to Sherman from Henry Halleck, 1864, announcing victory over enemy in battle. Letters pertaining to James R. Milner's assignment in the army.

Mine La Motte Records, 1840-1929 (R1347)
0.25 cubic foot (4 folders)

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The Mine La Motte records document mining history in Mine La Motte, a town in Missouri's Old Lead Belt. The papers include maps, letters, and stock certificates.

John A. Minter Papers, 1864-1871 (C0472)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Commission as colonel from the Confederate States of America War Department and notice of ordination as minister by Corinth United Baptist Church, Lewis County, Missouri.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1781-1892 (C2293)
0.23 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The collection contains poems, receipts, documents, newspapers and correspondence concerning business, law, appointments, teaching, politics, insurance, pensions, land, health, cholera, medicine, weather, news of friends and relatives, degrees, autographs, letter of introduction, and the Civil War: secession, orders and battles.

Missouri & Illinois Mineral & Land Company Records, 1834-1900 (R0058)
0.75 cubic foot (9 folders, 2 oversize folders

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These are records of the acquisition and disposition of lands in a speculative industrial development scheme in Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Cape Girardeau, and Madison Counties in Missouri.

Missouri Central Railroad Company Articles of Association, 1868 (C1719)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Articles of association of a railroad to run from Laclede to an intersection with the Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad in Chariton County. Amount of capital, stock, list of directors, and stockholders.

Missouri Central Railroad Company Resolutions, 1869 (C1718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Resolutions to dissolve the Missouri Central Railroad Company, adopted by the stockholders. Company organized to build a railroad from Boonville to Arrow Rock. Cooper and Saline Counties and Arrow Rock failed to cooperate.

Missouri Church Records, 1811-2023 (C0558)
123.3 cubic feet (1424 folders), 3 computer discs

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The Missouri Church Records consist of newsletters, conference proceedings, reports, directories, journals, and other publications of various religious denominations in Missouri including the Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ (Christian), Presbyterian, and Catholic churches.

Missouri Civil Register, 1820-1865 (C1784)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Lists appointments of U.S. senators, 1820-1864; U.S. representatives, 1820-1864; governors, 1820-1865; secretaries of state, 1820-1864; treasurers, 1820-1864; attorneys general, 1820-1865; Boone County justices of the peace, 1825-1845; supreme court justices, 1822-1864; circuit court judges, 1824-1861; and circuit attorneys, 1844-1851.

Missouri Civil War Documents, 1863-1867 (C2671)
0.2 cubic feet

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The collection contains oaths of loyalty; reports of E. Anson More, quartermaster general of Missouri; and special orders from the adjutant general's office. All concern members of the Missouri Militia from various regiments and companies.

Missouri Civil War Special Orders, 1863-1864 (C3160)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Special order from Office of the Provost Marshal General, Department of the Missouri, paroling Richard B. Keeble, and special order from the Adjutant General's Office, State of Missouri, calling George C. Gaddy's Company, Enrolled Missouri Militia, into active service.

The Missouri Collection, 1771-2024 (C3982)
18.6 cubic feet (850 folders, 892 photographs), 34 oversize items, 9 audio cassettes, 7 audio discs, 9 CDs, 1 computer disc, 1 film, 6 film strips, 9 DVDs, 3 video cassettes, 583 MB of digital files

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The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.

Missouri College and University Print Materials, 1836-1986 (C4281)
12 cubic feet (322 folders), 13 oversize items

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The materials contain pamphlets, catalogs, guides, speeches, programs, yearbooks, periodicals and books produced by Missouri colleges, universities, academies, and other educational institutions.

Missouri Constitution, 1865 (C2866)
1 oversize item

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German edition, published by Westliche Post, 1865.

Missouri Council of Churches Records, 1866-1980s (CA4558)
29 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume

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The records of an organization concerned with legislation and social welfare programs in addition to religious concerns include convention materials, committee files, minutes, publications, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Includes records of the Missouri Sunday School Association.

Lamine River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptist Records, 1845-1882 (R0284)
0.1 cubic foot (7 folders)

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The Lamine River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records contain the original and photocopied printed annual meeting minutes of the Lamine River Association, dated from 1845 to 1859 and 1877 to 1882. Known first as the Lamine River Regular Baptists Association, the organization was composed of churches in Bates, Camden, Cooper, Jackson, Johnson, Miller, Morgan, and Pettis counties in Missouri.