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Joseph Herbert Tedrow Transportation Collection, 1850-1987 (K0754)
9 c.f.
Collected data on transportation, particularly railroads operating in the Mid-west. Includes photographs, time-tables, notes, and other items.
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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1868-1984 (C3914)
0.2 cubic feet
The records of Temple Beth El, a synagogue in Jefferson City, MO, include legal papers, by-laws, minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence that document the temple's history from its origination as the Jefferson City Hebrew Cemetery Association to its 100th Anniversary in 1983.
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The Communist Newsletters, 1868-1877 (S0430)
0.01 cubic foot
The collection consists of monthly newsletters originally published by the Reunion Community in Jasper County, Missouri, devoted to the establishment of common property and cooperative labor in business and political relations. Founder Alcander Longley established the Friendship Community in St. Louis in 1871 and continued to publish the newsletter.
THE DAILY CITIZEN (Vicksburg, Miss.), 1863 (C2164)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a souvenir copy of the final issue, July 2, 1863. Articles concern Confederate and Union military news, and the fall of Vicksburg. Printed on wallpaper.
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Theater Programs, St. Louis, Missouri Collection, 1852-1953 (S0595)
0.25 cubic foot, 12 folders
This collection contains play bills and programs of theater productions at St. Louis theaters from 1853-1917.
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Thixton Family Papers, 1860s-2007 (C4726)
0.4 cubic foot (7 folders)
Photographs and miscellaneous family papers pertaining to Burton Ellsworth Thixton, Deliah Comer Thixton and their descendants in Moniteau, Morgan, and Benton Counties, Missouri.
Alexander Napier Thomas Papers, 1862-1971 (K0169)
0.20 c.f. (18 folders)
Letters and documents related to Thomas' service in the Civil War including a significant number written while a prisoner-of-war in Libby Prison. Also included are membership certificates and notices of election to public office and speeches Thomas delivered as part of his public career as mayor of Aurora, NE, state representative from Hamilton County, NE.
William Lyman Thomas Papers, 1867-1906 (S0304)
3 cubic feet, 276 photographs, 2 scrapbooks
The William Lyman Thomas Papers document Thomas's career in St. Louis as a publisher, author, and member of the Missouri Press Association, as well as the life of his family in Maplewood, Missouri. The collection contains correspondence, documents, ribbons, and the original photographs used in the publication of Thomas’ book, The History of St. Louis County, Missouri (1911).
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Thomas-Browning Papers, 1850-1909 (C0975)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous financial papers, 1874-1909, primarily pertaining to C.S. Browning's activities as a cattleman transferring livestock between Texas and Missouri. The account book, 1850-1908, was kept by C.M. Thomas, an auctioneer in Wellington and then Warrensburg, MO.
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Alonzo Thompson Authorization, 1866 (C1681)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Thompson, Missouri state auditor, 1864-1868, ordered the issue of credit warrants to William McCormack, Montgomery County collector, for 1865 overpayment to Revenue Fund and Union Military Fund.
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Dorothy Brown Thompson Papers, 1860-1994 (K0695)
52 c.f.
Personal papers, writings, and research materials of Thompson, a poet and genealogist. Includes personal and professional materials: poetry manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. Secondly, her extensive genealogical research includes specific family lines, correspondence, and historical publications. Also materials of her husband and son.
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Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers, 1850-1932 (R0671)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers contain the personal and family papers collected by Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson from 1850 to 1932. This collection includes photocopies of family correspondence, legal documents, and business papers for the Dabbs and Thompson families of Greene County, Missouri.
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Henry C. Thompson Collection, 1820-1957 (P0354)
21 photographs
Facsimile of signatures of Missouri governors, 1820-1940, photos of Henry C. Thompson and some of his paintings, early notable Missourians, St. Francois County, mining, and images relating to Mormons.
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Lizzie Thompson Letter, 1864 (C2208)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Beverly [Thompson], [Arrow Rock, MO], from Boonville, [MO], Nov. 1, 1864. Horror of war in Missouri, "a bone of contention." Fire destroyed a block on Main Street in Boonville. General Price camped in Boonville, stripped town and country of cattle, forage, and staple goods. Best citizens have fled, friends joining both armies. Family information.
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Meriwether Jeff Thompson Papers, 1854-1935 (C1030)
0.25 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm
Civil War memoir, correspondence, business and legal papers, family genealogies, and miscellaneous papers of M. Jeff Thompson. Thompson was a civil engineer, a railroad and real estate promoter, mayor of St. Joseph, MO, and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
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Thomson and McKee Mercantile Records, 1860-1866 (K0108)
1 v (MR)
One volume of customer accounts for what seems to have been a general store in Clay County, MO.
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Joshua Thorne Certificate, 1865 (C1829)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Certificate of appointment as assessor of internal revenue for the sixth district of Missouri, signed by Andrew Johnson.
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James T. Thorp Scrapbooks, 1840-1955 (C1429)
1.5 cubic feet
Materials collected and organized by Thorp as histories of the Missouri River, steamboats, and Miami, MO. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, excerpts from the MIAMI WEEKLY NEWS, and miscellaneous items.
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John B. Thruston Records, 1859-1879 (R0430)
1 roll
These are business records of Dr. John B. Thruston, a physician at Versailles in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include account ledgers, 1859-1879, and a daybook, 1861-1863. The
entries note the names of the patients, the types of medical services rendered, Thruston's fees, and
settlements of accounts.
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Valentine Thuma Papers, 1861-1864 (C3020)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Typescript of a Civil War diary and letters of a soldier in the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
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Charles H. Thurber Papers, 1862-1866 (C2573)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Papers of a Union officer including letters to his family while serving in a Missouri artillery unit in northeastern Mississippi, and photocopies of military papers relating to his military career.
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Nicholas Thurmond Letter, 1865 (C2143)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Description of Sterling Price's engagement at Boonville, MO, October 6-7, 1864. Price's retreat from Missouri, Oct. 1864. Army camps in Arkansas, the Federals, horror and grandeur of war, news of friends. Thurmond's wounds and his position teaching school on a Choctaw Indian reservation since November 28, 1864.
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Tibbe-Cuthbertson Family Papers, 1846-1986 (C3711)
1.2 cubic feet (59 folders), 2 oversize items
The papers of a Washington, Missouri, family whose patriarch, Henry Tibbe, and his son, Anton, founded the Missouri Meerschaum Company, include family and business correspondence, genealogy, property deeds, an early history of the Missouri Meerschaum Company, material on a patent infringement dispute, pipe catalogs, clippings, and photographs.
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Thomas Todd Estate Notice, 1869 (C0527)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Notice of public auction of miscellaneous property by Thomas Todd, signed by Samuel C. Major.
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William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)
Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.
Toler Family Papers, 1856-1882 (C0949)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Contains four deeds conveying property in Arkansas and Missouri: 1856, Polk County, MO; 1861, Benton County, AR; 1876, Independence County, AR; and 1882, Izard County, AR.
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Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)
The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.
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William Long Tolman Papers, 1852-1919 (R0246)
5 folders
These are papers of the Evans and Tolman families of Farmington, Missouri, mostly of Dr. William
L. Tolman and his wife, Margaret Frances "Fanny" Evans (1840-1921). Included are letters
from relatives in California and Colorado, a file of letters from Civil War veterans seeking invalid
pensions, and a collection of stories concerning the early settlers of St. Francois County.
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Torrey Family Papers, 1863-1913 (C4036)
0.3 cubic feet (12 folders)
The papers of H.R. Torrey and his second wife, Martha Hard Torrey, include bills and receipts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, and cemetery records. The collection also contains material from other family members, including Martha Torrey's brother, William H. Hard.
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Benjamin F. Townsend Ledger, 1859-1882 (C4535)
0.2 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
Ledger of an Arrow Rock general store owner, Benjamin F. Townsend, which notes customer information and account balances from 1859-1882.
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Henry D. Townsend Papers, 1862-1865 (C4141)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The Civil War letters of Henry D. Townsend, Co. B., 3rd Iowa Cavalry (Union) who fought at Bryce's Crossroads and in Price's Missouri raid, September-November, 1864.
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Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.
Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.
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Albert Tracy Journal, 1861 (C1273)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
Copy of a Civil War journal in the manuscript division of the New York Public Library. It was edited by Roy W. Irwin and published in the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW, 51 (1956-1957).
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E.B. Trail Collection, 1858-1965 (C2071)
4.2 cubic feet (279 folders, 62 volumes)
Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.
E.B. Trail Photograph Collection, 1845-1963 (P0021)
1.1 cubic feet (513 photographs)
Dr. E. B. Trail, St. Louis was a collector of steamboat images and articles, which he kept in scrapbooks. Includes images of steamboats, rivers, and other boating-related scenes.
William H. Trigg Collection, 1776, 1835-1899 (C0281)
1.2 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Books from the collection of William H. Trigg, Boonville, MO. Accounts of the Banking House of William H. Trigg and Co. and a scrapbook containing miscellaneous material, mostly news clippings from the 1860s and some paper money from the 1700s and 1800s.
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Belle Alexander Troxell Collection, 1857-1951 (C3460)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Programs, clippings, photographs, postcards, and miscellaneous items, collected by a Columbia, Missouri, resident and member of several women's organizations.
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D.M. and J.H. Tucker Papers, 1833-1902 (C0178)
0.2 cubic feet
Records of a mercantile firm in Fulton, MO. Business, the Civil War, state insane asylum, and politics are discussed. Records of the Tucker and Harris mercantile firm, later the D.M. and J.H. Tucker firm.
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Dennis Tucker Deeds, 1860-1864 (C0509)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
For Knox County, Missouri, land, originally in the possession of Eber H. Tucker and sold at auction by Amos Poe to D. Tucker and Zachariah Lear, October 27, 1860. For Knox County, Missouri, land sold by Tucker to Zachariah Lear, February 25, 1864.
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Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church (Polk County, Mo.) Records, 1841-1864, 1990 (C4529)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
One record book including meeting minutes of the church.
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Maude Turnbow Collection, 1852-1965 (C2924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters, written in 1853, concerning the McHargue family in Missouri and Oregon. Newspaper clippings, genealogy, and random notes of Madam Dorian.
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John Tyler Jr. Letter, 1862 (C0477)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To William L. Yancey, Montgomery, AL, from Holly Springs, MS, Oct. 15, 1862.
Describes battles of Corinth and Hatchee River. Written by a Confederate major, the son of President Tyler, who served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Sterling Price.
See collection 2401 for another copy.
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John Tyler, Jr. Letter, 1862 (C2401)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To William L. Yancey, Montgomery, AL, from Holly Springs, MS, Oct. 15, 1862.
Describes battles of Corinth and Hatchee River. Written by a Confederate major, the son of President Tyler. At the writing of the letter, Tyler was an aide-de-camp on General Sterling Price's staff.
See collection 477 for another copy.
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U. S. States of the United States, Missouri Records, 1762-1870 (C4337)
10 rolls of microfilm
Documents relating to the early history and development of Missouri which were located during the WPA Historical Records Survey. Only the rolls containing Missouri materials are in this series.
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U.S. Army, Division of the Missouri, Special Order No. 42, 1865 (C3566)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an order for a board of three army officers to meet at Keokuk, Iowa, on May 5, 1865, to inspect the general hospitals and post in that city, and to report results to headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri.
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United States. Army. Quartermaster's Stores Report, 1863 (C2437)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains quarterly reports of quartermaster's stores made by John H. Doolittle, 31 March 1863.
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U.S. General Land Office Grants
German Bank, Wooster, Ohio 1, 1869-1873 (C1562)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Grants to land in Missouri, to Moses Garrett and to Andrew J. Croy.
U.S. General Land Office Papers, 1859-1869 (C1282)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Copies of land grants, certificates and assignments for services in the War of 1812.
United States Military Telegraph (Warrenton, Mo.) Register, 1863 (C2341)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
U.S. military telegrams sent from Warrenton, MO, 1 May-14 December 1863. Concern supplies, materials, troop movements, and other military orders.
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U.S. Surveyor-General Surveys, 1834-1862 (C1287)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Copy of surveys of St. Louis, St. Charles, Ste. Genevieve, Mine a Breton, New Bourbon, Carondelet, and surrounding territories, copied from plat book in office of secretary of state of Missouri.