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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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Wilfred Hallenbeck Photograph Collection, 1870-1961 (S0653)
0.25 cubic foot, 8 folders, 364 photographs
The collection contains images of the Hallenbeck family, Lambert Field, Camp Irondale Boy Scout Reservation, and St. Louis landmarks.
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Wesley Halliburton Letters, 1875 (C1974)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains photocopies of two letters written by a member of the 1875 Missouri Constitutional Convention to his wife. The letters include comments on the work of the convention and the constitution it drafted.
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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 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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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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E. Harding Scrapbook, 1872-1888 (C1403)
0.18 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper clippings from Confederate newspapers of battle descriptions, military reports, speeches, human interest stories, Battle of Fredericksburg, and the support of the South by the British Commonwealth.
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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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H.W. Harper Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876 (C4241)
0.25 cubic feet (1 folder)
A Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876, which includes notations on weather, social life, and business in Boonville, Missouri.
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Harris and Janis Ledger, 1874-1876 (R0006)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Harris and Janis Business Ledger is a standard banking ledger of individual accounts from a firm at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Credits and debits are enumerated and dated, with the earliest being in 1874 and the latest in 1876. Also included are nineteen Harris and Janis printed checks signed by Janis and Cox.
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Harris and Janis Records, 1874-1882 (R0434)
(2 volumes)
These are two letter press volumes, 1874-1875 and 1881-1882, for "Harris & Janis, Bankers
and Exchange Dealers," of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The letters are copies of routine outgoing correspondence, usually to other financial institutions, often written to accompany bank drafts and
other financial instruments. There are alphabetical and chronological lists of addressees for each
volume.
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Harris and Janis Records, 1874-1884 (R0467)
3 volumes, 10 bundles OVERSIZED
These are account books and draft stubs for Harris & Janis, a "banking house" in Ste. Genevieve,
Missouri. Oliver D. Harris and Jules F. Janis were the proprietors.
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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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Jack S. Harrison Papers, 1874-1943 (C0048)
6 cubic feet (311 folders)
Papers of an Equine Research Specialist on the staff of the Missouri State Museum and former horse breeder. The papers consist of research materials gathered for a history of Missouri livestock, the bulk of which concern horses. A small quantity of personal papers is included.
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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 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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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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William H. Hatch Papers, 1870-1887 (C0113)
0.2 cubic feet
Letters to Hatch, a congressman from Hannibal, MO, about political matters. Hatch was responsible for the establishment of the agricultural experiment station at the University of Missouri in 1887.
Also a few letters to his brother George, a lawyer in Hannibal.
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Hauenstein and Company Account Book, 1872-1873 (C1116)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Accounts of a general merchandise firm.
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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.
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.
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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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Helm-Davidson Family Papers, 1824-1970 (C3434)
2.5 cubic feet (101 folders, 1 oversize volume)
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John Brooks Henderson Letter, 1870 (C0516)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To John T. Hoffman, Albany, New York, from St. Louis, Missouri, Sept. 17, 1870. Request for appointment as delegate to convention to be held in Cincinnati. Also includes a photograph of Henderson.
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Henry Tobias Brewers and Maltsters Union #6 Collection, 1873-1990 (S0615)
16.2 cubic feet, 314 folders, 2 records, 1 reel tape, 556 photographs
The Brewers and Maltsters Local #6 is the oldest labor union in continuous operation in the city of St. Louis. This collection documents the changes that the Maltsters Union #6 underwent over the years as well as the everyday details of a labor union. The collection also contains material that Henry Tobias collected on the history of brewing and St. Louis breweries. Included are materials from the Dancing Masters of America and the Dancing Teacher's Association of St. Louis.
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Ethelda Henry Genealogical Collection, 1671-1988 (C3881)
34.6 cubic feet
Family histories and genealogies of Boone County and central Missouri families. The collection also includes cemetery, census, marriage, school, and will records; Bible and church records and histories; clippings, photographs, and source materials; and family genealogical correspondence.
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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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Lafayette Henson Papers, 1876-1938 (C0114)
0.3 cubic feet
Correspondence and other papers of a physician of Galena, MO, who graduated from the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, in 1882. Class notes taken while a student at Missouri Medical College. Account book containing bills for medical attendance.
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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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Young and John Ryland Hicklin Papers, 1876-1929 (C0115)
0.7 cubic feet
Accounts, receipts, and correspondence of members of the Hicklin family, Lexington, MO, pioneers.
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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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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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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.