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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1797-1964 (C3835)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina include school notebooks, genealogical material, photographs, and account books of the Lenoirs and Frank G. Nifong, a physician who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.
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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1813-1955 (C3656)
1.6 cubic feet (44 folders)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina, include correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.
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Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs, 1860-1939 (C3888)
40.4 cubic feet, 18 rolls of microfilm (8670 glass plate negatives, 95 film negatives, 63 photographic prints. Access copies on 18 rolls of microfilm)
The collection consists of studio portraits of groups, families and individuals; and scenes of the Higginsville and Concordia areas in western Missouri.
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Abiel Leonard Papers, 1782-1932 (C1013)
16.4 cubic feet (1245 folders)
The papers contain the personal and business papers of the Leonard family of Fayette, Missouri, including correspondence, deeds, legal cases, bills, accounts, receipts, and Missouri Militia correspondence. Abiel Leonard was a lawyer, farmer, landowner and prominent Whig, who served on the Missouri Supreme Court.
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Nathaniel Leonard Papers, 1800-1896, 1927 (C2525)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 2 rolls of microfilm
The papers of Nathaniel Leonard, a stock breeder and farmer from Cooper County, Missouri, and his family consist of land papers, account and other record books, correspondence, Civil War papers, an 1824 fur memorandum, and an 1875 diary of Lon V. Stephens.
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Charles John Joseph Leopold Papers, 1836-1884 (C1016)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Correspondence (several letters in German with translations); business and legal papers; and receipts.
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Adison P. Lester Papers, 1879-1880 (C2117)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Lester's petition for divorce from Mary J. Lester, and summons for her to appear before Moberly Court of Common Pleas.
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George E. Lester Letter, 1879 (C0553)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Phillip Lucas Lester, Missouri, from Montgomery County, Virginia, January 12, 1879. Discusses settling their father’s estate and includes legal procedures of the time.
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Robert Ridenour Lester Papers, 1874-1997 (K1158)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and some printed and published material related to Lester and the Ridenour Family. Seventeen scrapbook volumes depict travel in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Lester's involvement in France in WWI.
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Lewis Family Papers, 1838-1888 (C4059)
0.3 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of the Lewis family consist of family records, legal documents, financial documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous material of a family from Osceola, Missouri.
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Eugene R. Lewis Papers, 1853-1901 (K0326)
0.24 c.f. (12 folders)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the medical field, railroads, politics, and items Kansas City physician Lewis personally found interesting. Topics include the University of Kansas City Medical department (not to be confused with UMKC), various medical associations, historical sketches of people, papers written by Dr. Lewis, and the Women's Medical College of Kansas City, MO.
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Lexington Turner Society (Lexington, Mo.) Records, 1859-1965 (C3070)
1 roll of microfilm
Minutes and accounts for German-American athletic and social club founded in 1859 as Turn Verein (gymnastic society). Records to 1906 are in German. Includes translation by Turner member Nicholas Haerle. Subjects include memberships, balls, music groups, building construction and maintenance, and German-American relations.
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Lexington, Lake and Gulf Rail Road Company Bond, 1871 (C1992)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a $1000 bond issued in Cass County, MO.
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Liberty Christian Church Records, 1824-1987 (K0235)
0.25 c.f.
Administrative records including minute books, treasurer's records, building fund drive records, scrapbooks, correspondence, roll books and miscellaneous printed materials, and other items relating to the Liberty Christian Church, Liberty, MO.
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Liberty Freewill Baptist Church, Laclede County, Missouri Records, 1869-1874 (R0364)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Liberty Freewill Baptist Church, Laclede County, Missouri Records
contain photocopies of minutes of meetings and a roster of members of the Liberty Freewill Baptist Church near Phillipsburg in Laclede County, Missouri. The minutes deal primarily with the admission and exclusion of members.
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Lick Creek Presbyterian Church (Ralls County, Mo.) Records, 1854-1881 (C1352)
0.13 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The records contain minutes of session meetings and a membership list. The church voted to join with the Mount Prairie Church and be reconstituted as the Perry Presbyterian Church in 1880.
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"The Life of Richard T. Isaacs," Richard T. Isaacs, 1878 (C0743)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Autobiography of Richard T. Isaacs and account of his murder of Henderson B. Clark. Includes letters received by Isaacs after his conviction for murder.
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Clabe Lile Papers, 1874-1875 (R1534)
02 cubic foot (3 folders, 2 photographs)
The Clabe Lile Papers contain military certificates, photographs, and family history related to Clayborn “Clabe” Lile of Phelps and Texas counties in Missouri.
William Limrick Papers, 1840-1860, 1876 (C4610)
0.63 cubic feet (7 oversize volumes)
Business records of banker and merchant William Limrick of Lexington, Missouri, 1840-1860, 1876. Included in one of the volumes are the records of Wiley & Lee, 1842-1844.
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Lincoln Family Papers, 1878-1919 (C0364)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Diary and scrapbook concerning movements of the U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS, from 30 April-30 June 1898; Spanish-American War clippings; printed copy of 1878 address; THE U.S.S. SAINT LEWIS WEEKLY; naval academy chapel bulletin; and short story.
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Phillip Lincoln Papers, 1859-1878 (C0362)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Wm. W. Woodward letter from Tallahassee, 1859; statement of citizenship of Stephen Lincoln, 1861; petitions signed by some citizens of Massachusetts in Boston, 1878.
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Lindsay Family Papers, 1858-circa 1980 (R0352)
0.02 cuibc foot (1 folder)
The Lindsay Family Papers consists of photocopies of correspondence, biographical material, and miscellaneous material regarding James Lindsay of Ironton, Missouri, and his sons, Joseph F. Lindsay and Robert L. Lindsay. The Lindsays were prominent early residents of Iron County and were Union veterans of the Civil War.
Robert L. Lindsay Papers, 1799-1909 (C2801)
0.4 cubic feet
Correspondence, stock certificates, abstracts, and deeds.
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Julius Lingenfelder Papers, 1876-1934 (C4167)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders), 1 oversize volume
The papers of Dr. Julius Lingenfelder contain a typescript copy of his book, The Physician as Leader of the New Era, family correspondence, a scrapbook containing correspondence and news clippings, 1915-1920, and school certificates, including his medical diploma.
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Lawrence D. Lingle Collection, 1811-1885 (C2260)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning families in Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, and Missouri relating to family and social gossip, weather, livestock, crops, road construction, and teaching in a private school.
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Linton Family Scrapbook, 1860-1872 (C4429)
0.31 cubic feet (1 volume)
Scrapbook primarily consists of newspaper clippings, often written by Linton himself, that reflect his political views. The contents of this scrapbook display a strong sympathy to the Union and often argue against the Missouri Constitution of 1865.
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Adolph Gustav Lipp Papers, 1839-1944, 1958 (S0046)
0.05 cubic foot, 32 folders, 13 photographs
The Adolph Gustav Lipp Papers contain marriage certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, and theater programs documenting the life of Adolph Lipp, who immigrated from Germany to St. Louis, Missouri, between the late 1880s and 1890s.
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Lippstadt Evangelical Church (Warren County, Mo.) Records, 1849-1933 (C3643)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)
The marriage, baptismal, confirmation and funeral records of a German evangelical church located near Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri. Volume three also contains the rules of the congregation and list of its members. The records are written almost entirely in German script.
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John W. Lister Papers, 1818-1911 (S0830)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders
The papers of John W. Lister contain photocopies of his memoirs as a Captain in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Lister served in the Mississippi River Brigade as a carpenter and recounted his experiences in the Siege of Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign.
Litherbury/Beck Family Letters, 1857-1964 (K0781)
0.3 c.f.
Letters written among the members of a farm family in Atchison County, MO concerning family matters such as farming, activities of children, the weather, and news of extended family. Some letters are from family men to home while they were in the military during war. Also genealogy and family history files.
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Little Piney Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records, 1834-1876 (R1353)
(1 volume)
This record book contains 123 pages of minutes recorded at the annual meeting held by the Little Piney Regular Predestinarian Baptist Association, located in Pulaski County, September 1834-August 1876.
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Little Piney Baptist Association Records, 1837-1935 (R0283)
0.5 cubic foot (90 folders)
The Little Piney Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records contain minutes of annual meetings of the Little Piney Association, which was composed of churches in Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, and Texas counties in Missouri. At various times, the organization was titled a “United” and “Primitive” Baptist association.
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Little Zion Primitive Baptist Church (Macon County, Mo.) Records, 1836-1974 (C3640)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Record books containing lists of members of the church, the constitution, and the abstract of principles. A synopsis of each meeting of the congregation is also included.
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Lock Brothers Milling Company Papers, 1861-1935 (C3630)
3 rolls of microfilm (3 folders, 14 volumes)
Daybooks, ledgers, and payroll records of a family-owned milling company in Loose Creek, Osage County, Missouri. Operations included a sawmill, winery and flour mill. Most of the mill's business was done with local German immigrant farmers and their descendants. Early records are in German shorthand script and there are some gaps.
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Anita Boresow Loeb Jewish Cemetery Project, 1866-1999 (K0430)
14 (MR)
Microfilm of note cards prepared by Loeb recording vital data, and when available obituaries for persons buried in Jewish cemeteries in Greater Kansas City. Much of the data, but not all, appears in Mrs. Loeb's book, Gone But Not Forgotten: a History of the Burials in the Jewish Cemeteries of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Charles Gustavus Loesch Collection, 1862-1996 (C3931)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Newspaper clippings, photographs, and a memoir of Missouri Civil War veteran Charles G. (Gus) Loesch.
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Logan Wood Genealogical Records, 1700-1980 (K0181)
0.2 c.f.
Genealogical notes, letters, transcribed copies of historical documents and other materials relating to family lines of interest to Dr. Logan Wood, a physician in Bolckow, Andrew County, Missouri.
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Long Brothers Account Books, 1856-1881 (C2495)
0.52 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Account books of the general stores of Alfred Long, Cadet, Missouri, and John and William Long, Bellfountain, MO.
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Fannie Blair Long Papers, 1834-1944 (C2222)
0.5 cubic feet (25 folders)
Miscellaneous correspondence, legal papers, photographs, genealogy, mementos, accounts, books, and diary of Fannie Blair Long and family. Includes settlement of Isaac Long estate, Keswick, VA.
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Isaac Long Papers, 1859-1871 (C2294)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Family papers of a resident of Albemarle County, VA. Three letters and two receipts concerning accounts, hiring employees, and local and family news.
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William C. Long Papers, 1859-1891 (C2624)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
Nineteen Civil War letters; letters to and from Irwin Walley, Long's son-in-law; miscellaneous family papers; and photographs of the opening of the Oklahoma Territory, 1891.
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Rufus E. Longan Papers, 1879-1936 (C0358)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous papers of a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, who was a member of a pioneer family of Pettis County, MO. Papers include a school report; marriage license and certificate; will; several letters; messages of sympathy and news clipping of Longan's funeral; and "The Dirigible," an army newsletter edited by Longan.
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Meron G. Mayhew Lonsdale Papers, 1847-1927 (C0130)
0.2 cubic feet
Family letters; bills; Boone County tax receipts for the Civil War period; Missouri University commencement programs, 1880-1881; Christian College catalogue; and newspaper clippings pertaining to family.
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Looney's Creek Baptist Church Record Book, 1836-1894 (C3024)
1 roll of microfilm
Record book of Looney's Creek Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Shelby County. Contains meeting minutes and lists of members.
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Philipp Lotz Papers, 1872-1955 (C3741)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers contain pages from the family bible listing births and deaths of children of Philipp and Christina Lotz; obituary of Christian Lotz; miscellaneous receipts and clippings; and religious cards and literature. Most of the material is in German. The Lotz family lived in and near California and McGirk in Moniteau County, Missouri, and Kansas City.
Louisiana and Middletown Plank Road Company Records, 1851-1873 (C1152)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Road company established to construct an improved road from Louisiana, Pike County, MO, to Middletown, Montgomery County, MO. Early efforts to build and maintain the road are described in detail. Most meetings were held in the road company's office in Louisiana. Also two photographs.
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Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad Certificate, 1871 (C3155)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Blank stock certificate in the South Branch of the railroad.
James A. Love Papers, 1836-1913 (C0131)
0.4 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
Personal papers and business records of an educator in Callaway County, MO. Includes a journal, clippings, and miscellaneous items. Volumes include personal and tuition accounts, student registers, and records of Tippecanoe Club and the lyceum.
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Blanche Beal Lowe Papers, 1858-1933 (C3083)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Blanche Beal Lowe contain personal letters between the Marr and Lowe families, originals and typed copies; genealogies of Absalom Smith family and of William Fletcher Lowe family; and a newspaper clipping with typed addenda about Mrs. Samuel Perry.
Larry Lowic St. Louis Architecture Collection, 1803-1995 (S0565)
14 cubic feet, 161 folders
This collection contains secondary source material and notes Lowic accumulated for his book "The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, 1803-1891." Subjects of interest include St. Louis neighborhoods, buildings, churches, and the cultural influences of the French and Germans on the city's built environment.