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Mamie J. McCormick Papers, 1818-1952 (C2094)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Genealogical material gathered by McCormick concerning the McCormick and other related families who settled in Pettis County, MO. Includes photocopy of pension application of Revolutionary War veteran George McCormick; will of George McCormick; deposition of Massina Moreau McCormick, an early Missouri settler; and lists of those buried in family cemeteries in Pettis County and from family Bibles.

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McCoy Family Papers, 1855-1896 (C1017)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Family letters and business correspondence concerning real estate in Utica, Missouri; memoranda; personal accounts; and legal papers of Willard J., John C., and Lucius McCoy.

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John Calvin McCoy Collection, 1871-1950 (K0296)
0.25

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The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to John Calvin McCoy’s writing for the Kansas City Journal and various other newspapers. The scrapbook also contains a biography, obituaries, and memorials of McCoy, which were published after his death in 1889. The scrapbook includes an index compiled by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City. Additional materials include correspondence and typescript copies of writing by McCoy and his daughter, Nellie McCoy Harris.

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Joseph McCoy Papers, 1815-1908 (C2144)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Eight land deeds (3 to land in St. Louis, 1815-1820; 5 to land in Clark County, 1856-1866). Power of attorney and land purchase receipt, 1844. Daybook of McCoy's business transactions in Waterloo, MO, 1841-1842.

George Washington McCrary Collection, 1877-1878 (K0123)
1 v (MR)

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on national political issues and attributed to George W. McCrary, an attorney, judge, congressman, who settled in Kansas City, MO. the scrapbook was made while he was Secretary of War under Rutherford B. Hayes. The clippings are from newspapers throughout the United States

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McCraw-Turner Family Papers, 1837-1919 (C0145)
0.1 cubic feet

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Letters, deeds, land surveys, tax receipts, and several miscellaneous items of the McCraw and Turner families of Tennessee and Greene County, MO.

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Samuel C. McCune Papers, 1870 (C0373)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters to McCune, sheriff of Ralls County, MO, concerning land taxes. Delinquent land tax list for 1868 which were paid in 1870.

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McDaniel Family Papers Papers, 1812-1940 (K0626)
0.75 c.f.

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Papers and genealogy relating to the family of McDaniel, Civil War soldier, farmer, insurance agent, and minister.

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Archibald J. McDonald Papers, 1878-1894 (C0376)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter of recommendation, teaching certificate, recipe for pickled pork, and commission as probate judge.

McGee College (College Mound, Mo.) Minutes, 1867-1870 (C3263)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The collection contains photocopies of minutes of the proceedings of the faculty of McGee College, September 1867-June 1870.

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McGee Family Papers, 1838-2000 (C4271)
3 cubic feet (60 folders), 6 oversize items, 15 film reels, 1 video cassette

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Genealogical material in the form of correspondence, notes, photographs, slides, obituaries, histories, marriages, and funerals of the McGee and other related family members. Also includes Civil War muster rolls.

James E. McGhee Civil War Research Papers, 1848-2020 (CG0047)
6.0 c.f.

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Research materials, mainly reproductions of originals, accumulated by James E. McGhee, who was a preeminent historian and Civil War scholar from Missouri. Photocopied material includes journals, correspondence, maps, images, chapters from books, essays, newspaper articles, and so on. There are also 11 CDs, two microfiche rolls, two panoramic photos, a WWI-era journal, and one flash drive containing research materials.

S.E. McGraw Account Book, 1874-1877 (C0581)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Accounts of a harness and machine repairman, probably near Clinton, Missouri. The name of Warren Bronaugh appears throughout the book.

William E. McGready Papers, 1817-1875 (C1018)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Correspondence, legal papers, bills, receipts, and other miscellaneous items of the McGready Family of Potosi, Missouri.

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Martin E. McGuire Papers, 1871-1883 (R0505)
1 folder

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This is a memoranda book of a teacher at schools in Benton and Pettis counties in Missouri. Included are the names of students, attendance records, and other information for Fordney (Benton), Prairie Grove (Pettis), and Pin Oak (Pettis) schools, 1871-1875. There are also notes on personal business by Bettie McGuire, 1876-1883.

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McKee Family Papers, 1860-1916 (C3411)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The papers of the McKee family of Oxford, Mississippi, contain letters, deeds, contracts, and wills. The materials include frequent reference to William McKee, sheriff of Lafayette County, and Frank McKee, owner of local hardware store; as well as one miscellaneous newspaper page from Green Forest, Arkansas.

McKendree Chapel (Cape Girardeau County, Mo.) Class Books, 1852-1884 (C1342)
0.07 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Names and financial records.

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Hayes McKinney Papers, 1789-1897 (C0146)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Six land grants, 1825-1836, signed by John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson. Also several pamphlets, annual catalog of Bellevue Collegiate Institute and Episcopal Methodist College, 1873-1874, and two surveying textbooks.

James McKinsey Papers, 1850-1872 (C1890)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Papers of James McKinsey with explanatory letter from his granddaughter, Nell Deskin. Two notes entered into with Randolph County for the use and benefit of the common schools, and note of Hattie G. Johnson entered into with the Moberly Bank.

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John D. McKown Papers, 1851-1897 (C2335)
0.23 cubic feet (11 folders)

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Personal correspondence, business papers, Civil War military papers, and documents concerning construction of Saline County, MO, courthouse.

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William H. McLane Papers, 1836-1893 (C1020)
1.2 cubic feet

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Personal and business correspondence of a merchant in Appleton and Clinton, MO, who also served as a representative in the Missouri General Assembly, curator of the University of Missouri, deputy U.S. marshal, and colonel in the Civil War.

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McLoad Family Papers, 1862-1888 (C3125)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters written from Ohio and Kentucky telling whereabouts and livelihoods of relatives, family deaths, prices, crops, sickness, and Daniel Boone history.

James S. McLoed Papers, 1813-1903 (C3667)
0.2 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Papers of James S. McLoed, his father, William, and family. McLoed was a farmer, carpenter, county clerk, justice of the peace, road commissioner, and school trustee in Calumet Township, Pike County, Missouri.

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John Morgan McMichael Ledger, 1867-1871 (C1156)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Real estate ledger kept by Morgan McMichael, Plattsburg, MO. Includes meetings of Board of Trustees of Plattsburg, 1867-1868, when McMichael served as clerk.

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John Morgan McMichael Prayer Books, 1861-1871 (C1155)
0.05 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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John Morgan McMichael, merchant, Plattsburg, MO. Vol. I, Prayer Book, 1861; Vol. II, Prayer Book, 1871.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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William O. Mead Papers, 1870s (C3383)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Appointment as honorary member of the Board of Centennial Managers, 1875, by Governor Hardin of Missouri. Notice of package received from St. Louis to William O. Mead, with charges of 30 cents due Adams Express Company.

Medlock-Luecke Family Papers, 1873-2021 (S0039)
4 cubic feet

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The Medlock-Luecke Family papers contain correspondence, photographs, yearbooks, family histories, and a yearbook pertaining to the Jim, Kay, Joey, and AJ Medlock; the Luecke family, primarily Robert Clarence and Louise Meers Luecke; and other branches of the family, including the Eakers and the Hodges.

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.

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Barbara Mellers Photograph Collection, 1870-1900 (P0231)
1 photograph

66 unidentified cabinet cards and carte de visites of Missouri families and individuals.

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Memorial Addresses on the Life of Senator Lewis Bogy, 1878 (S0211)
1 volume

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Lewis Bogy, (A Senator From Missouri), Delivered In The Senate, January 16, 1878 and House of Representatives January 23, 1878.

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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.

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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.

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.

Mercer County, Missouri Atlas Frontispiece, 1877 (C0829)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a history of Mercer County, Missouri, as given on the frontispiece of the 1877 atlas.

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Merchant and Staples Tobacco Company Account Books, 1874-1878 (C0582)
0.04 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Account books of a Chariton County, Missouri, tobacco company, with offices at Brunswick and Triplett, giving amounts of shipments, accounts payable to tobacco growers, and financial accounts of the company.

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Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records, 1879-1953 (S0331)
3 microfilm rolls

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The Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records were loaned for microfilming and document the founding and early development of the company and the personal lives of members of the Mesker family. The records include correspondence, company licenses, shares and checks, catalogues, a patent, an account book and publications relating to the building trades. The collection contains early correspondence between Frank and Ben Mesker from 1882-1886, biographical information, birth and graduation announcements, obituaries, and news clippings regarding members of the Mesker family.

Methodist Episcopal Church South, St. Louis Conference, Farmington Circuit, Conference Minutes, 1877-1890 (C3002)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Conference minutes of the Farmington Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Includes member information, fund raising statements, and names of those licensed to preach.

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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.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Clarence, Mo.) Records, 1878-1891 (C4553)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record book of the Clarence, Missouri, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1878-1891.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

George E. Meyer Photograph Collection, 1878-1948 (P0689)
10 photographs

Photos of Judge Mathias McGirk home and burial site in the Rhineland area. Additional images of Millie Finley, Jesse James (in death) Captain Callaway grave, and early drawing of Hermann.

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Miami Savings Bank Record Book, 1874-1923 (C1164)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Includes articles of association, bylaws, minutes of board meetings, transfers, and minutes of stockholders' meetings.

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