1870s

Missouri. Board of Immigration Report, 1875-1876 (C1557)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Sixth biennial report of the Board of Immigration to the 29th General Assembly. Includes list of members, official report, statistics, minutes of meetings, remarks by Fred Muench, and letter from M. O'Dowd.

Missouri. Cavalry, 1st Regiment. Company K Records, 1856-1887 (C1022)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)

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Records created by the Captain and 1st lieutenant, including invoices of ordnance or equipment, reports of quartermaster's property received or lost, special requisitions and legal papers issued to and by Company K of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.

Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers Papers, 1861-1969 (C4255)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders)

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The papers contain copies of pension records, military records, and memoirs of members of the Missouri Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, and other material pertaining to Civil War soldiers.

Missouri Register of Lands Account Book, 1879-1888 (C1178)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Fees received for township school land patents by Robert McCulloch, register of lands.

Missouri State Treasurers' Account Book, 1863-1877 (C1400)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Miscellaneous accounts of the state treasurer's office and report of the state treasurer, 14 July 1877. Treasurers are Elijah Gates, 1877-1879, and William Bishop, 1865-1866.

Allen Mitchell Records, 1859-1889 (R0583)
0.05 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Allen Mitchell Records consist of an account book kept by Allen Mitchell, a contractor and builder at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The entries record expenses and the time worked by stonemasons and laborers on construction projects.

Ewing Young Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
0.4 cubic feet, 101 rolls of microfilm

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Papers of a Springfield, MO, lawyer active in Democratic Party politics, who served as assistant secretary of commerce in Franklin Roosevelt's first administration. Material concerns family affairs, law practice with emphasis on county indebtedness, Ozark land speculation, and Democratic politics on the state and national levels.

Frances Pearle Mitchell Papers, 1858-1919 (C1703)
0.3 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The papers of a resident of Rocheport, Missouri, consist of appointments, certificates, correspondence, invitations, programs, and dance cards.  Mitchell, a graduate of Stephens College, was involved in many civic and women’s organizations, including the Missouri Women Farmers’ Club.

Mockbee-Chiles Family Papers, 1842-1885 (K0473)
0.01 c.f.

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Papers of the Thomas Mockbee and Elizabeth Ann (Eliza) Chiles Mockbee family. Includes letters, land deeds, bills of sale, documents and newspaper articles.

Justus R. Moll Collection, 1855-1952 (C4468)
2.0 cubic feet (140 folders)

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Collection contains genealogy materials, correspondence, photographs, and materials related to general history. The genealogy materials relate to the Moll family, relatives of the Moll family, and other families researched by Moll.

Justus R. Moll Maps, 1870, 1915 (C3211)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Negative photostat of a map of Greene County, MO, showing roads, Indian trails, villages and mounds, and narrative regarding Indians in Greene County, 1915. Also a copy of a map of the battlefield at Lexington, MO, September 1861, as drawn during court of inquiry in the 1870s.

Justus R. Moll Photograph Collection, 1876, 1954, no date (P0403)
5 photographs

Photographs of Justus R. Moll and portraits of politicians.

Montgomery County, Missouri, Rural School Records, 1870s-1947 (C4121)
0.5 cubic feet

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The records of the Montgomery County Rural Schools largely contain Teacher's Monthly Reports and District Clerk Reports regarding school district number three, township number forty-seven, and range number six. The collection also contains a variety of business records including receipts and teachers' contracts. The teacher and clerk reports date from the 1870s to the 1890s. The miscellaneous personal records are mainly associated with the Tate family.

George Sneed Montgomery Papers, 1860-1947 (K0716)
0.75 c.f.

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Genealogy, correspondence, memos, speeches, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs concerning Montgomery's activities as Presiding Jackson County Judge during the early years of Kansas City's Reform Era.

Samuel Montgomery Papers, 1854-1887 (CG0014)
0.2 cubic feet

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This collection contains letters, military documents, family genealogy information, and copied pages from published material.

David and William M. Moore Papers, 1876-1930 (C0140)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Letters to William M. and David Moore, farmers near Pattonsburg, Missouri, about family affairs; public road near Pattonsburg; Hope Drainage District bonds; diaries for 1907-1908; eight small books with accounts and diary entries for 1879-1884 and 1905; and leaves from general store account book, 1917-1920.

Mora School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1870-1957 (R0254)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Mora School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records of Mora School in northern Benton County, Missouri. Included are the records of the district clerk and attendance records kept by the teachers.

J.W. Morgan Ledger, 1875-1877 (C0295)
1 oversize volume

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Ledger of the mercantile firm and medical practice of J.W. Morgan, Graham, Nodaway County, Missouri. Includes names of customers, items purchased, and prices.

T. Clifford Morgan Collection, 1853-1983 (C4338)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The collection contains documents, books, and ledgers collected by T. Clifford Morgan for research of his wife’s family.

Charles A. Morgenthaler Papers, 1870-1981 (C3004)
3.4 cubic feet

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The papers of Charles A. Morgenthaler, a commercial artist and illustrator from Hallsville, Missouri, consist of photographs, sketches, scrapbooks, account books, and correspondence relating to his artwork. Family papers and photographs are also included in this collection.

Morisse Family Papers, 1854-2023 (S0269)
22.3 cubic feet

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The Morisse Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, reel-to-reel tapes, and citizenship papers of the Morisse, Zimmerman, Walter, and Rosenthal families of St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as Quincy, Illinois. Materials of interest include photograph albums compiled by Herbert Ernest Morisse, documenting the Morisse families' involvement with Boy Scout Troop 21 of the Ethical Society of St. Louis and their outings at Herb Ella cabin along the Black River. The albums also contain photographs chronicling Herbert Ernest Walter Morisse's years as a student at Washington University in the early 1930s. Other materials of interest include correspondence between Marian Morisse and her brothers, Walter and Henry Hoener, during World War II.

William Howard Morman Photograph Collection, 1871 (P0770)
3 photographs

Photos of the Greer family home, spring, and mill, near Alton in Oregon County.

Morris Family Papers, 1837-1943 (R0390)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Morris Family Papers contain photocopies of promissory notes, land papers, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of the Morris family of Greene and Webster counties in Missouri.

Joseph Morris Family Letters, 1840-1908 (C0426)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 roll of microfilm)

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Letters from Joseph Morris and daughter, Sara Morris Mottram, from England to relatives in Tennessee. Political affairs in England, and general family news.

Morrison Family Papers, 1800s-1950; bulk dates 1840s-1880s (C4731)
1.0 cubic foot (42 folders), 2 oversize items

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Family and business papers of the Morrison family of Howard County, Missouri. Largely concerns Alfred Williams Morrison (1802-1883), as well as his sons, James P. and Preston E. Morrison.

Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers, 1843-1995 (R1520)
3 cubic feet (109 folders, 1,139 photographs, 75 negatives, 5 tin types)

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The Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers contain materials related to the Morrow and Skaggs families predominantly of Miller County, Missouri. The bulk of the materials is an expansion of Joe Morrow’s genealogical compilation, Ancestors and Descendents [sic] of George & Ethel (Skaggs) Morrow, privately printed, June 1980. The materials include correspondence, family trees, photographs, certificates, and personal documents.

Lynn Morrow, Johnboats & Riverways Collection, 1809-2012, bulk 1871-1930 (R1523)
2.5 cubic feet (109 folders)

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The Lynn Morrow, John Boat & Riverways Collection contains research, correspondence, maps, photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, published articles, interviews, and memoirs about the Missouri Ozarks with a particular emphasis on the origins of the John Boat, including the name itself and the emergence and lasting popularity of float fishing and hunting/fishing clubs at the turn of the 19th century in Missouri. This collection also includes a large selection of postcards and ephemera related to boating, hunting and fishing in Missouri.

Lynn Morrow Papers, 1804-2015 (R1000)
24 cubic feet (1051 folders, 5 oversize folders, 11,170 photographs, 852 negatives)

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The Lynn Morrow papers contain correspondence and research papers, with an additional significant collection of late twentieth-century promotional and advertising items. The papers reflect major areas of Morrow’s research on the southwest Missouri region; Iron, Shannon, and Washington counties; Theodore Pease Russell and his writings; and the writings of Silas C. Turnbo. The collection also includes a large selection of promotional publications and ephemera associated with late 20th century tourism in Missouri and Arkansas.

Lynn Morrow Photograph Collection, 1865-1952 (P0183)
8 photographs

Photos of the Draper and McClurg families, Linn Creek School, Missouri United Methodist Church, and Schmidt's Mount Park.

Frank Luther and Vera I. Mott Papers, 1775-1987 (C2344)
44.75 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm

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Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES; and his wife.

Frank Luther Mott Papers, 1824-1962 (C2343)
0.5 cubic feet

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Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and noted author. Includes autographs, correspondence, information on Japanese journalism education after World War II, congratulatory letters on Mott's appointment to the University, and manuscript and galley proof for TIME ENOUGH.

Moulder Family Papers, 1873-1987 (CG0012)
0.2 c.f.

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Photographs, papers, and letters from the Thomas Valentine Moulder, Wilbur J. Moulder, and Frances Valentine Moulder family from Scott County, Missouri.

Mound City Commercial College Records, 1872-1873 (S0944)
0.8 cubic foot

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This collection contains two ledgers consisting of financial records of the Mound City Commercial College. Thomas A. Rice founded the Mound City Commercial College in 1859 in Boone County, Missouri.

Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Randolph County, Mo.) Records, 1873-1979 (C3785)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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Records of the Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Randolph County. The documents include information about baptisms, marriages, funerals, and dismissals. Also included are session minutes, church history, and pastoral information. Moreover, the records seem to include some documents from the Cumberland Chapel Church.

Mount Gilead Church Records, 1853-1983 (K0165)
0.4 c.f. (5 folders)

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Photocopy of a minute book of the Church. Also included deeds for land which became the Mount Gilead Church Cemetery, and a series of news clippings relating the history of the Church, the adjoining school and their eventual transfer to Clay County to become part of the County Parks system.

Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church (Monroe County, Mo.) Record Book, 1852-1875 (C1355)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The records contain minutes, membership records, and record of infant baptisms.

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Records, 1847-circa 1967 (R0382)
0.06 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Records contain photocopies of minutes of meetings, 1847-1909, and membership records, circa 1852-1967, of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church near Thornfield in Ozark County, Missouri. The church was founded in 1847 as the
Mount Lebanon Church of General Baptists. 

Mount Olive Grange No. 859, Webster County, Missouri Records, 1873-1879 (R1152)
(1 folder)

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These are records of Mount Olive Grange No. 859, a local chapter of the Patrons of Husbandry, or National Grange, in Webster County, Missouri. Indcluded are minutes of meetings, a cash account book, and membership rolls.

Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Records, 1870-1905 (C1356)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The records contain minutes of sessions; statistical report to presbytery; registers of adult and infant baptisms; records of marriages and deaths; lists of pastors, elders, and deacons; and communicant roll of members.

Mount Pleasant College (Huntsville, Mo.) Tuition Receipts, 1870-1872 (C2640)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains tuition receipts and brief description of the college.

Mount Pleasant United Baptist Church (Hartsburg, Mo.) Records, 1858-1950 (C2990)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Meeting minutes and membership lists dating from organization in 1858 through May 1950 for a Boone County, MO, church. Minutes deal with construction and maintenance of church building, fund raising, member discipline, officers, delegates to the Little Bonne Femme Association of the Southern Baptist Church, and searches for ministers.

Mount Pleasant, Missouri, Board of Trustees Minute Book, 1871-1878 (C1187)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the town of Mount Pleasant, Miller County, MO.

Mount Prairie Presbyterian Church (Ralls County, Mo.) Record Books, 1831-1881 (C1357)
0.06 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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The records of the Mount Prairie Presbyterian Church contain the church organization, 1831; covenant and confession of faith; session minutes beginning in 1833; roll of members; finances; and baptismal records.

Mount Vernon, Missouri Millinery Records, 1872-1879 (R0333)
1 volume microfilmed

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This is an account ledger of a millinery and dress accessories shop, probably associated with
Kellogg & Whaley's store in Mount Vernon, Missouri. The accounts are indexed at the front of the
volume.

Mount Zion Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1830-1948 (C3036)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes, a photograph of the church, and member information.

Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association Record Books, 1842-1908 (C1314)
0.13 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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The records contain minute books including the constitution, abstract of principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of the first through sixty-seventh meetings of the Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association.

Henry Thomas Mudd Papers, 1850-1879 (C1023)
0.25 cubic feet

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Correspondence and papers of Henry T. Mudd of Kirkwood and St. Louis, MO. Mudd was a businessman; politician, member of the Missouri General Assembly, delegate to the Missouri Constitutional Convention in 1875, and a curator of the University of Missouri.

Siegmar Muehl Collection, 1778-1992 (C4075)
0.25 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Collection of genealogical research materials compiled by Siegmar Muehl documenting the Strehly family of Hermann, Missouri, particularly focusing on Joseph Carl Strehly (1778-1860) and Maria Strehly Wolff (1822-1906), including family photographs, correspondence, a travel diary, wills, clippings, genealogical charts, and biographies.

James E. Mueller Collection, 1877-2002 (SP0103)
16 cubic feet (444 folders, 719 photographs, 10,397 slides, 13 glass plate negatives)

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The James E. Mueller Collection contains personal and professional photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Joplin, Missouri, photographer James Evans Mueller. The collection also includes Mueller’s personal papers.

Munday-Henderson Family Papers, 1827-1891, 1946 (C0144)
0.2 cubic feet

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Personal letters, business papers, and newspaper clippings pertaining to members of the Munday family. Letters to David P. Henderson about the ministry, the Civil War, and Christian University at Canton, MO, which he founded in 1856.