1870s

Minnick Family Papers, 1872-1949 (C4559)
1.4 cubic feet (24 folders)

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The collection contains correspondence, account books and other financial records, ephemera, personal papers, photographs and tintypes of the Minnick family members, who lived in Chillicothe, Missouri.

John A. Minter Papers, 1864-1871 (C0472)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Commission as colonel from the Confederate States of America War Department and notice of ordination as minister by Corinth United Baptist Church, Lewis County, Missouri.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1781-1892 (C2293)
0.23 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The collection contains poems, receipts, documents, newspapers and correspondence concerning business, law, appointments, teaching, politics, insurance, pensions, land, health, cholera, medicine, weather, news of friends and relatives, degrees, autographs, letter of introduction, and the Civil War: secession, orders and battles.

Missouri & Illinois Mineral & Land Company Records, 1834-1900 (R0058)
0.75 cubic foot (9 folders, 2 oversize folders

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These are records of the acquisition and disposition of lands in a speculative industrial development scheme in Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Cape Girardeau, and Madison Counties in Missouri.

Missouri Church Records, 1811-2026 (C0558)
123.3 cubic feet (1424 folders), 3 computer discs

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The Missouri Church Records consist of newsletters, conference proceedings, reports, directories, journals, and other publications of various religious denominations in Missouri including the Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ (Christian), Presbyterian, and Catholic churches.

The Missouri Collection, 1771-2026 (C3982)
18.9 cubic feet (869 folders, 950 photographs), 39 oversize items, 9 audio cassettes, 7 audio discs, 9 CDs, 1 computer disc, 8 reels of film, 6 film strips, 9 DVDs, 3 video cassettes, 762 MB of digital files

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The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.

Missouri College and University Print Materials, 1836-1986 (C4281)
12 cubic feet (322 folders), 13 oversize items

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The materials contain pamphlets, catalogs, guides, speeches, programs, yearbooks, periodicals and books produced by Missouri colleges, universities, academies, and other educational institutions.

Missouri Council of Churches Records, 1866-1980s (CA4558)
29 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume

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The records of an organization concerned with legislation and social welfare programs in addition to religious concerns include convention materials, committee files, minutes, publications, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Includes records of the Missouri Sunday School Association.

Missouri Equine & Equestrian Collection of Photographs, 1856-1938 (P0993)

Photographs of mules, horses, and equestrians. Many of the photographs were taken in mid-Missouri, but images of notable race horses of the early to mid-20th century are also included. Broadacres Farm in Liberty, Missouri, is heavily featured. Shows included are the National Belgian Horse Show, the International Livestock Exposition,

Missouri General Assembly Portraits, 1871-1991 (P0217)
978 photographs

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Portraits of members of the Missouri General Assembly, 1871-1941.

Missouri Governors Portraits, 1876-1994 (P1091)

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Portraits of Missouri Governors

Missouri Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records, 1850-2009 (CA6254)
82 cubic feet, 4 oversize volumes, 8 oversize items

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Records of the Missouri lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Assembly. Included are account books, minutes, annual membership and financial reports, encampments reports, petitions submitted to the state Grand Lodge, and publications about the organizations. The collection also includes records of the Modern Woodmen of America, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and Theta Rho Girls Club.

Missouri Guerrillas Postcards, 1862-1876 (P1093)

Postcards of Misosuri Guerrillas

Missouri Judges Portraits, 1845-1938 (P1085)

Portraits of Missouri judges.

Missouri Land Records, 1843-1898 (C3680)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Abstract of title to lands in Johnson County, Missouri, 1898; land deeds, Henry and Johnson Counties, Missouri, 1843-1871.

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Records, 1853-1945 (C2557)
114.6 cubic feet (7109 folders, 194 volumes), 1 roll of microfilm

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The records of the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company contain Correspondence, minutes of board of directors' meetings, and financial and operating records of a Grandin, Missouri, land and lumber company, which operated in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne Counties.

Missouri Military Portraits, 1860-1950 (P1197)

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Portraits of military servicemembers and officers from or with connection to Missouri.

Missouri Postcard Collection, 1870-1997 (P0032)
1 cubic foot

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An artificial collection of postcards depicting a broad selection of Missouri landscapes, towns, and cities.

Missouri Press Association Papers, 1866-1915 (C1822)
0.31 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Records about the annual meetings of the Missouri Press Association including agendas, lists of participants, and information discussed.

Missouri Press Association Photograph Collection, 1867-1985 (P0475)

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Photos of the Missouri Press Association and newspaper journalists and editors.

Missouri Press Association Records, 1808-2026 (CA6189)
54.7 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 6 oversize items, 168 DVDs, 112 videocassettes, 131 CDs

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Addition of bulletins, clippings, convention and board of directors meeting materials, directories, correspondence, photographs, subject files, and miscellaneous records of an organization founded in 1867. Includes files of executive directors Bill Bray and Doug Crews.

Missouri Press Portraits, 1872-1924 (P1196)

Portraits of journalists, including many newspaper editors, from Missouri, or who have written significantly on Missouri topics.

Missouri Railroad Collection, 1874-1915 (R1457)
0.5 cubic foot (19 folders)

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The Missouri Railroad Collection is an ephemeral collection of records dealing with the railroad industry in Missouri. Included are records of railroad investments made by the J. & W. Seligman and Company and members of the Perkins, Livingston, Post Company of New York in railroad companies in Missouri and Kansas. These materials contain records for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company; Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad Company; the Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad Company; the Missouri and Western Railway Company; the Oswego and State Line Railroad Company; Pierce City and Kanas Railroad Company; the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company; and the St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway Company.

Missouri Railroad Records, 1837-2006 (C2358)
39.3 cubic feet (441 folders)

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The Missouri Railroad Records consist of reports, bulletins, pamphlets, proceedings, and other materials of railroads and related organizations that were in Missouri or its contiguous states.

Missouri River Commission Records, 1870-1896 (C4703)
1.0 cubic foot (25 folders), 18 oversize items

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Log books and maps from U.S. Corps of Engineers survey of the Missouri River. Log books include observations of topography, hand drawn maps, and notes documenting the journeys and dredging operations along the river. The bulk of the collection relates to the upper Missouri River.

Missouri School Districts Collection, 1917-1980 (S0044)
1.4 cubic feet, 42 folders

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The Missouri School Districts Collections is an artificial collection combining small acquisitions pertaining to various school districts in St. Louis and outstate Missouri.

Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 (C3715)
0.4 cubic feet (80 folders), 39 audio cassettes, 10 video cassettes, 5 CDs, 1 audio disc

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The collection contains field, commercial, and private label recordings, interviews, newsletters, brochures, broadsides, sheet music, audio and video cassettes, and correspondence of the association.

Missouri State Teachers Association Records, 1837-1997 (CA6123)
10.5 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes

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Records and official papers of the Missouri State Teachers Association. In May 1856, teachers met in St. Louis and established the first U.S. professional organization for state educators. The records include newsletters and other publications, historical materials, committee reports, and oversize scrapbooks.

Missouri State Treasurer Portraits, 1843-1957 (P0882)

large portraits of the State Treasurers of Missouri, including most treasurers from the time period from 1843 to 1960

Missouri, Glasgow. Board of Education Records, 1875-1917 (C2327)
0.85 cubic feet (8 volumes)

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Record books for District 1, Range 17, Township 51, Howard County. Election of directors and minutes of board meetings; textbooks adopted; minutes of annual school meetings; registered voters; teachers' rolls and salaries; school expenses; district clerk's annual enumeration; rules and regulations for students and teachers.

Hermann, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1799, 1837-1877 (C2992)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Records, in German, of the German Settlement Society of Philadelphia, which founded Hermann, Missouri. Include land records with maps, bylaws, lists of stockholders, incorporation records, trustees' minutes for 1852-1877, collector and treasurer records, and an architectural drawing of the Town School, 1855.

Missouri. Randolph County Warranty Deeds, 1879-1910 (C2594)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Miscellaneous warranty deeds and deeds of trust.

Missouri School Directors' Oath, 1870s (C3199)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Blank form of oath of allegiance required of school directors.

Missouri. Springfield. Abstracts, 1871-1921 (C2340)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Abstracts covering the establishment of Springfield streets and avenues for the period 1871-1921.

Missouri. 6th Circuit Court, Pettis County, Record Book, 1870-1875 (C1202)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Record book of court cases, containing synopsis of each case, listing witnesses, and giving the outcome.

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, Missouri, showing roads, Indian trails, villages and mounds, and narrative regarding Native Americans in Greene County, 1915. Also, a copy of a map of the battlefield at Lexington, Missouri, 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.

Monning-Wilhelm-Valentine Family Papers, 1871-1986 (S0850)
4 cubic feet (58 folders, 13 volumes, 66 photographs)

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The Monning-Wilhelm-Valentine Family Papers contain diaries primarily written by Charles Louis Wilhelm (1877-1949), a St. Louis City-area signal maintenance man and amateur archeologist. In the diaries, Wilhelm discusses local and national events, such as World War II, and his interests in archaeology and Missouri history. Also included in the collection are correspondence and diaries belonging to his stepson, Raymond Valentine (1910-1991).      

Montgomery County, Missouri, Rural School Records, 1870s-1947 (C4121)
0.5 cubic foot (12 folders)

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The administrative records of the Montgomery County Rural School, 1870s-1947, and miscellaneous personal records associated with the Robert and Grace 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.