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Richard D. Robinson Collection, 1830s-2000s (CA5805)
14.2 cubic feet

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Materials of a professor in the College of Education, University of Missouri-Columbia, whose primary research areas were the history of literacy, teacher education, and reading theory. Includes historical school primers, professional correspondence, publications, and miscellaneous papers.

Rockbridge Bank (Rockbridge, Mo.) Records, 1869-1936 (C0063)
6.25 cubic feet, 3 volumes

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Bank business papers, legal papers, insurance papers, deposit slips and receipts, and miscellaneous papers. Also includes books of accounts used during the regular course of the business.

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Rhoderick R. Rockwood Diary and Record Book, 1864-1914 (C2658)
1 volume

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Diary of service with the Missouri Infantry, 18th Regiment (Morgan's Rangers), during the Civil War, 24 August 1864-1 June 1865. Financial records of the United Moderns, 1902-1903. Records of J.E. Rockwood, referee in bankruptcy for the District of Montana, 1907-1914. Farm accounts, 1868, 1870.

Rocky Fork Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minutes, 1821-1921 (C1319)
0.34 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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Articles of faith, rules of decorum, letters of admission and dismission, membership lists, and minutes of church meetings.

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Rodney Family Papers, 1854-1874 (R1329)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Rodney Family papers consist of legal documents related to the probate of various estates within the inter-related families of Rodney, Garrett, Ramsey, Walls and Whitelaw of Cape Girardeau and Mississippi Counties, Missouri.

Roff Family Papers, 1844-1888 (C0392)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Documents concerning land transactions in Shelby County, Missouri. Four deeds, five checks, and two memorial poetry cards.

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Rogers Family Letters, 1865-1897 (C2618)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Three miscellaneous letters relating only to family matters.

Ann Rogers Photograph Collection, 1860-1914 (P0086)
2 folders

Assortment of postcards, snapshots and prints from across Missouri, including Excelsior Springs, the University of Missouri, and Kansas City.

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John G. Rogers Photograph Collection, 1870, no date (P0387)

Several copy prints of alleged James family members.

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Joseph Kirtley Rogers Journal, 1858-1882 (C1223)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Personal journal containing remarks about weather, marriages and funerals performed by Rogers, and list of students enrolled in a Bible class. Rogers was president of Christian College, Columbia, MO, 1858-1877.

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Rogers-Banks Family Papers, 1820-1878 (C2339)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Papers of the Banks and Rogers families of Marion County, Missouri. Record book of Dr. Lynn Stanton Banks, physician and surgeon. Collection includes business and legal papers, Baptist church minutes, and physician records.

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Rogers-Hagar Family Deeds, 1875-1912 (C3256)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains four deeds, all entered in Randolph County, MO. Some holders are George Rogers, William Rogers, James T. Halliburton, and George Hagar.

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Roller Family Papers, 1866-1871 (R0310)
0.04 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Roller Family Papers contain photocopies and typescripts of papers, mostly correspondence, of the Roller family of Christian and Douglas counties in Missouri and Scott County, Virginia. With one exception the letters are addressed to Jacob Roller, in Virginia, from his relatives in Missouri. The exception is a letter from General R. Johnson, an in-law to the Rollers, of Douglas County, to his mother, Sarah (Bowen) Johnson.

James S. Rollins Papers, 1546, 1809-1968 (C1026)
3.3 cubic feet (222 folders, 1 volume); also available on 11 rolls of microfilm

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The papers of James S. Rollins, a Boone County, Missouri, lawyer, politician, businessman, and curator of University of Missouri include correspondence with family, business and political associates, and George Caleb Bingham and other friends. The papers cover state, national, and Whig party politics from 1830 through the 1880s, the Civil War in Missouri, internal improvements and the North Missouri Railroad, and education at University of Missouri.

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James Sidney Rollins Letters, 1870-1885 (C3014)
1 roll of microfilm

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Letters discussing Missouri and national politics written by James S. Rollins, a Missouri politician, lawyer, and businessman, to Carl Schurz, U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1869-1875, and Secretary of the Interior, 1877-1881.

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Oren Root Papers, 1858-1930 (C3311)
0.4 cubic feet (11 folders)

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Root, an educator, lawyer, and minister, lived in New York before moving to Columbia, Missouri, to become professor of English at the University. During his ten-year residence in Missouri, Root served in several capacities as educator and minister. The papers include sermon sketches, personal writings, speeches, and newspaper clippings.

Ross Family Letters, 1869-1885 (C3143)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The collection contains letters written to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ross and F. Gail Ross in Pennsylvania from relatives in Nebraska.

Round Prairie Baptist Church (Bates County, Mo.) Records, 1866-1937 (C1320)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Articles of faith, minutes of meetings, membership lists, and financial records of the church, founded in 1866 as the Pleasant Gap Baptist Church. The church moved in 1868, and the name was changed at that time.

The volume is indexed.

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Rowland Family Papers, 1844-1893 (C2244)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copies of letters from Robert A. Rowland to his wife Olive in Howard County, MO, while he was enroute (1849) and in California (1850) and during his imprisonment and banishment to Illinois during the Civil War. Also includes miscellaneous letters from other family members and newspaper article describing death of and memorial services for I.N. Rowland (1893).

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Frederick Rowland Ambrotype, 1870 (P0101)
1 photograph

Sixth plate Ruby Ambrotype of Frederick Rowland (1805-1890)

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Rozier & Jokerst Mercantile Records, 1876 (R0464)
0.05 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Rozier and Jokerst Mercantile Records contain a daily account journal of the general mercantile firm of Rozier & Jokerst of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The principals were Henry Louis Rozier and Francis L. Jokerst. Included are names of patrons, goods bought, and amounts charged. Inclusive dates are January 8, 1876, through September 23, 1876.

Rozier Store Records, 1867-1885 (R0132)
3 rolls

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These are daybooks, journals, and miscellaneous records of a mercantile operation run by Jules Rene Rozier, first at Rozier Landing on the Mississippi River in Perry County, Missouri, then in partnership with Charles F. Lawrence at St. Marys in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.

Dora Pelagie Rozier Sheet Music Collection, 1828-1890 (R0237)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Dora Pelagie Rozier Sheet Music Collection contains microfilm copies of sheet music for piano and Spanish guitar college by Dora Pelagie Rozier and Emily Pelagie Janis Rozier of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Included are four musical periodicals and a handwritten transcription by Marie Zoe Vallé Rozier.

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Francis Claude Rozier Financial Records, 1875-1891 (R0465)
0.2 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Francis Claude Rozier Financial Records contain financial journal kept by Francis Claude Rozier (1816-1879) of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, and after Francis Rozier’s death, by his son, Henry Louis Rozier (1849-1927). It provides periodic summaries of personal financial affairs, including lists of assets, expenses, and other financial transactions.

Francis Claude Rozier Records, 1871-1919 (R0461)
0.5 cubic foot (1 oversize volume)

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The Francis Claude Rozier Records contains a ledger with lists of real estate owned by Francis Claude Rozier of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The listings are for properties in Missouri, Iowa, and Texas. Also included in the records are assessments of the real, personal, and intangible property owned by Rozier, his widow and his estate.

Charles W. Rubey Papers, 1857-1914 (R0200)
0.25 cubic foot (15 folders, 2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Charles W. Rubey Papers contain the personal, business, and military papers of Charles W. Rubey, a businessman and militia officer from Lebanon, Missouri. Included are personal, family, and business papers, and records from militia organizations raised in Laclede County during the Civil War. The military records include correspondence, orders, equipment, and ordinance returns, certificates of enrollment and exemption, and muster rolls.

Frank M. Rumbold Papers, 1854-1937 (S0181)
5 microfilm rolls

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The Frank M. Rumbold Papers contain correspondence, patent information, reports, meeting minutes, telegrams, military tactics, and appointments related to his business, military career, and personal life. Rumbold experimented and patented inventions related to electrical resistance material and railroad switches during his time as a practicing medical doctor.

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Russell Family Papers, 1837-1938 (R0330)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Russell Family Papers include correspondence, legal papers, tax receipts, lists of household purchases, and miscellaneous papers of Cyrus Russell (1795-1860), and his sons Cyrus Russell (1819-1905) and Theodore Pease Russell (1827-1889) of Arcadia in Iron County, Missouri.

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Cornelia Russell Papers, 1866-1871 (C3080)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Cornelia Russell contain letters concerning farming and family life, and a price list of grocery items.

Francis T. Russell Botanical Specimens, 1850-1891 (C2334)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a volume of botanical specimens. Russell, a Columbia, MO, attorney and curator of the University of Missouri, collected most of the specimens on a trip to California and return via the Isthmus in 1850.

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Sol Smith Russell Papers, 1848-1902 (C3625)
1.7 cubic feet (42 folders, 3 oversize volumes)

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Newspaper clippings, reviews of stage plays, correspondence, and scrapbooks on the life and career of a popular comedian of the late 1800s, and his contemporaries.

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S.W. Hurst and Company (Tipton, Mo.) Records, 1872-1905 (C4169)
0.8 cubic feet (10 folders , one oversize)

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Eight ledger books and two scrapbooks pertaining to a store in Tipton, Missouri which sold drugs, jewelry, stationery and music from approximately 1885 to 1900. Some additional materal falls before and after this time period. The scrapbooks contain colorful, old-fashioned advertisements for a variety of products including shoes, thread, coffee, medicine, etc. Numerous images of women and children, animals, birds, fruit, flowers, pastoral scenes, etc.

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church Records, 1867-1981 (S0052)
3 rolls microfilm

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The records of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Florissant, Missouri, contain registers for baptisms, first communions, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Collection materials are written in Latin, German, and English.

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Sailer Family Papers, 1833-1939 (R1405)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders, 25 negatives)

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The Sailer Family Papers contain copies of the personal papers and photographs of the Sailer family of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This collection includes images of the Sailer family and extended family, correspondence, newspaper articles, land records, birth records, and local history research for Cape Girardeau and Rolla, Missouri.

Saint Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association Records, 1872-1895 (R0481)
(1 rolls of microfilm)

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The Saint Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association Records collection contains a daybook, 1872-1873, and livestock entry book, 1882-1895, of the St. Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association.

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Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection, 1876-1951 (R0242)
0.1 cubic foot (9 folders)

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The Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection contains obituaries, wedding announcements, anniversary notices, and miscellaneous biographical material clipped from Saint Francois County newspapers.

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Saint Mary's Jesuit Mission and College Records, 1832-1967 (K0330)
0.02 c.f.

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Records of the Jesuit mission to the Potawatomi Indians located in present Linn County, KS, which moved to present Pottawatomie County, KS and became St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, KS.). Mission and college records, reports sent to superiors, and priests' diaries. Includes early missionary records of births, deaths and marriages in Buchanan, Clay, and Jackson Counties, MO.

Sainte Genevieve Academy Records, 1808-2001 (R1394)
0.3 cubic foot (14 folders)

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The Sainte Genevieve Academy Records consist of photocopied documents pertaining to the founding of and preservation of the Academy, also known as the Old Louisiana Academy in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. These records include a history of the school, construction records, land records, and records kept by the Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve during the preservation of the school.

Morning Shade School Records, 1875-1944 (R0097)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Morning Shade School Records contain photocopies of the district clerk's records and teacher's class records for the rural Morning Shade School in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. The collection includes nine volumes that contain minutes of annual meetings, school censuses, financial data, and teachers' contracts.

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Sainte Genevieve Savings Association Records, 1865-1874 (R0466)
0.9 cubic foot (1 folder, 4 oversize volumes)

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The Sainte Genevieve Savings Association Records include a letter book, account books and draft stubs for the Sainte Genevieve Savings Association of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Firmin A. Rozier was president and Oliver D. Harris, Eugene Guibourd, and Hiram Blackledge were cashiers.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri School Board Records, 1851-1885 (R0021)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri School Board Records contain a microfilm copy of the minutes of the Board of Directors of Schools in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The minutes include discussions and resolutions on settlements of adverse claims to land owned by the school board, and also records the establishments of the first public schools in Sainte Genevieve.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records, 1865-1883 (R0040)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folder)

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These are photocopies of miscellaneous city and county documents. Included are tax records, a census of school-age children, loyalty oaths, and ballots from the elections of 1876. There are also pamphlets containing a report on mining and manufactures to the Missouri legislature, 1881, and an address by Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden, printed in German, 1883.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, Municipal Ordinances, 1849-1895 (R0005)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Municipal Ordinances contain the civil and criminal ordinances for the city of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Included are the regulations set forth for municipal offices and the duties of the city's officials.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1827-1913 (R0004)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Municipal Records contain the meeting minutes of the boards of trustees and alderman of the city of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The meetings include discussion and resolutions on various items of city business, including payments for services rendered, the hiring and firing of city officials, public works, and proposed ordinances.

Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1827-1934 (C1374)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1827, 1829-1839, 1841-1860, 1866-1877, 1880, 1881, 1884-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1899, and 1928-1934.

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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1878-1926 (C1375)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1878, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900-1915, 1917-1922, 1924, and 1926.

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Salem Association of Baptists Record Book, 1827-1888 (C1321)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Constitutions, rules of decorum, names of delegates and the churches they represent, membership material, circular letters and corresponding letters, and minutes of meetings.

Salem Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1874-1879 (C3794)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record book of the Salem Baptist Church founded in 1874, destroyed by fire in 1899, rebuilt in 1900, and renamed New Hope Baptist Church. Contains list of original members, charter, minutes of monthly meetings, and financial reports. Includes information on election of officers, formation of committees, financial affairs, and construction of a church building.

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Saline County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1879-1937 (P1137)

An artificial collection of photographs of Saline County, Missouri.

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Philander Salisbury Papers, 1843-1880 (S0527)
0 .1 cubic foot, 8 folders

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This collection consists of correspondence between St. Louisan Philander Salisbury, a captain in the Mexican-American War, and his wife Mary, describing preparations for the invasion of Mexico, as well as letters between Ralph and Sephronia Coatsworth from 1855 to 1868.

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