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1st Regiment, Missouri Engineers Collection, 1889 (R1381)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The 1st Regiment, Missouri Engineers Collection contains a history of the 25th Reiment Misouri Infantry and Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West and includes unit rosters. This history was edited and compiled by Dr. W.A. Neal, who served as the assistant sugeon in the 1st Missouri Engineers.
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1886 Kansas City Tornado Photograph Collection, 1886 (P1044)
Six cabinet cards depicting the aftermath of a tornado in Kansas City, May 10, 1886.
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A.M.E. Church (Paris, Mo.) Record Books, 1882-1926 (CA6542)
0.2 cubic feet
Meeting minutes and financial records of the church, 1882-1926.
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Academy of Science of St. Louis Records, 1856-1959 (S0001)
4 cubic feet, 61 folders, 3 rolls of microfilm
The records contain meeting minutes and copies of its journal, "Transaction of the Academy of Science of St. Louis." Established in 1856 by twelve prominent St. Louis residents, the Academy of Science's mission was to promote the advancement of science.
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Account Books, 1857-1883 (C0287)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Accounts of a store, apparently dealing in lumber, grain and general merchandise in or near Caledonia, Missouri, and accounts of a Caledonia mill for sales of bran, wheat and flour.
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Jon Charles Acker Collection, 1846, 1860s-1930s (C4540)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders, 16 oversize items)
The collection contains certificates documenting Missouri baptisms, confirmations, and marriages, along with autograph albums. The materials were collected by Jon Charles Acker, an author and historian, for research purposes. Some of the items are in German.
Adams Township Centennial Photograph Collection, 1889-1942 (P0607)
1 folder
Copy photos of Weatherby and Adams Township, DeKalb County. Images were featured in Adams Township Centennial book by the DeKalb County Historical Society
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Adamson Family Papers, 1848-1942 (C4238)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers of the Adamson family contain Edmund James Adamson's business correspondence and records, including taxes, deeds, promissory notes, and receipts, family correspondence, and some family genealogy. The Adamson family lived in Dade and Lawrence Counties.
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Advertising Directors Records, 1878-2002 (S0728)
10 cubic feet, 169 folders
This collection chronicles the personal and professional lives of Sam and Lenore Holtzman, who established Advertising Directors, an advertising agency, in 1953. The collection contains birth, marriage, and death certificates from their families, as well as high school diplomas, drivers' licenses, and induction papers, and a survey they conducted with famous writers on the topic of inspiration. Respondents to that survey include Upton Sinclair, Betty Smith, H. L. Mencken, Ogden Nash , Dorothy Thompson, and Irving Stone. The bulk of the collection, however, consists of client account files, photographs of various shoe styles, advertising copy, artwork and catalogs, and business ledgers and financial statements about the firm.
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Agricultural Articles, 1823-1911 (C0799)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The collection contains articles from The Country Gentleman, 1856-1911; The Cultivator, 1838-1864; American Farmer, 1823-1832; Southern Cultivator, 1851; The Cultivator and Country Gentleman, 1866; The Journal of Agriculture, 1870. The articles deal with agriculture and the advantages of the country, primarily in Missouri.
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Agricultural Wheel No. 657, High Gate, Missouri Records, 1888_1890 (R0396)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
These are records of the local chapter of the Agricultural Wheel at High Gate in Maries County, Missouri. The records include the constitution, by-laws, membership roster and minutes of meetings, and a pamphlet containing the constitutions of the National Farmers' and Laborers' Union of America, and the Farmers' and Laborers' Union of Missouri.
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Ahern Real Estate Records, 1873-1928 (S1128)
0.4 cubic foot, 21 folders, 8 photographs
The Ahern Real Estate Records contain deeds of trust, correspondence, and photographs that document the financial dealings of the Ahern family. The Ahern family lived in the city of St. Louis and county during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and engaged in real estate sales. Transactions took place with the Builder’s Investment Company, various individuals, and Washington University.
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Joseph Aid Papers, 1863-1921 (C0200)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)
Genealogical material on Aid and Miller families; Civil War military papers; and Aid's correspondence with wife and sons, 1863-1864, concerning Civil War, rations, places of interest, battles, and home news of Chillicothe, OH. Items from race track ledger, West Plains, MO.
Mary B. Aker Papers, 1872-1968 (C3424)
0.5 cubic feet (24 folders)
The papers contain feature articles and news stories, many written by Mary B. Aker, which appeared in newspapers in the area near Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. Also includes deed of land to Female Orphan School in Camden Point and a history of the telephone company in Parkville.
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Akinsville & Hooper Institutes Bulletins, 1876-1885 (C0957)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
1885 bulletin of classes at the Akinsville Institute in Versailles, MO, and 1876 bulletin of the Hooper Institute in Clarksburg, MO.
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Akinsville Baptist Church (Morgan County, Mo.) Records, 1884-1897 (C1295)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Meeting held at the McDaniel schoolhouse, May 3, 1884, when an independent Baptist church was formed. List of members listed in the record book for the period between May 3, 1884, and 1897.
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Albany Ledger, Gentry County, Missouri, Abstracts, 1884-1887 (K0160)
0.1 c.f.
Book of abstracts of the news stories including entries on the people and events of Gentry County. A surname index is included at the end of the volume.
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Alderman, Irving and Company Records, 1888-1892 (C3478)
0.4 cubic feet (25 folders), 1 volume
Papers of a Kansas City, Missouri, investment firm active in Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and Mexico. Business correspondence and papers pertaining to investments in mineral and mining lands, farm and ranch lands, and small manufacture. Examples of letterheads, business cards, and commercial advertising flyers.
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David Leroy Alexander Papers, 1865-2001 (K0924)
2 c.f.
Family papers of the Alexander and Graham families of Jackson County and Pettis Counties in Missouri. Includes correspondence, birth certificates, marriage licenses, funeral information and other legal papers. Also Alexander's World War II military records; Robert B. Graham's discharge papers from the Missouri State Militia (1865); scrapbooks; photographs; books; and a journal kept by James Andrew Alexander of Longwood, Missouri.
Alfred Fenton and Brother Records, 1849-1884 (K0062)
10 v (MR)
Day books and ledgers of the mercantile business of in Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri, with information on the hemp industry, including data on volume and prices.
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Alfred M. and David S. Koontz Store (Boonville, Mo.) Records, 1876-1924 (C0290)
2 rolls of microfilm
Daybooks, ledger, and 1880 invoices of a general merchandising firm. Seven daybooks cover the period from 1876 to 1881; ledger is for 1883 to 1889. Volume 9 is a register of entries in the art department of the Second Annual Cooper County Roundup, 9-11 October 1924.
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Arthur Allee Collection, 1808-1992 (C4642)
1.0 cubic feet (31 folders)
Genealogical research charts, correspondence, notes, and other research materials concerning the Allee/Alley family.
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William S. Allee Papers, 1885-1916 (C4693)
1.2 cubic feet (7 volumes) 1 oversize item
Ledgers of a Miller County, Missouri, physician. Includes a composite photograph of 1915 Missouri State Senate.
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James Lane Allen Papers, 1886 (C2696)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of James Lane Allen contain a manuscript describing Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom" at home in Kentucky. Also included is a letter to R.W. Gilder, editor of CENTURY MAGAZINE, concerning the manuscript, and a copy of the CENTURY MAGAZINE, October 1887, containing the article.
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Joe W. Allen Photograph Collection, 1889 (P0168)
1 photograph
Print from glass negative in possession of donor, showing imposter who identified himself as musician John William "Blind" Boone
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Wellington Allen Reminiscence, 1885 (C0692)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a record of the death of Alf Bowlin, a hunted Confederate soldier, near Forsyth, Missouri, in 1862, as told and recorded by a Union soldier in 1885.
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Allen-Derbius Family Papers, 1877-1888 (C0197)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Material from Monticello, IA. Two letters; 1885 farmer's diary; two promissory notes; receipts; two compositions; poem; and miscellaneous items.
Charles Allonby Photographs, 1877-1971 (P0053)
0.19 cubic feet
Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton, the Newton County Courthouse, L. Carroll Gum, the Herman Jaeger property (near Neosho, MO), and relating to the Kansas City Southern #805 train wreck.
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Hermann B. Almstedt Papers, 1887-1954 (C2408)
1.5 cubic feet
Correspondence with colleagues and students, articles, speeches, poems, programs, report cards and diplomas of Hermann B. Almstedt, professor of Germanic Languages at the University of Missouri.
Clarence W. and Idress Head Alvord Collection, 1759-1962 (C0970)
21.2 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
Correspondence, writings, and collected materials of Alvord, professor of history at the universities of Illinois and Minnesota; and his wife, writer and former curator of the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis. The collection includes territorial documents and Ste. Genevieve records; LIBERTY TRIBUNE papers; Missouri state and county records; and Civil War and military papers.
George H. Ambrose Papers, 1858-1924 (R0641)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders)
The George H. Ambrose Papers contain the personal and business papers of George H. Ambrose, a county judge of Lafayette County, Missouri, and president of the Lexington & St. Louis Railroad Company. The collection includes correspondence, legal and business papers, memoranda books, and bank account books.
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Henrietta Ambrose Papers, 1887-1999 (S0698)
3.5 cubic feet, 96 folders, 3 oversize folders, 666 photographs, 7 volumes
The Henrietta Ambrose Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, awards, memorial service programs, scrapbooks, graduation programs, meeting minutes, and photographs. Together they chronicle Henrietta Ambrose's interest in the public life of Webster Groves, Missouri.
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American Dialect Society Records, 1859-2007 (CA6105)
37.6 cubic feet, 13 audio discs
Papers and organizational records of the American Dialect Society. Charged with investigating spoken English of the United States and Canada, the Society was established in 1889 at Harvard University. Includes correspondence, treasurer reports and material, general organizational records, and research on words.
Anchor Milling Company Records, 1882-1937 (C3351)
23.0 cubic feet (343 folders, 118 volumes)
The records contain limited correspondence, invoices, cancelled checks, bank deposit slips, sales receipt books, time books, cash books, order books, day books, and ledgers of the Anchor Milling Company in Tuscumbia, Missouri.
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Ancient Order of United Workmen Certificate, 1885 (C1965)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Certificate issued to Enoch G. Deskin, Moberly, MO.
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Ancient Order of United Workmen, Fruitland Lodge No. 429 Records, circa 1889-1900 (R0731)
(1 folder)
These are records of the Ancient Order of United Workmen's Lodge at Fruitland in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Much of the information is related to the fraternal organization's primary function of providing life insurance to its members.
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Dr. Leslie Anders Photograph Collection, 1863-1982 (P0365)
29 photographs
The photograph collection of Dr. Leslie Anders includes photographs of himself and photos of Missouri Civil War regiments and soldiers, his area of research. Dr. Anders was a professor of history at Central Missouri State University.
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Frank Anderson Photographs, 1884, 1950 (P0968)
2 photographs
Photos of Missouri's Confederate Capitol and Governor's Mansion in Marshall, TX
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Joseph Anderson Family Letters, 1873-1908 (C0199)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Letters in Swedish to an immigrant who settled in Buffalo, MO, with his brother. The letters are from relatives in Sweden and from a brother in Hermitage, Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan, giving early wages, positions, settlements, prices of voyages, crops, and farm animals. Also included is a Lutheran catechism and biblical reference sheet.
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William James Anderson, Jr. Westport Scrapbook, 1820-1960 (K0396)
0.1 c.f.
Newspapers clippings and notes pertaining to the history of the town of Westport, MO, now part of Kansas City.
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William James Anderson, Jr. Papers, 1840-1965 (K0058)
10 c.f.
Diaries, letters, business ledgers and records, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials created and collected by Anderson and his family which relate to the history of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Anderson was a local historian and descendent of Thomas Johnson and John Wornall
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Anheuser-Busch Inc. Photographs, 1875-1996 (P0303)
1 folder
Various photos of Anheuser-Busch company and grounds.
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Annual Conference Society of the Women's Department of Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Records, 1889-1895 (C1373)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Constitution, by-laws, and minutes of meetings.
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Anti-Horse Thief Association, Missouri Division Papers, 1882-1925 (C1915)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of meetings; memoir of John J. Suter, former president; and correspondence of W.W. Graves.
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Applegate and Smith Families Papers, circa 1873-1992 (R1302)
1 cubic foot (30 folders)
These are the papers of the Applegate and Smith families of Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri. The collection consists of family correspondence, miscellaneous business papers, ephemeral items of historical interest, and selected photographs from family albums.
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Lisbon Applegate Collection, 1819-1903 (C0996)
2 cubic feet, 18 volumes
Correspondence and business papers of Lisbon and Lewis M. Applegate of Keytesville, MO. Letters from George W. Applegate in California, 1848-1873, describing prospects for ranching, gold mining, and wine-making ventures; politics; and impact of Civil War and abolitionists. Civil War in Missouri; politics in Missouri and Chariton County; economic conditions and opportunities in Chariton County.
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Archives Societaire, 1832-1882 (C0233)
2 rolls of microfilm
Selected letters from the Archives Societaire, housed at the Archives Nationales, Paris, France. The Archives Societaire are the records of the followers of Charles Fourier. Included is correspondence of Victor Considerant, founder of the Fourierist colony at Reunion, TX, and Albert Brisbane, Fourierism's foremost advocate in the United States.
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Arrow Rock, Missouri, List of Residents, 1873-1882 (C3541)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a list of names, compiled by Frank P. Robinson, of men who lived in Arrow Rock, Missouri.
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Arrow Rock, Missouri, Town Records, 1827-1887 (C2659)
3 volumes
Records of town meetings, ordinances, financial transactions, and elections.
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Arrow Rock, Missouri, Town Records, 1840-1887 (C1091)
0.2 cubic feet (3 volumes)
Includes proceedings of the Board of Trustees, 1840-1875, poll records, accounts, assessment of real estate, and expenditures.