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A.G. Taubert Photograph Collection, 1882-1920 (P0184)
1 folder
Series of four original photos showing aftermath of train wreck on Frisco Railroad, circa 1920. Additional postcards of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri State University, and photos of Ha Ha Tonka.
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Tayloe Family Papers, 1879-1942 (C2510)
4.0 cubic feet
The papers of the Tayloe Family contain personal letters and business papers of the John R. Tayloe family of Bem and Owensville, MO. The collection includes correspondence to John R. Tayloe, his sons John L. and William L. Tayloe, and his wife Lizzie Miller Tayloe from relatives and friends concerning family affairs, farming, and teaching. Some business papers are also included.
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Taylor Family Missouri Portraits Collection, 1880, no date (P0845)
Portraits of the Taylor family of Louisiana, MO, and an assortment of identified and unidentified portraits from Hannibal, Kansas City, and unknown locations in Missouri.
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John N. Taylor Family Papers, 1860-1988 (C4457)
4.7 cubic feet (62 folders, 17 oversize items)
This collection includes business records from three former mid-Missouri businesses and personal papers and photographs from thirteen members of the Taylor family of Huntsville and Columbia, Missouri. Also included are documents pertaining to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
Joseph Herbert Tedrow Transportation Collection, 1850-1987 (K0754)
9 c.f.
Collected data on transportation, particularly railroads operating in the Mid-west. Includes photographs, time-tables, notes, and other items.
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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1868-1984 (C3914)
0.2 cubic feet
The records of Temple Beth El, a synagogue in Jefferson City, MO, include legal papers, by-laws, minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence that document the temple's history from its origination as the Jefferson City Hebrew Cemetery Association to its 100th Anniversary in 1983.
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Tetley Jewelry Store Records, 1871-1883 (R0174)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Tetley Jewelry Store Records contain a microfilm copy of an indexed account ledger of a jewelry store operated by Robert I. Tetley in Farmington, Saint Francois County, Missouri.
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Theater Programs of St. Louis City, Missouri, Collection, 1887-1892 (S1228)
0.5 cubic foot
This collection contains theater programs from Pope's, Grand Opera Houe and Olympic Theaters.
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Theater Programs, St. Louis, Missouri Collection, 1852-1953 (S0595)
0.25 cubic foot, 12 folders
This collection contains play bills and programs of theater productions at St. Louis theaters from 1853-1917.
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Theilman Family Papers, 1881-1928 (C0410)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
Letters written by four brothers and a sister, Emil, Robert, Louis, G.A., and Bertha Theilman of Kingston, MO. Comments on events at the University of Missouri, book business, family history, loaning money, and land values in southern Missouri and Dakota Territory. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, some written by Laura M. Theilman about her family and friends, trips taken, and education, and memorabilia.
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Thixton Family Papers, 1860s-1970s (CA6655)
0.3 cubic feet
Photographs pertaining to John Thomas Thixton, Mary Ann Drake Thixton, Burton Ellsworth Thixton, and Delila Comer Thixton and their descendants of Moniteau, Morgan, and Benton Counties, Missouri. Includes small amount of miscellaneous family papers.
Thomas M. Binger Collection, 1888-2023 (CA5812)
30.8 cubic feet, 1 audio disc, 4 video cassettes, 20 oversize items
Collection of U.S. railroad timetables, publications, promotional material, photographs and miscellaneous material, and newsletters of Missouri railroad enthusiast organizations, Mid-Missouri Railfans and the St. Louis chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Also includes some personal and family material.
Alexander Napier Thomas Papers, 1862-1971 (K0169)
0.20 c.f. (18 folders)
Letters and documents related to Thomas' service in the Civil War including a significant number written while a prisoner-of-war in Libby Prison. Also included are membership certificates and notices of election to public office and speeches Thomas delivered as part of his public career as mayor of Aurora, NE, state representative from Hamilton County, NE.
Harry Thomas Letters, 1884 (C0411)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Love letters written by a sergeant in Troop K, First Cavalry, U.S. Army, stationed in Montana, to Kathleen Lyons. Sgt. Thomas and Miss Lyons had never met.
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William Lyman Thomas Papers, 1867-1906 (S0304)
3 cubic feet, 276 photographs, 2 scrapbooks
The William Lyman Thomas Papers document Thomas's career in St. Louis as a publisher, author, and member of the Missouri Press Association, as well as the life of his family in Maplewood, Missouri. The collection contains correspondence, documents, ribbons, and the original photographs used in the publication of Thomas’ book, The History of St. Louis County, Missouri (1911).
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Thomas-Browning Papers, 1850-1909 (C0975)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous financial papers, 1874-1909, primarily pertaining to C.S. Browning's activities as a cattleman transferring livestock between Texas and Missouri. The account book, 1850-1908, was kept by C.M. Thomas, an auctioneer in Wellington and then Warrensburg, MO.
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Thompson Farm Papers, 1888-1914 (CG0057)
0.4 c.f.
Collections of ledgers kept by Samuel Newcum for the purpose of running and managing the Thompson family farm. Newcum married Laura Thompson, and Laura’s older brother, Elbert, hired Samuel to take care of the farm.
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Dorothy Brown Thompson Papers, 1860-1994 (K0695)
52 c.f.
Personal papers, writings, and research materials of Thompson, a poet and genealogist. Includes personal and professional materials: poetry manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. Secondly, her extensive genealogical research includes specific family lines, correspondence, and historical publications. Also materials of her husband and son.
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Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers, 1850-1932 (R0671)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers contain the personal and family papers collected by Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson from 1850 to 1932. This collection includes photocopies of family correspondence, legal documents, and business papers for the Dabbs and Thompson families of Greene County, Missouri.
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Henry C. Thompson Collection, 1820-1957 (P0354)
21 photographs
Facsimile of signatures of Missouri governors, 1820-1940, photos of Henry C. Thompson and some of his paintings, early notable Missourians, St. Francois County, mining, and images relating to Mormons.
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Henry C. Thompson Papers, 1884-1970 (R0047)
2.25 cubic feet (89 folders, 4 rolls of microfilm)
The Henry C. Thompson Papers contain the original and microfilm copy of papers of a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri, genealogist, and a historian of mining in St. Francois County and the operations of the St. Joseph Lead Company. The collection includes research notes and correspondence, and a group of lead company records, 1884-1902.
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John Thompson Papers, 1882-1889 (C3567)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of John Thompson contain two handwritten letters addressed to John Thompson, Irondale, Missouri, one from Ella T. Hughes of South St. Louis, Missouri, and one from F. Conzelman.
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Meriwether Jeff Thompson Papers, 1854-1935 (C1030)
0.25 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm
Civil War memoir, correspondence, business and legal papers, family genealogies, and miscellaneous papers of M. Jeff Thompson. Thompson was a civil engineer, a railroad and real estate promoter, mayor of St. Joseph, MO, and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
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James T. Thorp Scrapbooks, 1840-1955 (C1429)
1.5 cubic feet
Materials collected and organized by Thorp as histories of the Missouri River, steamboats, and Miami, MO. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, excerpts from the MIAMI WEEKLY NEWS, and miscellaneous items.
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Benjamin R. Thrasher Diaries, 1877-1891 (C3048)
1 roll of microfilm
Four diaries written by a Macon County, MO, farmer. His daily entries, spanning almost fifteen years, describe farm life, livestock breeding, social activities, transportation, illness, death, and daily changes in the wind and weather. Also detailed personal and business expenses.
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Anton A. Tibbe Collection, 1883, 1945 (C2048)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Correspondence with U.S. presidents, senators and congressmen, Missouri politicians, and other national figures. Basically an autograph collection, the letters are arranged alphabetically by surname of correspondent.
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Tibbe-Cuthbertson Family Papers, 1846-1986 (C3711)
1.2 cubic feet (59 folders), 2 oversize items
The papers of a Washington, Missouri, family whose patriarch, Henry Tibbe, and his son, Anton, founded the Missouri Meerschaum Company, include family and business correspondence, genealogy, property deeds, an early history of the Missouri Meerschaum Company, material on a patent infringement dispute, pipe catalogs, clippings, and photographs.
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Dolores F. Timmons Photograph Collection, 1880-1946 (P0236)
56 postcards
1 photograph of Camp Dix, NJ Army Base; 12 photos of Dixon Mining Co., circa 1900; 2 photos of Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Henderson; 3 photocopies of Henderson family Bible.
Tina Presbyterian Church Records, 1886-1917 (C1368)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes of organizational meetings and meetings of sessions. In 1887 the Stokes Mound Congregational Church voted to disband and join the Tina Presbyterian Church as a body.
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William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)
Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.
Toler Family Papers, 1856-1882 (C0949)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Contains four deeds conveying property in Arkansas and Missouri: 1856, Polk County, MO; 1861, Benton County, AR; 1876, Independence County, AR; and 1882, Izard County, AR.
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Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)
The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.
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William Long Tolman Papers, 1852-1919 (R0246)
5 folders
These are papers of the Evans and Tolman families of Farmington, Missouri, mostly of Dr. William
L. Tolman and his wife, Margaret Frances "Fanny" Evans (1840-1921). Included are letters
from relatives in California and Colorado, a file of letters from Civil War veterans seeking invalid
pensions, and a collection of stories concerning the early settlers of St. Francois County.
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Marvin E. Tong Collection, 1878-1947 (C0177)
0.9 cubic feet
Bar dockets of Ozark County circuit court; case briefs before courts of appeals in Missouri; minutes of meetings of Missionary Baptists; case briefs before U.S. and Missouri Supreme Courts; pamphlets of Civil War recollections; and memorial addresses on life of Champ Clark.
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Harry King Tootle Photograph Collection, 1876-1918 (P0944)
3 photographs
Photos of Dr. Samuel Spahr Laws and his wife, Ann Marie Broadwell
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Torrey Family Papers, 1863-1913 (C4036)
0.3 cubic feet (12 folders)
The papers of H.R. Torrey and his second wife, Martha Hard Torrey, include bills and receipts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, and cemetery records. The collection also contains material from other family members, including Martha Torrey's brother, William H. Hard.
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W. S. Tower Papers, 1885 (R0879)
(1 folder)
This is a letter of July 1, 1885 from W. S. Tower of Carthage in Jasper County, Missouri, to Thomas W. Gleason in Hartford, Connecticut. It concerns the payment of interest and a possible investment in land.
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Benjamin F. Townsend Ledger, 1859-1882 (C4535)
0.2 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
Ledger of an Arrow Rock general store owner, Benjamin F. Townsend, which notes customer information and account balances from 1859-1882.
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Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.
Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.
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E.B. Trail Collection, 1858-1965 (C2071)
4.2 cubic feet (279 folders, 62 volumes)
Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.
E.B. Trail Photograph Collection, 1845-1963 (P0021)
1.1 cubic feet (513 photographs)
Dr. E. B. Trail, St. Louis was a collector of steamboat images and articles, which he kept in scrapbooks. Includes images of steamboats, rivers, and other boating-related scenes.
William H. Trigg Collection, 1776, 1835-1899 (C0281)
1.2 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Books from the collection of William H. Trigg, Boonville, MO. Accounts of the Banking House of William H. Trigg and Co. and a scrapbook containing miscellaneous material, mostly news clippings from the 1860s and some paper money from the 1700s and 1800s.
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Trimble Family Papers, 1876-1948 (C4269)
0.25 cubic feet (4 folders)
The papers of the Trimble family contain clippings related to the Trimble and Duncan families, correspondence between the families, and the diary from 1876 to 1879 of Susan Duncan, the mother of Martha Duncan who married into the Trimble family.
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Trinity Episcopal Church (Kansas City, Mo.) Corner Stone Papers, 1883-1887 (C4288)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders), 1 oversize folder
The records of the Trinity Episcopal Church contain artifacts recovered from the Kansas City church's cornerstone. These include architectural sketches and timelines of the church's construction as well as Kansas City newspapers from the day the cornerstone was laid.
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John E.M. Triplett Papers, 1882-1920 (C2213)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Chattel mortgage for stock and farm machinery to Triplett of Triplett, Chariton County, MO, from Jeff Pennington, Carroll County, MO, 5 August 1899, and thirty-eight promissory notes to Triplett.
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Belle Alexander Troxell Collection, 1857-1951 (C3460)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Programs, clippings, photographs, postcards, and miscellaneous items, collected by a Columbia, Missouri, resident and member of several women's organizations.
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D.M. and J.H. Tucker Papers, 1833-1902 (C0178)
0.2 cubic feet
Records of a mercantile firm in Fulton, MO. Business, the Civil War, state insane asylum, and politics are discussed. Records of the Tucker and Harris mercantile firm, later the D.M. and J.H. Tucker firm.
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Pearl Tucker Diploma, 1887 (C3368)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a diploma from Hardin College, Mexico, Missouri.
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Maude Turnbow Collection, 1852-1965 (C2924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters, written in 1853, concerning the McHargue family in Missouri and Oregon. Newspaper clippings, genealogy, and random notes of Madam Dorian.
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Two River Old School Baptist Association Minutes, 1883-1892 (C0569)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of annual meetings of 1883, 1889, and 1892 of the association of Ralls and Shelby Counties, Missouri.