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Uljee Family Papers, 1884-2007 (S0350)
6 cubic feet, 1322 photographs, 21 audio tapes, 43, audio disks, 44 audio cassettes, 1 object
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, musical programs, military papers, vital records, and school papers chronicling the lives of Albert Martin Uljee I, Eleanor Gorges, Albert M. Uljee II, and Eileen Rue who lived in St. Louis. Materials of interest include correspondence to and from Albert M. Uljee II discussing his World War II experience, and materials documenting the musical career of Eleanor Gorges, who performed as a concert pianist under the pseudonym Olga Boris.
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Union Cemetery Association Records, 1857-1954 (K0385)
1 c.f.
The records of Union Cemetery Association contain minutes, financial and legal documents, correspondence, lists of plot owners, a scrapbook of clippings, a stock book, and photographs concerning the cemetery shared by the towns of Kansas City and Westport, Missouri, dated 1857-1954.
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Union Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1887-1984 (C4322)
1.25 cubic feet (35 folders)
Newsletters, books, and record minute books of the Union Primitive Baptist Church Records.
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United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1800-1972 (C3308)
3.4 cubic feet (161 folders, 6 volumes)
Correspondence, printed brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, journals, and books of the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, including papers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1836-1984 (C3727)
6.5 cubic feet (317 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 2 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape
Records of conference, districts, and individual churches. Includes annual reports, minutes, financial and historical information, information on church-related institutions and organizations, ministerial candidate information, and histories of individual churches. Also includes some materials from antecedent conferences and other Missouri conferences.
United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1813-2010 (CA5745)
107.2 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes, 10 oversize items, 3 audio discs, 87 audio cassettes, 229 audio tapes, 5 DVDs, 1 film, 34 video cassettes
Addition of annual conference journals, correspondence, newsletters, meeting programs, committee files, publications, and the records of individual churches, including Fry United Methodist Church in St. Louis.
United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1850-1977 (C3595)
12 cubic feet (592 folders)
Records in the form of minutes, journals and correspondence of boards, committees, and churches in the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church. Includes church histories, papers of early Methodist ministers, biographies, periodicals, books, and Hendrix Hall dormitory papers.
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United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter Records, 1784-2008 (C4219)
7 cubic feet (222 folders), 2 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items
The papers consist of the meeting minutes, pamphlets, officer reports, and other business materials pertaining to the operation of the United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of Mary Miller Smiser, who served briefly as president of the organization.
Unity Baptist Church (Platte County, Mo.) Records, 1840-1909 (C3029)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Unity Baptist Church. Contains church covenant, articles of faith, rules of decorum, meeting minutes and lists of members.
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University of Missouri Agricultural Bulletins, 1883-1923 (C3386)
3.3 cubic feet (250 folders)
Bulletins and circulars of the Agricultural Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station on agricultural, horticultural, and home economics topics. Annual reports, announcements, and short course and Farmers' Week materials.
University of Missouri Photograph Collection, 1848-1995 (P0088)
272 photographs
An artificial collection of photographs of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, its students, faculty, and administrators.
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University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station Records, 1888-1918 (C2563)
0.34 cubic feet (4 volumes)
Records and data on agricultural experiments at the experiment station.
University of Missouri, Board Club Records, 1888-1896 (C0883)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Constitution, bylaws and amendments to the constitution; revision of the executive board of curators, adopted 31 July 1896; cash receipts of fees and dues of boarding club.
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University of Missouri, Board of Curators Papers, 1881, 1936 (C2948)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Memorandum of explanation regarding the report of the Board submitted to the 31st General Assembly. Also a letter of comment by C.B. Rollins, July 14, 1936.
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University of Missouri, Board of Curators Records, 1839-1932 (C0920)
125 rolls of microfilm
Minutes of meetings, records, and papers of the Board.
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University of Missouri, Business Operations Records, 1868-1959 (C0982)
343 rolls of microfilm
Material from various University offices which handle business operations. Early material is from the secretary's office.
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University of Missouri Charts, 1843-1925 (C1708)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three charts about the University of Missouri. One lists the number of men and women enrolled, 1843-1925; the second lists names, addresses, and degrees granted the first women graduates, 1870-1922; the third lists total number of students who received degrees, 1870-1924.
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University of Missouri Collection, 1859-1962 (C3763)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Miscellaneous printed material pertaining to the university. Includes an 1859 catalog of students, graduates, faculty, and courses; photograph of cadets, 1880s; and items from the Colleges of Arts and Science (1946) and Education (1916, 1962) and School of Journalism (1923, 1926).
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1879-1948 (C0921)
50 rolls microfilm
The records of the University of Missouri, College of Agriculture include records and correspondence of students, faculty, and the administration mostly during the tenure of Dean Frederick B. Mumford. The records document programs such as Farmers’ Week, College exhibits at the Missouri State Fair, and cooperation with the U.S. Council of National Defense during World War I.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1889-1941 (C3471)
10.75 cubic feet (553 folders, 179 lantern slides), 2 oversize volumes
Office correspondence of Henry J. Waters, who from 1895 to 1909 was dean of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, professor of agriculture, and director of the experiment station at the University of Missouri.
University of Missouri, Department of Home Economics Records, 1886-1962 (C0993)
0.8 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning faculty, facilities, alumni, curriculum, and department bulletins.
Bulk of the material consists of bulletins and reports of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service.
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University of Missouri, Department of Physics Records, 1880s-1990s (CA4799)
54 cubic feet, 5 oversize items, 1 oversize volume
Correspondence, departmental records, teaching and research materials, and materials related to the National Science Foundation Summer Institute and the O.M. Stewart Fund.
University of Missouri, Laws Observatory Records, 1877-1954 (C3401)
6.2 cubic feet (300 folders)
Correspondence, class materials, reports, publications, and observing records of the observatory.
University of Missouri, Missouri State Military School Records, 1889-1965 (C3554)
7.7 cubic feet (49 folders, 40 volumes)
Photographs; military manuals and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; letterbook; records of marksmanship, merits and demerits, cadet appointments, cadet rosters, orders, and company morning reports; and scrapbook of newspaper articles and photographs of military training program at the University of Missouri.
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University of Missouri Papers, 1840-1929 (C0181)
0.1 cubic feet
Circulars, receipts, bills, resolutions, petitions, and other miscellaneous items.
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University of Missouri Photographs, 1883-1893 (C0807)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photographs of the Agricultural Boarding Club, students and faculty, Jesse Hall auditorium, and university cadets and officers. Also, a print of the university, Stephens Female College, and Christian Female College.
University of Missouri, Notes on President's House, 1841-1926 (C2422)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Notes on the residence provided for the president of the University of Missouri.
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University of Missouri Record Books, 1848-1929 (C3116)
12 volumes
Miscellaneous early record books of the University of Missouri, including accounts kept by the treasurer of the Board of Curators of salaries and expenditures, records pertaining to agricultural experiment station, inventory and appraisement of university holdings, and material on Students Protective Association and memorial union and stadium campaign.
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University of Missouri, School of Law Faculty Meeting Records, 1873-1890 (C0856)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Records of official meetings, polls of students, and lists of students receiving passing grades on various examinations.
University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy Papers, 1870-1948 (C3110)
8.2 cubic feet
Records of the school from the formative years, including financial, student, political, and executive papers. Also contains papers documenting the school's relationship with the U.S. Public Works Administration and U.S. Work Projects Administration.
University of Missouri, Union Literary Society Record Books, 1842-1916 (C0448)
0.8 cubic feet
Constitution and amendments, roll of members, and proceedings of meetings.
University of Missouri. Washington's Birthday Celebration Program, 1883 (C2575)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Program.
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University of Missouri, Young Ladies' Philalaethean Society Record Book, 1888-1895 (C1185)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes and membership lists of a literary society.
THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, University of Missouri, 1882 (C2361)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Satiric commencement issue of THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, 1 June 1882.
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Lucile Morris Upton Papers, 1823-1986 (C3869)
1 cubic foot, 25 rolls of microfilm (599 folders, 71 volumes), 1 video cassette
The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks. The papers are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region, and in Ozark folklore.
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Valle Mining Company Records, 1839-1884 (R1278)
(12 rolls of microfilm)
These are account books, ledgers, cash books, and other business records of the Valle Mining company at Valles Mines, Missouri. Most of the collection concerns mining on the Valle tract in Jefferson and Saint Francois Counties and related general merchandizing at the company's store. There are various records showing the receipt and shipment of ores, names of individual miners, charges and credits to individual and company accounts, and shipments of mineral to the Carondelet Zinc Works at Carondelet, Missouri, and consignment houses in Saint Louis and New York.
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Valley Hotel Register, 1883-1885 (K0171)
1 MR
Guest register for a hotel in Bolckow, Andrew County, MO. Guests registered by name, city and/or occupation.
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Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers, 1845-2003 (SP0096)
7 cubic feet (294 folders, 1 video cassette, 21 audio cassettes, 2,271 photographs, 2,607 negatives, 327 slides)
The Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, research, genealogy, cemetery records, publications, and photographs from Kathleen Van Buskirk, a journalist and regional historian who spent most of her career writing about the people, culture, and history of the Ozarks and White River Valley.
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Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers, c. 1870s-1990s (CA6208)
6 cubic feet, 1 video cassette
Manuscripts and research materials of an author who wrote about the Ozarks. Includes records of the Taneyhills Library Club of Branson, Missouri, and genealogy files on several families.
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Van Horn Tavern Collection, 1829-2013 (C4634)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders, 1 CD)
The collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, an appraisal, and miscellaneous material concerning the Van Horn Tavern in Boone County, Missouri, compiled by Patrick Dougherty. Includes an audio interview with Fergene Goddin Sims, whose family lived in the tavern in the early 1900s.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn Papers, 1855-1907 (C1032)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
The papers of Robert Thompson Van Horn contain correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a Kansas City journalist who served as a lieutenant colonel with the 25th Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, as mayor of Kansas City, and as a U.S. congressman.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn Family Papers, 1832-1965 (K0297)
2 c.f.
Van Horn was a newspaper owner/editor, a mayor of Kansas City, U.S. Congressmen, and civic leader. Includes correspondence, Civil War service records, business and property records, and some artifacts and ephemera. Also contains the papers of Van Horn's granddaughter Adela Cooley Van Horn, who traveled extensively, and kept correspondence, passports, narratives, and photographs, and genealogical records.
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Van Meter Family Papers, 1834-1968 (C3242)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, and account books of a Saline County, MO, family. The papers deal, for the most part, with the family business, primarily accounts for goods and food sold. There is some material dealing with family matters, including a diary of a trip taken to Montana in 1865 by Abel J. Van Meter.
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George Van Millett Papers, 1865-1956 (K0413)
5 c.f.
Letters, publications and gallery catalogs, photographs and other materials relating the life and work of Kansas City artist, G.V. Millett.
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Charles Van Ravenswaay Collection, 1820-1971 (C2668)
1.2 cubic feet
Material relating to the Trigg family of Boonville, MO; the papers of Harvey Bunce, Cooper County civic leader and vice-president of the Tebo and Neosho Railroad; and Charles Van Ravenswaay's correspondence and research notes on various families, institutions, historic sites and events in Cooper and Howard Counties, and miscellaneous material related primarily to Boonville, MO.
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Charles Van Ravenswaay Papers, 1841-1990 (C3873)
21.8 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette
Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and literary manuscripts of historian and author Charles Van Ravenswaay, former director of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA; and the Henry F. duPont Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, DE.
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- Andrew
- Audrain
- Barton
- Bollinger
- Callaway
- Cape Girardeau
- Chariton
- Clay
- Cole
- Cooper
- Franklin
- Gasconade
- Howard
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lafayette
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Marion
- McDonald
- Moniteau
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- New Madrid
- Osage
- Ozark
- Perry
- Platte
- Ralls
- Saline
- Scotland
- Shelby
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Francois
- Saint Louis
- Sainte Genevieve
- Warren
- Washington
- Wright
Gilbert Van Zandt Papers, 1865-1956 (C4163)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of Gilbert Van Zandt contain personal correspondence, biographical information, newspaper clippings and photographs. Van Zandt became notorious as the youngest member of the Union Army.
Vandeven Family Papers, 1886-1975, 2003 (CG0040)
1.0 cubic feet
The Vandeven Family Papers include photographs, marriage and first communion certificates for members of the Vandeven family of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as ledgers and papers related to the Vandeven Mercantile store.
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William L. Vandeventer Papers, 1883-1890 (R1428)
0.2 cubic foot (3 folders)
The William L. Vandeventer Papers contain the unpublished manuscript Justice in the Rough on the Bald Knobbers written in 1937. The collection contains the typed manuscript and accompanying photographs.
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Charles van Ravenswaay Photograph Collection, 1814-1975 (P0014)
0.81 cubic feet
Collected photographs and other visual materials, primarily documenting Boonville, Missouri in the late 1800s and early 1900s.