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J. David Wood Letter, 1883 (C0554)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from J. D. and Kate Wood of Challis, Idaho, to his uncle and aunt, Joseph and Elizabeth Wood of Putnam County, Missouri, November 14, 1883. Discusses mining activities, living conditions, and the education of their sons.
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Wood-Smith Family Papers, 1864-1987 (C3857)
5.2 cubic feet, 5 DVDs, 1 audio tape
Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, photographs and films of two Missouri families with roots in Jasper and Pike counties. Guy M. Wood was First Associate City Counsellor for the City of St. Louis in the early 1930s. Roy G. Smith served nearly fifty years with the Young Men's Christian Association in the Philippines, Peru, and the United States.
Robert Patterson Woods Papers, 1870-1963 (K0788)
11 c.f.
Personal and professional life of Woods, civil engineer, and former Kansas City Street Railway Commissioner. Includes correspondence, project notebooks, newspaper clippings, residential inventories, genealogical files, and photographs. Also files pertaining to the history and growth of Research Hospital.
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Woods-Holman Family Papers, 1805-1906 (C0191)
0.25 cubic feet
Letters, documents, notebooks, accounts, and receipts of two southeast Missouri families. Papers concern family news, business, farming, livestock, religion, teaching, Native Americans, fur trade, economics, politics, Gold Rush and Civil War and descriptions of California, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas.
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Woods-Spilman Family Papers, 1845-1980 (C4064)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
This collection includes genealogical information, legal records, letters, photographs, and miscellaneous materials of the Woods and Spilman families of Lawrence County, Missouri. It also includes published histories of the Spilman family, Lawrence County, and Pierce City, Missouri.
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Woodson, Chrisman and Comingo Records, 1817-1889 (K1244)
0.4 c.f.
A law firm in Independence, MO. Estate documents, including appraisements, receipts, and other documentation of settlement, concerning notable families in the Independence, Lone Jack, Pleasant Hill, and Kansas City, Missouri areas. Includes Campbell, Cave, Chiles, Chrisman, Noland, Easley and others.
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Wooldrige-Hooper Family Photographs, 1872-1916 (P0568)
1 folder
Copies of portraits of Lily Lee and William Jesse Wooldrige, Georgia Ann Hooper, and other family members.
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Woolf Brothers Collection, 1880-1980 (K0410)
12 cubic feet
Business ledgers, historical business papers, stock certificate booklets, and business titles from Woolf Brothers department store dated 1880-1980
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John Bristow Wornall Papers, 1827-1889 (K0474)
0.02 c.f.
Documents relating to the Big Blue (later Westport) Baptist Church for which Wornall served as treasurer and moderator; the Will and estate papers of James W. Manion (1804-1856) for whom Wornall was executor.
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Jesse E. Wrench Papers, 1871-1976 (C2509)
2.0 cubic feet (124 folders)
The papers of Jesse E. Wrench, a University of Missouri history professor, include teaching materials, correspondence, and records of organizations with which Wrench was involved in at the university and in Columbia, Missouri. The papers also include some family papers and photographs and two unpublished manuscripts from the Cornell Expedition to Asia Minor in 1907-1908.
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Wright Family Collection, 1822-1991 (CA6506)
0.4 cubic feet, 423 MB of digital files, 3 oversize items
Family papers, photographs, and illustrated biographical sketches concerning members of the Wright and related families of Boone County, Missouri, including J. Kelly Wright II, Rebecca Wright Crighton, and Paul Morris Wright.
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Jay Wright Photograph Collection, 1877-1882 (P0795)
4 photographs
Copy photos of the Randolph County Courthouse and Mount Pleasant College.
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William S. Wright Records, 1881-1882 (R0117)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The William S. Wright Records contain photocopies of an account ledger for a general store operated by William S. Wright on the North Fork River in Ozark County, Missouri.
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R.O. Wykoff Photograph Collection, 1882-1892 (P0557)
9 postcards
Postcards of Robert Ford Funeral, 1892, in Colorado.
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Roy A. Wykoff Jr. Papers, 1860-1955 (C0437)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
Miscellaneous material collected by Wykoff. Missouri University, Stephens College and Christian College programs; letters of Eugene Field, Daniel Read and Homer Croy; and Civil War articles.
Wyoming Stock Growers Association Round-Up Schedule, 1884 (C2881)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of round-ups of Wyoming Stock Growers Association for 1884.
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Paul Christian Yates Papers, 1880-1905 (R0648)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Paul Christian Yates Papers contain a microfilm copy of a journal kept by Dr. Paul C. Yates, a physician in Newton County, Missouri. Included are narratives of individual cases, particularly maternity calls, notes for addresses to meetings of medical associations, and a few personal items.
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Yeagle Family Papers, 1732-1984 (C4129)
5 cubic feet
The papers of a Saline County, Missouri, family consist of account books, receipts, wills, deeds, diaries, assorted genealogical material, personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, school material, and miscellaneous material.
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Doris L. Yelton Political Button Collection, 1860s-1990s (C4604)
0.35 cubic feet (8 folders)
Political buttons, ribbons, and miscellaneous items collected by Doris "Sally" Yelton, an antique collector and dealer from Jefferson City, Missouri, 1860s-1990s.
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Young Family Papers, 1793-1958 (C3123)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Brief history of the Young, Croft and Scouller families. Two letters of millwright Andrew Young, Rockbridge County, VA, to John Scouller, 1793-1794. Miscellaneous letters containing family genealogy. Scrapbook containing news clippings and genealogical notes on the Croft family.
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Young Men's Christian Association (Independence, Mo.) Papers, 1887 (C0568)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Charter and constitution of the Young Men's Christian Association, Independence, Missouri, June 18, 1887.
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Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) of Kansas City Records, 1878-2006 (K0332)
80 c.f.
Minutes, newspaper clippings, printed materials, publications, administrative files, reports, surveys, studies, photographs, slides, audio/visual media, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.
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Frank Young Papers, 1854-1956 (C4214)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)
The papers of Frank Young contain genealogy research of the Shoemaker family, beginning with Johann Heinrich Schumaker (John Henry Shoemaker) who came to Berlin, Pennsylvania, from Germany in 1768. Mr. Young traced the family through at least four generations and several hundred descendants. The papers include correspondence from his genealogy research, such as letters from relatives with information for the family tree. The papers also include a few wills, deeds of estates, and some obituaries and newspaper clippings about the Shoemaker family.
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Cole and James Younger Papers, 1885-1897 (C0443)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from Cole Younger in the Stillwater, MN, prison to his aunt and to W.C. Bronaugh. Letters from Missouri officials, 1897, and a petition signed by members of the 39th General Assembly to the Minnesota Board of Pardons asking for the Youngers' release.
YouthBridge Community Foundation Records, 1876-2003 (S0243)
7.5 cubic feet
The YouthBridge Community Foundation Records (formerly the German General Protestant Orphan’s Home and General Protestant Children’s Home) contain meeting minutes, ledgers, and scrapbooks relating to its history as a home for impoverished orphans. Materials of interest include intake record books, documenting the child’s name, birth date, the reasons for their admittance and dismal from the orphanage, as well as the names of their parents. Also included in the collection are photographs depicting the cornerstone laying of YouthBridge’s former campus at 12685 Olive Street Road and an essay on the history of YouthBridge, titled Still Caring: the Evolution of a St. Louis Orphanage, by Glenn J. Sartori. The materials in this collection date from 1877 to 2003.
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Zevely Family Papers, 1858-1922 (C1189)
0.2 cubic feet
The papers of the Zevely family, including L. Zevely and E. M. Zevely, contain correspondence, tax receipts, election and political material, and handwritten manuscripts.
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Lydia Zilgitt Papers, 1884-1970 (C4633)
0.6 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of a registered nurse contain school notebooks and textbooks, as well as assorted German language religious booklets, greeting cards, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.
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Zion Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1841-1953 (C4537)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)
Record books of the church, including minutes of meetings and membership records, 1841-1953. Also index of surnames, volumes I-III.
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Zion United Church of Christ, Lawrence County, Missouri Records, 1880-2001 (R0714)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are records of the Zion United Church of Christ near Freistatt in Lawrence County, Missouri. Included are minutes of church council meetings, registers of members, officers, pastors, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and miscellaneous items. Some of the records are in German. Included is one volume of records from Union United Church of Christ, 1947-1998.
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Zoar Baptist Church Records, 1867-1886 (C0900)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records contain minutes of church meetings, including financial reports, dismissal of members for various reasons, such as dancing, drinking, immoral conduct; rules of decorum; articles of faith; church membership; and a church history from 1827-1867.
Lorene W. Zolg Photographs, 1884 (P0967)
2 photographs
Photos of monuments for the Battle of Westport and the Battle of Camden Point
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Zumwalt Family Papers, 1862-1992 (C4048)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)
The Zumwalt family papers consist of genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, local church histories, and miscellaneous articles relating to a family that settled in Boone and Callaway Counties around 1800.
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Zwick Family Papers, 1860-1965 (C4199)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders)
The Zwick family papers contain photographs, correspondence, financial documents, and genealogical information on the Zwick family.