1890s
F
First United Methodist Church, West Plains, Missouri Records, 1887-1988 (R0359)
11 volumes, 10 folders microfilmed
These are church registers, quarterly conference reports, and administrative records of the First
United Methodist Church in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri. There are records of predecessor
Methodist churches in West Plains, including the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Subjects
Counties
Fish Family Photograph Album, 1852-1898 (S0631)
0.3 cubic foot
The Fish Family Photograph Album contains photographs from the Fish family. The album was gifted to Hazel Fish Cunningham from her father Albert Goodrich Fish in 1898.
Counties
William P. Fitzgerald Papers, 1843-1894 (C1919)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers pertaining to Franklin County land. Land grant to Thomas Maupin; warranty deed and quit claim deed between the heirs of Washington Fitzgerald and William P. Fitzgerald.
Subjects
Counties
Mrs. B.K. Flanery Photograph Collection, 1875-1929 (P0457)
27 photographs
Copy photos of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Subjects
Counties
Flanery-Gillum-Lawson Family Papers, 1862-2005 (C4142)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of the Flanery-Gillum-Lawson family include correspondence, family photographs, family documents, and a copy of Paint Lick Reflections, a genealogical publication, Paint Lick, Kentucky, Summer, 2005.
Subjects
Counties
Alma Olivia Fletcher Papers, 1841-1968 (C3623)
0.2 cubic feet (16 folders)
Papers of the Fletcher family of Arcadia, Missouri. Included are two Civil War muster rolls; Missouri will and land deed; scrapbook of Alma's European tour, 1910; and detailed daily bird watching charts, 1960-1968.
Counties
Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Books Collection, 1857-1972 (S0013)
0.3 cubic foot, 9 rolls microfilm (33 volumes)
The Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Book Collection include copies of official correspondence, council rosters, budgets, resolutions, certificates of appointments, and maps, chronicling the city's growth and development from 1857 to 1973.
Subjects
Counties
Ford Family Papers, 1838-2006 (C4007)
1 cubic foot (37 folders)
The papers of the Ford, English, Cunningham, and related families include family correspondence, photographs and postcards, genealogical, school, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence contains references to World War I.
Counties
Frank Stephen Ford Photograph Collection, 1896-1912 (K0712)
2 c.f.
Negatives taken by Ford, a talented amateur photographer. His subjects included outdoor pastoral scenes, streams and rivers, including a number of views of the Missouri River east of the ASB Bridge. Also portraits of family and friends, interiors of his home at 29th and Flora and other houses and buildings, and of a black servant (including some of his home) who worked for Ford's family.
Counties
Joe Ford Letter, 1891 (C0991)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter giving custody of his son, Will Ford, to Mrs. Will Cunningham and Miss Scebie.
Forest Park Research Files Collection, 1870-1995 (S0884)
18 cubic feet
This collection contains photographs, annual reports, file cards, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of Forest Park.
Subjects
Counties
Katharine Peers Forster Scrapbook Collection, 1888-1898 (R1080)
(1 volume, 1 folder)
This is a scrapbook kept by Katharine Peers Forster, who was a student at Elmwood Seminary at Farmington in St. Francois county, Missouri. Included are programs from concerts and school events, clippings, and memorabilia.
Counties
Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Works Company Collection, cicra 1890 (R0350)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Works Company Collection contains a photocopy of an illustrated pamphlet advertising the automatic ore treatment machinery produced by the Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Works. It bears testimonials from mine owners and operators throughout the United States, including the Granby Smelting & Mining Company of Granby, the Desloge Lead Company of St. Francois County, and the Hazard Dressing Mill of Mine La Motte, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Forty-Niners, Fifties, and Old Timers Association Minutes, 1889-1892 (C1535)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proceedings and membership lists of a Boonville, Missouri, organization.
Counties
Foster Lumber Company Records, 1889-1956 (K0435)
100 v
Financial ledgers, including trial balances, journals, cash books, purchase books, and freight books for a lumber company in Kansas City, MO.
Subjects
Counties
Fox Family Papers, 1870-1950s (CA6548)
2 cubic feet
Papers of a family from Moberly, Missouri, include photographs, scrapbooks, small artifacts, and miscellaneous material. Material largely concerns Lawrence Fox, Joy Eldridge Fox, and Anna Thieman Fox.
Subjects
Counties
Mrs. Jesse Fox Photograph Collection, 1886, 1899 (P0707)
2 photographs
Photos of Tipton Farm near Alba, MO, and Sunny Side School students, 1899.
Subjects
Counties
Charles B. France Papers, 1856-1890 (C1012)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Correspondence, diaries, and papers of Charles B. France, a St. Joseph, Missouri, banker, and his family. Includes references to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Gold Rush, and travel to the West and East Coast. Contains letter book of Overland Stage Lines.
Counties
Martha M. and Sara M. France Papers, 1878-1905 (C0874)
0.3 cubic feet (14 folders), 1 oversize volume
Diary of Martha M. France, wife of St. Joseph, Missouri, banker, Charles B. France, Jr. Diary, mementos, and photos of her daughter, Sara M. France, a student at Ogontz School near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1889-1892.
Counties
William A. E. French Papers, 1877-1967 (R0175)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The William Aden Elmer French Papers contain the microfilmed copies of the papers of an author and newspaper publisher at Eminence in Shannon County, Missouri. Included are hunting and fishing diaries, journals, teaching notebooks, lists of published works, short stories, and family correspondence.
Counties
Franke Studio Photographs, 1896-1928 (P0747)
6 photographs
Photos by Franke Studio of Macon: Walker Hardward, Blees Buggy Company, and Lucas Blacksmithing.
Subjects
Counties
Franklin and Binkley Families Papers, 1868-1955 (R1492)
0.06 cubic foot (6 folders, 27 negatives)
The Franklin and Binkley Families Papers contain photocopies of correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Also included is genealogical information for the Franklin, Binkley, Myers, Herrman, Bray, and other connected families.
Counties
Franklin County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1895-1920 (P1127)
An artificial collection of photographs of Franklin County, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Franz-Gundlach Family Papers, 1877-1956 (C4611)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of the Franz-Gundlach family from Lafayette County, Missouri, include correspondence and ephemera gathered during trips to Europe.
Subjects
Counties
Douglas R. Frazee Photographs, 1880-1985 (P0072)
0.25 linear feet
Photographs of the Missouri River and life on the towboat Brownville, 1963-1985 by Frazee, an engineer on the vessel. Photos of Marshall, MO, 1948-1950, and Marthasville, MO, area in the early 1900s. Aerial photographs of Saline County, Marshall, Brookfield, and Pettis County, 1946-1949. Aerial photographs of farms and buildings along Highways 20, 24, 41 in Saline and Lafayette Counties, ca. 1947. Also include a variety of images of Missouri scenes and Missourians.
Fred Wolferman, Inc. Records, 1897-1972 (K0205)
1.5 c.f.
Through innovative marketing, Wolferman's enjoyed a prestigious position in Kansas City gourmet food circles. Photographs, menus, news clips, an accounting ledger, scrapbooks and phonograph records, and advertisements and sample correspondence for the operation of grocery stores and restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Counties
Freedom Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1844-1962 (R0418)
6 volumes microfilmed
These are record books of the Freedom Baptist Church near Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include the articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership records, and minutes
of church business meetings, August 1844 --January 1962, and the secretary's record book of the
Baptist Young People's Union, 1929-1932.
Subjects
Counties
Freedom Zion Methodist Church (Concordia, Mo.) Records, 1851-1920 (C3907)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 roll of microfilm
The records of the Freedom Zion Methodist Church consist of the quarterly annual conference minutes of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.
Subjects
Counties
Freemasons, Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Records, 1889-1957 (R0756)
(1 folder)
These are directories, calendars, bylaws, and calling cards for the Masonic organization at Bolivar in Polk County, Missouri. Included are officers' directories for 1889 and 1900, membership booklets for 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1960, bylaws for 1956, and five calling cards.
Counties
Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133 Ironton, Missouri Records, 1849-1962 (R0446)
34 folders, 13 volumes MICROFILMED
These are records of the Masonic Lodge at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri. The records include
minute books, membership records, personnel files, and miscellaneous lodge papers,
1849-1962. The collection also includes the record books of the Iron Mountain Lodge, 1864-1894,
which consolidated with the Star of the West Lodge in 1894.
Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records, 1850-1974 (S0037)
1.2 cubic foot, 33 folders, 4 microfilm rolls
The Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records contain correspondence, ledgers, protocol books, and articles of association about the founding and operation of this German fraternal association.
Subjects
Counties
French Newspaper Clippings, c. 1883-1897 (C0870)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Scrapbook of French newspaper clippings about world events. Most of the clippings refer to France, the French Chamber of Deputies, England, the British parliament, and Ireland. Articles on William E. Gladstone and Charles S. Parnell, Irish home rule bill, and Napoleon's expedition into Egypt.
Subjects
Freshour Family Papers, 1843-1911 (C0102)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
A group of bills and checks [1880]; maps of Missouri and Mexico [1904]; letters of John Freshour to his father from school; letter from Thomas E. Freshour to his wife, and list of things taken by federal soldiers in 1861; autograph book of Mary Letts, 1879; copy book of John Freshour; account book; and justice of the peace marriage record from Centertown, Cole County, Missouri, 1840s.
Counties
Shela S. Fretwell Genealogical Collection, 1824-2020 (CA5886)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 card file, 1 CD, 2 computer discs, 2 oversize items, 1.03 MB of digital files
Correspondence, photographs, and other genealogical research material related to the Fretwell family of Lewis County, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Moreton Frewen Papers, 1823-1922 (C0879)
41 rolls of microfilm
Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems.
Originals in the Library of Congress.
Friedens United Church of Christ (Warrenton, Mo.) Record Books, 1868-1967 (C3631)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)
Record books of the Friedens Evangelical Church, Warrenton, Missouri, and the Bethany Evangelical Church, Pendleton, Missouri. The two merged to become the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, later renamed the Friedens United Church of Christ. The Friedens Church was organized in 1877, but the record book has entries dating from 1868. The earliest record in the Bethany book is for 1910.
Subjects
Counties
Friends of Arrow Rock Collection, 1826-1969 (C3087)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 oversize volume, 3 oversize items
Correspondence of John Sappington with Hogan & Wright, collection agents, 1842-1844; correspondence of Claiborne F. Jackson, 1855-1861; correspondence and miscellaneous items concerning the placement of Highway 40 and Santa Fe Trail markers; Martha Woods Diary, 1854-1860; Hugh Stephens scrapbook, n.d.; Independent Order of Odd Fellow certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence, 1849-1969.
Counties
Friendship Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1837-1974 (C4236)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)
The records of the Friendship Christian Church in Boone County consist of ledgers documenting membership, Sunday school attendance, and land deeds associated with the church. (See also C2372, Church of Christ at Friendship membership record)
Counties
Thomas Fristoe Papers, 1827-1903 (C1006)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Correspondence, family papers, miscellaneous legal papers, accounts, and record books of Thomas Fristoe, a Baptist clergyman in Chariton, Missouri. Tax receipts of Jordan Bentley, 1848-1871. Record book of marriages performed by Thomas Fristoe, 1827-1871.
Jane Froman Papers, 1891-1980 (C3695)
8.5 cubic feet (343 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 14 audio cassettes, 453 audio discs, 13 audio tapes, 4 films, 1 video cassette, 1 DVD, 25.6 GB of digital files
The papers of a singer and radio, theater, and movie star contain correspondence, financial records, musical arrangements, photographs, audio and film recordings, and scrapbooks. The papers include material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s through the 1950s. Also includes some papers of her mother, Anna Barcafer Froman Hetzler (1873-1962).
Counties
Frost Family Papers, 1862-1988 (R1404)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Frost Family Papers contain photocopies of compiled correspondence of Luther and Orville Frost from 1862 to 1889. Also include is a brief family history and genealogical information for the Frost family.
Counties
Annette Riley Fry Papers, 1882-1983 (C3729)
0.4 cubic feet (24 folders)
The papers primarily contain correspondence between Fry and people, or relatives of people, who came to Missouri from New York on “orphan trains” sponsored by the Children’s Aid Society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Fry wrote an article on the orphans, which appeared in the December 1974 issue of American Heritage.
Richard Fuhrmann Lantern Slide Collection, 1840-1935 (P0048)
702 lantern slides
Lantern slides of turn-of-the-twentieth century St. Louis by local physician Richard Fuhrmann. Includes the area later razed for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
Subjects
Counties
John K. Fyfer Diplomas, 1893 (C2286)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two electrical engineering diplomas issued to Fyfer by the Department of Engineering, University of the State of Missouri, June 1893. Diplomas signed by R.H. Jesse, president, and faculty member of the departments of engineering, physics and math.
Subjects
G
Gaffee Family Papers, 1857-1923 (C0202)
1 roll of microfilm
Slave bill of sale; will of Mary Ann Dupuy, Shelby County, KY; Hackney family genealogy; and reminiscences of plantation life in Gossyppia, LA.
Ella Gaffney Photograph Collection, 1898 (P0625)
Photographs of the 4th Missouri US Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American war, including soldier Bayard Murray.
Subjects
Galena Christian Church (Galena, Mo.) Records, 1887-1964 (C3820)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The records of Galena Christian Church in Stone County, Missouri, consist of membership lists, vital statistics information, and correspondence concerning membership in other churches. The records are incomplete and appear to have been transferred from other record books.
Subjects
Counties
Gally and Johnston Company (Toledo, Ia.) Papers, 1858-1900 (C0322)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Toledo, IA, merchants include promissory notes, tax receipts, general receipts, miscellaneous papers and letters, mortgages, bills of sale and labor, abstract of title for construction of Johnston’s house, and a Mexican land grant.
William J. Gammon Papers, 1856-1967 (CG0056)
0.5 c.f.
This collection is primarily made up of genealogical papers and cemetery research conducted by Wm. J. Gammon of various families as well as his own. Also included in this collection is transcripts from the operation of the Center Point school in Jackson County, Missouri, personal papers of the Gammon family, and correspondence from different societies and political organizations.
Counties
William J. Gammon Photographs, 1842-1915 (P0039)
1 folder
Photos of Ralls County historic properties by Gammon, a resident of Perry, MO, and postcards of various Missouri views.