Frances Pearle Mitchell Papers, 1858-1919 (C1703)
0.3 cubic feet (10 folders)
The papers of a resident of Rocheport, Missouri, consist of appointments, certificates, correspondence, invitations, programs, and dance cards. Mitchell, a graduate of Stephens College, was involved in many civic and women’s organizations, including the Missouri Women Farmers’ Club.
Orestes Mitchell Jr. and Sr. Papers, 1899-1980 (C3993)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)
The papers contain correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, yearbooks, and miscellaneous material of Orestes Mitchell Jr., an attorney and member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators; and his father, Orestes Mitchell Sr., also a lawyer. Both men were active in the St. Joseph, Missouri Rotary Club and Freemasons.
Pearle Mitchell Photograph Collection, c. 1890-1895 (P0514)
5 photographs
Photographs of the University of Missouri campus and early Columbia.
Moark Land and Timber Company Records, 1898-1903 (R0068)
2 cubic feet (4 oversize volumes)
The Moark Land and Timber Company Records contain the financial records of a timber exploitation and lumber business in southeast Missouri. The records include account ledgers, cashbooks, a daybook, and journal detailing the day-to-day running of the business. Headquartered in Pemiscot County, Missouri, the business was managed by Franklin Johnson Cunningham.
Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 6277 (Rockbridge, Mo.) Records, 1899-1946 (C0138)
0.1 cubic feet
Records include account book, 1899-1908; correspondence, 1917-1946; insurance policies, 1897-1925; membership certificates, 1910-1913; receipts, 1903-1921; and roster, 1904.
Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 6697 (Dunksburg, Mo.) Records, 1899-1953 (C3106)
0.8 cubic feet, 2 rolls of microfilm
Correspondence, reports, and financial material of the Dunksburg, Missouri, chapter of Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal beneficiary insurance society founded in 1883. Record books have been microfilmed.
Moffett Family Papers, c. 1880s-1985 (C3846)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of the Moffett family of Linn County, Missouri, farmers and merchants who migrated from Kentucky and Illinois around 1840. The papers consist of some correspondence relating to family genealogy, family photographs, wedding invitations, and a typescript family genealogy written in 1985.
Justus R. Moll Collection, 1855-1952 (C4468)
2.0 cubic feet (140 folders)
Collection contains genealogy materials, correspondence, photographs, and materials related to general history. The genealogy materials relate to the Moll family, relatives of the Moll family, and other families researched by Moll.
Montgomery County, Missouri, Rural School Records, 1870s-1947 (C4121)
0.5 cubic feet
The records of the Montgomery County Rural Schools largely contain Teacher's Monthly Reports and District Clerk Reports regarding school district number three, township number forty-seven, and range number six. The collection also contains a variety of business records including receipts and teachers' contracts. The teacher and clerk reports date from the 1870s to the 1890s. The miscellaneous personal records are mainly associated with the Tate family.
George Sneed Montgomery Papers, 1860-1947 (K0716)
0.75 c.f.
Genealogy, correspondence, memos, speeches, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs concerning Montgomery's activities as Presiding Jackson County Judge during the early years of Kansas City's Reform Era.
Moody Family Photographs, 1880-1900 (P0228)
135 photographs
Photographs of the family of Melville Pinkston Moody, an editor of the Johnson County Democrat. He was born and died in Warrensburg, Mo.
Moore Family Photographs, 1880-1920 (P0857)
21 photographs
Copy photos of Moore family members, an African-American family from Kansas City, 1880-1920.
Allen Moore III Collection, 1891-1940 (P0742)
4 photographs
Photos of Chillicothe Business College, ca. 1919 and ca. 1940, and postcards of Chillicothe Normal School, ca. 1890-1910.
David and William M. Moore Papers, 1876-1930 (C0140)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Letters to William M. and David Moore, farmers near Pattonsburg, Missouri, about family affairs; public road near Pattonsburg; Hope Drainage District bonds; diaries for 1907-1908; eight small books with accounts and diary entries for 1879-1884 and 1905; and leaves from general store account book, 1917-1920.
Mora School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1870-1957 (R0254)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Mora School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records of Mora School in northern Benton County, Missouri. Included are the records of the district clerk and attendance records kept by the teachers.
T. Clifford Morgan Collection, 1853-1983 (C4338)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders)
The collection contains documents, books, and ledgers collected by T. Clifford Morgan for research of his wife’s family.
Charles A. Morgenthaler Papers, 1870-1981 (C3004)
3.4 cubic feet
The papers of Charles A. Morgenthaler, a commercial artist and illustrator from Hallsville, Missouri, consist of photographs, sketches, scrapbooks, account books, and correspondence relating to his artwork. Family papers and photographs are also included in this collection.
Morisse Family Papers, 1854-2023 (S0269)
22.3 cubic feet
The Morisse Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, reel-to-reel tapes, and citizenship papers of the Morisse, Zimmerman, Walter, and Rosenthal families of St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as Quincy, Illinois. Materials of interest include photograph albums compiled by Herbert Ernest Morisse, documenting the Morisse families' involvement with Boy Scout Troop 21 of the Ethical Society of St. Louis and their outings at Herb Ella cabin along the Black River. The albums also contain photographs chronicling Herbert Ernest Walter Morisse's years as a student at Washington University in the early 1930s. Other materials of interest include correspondence between Marian Morisse and her brothers, Walter and Henry Hoener, during World War II.
Morris Family Papers, 1837-1943 (R0390)
(1 folder)
These are promissory notes, land papers, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of the Morris family of Greene and Webster Counties in Missouri.
Morris Family Papers, 1880-1946 (C0369)
1 cubic foot
Financial records, correspondence, notary public records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items of Byron V. Morris and Frank B. Morris, Rockbridge, Ozark County, MO. Account books from B.V. Morris' businesses.
Albert G. Morris Collection, 1898-1903 (R1137)
(1 folder)
These are merchants' receipts to Albert G. Morris and his business partners, J. W. Toliver and Elmer Lindley, at Dadeville in Dade County, Missouri. Morris, Toliver, and Lindley were proprietors of a hardware, implements, and undertaking firm.
Joseph Morris Family Letters, 1840-1908 (C0426)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 roll of microfilm)
Letters from Joseph Morris and daughter, Sara Morris Mottram, from England to relatives in Tennessee. Political affairs in England, and general family news.
Morrison Family Papers, 1840s-1940s (CA6400)
1.2 cubic feet
Family and business papers of the Morrison family of Howard County, Missouri. Largely concerns Alfred Williams Morrison (1802-1883), as well as his sons, James P. and Preston E. Morrison.
Morrison, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1899-1942 (C2979)
1 roll of microfilm
Two volumes consisting of board minutes, 1919-1942, and treasurer's ledger dating from incorporations in 1899 to 1919. Minutes deal with general administration of this Gasconade County village. Ledger contains income and expense accounts and lists of taxation and business licenses. Loose items include a 1918 ordinance for the extension of the corporate limits and information on village electrification, 1917.
Morrison-Fuller Family Photographs, 1885-1960 (P0589)
Photos of Morrison-Fuller family, Fuller-Connell apartment in Chicago, and Morrison Observatory. Portrait of Enoch Crowder.
Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers, 1843-1995 (R1520)
3 cubic feet (109 folders, 1,139 photographs, 75 negatives, 5 tin types)
The Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers contain materials related to the Morrow and Skaggs families predominantly of Miller County, Missouri. The bulk of the materials is an expansion of Joe Morrow’s genealogical compilation, Ancestors and Descendents [sic] of George & Ethel (Skaggs) Morrow, privately printed, June 1980. The materials include correspondence, family trees, photographs, certificates, and personal documents.
Lynn Morrow Map Collection, 1885-2016, bulk 1936-1981 (R1519)
6 cubic feet (16 folders, 194 maps)
The Lynn Morrow Map Collection contains copies and original Missouri related maps collected by Lynn Morrow. The collection includes atlases, waterway maps, road and train maps, tourist and highway maps, and geological maps.
Lynn Morrow Papers, 1804-2015 (R1000)
24 cubic feet (1051 folders, 5 oversize folders, 11,170 photographs, 852 negatives)
The Lynn Morrow papers contain correspondence and research papers, with an additional significant collection of late twentieth-century promotional and advertising items. The papers reflect major areas of Morrow’s research on the southwest Missouri region; Iron, Shannon, and Washington counties; Theodore Pease Russell and his writings; and the writings of Silas C. Turnbo. The collection also includes a large selection of promotional publications and ephemera associated with late 20th century tourism in Missouri and Arkansas.
Lynn Morrow Photograph Collection, 1865-1952 (P0183)
8 photographs
Photos of the Draper and McClurg families, Linn Creek School, Missouri United Methodist Church, and Schmidt's Mount Park.
D.D. Moss Photograph Collection, 1880-1920 (P0042)
6 photographs
Photographs of the early Columbia area, ca. 1885 - 1920, including views of the downtown area ca. 1885, Rockbridge, and Bonne Femme bridge.
Frank Luther and Vera I. Mott Papers, 1775-1987 (C2344)
44.75 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm
Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES; and his wife.
Frank Luther Mott Papers, 1824-1962 (C2343)
0.5 cubic feet
Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and noted author. Includes autographs, correspondence, information on Japanese journalism education after World War II, congratulatory letters on Mott's appointment to the University, and manuscript and galley proof for TIME ENOUGH.
Moulder Family Papers, 1873-1987 (CG0012)
0.2 c.f.
Photographs, papers, and letters from the Thomas Valentine Moulder, Wilbur J. Moulder, and Frances Valentine Moulder family from Scott County, Missouri.
Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Randolph County, Mo.) Records, 1873-1979 (C3785)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Records of the Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Randolph County. The documents include information about baptisms, marriages, funerals, and dismissals. Also included are session minutes, church history, and pastoral information. Moreover, the records seem to include some documents from the Cumberland Chapel Church.
Mount Gilead Church Records, 1853-1983 (K0165)
0.4 c.f. (5 folders)
Photocopy of a minute book of the Church. Also included deeds for land which became the Mount Gilead Church Cemetery, and a series of news clippings relating the history of the Church, the adjoining school and their eventual transfer to Clay County to become part of the County Parks system.
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Records, 1847-circa 1967 (R0382)
(2 folders)
These are minutes of meetings and membership records of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church near Thornfield in Ozark County, Missouri. The church was founded in 1847 as the Mount Lebanon Church of General Baptists.
Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Records, 1870-1905 (C1356)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
The records contain minutes of sessions; statistical report to presbytery; registers of adult and infant baptisms; records of marriages and deaths; lists of pastors, elders, and deacons; and communicant roll of members.
Mount Pleasant United Baptist Church (Hartsburg, Mo.) Records, 1858-1950 (C2990)
2 rolls of microfilm
Meeting minutes and membership lists dating from organization in 1858 through May 1950 for a Boone County, MO, church. Minutes deal with construction and maintenance of church building, fund raising, member discipline, officers, delegates to the Little Bonne Femme Association of the Southern Baptist Church, and searches for ministers.
Mount Vernon Bank (Mount Vernon, Mo.) Papers, 1882-1929 (C0143)
1.2 cubic feet, 1 roll of microfilm
Records of a bank liquidated on 24 July 1929. Includes documents left at bank by depositors, claims against the bank, and inventory of bank at its closure. Volumes are on microfilm.
Mount Vernon Building and Loan Association Records, 1888-1908 (R0733)
(1 roll of microfilm)
This collection contains minutes of regular and called meetings of the Board of Directors of the Mount Vernon Building and Loan Association of Mount Vernon in Lawrence County, Missouri. The Association was formed to provide loans for the improvement of property and buildings in Mount Vernon. The minutes include the names of borrowers and amounts of the loans.
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1830-1948 (C3036)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes, a photograph of the church, and member information.
Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association Record Books, 1842-1908 (C1314)
0.13 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The records contain minute books including the constitution, abstract of principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of the first through sixty-seventh meetings of the Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association.
Mountain Grove Academy Collection, 1889-1896 (R0800)
(1 folder)
This collection includes programs for literary exercises in 1889 and commencement exercises in 1890, 1891, 1894, and 1896, and an undated advertisement card for the Mountain Grove Academy at Mountain Grove in Wright County, Missouri.
Siegmar Muehl Collection, 1778-1992 (C4075)
0.25 cubic feet (7 folders)
Collection of genealogical research materials compiled by Siegmar Muehl documenting the Strehly family of Hermann, Missouri, particularly focusing on Joseph Carl Strehly (1778-1860) and Maria Strehly Wolff (1822-1906), including family photographs, correspondence, a travel diary, wills, clippings, genealogical charts, and biographies.
Frederick B. Mumford Papers, 1893-1947 (C0040)
2 cubic feet (164 folders)
The papers of Frederick B. Mumford, instructor and dean of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, include correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, and statistics concerning the College of Agriculture, Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Missouri Council of Defense, U.S. Food Administration, and Mission Americaine de Rapproachment to France.
Munday-Henderson Family Papers, 1827-1891, 1946 (C0144)
0.2 cubic feet
Personal letters, business papers, and newspaper clippings pertaining to members of the Munday family. Letters to David P. Henderson about the ministry, the Civil War, and Christian University at Canton, MO, which he founded in 1856.
Ralph W. Murphy Collection of Photographs, 1884-1966 (P0767)
9 photographs
Photos of Newton County by Murphy's Studio, including the Ritchey Mansion in Newtonia, Newtonia Battlefield, the Herman Jaeger property near Neosho, and Jolly Mill near Granby.
Isaac Myers Scrapbook, 1865-1909 (CA6591)
0.2 cubic feet
Scrapbook kept by a resident of Miami, Saline County, Missouri. Includes information on residents of the town, members of various churches, city officers, businesses, and family genealogy. Isaac Myers later moved to Whittier, California.
Nahm-Mueller Family Photographs, 1880s-1920 (C1798)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photocopies and 35mm negatives of fifteen photographs of a Hermann, Missouri, family. Part of the German Heritage Archives.
Reuben S. Nance Records, 1838-1903 (R0183)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Reuben Saunders Nance Papers contains photocopies of a notebook belonging to Reuben S. Nance of Collins, Saint Clair County, Missouri. The notebook includes accounts receivable from mercantile operations, records of school attendance, and personal memoranda.