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William McClung Paxton Papers, 1839-1892 (C2584)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of William McClung Paxton contain letters concerning the Paxton and Marshall families, including letters to George Forman of New Orleans, Paxton's brother-in-law, and to Paxton from members of the Marshall family containing genealogical information for his book, THE MARSHALL FAMILY (1885).
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William McClung Paxton Papers, 1760-1915 (C1025)
1 cubic foot (72 folders)
Business and personal correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and genealogical material.
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Paydown, Missouri Records, 1862-1897 (R0303)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are ledgers, 1862-1869, from a bakery in St. Louis, and from Paydown Mill on the Gasconade River in Maries County, Missouri. There are also a few papers, 1881-1897, of the proprietors of the mill and store at Paydown.
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Peace Lutheran Church Records, circa 1884-1984 (R0199)
(1 roll of micofilm)
The Peace Lutheran Church, Phelps County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records of Peace Lutheran Church at Elk Prairie in Phelps County, Missouri. Included are the constitution, membership rosters, minutes of quarterly meetings, and the centennial history of the church. Records up to 1924 are in German.
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Bettie Peak Papers, 1857-1925 (C4294)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The Bettie Peak Papers include two scrapbooks of poetry and news clippings, as well as a small collection of photographs relating to the Peak family of northern Missouri.
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Pearson Family Papers, 1822-1941 (C0297)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Papers of Isaac Pearson of the mercantile firm of Boon, Pearson, and Smith of Fayette, Missouri, and miscellaneous writings of his grandson, Ben S. Pearson of St. Louis.
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Pease Family Papers, 1892-1912 (R1363)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Pease Family Papers contain the personal correspondence and papers of Dwight Pease and Sarah Pease. These papers include newspaper articles, a funeral notice for Dwight Pease, and letters between family members.
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Peckenpaugh Family Papers, 1885-1967 (R1460)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Peckenbaugh Family Papers consist of personal papers for Lura and Adah Peckenbaugh, including wedding invitations, correspondence, reception cards, and pamphlets. The collection also contains newspaper clippings concerning Peckenpaugh family and photographs.
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Peetrie-Kennedy Portraits, 1890-1892 (P0969)
Portraits of Clara Plumb Peetrie and George Kennedy
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James Cash Penney Papers, 1859-1944 (C0384)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Compositions containing biographical material and merchandising information, written by the head of the J.C. Penney chain stores. Pamphlets on the J.C. Penney Missouri farms. Also a reproduction of the PLEASANT RIDGE PEARL, 1859, containing an oration by Penney's father.
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Penninger and Bolin Families Collection, 1823-2023 (R1517)
12.5 cubic feet (358 folders, 1 volume, 13 compact discs, 168 photographs, 6 negatives)
The Penninger and Bolin Families Collection contains genealogical research conducted and collected by Linda Marie Penninger Henry on the Penninger and Bolin families, of whose descendants many settled in Christian, Dent, Greene, Howell, Jackson, Phelps, Shannon, and Stone counties in Missouri.
Perche Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minute Books, 1874-2005 (C3635)
2 rolls of microfilm
Records of the Perche Church from its founding in 1874 as the Arm of Bethlehem Church. The name was changed in 1880. Minutes of business sessions include periodic lists of members.
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Marlin Perkins Papers, 1873-1991 (S0516)
17.4 cubic foot; 350 folders; 2854 photographs; 32 16mm films; 29 audio cassettes, 14 audio discs, 16 items
The Marlin Perkins Papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, zoo animal feeding records, business contracts, equipment lists, maps, archaeological records, publications, and zoological findings, conservation and ecological writings, scrapbooks, photographs, and film. The materials in this collection are related to Marlin Perkins’ involvement in national and international zoos, wildlife and nature conservation, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Zoo Parade, and various other dealings involving wildlife.
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Perry Presbyterian Church Records, 1881-1899 (C1360)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes of sessions; registers of pastors, elders, and deacons; roll of communicants; records of baptisms; and deaths. The church was organized when the Lick Creek and Mount Prairie churches voted in 1880 to unite.
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Perserverance Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1895-1941 (C3003)
1 roll of microfilm
The records of the Perserverance Baptist Church contain monthly meeting minutes (1895-1941) and membership lists (1895-1937) of the Perseverance Baptist Church at Old Lick Fork in Boone County. Records are incomplete.
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Charles Pettit Papers, 1737, 1859-1964 (C0385)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 5 oversize items)
Indenture between Theobold, Earl of Carlingford, and Charles Brett, 1737; letter to French poet Alphonse de Lamartine and his reply, 1859; and patent materials.
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James Harvey Petty Family Papers, 1871-1939 (C4252)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of a medical doctor in Jacksonville, Missouri, consist of two ledgers. One is a commercial ledger, listing individuals and amounts of merchandise in Jacksonville, Missouri, 1871. The other lists patients and services kept by Dr. Petty from 1881-1888, along with accounts for Petty and Co., 1930-1939.
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Phelps County, Missouri Ledger Collection, 1869-1923 (R0013)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phelps County, Missouri Ledger Collection contains photocopies of a ledger possibly kept by Johnathan Marber. The ledger was possibly contains the records for a mill and/or general store. Entries include sales of goods and payments for services and labor. Some entries an identified as being from Phelps County, Missouri and entries from Wellsville and Frankfort, Kansas in the 1880s.
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John S. Phelps Scrapbook, 1876-1937 (C3058)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and biographical information about Phelps, governor of Missouri, and his family. Includes some correspondence and photographs of family residences.
Phi Kappa Psi, Missouri Alpha Chapter Papers, 1869-1959 (C0979)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Materials pertaining to a social fraternity at the University of Missouri. Includes a list of members, 1869-1913.
Charles Lincoln Phifer Papers, 1880-1908 (C3527)
0.2 cubic feet (14 folders)
The papers contain two unpublished novels. The County Editor is autobiographical; The County Judge, or the Osceola Fox is about the repudiation of fraudulent railroad bonds in St. Clair County, Missouri, in the 1860s.
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Phillips Family Papers, 1863-1935 (R0169)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phillips Family Papers contain photocopies of miscellaneous personal papers of the Phillips family of New Madrid County, Missouri. Included are the inventory and sales records of the estate of Shapley R. Phillips and a letter from Robert E. Lee concerning the attendance of Murray Phillips at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.
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Phillips Family Papers, 1853-1942 (C4008)
0.3 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of the Bryan and Phillips families of New Madrid, Missouri, include various wills, deeds, accounts, genealogy, miscellaneous material, and photographs.
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Edward D. Phillips Papers, 1865-1938 (C3091)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Teaching certificates, grade reports, and Civil War reminiscences of a prominent Kansas City educator. Newspaper clippings about Phillips, including his obituary. Also a diary.
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Perry C. Phillips Papers, 1882-1909 (K0085)
0.23 c.f.
Photographs and papers including a diary and autograph book concerning the personal life of Phillips, and attorney and president of the Inola Oil and Gas Company of Kansas City, MO for which there are also some records.
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Garrott Philpott Papers, 1825-1913 (R0924)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are the papers of Garrott Philpott of Henry County, Virginia, and Cedar County, Missouri, including promissory notes, tax receipts, and business papers. There are also papers from the estates of the related families of Hezekiah Perkinson and William H. clark, and the correspondence and papers of Thomas W. M. Montgomery.
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Photo & View Company Photographs, 1875-1934 (P0670)
7 photographs
Photos of Kansas City, MO, architecture, ca. 1902-1903 and 1934.
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Picher Lead Company Records, 1875-1918 (R0210)
2 cubic feet (2 folders, 6 oversize volumes)
The Picher Lead Company Records contain correspondence and records books of the Picher Lead Company headquartered at Joplin, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence with shipping agents and commission merchants, ledgers of expense and sales, and smelter records. The records span the period from the founding of the company in 1875 to its merger with the Eagle White Lead Company in 1916.
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L.A. Pickard Sr. Photograph Collection, 1890-1908 (P0821)
Copy photos of drainage activities in the Little River Drainage District, ca. 1908, and the Dunklin County Courthouse.
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Pike County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1890, no date (P1142)
An artificial collection of photographs of Pike County, Missouri.
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Pine Flat School, Texas County, Missouri Records, 1896-1924 (R0652)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Pine Flat School, Texas County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records of School District No. 129, known as Pine Flat School, which was located north of Eunice in eastern Texas County, Missouri. Included are records of the district clerk, teacher’s registers of attendance, and reports of teachers to the county superintendent of schools.
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Plassmeyer Family Papers, 1862-1987 (C4226)
4.4 cubic feet (105 folders); 2 oversize items
The papers of an Osage County family that includes correspondence, photographs, military records, Osage County history, and genealogy records for the Plassmeyer and related families.
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Platt and Thornburgh Paint Company Books, 1889-1900 (C2332)
0.32 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The collection contains books of a St. Louis, MO, paint company. Vol. 1 is an inventory book, 1889-1891. Vol. 2 is an order book, 1899-1900.
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Pleasant Grove Grange Records, 1873-1893 (K0303)
0.08 c.f.
Handwritten records of the Pleasant Grove Grange, southern Jackson County, MO, including correspondence, brief minutes, voting results, financial reports, store inventories, and a small, bound book of rituals.
Pleasant Grove United Baptist Church, Iron County, Missouri Records, 1856-1972 (R0400)
3 volumes microfilmed
These are record books of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near Viburnum in Iron County,
Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings and membership rolls beginning with the organization
of the church on 12 April 1856 and continuing through its dissolution on 15 October 1972.
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Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church (Harrison County, Mo.) Records, 1857-1920 (C3059)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of a church organized in May 1857. Volumes one and two contain church history, covenant, business meeting minutes, and membership lists dating from 1874-1916. Volume three contains Sunday school records for 1894 to 1898.
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Venta Plummer Photograph Collection, 1869-1968 (P0047)
26 photographs
Early images of Seneca in Newton County.
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Poehlman Family Photographs, undated (C4563)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)
Portrait views of various members of the Poehlman family of Macon and Adair Counties and related members of the Grueger family from South Bend, Indiana. Also, a group photograph of the Oakwood Community Band.
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George Pohlman Collection, 1615-1953 (C3476)
1.6 cubic feet
The papers of George Pohlman contain material on Macon County and other northern Missouri counties. Included are original survey maps of roads, records from county officials, school and church records, land entries, estate, business and legal papers, biographies and rare English documents.
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S. Pommer Photograph Collection, 1886-1905 (P0056)
4 photographs
Photos of University of Missouri Columns ca. 1892, during the clean-up following the destruction of Academic Hall in a fire. Photographs of the Boone County Courthouse and Christian Female College's Main Building.
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Jerry Wayne Ponder Papers, 1865-2004 (R1260)
13 cubic feet (580 folders, 1 box photographs)
These are correspondence, papers, and research materials of a genealogist and local historian from Ripley County, Missouri. The collection covers the descendants of Abner Ponder and allied families, the history of Ripley County, and the Civil War in southeastern Missouri. Much of the information was incorporated in publications by Ponder Books, 1987-1999.
Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Collection, 1791-1959 (CG0042)
2.0 c. f.
The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Collection includes title records, court documents, and other papers primarily from Butler County, Missouri. This collection also contains register books from the Edgewood Home for Children in Poplar Bluff and personal items belonging to William B. Adams, such as farm workers’ time schedules and a divorce memorandum journal.
Post Family Papers, 1884-1940 (CA6592)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of a St. Louis family include estate papers pertaining to Erastus and Justus Post, land transactions with Samuel N. Adie, and family genealogy of John and Elizabeth Post.
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Potosi, Missouri Photograph Collection, crica 1875-1935 (R0234)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 25 35mm negatives)
The Potosi, Missouri Photograph Collection contains 35mm black and white negative copies of photographs of prominent citizens, commercial buildings, and street scenes in Potosi, Washington County, Missouri.
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Amber Haley Powell Collection, 1853-1896, n.d. (C1845)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The collection contains letters, receipts, and army passes from the Civil War, and miscellaneous material of the Gregory, Haley, and Wood families of Sullivan County, Missouri, including letters from California; an obituary of Elijah M. Gregory; pictures and history of Boonville, Missouri; a description of Locust Street in Boonville about 1840; and undated genealogies of the Gregory, Haley, and Wood families.
Josiah Y. Powell Papers, 1803-1927 (C4558)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
Papers of Josiah Y. Powell, a carpenter-farmer-surveyor from Chillicothe, Missouri. Included are correspondence, speeches, poems, clippings, and an obituary for Powell.
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Powers Museum (Carthage, Mo.) Collection, 1836-1916 (C3052)
2 rolls of microfilm
Collected papers of the Powers Museum. Principally Wright family genealogical research done by Curtis Wright of Carthage and Wright family correspondence. Also includes Captain George W. Roby, U.S. Army Commissary of Subsistence documents, 1864-1865; and manumission documents from St. Louis, MO, 1836-1854.
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Prairie Grove Baptist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1874-1955 (C1318)
6 volumes
Records include church constitution, articles of faith, rules of decorum, church covenants, registers of officers, church minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and Women's Missionary Society minutes.
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Prairie Lick Presbyterian Church (Prairie Lick, Mo.) Records, 1885-1901 (C3028)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of the church, containing meeting minutes and lists of new members.
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Prairie Point Baptist Church (Cooper County, Mo.) Records, 1842-1949 (C3281)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The records contain the original church record book of the Prairie Point Baptist Church, dating from 1842 to 1897. Includes the articles of faith, rules of decorum, covenant, monthly business meetings, subscription pledges, and current members. Renamed three times: Pleasant Grove, Ebenezer, and Blackwater Baptist Church. Miscellaneous items from 1913 to 1949.