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Thomas Jefferson Jackson See Notebooks, 1892-1896 (C0990)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Lecture notes for courses in celestial mechanics taught by See at the University of Chicago.

William J. Seever Memorandum, 1894 (C1741)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains field notes of an archaeological trip down the Gasconade River, describing caves in Pulaski County, MO, by a Missouri archaeologist.

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Seidel Family Records, 1865-1928 (CA6678)
21 oversize items

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The records of the Seidel family include sacramental documents, school certificates, and a photograph of Co. D., 138th Division, 1919.

Ernestine Ernst Seiter Papers, 1828-1985 (C4351)
1.75 cubic feet (23 folders), 1 oversize volume, 1 oversize item

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The papers contain a transcription of James and Robert Aull letter books and daybooks from 1828-1851. Also includes an unidentified doctor’s account ledger from Lexington, Missouri, from 1872-1875; scrapbook of Ernestine Ernst Seiter; research on Lexington homes; and miscellaneous material.

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Sellmeyer Family Collection, 1839-1990 (C3062)
1 roll of microfilm

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Deeds, wills, family trees and photographs of three 19th-century immigrant families who settled in Missouri. The Velten and Ebeling families emigrated from Germany and settled in Warren County, while the Swedish Bentleys came to settle in Howard County. Also includes probate and census records, and a "Velten Family Record" narrative.

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Seneca Missouri Scrapbooks, 1898-1992 (SP0029)
1 cubic foot (13 folders)

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The Seneca, Missouri, Scrapbooks were compiled by Virginia Hoare and contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and articles about the history of Seneca, Missouri.          

 

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Settle Family Papers, 1857-2008 (CG0026)
1.25 c. f.

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Correspondence and photographs of the Settle, O'Bannon, and Rhodes families of Wayne County, Missouri and Arkansas. Also includes genealogy records, Bible, and report cards for Virgil E. Settle.

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Settoon Family Papers, 1838-1896 (C0980)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Letters to and from the Settoon family of the Louisiana delta country concerning family and financial matters. The documents relate to property matters, including enslaved people.

Wilhelm and Augustus Seyffert Papers, 1854-1905 (C2888)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of Wilhelm and Augustus Seyffert contain a copy book of poems in German (vol. 1), a history of Missouri State Militia, Company E, 13th Cavalry, and an account book of Augustus Seyffert, 1869-1889 (vol. 2).

George Carlisle Shackelford Papers, 1898-1902 (C0433)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Papers of a Glasgow, MO, lawyer, the son of Thomas Shackelford, who was proprietor, along with G.H. Bowles of St. Louis, of the Elm Grove Stock and Grain Farm in Maywood, MO. Papers primarily concern the farm.

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John C. Shackelford Family Papers, 1847-1911 (C0404)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Clippings, poems of Civil War and Confederacy, and correspondence. Letter from Warrensburg, August 25, 1861, mentions early Civil War events in Missouri.

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Thomas Shackelford Books, 1893-1902 (C2324)
0.49 cubic feet (4 volumes)

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Shackelford was a lawyer, merchant and landowner in Glasgow, MO, and president and a stockholder of the Glasgow Savings Bank.

Two ledgers and two inventory books.

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Thomas Shackelford Papers, 1820-1908 (C0163)
0.6 cubic feet

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Personal and business letters, documents and memoirs of a lawyer and politician of Glasgow, MO. He was a member of the Missouri Convention of 1861 and of the Constitutional Convention of 1875. Includes family letters and letters relating to his legal practice and politics, a few of them pertaining to the Constitutional Convention of 1875.

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Norbert Shacklette Collection, 1891-2023 (R1511)
3 cubic feet (53 folders)

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The Norbert Shacklette Collection contains railroad financial records and correspondence, transportation publications and related labor union communications from South-Central Missouri, and Missouri Democratic Party event programs and memorabilia.

Shakespeare Club (Clinton, Mo.) Minutes, 1892-1911 (C2477)
0.14 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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The collection contains minutes of the meetings of a ladies' cultural improvement club. Members are listed and the lesson for each meeting described.

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Attie Zelpha Mitchell Shanks Genealogical Collection, 1890-1960 (R0061)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Attie Zelpha Mitchell Shanks Genealogy Collection contains a photocopy of genealogical materials for southeastern Missouri compiled by Attie Shanks. The records cover the ‘Upper Hog Creek’ area of eastern Bollinger and western Cape Girardeau counties.

Shannon Family Papers, 1845-1960 (C0933)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Contains baccalaureate and other addresses by President James Shannon of the University of Missouri, some correspondence on religious matters, and family history and genealogy.

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Sharp Family Papers, 1845-1994 (K0553)
26.5 c.f.

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Personal correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, slides, photographs and records the Sharp family and the Wells family of Kansas City, MO and Johnson County, KS. Includes the papers of Hazel Wells Sharp (1910-2002) an educator for more than 40 years who taught school in Kansas City, MO and in the Wiesbaden American Schools in Germany.

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Shaw and Whitelaw Family Papers, 1886-2008 (CA6696)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Family papers of the Shaw and Whitelaw families of Kidder, Missouri. Items include pedigree charts and family diaries. Also included are four compact disks that contain family letter transcriptions, photographs, and family histories.

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Milton Shaw Papers, 1824-1921 (C0428)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Letters from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri discussing slaves; farm crops, implements, and stock; property indentures; church membership; trade; schools; and teaching. Genealogical materials on the Denton family. Originals on microfilm; typed copies in folders.

Charles K. Sheets Sr. Papers, 1847-1936 (C4079)
1 cubic foot (45 folders)

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The papers of Charles K. Sheets Sr. contain family papers of the Berry, Bell, Sheets, and Blades families, and include marriages, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included in the collection is business material pertaining to Sheets’ business with Faulconer, Sheets & Co, in Montgomery City, Missouri.

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Joseph Orville Shelby Scrapbook, 1865-1932 (C3558)
0.1 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)

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The collection contains clippings about the military career of a Civil War general from Missouri, newspaper accounts of his death in 1897, tributes, and correspondence.

Barbara Rosa Barnett Shelley Papers, 1850-1980 (K0049)
3 c.f.

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Personal, business, and legal documents pertaining to the Barnett, Williamson, and Shelley families.

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T. J. Shelton, Southwestern Miner, 1892 (R0873)
(1 folder)

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These are four issues from June, August, and October 1892, of the " Southwestern Miner", a newsletter "devoted exclusively to the Lead and Zinc mines of Missouri and Kansas." Published every week at Carterville, Missouri, by "Campbell & Shelton" and managed by T. J. Shelton, and the journal included production statistics and mining news items from southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas, and particularly from Jasper County, Missouri.

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Edward Martin Shepard Papers, 1844-1939 (C0164)
0.6 cubic feet

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Notes, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of Shepard, a geologist and professor at Drury College, Springfield, MO.

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George Allen Shepardson Diaries, 1887-1952 (S0547)
4 cubic feet

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The George Allen Shepardson Diaries contain sixty-five annual diaries kept by George Shepardson between the years of 1887 - 1952, during his time living and working in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area and Illinois. Notable topics within the diaries include teaching in the rural Midwest and at St. Louis boarding schools; work at Cupples Station in St. Louis for the Missouri Pacific Railroad; St. Louis Streetcar strike of 1900; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis World's Fair); and the World Wars.

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Shepley-Hill Family Papers, 1898-2021 (S0327)
2 cubic feet

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The Shepley-Hill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, family trees, and a diary pertaining to the lives of Ethan A.H. Shepley, Virginia Hill-Shepley, and Michael Shepley. Materials of interest include Ethan A.H. Shepley Sr.’s World War I diary and correspondence between Virginia Hill-Shepley and Jay Landesman.

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Shirey Family Papers, 1855-1959 (SP0051)
0.4 cubic foot (21 folders, 2 photographs)

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The Shirey Family Papers contain documents belonging to Etta Shirey and her family, including letters and postcards addressed to Etta, two diaries she kept, and her childhood school notes. The collection also contains publications that the Shirey family saved.  

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Floyd Calvin Shoemaker Collection, 1857; 1886-1973 (C4570)
2.8 cubic feet (75 folders, 6 oversize items)

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Papers from Shoemaker’s tenure as Secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri from 1915-1960--such as copies of the “This Week in Missouri History” series, information on the 1950s historical markers program, speeches and articles, and details of his various activities and honors--as well as photographs, correspondence, and personal materials.

Shott Family Photographs, 1898-1957 (P0679)
4 photographs

Photos of the Shott family

Dorothy Heckmann Shrader Papers, 1866-1976 (CA5925)
6 cubic feet

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The papers of a Hermann, Missouri, writer and descendant of steamboat captain, Bill Heckmann. Includes newspaper clippings of happenings along Missouri’s waterways dating from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Also includes genealogical information on the Heckmann family, maps of Missouri's rivers, and a few photographs of steamboats and river scenes.

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Harlan Loy Shrader Papers, 1889-1970 (C4350)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 oversize volume

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The records contain papers, volumes, and photographs from the life of Harlan Loy Shrader, including his time as a student at the University of Missouri, his military service during World War I, and his career in poultry science.

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SHSMO Glass Negative Collection, 1880-1930 (P0024)
363 glass plate negatives, 3 folders

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The SHSMO Glass Negative Collection is comprised of 363 4x5 glass plate negatives and a selection of corresponding prints. Images depict Missouri in the early 20th century, primarily in Columbia and St. Louis, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis parks and city scenes, and the University of Missouri.

SHSMO-KC Picture Collection, 1870-2010 (K0026)
8 c.f.

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An artificial collection of photographs, postcards, pictures from various sources.

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Jesse Russell Simonson Papers, 1894-1901 (R1249)
(1 folder)

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These are six teacher's contracts and a teacher's certificate for Jesse Russell Simonson in Jasper County, Missouri. There are three contracts for rural schools, and three contracts for Carterville Public School.

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Gloria Simpson Collection, 1868-1946 (S1074)
0.25 cubic foot, 7 folders, 178 photographs

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This collection contains items related to Gloria Simpson’s time working for sculptor and commercial photographer Frank Morgan White (1877-1956), who was active in St. Louis from 1913 to 1947. Photographs include images of streetcars, the September 29, 1927 tornado, Soldan High School, and sculptures. Also included are White’s official photographs of Charles Lindbergh’s trophies.

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Lewis A.W. Simpson Photograph Collection, 1871-1938 (P0771)
23 photographs

Photos of Oregon County, primarily the Alton area, but also including images of Thayer and Thomasville. This collection includes a set of photographs of Greer Mill.

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Paulina Simpson Papers, 1894 (C2022)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter from "Etta" on the health of her mother; urges Paulina to visit.

Belle C. Sinclair Letter, 1890 (C0563)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Allie Minter, LaBelle, Missouri, from Alvinston, Ontario, February 5, 1890. Gives an account of a Scotch wedding.

Single Tax Papers, 1897-1953 (C0944)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Correspondence, pictures, clippings, and pamphlets dealing with Henry George's theory of the single tax on land and how to apply it.

John James Sitton Papers, 1860-1913 (R1286)
(1 roll)

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The John James Sitton Papers consists of a three volume journal, scrapbook, miscellaneous papers, and photographs, 1860-1913 of a Missouri confederate soldier and postwar resident of Oregon Coounty, Missouri. The journal, 1860-1882, documents service in the Missouri State Guard and other confederate units in Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi during the Civil War. It also includes his veterans activities and other aspects of Sitton's life.

Henry Ellison Skaggs Papers, 1862-1895 (R0247)
0.3 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Henry Ellison Skaggs Papers contains the diary and papers of Henry Ellison Skaggs, pertaining to his service in the 1st Missouri Cavalry in Missouri and Arkansas during the Civil War. Included are a diary, two letters from Little Rock, Arkansas, a photograph of Skaggs in uniform, and a group of prayers. There are also correspondence concerning his military pension and genealogical data.

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John P. Skaggs Photograph Collection, 1888-1916 (P0752)
8 photographs

Copy photos of mining activities at Mine La Motte and St. Michael's Catholic Church in Fredericktown.

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Slater, Missouri, City Records, 1878-1891 (C4262)
0.3 cubic feet (15 folders)

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The records of the first Board of Trustees of the City of Slater, Missouri, and meetings of the Board of Aldermen, which contain meeting minutes.

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Alfred W. Slaughter Collection, 1857-2013 (C4620)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The collection contains a biographical sketch of Alfred W. Slaughter, a teacher who lived in Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, as well as a volume titled "Slaughter and Abbot Genealogy" and a scrapbook, 1857-1913.

Elijah Franklin Slaughter Journals, 1875-1904 (C3055)
1 roll of microfilm

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Papers of Elijah Slaughter, a Jackson County, MO, farmer. Includes accounts of daily life, notes on bartering of farm goods, and a book of dates.

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Sligo Furnace Company Records, 1898-1934 (R1269)
(4 rolls of microfilm)

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These are the time book and miscellaneous business papers of the Sligo Furnace Company in Dent County, Missouri. The time book includes the names, occupations, and wages of workers from April 1898 through March 1900. The miscellaneous papers include an inventory of the property in 1904, and papers concerning operation of the Sligo Mercantile company stores at Sligo and East End, and the operation and abandonment of the Sligo and Eastern Railroad Company.

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Slusher Family Papers, 1874-1974 (C4028)
1.7 cubic feet (24 folders, 7 volumes)

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The Slusher family papers consist of personal correspondence and account books of the Slushers of Lexington, Missouri, and their extended family who lived in Missouri and Virginia.

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Mary Miller Smiser Photograph Collection, 1895-1969 (P0719)
12 photographs

Photographs of Warrensburg and Pertle Springs, MO.

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Smith Family Photographs, 1872-1937 (P0665)
8 photographs

Images of Kansas City and William Joseph Smith and family, removed from Genealogies - Smith - Bussell - Wood - Bryant by Mable Smith Saunders.