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William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.

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Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)

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The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.

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William Long Tolman Papers, 1852-1919 (R0246)
5 folders

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These are papers of the Evans and Tolman families of Farmington, Missouri, mostly of Dr. William
L. Tolman and his wife, Margaret Frances "Fanny" Evans (1840-1921). Included are letters
from relatives in California and Colorado, a file of letters from Civil War veterans seeking invalid
pensions, and a collection of stories concerning the early settlers of St. Francois County.

Fannie Marie Tolson Papers, 1890s-2005 (C1704)
2.3 cubic feet (63 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes, 1 DVD

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Fannie Marie Tolson was the first African-American educator to teach in the desegregated schools of Fayette, Missouri. Her papers include family correspondence and photographs, memorabilia from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, teaching aids, documents concerning St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fayette, and recordings of two interviews conducted with Tolson.

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Marvin E. Tong Collection, 1878-1947 (C0177)
0.9 cubic feet

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Bar dockets of Ozark County circuit court; case briefs before courts of appeals in Missouri; minutes of meetings of Missionary Baptists; case briefs before U.S. and Missouri Supreme Courts; pamphlets of Civil War recollections; and memorial addresses on life of Champ Clark.

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Toole Dramatic Company Program, [1894] (C0813)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Illustrated program and advertisement of J.E. Toole and his “excellent dramatic company,” in Edwin Jerome's comedy, Killarney and the Rhine. Includes dramatic criticisms and reviews. Probably distributed in Carlinville, Illinois.

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Harry King Tootle Photograph Collection, 1876-1918 (P0944)
3 photographs

Photos of Dr. Samuel Spahr Laws and his wife, Ann Marie Broadwell

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Torrey Family Papers, 1863-1913 (C4036)
0.3 cubic feet (12 folders)

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The papers of H.R. Torrey and his second wife, Martha Hard Torrey, include bills and receipts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, and cemetery records. The collection also contains material from other family members, including Martha Torrey's brother, William H. Hard.

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Jay Linn Torrey Scrapbook, 1893-1920 (R0218)
1 cubic foot (1 volume, 1 roll of microfilm)

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The Jay Linn Torrey Scrapbook contains materials compiled by Jay Torrey of Howell County, Missouri. A rancher, politician, and Spanish-American War veteran he compiled materials on the Missouri Immigration Society, the State Fruit Experiment Station, the 'Good Roads' movement, relocation of the state capitol, Fruitville Farm, and the proposed village of Torreytown, and the campaign for the United States Senate in 1918.

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Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.

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Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.

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E.B. Trail Collection, 1858-1965 (C2071)
4.2 cubic feet (279 folders, 62 volumes)

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Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.

E.B. Trail Photograph Collection, 1845-1963 (P0021)
1.1 cubic feet (513 photographs)

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Dr. E. B. Trail, St. Louis was a collector of steamboat images and articles, which he kept in scrapbooks. Includes images of steamboats, rivers, and other boating-related scenes.

Trenton Drug Store (Trenton, Mo.) Records, 1898-1908 (C2962)
6 rolls of microfilm

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Daybooks, account and cash books, and ledgers. No information available on the establishment or dissolution of the store.

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William H. Trigg Collection, 1776, 1835-1899 (C0281)
1.2 cubic feet (5 volumes)

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Books from the collection of William H. Trigg, Boonville, MO. Accounts of the Banking House of William H. Trigg and Co. and a scrapbook containing miscellaneous material, mostly news clippings from the 1860s and some paper money from the 1700s and 1800s.

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Trimble Family Papers, 1876-1948 (C4269)
0.25 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The papers of the Trimble family contain clippings related to the Trimble and Duncan families, correspondence between the families, and the diary from 1876 to 1879 of Susan Duncan, the mother of Martha Duncan who married into the Trimble family.

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John E.M. Triplett Papers, 1882-1920 (C2213)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Chattel mortgage for stock and farm machinery to Triplett of Triplett, Chariton County, MO, from Jeff Pennington, Carroll County, MO, 5 August 1899, and thirty-eight promissory notes to Triplett.

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Belle Alexander Troxell Collection, 1857-1951 (C3460)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Programs, clippings, photographs, postcards, and miscellaneous items, collected by a Columbia, Missouri, resident and member of several women's organizations.

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Cyrus R. Truitt Scrapbooks, 1893-1963 (C1432)
0.6 cubic feet (6 volumes)

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Scrapbooks of photographs of Novinger and Adair County, Missouri, 1893-1963, with explanations and captions by Truitt. Pictorial history of coal mining in western Adair County. Truitt titled the scrapbooks “Mostly Ghosts.”

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D.M. and J.H. Tucker Papers, 1833-1902 (C0178)
0.2 cubic feet

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Records of a mercantile firm in Fulton, MO. Business, the Civil War, state insane asylum, and politics are discussed. Records of the Tucker and Harris mercantile firm, later the D.M. and J.H. Tucker firm.

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S.C. Turnbo Clippings, 1899-1907 (C0821)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains clippings of articles written by S.C. Turnbo of southern Missouri. They give accounts of hunting wild animals, such as panthers, bears, and wolves, in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas, also a bit about pioneer life.

Maude Turnbow Collection, 1852-1965 (C2924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters, written in 1853, concerning the McHargue family in Missouri and Oregon. Newspaper clippings, genealogy, and random notes of Madam Dorian.

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Turner Family Papers, 1894-1925 (SP0041)
.9 cubic foot (9 folders)

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The Turner Family Papers consists of correspondence between Thirza Smerdon Turner, her daughter Leona Turner, and other family and friends. The letters discuss travel, social interactions, and local gossip.          

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Two River Old School Baptist Association Minutes, 1883-1892 (C0569)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Minutes of annual meetings of 1883, 1889, and 1892 of the association of Ralls and Shelby Counties, Missouri.

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Uljee Family Papers, 1884-2007 (S0350)
6 cubic feet, 1322 photographs, 21 audio tapes, 43, audio disks, 44 audio cassettes, 1 object

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The collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, musical programs, military papers, vital records, and school papers chronicling the lives of Albert Martin Uljee I, Eleanor Gorges, Albert M. Uljee II, and Eileen Rue who lived in St. Louis. Materials of interest include correspondence to and from Albert M. Uljee II discussing his World War II experience, and materials documenting the musical career of Eleanor Gorges, who performed as a concert pianist under the pseudonym Olga Boris.

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Union Cemetery Association Records, 1857-1954 (K0385)
1 c.f.

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The records of Union Cemetery Association contain minutes, financial and legal documents, correspondence, lists of plot owners, a scrapbook of clippings, a stock book, and photographs concerning the cemetery shared by the towns of Kansas City and Westport, Missouri, dated 1857-1954.

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Union Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1887-1984 (C4322)
1.25 cubic feet (35 folders)

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Newsletters, books, and record minute books of the Union Primitive Baptist Church Records.

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United Confederate Veterans Committee on History Record Book, 1897 (C1277)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Proceedings of a committee formed for "the preparation and publication of a correct history of the part borne by Missourians in the Confederate Army." 

United Confederate Veterans Camp No. 662 (Nevada, Mo.) Record Book, 1895 (C1276)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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List of members, constitution and bylaws, and minutes of meetings.

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United Confederate Veterans Springfield, Missouri Records, 1894-1915 (R0060)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The United Confederate Veterans, Campbell Camp No. 488 Records contains a microfilm copy of a volume with the records of the United Confederate Veterans, Campbell Camp No. 488 in Springfield, Missouri. The volume includes the constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, lists of the members, and miscellaneous papers.

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United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division Records , 1898-2019 (CA3031)
2.5 cubic feet

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Addition of convention proceedings, minutes, programs, and miscellaneous chapter material.

United Garment Workers of America, Local 47 Records, 1898-1915 (K0458)
1 c.f.

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Organizational and membership records (Membership List and Receipt Accounts, and Membership Register) of the labor union. Includes minutes of a few meetings, a day-book of expenses and income, receipts and notes, and a general ledger.

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United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1813-2010 (CA5745)
107.2 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes, 10 oversize items, 3 audio discs, 87 audio cassettes, 229 audio tapes, 5 DVDs, 1 film, 34 video cassettes

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Addition of annual conference journals, correspondence, newsletters, meeting programs, committee files, publications, and the records of individual churches, including Fry United Methodist Church in St. Louis.

United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1836-1984 (C3727)
6.5 cubic feet (317 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 2 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape

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Records of conference, districts, and individual churches. Includes annual reports, minutes, financial and historical information, information on church-related institutions and organizations, ministerial candidate information, and histories of individual churches. Also includes some materials from antecedent conferences and other Missouri conferences.

United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1850-1977 (C3595)
12 cubic feet (592 folders)

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Records in the form of minutes, journals and correspondence of boards, committees, and churches in the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church. Includes church histories, papers of early Methodist ministers, biographies, periodicals, books, and Hendrix Hall dormitory papers.

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United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter Records, 1784-2008 (C4219)
7 cubic feet (222 folders), 2 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items

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The papers consist of the meeting minutes, pamphlets, officer reports, and other business materials pertaining to the operation of the United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of Mary Miller Smiser, who served briefly as president of the organization.

Unity Baptist Church (Platte County, Mo.) Records, 1840-1909 (C3029)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Unity Baptist Church. Contains church covenant, articles of faith, rules of decorum, meeting minutes and lists of members.

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THE UNIVERSITY ARGUS, 1891 (C0739)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Monthly publication of Athenaean and Union Literary Societies of the University of Missouri. Issue for December 1891.

University Medical College of Kansas City Records, 1892-1937 (K0185)
0.12 c.f.

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The University Medical College of Kansas City Records contain directories, annual announcements, attendance records, programs, publications, and photographs, from 1892 to 1937.

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University of Missouri Agricultural Bulletins, 1883-1923 (C3386)
3.3 cubic feet (250 folders)

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Bulletins and circulars of the Agricultural Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station on agricultural, horticultural, and home economics topics. Annual reports, announcements, and short course and Farmers' Week materials.

University of Missouri Fortnightly Club Records, 1894-2022 (C3670)
4.4 cubic feet (77 folders), 34 oversize volumes, 2 card files, 1 video cassette, 3 audio cassettes

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The records of the Fortnightly Club, a women’s organization for wives of University of Missouri faculty and female faculty members, which consist of materials surrounding membership and recruitment, finances, board meetings, committees and interest groups, and events and trips. Also included are bulletins and newsletters published by the group.

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University of Missouri Photograph Collection, 1848-1995 (P0088)
272 photographs

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An artificial collection of photographs of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, its students, faculty, and administrators.

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University of Missouri Photographs, 1894-1895 (C3417)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains undated photographs of Academic Hall and of the football team, 1894 and 1895.

University of Missouri Reports to U.S. Bureau of Education, 1892-1900 (C3329)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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These records include three types of reports: 1) reports listing expenditures, number of faculty and students, value of property/equipment, and library holdings; 2) scholastic reports giving breakdown of students into various fields, kinds of degrees offered, and University’s income; and 3) supplementary statistical reports. Reports for University and School of Mines.

University of Missouri Scientific Association Records, 1895-1916 (C0161)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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Constitutions of the organization, correspondence, lists of speakers and their subjects, and forms for the speakers to fill out in connection with their speech. Constitution, minutes, and roll of the organization from 2 February 1895 until 19 January 1916.

University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station Records, 1888-1918 (C2563)
0.34 cubic feet (4 volumes)

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Records and data on agricultural experiments at the experiment station.

University of Missouri, Board Club Records, 1888-1896 (C0883)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Constitution, bylaws and amendments to the constitution; revision of the executive board of curators, adopted 31 July 1896; cash receipts of fees and dues of boarding club.

University of Missouri, Board of Curators Records, 1839-1932 (C0920)
125 rolls of microfilm

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Minutes of meetings, records, and papers of the Board.

University of Missouri, Business Operations Records, 1868-1959 (C0982)
343 rolls of microfilm

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Material from various University offices which handle business operations. Early material is from the secretary's office.

University of Missouri Charts, 1843-1925 (C1708)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Three charts about the University of Missouri. One lists the number of men and women enrolled, 1843-1925; the second lists names, addresses, and degrees granted the first women graduates, 1870-1922; the third lists total number of students who received degrees, 1870-1924.

University of Missouri Collection, 1859-1962 (C3763)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Miscellaneous printed material pertaining to the university. Includes an 1859 catalog of students, graduates, faculty, and courses; photograph of cadets, 1880s; and items from the Colleges of Arts and Science (1946) and Education (1916, 1962) and School of Journalism (1923, 1926).