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Robert W. Corum Papers, 1878-1892 (C1767)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bills, receipts, and correspondence pertaining to fatal illness and burial of Sam Henderson.

May Bartee Couch Collection, 1853-2007 (CA6422)
49 cubic feet, 2 card files

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Collection of family research files and obituaries of a professional genealogist from Marceline, Missouri, largely concerns Chariton, Linn, and surrounding counties.

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Timothy R. Coughlin Papers, 1890s-1990s (CA5849)
109 cubic feet

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Correspondence, research material, publications, organizational records, and audio and video recordings of an individual active in the Democratic Party in Missouri.

Counts Family Papers, 1797-1926, 1954 (CG0002)
0.2 cubic feet

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The Counts Family Papers contain Bible records, tintypes, correspondence, and a family history book of the family that lived in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri.

William S. Cowherd Scrapbook, 1884-1915 (C3227)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, mainly pertaining to Cowherd's career as congressman, 1897-1905. Speeches or excerpts from speeches during campaigns. 1890 speech before the graduating class of the Washington University Dental School.

Mrs. William P. Cox Collection, 1888-1911 (P0528)
5 postcards

Postcards of Odessa Public School ca. 1908, Warrensburg Mo ca 1911, and Excelsior Springs. Photo of girls who attended school in Warrensburg in 1888.

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Ada E. Crain Papers, c. 1860-2003 (C3067)
1.3 cubic feet (33 folders)

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The papers of a schoolteacher consist of correspondence, genealogical materials, photographs, yearbooks, an 1878 diary, and a manuscript written by Crain. The material details the first half of Crain’s life while living and teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Michigan.

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Creager Family Papers, 1871-1938 (R1501)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders)

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The Creager Family Papers contain personal documents of the Creager family of Shannon County, Missouri. These materials include photographs, land records, wills, tax and insurance information.

Benjamin H. Creamer Papers, 1890-1969 (R0476)
10 folders

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These are papers of a farmer and stock raiser in Maries County, Missouri. The collection includes
family correspondence, obituaries and funeral home cards, election poll books, and records
pertaining to Creamer's work with the Maries County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service and the Maries County Highway Commission.

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Crede Family Papers, 1818-1939 (C3065)
1.6 cubic feet (93 folders, 8 volumes), 2 oversize volumes; also available on 4 rolls of microfilm

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Personal correspondence, genealogical records, and business records of a German-American family living in Osage County, MO. The bulk of the collection concerns Hermann Crede; other papers pertain to his brothers, Wilhelm and Carl; all three immigrated in the 1850s. Much of the correspondence is in German; the business records are in English.

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Cresswell Family Papers, 1823-1979 (R0007)
1.25 cubic foot (51 folders, 2 oversize volumes)

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The Cresswell Family Papers contain the personal, legal, and business papers of the Cresswell family of Washington County, Missouri. The papers include correspondence, land documents, legal papers, slave documents, tax receipts, account books from the furnace and store owned by the family, miscellaneous business papers, local school records, and personal papers.

C.V. Criss Papers, 1894-1920 (C0246)
0.2 cubic feet

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Papers concerned with the Sedalia District Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Criss was the district superintendent.

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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Letter, 1896 (C1744)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to R.H. Jesse, Columbia, MO, from Mexico City, Dec. 28, 1896. Crittenden describes the Texas-Missouri football game in Mexico City and compares Mexican cadets with American students.

Thomas Theodore Crittenden Letter, 1897 (C1929)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to E.E. Blake, El Reno, OK T., from Mexico City, Mar.30, 1897, asking procedure for securing the rights of Americans.

Thomas Theodore Crittenden Papers, 1880-1950 (C0087)
0.4 cubic feet

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and papers of Thomas T. Crittenden, governor of Missouri, 1881-1885, and U.S. consul general in Mexico City, 1893-1897. Letter book kept while he was consul general in Mexico.

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John Croll Photograph Collection, 1890 (P0753)
4 photographs

Copy photos of Wabash Hospital (Moberly), N. Missouri R.R. Locomotive, Hannibal railroad yards and depot.

Crooked Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Crawford County, Mo.) Records, 1871-1926 (C3718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Church record book of the Crooked Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which began in Keysville and later moved to Steelville. The church was established in 1834 by John Dunlap, Reuben Vaughn, Mr. Keys, and several others.

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Asa Beebe Cross Papers, 1855-1940 (K0082)
5 c.f.

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Correspondence, diaries, photographs, financial and business records of Cross, an early Kansas City architect, and his immediate family

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Enoch H. Crowder Papers, 1884-1942 (C1046)
27 cubic feet (2045 folders, 7 volumes); also available on 51 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence and other papers of judge advocate general who administered Selective Service in World War I, served as ambassador to Cuba, and, after his retirement from public life, advised sugar interests.

John Franklin Crowell Letter, 1894 (C1710)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To M.H. Lockwood, Columbia, MO, from Durham, N.C., Mar. 24, 1894.

Crowell, president of Trinity College, planned to nominate Lockwood for the chair of physics and biology. Crowell could not guarantee a position but Lockwood's selection was probable.

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Spencer Crutcher Letters, 1847-1917 (C0242)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Written from Jessamine County, KY, to William N. Crutcher, Frankfort, KY, concerning national politics, farming, and family life. Includes an 1886 letter about a gold prospecting trip to California. Miscellaneous items.

Cuivre-Siloam Regular Baptist Association Records, 1822-1922 (C4325)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The records of Cuivre-Siloam Regular Baptist Church Association contain meeting minutes, which also include some church history and brief biographies of some of the church elders.

Cullimore Family Collection, 1878-2020 (R1090)
10.5 cubic feet (276 of folders, 8 CDs, 2 cassette tapes, 828 photographs, 217 negatives, 1 45 record)

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The Cullimore Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Donald B. and Lee M. Cullimore and their father Donald G. Cullimore. The papers include personal correspondence, diaries, articles, family research and genealogy, photographs, and local history research. a larger portion of the collection is dedicated to genealogical materials for the family of Lee Cullimore and his wife, Marcia Craddock Cullimore’s family.

Culpepper-Shannon College (Lebanon, Mo.) Catalogue, 1899-1900 (C0613)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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General information on locality and courses. Photographs and advertisements of local merchants.

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Culture Club Records, 1899-1979 (S0147)
0.25 cubic feet, 14 folders, 4 photographs

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The Culture Club Records collection includes bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, meeting minutes, and programs documenting the Culture Club, a discussion group founded by affluent Jewish housewives in St. Louis, Missouri, to converse about topics involving literature, theatre, dance, and public affairs.

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Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nelson, Mo.) Records, 1891-1894 (C1875)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Four ledger sheets of church records dating from 24 May 1891 to 25 November 1894. Begins with the founding of the church in Nelson, Saline County, MO, by order of New Lebanon Presbytery with ruling elders from the Salt Fork Congregation. They organized a Presbyterian church known as the Nelson Congregation with the Reverend T.S. Love as pastor.

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Cummins Family Photographs, 1850-1934 (SP0006)
.5 cubic feet (20 folders)

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The Cummins Family Photographs consist of multiple portraits of adults, children, and candid shots of the family. Also included is some family correspondence, created from 1910 to 1934.   

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Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1892-1962 (C2528)
2.5 cubic feet

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The papers of Winterton Conway Curtis contain correspondence, reprints, autobiographical notes, photographs and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri professor of zoology and dean of the College of Arts and Science. Also included is professional correspondence, 1904-1911, of George Lefevre, professor of zoology at the University of Missouri.

Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1898-1958 (C3423)
0.75 cubic feet (39 folders)

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Lecture notes and related material for the protozoology course given by Curtis in the zoology department of the University of Missouri. Published articles by other authors from Curtis’ collection, a few personal letters, and photographs. Also, by-laws and business correspondence of the Westmount Civic Improvement Association, 1908-1917.

Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1890s-1940s (CA5187)
0.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize item

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Addition of correspondence, writings, publications, and photographs to the papers of a professor of zoology at the University of Missouri. Includes some papers of zoology professor George Lefevre.

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Eric Daily Collection of Missouri Portraits, 1887-1891 (P0609)

Unidentified portraits in tintype, cartes des visite, and cabinet card formats.

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Dale-Wise Family Papers, 1852-1905 (SP0091)
0.5 cubic foot (9 folders)

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The Dale-Wise Family Papers contains the personal papers of Robert Dale of Jasper County, Missouri, and property deeds from Jasper and Moniteau counties. The collection also includes correspondence addressed to Robert Dale and his daughter Ann Wise.

Richard Dalton Papers, 1859-1922 (C0088)
1 cubic foot

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Letters, receipts, speeches, newspapers, and pamphlets of a Ralls County politician. Included are business papers pertaining to the Ralls County branch of the St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad.

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Damel Family Photographs, 1892-1982 (P0865)
1 folder

Photographs of members of the Damel family, an African American family that came to settle in Jefferson City.

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Daniel Family Papers, 1870-1966 (C0792)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of the Daniel family, of Osceola, Missouri, contain letters, diaries, newspaper clippings of family events, and photographs of family members. See information folder for brief genealogy of Daniel and Cox families.

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Henry Clay Daniel Papers, 1846-1920 (C1002)
0.6 cubic feet (43 folders)

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Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, Civil War claims, printed materials, and account books.

Henry Clay Daniel Papers, 1853-1932 (C0301)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The papers of a lawyer contain biographical material, a speech, notes, letters, a scrapbook, and a photograph.

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Reuben A. Daniel Papers, 1885-1922 (C0300)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Papers of a hardware dealer and realtor of Audrain and Boone Counties, MO, including deeds, promissory notes, three pieces of currency, and material on Rosebud Reservation, Bonesteel, SD, in 1904.

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Agnes Powell Daniels Letters, 1876-1899 (C0302)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Mimeographed copies of letters from relatives in Wales, New Zealand, and the U.S. to Daniels, who was living in Morgan County, Missouri. Letters primarily discuss family news.

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Darst-Smith-Tindall Family Papers, 1880s-1973 (CA6559)
3 cubic feet

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The papers contain letters, photographs, and genealogical material concerning the Darst, Smith, Tindall, and related families of St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri.

Daughters of Rebekah, Cuba Lodge No. 739 Records, 1888-1984 (R0968)
(24 volumes, 7 folders)

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These are the record books and miscellaneous papers of the Rebekah Lodge in Cuba, Crawford County, Missouri. The Cuba Lodge's collection includes earlier records of Martha Lodge No. 19 at St. James in Phelps county, which consolidated with the lodge at Cuba in 1978.

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Daughters of Rebekah, Damaris Lodge No. 20, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1888-2003 (R0969)
(32 Volumes, 7 folders)

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These are the records of Damaris Lodge No. 20 at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. They consist of minutes of meetings, membership records, financial records, and miscellaneous papers beginning the with institution of the lodge in 1888 and continuing through 2003.

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Daughters of Rebekah, Fidelia Lodge No. 182, Mount Vernon, Missouri Records, 1896-1955 (R0690)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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These are the records of Daughters of Rebekah Fidelia Lodge in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. The records consist of minute books, a financial record book, membership account books, and roll of officers.

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Daughters of Rebekah, Jasper County, Missouri Records, 1892-1987 (R0513)
(3 rolls of microfilm)

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These are records of various lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah in Jasper County, Missouri.
The collection includes minute books, membership registers, and rolls of officers for eight different
lodges in Alba, Asbury, Carl Junction, Carterville, Neck City, Oronogo, and Webb City.

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Daughters of Rebekah, Joplin Lodge No. 97, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1892-1986 (R0558)
17 volumes MICROFILM

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These are the minute books and membership registers of Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No.
97 at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. Lodge records begin with the organizational meeting of 7
April1892 and continue through 1986. The collection also includes annual reports to the state assembly,
1904-1940.

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Daughters of Rebekah, Julia Lodge No. 72, Springfield, Missouri Records, 1889-1937 (R0613)
0.3 cubic foot (3 volumes)

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The Daughters of Rebekah, Julia Lodge No. 72 Springfield, Missouri Records contain two membership registers and a visitor’s register containing records from 1889 to 1937.

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Daughters of the American Revolution, St. Louis Chapter Records, 1895-1985 (S0204)
0.15 cubic feet, 8 rolls of microfilm

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The Daughters of the American Revolution, St. Louis Chapter Records document the chapter's activities from 1895-1985. The collection contains minute books, a treasurer's book, scrapbooks, correspondence, artifacts, and photographs.

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Daughters of the American Revolution, Missouri State Society Records, 1899-1982 (C4709)
1.0 cubic foot (21 folders), 13 oversize volumes

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Records and scrapbooks compiled by state historians of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dauwalter Family Papers, 1849-1969 (CA6665)
1.0 cubic foot

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The papers of a family from Boonville, Missouri, that owned a saddlery and grocery store include photographs, land records, estate papers, notebooks, a cross-stich sampler, and miscellaneous papers.

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James Franklin Davidson Papers, 1868-1917 (C0089)
0.4 cubic feet

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Diaries, newspaper clippings, and papers of a lawyer and farmer of Chicago and Hannibal, MO. Papers concern court cases, politics, recreation, opera, the theater, and actors. Includes records of farming and animal breeding in Missouri and North Dakota.

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