1900s

European Tourist Company Letter, 1900 (C2347)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To L.H. Jocelyn, Albany, NY, from New York, NY, Mar. 12, 1900.

Letter confirming Jocelyn's reservation for Professor Hailes's tour to the Paris Exposition.

Evangelical Bethel Congregation (Concordia, Mo.) Records, 1872-1947 (C1292)
0.22 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The records of the Evangelical Bethel Congregation consist of minutes of congregational meetings, church constitutions, membership lists, and other church records. Recorded primarily in German, an English translation of the records is included in the collection. These records are part of the German Heritage Archives.

Rella Bright Evans Papers, 1715-1971 (C3626)
2.2 cubic feet (188 folders)

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Personal papers, genealogical notes, and correspondence of a professional genealogist in Columbia, Missouri. Main names researched are Bright, Carter, and Haden. Secondary names are Bell, Black, Cave, Hansford, McClung, Turner, and Wood. Information on many other families is included.

Eversmann Family Papers, 1810-1982 (C3743)
0.3 cubic feet

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Family history and genealogy of the Eversmann family in Germany. Biographical sketches of Alexander, Ludwig, and Julius Eversmann. Correspondence, financial and legal records of Ludwig Eversmann and Gottfried Duden of Warren County, MO. Also poems, home remedies, and other miscellaneous items. Mostly in German with some English translations.

Mary E. Bugg Eversole Papers, 1822-1952 (R1268)
5 cubic feet (76 folders)

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This collection consists of corresondence, legal papers, journals, ledger books, and ephemera of Mary E. Bugg Eversole and the Bugg, Cole, and Eversole families of Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. The bulk of the collection consists of Mary E. Bugg's personal correspondence, 1883-1941, financial records 1912-1952, and miscellaneous ephemera, 1863-1938.

Jonathan Fairbanks Papers, 1850-1929 (R0075)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Johnathan Fairbanks Papers contain a microfilm copy of correspondence and notebooks of Johnathan Fairbanks an educator and businessman who came to Springfield, Missouri in 1866. The correspondence consists primarily of letters received from friends and family in Massachusetts and Ohio. The notebooks generally concern personal business and financial matters.

Arthur Henry Rolph Fairchild Papers, 1900-1963 (C3526)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Papers of a professor of English at the University of Missouri from 1904 to 1946. Diplomas, writings, and speeches, and bills and receipts relating to the building of his house in Columbia, Missouri.

Fairview School, Phelps County, Missouri Records, 1901-1966 (R0595)
2 rolls (28 volumes)

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These are the records of the district clerks and the teachers of Fairview School, a rural school near Rolla in Phelps Co., Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings, annual enumeration of students, reports to the county superintendent, financial records, and teachers' reports.

Fairview United Methodist Church, Records, 1893-1909, 1893-1909 (CG0017)
0.3 cubic feet

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Four volumes of quarterly conference records and one folder of papers generated by the Methodist church located in Leemon, Fruitland, and Millersville, Missouri.

Berthold Falkenhainer Scrapbook Collection, 1907-1928 (R1281)
(1 oversize volume)

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This is a scrapbook concerning activities at the State Federal Soldiers' Home at St. James in Phelps County, Missouri, created by Berthold Falkenhainer, official press representative of the Home. It contains newspaper articles written by Falkenhainer, correspondence, and photographs.

Falor, Crabb, and McGennis Family Papers, 1850-1985 (K0707)
11 c.f.

Business records relating to the operation of the families' farms in Hopedale, IL; Sprague, MO; and Rich Hill, MO. Includes financial records for goods and services purchased; account books; commissions on livestock and crops; other legal documents; and business correspondence on a variety of subjects. Also personal correspondence, chiefly the Crabb family, and diaries kept by Mary Ann McGennis.

Family Service of Columbia, Inc. Records, 1900-1978 (C0868)
3.25 cubic feet (147 folders)

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The records of the earliest social service agency in Columbia, Missouri. Name changes include Charity Organization Society, 1901-1922; Public Welfare Society, 1922-1934; Social Service Society, 1937-1957; and Family Service of Columbia, 1957-1984. Contains financial records, administrative records, casework files, correspondence, proposals, and publicity materials.

Faris Family Books, 1850-1925 (C1102)
0.4 cubic feet (7 volumes)

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Personal account books kept by James Madison Faris (1823-1904) and James William Faris (1852-1928), of Carrollton, MO; also records of marriages, births, and deaths and muster rolls of Captain D. Hoover's company of Carroll County Provisional Militia, 1864-1865.

Farkas Family Collection, 1875-1921 (S0743)
0.01 cubic foot

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This collection contains five items donated by the Farkas Family, in particular, Charlotte Farkas. The collection contains three volumes of The Beacon, a publication of Grover Cleveland High School in St. Louis, MO. In addition, the collection also contains a ledger and a copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Forest Park, 1875.

Leland J. Farley Papers, 1859-1936 (R0014)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Leland J. Farley Collection contains a land grant deed for land in Texas County, Missouri, Texas County maps, and documents describing the Intercounty Electric Cooperative.

Farmers and Merchants Bank, Humansville, Missouri Records, 1901-1932 (R0407)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Farmers and Merchants Bank, Humansville, Missouri Records contain the minutes and monthly meetings of the Board of Directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Humansville, Polk County, Missouri. The minutes include certifications of elections of directors, appointments of officers, lists of past due loans and overdrawn accounts, and reports of state bank examiners.

Farmers Bank (Mt. Vernon, Mo.) Papers, 1844-1931 (C0044)
5 cubic feet (280 folders, 19 volumes), 28 oversize volumes

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Records of a bank organized in 1890 and liquidated in 1930. Also records of local businesses and schools.

Farmers Cooperative League Collection, 1909 (R1154)
(1 folder)

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This is a booklet containing the national constitution and bylaws of the Farmers Cooperative League, an organization dedicated to improving the economic condition of farmers. W. R. Noble of Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri, served as secretary.

FarmHouse Fraternity, International Records, 1905-2022 (CA5015)
1.6 cubic feet

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Primarily the papers of Earl Wilson Rusk. Includes correspondence, radio program materials, agricultural publications, and clippings. Also included are chapter histories, mailing list materials, issues of Pearls and Rubies, and miscellaneous material.

Farmington, Missouri Records, 1856-1929 (R0331)
(3 microfilm rolls)

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The Farmington, Missouri Records contain microfilm copies of municipal records of Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. Included are the charters of the city, ordinances, the records of the boards of aldermen and trustees, oaths of office, re-cords of bonds and commissions, tax assessments, and a partial census of the city.

Farnsworth, Bills and Company Map, circa 1905 (R0973)
(1 oversize map)

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This is a two-sided map showing land parcels in Reynolds County, Missouri, available through Farnsworth, Bills & Company of Chicago, Illinois. On one side is a map of Missouri and Reynolds County highlighted, and on the other is a plat of 30,000 acres north and west of Ellington indicating the available parcels.

Farrelly Family Papers, 1884-2003 (CA6412)
2 cubic feet

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Papers of the Farrelly family of Allenton and St. Louis, Missouri, include correspondence, business papers, genealogy, photographs, poetry, religious material, and miscellaneous papers. The papers include material concerning Thomas Farrelly's life as a monk in Kentucky, Utah, and Israel. Also included is genealogical material concerning the related Linton and Gross families. The family farm in Allenton was called "Pinook."

Frank Hiram Farris Papers, circa 1900-1927 (R1301)
0.3 cubic foot (8 folders)

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These are papers of a long term Democratic state legislator from Crawford and Phelps Counties in Missouri. The collection includes photographic portraits of Farris and his printed orations, newspaper clippings and other items from political campaigns, and newspaper death notices and memorials collected after Farris's death in 1926.

Father Dickson Cemetery Burial Books, 1904-1983 (S0337)
3 microfilm rolls

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Founded in 1903 by the Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor, a black philanthropic organization. The 13-acre cemetery served African Americans from Webster Groves and Kirkwood. It fell into disrepair in the 1960s. The Friends of Father Dickson Cemetery organized in 1988 to restore the cemetery and promote its heritage.

Frank A. Faxon Papers, 1900-1911 (K0074)
0.3 c.f.

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Speeches Faxon, a wholesale drug businessman and civic leader in Kansas City, MO, wrote and delivered. Also included is an unfinished autobiography of James C. Horton, a business partner of Faxon

Fayette Bank (Fayette, Mo.) Minute Book, 1870-1938 (C0276)
1 roll of microfilm

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Minutes of meetings of board of directors of the Fayette Bank which was called the Payne and Williams Bank prior to 1907. Some items such as financial statements, reports of bank examiners, and newspaper notices of board meetings have been tipped into the volume.

Jerome Fedeli Papers, 1875-1902 (K0742)
1 c.f.

Sketches, pen and ink, most colored, of designs for murals and interior decorations by Fedeli, noted artist. Also photographs of Fedeli's work or copies of artwork used for study; various news articles about him; diplomas, certificates, his marriage record, business cards, and a list of correspondence made when Fedeli was the Italian Consul in Kansas City; and the sash and belt from his Consul uniform.

Federal Lead Company, Mining Department Records, 1907-1913 (R0520)
2 cubic feet (17 volumes)

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These are letterbooks of outgoing correspondence maintained by Harry Adelbert Guess, general
manager of the Federal Lead Company's mine and mill at Flat River in St. Francois County,
Missouri. Topics include production, exploration, shipping, labor relations, and environmental pollution.

Conrad Theodore Fehlig Diaries, 1902-1913 (S0250)
1 microfilm roll

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Conrad Theodore Fehlig was a partner in the Fehlig Brother Box Manufacturing Company. His diaries reflect activities of his personal life, including passing references to the 1904 World’s Fair, a Teamsters strike and notes about the weather.

Fennell Family Papers, 1858-2014 (S0174)
0.6 cubic foot (11 folders, 2 volumes, 1 oversize folder)

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This collection contains photographs, correspondence, a contract book, and a memoir pertaining to the Fennell, Carpenter, and Bland families of Maplewood, Missouri. Materials of interest include photographs of the Floyd Alonzo Fennel's landscaping business, as well as Nancy Fennell Hawkins’ memoir: I Remember When: Memories of Growing up in Maplewood, Missouri.

Rev. William W. Ferren Photograph Collection, 1900 (P0530)
2 photographs

Copy photos of St. John's Lutheran Church, Jefferson City, ca. 1900

Edwin Allan Fessenden Scrapbook, 1905-1913 (C4220)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of Edwin Allan Fessenden contain some schoolwork and one scrapbook documenting his time at the University of Missouri in the early 1900s.

Joseph Ficklin Papers, 1851-1908 (C0100)
0.4 cubic feet (19 folders, 1 volume)

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Correspondence pertaining to mathematical science, publication of mathematical books, astronomy, and personal affairs. Also an algebra copybook.

Fifth District State Normal School Commission Photograph, 1906 (P0997)
1 photograph

Photograph of five men who were the commission that located the fifth Missouri State Normal School at Maryville

Henry C. Fike Diaries, 1851-1919 (C2215)
2.42 cubic feet (18 folders and 43 volumes)

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Diaries written by Fike while a student in McKendree College, IL; while a soldier in the Civil War; and about his migration to and life in Warrensburg, MO, and his work in Kansas City, MO, and various cities in the West.

Finley Building and Loan Association Records, 1899-1920 (R1007)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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These are the minute books and a cash received ledger of the Finley Building and Loan Association at Ozark in Christian County, Missouri. The records begin with the organization of the association in 1899 and continue through its entry into receivership in 1916 and dissolution in 1920.

First Baptist Church (Chariton, Mo.) Records, 1820-1925 (CA6708)
0.35 cubic feet

The records of the First Baptist Church, Glasgow, Missouri, contain meeting minutes, 1820-1925. Also included are five notebooks containing handwritten transcriptions.

First Baptist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1823-2019 (CA6553)
1.68 GB of digital files

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Records of the First Baptist Church of Columbia, Missouri, include annual reports, brief sketches of members, scans of minute books and other church documents, transcriptions, and miscellaneous material.

First Baptist Church (Clinton, Mo.), Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Minutes, 1895-1909 (C1308)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Constitution; minutes of meetings, 1859-1909; clippings; lists of members; and financial records of the Society, first organized in 1875.

First Baptist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1823-1972 (C3617)
3 rolls of microfilm

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Minutes and chronological register.

First Baptist Church, West Plains, Missouri Records, 1892-1956 (R0348)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The First Baptist Church, West Plains, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the First Baptist Church at West Plains in Howell County, Missouri records. The records include minutes of meetings, membership registers, and statistical data. Also included are minute books from the Sunday school program, 1899-1914, and the record book of the Baptist Young People’s Union, 1907-1914.

First Christian Church Photographs, 1875-1960 (P0851)

Photos of and relating to First Christian Church

First Christian Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1824-1997 (C3991)
16.75 cubic feet (1009 folders), 18 audio cassettes

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The church records include minutes of administrative boards and committees, ministers' and administrators' papers, papers of the Christian Student Congregation, publications, the Bear Creek Church record book, the record book of the Construction Committee, and papers of several affiliated clubs and committees. Documents especially cover the period from the 1920s to 1964. In addition, this collection contains drafts and notes by Mary K. Dains for her history of the First Christian Church published in 1996. Her research includes interview recordings with church members.

First Christian Church (Moberly, Mo.) Records, 1869-1903 (C1087)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Record book contains information related to early church history and membership, including names of members and dates for marriages and deaths. Other entries include an extensive list of those who became members after S.M. Martin's 1890 revival meeting and the church's position in an adultery case. Church minutes for 1879 to 1903.

First Christian Church, West Plains, Missouri Records, 1893-1983 (R0349)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The First Christian Church, West Plains, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy, of the church’s records. Included are membership, marriage, and death records, lists of officers, and minutes of meetings of the church board, 1893-1954. There are also records of the women’s auxiliaries of the church, 1918-1983.

First Congregational Church of Cameron, Missouri, Records, 1879-1922 (K0407)
0.2 c.f.

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Meeting minutes, membership records (including marriages and deaths), lists of trustees, and resignation letters of pastors.

First Congregational Church, Springfield, Missouri Woman's Missionary Society Collection, 1904 (R0797)
(1 folder)

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This is a small pamphlet that provides a meeting schedule, program topics, and a list of officers for the Woman's Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, for July 1904 through March 1905.

First National Bank of Kansas City Collection, 1906-1961 (K0975)
0.25 c.f.

clippings, articles related to the history of the bank

First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Mo.), Presbyterian Women Records, 1905-1985 (C4386)
0.8 cubic feet (21 folders)

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Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary history; meeting minutes; reports; sponsored events; and information on kitchen appliances.

First Presbyterian Church of Rolla Records, 1864-1997 (R0668)
(4 rolls of microfilm)

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These are records of the First Presbyterian Church at Rolla, Missouri. Included are minutes of meetings of the church Session, membership and marriage records, minutes of meetings of Board of Deacons and the Board of Trustees, and church bulletins.