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First Presbyterian Church (Laclede, Mo.) Records, 1866-1911 (C1351)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The records contain church organization, covenant, beliefs and statistics on membership.

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First United Methodist Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Records, 1896-1983 (R0157)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The First United Methodist Church of Cole Camp, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the church’s records. This collection includes meetings minutes, financial
records, membership rolls, and miscellaneous materials. Also included are rerords of the Ionia, Missouri United Methodist Church, whose pastor was supplied by the Cole Camp church after 1965.

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First United Methodist Church, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1899-1969 (R0570)
(3 rolls of microfilm)

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The First United Methodist Church, Rolla, Missouri Records are historical records of the First United Methodist Church of Rolla, Missouri. Included in the records are a general history of the church, membership rolls and vital records, and records of the Official Board and Quarterly Conferences.

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Mrs. B.K. Flanery Photograph Collection, 1875-1929 (P0457)
27 photographs

Copy photos of Poplar Bluff, Butler County, late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Flanery-Gillum-Lawson Family Papers, 1862-2005 (C4142)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of the Flanery-Gillum-Lawson family include correspondence, family photographs, family documents, and a copy of Paint Lick Reflections, a genealogical publication, Paint Lick, Kentucky, Summer, 2005.

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Alma Olivia Fletcher Papers, 1841-1968 (C3623)
0.2 cubic feet (16 folders)

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Papers of the Fletcher family of Arcadia, Missouri. Included are two Civil War muster rolls; Missouri will and land deed; scrapbook of Alma's European tour, 1910; and detailed daily bird watching charts, 1960-1968.

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Fletcher-Brill Family Papers, 1900-2019 (SP0092)
0.2 cubic foot (5 folders, 59 photographs)

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The Fletcher-Brill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, articles, genealogy, and publications on the Fletcher and Brill families of Wright County, Missouri.

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George Flood Papers, 1900 (R0937)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter from George Flood at Golden City in Barton County, Missouri, to "Brother Knoll" dated June 10, 1900. The letter concerns Flood's attempts to market bicycles for Knoll, with the intention of moving to Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, to do so.

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Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Books Collection, 1857-1972 (S0013)
0.3 cubic foot, 9 rolls microfilm (33 volumes)

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The Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Book Collection include copies of official correspondence, council rosters, budgets, resolutions, certificates of appointments, and maps, chronicling the city's growth and development from 1857 to 1973.

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Joseph Wingate Folk Letter, 1903 (C1980)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Louis Wiley, New York, NY, from St. Louis, MO, Nov. 19, 1903.

Regretting his inability to address Society of the Genesee.

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Joseph Wingate Folk Papers, 1902-1952 (C0101)
0.6 cubic feet

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Unfinished biography of Folk by his sister, Mrs. James Avery Webb. Clippings pertaining to Folk's career as circuit attorney in St. Louis, 1902-1904; Democratic governor of Missouri, 1904-1909; races for Senate and failure to win election, 1918; career in Washington, D.C., 1917-1923, under President Woodrow Wilson; and death in 1923. Letters of sympathy at death, Folk-Bates genealogy, speeches by Folk, and miscellaneous material.

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"Footprints in the Sand," Aras B. Cox, 1900 (C3086)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Biographical and descriptive sketches of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina, by Aras B. Cox. Brief genealogies of many prominent families of the area.

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Ford Family Papers, 1838-2006 (C4007)
1 cubic foot (37 folders)

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The papers of the Ford, English, Cunningham, and related families include family correspondence, photographs and postcards, genealogical, school, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence contains references to World War I.

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Frank Stephen Ford Photograph Collection, 1896-1912 (K0712)
2 c.f.

Negatives taken by Ford, a talented amateur photographer. His subjects included outdoor pastoral scenes, streams and rivers, including a number of views of the Missouri River east of the ASB Bridge. Also portraits of family and friends, interiors of his home at 29th and Flora and other houses and buildings, and of a black servant (including some of his home) who worked for Ford's family.

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Forest Park Research Files Collection, 1870-1995 (S0884)
18 cubic feet

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This collection contains photographs, annual reports, file cards, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of Forest Park.

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Fort Osage Restoration Records, 1808-1979 (K0155)
.5 c.f. (MR)

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Correspondence relating to the reconstruction of Fort Osage by the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department in consultation with the Native Sons of Greater Kansas City. Also research on the history of the Fort; reconstruction techniques and materials; and authentic artifacts, furniture, costumes, and artillery.

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Fox Family Papers, 1870-1950s (CA6548)
2 cubic feet

Papers of a family from Moberly, Missouri, include photographs, scrapbooks, small artifacts, and miscellaneous material. Material largely concerns Lawrence Fox, Joy Eldridge Fox, and Anna Thieman Fox.

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Martha M. and Sara M. France Papers, 1878-1905 (C0874)
0.3 cubic feet (14 folders), 1 oversize volume

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Diary of Martha M. France, wife of St. Joseph, Missouri, banker, Charles B. France, Jr. Diary, mementos, and photos of her daughter, Sara M. France, a student at Ogontz School near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1889-1892.

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William A. E. French Papers, 1877-1967 (R0175)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The William Aden Elmer French Papers contain the microfilmed copies of the papers of an author and newspaper publisher at Eminence in Shannon County, Missouri. Included are hunting and fishing diaries, journals, teaching notebooks, lists of published works, short stories, and family correspondence.

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Franke Studio Photographs, 1896-1928 (P0747)
6 photographs

Photos by Franke Studio of Macon: Walker Hardward, Blees Buggy Company, and Lucas Blacksmithing.

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Franklin and Binkley Families Papers, 1868-1955 (R1492)
0.06 cubic foot (6 folders, 27 negatives)

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The Franklin and Binkley Families Papers contain photocopies of correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Also included is genealogical information for the Franklin, Binkley, Myers, Herrman, Bray, and other connected families.

Franklin County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1895-1920 (P1127)

An artificial collection of photographs of Franklin County, Missouri.

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Franz-Gundlach Family Papers, 1877-1956 (C4611)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The papers of the Franz-Gundlach family from Lafayette County, Missouri, include correspondence and ephemera gathered during trips to Europe.

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Fred Wolferman, Inc. Records, 1897-1972 (K0205)
1.5 c.f.

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Through innovative marketing, Wolferman's enjoyed a prestigious position in Kansas City gourmet food circles. Photographs, menus, news clips, an accounting ledger, scrapbooks and phonograph records, and advertisements and sample correspondence for the operation of grocery stores and restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

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Freedom Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1844-1962 (R0418)
6 volumes microfilmed

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These are record books of the Freedom Baptist Church near Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include the articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership records, and minutes
of church business meetings, August 1844 --January 1962, and the secretary's record book of the
Baptist Young People's Union, 1929-1932.

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Freedom Zion Methodist Church (Concordia, Mo.) Records, 1851-1920 (C3907)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 roll of microfilm

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The records of the Freedom Zion Methodist Church consist of the quarterly annual conference minutes of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.

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Freemasons, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Orient of Missouri, Valley of Joplin Records, 1906-1914 (R0748)
(1 folder)

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This collection consists of booklets for the autumn convocation in 1906, the spring convocation in 1907, the fall convocation 1908, and a program for the Scottish Rite Banquet in 1914 for the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri.

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Freemasons, Rolla Lodge No. 213 Records, 1905 (R0729)
(1 folder)

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This is a 24-page booklet containing the register and by-Laws of the Rolla Lodge, No. 213 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Rolla, Missouri.

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Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133 Ironton, Missouri Records, 1849-1962 (R0446)
34 folders, 13 volumes MICROFILMED

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These are records of the Masonic Lodge at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri. The records include
minute books, membership records, personnel files, and miscellaneous lodge papers,
1849-1962. The collection also includes the record books of the Iron Mountain Lodge, 1864-1894,
which consolidated with the Star of the West Lodge in 1894.

Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records, 1850-1974 (S0037)
1.2 cubic foot, 33 folders, 4 microfilm rolls

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The Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records contain correspondence, ledgers, protocol books, and articles of association about the founding and operation of this German fraternal association. 

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Freshour Family Papers, 1843-1911 (C0102)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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A group of bills and checks [1880]; maps of Missouri and Mexico [1904]; letters of John Freshour to his father from school; letter from Thomas E. Freshour to his wife, and list of things taken by federal soldiers in 1861; autograph book of Mary Letts, 1879; copy book of John Freshour; account book; and justice of the peace marriage record from Centertown, Cole County, Missouri, 1840s.

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Shela S. Fretwell Genealogical Collection, 1824-2020 (CA5886)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 card file, 1 CD, 2 computer discs, 2 oversize items, 1.03 MB of digital files

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Correspondence, photographs, and other genealogical research material related to the Fretwell family of Lewis County, Missouri.

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Moreton Frewen Papers, 1823-1922 (C0879)
41 rolls of microfilm

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Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems.

Originals in the Library of Congress.

Friedens United Church of Christ (Warrenton, Mo.) Record Books, 1868-1967 (C3631)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)

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Record books of the Friedens Evangelical Church, Warrenton, Missouri, and the Bethany Evangelical Church, Pendleton, Missouri. The two merged to become the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, later renamed the Friedens United Church of Christ. The Friedens Church was organized in 1877, but the record book has entries dating from 1868. The earliest record in the Bethany book is for 1910.

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Friends of Arrow Rock Collection, 1826-1969 (C3087)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 oversize volume, 3 oversize items

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Correspondence of John Sappington with Hogan & Wright, collection agents, 1842-1844; correspondence of Claiborne F. Jackson, 1855-1861; correspondence and miscellaneous items concerning the placement of Highway 40 and Santa Fe Trail markers; Martha Woods Diary, 1854-1860; Hugh Stephens scrapbook, n.d.; Independent Order of Odd Fellow certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence, 1849-1969.

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Friendship Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1837-1974 (C4236)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The records of the Friendship Christian Church in Boone County consist of ledgers documenting membership, Sunday school attendance, and land deeds associated with the church. (See also C2372, Church of Christ at Friendship membership record)

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Frisco-Santa Fe Land and Development Company Collection, 1906 (R1004)
(1 folder)

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This is a certificate dated September 4, 1906 for one unit interest in the lands and towns located in Montgomery County, Texas, on sale by the Frisco-Santa Fe Land and Development Company. The company was based at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The president was Maurice H. Meyers.

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Thomas Fristoe Papers, 1827-1903 (C1006)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Correspondence, family papers, miscellaneous legal papers, accounts, and record books of Thomas Fristoe, a Baptist clergyman in Chariton, Missouri. Tax receipts of Jordan Bentley, 1848-1871. Record book of marriages performed by Thomas Fristoe, 1827-1871.

Jane Froman Papers, 1891-1980 (C3695)
8.5 cubic feet (343 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 14 audio cassettes, 453 audio discs, 13 audio tapes, 4 films, 1 video cassette, 1 DVD, 25.6 GB of digital files

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The papers of a singer and radio, theater, and movie star contain correspondence, financial records, musical arrangements, photographs, audio and film recordings, and scrapbooks. The papers include material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s through the 1950s. Also includes some papers of her mother, Anna Barcafer Froman Hetzler (1873-1962).

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Frost Family Papers, 1862-1988 (R1404)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Frost Family Papers contain photocopies of compiled correspondence of Luther and Orville Frost from 1862 to 1889. Also include is a brief family history and genealogical information for the Frost family.

Richard Fuhrmann Lantern Slide Collection, 1840-1935 (P0048)
702 lantern slides

Lantern slides of turn-of-the-twentieth century St. Louis by local physician Richard Fuhrmann. Includes the area later razed for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

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G.C. Higgenbothem Butcher Shop Records, 1909-1910 (C0727)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The records contain sale records of a butcher shop in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

G.P. Sanders (New Bloomfield, Mo.) Records, 1900-1937 (C0339)
12 rolls of microfilm

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The records contain invoices and receipts from a general merchandising store located in New Bloomfield, Missouri. The store underwent several name changes: Sanders Brothers, Sappington and Sanders, and G.P. Sanders.

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Gabard-Oheim Family Papers, 1903-1958 (S0640)
0.2 cubic foot

The Gabard-Oheim Family Papers contain photographs, French ribbons, and a Cleveland High School newsletter. The materials largely concern Louis Gabard and Adele Marie Oheim. Some of the photographs depict the National Association of Letter Carriers, of which Adele Marie Oheim was a member. Also included in this collection are sample ballots from 1944 Missouri elections, Muny programs, a 1904 World's Fair map, and a Meramec School Picnic program.

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Gaffee Family Papers, 1857-1923 (C0202)
1 roll of microfilm

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Slave bill of sale; will of Mary Ann Dupuy, Shelby County, KY; Hackney family genealogy; and reminiscences of plantation life in Gossyppia, LA.

Gally and Johnston Company (Toledo, Ia.) Papers, 1858-1900 (C0322)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of Toledo, IA, merchants include promissory notes, tax receipts, general receipts, miscellaneous papers and letters, mortgages, bills of sale and labor, abstract of title for construction of Johnston’s house, and a Mexican land grant.

Mary Abney Gamble Photograph Collection, 1907-1944 (P0876)
11 photographs

Photos of Naption area, Saline Co. Also of Gamble family ancestors. 35mm color slides depicting travel and farming in Missouri

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William J. Gammon Papers, 1856-1967 (CG0056)
0.5 c.f.

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This collection is primarily made up of genealogical papers and cemetery research conducted by Wm. J. Gammon of various families as well as his own. Also included in this collection is transcripts from the operation of the Center Point school in Jackson County, Missouri, personal papers of the Gammon family, and correspondence from different societies and political organizations.

William J. Gammon Photographs, 1842-1915 (P0039)
1 folder

Photos of Ralls County historic properties by Gammon, a resident of Perry, MO, and postcards of various Missouri views.

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John Allen Gano Family Papers, 1794-1948 (C0065)
1.2 cubic feet, 6 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence of Elder John Gano of Bourbon County, KY, an evangelist in the early Disciples of Christ Church. The papers also include accounts and bills, advertisements, circulars, publications, and a diary describing his conversion, baptism, and life as a preacher.