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McDaniel Family Papers Papers, 1812-1940 (K0626)
0.75 c.f.
Papers and genealogy relating to the family of McDaniel, Civil War soldier, farmer, insurance agent, and minister.
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Douglas E. McDowell, "The Ginseng Garden", 1909 (R1062)
(1 folder)
This is the issue for August 1909 of 'The Ginseng Garden', edited by Charles E. McDowell at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. This quarterly publication promoted the cultivation and marketing of ginseng, a medicinal root.
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Volney McFadden Photographs, 1909-1914 (P0435)
62 photographs
Photographs taken by Volney McFadden, student photographer at University of Missouri in the early 1900s, ca. 1909-1914. Mainly real photo postcards of University of Missouri students, but includes photos of a pageant in Forest Park (St. Louis) and the St.
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Anderson McFall Papers, 1898-1914 (R0365)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Anderson McFall Papers contain transcripts of the journal of a resident of Phillipsburg in Laclede County, Missouri. The brief entries note marriages, births, injuries, illnesses, and deaths in the community, and contain news on fires, weather conditions, visitors, and residents moving away from or returning to the Phillipsburg area.
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McGee Family Papers, 1838-2000 (C4271)
3 cubic feet (60 folders), 6 oversize items, 15 film reels, 1 video cassette
Genealogical material in the form of correspondence, notes, photographs, slides, obituaries, histories, marriages, and funerals of the McGee and other related family members. Also includes Civil War muster rolls.
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James E. McGhee Civil War Research Papers, 1848-2020 (CG0047)
6.0 c.f.
Research materials, mainly reproductions of originals, accumulated by James E. McGhee, who was a preeminent historian and Civil War scholar from Missouri. Photocopied material includes journals, correspondence, maps, images, chapters from books, essays, newspaper articles, and so on. There are also 11 CDs, two microfiche rolls, two panoramic photos, a WWI-era journal, and one flash drive containing research materials.
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Evelyn May Whitcomb McGregor Collection, 1892-1947 (S0311)
0.5 cubic foot
This collection contains five diaries written by Evelyn May Whitcomb McGregor from 1892 to 1947. In the diaries, McGregor recounts her life in Boston, Massachusetts, her marriage to George McGregor, and their subsequent life in Maplewood, Missouri, where George McGregor owned and operated the McGregor Baking Company. Also included in the collection is a book, '"Then We Went to Powhatton's" Evelyn May Whitcomb McGregor Diaries 1892-1947,' which contains complete transcripts of the diaries.
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Mcguire Family Collection, 1895-1925 (S0713)
0.4 cubic feet, 1 scrapbook
This collection consists of a photograph album containing images of family life and buildings in Stallings, Illinois. Includes grave sites of C.F. Briggs and Mary A. Filbert.
Walter McGuire Photographs, 1906-1908 (P0588)
7 photographs
Photos of construction employees from construction of the Panama Canal, 1906-1908. Walter McGuire (1883-1974), a resident of Carrollton, MO, was employed in the building of the Panama Canal March 1, 1906 to May 1908 and these seven photographs pertaining to this event were found in his personal belongings.
Ann Bryan Mariano McKay Papers, c. 1892-2009 (C4009)
16.25 cubic feet (937 folders), 26 audio cassettes, 1 16 mm film, 10 rolls of microfilm, 1 computer disc
The papers of Ann Bryan Mariano McKay, a journalist and Vietnam War correspondent, consist primarily of material relating to her work on the independent newspaper, Overseas Weekly, and include newspapers, newspaper copy, photographs, correspondence, and legal materials regarding a lawsuit over distribution of the newspaper in Vietnam. Other materials in the collection document her work with Vietnamese orphanages, as well as various aspects of both her personal and professional life, including a return trip to Vietnam in 1995 with her adopted daughter.
McKee Family Papers, 1860-1916 (C3411)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of the McKee family of Oxford, Mississippi, contain letters, deeds, contracts, and wills. The materials include frequent reference to William McKee, sheriff of Lafayette County, and Frank McKee, owner of local hardware store; as well as one miscellaneous newspaper page from Green Forest, Arkansas.
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James S. McLoed Papers, 1813-1903 (C3667)
0.2 cubic feet (15 folders)
Papers of James S. McLoed, his father, William, and family. McLoed was a farmer, carpenter, county clerk, justice of the peace, road commissioner, and school trustee in Calumet Township, Pike County, Missouri.
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Max M. McNulty Papers, (C4406)
0.3 cubic feet (7 folders)
Photographs and miscellaneous papers of a WWI veteran who later worked at the Missouri Division of Employment Security. Photographs depict family members, WWI experiences, and professional and civic activities in Columbia, Missouri.
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Allen McReynolds Papers, 1842-1970 (C3605)
6.0 cubic feet (515 folders), 3 audio tapes, 3 audio cassettes
The papers of a Carthage, Missouri, lawyer, state senator, Democratic candidate for governor, president of the State Historical Society of Missouri, and member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. The correspondence concerns civic, legal, political and business interests, family, and friends. The papers include correspondence of the McReynolds family dating from the 1840s through the 1940s.
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A.V. McRoberts Photographs, 1906-1959 (P0733)
23 photographs
Photos of Lewis County historic sites, particulary houses, churches, mills, and monuments, ca. 1959
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Lewis E. Meador Papers, 1904-1982 (R0674)
1 cubic foot (47 folders)
These are papers of L. E. Mador, an economist, political scientist, and civic leader in Springfield, Missouri. Included are materials concerning Springfield's Charter Commission (1952) , Missouri state government, and Wiilson's Creek National Battlefield.
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Edwin P. Meiners Collection, 1825-1960 (C3722)
7.1 cubic feet (407 folders)
The papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist include personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners's insect collection and collections of correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.
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Barbara Mellers Photograph Collection, 1870-1900 (P0231)
1 photograph
66 unidentified cabinet cards and carte de visites of Missouri families and individuals.
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Mildred Fourt Melton Photograph Collection, 1895-1950 (P0400)
1 folder
Photos of Cyrus Houston Frost portrait, Hannah Leek Frost portrait, Houston Institute ca. 1890, Houston Public school 1894, Big Piney River Bridge near Houston, confederate reunions, Edna Ruth Starling, Texas County Courthouse (2), The Narrows, and O'Possum Trot School.
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"Memoirs of the Life of Lee Caruth Miller, M.D.," L.C. Miller, 1903 (C2718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A personal history relating his trip west for the California gold rush and back to Missouri by boat, and his experiences with Quantrill's raiders.
"Memorabilia", 1904, 1952 (C0703)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Autobiographical sketch of Carr Pritchett who with his parents migrated from Virginia to Missouri in 1835 and became a preacher, teacher, astronomer, and founder of Pritchett College. Tells of his early life in Virginia and the struggles of his first years in Missouri. Also includes an edited version with comments by Betty Huston Pritchett (1952).
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Memorial Addresses on the Life of Representative Richard P. Bland, 1900 (S0212)
1 volume
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Richard P. Bland (Late Representative from Missouri), delivered in the House of Representatives and the Senate
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Memorial Methodist Church (St. Louis, Mo.) Records, 1844-1981 (C1071)
1.25 cubic feet
Records of the church from its beginning as the South St. Louis Mission (German Methodist) in 1844 to 1981. Includes quarterly conference reports and minutes; membership, baptism, and marriage records; church board and organization meeting minutes; Sunday School records; some financial records; and photographs.
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Pierre Menard Sr. Collection, 1805-1905 (K0275)
0.5 c.f.
Microfilm of the Menard incoming and outgoing personal and professional correspondence in the Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois Historical Survey. Letters deal with Menard's involvement in the fur trade and other businesses. Of particular interest are the letters from his daughter Berenice and her husband Francois Chouteau from their home at the mouth of the Kansas River.
Mercantile Bancorporation Records, 1859-1999 (S1242)
45.5 cubic feet
This collection contains meeting minutes, property appraisal cards, annual reports, VHS tapes, and photographs pertaining to the Mercantile Bancorporation’s mission to provide financial services to customers in the Midwest. Materials of interest include property appraisal cards for residential homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region. The cards contain information about the lot size, construction material, and estimated value for each individual property. The materials in this collection date from 1936 to 1999.
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Junius L. Meriam Papers, 1904-1944 (C0965)
0.4 cubic feet
The Junius L. Meriam Papers consist of photographs and a scrapbook primarily describing and depicting Meriam's views on elementary education. He was a professor at the University of Missouri School of Education and superintendent of the university laboratory schools from 1904-1924.
Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records, 1879-1953 (S0331)
3 microfilm rolls
The Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records were loaned for microfilming and document the founding and early development of the company and the personal lives of members of the Mesker family. The records include correspondence, company licenses, shares and checks, catalogues, a patent, an account book and publications relating to the building trades. The collection contains early correspondence between Frank and Ben Mesker from 1882-1886, biographical information, birth and graduation announcements, obituaries, and news clippings regarding members of the Mesker family.
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Messerly Family Papers, 1896-1902 (CA6713)
0.2 cubic feet
The papers of a Sedalia, Missouri, family include a baby book for Charles Edward Messerly Jr. and John McRoberts Messerly, 1896. Also included is a certificate appointing Charles Edward Messerly as the presiding judge of Pettis County, 1902, and an undated photograph of Hospital Day.
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Meteorite Postcard Collection, 1909 (R1365)
(1 folder)
The Meteorite Postcard Collection consists of a postcard written by Dr. Samuel B. Rowe to Dr. C.A. Peterson. The postcard concerns fragments of a meteorite in Rowe's possession.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Versailles Circuit Records, 1859-1901 (C1864)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Register includes names of members and probationers in the Versailles Circuit, Jefferson City District, Missouri, how and when received and disposed of--whether by death, certificate, withdrawal, or expulsion--and some baptism and marriage records.
Metropolitan Church Federation Records, 1905-1978 (S0618)
37 cubic feet, 1846 folders, 100 photographs, 3 scrapbooks
Founded in 1909, the Metropolitan Church Federation served as the agency through which churches worked to make possible community benefits that could not be affected by one church or denomination alone. During its existence, the group advocated more progressive action in matters of social reform. The materials in this collection consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, subject files, and photographs.
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Alice Pearl Metzner Scrapbook, 1900-1901 (K0198)
0.22 c.f.
The Alice Pearl Metzner Scrapbook contains photographs, programs, postcards, correspondence, and other memorabilia documenting Alice and her father Karl Theodore Metzner's excursion from Kansas City to Europe. The scrapbook also contains unidentified photographs of family and friends, as well as pictures noted as taken in Colorado of trains and mining operations.
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Mexico, Missouri, Theatre Scrapbooks, 1902-1924 (C4253)
3 volumes
Three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from the Mexico Ledger, Mexico, Missouri, about shows and performances in that town from 1902-1924.
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George E. Meyer Photograph Collection, 1878-1948 (P0689)
10 photographs
Photos of Judge Mathias McGirk home and burial site in the Rhineland area. Additional images of Millie Finley, Jesse James (in death) Captain Callaway grave, and early drawing of Hermann.
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Lynn Meyer Photograph Collection, 1890-1956 (P0225)
0.54 linear feet, 1 volume
Photographs relating to Southwestern Bell Telephone and of several Missouri locations, including the state capitol, St. Louis, Unity Farms, and Forsyth Dam.
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Miami Club, West Plains, Missouri Records, 1901-1913 (R0209)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Miami Club, West Plains, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of a record book and miscellaneous papers of a men’s club in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, 1901-1909. The volume also includes records of expenses for dances held by the Pickwick Club and the Marquis Orchestra, 1911-1913, and the minutes of meetings of the “Republicans of West Plains,” 1912.
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Miami Savings Bank Record Book, 1874-1923 (C1164)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)
Includes articles of association, bylaws, minutes of board meetings, transfers, and minutes of stockholders' meetings.
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Miami, Missouri, Records, 1867-1965 (C2490)
1.1 cubic feet
The public records of a town in Saline County, Missouri, include city council minutes, school board records, and assessment and tax books.
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Middleton Family Papers, 1859-1938 (C3175)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters of the James H. Middleton family regarding the history and genealogy of the Middleton, Williams, and Evans families.
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Solomon Harmon Milam Papers, 1876-1913 (C3437)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)
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Mill Creek School, Texas County, Missouri Records, 1886-1927 (R0651)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Mill Creek School, Texas County, Missouri Records are microfilmed records of the School District No. 2 near Plato in northwestern Texas County, Missouri. The records include seven volumes for the district clerk from 1886 to 1925 and teachers’ registers from 1893 to 1927.
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Miller's Shoes Account Book, 1905-1924 (C1104)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
Account book, Miller's Shoes, Columbia, MO, 1905-1924. Monthly cash and credit sales. No names.
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Eddie Miller Photograph Collection, 1852-1922 (P0608)
0.23 linear feet
Photographs of the Truman Presidential Library, ca. 1974. Copy photos, the bulk of which depict DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO. Also images of Washington County and Old Mines, MO.
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Mrs. Frank B. Miller Photograph Collection, 1902 (P0668)
3 photographs
Photos of Hyde Park School staff and students and Miller residence, both in Kansas City, MO, ca. 1900.
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Merritt F. Miller Collection, 1866-2003 (C3921)
0.8 cubic feet (40 folders)
Photographs, negatives and caption notebook of a University of Missouri professor of soils, 1904-1938; and dean of the College of Agriculture, 1838-1945; depicting scenes of the Ozarks; European landmarks and agriculture; a North American tour of the International Society of Soil Science; and various Missouri, Columbia, and University of Missouri scenes. Also included are correspondence to and from Miller, postcards he collected while visiting Europe, and miscellaneous papers.
Wilber Miller Photograph Collection, 1850-1958 (P0494)
0.16 linear feet
Copy photographs of Stockton, MO
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Miller-Stephens Family Papers, 1811-1960 (C3229)
0.3 cubic feet
Correspondence between members of the P.T. Miller family and the E.W. Stephens family, as well as Personal, business, and civic letters of Hugh Stephens. Several letters from 1811 to 1814, one 1839 letter, then resumes with a few Civil War letters. Traces the courtship of Nick E. Miller and Sallie "Birdie" Fisher until their marriage in 1874. Also includes the 1902 foreign travel letters of James H. Moss, a relative of the Stephens family.
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Kay Mills Papers, c. 1890-2011 (C4070)
16.25 cubic feet (513 folders), 170 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 1 compact disc
The papers of a journalist, author, and editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times include news articles, story files, books, manuscripts, research files, correspondence, personal papers, and interviews on audio cassette.
Mine La Motte Records, 1840-1929 (R1347)
0.25 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Mine La Motte records document mining history in Mine La Motte, a town in Missouri's Old Lead Belt. The papers include maps, letters, and stock certificates.