1900s

Albert G. Morris Collection, 1898-1903 (R1137)
(1 folder)

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These are merchants' receipts to Albert G. Morris and his business partners, J. W. Toliver and Elmer Lindley, at Dadeville in Dade County, Missouri. Morris, Toliver, and Lindley were proprietors of a hardware, implements, and undertaking firm.

Joseph Morris Family Letters, 1840-1908 (C0426)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 roll of microfilm)

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Letters from Joseph Morris and daughter, Sara Morris Mottram, from England to relatives in Tennessee. Political affairs in England, and general family news.

Leona Morris Collection, 1900-1986 (P0404)
0.125 linear feet

Yarrow Mill, Macon County, MO; postcards and photographs of historic sites across Missouri.

Morrison Family Papers, 1840s-1940s (CA6400)
1.2 cubic feet

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Family and business papers of the Morrison family of Howard County, Missouri. Largely concerns Alfred Williams Morrison (1802-1883), as well as his sons, James P. and Preston E. Morrison.

Morrison, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1899-1942 (C2979)
1 roll of microfilm

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Two volumes consisting of board minutes, 1919-1942, and treasurer's ledger dating from incorporations in 1899 to 1919. Minutes deal with general administration of this Gasconade County village. Ledger contains income and expense accounts and lists of taxation and business licenses. Loose items include a 1918 ordinance for the extension of the corporate limits and information on village electrification, 1917.

Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers, 1843-1995 (R1520)
3 cubic feet (109 folders, 1,139 photographs, 75 negatives, 5 tin types)

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The Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers contain materials related to the Morrow and Skaggs families predominantly of Miller County, Missouri. The bulk of the materials is an expansion of Joe Morrow’s genealogical compilation, Ancestors and Descendents [sic] of George & Ethel (Skaggs) Morrow, privately printed, June 1980. The materials include correspondence, family trees, photographs, certificates, and personal documents.

Lynn Morrow Map Collection, 1885-2016, bulk 1936-1981 (R1519)
6 cubic feet (16 folders, 194 maps)

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The Lynn Morrow Map Collection contains copies and original Missouri related maps collected by Lynn Morrow. The collection includes atlases, waterway maps, road and train maps, tourist and highway maps, and geological maps.

Lynn Morrow Papers, 1804-2015 (R1000)
24 cubic feet (1051 folders, 5 oversize folders, 11,170 photographs, 852 negatives)

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The Lynn Morrow papers contain correspondence and research papers, with an additional significant collection of late twentieth-century promotional and advertising items. The papers reflect major areas of Morrow’s research on the southwest Missouri region; Iron, Shannon, and Washington counties; Theodore Pease Russell and his writings; and the writings of Silas C. Turnbo. The collection also includes a large selection of promotional publications and ephemera associated with late 20th century tourism in Missouri and Arkansas.

Lynn Morrow Photograph Collection, 1865-1952 (P0183)
8 photographs

Photos of the Draper and McClurg families, Linn Creek School, Missouri United Methodist Church, and Schmidt's Mount Park.

Myrtle Mae Duval Mosman Papers, 1900-1928 (K0075)
2 f

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Diary of Mrytle Mae Duval prior to her marriage to Burroughs N. Mosman. The diary (1900-1901) contains information on her daily activities with numerous references to her future husband. Also included is a scrapbook of clippings, notes, and an index to the diary.

Mothers and Patrons Club, Flat River, Missouri Records, 1907-1937 (R0070)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Mothers and Patrons Club of Flat River, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of a record book for the Mothers and Patrons Club in Flat River, Missouri. The records include meeting minutes, lists of officers and members, and miscellaneous documents.

Frank Luther and Vera I. Mott Papers, 1775-1987 (C2344)
44.75 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm

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Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES; and his wife.

Frank Luther Mott Papers, 1824-1962 (C2343)
0.5 cubic feet

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Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and noted author. Includes autographs, correspondence, information on Japanese journalism education after World War II, congratulatory letters on Mott's appointment to the University, and manuscript and galley proof for TIME ENOUGH.

Rosa McCune Mott Postcard Collection, 1907-1965 (SP0070)
0.5 cubic feet

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The Rosa McCune Mott Postcard Collection includes postcards from various cities in Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas, as well as several United States landmarks. The collection also contains postcards sent to Rosa for holidays, birthdays, and general greeting cards.

Moulder Family Papers, 1873-1987 (CG0012)
0.2 c.f.

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Photographs, papers, and letters from the Thomas Valentine Moulder, Wilbur J. Moulder, and Frances Valentine Moulder family from Scott County, Missouri.

Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Randolph County, Mo.) Records, 1873-1979 (C3785)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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Records of the Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Randolph County. The documents include information about baptisms, marriages, funerals, and dismissals. Also included are session minutes, church history, and pastoral information. Moreover, the records seem to include some documents from the Cumberland Chapel Church.

Mount Gilead Church Records, 1853-1983 (K0165)
0.4 c.f. (5 folders)

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Photocopy of a minute book of the Church. Also included deeds for land which became the Mount Gilead Church Cemetery, and a series of news clippings relating the history of the Church, the adjoining school and their eventual transfer to Clay County to become part of the County Parks system.

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Records, 1847-circa 1967 (R0382)
(2 folders)

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These are minutes of meetings and membership records of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church near Thornfield in Ozark County, Missouri. The church was founded in 1847 as the Mount Lebanon Church of General Baptists.

Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Records, 1870-1905 (C1356)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The records contain minutes of sessions; statistical report to presbytery; registers of adult and infant baptisms; records of marriages and deaths; lists of pastors, elders, and deacons; and communicant roll of members.

Mount Pleasant United Baptist Church (Hartsburg, Mo.) Records, 1858-1950 (C2990)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Meeting minutes and membership lists dating from organization in 1858 through May 1950 for a Boone County, MO, church. Minutes deal with construction and maintenance of church building, fund raising, member discipline, officers, delegates to the Little Bonne Femme Association of the Southern Baptist Church, and searches for ministers.

Mount Zion Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1830-1948 (C3036)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes, a photograph of the church, and member information.

Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association Record Books, 1842-1908 (C1314)
0.13 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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The records contain minute books including the constitution, abstract of principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of the first through sixty-seventh meetings of the Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association.

Mt. Zion Methodist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1901-1972 (C4310)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The records of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church contain membership records of the church formerly in existence in northern Boone County near Hallsville, Missouri, including some pastor lists, marriages, and baptisms.

Siegmar Muehl Collection, 1778-1992 (C4075)
0.25 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Collection of genealogical research materials compiled by Siegmar Muehl documenting the Strehly family of Hermann, Missouri, particularly focusing on Joseph Carl Strehly (1778-1860) and Maria Strehly Wolff (1822-1906), including family photographs, correspondence, a travel diary, wills, clippings, genealogical charts, and biographies.

Charles I. Mullinax Account Book, 1907-1914 (C2393)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a record of farm labor for Paradise Valley Farm, Princeton, Mercer County, MO.

Frederic B. Mumford Photograph Collection, 1904-1936 (P0960)

Photographs collected by Frederic B. Mumford, primarily related to his career in agriculture

Frederick B. Mumford Papers, 1893-1947 (C0040)
2 cubic feet (164 folders)

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The papers of Frederick B. Mumford, instructor and dean of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, include correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, and statistics concerning the College of Agriculture, Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Missouri Council of Defense, U.S. Food Administration, and Mission Americaine de Rapproachment to France.

Isaac Myers Scrapbook, 1865-1909 (CA6591)
0.2 cubic feet

Scrapbook kept by a resident of Miami, Saline County, Missouri. Includes information on residents of the town, members of various churches, city officers, businesses, and family genealogy. Isaac Myers later moved to Whittier, California.

W.T. Myers Photograph Collection, 1906-1909 (P0130)
5 photographs

Photos of the University of Missouri: the Columns, ca. 1906, Hobo Convention, ca. 1907, St. Patrick's Day, ca. 1909, and students observing machinery, ca. 1907.

Elsa Louise Nagel Papers, 1905-1973 (C3910)
0.8 cubic feet

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Papers of an associate professor of German, University of Missouri, 1926-1966. Includes correspondence with family, friends, and soldiers during World War I and World War II. Also present are newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items related to the Nagel and Meusch families.

Werner O. Nagel Papers, 1907, 1924-1988 (C2544)
3.7 cubic feet (215 folders, 2 volumes, 9 oversize items)

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Papers of a University of Missouri pioneer wildlife student, zoologist, noted conservationist, technical writer for the Missouri Conservation Commission, and philosopher/poet. Material on conservation, pollution, land management, wild game cookery, and technical writing.

Nahm-Mueller Family Photographs, 1880s-1920 (C1798)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photocopies and 35mm negatives of fifteen photographs of a Hermann, Missouri, family. Part of the German Heritage Archives.

Reuben S. Nance Records, 1838-1903 (R0183)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Reuben Saunders Nance Papers contains photocopies of a notebook belonging to Reuben S. Nance of Collins, Saint Clair County, Missouri. The notebook includes accounts receivable from mercantile operations, records of school attendance, and personal memoranda.

Edmee Bauer Nash Scrapbooks, 1907-1966 (S0715)
0.8 cubic foot, 10 folders, 131 photographs

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Edmee Baur Nash created three scrapbooks. The first scrapbook contains collected news stories about the Webster Groves League of Women Voters. League news stories were clipped from various St. Louis-area newspapers between 1948 and 1953. The second scrapbook contains family photos. The final scrapbook tracks the development of a child named William Nash, who was adopted into the family in 1936. In addition, the Nash collection contains signed artwork from various artists, a volume of Edmee Nash’s collected poems, and other items related to her writing hobby.

National Council of Jewish Women, St. Louis Section Records, 1895-1984 (S0443)
84 cubic feet, 7 audio tapes, 45 volumes, 195 folders, 513 photographs

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The National Council of Jewish Women, St. Louis Section promotes unity among Jewish women through education and community service. The organization pioneered work with the milk program in public schools (1917-1933), and the Golden Age Senior Citizens' clubs in 1945. The collection includes reports, minutes, financial statements, scrapbooks, photographs, slideshow, newsletters, and tapes.

National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, Record Book, 1894-1902 (C2318)
0.15 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Record book of a Glasgow, MO, agency, George B. Harrison, agent.

National Good Roads Association Records, 1903-1904 (R0990)
(1 folder)

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These are printed broadside invitation to B.A. McAllaster of the Union Pacific Railroad to attend the National and International Good Roads Convention to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, from April 27 to May 2, 1903, and a letter from A. S. Mann to Charles H. Scott, dated April 11, 1904, concerning the financing of a ship canal.

Native Sons of Kansas City Collection, 1790-1990 (K0465)
30 c.f.

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Manuscripts, documents, photographs, books, maps, and oversize materials relating to the history of the Kansas City area collected by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.

Native Sons of Kansas City Photograph Collection, 1824-1960 (K0528)
4 c.f.

An artificial collection of photographs from various sources collected by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.

Native Sons of Kansas City Scrapbooks, 1820-1960 (K0395)
14 c.f.

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and research notes of a variety of Kansas City area events and topics, such a early settlers and civic leaders, built environment, art and culture, education, government, and commercial activities.

"Nature Work In and Out of the Schoolroom," R.R. Rowley, 1904 (C1638)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a paper on entomology read to the Clark County teachers at Kahoka, MO, 28 October 1904.

Robert F. Neathery Collection, 1903-2001 (R1112)
2 cubic feet (65 folders)

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These are papers of Robert F. Neathery, a developer and operator of radio stations and cable television systems at West Plains in Howell County, Missouri. They consist of personal, family, and business papers, drafts and other papers concering Neathery's memoir, 'West Plains As I Knew It', and miscellaneous topical files.

Neef Family St. Louis World's Fair Negative Album, 1904 (CA6582)
74 negatives

Negatives taken by the Neef family during a visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.

John G. Neihardt Papers, c. 1858-1974 (C3716)
9.4 cubic feet, 41 video cassettes, 52 DVDs, 57 audio cassettes, 3 CDs, 3 audio discs (558 folders also available on 18 rolls of microfilm)

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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, news clippings, audio and video cassettes, and miscellaneous material of poet. Neihardt was most famous for his epic, A CYCLE OF THE WEST, and BLACK ELK SPEAKS. He was poet laureate of Nebraska, literary editor of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1926-1938, and instructor at the University of Missouri, 1949-1965.

John G. Neihardt Papers, 1908-1974 (C3778)
1.4 cubic feet (82 folders)

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Correspondence and miscellaneous material of poet John G. Neihardt. Neihardt was most famous for his epic, A Cycle of the West, and Black Elk Speaks. He was poet laureate of Nebraska, literary editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1929-1938, and an instructor at the University of Missouri, 1949-1965.

Nelson Family Papers, 1879-1973 (R0252)
(1 roll of microfilm, 104 negatives)

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These are scrapbooks, miscellaneous papers, and photographs of the Nelson family of Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. Absolom, Arthur T., and Frank R. Nelson operated a commercial apple orchard and a tavern and motel along Uunited States Highway 66. Arthur T. Nelson served on various Missouri state commissions and boards. The photographs in the collection have been copied on 35mm negatives and slides.

Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1862-1945 (C0148)
0.2 cubic feet

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Two Civil War letters; World War II letters; miscellaneous correspondence of Nelson family; speeches by Nelson on U.S. Constitution, history of Sullivan County, and proposal of new Missouri constitution; University of Missouri Law School Foundation bulletin; notes; and other miscellaneous material.

Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1904-1967 (C2511)
3.0 cubic feet

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The papers of Earl F. Nelson contain personal, political, and business correspondence, insurance data, tax records, ledgers, and journals, including correspondence, reports, and financial statements dealing with work as a member of the board of curators. Also included are papers of Edna Nelson dealing with estate matters.

Nevada Gas, Oil and Asphalt Company Records, 1903 (R0845)
(1 folder)

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These are papers concerning the establishment of the Nevada Gas, Oil and Asphalt Company, a mineral exploitation and development firm in Barton and Vernon Counties in southwestern Missouri.

New Hope Baptist Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Record Book, 1869-1924 (C3075)
1 roll of microfilm

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The collection contains minutes of the church which is located in Wilson Township. It was organized on Monday, 23 August 1869, and was a member of the Little Bonne Femme Association.