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New Providence Baptist Church (Mississippi County, Mo.) Records, 1894-1906 (C0706)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Records of the monthly meetings of the Baptist Church at Hough Station, Mississippi County, MO, from its organization on 24 November 1894 until December 1906. Includes membership lists, persons accepted into and excluded from church membership, elections to church offices and committees, and pastors called and elected.

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New Providence Presbyterian Church (Guthrie, Mo.) Records, 1823-1964 (C4213)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The records of the New Providence Presbyterian Church contain the church constitution, minutes, records of births, deaths, baptisms, and marriages, as well as Sunday School minutes and a few miscellaneous letters regarding church members.

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New Salem Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minutes, 1828-1926 (C1317)
0.36 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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Articles of faith, rules of decorum, church covenant, list of deacons ordained by New Salem, list of members, obituaries, life sketch of David Doyle, and short histories of the church written at various times.

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New Santa Fe Historical Society Records, 1866-2009 (K0551)
15 c.f.

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Organizational records and research materials of a historical society in south Kansas City, MO. Also includes information on neighboring regions, and Watts Mill.

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Jacob F. Newbrandt Papers, 1863-1905 (C3685)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Jacob F. Newbrandt contain documents of a former Union soldier concerning money lawfully due him for twenty-one months imprisonment by the Confederates.

Newburg, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1870s-1910s (R1203)
0.05 cubic foot (41 negatives)

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These are negative copies of stereoviews, photographs, and postcards from the collection of the William H. Harris family, proprietors of railroad hotels at Dixon in Pulaski County, and Newburg in Phelps County, Missouri. Included are views of hotels, businesses, street scenes, and Frisco railroad roundhouses and turntables at Dixon and Newburg.

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George Nathan Newman Stereograph Collection, 1870-1915 (P0017)
35 stereographs

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Stereoscopic views of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, plus several other views of St. Louis and agricultural scenes.

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Elbert Louis "Bert" Nickerson Photographs, 1906-1980 (P1040)

Photographs by Elbert Louis Nickerson, better known as "Bert", of Bucklin and Brookfield, MO. Bert worked for the newspaper in Brookfield. This collection also includes his family photographs.

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Jorgen Vilhelm Nielsen Papers, 1905-1969 (R0440)
1 folder

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This is a journal, 1905-1930, of a native of Denmark and resident of Chicago, Illinois. The entries
include notes of becoming a naturalized citizen and a description of a trip to California. With
the journal are two letters to John Nielsen at Licking, Missouri, from relatives in Denmark, 1969.
The letters and part of the journal are in Danish.

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Nodaway County, Missouri, Photographs, 1900-1903 (P1048)

Twenty-seven photographs of Nodaway County, ca. 1900-1903. Includes images of Maryville, farms, and Burlington Junction Mineral Springs Company and Hotel.

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Rose M. Nolen Papers, 1873-2004 (C4227)
1.0 cubic foot (41 folders)

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The papers of Rose Nolen contain clippings, research materials, and manuscript drafts of a Sedalia, Missouri, journalist. Topics include the Katy Depot in Sedalia, the Methodist Inner City Church in Kansas City, Black Panthers and the Black Power Movement, Bothwell Regional Medical Center, and Sedalia history.

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Gregory Nooney Papers, 1909-1984 (S0168)
1.5 cubic foot, 44 folders, 60 photographs

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The Gregory Nooney papers document his life as a St. Louis Real Estate Developer. In the 1930s and 1940s, Nooney worked as an executive for Stix, Baer, and Fuller and Lesser-Goldman. He also served on the City Plan Commission and the Missouri Retailers' Association. In 1945 he founded the Nooney Company, which developed St. Louis' first shopping center and Clayton's first high-rise building. The collection includes correspondence, employment contracts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook.

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John Andrew Nooney Papers, 1882-1939 (S0166)
0.02 cubic feet, 3 folders, 2 daybooks, 1 scrapbook, and 16 photographs

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The collection contains correspondence, daybooks, photographs, and photographs documenting John Nooney’s career as a patrolman for the St. Louis Police Department.

T. J. Norman Records, 1890-1902 (R0055)
0.1 cubic foot (1 oversize volume)

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The T.J. Norman Records contains an account ledger of a general store operated by the Norman family, probably in Winona, Shannon County, Missouri.

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Normandy Area Historical Association Records, 1877-2008 (S0420)
2 cubic feet, 1 microfilm roll, 1 scrapbook

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The records of the Normandy Area Historical Association contain photographs, correspondence, programs, yearbooks, and histories relating to the organization's mission to help resolve common or area-wide problems, including those of stabilizing communities, as well as increase historical awareness among Normandy residents.

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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Missouri School Reports, 1892-1962 (C3388)
35.1 cubic feet (1481 folders, 38 volumes)

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The collection of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools contains University of Missouri school inspector's reports, annual accreditation reports to North Central Association, and miscellaneous materials.

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North Central Missouri Region Photograph Collection, 1897-1964 (P1111)

An artificial collection of photographs of the North Central Missouri region, including Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy, Daviess, Livingston, and Linn counties.

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North Kansas City Levee District v. Forever Green of Missouri, LLC Papers, 1819-2009 (K1111)
80 c.f.

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Research files including legal documents, government records, corporate records, correspondence, minutes, photographs, maps, and plans.

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Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Photographs, 1890-1986 (P0844)
8 photographs

Photos of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and related people and personnel

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Northeast Missouri Photograph Collection, 1830-1944 (P1117)

An artificial collection of photographs of Missouri's northeastern most counties: Schuyler, Knox, Scotland, Clark, and Lewis.

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Northrop Family Papers, 1852-1998 (R1489)
4 cubic feet (68 folders)

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The Northrop Family Papers contain correspondence between members of the Northrop family, family genealogy, and personal papers related to the family farm near Simcoe, Missouri.

Northside Telephone Company Records, 1899-1983 (K0157)
0.5 c.f.

An early private phone company in Parkville, MO. Records include minutes, Articles of Association and Amendments, bonds and bylaws, annual reports, appraisals, operational costs reports, telephone rates, governmental ordinances and regulations, and correspondence with other phone companies and customers. Also are maps of the territory, architectural plans, clippings, and articles about the company.

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Northwest Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1831-1997 (P1124)

An artificial collection of photographs from Missouri's northwestern counties: Atchison, Holt, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, Gentry, and DeKalb.

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Norma Levin Novak Collection, 1852-1991 (K1107)
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Photocopy of research notes and typed drafts of the history of Jews in Leavenworth, KS prepared by Novak, Eve Sickel Goldstein and Kathy Goldman Held Green.

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S. Claude Null Family Papers, 1840-1992 (R1390)
1.75 cubic feet (57 folders, 3 volumes, 203 photographs)

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The S. Claude Null Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Claude Null of Rolla, Missouri. These papers include personal correspondence, genealogy research, and photographs for the Null, Harrison, Headrick/Hedrick, and connected families.

Chester M. Nunn Collection, 1906-1923 (P0100)
38 photographs

20 leather postcards, ca. 1907, with 8 picture postcards of Louisiana MO and environs; Tintypes of W and Sarah McLoed; eight photos of international Air Races at St. Louis, 1923

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Nytta Noje och Enighet (N.N.& E.) Lodge Records, 1876-1978 (K0530)
4 c.f.

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Records of a Swedish society established in Kansas City, MO. Includes ledgers, treasurers' records, correspondence, membership files, and photographs.

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O'Bannon Homestead Collection, 1892-2007 (K1114)
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Research and documentation of the restoration of the homestead located in in Garden City, Cass County, Missouri. Also photographs of the property, both exterior and interior; and of the photographs of the O'Bannon and Johnson families.

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Eleanor O'Day Scrapbooks, 1868-1946 (SP0035)
.5 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 photograph)

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The Eleanor O’Day Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings about members of the O’Day family, and topics that Eleanor O’Day found interesting.

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Charles O'Dell Collection, 1825-1997 (C4265)
4.0 cubic feet (138 folders)

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The papers of a medical librarian for the Ellis-Fischel State Cancer Center, a public school and college instructor in literature, music, and performing arts, and amateur genealogist. The papers focus on genealogical research material, correspondence, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, family group sheets, name lists, scrapbook material, photographs, slides, and other miscellaneous genealogical material.

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Edwin Vincent O'Hara Papers, 1902-1956 (K0091)
16 MR

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The papers of Catholic Archbishop O'Hara begin with his ordination as priest, and conclude with his death as the Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph

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Rose O'Neill Papers, 1863-1990 (SP0026)
2 cubic feet (35 folders)

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The Rose O’Neill Papers consist of the personal correspondence of Rose O’Neill and her family members and friends.    

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Oak Grove Telephone Company Records, 1902-1945 (K0172)
1 MR

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Independent telephone company in Savannah, Andrew County, MO. Includes Minutes, membership lists, and financial records, the Constitution and By-laws of the Company, and a telephone directory for the Andrew County Mutual Telephone Company.

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Oakwood Country Club Records, 1893-1993 (K0397)
2 c.f.

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Begun as the Progressive Club, Oakwood was the primary county club for the Jewish community of Kansas City. Organizational records including minutes from Annual and Board of Directors meetings, financial reports, by-laws, constitutions, and amendments, architectural drawings, correspondence, and photographs.

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Treva Faye Oden Collection, 1887-2010 (C4480)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Copies of newspaper articles and photographs, biographical and historical records for Antioch Christian Church and Grand Prairie Baptist Church located in Callaway County Missouri.

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"Official Welfare Services in Missouri, Their Development and Correlation, 1821 to 1936," MASW, 1821-1936 (C2083)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Report compiled by MASW on state welfare services, particularly correctional and eleemosynary institutions, their historical development, organization, and functions.

Oglesby Coal Company Papers, 1865-1931 (C0150)
0.5 cubic feet

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Deeds, abstracts, and correspondence referring to the sinking of a vertical mine shaft for the Oglesby coal mine, Oglesby, La Salle County, IL. Includes a will of Preserved Smith, Dayton, OH, January 5, 1887.

Ohio Riverboat Diary, 1870 (K0089)
1 v (MR)

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Small annual diary describing daily observations by an unnamed employee of a riverboat on the Ohio River. Includes descriptions of the weather, the health of his family and his evaluation of various entertainments he attended including the theater, camp meetings, and church festivals

Old Appleton Mill Deeds Collection, 1903-1972 (CG0060)
0.1 c.f.

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Seven warranty deeds, two letters, and one legal description of a tract of land related to the sale of property encompassing the former mill at Old Appleton, Missouri

Old Path Association of Baptist Churches Records, 1896-1949 (R0646)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Old Path Association of Baptist Churches Records contain microfilm copies of annual session minutes of the Old Path Association of Baptist Churches in Benton, Hickory, Polk, and St. Clair counties in Missouri. Included are minutes of the meetings, the articles of faith, rules of decorum, lists of churches, officers, and representatives, statistical information, and correspondence with other associations.

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Old Plainsmen Association Records, 1909-1917 (K0531)
0.08 c.f.

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Minute book and other documents relating to an association of men and women who had crossed the American Plains. Also includes "old settlers", early settlers in Jackson County, MO.

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Old Settlers' Association of Jefferson County Papers, 1905-1952 (C1010)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Reports on historic landmarks and events, obituaries of deceased members, records, and correspondence of the association.

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Oliver and Oliver Law Firm Records, 1760-2004 (CG0010)
296 cubic feet

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The Oliver and Oliver Law Firm Papers contain case files and correspondence of the firm from the 1880s to 1980s. This collection also includes the genealogy of the Oliver and Watkins families, family correspondence, and civic involvements with the Boy Scouts of America, Rotary Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and Presbyterian Church. In addition, this collection contains material related to the Little River Drainage District, Oliver Land and Development Company, and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.

Oliver Family Papers, 1805-1977 (C3731)
18.1 cubic feet (1061 folders)

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The papers of a prominent Cape Girardeau, Missouri, family include family and professional correspondence, patriotic organization materials, legal firm records, family financial and legal records, speeches and writings, genealogical materials, information on Missouri State Normal School and First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau, photographs, and miscellany.

Oliver Family Photographs, 1875-1933 (P0250)

Photos from prominent Cape Girardeau families including the Oliver family, Mary Watkins Oliver and Robert Burett Oliver.

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Oral Histories of the Japanese American Community in St. Louis Collection, 1906-1988 (S0682)
7 cubic feet, 68 folders, 1134 photographs, 21 cassette tapes, 8 books, 6 scrapbooks

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The Oral Histories of the Japanese American Community in St. Louis Collection documents the experience of Japanese Americans relocation into internment camps and to what life was like for Japanese Americans post-relocation. It includes tapes and transcripts of the oral history interviews conducted as part of Herm Smith's documentation project, which began in 1984. Also included in the collection are the records of the St. Louis Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen League (JACL), which Smith collected during the project. The JACL materials date from the 1950s to the 1970s, and consist of newsletters, newspaper clippings, financial ledgers, meeting minutes, and correspondence, which document the group’s efforts to protect the civil rights of Japanese Americans.

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Oregon County Masonic Records, 1871-2018 (R1469)
3.25 cubic feet (58 folders, 10 photographs)

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The Oregon County Masonic Records contain materials related to the Masonic lodges and Order of Eastern Star chapters in Thomasville and Alton, Missouri. The Woodside Masonic Lodge No. 387 and the Alton Masonic Lodge No. 255 were the only lodges in Oregon County, Missouri. These materials include meeting minutes, membership lists, financial records, bylaws, photographs, and membership petitions.

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William J. Orr Papers, 1899-1940 (R0857)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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These papers deal mostly with the conviction, appeal , and later the death of J. F. Kennedy, a train-robber. William J. Orr was an attorney for the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway, and later the St. Louis-San Fransisco Railway, who prosecuted Kennedy in 1899. Also included is an obituary of Orr from the Springfield, Missouri News Leader.

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Osage River Resevoir Region, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1891-1999 (P1129)

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An artifical collection of photographs of the counties surrounding Truman Resevoir and Lake of the Ozarks: Henry, St. Clair, Benton, Hickory, Morgan, Camden, and Miller counties.

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Osage Valley Bank (Warsaw, Mo.) Minute Book, 1908-1917 (C2321)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes of board of directors meetings, including financial statements.

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