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Elizabeth Kennedy Photograph Collection, 1901-1940 (P0325)
13 photographs

Six photographs of Joe Tapley of Bowling Green and groups he was involved with at the University of Missouri, including Zeta Chi fraternity, Mechanical Engineering, and ROTC.

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Lyle Kennedy Papers, 1885-1983 (K0050)
6 c.f.

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Research notes and papers, maps, books, newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides related to local historian Kennedy's studies of Kansas City history.

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F.B. Kennett Letter, 1914 (C3096)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a photocopy of a letter to William G. Boyce, Plattin, MO, from Mammoth Spring, AR, Oct. 14, 1914, concerning the genealogy of the Kennett family in Washington County, MO, and the history of purchases of the Kennett property.

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Thomas Henry Kenny Papers, 1816-1997 (C4131)
5 cubic feet

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The papers of a real estate broker, author, artist, treasure hunter, researcher, entrepreneur, and overall Renaissance man include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, publications, photographs, postcards, newspaper articles, and artistic material.

Kensinger Family Papers, 1856-1920 (C3712)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The papers largely contain correspondence between members of an Ohio family that began settling in western Missouri in the early 1850s. The collection also includes property tax receipts and miscellaneous family papers.

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Keith Kerby Photograph Collection, 1870-1976 (P0229)
0.42 linear feet

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Various images of Glenwood and Lancaster, Missouri including street scenes, churches, schools, train wrecks, and gatherings.

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Susan Kerckhoff Papers, 1900-2014 (S0290)
4.15 cubic feet

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The collection primarily consists of Susan Kerckhoff and her mother, Ruth Kerckhoff's diaries. Ruth Kerckhoff's diaries recounted Susan Kerckhoff's marriage to John Mulligan on June 27, 1959; the death of her husband, Otto Alexander Kerchkhoff, whose family founded Pevely Farms, on April 21, 1966; and social outings, including her service as a matron at  Veiled Prophet Ball in 1959. Other items of interest include a scrapbook documenting Susan Kerckhoff's experiences as a maid of honor for the Veiled Prophet Ball in 1956.

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Kerl Family Photographs, 1899-1929 (P0686)

Photographs of the Kerl family of Osage County, MO.

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George Edward Kessler Papers, 1886-1923 (K0355)
1 c.f.

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Personal and business papers of George Kessler, noted landscape and city planning architect who among many national and international projects designed the Kansas City, Missouri, park and boulevard system. (Microfilm from the Missouri History Museum.)

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Ketterlin-Sommerhauser Family Papers, c. 1915-1982 (CA6662)
1 folder

The papers of a family from Tipton, Missouri, contain German song lyrics, a biographical sketch of Sister Mary Fedelis (Josepha Sommerhauser), autobiographical writings by Pauline Sommerhauser Ketterlin, a transcribed letter from Joseph Sommerhauser, and a booklet commemmorating the 25th anniversary of the St. Andrew's Catholic Church Benevolent Society.

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Keystone View Company Photograph Collection, circa 1914 (R1099)
(1 folder)

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This is a stereoscopic photographic view of apple harvesting in the Ozark region of Missouri published by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

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John Kiefner Collection, 1819-1912 (C0352)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains photostats of a miscellany of Perry County documents; legal papers concerning real estate; training and apprehension of enslaved persons, taxes, Civil War, loyalty of public officials; politics, 1850, 1896-1912; Missouri military orders during the Civil War.

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Joseph C. and Charles A. Killian Papers, 1821-1935 (C0124)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)

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Legal papers and letters of J.C. Killian and his son, Perry County, MO, lawyers. Diary of J.C. Killian describes people of Perryville. Also material on early German immigration.

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Charles Newton Kimball Papers, 1911-1991 (K0055)
44 c.f.

Personal and professional papers of a scientist, civic leader, and president of the Midwest Research Institute encompassing a range of economic and community development activities regionally and nationally.

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Warren Kimsey Papers, 1915-1934 (C3747)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of Warren Kimsey contain correspondence, stories, press releases, and histories of a Missouri-born short story writer.

Albert Aven Kinder Papers, 1919-1967, 2012 (CG0005)
0.2 cubic feet

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The Albert Aven Kinder Papers contains photographs, yearbook pages, and correspondence between members of the Kinder family. There are 29 photographs of the Kinder family from 1919 to 1967, yearbook pages from The Girardot (Central High School), The Sagamore (Southeast Missouri State University), The Savitar (University of Missouri-Columbia), and correspondence to Sherrill Kinder Wright from Marcia Kinder Geer and Edna Kinder Anderson.

Kinderpost, Missouri Collection, circa 1910-1982 (R0107)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Kinderpost, Missouri Collection contains materials on the post office and community at Kinderpost in Texas County, Missouri. Included are two photographs, an illustrated article by Priscilla Bradford, and a three-page memoir on the postal system in Texas County by Ellery P. Bradford.

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King's Daughters. Kate Thompson Circle (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1894-2006 (C4699)
1.7 cubic feet (40 folders)

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Minutes of meetings, 1912-1914, 1922-1923; program, 1919; constitution and by-laws, and miscellaneous pamphlets.

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George King Papers, 1778-1924 (C0125)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of a family from Boone and Callaway Counties, Missouri, contain genealogy, correspondence, legal papers, and a newspaper, The Connecticut Courant, from 1778.

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Roy T. King Photograph Collection, 1885-1957 (P0099)
0.5 linear feet

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Photographs of Columbia, primarily 1927-1941 and including the University of Missouri, fraternity and sorority houses, Broadway and downtown, Stephens College, homes, and aerial views. Additional images of Boone County, Rocheport, the Ozarks, and Cooper, Iron and Jackson County buildings, people and miscellaneous places. Many of the photographs in this collection are by Leon Waughtel.

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Kingsbury Family Papers, 1903-1983 (C4346)
3.0 cubic feet (78 folders, 2 volumes)

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Correspondence of Lilburn A. Kingsbury to family members over a period of many years. Also scrapbook material containing marriage announcements, commencements, obituaries, death notices, and other items of Kingsbury family genealogy. Material on mule boat trip Lilburn took in 1928. Also two volume compilation of Lilburn Kingsbury's correspondence made by his nephew, Warren T. Kingsbury.

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Lilburn A. Kingsbury Collection, 1816-1983 (C3724)
9.2 cubic feet (528 folders), 16 oversize volumes, 6 card files, 4 rolls of microfilm

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The personal papers and collected materials of Lilburn A. Kingsbury of Howard County, Missouri. Kingsbury was an insurance agent, farmer, orchardist, bank clerk, local historian, writer, genealogist, musician, and antique collector.

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King’s Daughters and Sons, Missouri Branch Records, 1890-1979 (C4254)
2.4 cubic feet (33 folders), 7 oversize items

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The records of the King's Daughters and Sons, Missouri Branch, contain scrapbooks of the Missouri branch of the International Order of King's Daughters and Sons. They also include records of the Missouri Branch's retirement home in Mexico, Missouri, including scrapbooks, applications, minute books of meetings for building expansion, and financial records.

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Kinloch History Committee Records, 1916-1983 (S0151)
0.25 cubic feet, 15 folders

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The Kinloch History Committee Records collection documents the effort by the Kinloch History Committee to research the social, political, and economic history of Kinloch, Missouri, before the bulldozing of Kinloch neighborhoods due to the expansion of Lambert Airport in the 1980s. The committee created the manuscript Kinloch: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow to publish the committee's research findings.

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Kinloch Missouri Photograph Collection, 1900-1990 (S0638)
0.25 cubic foot, 4 folders, 155 photographs

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The Kinloch Missouri Photograph Collection contains 155 photographs that document the history of Kinloch Park’s African-American community from the 1890s-1940s, and the all-Black City of Kinloch from its incorporation in 1948 to the 1980s. These photographs include students in school settings, housing, politicians, educators, churches, and historical buildings.

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Kirby-Ridgway-Lightholder Family Papers, 1845-1996, 2003 (C4404)
2.4 cubic feet (48 folders, 1 volume, 5 artifacts), 14 oversize items

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Correspondence, photographs, wills, military records, leases, contracts, and miscellaneous material of the Kirby, Ridgway, Lightholder, and related families. The papers document the lives of a Quaker family from Shelltown, New Jersey, and the life of Col. Ellwood Kirby, who moved westward to Missouri.

Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett Photograph Collection, 1838-1984 (P0178)
0.75 linear feet

283 photographs collected by Kay Kirkman in preparation for Joplin: A Pictorial History by Kay Kirkman and Roger Stinnett (1981).

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Irvin R. and Laura Kirkwood Papers, 1911-1914 (K0439)
0.01 c.f.

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The papers contain four letters written to Irwin and Laura Kirkwood concerning business and domestic affairs.

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Kirtley Family Photographs, 1905-1925 (P0505)
7 photographs

Photo of Kirtley residence ca. 1925, Columbia, MO, and the Kirtley family. Photo of Robert E. Lee Elementary 5th grade class, ca. 1905

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Karl Hickman Klein Collection, 1901-1990 (K0048)
1 c.f.

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The collection contains copies of Letters, news clippings and other items relating to the life and death of noted artist and caricaturist Ralph Barton, Karl Klein's uncle.

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Herbert Kleyboecker Papers, 1918-1919 (SP0039)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders, 5 photographs)

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The Herbert Kleyboecker Papers contain his World War I correspondence from 1918 to 1919. His letters, written to his family in St. Louis, Missouri, contains detailed descriptions of basic training in Kansas, life in camp, opinions on the participation of African-American troops, conscientious objectors, trench warfare, and the treatment of the wounded in allied hospitals.

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Henry Klinge Papers, 1859-1915 (C4323)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Civil War diary, photograph, pension papers, marriage certificate, and passport of Henry Klinge. Also includes a history of the 49th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Louis O. Kloeckner Papers, 1864-1965 (C1797)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photographs and awards regarding Kloeckner's career as a pharmacist. Also Civil War military service and pension records of his father, who had the same name. Part of the German Heritage Archives.

Eugene and Earline Knackstedt Papers, 1880-1980 (S0255)
6 cubic feet

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The Eugene and Earline Knackstedt Papers contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, 16 mm films, and Kodachrome slides relating to the operation of Shaw Camera Shop, owned by Eugene and Earline Knackstedt from the early 1960s until 1985. The materials document the construction of the Arch and the St. Louis Science Center, as well as photographic work Earline Knackstedt performed for the, The United States Army, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Falstaff Brewing Corporation. The materials in this collection date from the 1880s to the 1980s.
 

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Knell Family Photographs, 1884-1967 (P0708)
42 photographs

Copy photos of and relating to the Knell family and Knell Mortuary in Carthage, MO.

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Knife and Fork Club (Kansas City, Mo.) Papers, 1899-1926 (C0127)
0.4 cubic feet (29 folders)

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Programs, clippings, and miscellaneous items of a Kansas City dinner club. Guest speakers included governors, diplomats, educators, ministers, and scientists, among others.

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Knight Family Collection, 1897-1923 (SP0082)
1 cubic foot (8 folders, 12 photographs, 32 glass plate negatives)

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The Knight Family Collection contains a scrapbook created by Pansy Knight, as well as photographs and glass plate negatives. This collection also contains the notebooks and professional papers of Springfield, Missouri, photographer, Carl W. Knight.

Knights of Pythias, Bear Creek, Missouri Records, 1894-1912 (R0343)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Knights of Pythias, Bear Creek Lodge Records contain a record book on microfilm from the Knights of Pythias lodge at Bear Creek in Cedar County, Missouri. The records concern the induction of members and election of officers, purchase of a meeting hall, and distribution of medical benefits.

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Knights of Pythias, Ellsinore, Missouri Records, 1914-1920 (R0605)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Knights of Pythias, Ellsinore, Missouri Records contain microfilm copies of the record books of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Ellsinore in Carter County, Missouri. The volumes include minutes of meetings, records of membership, committee reports, and financial data.

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Knights of Pythias, Ironton Lodge No. 244 Records, 1905-1931 (R0700)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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This collection contains the minute book of Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 244 in Ironton, Iron County, Missouri. Minutes include rolls of officers, membership applications, work in the various ranks, payment of sick benefits, and financial statements.

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Knights of Pythias, Osceola Lodge No. 379 Records, 1909-1914 (R1050)
(1 volume, 1 folder)

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These are a minute book of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Osceola in St. Clair County, Missouri, and portraits of the members in 1910. The minutes begin with the organizational meeting on January 20, 1909 and continue through March 9, 1914. The volume includes amended by-laws, membership roster, rolls of officers, and rules for the club room.

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Knights Templar Grand Commandery Booklet Collection, 1913 (R1251)
(1 folder)

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This is a program booklet for the fifty-second annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the State of Missouri, held a the Masonic Temple in Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, on May 27-28, 1913.

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Gilbert Knipmeyer Papers, 1861-1968 (C4196)
3 cubic feet (196 folders)

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The papers of a former State Archivist for the Secretary of State in Jefferson City, Missouri, and amateur Civil War historian. The papers contain correspondence, research material, newspaper clippings and some photographs. The majority of the collection consists of Civil War research material.

Andrew Christy Knox Papers, 1900-1951 (K0510)
1 c.f.

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Diaries, notebooks, some correspondence, and financial records of Knox, a physician in Kansas City, MO.

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Mary Kochtitzky Photograph Collection, 1890-1915 (P0352)
21 photographs

Late 19th century Osage River views, including surrounding land, boats on the river. Also, photos of the Kochtitzky family.

Koehler and Jorn Families Papers, 1886-1980 (R0230)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Koehler and Jorn Families Papers contain a microfilm copy of the correspondence, biographical materials, and personal papers of Emma Koehler and Charles G. Jorn of Naylor, Ripley County, Missouri. The correspondence, mostly in German, was received from relatives and friends in southern Illinois coal mining towns and from relatives in Bad Tennstedt, Germany.

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Karl L. Koelker Papers, 1896-1948 (R0011)
2 cubic feet (52 oversize folders)

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The Karl L. Koelker Papers contain the negative photocopies of the mining pages form the Sunday issues of the Joplin Daily Globe (later the Joplin Globe), dated from 1896 to 1948. They contain news and production figures for the lead and zinc mining region in southwestern Missouri.

Koetting's Store Records, 1905-1915 (R0030)
(3 rolls of mircofilm)

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The Koetting Store Records contains microfilm copies of daybooks and individual account ledgers from the Koetting's store in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Koetting's handled dry goods, groceries, and hardware.

Kountz Family Papers, 1862-2003 (S1180)
3 cubic feet

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The Kountz Family Papers contains photographs, scrapbooks, yearbooks, certificates, and 8mm home movies documenting the lives of the Kountz family.

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