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Thomas F. McDonald Papers, 1912-1971 (S0928)
1 cubic foot
The papers of Thomas F. McDonald contain correspondence, yearbook pages, and personal papers pertaining to McDonald's law career and presidency of the St. Louis Bar Association.
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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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W.H. McGinness Union Station Postcard Collection, 1915 (P0830)
Ten illustrated postcards of Union Station in Kansas City, ca. 1915.
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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.
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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John W. McLoed Papers, 1915-1921, 1976-1987 (C4395)
0.4 cubic feet (5 folders), 1 volume
Photographs of University of Missouri student John W. McLoed and fellow students; photographs of the Farmers Liberty Fair, 1918; scrapbook with entries by MU students along with assorted event invitations, dance cards, athletic events, commencements, and freshman humor.
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Olive Gilbreath McLorn Papers, 1915-1934 (C3477)
0.8 cubic feet (47 folders)
Letters to Olive Gilbreath from William L. Cazalet, a British businessman living in Russia. Primarily love letters but also include impressions of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and British refugees from Russia.
William Fletcher McMurry Papers, 1885-1934 (C3487)
4.0 cubic feet (76 folders, 12 volumes)
Correspondence, sermon notes, sermons, pastor's books, daybooks, and scrapbooks of a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, bishop, and president of Central College, Fayette, 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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Mrs. Ken McQuitty Photograph Collection, 1910, no date (P1069)
Photographic postcards of the Dorn-Cloney Laundry & Dry Cleaning delivery wagon, and a marching band parading down Broadway, 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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Emory Melton Papers, 1880-1980 (SP0065)
20 cubic feet
The Emory Melton Papers contain the personal and professional papers of attorney and long-time state Senator Emory Melton of Cassville, Missouri.
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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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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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"Memories of My Life," Alexander Warfield Walker, 1914 (C3163)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Autograph and typed manuscripts of autobiography, and revision.
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Menorah Medical Center Records, 1919-2004 (K1077)
43 c.f.
Records relating to the Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary, to land transactions of the Medical Center, and to the history and public relation of Menorah Hospital, established by the Jewish community in in 1930.
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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.
Willa Henbest Mermoud Photograph Collection, 1910, no date (P0762)
4 photographs
Copy photos of a teachers institute in Exeter, ca. 1900, and the David W. Courdin home in Monett.
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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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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Southwest Missouri Conference Records, 1880-1925 (R0552)
0.25 cubic foot (3 folders, 20 booklets)
These are published minutes of the annual sessions of the Southwest Missouri Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Included are membership rolls and assignments, minutes, reports, obituaries, and statistics.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Annual Conference Records, 1911-1939 (R0553)
3 volumes
These are published minutes of annual sessions of the St. Louis Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, for the years 1911, 1938, and 1939. The volume for 1939 includes minutes of the
first session of the Conference as part of the unified Methodist Church. Included are membership rolls and
assignments, minutes, reports, obituaries, and statistics.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Wet Glaize Class, Camden County, Missouri Records, 1889-1921 (R0757)
(1 folder)
This is a record book of the Wet Glaize Class, presumably a Sunday School, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The class probably met in Camden County, Missouri.
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Methodist Episcopal Church-South, Southwest Missouri Conference Records, 1919-1967, bulk 1919-1925 (R0636)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Methodist Episcopal Church-South, Southwest Missouri Conference Records contain photocopies of records from the Jasper Circuit in the Joplin District, which was a part of the Southwest Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church-South. Included are a Quarterly Conference Record of the Jasper Circuit, 1919-1923, and miscellaneous papers, 1919-1967.
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Metropolitan Area League of Women Voters Collection, 1919-1987 (S0248)
34 cubic feet, 1021 folders, 26 photographs
This collection contains reports, correspondence newspaper clippings, and meeting minutes from several St. Louis area chapters of the League of Women Voters. The chapters include Kirkwood, University City, Webster Groves, North County, St. Louis County, metro, Clayton, and Central County.
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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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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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Alberta J. Meyer Papers, 1913-2018 (C4413)
0.8 cubic feet (19 folders), 1 computer disc, 1 DVD
Professional and family papers, including many photographs, from the life of public servant and feminist Alberta J. Meyer.
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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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Walter E. Meyer Papers, 1889-1958 (C2638)
54.4 cubic feet
The papers of Walter E. Meyer contain materials collected and used by Meyer in several suits on behalf of the minority stockholders of St. Louis Southwestern Railroad (Cotton Belt).
Dr. Roy E. Meyers Photograph Collection, 1881-1950 (P0709)
9 photographs
Photos of mining, carriages, and street scenes in Joplin, MO. Image of street scene in Carthage, MO, ca. 1900.
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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 County Exchange Bank (Olean, Mo.) Records, 1914-1944 (CA4949)
1 cubic foot
Minutes, correspondence, monthly reports, financial statements, and similar records of the bank.
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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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George C. Miller Photograph Collection, 1910-1960 (P0081)
4 photographs
1974 color photo of Conley House, Columbia, MO. 2 b/w fashion photos, a wedding dress and "ornate" gown. B/w cabinet card of two unnamed children from St. Joseph, MO.