Regenhardt Family Papers, 1809-1980 (CG0036)
1.2 c. f.
The Regenhardt Family Papers include Civil War muster rolls of the 56th Enrolled Missouri Militia, McNeely family Bible records, Regenhardt Construction Company papers related to the building of Academic Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, and postcards of Academic Hall.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection, 1917-1990s (CA6608)
4.75 cubic feet, 28 oversize items
Addition of correspondence, photographs, school papers, business papers, women’s extension club records, and miscellaneous material of a family from Higginsville, Missouri, that owned Rehkop Studio in Higginsville, Concordia, and Sweet Springs, Missouri.
Addie Henry Reick Diary, 1910 (C0556)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary kept by Addie Henry Reick of a trip from Seattle, Washington, to Ophir, Alaska, May 1 to June 30, 1910. Reick wrote the journal for relatives and friends in Missouri. A map showing the route is filed with the diary.
Dudley A. Reid Papers, 1898-1958 (C3855)
2.0 cubic feet (101 folders, 3 volumes)
Papers of Dudley Alver Reid, an editor and publisher of weekly newspapers in Missouri and Iowa. The papers consist of correspondence, miscellaneous material and scrapbooks.
Loren D. Reid Papers, c. 1900-1992 (C3946)
6.8 cubic feet
Personal and professional papers of a professor of speech at the University of Missouri-Columbia, include correspondence; manuscripts of two of his books, HURRY HOME WEDNESDAY and FINALLY IT'S FRIDAY; other writings and speeches; and travel memorabilia.
"Reminiscenses of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade", 1918 (C3363)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a copy of a typescript of reminiscences by Lieutenant Young, C.S.A., of Paris, Kentucky, recounting the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Dalton, Dallas, Atlanta, and Jonesboro.
Arthur B. Remley Papers, 1875-1937 (C4659)
0.4 cubic feet (6 folders)
Lecture notes and account books of a Ray County, Missouri, farmer who attended the University of Missouri in the 1870s.
Renault Lead Company Records, 1900-1917 (R1300)
(1 oversize volume)
This is a record book showing lead ore received by the Renault Lead Company, from mines at Palmer in Washington County, Missouri. Entries record the date, mine origin, miner, hauler, and price paid per thousand pounds of mineral from April 3, 1900 through March 4, 1917.
Renfrow Retirement Scrapbook, 1918, 1945-1958 (CG0067)
0.5 c.f.
A scrapbook created by Louis H. Renfrow with various documents related to the retirement of Renfrow from his position as the civilian Deputy Director of the Selective Service. The scrapbook contains correspondence from friends and colleagues discussing his retirement. Additionally, there are photographs from colleges and special events. There is additional documentation of Renfrow’s career in the form of newspaper and magazine articles.
Renshaw and McLin Family Papers, 1845-2000 (SP0087)
4 cubic feet (61 folders, 3 volumes, 1 oversize box)
The Renshaw and McLin Family Papers contain the personal papers of the Renshaw and McLin families of Cave Spring, Missouri, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, and genealogical material. The collection also consists of records related to Mount Zion Presbyterian Church located in Cave Spring.
Reppy-Frissell-Drake Family Papers, 1860-1930 (C0155)
0.1 cubic feet
Personal correspondence of a DeSoto, Missouri, family concerning the Civil War, relatives in the east, and family news. Additional Frissell family papers are available at the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis.
The Research, 1915-1916 (C0826)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains three issues of a University of Missouri student newspaper for November 1915 and January and April 1916. Articles include information on athletics department, sportsmanship, and fraternity and sorority activities.
Reynolds Family Papers, 1875-1997 (CG0007)
2.6 cubic feet
The Reynolds Family Papers contain photographs, correspondence, reel to reel films, and other papers related to the Reynolds family of Morehouse, Missouri from 1875-1997.
Fannie A. (Mrs. Sidney) Reynolds Scrapbook, 1880-1911 (K0411)
0.1 c.f.
Clippings of poetry, stories (religious, holiday, morals, children), news stories from around the United States and Europe, stories of famous people, histories of various things (animals, potatoes, gold leaf, etc) Grover Cleveland, and homilies.
A. Stacy Rhodes Collection, 1834-1940 (C3780)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains miscellaneous letters between Rhodes family members and genealogical notes on the Rhodes family. A. Stacy Rhodes was a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.
Ribeau Family Papers, 1870-1982 (R0101)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Ribeau Family Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, tax receipts, and miscellaneous records of an African-American family in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. They lived in a historic poteaux-en-terre house built in 1778.
Edwin Stanton Rice Papers, 1851-1947 (C0397)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
John Dubois' membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, April 7, 1851; Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia Railroad Company, freight ticket, 1863; letter, 1900, concerning Springfield, MO, freight office; and letter to a Springfield daily newspaper from Rice, 1947, with early Missouri historical notes.
Harry and Opal Mae Rice Postcard Collection, 1909-1946 (P0497)
18 postcards
Postcards of Missouri scenes: St. Joseph, Gallatin, Lebanon, Slater, Maryville, Branson, Jefferson City, Sedalia, St. Louis, and Kansas City.
John A. Rich Diaries, 1884-1943 (C0898)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Diaries kept by a lawyer and judge who was a resident of Slater, Saline County, Missouri. General home affairs, his law practice, religion, the Southern Methodist Church, politics, travel, business, bank failures, and improvements made over the years. Also includes genealogical material.
John Edward Richards Legal Papers, 1860-1936 (C2155)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Legal papers of J.E. Richards of Moscow Mills, MO, his immediate family, contemporaries, and descendants. Stock certificates, leases, deeds, insurance policy, and bills.
John Edward Richards Papers, 1861-1938 (C2163)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers of John Edward Richards contain two account books relating primarily to personal, household, and farm expenditures and to the wages and maintenance of manual labor, 1888-1929. The collection includes miscellaneous legal papers, including deeds, personal bills, and canceled checks.
Mary Robards Richardson Inventory Book, 1913-1917 (C1217)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Includes account of real and personal property belonging to Mary Robards Richardson of Louisville, KY.
Richmond Heights Historical Society Records, 1900-2013 (S0274)
21 cubic feet
The Richmond Heights Historical Society (RHHS) Records contain photographs, scrapbooks, newsletters, plat maps, newspaper clippings, and correspondence collected by RHHS’s volunteers documenting the history and culture of Richmond Heights from the 1900s to the present. Materials of interest include maps of Richmond Heights’ area subdivisions, including the names of homeowners. The materials in this collection date from 1900 to 2013.
Ray S. Richmond Papers, 1914-1984 (S0553)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 scrapbook, 14 photographs
Ray Richmond was born in Fillmore, Illinois on June 5, 1896. He played minor league baseball for the Bloomers of Bloomington, Illinois before joining the St. Louis Browns in 1920 and 1921. Richmond played eight games for the Browns and had a lifetime record of two wins and one loss. He died in DeSoto, Missouri on December 21, 1969. Scrapbook primarily documents Richmond’s baseball career, with two letters from 1983 and 1984.
Richwoods Mining Company Collection, 1911 (R1042)
(1 folder)
This is a certificate for four shares of stock in the Richwoods Mining Company, whose chief office was at Richwoods in Washington County, Missouri. The certificate was issued to Harley Ballard on August 30, 1911.
Rickman Family Papers, 1778-1978 (C4177)
0.6 cubic feet (34 folders)
The papers consist of genealogical materials pertaining to the Rickman and corollary families [Fristoe, Henderson, Higgins, Tatum, Thomas, Twyman, Wilson] of North Carolina, Virginia, and St. Clair County, Missouri. The material includes genealogical charts and corresponding notebook, birth announcements, census records, death certificates and obituaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. 1778-1978.
William E. Rider Papers, 1893-1953 (K0014)
0.3 c.f.; 23 folders
Correspondence which Rider, a farmer in Pettis County, MO., received from family and friends concerning farming and personal matters.
Julia B. Slemons Harrison Riedel Papers, 1600-1990 (K1022)
5 c.f.
Genealogical research on the Slemons, Gardner, Lyles, also biography, Brigadier General William F. Slemons. C.S.A.: His Ancestors and Descendants, by Riedel
Riggs Photograph Collection, 1911 (P1053)
Six mounted photographs of the Moran Bolt & Nut Manufacturing Company and vicinity, St. Louis, taken May 2-3, 1911.
Riley Family Papers, 1909-1968 (C3837)
0.4 cubic feet (14 folders)
Papers of John Willard Riley, Jr., concerning his research into his family genealogy. The papers were given to Gerald M. Petty who used them in the writing of his book, Petty, Wright, Riley and Other Related Families. The papers consist of correspondence, charts, newspaper clippings and notes.
Riley Family Papers, 1855-1967 (CG0065)
3.5 c.f.
Financial, legal, and personal documents produced mainly by Henry C. Riley, Sr., H.C. Riley, Jr, and other Riley family members. Other materials, including a plat map book and business ledgers, were created by Charles C. Bock, Riley Bock’s paternal grandfather. There is also a printed photograph, a circuit judge commission, a large map of judicial circuit courts in Missouri, and microfilm rolls for the donor’s historical research.
Issie J. Ringolsky Papers, 1894-1915 (K0993)
1 c.f.
Ringolsky was a partner with David I. White in the Ringolsky & White law firm. Includes case files for clients were business owners in Kansas City, several of whom were involved in the garment industry.
Gervice Gates Ripley and Clinton H. Gates Photograph Collection, 1916 (P0567)
panoramic photos of the 1st Missouri at Laredo, Texas, September 1916
Alice Cary Risley Papers, 1857-1991, bulk 1863-1939 (R0478)
(1 roll of microfilm)
This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Alice Cary Risley, a volunteer nurse for the Union army in New Orleans during the Civil War, and a postwar resident of West Plains, Missouri. Risley was active in the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. She corresponded with members of these organizations and with former soldiers.
Ritter and Howard Families Papers, 1850-1956 (R0100)
1 cubic foot (50 folders, 6 volumes, 3 oversize volumes)
The Ritter and Howard Families Papers contains correspondence, legal records, business papers, and miscellaneous materials of the Ritter and Howard families of Jasper County, Missouri. Included are mining lease and drill records, and records of the Stone School District. Three generations of two families are represented in this collection.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter Papers, 1839-1929, 1962 (C1779)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter Papers contain photocopies of the papers of a German immigrant and the Ritter family of Shelby County, Missouri. The papers include obituaries, poetry, recipes, accounts, correspondence, naturalization documents, Ritter's will, and other papers. The collection is in German and English and is part of the German Heritage Archives.
Richard Ritter Papers, 1856-1920 (C3473)
1 roll of microfilm (5 folders)
Commission as clerk of circuit court; commission as captain of Company A, 28th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers; subsequent commissions as lieutenant-colonel and colonel; mustering out rolls, limited correspondence, tax receipts, and various land deeds. Two diaries, will, and correspondence.
Amanda Elizabeth Evans Rivard Papers, 1919-1980 (K0149)
0.08 c.f. (4 folders)
Photocopied scrapbook, including photographs of homes Rivard designed and newspaper clippings related to her career as a woman architect in Kansas City, MO.
Riverside Inn Records, circa 1910 (R0870)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This is a brochure for the Riverside Inn on the Elk River near Elk Springs in McDonald County, Missouri. It includes four photographs of the resort and descriptive text.
Riverside School, Butler County, Missouri, 1910 (R1239)
(1 folder)
This is a souvenir of the Winter Term, 1910, for the Riverside School in Butler County, Missouri. Farrar Foster was the teacher and J.D. Mercer, R.P. Neel, and W. A. Cravens were directors of the local school district.
Cornelius Roach Speeches, 1915-1930 (C0157)
0.3 cubic feet
Contains the speeches of Cornelius Roach, secretary of the state of Missouri, 1909-1916, and editor of the JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
James A. Roark Papers, 1896-1936 (C2645)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters and papers concerning Roark's employment on the Missouri, Gasconade, and Osage Rivers, 1896-1917; federal employees. Two river guide booklets; Missouri rivers, 1901, Ohio River, n.d. Broadside on the State Democratic Convention, St. Louis, 1940. Two David Lawrence clippings on federal wage controls, 1942.
John Lewis RoBards Papers, 1832-1922 (C3609)
0.2 cubic feet (15 folders)
Papers and genealogy of a prominent lawyer, writer and orator of Hannibal, Missouri. Includes incomplete journal of overland trip to California in 1849.
Annie Louise Roberts Papers, 1910s (CA5976)
3 folders
Court documents, insurance papers, abstracts, and financial papers of the St. Joseph, Missouri resident, dating to the 1910s.
C.C. Roberts Railroad Collection, 1866-1922 (C4212)
1.5 cubic feet (65 folders)
Stock transfers; receipts; meeting minutes; vouchers; invoices; certificates; business proposals; court cases; agreements; construction specifications; articles of incorporation; accounts; reports; and balance sheets, etc. of numerous railroad companies. Also includes material from the Missouri and Arkansas Lumber and Mining Company and a builder/general contractor.
Ollie and Edna Roberts Postcard Collection, 1909-1970 (CA6747)
0.2 cubic feet
Postcards of buildings, structures, parks and scenery around Missouri. The postcards were collected by Ollie and Edna Roberts.
William George Roberts Papers, 1908-1962 (R1386)
0.25 cubic foot (11 folders, 23 photographs)
The William George Roberts Papers contain early correspondence between Sarah, Carrol, Emma, and Andrew Roberts. The collection also includes correspondence and papers involving William G. Roberts during his service in World War II. Also included are photographs from his military service and personal papers involving William G. Roberts' life before and after the war.
George A.S. Robertson Papers, 1918-1987 (C4312)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of a former World War I fighter pilot and later Deputy Superintendent of Insurance contain biographical and genealogical data on George A.S. Robertson and the Robertson and related family.
Orral Messmore Robidoux Diary, 1918 (C2626)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of the Robidoux and Messmore families, childhood memories of farm life in nineteenth-century Middle West, and comments on contemporary Kansas City.
Paul McDonald Robinett Scrapbooks, 1897-1974 (C3620)
0.8 cubic feet (60 folders)
Correspondence, clippings, writings, speeches and notes pertaining to Brigadier General Robinett of Mountain Grove, Missouri, who, with his brother Frank, compiled material on his army career.