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Moulder Family Papers, 1873-1987 (CG0012)
0.2 c.f.
Photographs, papers, and letters from the Thomas Valentine Moulder, Wilbur J. Moulder, and Frances Valentine Moulder family from Scott County, Missouri.
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Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Randolph County, Mo.) Records, 1873-1979 (C3785)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
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.
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Mount Carmel Methodist Church (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1927-1979 (CA6239)
0.8 cubic feet
Meeting minutes, ledgers, correspondence, and miscellaneous records of a church in Marshall, Missouri, 1927-1979.
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Mount Gilead Church Records, 1853-1983 (K0165)
0.4 c.f. (5 folders)
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.
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Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Records, 1847-circa 1967 (R0382)
0.06 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Records contain photocopies of minutes of meetings, 1847-1909, and membership records, circa 1852-1967, 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.
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Mount Pleasant United Baptist Church (Hartsburg, Mo.) Records, 1858-1950 (C2990)
2 rolls of microfilm
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.
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Mount Vernon Bank (Mount Vernon, Mo.) Papers, 1882-1929 (C0143)
1.2 cubic feet, 1 roll of microfilm
Records of a bank liquidated on 24 July 1929. Includes documents left at bank by depositors, claims against the bank, and inventory of bank at its closure. Volumes are on microfilm.
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Mount Zion Association of Primitive Baptists Annual Session Minutes, 1926 (C0455)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Printed minutes of the 85th annual session of the association held at Bethlehem Church, Cooper County, MO. Includes names of churches and their pastors in the association in addition to minutes of the meeting.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1830-1948 (C3036)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes, a photograph of the church, and member information.
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Mt. Zion Methodist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1901-1972 (C4310)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
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.
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Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Delta Chapter Records, 1926-1986 (C4225)
0.4 cubic feet, (19 folders), 8 volumes
Scrapbooks, correspondence, manuals, meeting minutes, memorial foundation guides, and photographs relating to the history and events of the Phi Delta Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, a music honorary for women.
Siegmar Muehl Collection, 1778-1992 (C4075)
0.25 cubic feet (7 folders)
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.
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James E. Mueller Collection, 1877-2002 (SP0103)
16 cubic feet (444 folders, 719 photographs, 10,397 slides, 13 glass plate negatives)
The James E. Mueller Collection contains personal and professional photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Joplin, Missouri, photographer James Evans Mueller. The collection also includes Mueller’s personal papers.
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- Advertising
- Air Transportation
- Architecture
- Automobiles and Highways
- Banking
- Boats and Waterways
- Business and Industry
- Children and Youth
- Education
- Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife
- Family and Personal Papers
- Media
- Performing and Visual Arts
- Photographs
- Railroads and Railways
- Real Estate
- Recreation and Sports
- Transportation
- Travel and Description
Frederic B. Mumford Photograph Collection, 1904-1936 (P0960)
Photographs collected by Frederic B. Mumford, primarily related to his career in agriculture
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Frederick B. Mumford Papers, 1893-1947 (C0040)
2 cubic feet (164 folders)
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.
Daniel L. and Edith B. Mumpower Papers, 1913-1964 (C3900)
0.8 cubic feet (29 folders)
Correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous papers of Methodist missionaries to the Belgian Congo. The Mumpower family along with two other couples were the first white missionaries to the Otetela village of Wembo-Nyama in the central region of the Belgian Congo (now Zaire).
Municipal League of Metro St. Louis Records, 1918-2020 (S0279)
1.25 cubic feet
The Municipal League of Metro St. Louis records consists of member meeting minutes relating to the organization's mission to improve St. Louis County residents' lives by fostering cooperation among St. Louis County government and municipalities. Topics of interest include the League's lobbying of state and federal government for legislation designed to help municipalities better serve their residents, including the proposed implementation of an internet sales tax and the removal of radioactive waste stored in St. Louis City and County. Interspersed throughout the meeting minutes are resolutions, reports, and policy statements regarding recreational opportunities for at-risk youth in St. Louis County, solid waste management policy, and local control of municipal affairs in light of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's restrictions on businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also included in the collection is a history of the League, written by Charles W. Sisler, a former Crestwood council member (1977-1991). The materials in this collection date from 1918 to 2020.
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Ralph W. Murphy Collection of Photographs, 1884-1966 (P0767)
9 photographs
Photos of Newton County by Murphy's Studio, including the Ritchey Mansion in Newtonia, Newtonia Battlefield, the Herman Jaeger property near Neosho, and Jolly Mill near Granby.
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Murray/Goede Collection, 1927-1968 (S0802)
0.4 cubic foot, 4 folders, 159 photographs
The Murray/Goede Collection contains photographs of the St. Louis County area between 1927 and 1975, including photos of the 1927 flood in Fenton, Missouri.
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Musical Research Club Records, 1913-1983 (S0496)
4.25 cubic feet, 20 volumes, 4 microfilm rolls
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Musicians' Association of St. Louis Records, 1890-2015 (S0746)
22 cubic feet
The Musicians' Association of St. Louis Records contain meeting minutes, newsletters, membership files, and correspondence documenting its efforts to advocate and protect musicians' workplace rights in recording studios, tours, nightclubs, and the symphony stage.
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Clara Louise Myers Papers, 1911-1988 (C4012)
57 cubic feet (1419 folders), 2 audio cassettes, 6 audio tapes
The papers of Clara Louise Myers consist mainly of professional material, including course materials for classes she taught at the University of Missouri's School of Social Work. The collection also documents her participation in a variety of professional and community organizations, as well as aspects of her personal life, including her graduate education in social work.
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Elsa Louise Nagel Papers, 1905-1973 (C3910)
0.8 cubic feet (25 folders)
The papers of an associate professor of German at the University of Missouri from 1926 to 1966 include correspondence with family, friends, and soldiers during World War I and World War II. The correspondence from World War II is with former Univer¬sity of Missouri students at domestic armed forces bases and in the European and Pacific theaters of war. 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)
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.
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Nahm-Mueller Family Photographs, 1880s-1920 (C1798)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photocopies and 35mm negatives of fifteen photographs of a Hermann, Missouri, family. Part of the German Heritage Archives.
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Napoleon W. Dible Company Records, 1927-1957 (K1307)
3.25 c.f.
The records of Napoleon W. Dible Company contain architectural drawings, job specifications and abstracts of title for properties built by the N.W. Dible Company of Kansas City.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Missouri Branch Papers, 1912-1950 (C3565)
0.1 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers contain yearbooks, programs, and convention materials of the Missouri branch of an organization formed to promote the welfare of children, home, school, church, and state. The organization is generally called P.T.A.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Rolla Circle Records, 1927-1930 (R0492)
0.03 cubic foot (1 volume)
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Rolla Circle Records contains a minute book of the Rolla chapter of the larger national organization.
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National Council of Jewish Women, St. Louis Section Records, 1895-1984 (S0443)
84 cubic feet, 7 audio tapes, 45 volumes, 195 folders, 513 photographs
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.
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National Federation of Press Women Records, 1910-2020 (C3973)
5.0 cubic feet, 16 audio cassettes, 3 rolls of microfilm, 537 MB of digital files
Records of an organization consisting of affiliated state professional associations of press women, which promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes correspondence of officers, annual convention materials, histories of the organization and its members, publications, and affiliate information.
National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of Missouri, Columbia Committee Record Book, 1928-1976 (C4713)
0.2 cubic foot (1 folder)
Secretary's minute book of committee meetings.
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Native Sons of Kansas City Collection, 1790-1990 (K0465)
30 c.f.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Robert F. Neathery Collection, 1903-2001 (R1112)
2 cubic feet (65 folders)
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.
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Clyde B. Neibarger Papers, 1920-1963 (K0681)
4 c.f.
Neibarger was at one time music editor Kansas City Star. Includes correspondence, clippings and typed manuscripts of Neibarger's reviews, and programs
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John G. Neihardt Letters, 1912-1925 (C3074)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters from Neihardt to George Sterling, California poet. In these letters Neihardt discusses what he is writing, comments on and praises Sterling's work, and tells Sterling of his personal philosophy and about routine events. The originals of these letters are held by the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
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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)
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)
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)
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, 1904-1967 (C2511)
3.0 cubic feet
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.
Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1862-1945 (C0148)
0.2 cubic feet
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.
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George N. Nelson Record Books, 1914-1920 (C0296)
3 oversize volumes
Three record books of a small country store in Buford, Baxter County, Arkansas. Itemized customer accounts for merchandise, groceries, farm products, and gasoline. Nelson was a farmer and postmaster as well as owner of the general store and cotton gin.
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Oscar David Nelson Papers, 1914-1980 (K0069)
58 c.f.
Personal, including his philanthropic work, his personal investments, travel and general correspondence, and professional papers of former chairman of the board of Butler Manufacturing Company
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Mary Carol Neth Papers, 1927-2004 (C4040)
8.0 cubic feet (251 folders), 15 audio cassettes, 4 card files
The professional papers of Mary C. Neth, created during her research of rural women's history of the Midwest and the history of American tap dance consists of research material, essays, newspaper clippings, photographs, conference materials, professional correspondence, and other papers. The collection also includes various documents related to the activities of the Rural Women's Studies Association, of which Neth was a founding member.
New Age Federal Savings and Loan Association Records, 1915-1967 (S0053)
4 cubic feet, 14 ledgers, 3 rolls microfilm
The New Age Federal Savings and Loan Association records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, ledgers, newsletters, and programs documenting the organization's mission to provide African-American St. Louisans with loans to buy homes.
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New England Society of St. Louis Program, 1923 (C0629)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Program of the 38th annual reunion of the New England Society of St. Louis, held at Hotel Chase in St. Louis, Missouri.
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New Hope Baptist Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Record Book, 1869-1924 (C3075)
1 roll of microfilm
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.
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New Hope Baptist Church, Peace Valley, Missouri Records, 1886-1990 (R0484)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The New Hope Baptist Church, Peace Valley, Missouri Records contain the records of the New Hope Baptist Church in Peace Valley, Howell County, Missouri. The collection includes minutes of meetings, membership records, treasurer’s reports, and a history of the church to 1985.
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New Providence Presbyterian Church (Guthrie, Mo.) Records, 1823-1964 (C4213)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders)
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.