1920s

Arthur W. Proetz Photograph Collection, 1890-1963 (S0537)
3 cubic feet, 1720 photographs, 1728 negatives

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Arthur W. Proetz was a lifelong resident of St. Louis, a Washington University graduate, and a surgeon. He authored the book "I Remember You St. Louis," which was illustrated with many of his photographs. The collection consists of a variety fo St. Louis scenes and family portraits, including the Worlds Fair and the Veiled Prophet.

"Prosperity Through Soil Building: A Soil Improvement Program for Jackson Co., Mo., 1927," Ira Drymon, 1927 (C2675)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a paper submitted to the contest of the Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Association.

Protestant Christian Council of Springfield, Missouri, Records, 1921-1929 (C1372)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, and lists of members.

Provident Association Collection, 1880-1944 (K1284)
0.3 c.f.

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The collection includes one copy of a document prepared by R.F. Townley in 1944, regarding the history of the Provident Association.

Provident Behavioral Health Records, 1848-2002 (S0360)
26 cubic feet, 16 microfilm rolls

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The Provident Behavioral Health Records contain annual reports, meeting minutes, press releases, scrapbooks, presentations, videotapes, relating to mental health and social services in the St. Louis Area. Found in 1860 by James Yeatman, Provident Behavioral Health's mission is mental health services to St. Louis area residents. The collection also contains the records of Provident's predecessor organizations: The Family and Children's Services of Greater St. Louis, the Family Service Society of St. Louis County, and the St. Louis Children's Aid Society.

Barbara Smith Pugh Collection, 1871-1990 (R1531)
1.5 cubic feet (30 folders, 1 oversize item)

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The Barbara Smith Pugh Collection contains photographs and papers created and collected by Barbara Smith Pugh during her life. Photos depict family members from both the Smith and Pugh families. Barbara was an avid genealogist and photographer from Rolla, Missouri.

Joseph Pulitzer Papers, 1897-1958 (S0060)
163 rolls of microfilm

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Joseph Pulitzer was an editor and newspaper publisher, whose holdings included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The papers primarily relate to his editorship of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and cover nearly every aspect of the operation and production of the newspaper, including its internal business management and its editorial policies. The collection contains extensive correspondence with family, journalists, and politicians.

Puls Family Photograph, 1922 (P0288)
1 photograph

One ink jet copy print of Puls family at Noser Mill Dam in 1922.

Purcell Family Photographs, 1903-1951 (SP0044)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders, 33 photographs)

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The Purcell Family Photographs collection contains photographs of the Purcell family and the Bois D'Arc, Missouri area. The photographs were taken between 1903 and 1951. It includes photographs of the Fairview school, which was a one-room schoolhouse in Pierce City, Missouri, which the Purcell children attended. The Purcell children are portrayed from childhood to adulthood.   

Pyle's International Transcontinental Foot Race Collection, 1928-1929 (R0094)
0.04 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Pyle's International Transcontinental Foot Race Collection contains photocopies of programs from Charles C. Pyle's first and second annual transcontinental foot races. The 1928 race was from Los Angeles to New York; the 1929 race was from New York to Los Angeles. Through Missouri the runners followed United States Highway 66.

H.D. "Doc" Quigg Papers, 1883-1998 (CA6368)
25.6 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 6 oversize items

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The papers of a journalist who spent most of his career at UPI include story files, clippings, article drafts, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous personal and professional material. Quigg, a native of Boonville, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1934.

Quill Club of Kansas City Records, 1920-1980 (K0509)
8 c.f.

R.E. Lee Mercantile Company Records, 1881-1941 (C0292)
0.5 cubic feet (2 folders, 14 volumes)

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Receipts from a general store in Doniphan, MO; account books, cash books; day books; inventories; and minute books. This store succeeded Pearce and Lee Mercantile Company.

Rackers Studio Photographs, 1925-1934 (P0859)
0.13 linear feet

Photos by Rackers Studio of Jefferson City, MO, many of which are of Missouri representatives.

Perry S. Rader Papers, 1928 (C2113)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Correspondence concerning the Missouri state seal and the designer George Frederick Burckhartt's daughter Bettie C. Burckhartt, Bruce Lemmon, W.C. Knaus, and Mary Miller (Mrs. A. Lee) Smiser.

Radical Newspaper/Journal Collection, 1923-1978 (S0803)
2 cubic feet, 41 folders

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The collection contains newspapers and journals published by leftwing labor unions and leftist political groups, most frequently those espousing some form of socialism. The publications in this collection include the "New World Review," "The Socialist Call," and "The Western Socialist."

Raff Family Papers, 1852-1923 (R0124)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Raff Family Papers contain the correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the Raff family of Crawford County, Missouri. Included are letters from George Raff of Greenock Scotland and the letters of Archie Raff from Camp Funston, Kansas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma during his service in World War I.

Lawrence M. Raftery Papers, 1900-1983 (S0462)
0.8 cubic feet, 32 folders, 53 photographs

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The Lawrence M. Raftery Papers contain correspondence, photographs, memos, and artifacts documenting Lawerence M. Raftery, a sixty-nine-year member of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Traders (IBPAT). Raftery later served as vice president, general secretary-treasurer, and president of the IBPAT.

John Edwin Rahm Family Collection, 1921-1983 (K1136)
8 c.f.

Correspondence, legal documents, rosters, procedures/instructions, scripts, programs, clippings, photographs, ephemera relating to the Jewel Ball, a social and fundraising event held in Kansas City MO. also records from the E.D. Fisher Commission Company/J.E. Rahm Grain Company, including Stock certificate books and financial and transfer ledgers.

Stephen J. Raiche Photograph Collection, 1856-1972 (P0474)
0.21 linear feet

Photos of historic buildings in Missouri, primarily in the St. Louis area.

Stephen R. Raiche Papers, 1864-1989 (S0623)
0.4 cubic foot, 10 folders

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The Stephen R. Raiche Papers contain research notes and printed material about St. Louis neighborhoods including Lafayette Park/Square, Soulard Neighborhood and Soulard Market, and an Architectural Survey of LaSalle Park Area.

Homer Price Rainey Papers, 1919-1952 (C0032)
23.4 cubic feet (1,964 folders), 3 volumes, 77 audio cassettes, 1 audio disc

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The personal papers and correspondence of Rainey cover his career as an educator; his directorship of the American Youth Commission; the struggle for academic freedom at the University of Texas; his campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Texas; and the administration of Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri. The scrapbooks contain news clippings, articles, and family genealogy.

Arthur T. Rainville Photograph Collection, 1921 (P0964)
2 photographs

Photos of Samuel Love Smith and his wife, Lucretia Forrester

Rainwater Family Papers, 1863-1939 (R0227)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Rainwater Family Papers contain photocopies of the Civil War letters of Major Charles C. Rainwater, a Confederate officer, to his wife, Sarah Fowler Rainwater, at Cole Camp, Benton County, Missouri. The letters mention fighting at Hartville and Cape Girardeau, and Rainwater’s disabilities from wounds. There are also genealogical data on Samuel Fowler and his family, and biographical sketches of Sarah Fowler Rainwater.

Harry T. Rall Photograph Collection, 1879-1976 (P0622)
18 photographs

Photos of Thomas Jefferson and Nathaniel Lyon monuments, and the Chicago & Alton Railroad bridge at Glasgow, MO.

Jack Leonard Ralston Papers, 1874-1996 (K0424)
21 c.f.

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Research materials, magazine articles that Ralston wrote, books, and sheet music for the Organ that he collected and some he wrote. Much of the material is religious in nature. Also correspondence, scrapbooks, and material that discusses Ralston's personal life and career as music librarian.

Julian Sturtevant Rammelkamp Papers, 1800-1994 (S0568)
65 cubic feet, 202 folders, 39 photographs, 6 microfilm rolls

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Julian Sturtevant Rammelkamp was a journalism historian, history teacher, and one-time chair of the history department at Albion College in Michigan. He authored "Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch," published in 1967. Included in the collection are note cards from his study of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Post, correspondence with major writers, and rare books.

Ramsay Place Names File, 1928-1945 (C2366)
6 cubic feet (12 boxes), 4 rolls of microfilm

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Card file of origins of Missouri place names, compiled by students of Robert L. Ramsay, University of Missouri professor of English. Cards are in alphabetical order by place name.

Robert L. Ramsay Papers, 1918-1953 (C3230)
2.5 cubic feet

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Correspondence, notes, rough drafts, revisions, and proof sheets for place names series with emphasis upon Missouri place names. Newspaper clippings about Ramsay and the place name articles. Small volumes of notes and prints pertaining to his academic classes, and sample student themes and bibliographies.

Randolph County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1894-1951 (P1144)

An artificial collection of photographs of Randolph County, Missouri.

Ranslow and Burger Families Papers, 1862-1939 (SP0089)
0.5 cubic foot (7 folders, 19 photographs)

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The Ranslow and Burger Families Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and personal papers of the Ranslow and Burger families of Christian and Taney counties in Missouri.

Elizabeth Jones Ratliff Photograph Collection, 1880-1924 (P0251)
94 photographs

Various images related to Macon County, specifically the town of Ethel, photos of Kirksville State Normal School, 1919-1924, including the 1924 fire and its aftermath, and portraits of identified and unidentified families and individuals.

Irwin Raut Papers, 1871-1927 (C2410)
0.19 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The papers of Irwin Raut contain miscellaneous material, including price lists for trunks (1874-1879), railway schedules, information on Sedalia and St. Louis, and a scrapbook of poetry.

Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel Papers, 1884-1958 (C0578)
1.7 cubic feet (108 folders), 1 card file

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The papers of a bacteriologist and teacher, including correspondence, notes, and other material. Information on disease research, health organizations, other scientists, World War I army life, the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and the effects of World War II on Columbia, Missouri.

George Rawick Papers, 1841-1988 (S0630)
36 cubic feet, 51 audio tapes, 24 photographs

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The papers of George Rawick contain correspondence, writings, and publications relating to Rawick's research on slavery in the United States and his research on the American labor movement. Materials of interest include transcripts of slave narratives Rawick collected from the Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.

Ray Family Collection, 1900-2002 (R1356)
5 cubic feet (91 folders, 2CDs, 10 oversize volumes)

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The Ray Family Papers contains the personal papers of Wilda I. Housden Ray and genealogical information on the Ray and Housden families, photographs of the family and Licking, Missouri.

Chester W. Ray Collection, 1928 (P0517)
1 folder

MU Tiger emblems and photo of University of Missouri stadium, ca. 1928.

Joseph L. Ray Pension Papers, 1911-1928 (R1339)
(1 folder)

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This collection consists of pension claim papers for Joseph Lafayette Ray a veteran of the Civil War. In 1911, Joseph L. Ray began the process of applying for a pension for his service during the Civil War.

Mildred Kittell Ray Collection, 1857-1973 (K0024)
0.19 c.f. (10 folders)

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Letters written by John Taylor, Mrs. Ray's great grandfather, and his brother, James Taylor, to their parents in Oldham, England, about their experiences in Kansas City, 1857-1863, as well as letters from Mrs. Ray's mother and grandmother. It also includes research notes and writings by Mrs. Ray concerning the Taylor and Fisher families, including notes on diaries kept by Abel Fisher concerning his trip to California and his early days in Kansas City, 1855-1858

Allen Walker Read Papers, 1835-2002 (C4033)
82 cubic feet (2127 folders), 11 oversize items, 2 audio tapes, 6 audio cassettes

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The papers of Allen Walker Read contain the personal and professional papers of a prominent etymologist, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, teaching and research materials, writings, and records pertaining to his involvement in linguistic organizations and conferences.

The Readers (Columbia, Mo.) Papers, 1926-2022 (CA6651)
0.3 cubic feet

Addition of correspondence, minutes, membership lists, programs, constitutions, memorials, and miscellaneous material, 1926-2022. See also C3638.

The Readers (Columbia, Mo.) Papers, 1925-2012 (C3638)
0.8 cubic feet (23 folders)

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The origins, history, minutes, and memorials of The Readers, a Columbia, Missouri, club for women started in 1925. The club’s emphasis is the reading and discussion of books.  Profiles of women from this club give a useful comment on the concerns of educated women in the early twentieth century.

Reagan-Boegel Family Papers, 1855-2021 (S0505)
0.75 cubic foot

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The Reagan-Boegel Family Papers contain family tree charts, photographs, and newspaper clippings chronicling the history of the Reagan and Boegel families of Montgomery and St. Charles counties dating back to the mid-1800s.

Red Bridge Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Congregation Records, 1879-2016 (K1361)
2 c.f.

Member directories, financial summaries, photos, programs, newsletters, records of land purchases, sketches of bldg plans, records of dissolution of corp., anniversary booklets and other items from the life of the church. Previously known as Oak Park Christian Church.

Red Top Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Membership Directory and Historical Sketch, 1922 (C1336)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Membership lists; lists of elders, deacons, and ministers; church buildings; and traditions of the congregation.

Frederic D. Redeker Collection, 1900-1938 (P0410)
0.125 linear feet

Photos of Stark Brother's Nurseries and Delicious Apple Monument, photos and postcard of SGT Floyd Army Corps tow boat ca 1975, postcards of Missouri fishing and farming, University of Missouri Columbia, St. Louis, and Plano, MO

Fredric D. Redeker Collection, 1894-1953 (C4203)
0.4 cubic feet (8 folders)

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The Fredric D. Redeker Collection contains documents from German and English speaking communities in Missouri. It includes records of minutes, correspondence, genealogical information, and a religious manuscript. Much of the correspondence, as well as the manuscript, are written in German.

Reed Family Papers, 1894-1996 (C4065)
2.4 cubic feet (69 folders)

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Ellen ""Nell"" Quinlan Donnelly Reed Papers, 1919-1972 (K0444)
4 c.f.

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The Ellen "Nell" Quinlan Donnelly Reed Papers contain correspondence, printed and published advertisements, and photographs related to the life of Nell Donnelly Reed, prominent Kansas City businesswoman and cofounder of the Donnelly Garment Company. The papers also cover topics including politics and travel.

Hazel Reed Papers, 1913-1975 (SP0055)
1 cubic foot (39 folders, 19 photographs)

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The Hazel Reed Papers contain correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, and newspaper clippings created by Hazel Irene Carmack Reed. The collection includes material concerning various families from Missouri including Allee, Bartlett, Birdsong, Bybee, Carmack, Decker, Hill, Howard, Reed, Smith, and Yarbrough. There is a significant focus on the Allee family history and Pulaski County, Missouri.