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Ruth Rust Studio Photographs, 1922-1946 (P0860)
0.13 linear feet
Photos by Ruth Rust Studio of Jefferson City, MO, many of which are of Missouri representatives.
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Lela Jean Howat Rutherford Papers, 1909-1976 (C4127)
1 cubic foot
The Lela Jean Howat Rutherford Papers document the life and family of Mrs. Rutherford from her time as a University of Missouri student to the early 1970s. The papers consist of photographs, diaries, correspondence, and other miscellaneous items.
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Ryan Family Papers, circa 1890s-2000 (C2561)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Papers of a family from Wright County, Missouri, include photographs as well as correspondence and educational, military, and political material concerning H. Eugene Ryan, a lawyer from Mountain Grove who later moved to Ohio.
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William James Ryan Papers, 1914-1996 (K0457)
10 c.f.
Research material, draft manuscripts, and oral history interviews and transcripts related to Ryan's book and other writings on the history of radio and television broadcasting in the Kansas City region.
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Elaine Baum Ryder Papers, 1908-2006 (K0701)
1 c.f.
National Register of Historic Places forms written by Ryder while a researcher for the Kansas City Landmarks Commission, booklets, books, newspaper clippings and magazines, and photographs.
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S. Patti Construction Company Records, 1916-1976 (K0021)
114 c.f.
Progress photographs of construction jobs in Missouri, Kansas and Alaska done by S. Patti Construction Company and associates. Also included are architectural drawings of structures for which they were the contractor
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Eugene Sackin Papers, 1918-1940 (K0705)
0.5 c.f.
A scrapbook kept by Sackin while overseas during World War II. Also World War I letters from Isadore Levin to his family dated 1918.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church Records, 1867-1981 (S0052)
3 rolls microfilm
The records of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Florissant, Missouri, contain registers for baptisms, first communions, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Collection materials are written in Latin, German, and English.
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Sailer Family Papers, 1833-1939 (R1405)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders, 25 negatives)
The Sailer Family Papers contain copies of the personal papers and photographs of the Sailer family of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This collection includes images of the Sailer family and extended family, correspondence, newspaper articles, land records, birth records, and local history research for Cape Girardeau and Rolla, Missouri.
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Saint Francis Levee District Records, 1893-1980 (R0076)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Saint Francis Levee District of Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of ledgers, minute books, and financial records of the Saint Francis Levee District.
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Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection, 1876-1951 (R0242)
0.1 cubic foot (9 folders)
The Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection contains obituaries, wedding announcements, anniversary notices, and miscellaneous biographical material clipped from Saint Francois County newspapers.
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Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection, 1925 (R0248)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Saint Francois County, Missouri Booklet contains “A Message to the Homeseeker,” a booklet advertising the towns of Bonne Terre, Farmington, and Flat River in Saint Francois County and Fredericktown in Madison County, Missouri. There are descriptions of 157 business and illustrations of 85 commercial establishments, public buildings, and churches in those communities.
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Saint James Civics Club Records, 1928-1972 (R0479)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Saint James Civics Club Records are microfilmed scrapbooks of a women’s club at St. James in Phelps County, Missouri. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the activities of the club.
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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1881-1945 (R0546)
4 volumes MICROFILM
These are records of St. John's Lutheran Church at Boeschenville in Benton County, Missouri.
Included are the constitution, by-laws, registers of members, lists of births, baptisms, communicants,
and deaths, and minutes of meetings, 1912-1941. Most of the records are in German.
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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection, 1922-1971 (R0525)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection contains photocopies of programs for a new church building and two anniversary celebrations.
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Saint Joseph Stockyards Company Records, 1896-1963 (K0192)
0.3 c.f.
Minutes of the Stockyards Company including attachments and associated items such as the Articles of Incorporation of the organization, proxy statements, contracts, orders to pay dividends, reports to the Board and some correspondence.
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Saint Louis Zoo Records, 1910-2014 (S0194)
30 cubic feet
The Saint Louis Zoo Records document the evolution of Zoo's philosophy from providing entertainment to educating the public and preserving animal species. The collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, photographs, films, and scrapbooks. Topics of interest include animal acquisitions, as well as birth and deaths, and construction of new zoo buildings.
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Saint Mary's Jesuit Mission and College Records, 1832-1967 (K0330)
0.02 c.f.
Records of the Jesuit mission to the Potawatomi Indians located in present Linn County, KS, which moved to present Pottawatomie County, KS and became St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, KS.). Mission and college records, reports sent to superiors, and priests' diaries. Includes early missionary records of births, deaths and marriages in Buchanan, Clay, and Jackson Counties, MO.
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection, 1918-1972 (R0524)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection consists of photocopied records and programs for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, Benton County, Missouri.
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Sainte Genevieve Academy Records, 1808-2001 (R1394)
0.3 cubic foot (14 folders)
The Sainte Genevieve Academy Records consist of photocopied documents pertaining to the founding of and preservation of the Academy, also known as the Old Louisiana Academy in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. These records include a history of the school, construction records, land records, and records kept by the Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve during the preservation of the school.
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Morning Shade School Records, 1875-1944 (R0097)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Morning Shade School Records contain photocopies of the district clerk's records and teacher's class records for the rural Morning Shade School in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. The collection includes nine volumes that contain minutes of annual meetings, school censuses, financial data, and teachers' contracts.
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Collection, 1885-1967 (R0165)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders)
The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Collection contains photocopies of miscellaneous papers concerning the history of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The papers include a historical address by Firmin A. Rozier, a printed directory of the Catholic Church, a souvenir program from a production of Shaun Rue, and two architectural reports by Ernest A. Connally on historic homes.
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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1880s-1920s (R0338)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders, 7 photographs, 6 negatives)
The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Photograph Collection contains thirteen black and white views of historic homes, churches, steamboats and the Garretson family of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri.
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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1827-1934 (C1374)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1827, 1829-1839, 1841-1860, 1866-1877, 1880, 1881, 1884-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1899, and 1928-1934.
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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1878-1926 (C1375)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1878, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900-1915, 1917-1922, 1924, and 1926.
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Salem Public School Collection, 1921 (R0571)
(1 folder)
This is a printed program for a "Springtime Pageant" performed by the First and Second Grades of the Salem Public School, Salem, Missouri, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on April 29, 1921.
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Saline County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1879-1937 (P1137)
An artificial collection of photographs of Saline County, Missouri.
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Frances Asbury Sampson Collection, 1796-1958 (C3813)
12.9 cubic feet (455 folders)
Collection compiled by Francis Asbury Sampson. Includes Democratic and Republican party campaign literature for national and Missouri elections, 1838-1958; speeches and pamphlets concerning national and state political issues; materials concerning the history of Boone, Schuyler, Pettis and Ste. Genevieve counties and Sedalia; papers of Garland C. Broadhead and William Switzler; and speeches, notes, bibliographies and personal papers of F.A. Sampson.
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John K. Samuel Collection, 1839-1981 (K0081)
0.3 c.f. (12 folders)
Photocopied scrapbooks of photographs, newspaper clippings, reminiscences and some copies of original material related to the history of Barry, Clay County, Missouri, the Chevis-Samuel Tavern, and Missouri Town-1855. Also material related to the Chevis and Samuel families of Barry, Missouri.
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Karen Sands Photograph Collection, 1910s-1980s (CA6726)
0.75 cubic feet, 4 oversize items
Photographs collected by Karen Sands include the Finkie, Graue, Pietzschke, and related families, 1910s-1980s. Also included are items from Warrenton High School, 1951, and newspaper clippings, 1953, n.d.
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William D. Sands Photograph Collection, circa 1900-1930s (R1291)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 3 photographs)
This collection consists of three black and white photographs loaned for copying. Two images show the historic building that now houses Sands Farm and Home Center at 107 East 6th Street in Rolla. The earliest image, circa 1900, shows two unidentified workmen in front of the blacksmith shop. The second image is a "real photo" postcard, circa 1908, also featuring the blacksmith shop. It shows one of the same workmen from the earlier view, two unknown men, and an extremely tall man in an apron. The third photograph
is a birds-eye view of Rolla, circa 1930, showing downtown Rolla from the railroad tracks looking southwest long West 7th Street. This photograph is attributed to I. J. Baumgardner, a Rolla photographer active from 1912 to 1941.
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Sapp Family Papers, (CA6707)
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family include a birth registration, marriage certificate, court documents, death certificates, wills, and stock records.
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Sappington and Breathitt Family Scrapbooks, 1830s-1970s (CA6742)
2 oversize volumes, 1 folder
The collection contains two scrapbooks and a manuscript on the Hall and related families. The first scrapbook contains material on the family of Dr. John Sappington and his wife, Jane Breathitt Sappington. The second scrapbook contains materials on the Breathitt and allied families. The material was compiled by C. Lester Hall, Jr.
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Sappington Family Genealogical Collection, 1926-2010s (CA6435)
23 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 2 DVDs, 7 oversize items
The papers in this collection are a genealogical history of the Sappington family who were largely located in central Missouri with likely origins in Maryland, Georgia, and Mississippi.
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Sappington Family Papers, 1831-1939 (C2889)
0.5 cubic feet
The papers contain documents pertaining to Dr. John Sappington and his family. These papers deal with the financial accounts of Dr. Sappington, financial business for W.B. Sappington, and a variety of receipts and business papers. Another portion of this collection contains correspondence and essays written by W.B. Sappington. There is also a small collection of newspaper clippings.
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Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad Company Records, 1918-1925 (R0096)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad Company Records contain a microfilm copy of a monthly record of revenues and expenses for the Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad. The nine-mile long branch ran from a junction with the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway at Depew, Oklahoma, to Shamrock, Oklahoma.
Saunders Family Papers, 1877-1973 (C4248)
0.1 cubic feet (13 folders), 2 oversize items
The Saunders family papers contains family photographs, correspondence to and from Eva Pearl and Ed Saunders and other documents related to the Saunders and Danner families of Cass County, Missouri.
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Elizabeth Sayad Photograph Collection, 1926, no date (P1004)
2 photographs
Photograph of luncheon in honor of President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and copy of a pen and ink drawing of a building on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus
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Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City Records, 1879-1999 (K1180)
7 c.f.
Organizational records pertaining to the Swedish in Kansas City. Includes meeting minutes, by-laws, and member rosters. Also programs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and research files for the Association's 50th Anniversary History book.
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Alma Sioux Scarberry Papers, 1899-1990 (C3913)
3.0 cubic feet (107 folders), 41 audio cassettes, 14 audio discs
The papers of Alma Sioux Scarberry, a reporter, novelist, script writer, publicist, and entertainer, include correspondence, clippings, photographs, newspaper serials, books, manuscripts, sheet music, audio tapes, and material documenting her career and personal life.
Charles W. Scarritt Papers, 1870-1937 (K0675)
0.5 c.f.
Scarritt, of the prominent Kansas City Scarritt family, was a Methodist pastor, businessman, realtor, and civic leader. Includes letters written to Charles by members of his family, Mrs. Calvin (Grace) Coolidge, and poet Grace Noll Crowell. Also family photographs and other family memorabilia and papers.
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Nathan Scarritt Family Papers, 1839-1962 (K0248)
1 c.f.
Newspaper clippings, articles, announcements, correspondence, and publication relating to the Scarritt and Chick families, two early families in Kansas City. Deeds and leases concerning the property owned by Scarritt and his estate. Also are family histories and a diary and autobiography of Nathan Scarritt, Methodist minister and missionary and early city builder.
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Scarritt-Royster-Swinney Family Papers, 1818-1989 (K0632)
71 c.f.
Family papers of three prominent families of Kansas City and Glasgow, MO. Includes a wide variety of materials including letters, postcards, speeches, newspaper articles, poetry, photographs, family items, business and personal papers, tributes to various individuals and historical papers and recollections.
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Schaberg Family Papers, 1894-1974 (C3665)
3.0 cubic feet (193 folders)
The personal and professional papers of Benjamin F. Schaberg, Sr., who worked as an engineer on the Panama Canal, St. Louis sewer projects, World War II army post construction, and Missouri Public Service Commission studies, include family correspondence between Schaberg and his wife, sisters, and sons. Ben Jr. and John George Schaberg were in China during and after the 1937 Japanese invasion.
Dorothy Fulbright Schaper Genealogical Papers, 1905-1999 (CG0031)
2.0 c.f.
Genealogy family charts, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to the Fulbright family of Cape Girardeau County.
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Maurice Schechter Papers, 1919-1977 (S0687)
1 cubic foot, 68 folders
The Maurice Schechter Papers include law cases from 1919-1977 and various awards given to Schecter from 1929-1976. Together they chronicle Schecter's career as a lawyer, Missouri Representative, and Missouri Senator.
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Peter Voorhees Schenck Papers, 1859-1964 (C2214)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
Biographical sketches of Schenck and John S. McCune. Letter to Anna McCune proposing marriage. Schenck's resignation as superintendent of the Female Hospital, St. Louis. Scrapbook of McCune-Schenck clippings and family photographs.
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Elenore Schewe Collection, 1920-2002 (C4266)
1.8 cubic feet (39 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 5 oversize items
The collection of Elenore Schewe contains material of her research into refractory companies in Missouri, including both institutional records of the companies themselves and the personal papers and records of various important figures in the refractory companies. This collection was created as part of Schewe's work assisting in the research for the book Refractories: the Hidden Industry by Corinne Azen Krause.
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John Henry Schiermeier Record Books, 1878-1922 (C3839)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 5 rolls of microfilm
The Schiermeier Record Books consist of letter books, a ledger, and stock inventories of stores owned by John Henry Schiermeier in the New Melle, Missouri, area.
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Herman Schlundt Papers, 1913-1941 (C0015)
12.5 cubic feet (1,069 folders)
Files from the University of Missouri chemistry department. Includes some of Schlundt's personal correspondence and papers as well as departmental and personal correspondence of Mary Violette Dover, D.H. Dolley, Henry D. Bent, and Allen E. Stern. Papers contain research notes for Schlundt's work on radioactivity and Dover's work on lubricants.