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Boller Brothers Architectural Records, 1910-1982 (K0065)
9.31 c.f.
Architectural drawings and other supporting documents for the Boller Brothers firm who specialized in theater design
George Melville Bolling Papers, 1925-1970 (C1330)
1.4 cubic feet
Papers of George Melville Bolling, professor emeritus of Greek and Sanskrit at Ohio State University. The papers include correspondence with colleagues and family, manuscript drafts, and miscellaneous material.
Bollinger County, Missouri School Records, 1889-1929 (R0072)
0.2 cubic foot (2 volumes)
The Bollinger County, Missouri School Records contain photocopies of records for two rural school districts. The records include meeting minutes, school censuses, and other data kept by local officials.
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Bollinger-Dolle Mill and Store Records, 1867-1935 (R0092)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Bollinger-Dolle Mill and Store Records contain microfilm copies of journals, ledgers, and miscellaneous material from the Bollinger-Cole mill and store on the Big Whitewater River near Sedgewickville, Missouri. The mill was built in the early 1800s and operated until the 1930s.
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Book Lovers' Club Records, 1915-2011 (K0901)
2.25 c.f.
Organizational records of the oldest African American women's club in Kansas City. Includes minutes, yearbooks, meeting programs, photographs, financial records, and other related materials.
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Boone County Black Archives Collection, 1867-2014 (C4057)
0.6 cubic feet (38 folders), 1 video cassette, 4 compact discs, 1 computer disc, 1 DVD
The Boone County Black Archives Collection is an artificial collection documenting the lives of Blacks living in Boone County, Missouri. The materials include photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, news clippings, booklets, and other ephemera.
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Boone County Medical Society Records, 1902-1953 (C2475)
0.29 cubic feet (3 volumes)
Vol. 1 Minutes of meetings, June 28, 1902- December 21, 1921; lists of members, 1902-1922. Vol. 2 Minutes of meetings, February 1, 1922-December 2, 1947; lists of members, 1934-1940, 1946. Vol. 3 Minutes of meetings, January 6, 1948-December 15, 1953; lists of members, 1948-1949, 1953.
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Boone County, Missouri, Recorder of Deeds Records, 1820-1929 (C3306)
2.0 cubic feet (82 folders)
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Boone County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1890-1964 (P0787)
An artificial collection of photographs of Boone County, Missouri.
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John William "Blind" Boone Piano Roll, c. 1920 (CA5843)
1 piano roll
Performance by Blind Boone of "Nearer My God To Thee," published by the QRS Company, c. 1920.
Boonslick Kiwanis Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1920-2010 (CA6318)
4 cubic feet
Reports, correspondence, minutes, sponsored events, photographs, and miscellaneous material of the Boonslick Kiwanis Club, Columbia, Missouri, a civic service club which operated both locally and internationally. Also included is an oral history interview (with transcription) of Raymond W. Lansford, World War II veteran, a professor of finance at the University of Missouri and former treasurer, world president, and member of the Kiwanis International Board of Directors.
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Boonville Presbyterian Church (Boonville, Mo.) Records, 1838-1947 (C2981)
2 rolls of microfilm
The records of the Boonville Presbyterian Church contain minutes of session meetings of ruling elders and membership and financial information of the Old School Presbyterian Church of Boonville. The collection includes lists of ministers, elders, deacons, clerks of session, members, communicants, and baptisms.
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Boonville Turn and Gesang Verein Papers, 1852-1925 (C0880)
1.2 cubic feet (1 folder, 11 volumes)
Constitution and by-laws, deed, rules for use of meeting hall, reports of secretary, receipts for dues, and application for membership of a German social organization in Boonville, Missouri. Minutes, roster of members, and account books. Written in German until 1902.
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Bertha Booth Papers, 1837-1953 (C3195)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of John Boon; plat map and notes concerning Far West, MO; typed copies of evidence given in Joseph Smith's trial, and "Mormon Names in Caldwell County and Salt Lake," article written by Bertha Booth, n.d.
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Booth-Lang Family Papers, 1895-1987 (K0658)
6 c.f.
Papers and photographs documenting the history of the Lang, Imboden, Fornefett, Booth and related families. Includes genealogical information, certificates of baptism, confirmation, naturalization papers, military records, obituaries, and correspondence. Also family activities and interests, residences, military, and travel.
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Thomas W. Botts Papers, 1912-1981 (C2686)
3.2 cubic feet
Correspondence, training information, and track meet programs of the University of Missouri track and cross-country coach Thomas W. Botts.
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Virginia M. Botts Collection, 1890-1992 (C4477)
1.6 cubic feet (47 folders, 3 oversize items)
Materials surrounding the involvement of Boone County genealogist Virginia M. Botts in local historical and preservation efforts as well as postcards, photographs, and genealogical research papers and correspondence.
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Charles E. Boulson Papers, 1928-1990 (R0404)
2.5 cubic feet (55 folders, 2 oversize folders, 3 VHS)
The Charles E. Boulson Papers contain the personal and professional papers of an electrical engineer in Missouri. Boulson was the general manager of the Sho-Me Power Corporation from 1954 to 1974 and a member of the Board of Directors of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, professional and historical writings, speeches on rural electrification in Missouri and corporate manuals and annual reports of Sho-Me Power Corporation and Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Hillen Armour Bourland Papers, 1862-1958 (CA6698)
0.37 cubic feet (1 folder, 2 oversize volumes)
The papers of a Methodist minister, Hillen Armour Bourland, who lived in Tennessee, Missouri, and Texas. They include a two volume journal which detail circuit rides as a traveling minister, the Civil War, and his personal life. Also included are miscellaneous papers from members of Bourland's family.
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Bower Brothers Store (Bethel, Mo.) Records, 1890-1924 (C2988)
1 roll of microfilm
The records of the Bower Brothers Store contain journals of the general store in Bethel, MO, owned by Theodore L. Bower, 1890-1902, and records of Walter C. Bower and the Bower family, 1895-1909 and 1919-1924. Accounts, names of customers and purchases are listed in the store records. The family records include those of the George Bower estate, collections of promissory notes and family expenses.
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Bower Family Papers, c. 1865-1974 (C4055)
0.7 cubic feet (12 folders)
The papers of the Bower family, who settled in Bethel, Missouri, around 1850, consist of correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material.
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Edward L. Bowles Papers, 1883-1991 (C4191)
0.19 cubic feet (9 folders)
Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents concerning Edward Bowles and the history of Westphalia, Missouri.
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Charles M. Bowring Papers, 1819-1922 (C3547)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Charles M. Bowring contain Bowring’s diary recording events in Wellington, Missouri, from 1819 through 1898, and poems which he wrote on many subjects.
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Boy Scout Troop #61 Collection, 1917-2001 (K0809)
1 c.f.
75th Anniversary commemorative book, scrapbooks, publications, printed materials and photographs concerning the sole surviving Jewish sponsored Boy Scout Troop in Kansas City.
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Boy Scouts of America, Columbia Council Papers, 1915-1922 (C3173)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of the Columbia Council of the Boy Scouts of America contain correspondence, lists of members, a songsheet, and the constitution and by-laws.
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Trenton Boyd Collection, 1869-1970 (P0425)
0.17 linear feet
Postcards and photos of Columbia, MO, New Bloomfield, MO and Cape Girardeau County.
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John F. Bradbury, Jr. Postcard Collection, 1889-2022 (R1551)
4 cubic feet (122 folders, 4,432 postcards)
The John F. Bradbury, Jr. Postcard Collection contains postcards collected by Bradbury, containing images from the Ozarks and Southern Missouri. The postcards consist of real photograph, commercially printed, and illustrated postcards. The images mainly feature Missouri towns, railroads, Route 66, resorts, and rivers.
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Bradford Family Papers, 1722-1998 (R0647)
8 cubic feet (160 folders, 9 oversize folders, 2 oversize maps)
These are papers collected by Dr. Vance A. Bradford while conducting genealogical research on the Bradford family. Included are six boxes of correspondence with and about descendants of Samuel Bradford of Snow Hill, Maryland, and two boxes of papers from the Duncan homestead in southern Phelps County, Missouri.
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Louise Bradford Collection, 1919-1985 (R0468)
28 folders
This collection includes correspondence, printed material, and ephemera collected by Louise
Bradford (1898-1986), and Eva Ann Bradford (1900-1966), during their careers as teachers in
Missouri schools. Included are letters from former pupils, and printed materials from education and
teachers associations, schools in Berkeley, Rolla, St. James, Salem, and Sullivan, Missouri, and
women's clubs and service organizations in Dent and Phelps counties.
Melvin Bradley Papers, 1855-2003 (C3026)
13.4 cubic feet, 167 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape, 1 video cassette
This collection covers Bradley's work as a livestock specialist in the Cooperative Extension Office of the University of Missouri from 1968 through the 1990s. The papers consist of research materials, correspondence, clippings, photographs, drafts for books, articles, exhibits, and speeches, and interviews on audio cassette conducted for the Missouri Mule History Project.
James Daniels Bradshaw Papers, 1904-1946 (C3225)
1 cubic foot, 16 oversize volumes
Ledgers, daybooks and inventory lists from the Bradshaw and Proctor Company, Barnett, MO, and the Leeton Lumber and Hardware Company, Leeton, MO. James Bradshaw was a partner in both firms. Other items are deposit slips, freight bills, and miscellaneous correspondence.
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William L. and Doris Crump Bradshaw Papers, 1872-1979 (C4268)
1.4 cubic feet (63 folders)
Correspondence, research material, announcements, photographs and postcards of Doris Crump Bradshaw, and her husband, William L. Bradshaw, a professor in the Department of Political Science and later Dean of the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
William L. Bradshaw Papers, 1912-1973 (C2556)
11.2 cubic feet (724 folders, 2 volumes)
The papers of William L. Bradshaw contain business and personal papers of Bradshaw, political scientist and dean of the University of Missouri Business School, 1946-1961. Included are papers as a delegate to the Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1943-1944, member of the State Reorganization Commission, 1953-1955, and involvement in other state, local, and professional organizations.
Durward Belmont Brady Papers, 1909-1932 (C0076)
0.1 cubic feet, 2 volumes
Family letters, letters from Thomas A. Brady and Joseph A. Serena, prohibition campaign expense lists and political propaganda, Richmond and Ray County civic and political materials, and Durward B. Brady & Son Real Estate, Insurance and Loan Company records.
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Thomas A. Brady Papers, 1910-1959 (C0033)
9.8 cubic feet (1004 folders)
Papers of University of Missouri vice-president, which include material on the re-establishment of a four-year medical school, Missouri School of Mines, and other University and educational matters.
Raymond B. Bragg Papers, 1901-2000 (K0468)
9.4 c.f.
Bragg was minister of the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Kansas City, MO and Executive Director of the American Unitarian Association's Unitarian Service Committee. Includes sermons, aspirations or prayers, printed programs of church sponsored public forums and services, publications, news clippings, minutes, photos, pamphlets, notes, memos, contracts, financial information and correspondence to, from, or mentioning Bragg.
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Daniel A. Brand Photograph Collection, 1894-1922 (P0477)
22 photographs
Copy photos of Carrollton, MO, including several images relating to the Meeks family murder.
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Hyman Brand Papers, 1891-1965 (K0480)
0.01 c.f.
Digital photographs relating to Brand, co-owner of Brand and Puritz Coat and Suit company, civic and philanthropic leader, and his family.
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Raymond P. Brandt Papers, 1818-1899; 1917-1981 (C0850)
3.0 cubic feet (124 folders, 1 oversize volume, 5 audio cassettes, 9 oversize items)
The papers of Raymond Brandt contain correspondence, newspaper articles, interviews, notes, financial accounts, audio cassettes and photographs of a Sedalia, Missouri, man who was a Washington, D.C. correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1923 to 1967. Brandt wrote on politics, economics, and the Soviet Union, which he visited five times.
Victoria Branham Photograph Collection, 1863-1925 (P0213)
28 photographs
A collection of cabinet cards and carte de visit from the Civil War era, many of military officers.
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Edwin Bayer Branson Papers, 1892-1954 (C2404)
1.1 cubic feet
The papers of Edwin Bayer Branson contain correspondence, memorabilia, field books, and miscellaneous papers of a University of Missouri geologist (1910-1947), including information on the development of the Department of Geology during the 37 years he served as chairman.
Margaret M. Brashear Papers, 1868-1962 (C3393)
6.3 cubic feet, 1 volume
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, clippings, student papers, and articles of a professor of English at the University of Missouri. She taught classes on Mark Twain and Missouri literature and wrote several books and articles.
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Breckenridge Collection, 1837-1928 (P0692)
b/w photos of JEFFERSON BARRACKS, ca. 1896. St. Charles STREET SIGNS, COLLEGE, and LOG CABINS. 1837 pro-slavery RIOT. HOUSES in VA, West VA, and MO. Photos of StL Academy of Science Founders and Busts.
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Breckenridge Family Papers, 1750-1960 (C2530)
8.0 cubic feet
Primarily of genealogical interest, the collection contains genealogical correspondence and information about the Breckenridges (Breckinridges) and related families, documents, pamphlets, letters, deeds, and photos. The papers were compiled by James M. Breckenridge between 1900 and 1950. See f. 1 for detailed inventory of collection.
Clarence Edward Breckenridge Papers, 1897-1960 (C1037)
0.2 cubic feet
Family correspondence, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous typed notes on Breckenridge genealogy and the Breckenridges' historic role in early American and Missouri history. Related families, Presbyterian Church history. Majority of correspondence between Adella B. Moore, Herman F. Harris, and James M. Breckenridge.
William Clark Breckenridge Papers, 1752-1927 (C1036)
4.75 cubic feet (117 folders, 21 volumes), 1 card file, 3 rolls of microfilm
The papers of the St. Louis businessman, writer, and historian contain correspondence, scrapbooks, book sale announcements, and miscellaneous materials, with an emphasis on St. Louis and Missouri history.
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Basil Brewer Papers, 1911-1965 (C3132)
10 cubic feet, 77 volumes
Correspondence, editorials, news clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks dealing with Brewer's activities as publisher of the NEW BEDFORD STANDARD-TIMES, his philanthropic work, and his political interests.
Brewers, Maltsters and General Labor Departments, Local Union No. 6 Minutes, 1898-1940 (C0584)
2 rolls of microfilm
Roll 1 contains volume 1, March 14, 1898-July 14, 1918, in German. Roll 2 contains volume 2, July 28, 1918-January 1, 1940, in English. Labor-management relations, beer production prohibition, participation in politics, international union policy and relations with other trade unions; World War I, American Socialist Party, Eugene V. Debs, and Tom Mooney.
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Helen Brydon Bridges Postcard Collection, 1842-1967 (P0377)
1 folder
Postcards of University of Missouri Columbia, the Missouri State Capitol, St. Louis, Barnes Hospital (St. Louis), Uniontown, and Ellington, MO
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Briggs Family Papers, 1896-1991 (C4374)
2.75 cubic feet (9 folders, 5 volumes)
The collection contains the papers of the Briggs family of Macon, Missouri, and includes scrapbooks, photograph albums, and newspaper clippings. Members of the family include U.S. Senator Frank P. Briggs and journalist Ruth Briggs Bratek, a graduate of the University of Missouri.