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Deleta Condray Papers, 1933 (R1094)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter dated March 27, 1933, from Deleta Condray of Bangert in Dent County, Missouri, to the directors of the Adams School District in Phelps County, Missouri. In the letter Condray applies for a teaching job at the school.

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Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner Collection, 1915-2003 (K1303)
0.3 c.f.

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he collection contains a scrapbook documenting the activities of the Giborim
Chapter of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth and other miscellaneous
materials related to local Jewish synagogues and organizations.

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Congregation Beth Shalom Records, 1917-2002 (K0602)
37.12 c.f.

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Organizational records including minutes, financial records, correspondence, commemorative booklets, brochures, speeches, photographs, VHS cassettes of rabbinical lectures, religious activities, and various school programs.

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Conley-Miller Family Papers, 1792-1977, 1983 (C3693)
5.4 cubic feet (324 folders, 6 oversize volumes)

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Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, ledgers, financial and personal records, genealogical materials, photographs, and miscellaneous material of the Conley and Miller family of Boone County, Missouri.

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John Waldo Connaway Scroll, 1937 (C1512)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Scroll presented to Connaway in recognition of his service to the University of Missouri in agricultural education and research.

John Waldo Connaway Papers, 1878-1944 (C0052)
2.2 cubic feet (111 folders)

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The papers of John W. Connaway contain personal and professional correspondence, research notes and writings, and brief personal material regarding his family. Connaway was Professor of Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine at the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station from 1888 to 1947 where he made significant findings in controlling Texas fever, hog cholera, brucellosis or Bang's disease, and other livestock disorders.

Connor Hotel Collection, 1908-1978 (R0136)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Connor Hotel Collection contains photocopies of an illustrated promotional booklet, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the Connor Hotel in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

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Conservatory of Music Collection, 1918-1976 (K0917)
0.3 c.f.

Rosters, monthly publications, handbook of the KC Junior League, 1952-1962; chi Omega Fraternity Alumnae chapter rosters 1954-1955; Kansas City Young Matrons Yearbook, 1958/59; United church Woomen of GKC directory, 1961; Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae driectory, 1957/58; Kansas City Juniorettes directory, 1955/56; Add to KC 27- Library: "Sunset Hill-First 50 Years", "Taming the Mighty Missouri" by Robert L. Branyan, 1973; "Sigma Nu General Catalogue", 1918;" University Club of Kansas City, MO", 1976.

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Consolidated School District Number 2 (Greene County, Mo.) Records, 1907-1935 (C0056)
2.7 cubic feet (114 folders), 9 oversize volumes

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Records of rural schools in a 34 square-mile area around Strafford. Information pertains to Lamb, Potter, Flint Hill, Strafford, Danforth, and a black school (primary grades) and Strafford High School. Includes school board minutes, financial records, voter lists, election tallies, correspondence, teacher applications and contracts, and pupil records.

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Warren Cook Collection, 1782-1978 (R0043)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Warren Cook Collection contains photocopies of papers of the Smith, Havins, Roseberry, and Cook families of southwestern Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. The collection includes correspondence, estate papers, and genealogical records. Also included are two farm diaries from 1875-1876.

Laurie Perry Cookingham Papers, 1932-1980 (K0057)
5 c.f.

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Correspondence, scrapbooks, autobiography drafts, and other materials pertaining to Cookingham's period of service as city manager of Kansas City and other cities

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Polly Cooley Letter, 1935 (C0838)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter dated 1851 to her husband, N.G. Cooley, who was in Idaho prospecting for gold. Reprinted in Carrollton Democrat, 1935.

Cooper County, Missouri, Papers, 1837-1983 (C3051)
2 rolls of microfilm

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History of Cooper County, its churches and cemeteries, schools, domestic architecture, miscellaneous buildings, and architectural structures; material on Cooper County and Howard County individuals and families; maps; clippings; and photographs.

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Cooper County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1860-1965 (P1121)

An artificial collection of photographs of Cooper County, Missouri.

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Allen Britten Cooper Papers, 1934-1955 (CG0033)
0.4 c.f.

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527 sermon outline notes of Rev. Allen Britten Cooper from Charleston, Missouri, from 1934-1955. Also includes the published manuscript of the sermons by May Lawrence Cooper at an unknown time.

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Cooperation of Christian Churches of Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1908-1966 (C4273)
0.4 cubic feet (17 folders)

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The records contain minutes, programs, church reports, histories of some individual churches, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, and newsletters. The material largely concerns churches located in Boone County, but also includes other Missouri counties as well.

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Cooperative Consumers of St. Louis Records, 1933-1941 (S0157)
0.25 cubic foot, 11 folders

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The records of the Cooperative Consumers of St. Louis contains bylaws, membership lists, correspondence, newsletters, co-op catalogs, and descriptive literature documenting this Depression-era consumers' cooperative's efforts to volume purchases from wholesalers and offered merchandise for sale to members at a reduced cost.

Copher and Stidham Family Papers, 1784-1974 (C4290)
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The records of the Copher and Stidham families contain dates of births, deaths, and marriages, wills, and military records. The volume contains both original records and transcriptions created by J.H. Stidham.

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Coppage Family Papers, 1880-1976 (C2384)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The papers of the Coppage family contain one letter, 1880, written in Carterville, MO, from a young bride to her mother; correspondence between several members of the Coppage family living in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, from 1910 to 1914; and miscellaneous items from the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1935-1936, and World War II, 1942.

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Corder-Thomas Family Papers, 1867-1961 (C3697)
11 rolls of microfilm (9 folders, 56 volumes), 1 oversize item

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The Corder-Thomas Family Papers consist of the diaries of Leslie Walker Corder, a Waverly, Missouri, farmer and civic leader; his wife Nellie Perry Buck Corder; and her aunt Susan Buck Cooper Thomas. The diaries contain routine entries about life in Waverly; weather statistics; farm and rental accounts; expense records; genealogies; and comments on building roads and railroads. The papers also include family letters, news clippings, and miscellaneous items.

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Cornett Family Papers, 1847-1981 (C3808)
5.1 cubic feet (210 folders), 3 oversize volumes

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The papers of the Cornett family of rural Linn County, Missouri, including William and Martha; their children, Bracy, Winifred, Jo Lee, and Carl; and Martha’s family, the Moores and Roots. Letters, household and farm records, photographs, and other family papers, along with the early records of the Moore School near Linneus, document the social, cultural, and agricultural life of a northern Missouri family and the teaching careers of two of their daughters.

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Cornett Family Papers, 1920s-1970s (CA5919)
6 cubic feet

Addition of correspondence; financial records; photographs; school records, Linn County, Missouri; and miscellaneous Cornett family papers. See also C3808.

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Mary E. Rawlings Cornine Papers, 1900s-2000s (CA6219)
16.9 cubic feet, 11 computer discs, 4 oversize items

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Papers of Cornine, Morton, Rawlings, and related families. Includes correspondence, photographs, diaries, notes, and other papers.

Cortelyou Family Papers, 1826-1964 (C2463)
1 cubic foot (40 folders)

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Real estate leases, New Jersey, 1826-1846, and records of estates administered by James and Peter Cortelyou, New Jersey, 1842-1882. Personal correspondence received by Kansas banker Luther M. Cortelyou, Jr., 1895-1964; his high school papers and memorabilia; and diaries kept by him and his father, 1869-1900.

Frank Morgan Cortelyou Papers, 1855-1976 (K0042)
1 c.f.

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Personal, family, and business papers of civil engineer Frank M. Cortelyou, co-founded the firm of Harrington and Cortelyou, including financial notes and records, some correspondence, photographs, and field notes.

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Laurentia M. Cosgrove Papers, 1936-1944 (R1508)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders)

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The Laurentia M. Cosgrove Papers contain the personal papers of Laurentia M. Cosgrove a resident of Saint Louis, Missouri. The papers include correspondence, writings, and
World War II ration books.

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Jerry Weddell Cosley Papers, 1930-2012 (K1279)
8 c.f.

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Personal papers of Cosley, corporate Vice-President of Trans World Airlines. Cosley worked in public relations for Trans World Airlines (TWA) for over 25 years, as well as other airlines and communications companies. Includes correspondence, research files on airlines and planes, publications and photographs.

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May Bartee Couch Collection, 1853-2007 (CA6422)
49 cubic feet, 2 card files

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Collection of family research files and obituaries of a professional genealogist from Marceline, Missouri, largely concerns Chariton, Linn, and surrounding counties.

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Timothy R. Coughlin Papers, 1890s-1990s (CA5849)
109 cubic feet

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Correspondence, research material, publications, organizational records, and audio and video recordings of an individual active in the Democratic Party in Missouri.

Council of Clubs of Kansas City, Missouri, Records, 1901-2005 (K0686)
2 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Council including minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, programs, printed materials, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks. Also yearbooks/directories of member organizations.

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Lester E. Cox Papers, 1917-1968 (C3596)
7 rolls of microfilm

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Personal and business papers of a Springfield, Missouri, businessman. Most of the collection deals with Cox's philanthropic activities, particularly his role as president of the Board of Trustees of Burge-Protestant Hospital. Cox's considerable business interests are less well represented, most of these records dating from 1968.

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Walter Lilley and Agatha Daniel Cox Papers, 1901-1951 (C3791)
0.3 cubic feet (14 folders)

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Papers of the Walter and Agatha Cox of Osceola, Missouri, consisting of yearbooks and minutes of the Twentieth Century Club, Osceola, 1901-1941; minutes and accounts for the Works Progress Administration County Relief and Reemployment Committee for St. Clair County, 1933-1935; and miscellany. This is a companion collection to C0792, Daniel Family Papers. Genealogical information can be found in the information folder for that collection.

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William Joseph Cragin Papers, 1930s-2000s (CA6275)
19 cubic feet, 10 oversize folders

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Papers of a Columbia architect who worked in private practice and for the Farmers Home Administration, 1960s-2000s. Includes files of Dave P. Clark, c. 1930s-1960s. Job locations are in Missouri unless otherwise noted.

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Ada E. Crain Papers, c. 1860-2003 (C3067)
1.3 cubic feet (33 folders)

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The papers of a schoolteacher consist of correspondence, genealogical materials, photographs, yearbooks, an 1878 diary, and a manuscript written by Crain. The material details the first half of Crain’s life while living and teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Michigan.

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Cramer Minstrel Collection, 1934 (K0919)
0.03 c.f. (4 folders)

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Scripts and programs for the Co-operative Club's 22nd birthday dinner.

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Creager Family Papers, 1871-1938 (R1501)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders)

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The Creager Family Papers contain personal documents of the Creager family of Shannon County, Missouri. These materials include photographs, land records, wills, tax and insurance information.

Benjamin H. Creamer Papers, 1890-1969 (R0476)
10 folders

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These are papers of a farmer and stock raiser in Maries County, Missouri. The collection includes
family correspondence, obituaries and funeral home cards, election poll books, and records
pertaining to Creamer's work with the Maries County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service and the Maries County Highway Commission.

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Thomas Francis Creamer Papers, 1910-1941 (K1220)
1 c.f.

Creamer was a railroad fireman. Includes family photographs, correspondence, and papers relating to the Creamer family in Illinois and Missouri. Also materials related to his work with the Baltimore and Ohio/Chicago and Alton Railroad.

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Crede Family Papers, 1818-1939 (C3065)
1.6 cubic feet (93 folders, 8 volumes), 2 oversize volumes; also available on 4 rolls of microfilm

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Personal correspondence, genealogical records, and business records of a German-American family living in Osage County, MO. The bulk of the collection concerns Hermann Crede; other papers pertain to his brothers, Wilhelm and Carl; all three immigrated in the 1850s. Much of the correspondence is in German; the business records are in English.

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Cresswell Family Papers, 1823-1979 (R0007)
1.25 cubic foot (51 folders, 2 oversize volumes)

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The Cresswell Family Papers contain the personal, legal, and business papers of the Cresswell family of Washington County, Missouri. The papers include correspondence, land documents, legal papers, slave documents, tax receipts, account books from the furnace and store owned by the family, miscellaneous business papers, local school records, and personal papers.

"Missouri," H.H. Crittenden, 1930 (C2096)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Poem submitted to the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW.

Thomas Theodore Crittenden Papers, 1880-1950 (C0087)
0.4 cubic feet

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and papers of Thomas T. Crittenden, governor of Missouri, 1881-1885, and U.S. consul general in Mexico City, 1893-1897. Letter book kept while he was consul general in Mexico.

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Crockett-Richardson Family Postcards, 1908-1941 (C4460)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Picture postcard collection compiled by Bates County, Missouri, native Jessie Marie Sturgeon Wirt and her daughter Lois Marie Wirt, Lompoc, California. Includes postcards showing Missouri towns, other states, holiday greetings, jokes, landscapes, and historic sites and buildings both in the U.S. and in Europe.

Robert Cronbach Collection, 1933-1992 (S0613)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

This collection contains biographical material on the sculptor Robert Cronbach, collected by Ernest Stix.

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Asa Beebe Cross Papers, 1855-1940 (K0082)
5 c.f.

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Correspondence, diaries, photographs, financial and business records of Cross, an early Kansas City architect, and his immediate family

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John Newton Cross Scrapbook, 1934 (C1396)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Miscellaneous newspaper clippings from Missouri newspapers.

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Dr. Henry Crossen World War II Scrapbooks, 1936-1946 (S0672)
4 cubic feet, 40 folders

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Dr. Crossen served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine and compiled the scrapbooks during World War II. The scrapbooks provide a view of the war as it was seen during the period. Topics of interest include the Battle of Britain, Japanese-American internment camps, and the Battle of Midway.

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Carl Crow Letter, 1937 (C2933)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to Rolph Fairchild, from Pelham, NY, Nov. 13, 1937, asking advice about which political party to join.

Carl Crow Papers, 1913-1945 (C0041)
6 cubic feet (354 folders, 22 volumes), 6 oversize volumes

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Bills, accounts, speeches, notes, correspondence and book and article manuscripts on a wide range of subjects. Crow was a resident of China for a number of years and most of his writing was about China or related subjects. The collection includes a diary of a trip over the Burma Road, the diary of a Japanese soldier, and notes and articles on the Japanese opium trade.

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Enoch H. Crowder Papers, 1884-1942 (C1046)
27 cubic feet (2045 folders, 7 volumes); also available on 51 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence and other papers of judge advocate general who administered Selective Service in World War I, served as ambassador to Cuba, and, after his retirement from public life, advised sugar interests.