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Lester E. Cox Papers, 1917-1968 (C3596)
7 rolls of microfilm
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)
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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Cox-Kingsborough Family Papers , 1848-1938 (CA6777)
1 cubic foot
Photographs, land patents, and collages created by the Cox-Kingsborough family from Macon County Missouri, 1848-1938.
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William Joseph Cragin Papers, 1930s-2000s (CA6275)
19 cubic feet, 10 oversize folders
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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Billy and Guy Craighead Collection, 1930s-2014 (CA6673)
0.4 cubic feet, 70 audio tapes, 25 audio discs, 58 audio cassettes, 2 oversize items, 1 oversize volume
The collection contains fiddle music collected and played by Guy Craighead, along with a small amount of correspondence, clippings, and newsletters.
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Ada E. Crain Papers, c. 1860-2003 (C3067)
1.3 cubic feet (33 folders)
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)
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)
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.
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Benjamin H. Creamer Papers, 1890-1969 (R0476)
10 folders
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
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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"Missouri," H.H. Crittenden, 1930 (C2096)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Poem submitted to the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Papers, 1880-1950 (C0087)
0.4 cubic feet
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)
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.
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)
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
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)
Letter to Rolph Fairchild, from Pelham, New York, November 13, 1937, asking advice about which political party to join.
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Carl Crow Papers, 1913-1945 (C0041)
6 cubic feet (354 folders, 22 volumes), 6 oversize volumes
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
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.
Homer Croy Papers, 1905-1965 (C2534)
10.25 cubic feet (765 folders), 1 roll of microfilm
Homer Croy, a Missouri native, was the author of numerous books, short stories, plays and articles. The collection contains research and manuscripts for published and unpublished work, business and personal correspondence, financial records, contracts, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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Cruise Palmer Papers, 1909-1977 (K0240)
1 c.f.
Palmer was a prominent journalist and a Executive Editor at the Kansas City Star. Contains news articles, photographs, and other documents related to the history and stockholders of the Kansas City Star Company; the professional journalist society, Sigma Delta Chi, for which Palmer was Kansas City chapter president; and the everyday work of a newspaper journalist.
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Cullimore Family Collection, 1878-2020 (R1090)
10.5 cubic feet (276 of folders, 8 CDs, 2 cassette tapes, 828 photographs, 217 negatives, 1 45 record)
The Cullimore Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Donald B. and Lee M. Cullimore and their father Donald G. Cullimore. The papers include personal correspondence, diaries, articles, family research and genealogy, photographs, and local history research. a larger portion of the collection is dedicated to genealogical materials for the family of Lee Cullimore and his wife, Marcia Craddock Cullimore’s family.
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Culture Club Records, 1899-1979 (S0147)
0.25 cubic feet, 14 folders, 4 photographs
The Culture Club Records collection includes bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, meeting minutes, and programs documenting the Culture Club, a discussion group founded by affluent Jewish housewives in St. Louis, Missouri, to converse about topics involving literature, theatre, dance, and public affairs.
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Cummins Family Photographs, 1850-1934 (SP0006)
.5 cubic feet (20 folders)
The Cummins Family Photographs consist of multiple portraits of adults, children, and candid shots of the family. Also included is some family correspondence, created from 1910 to 1934.
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Roy Emerson Curtis Papers, 1935-1940 (C3408)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)
Curtis was professor of economics and finance at the University of Missouri, and served as dean of the school of Business and Public Administration from 1936 to 1942. Papers contain correspondence related to academic courses, faculty, students, and jobs. Also includes some business questionnaires and conference programs.
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Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1892-1962 (C2528)
2.5 cubic feet
The papers of Winterton Conway Curtis contain correspondence, reprints, autobiographical notes, photographs and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri professor of zoology and dean of the College of Arts and Science. Also included is professional correspondence, 1904-1911, of George Lefevre, professor of zoology at the University of Missouri.
Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1898-1958 (C3423)
0.75 cubic feet (39 folders)
Lecture notes and related material for the protozoology course given by Curtis in the zoology department of the University of Missouri. Published articles by other authors from Curtis’ collection, a few personal letters, and photographs. Also, by-laws and business correspondence of the Westmount Civic Improvement Association, 1908-1917.
Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1890s-1940s (CA5187)
0.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize item
Addition of correspondence, writings, publications, and photographs to the papers of a professor of zoology at the University of Missouri. Includes some papers of zoology professor George Lefevre.
Czechs in St. Louis Collection, 1929-1974 (S0034)
0.03 cubic foot, 4 folders
The Czechs in St. Louis Collection contains anniversary programs, histories, and unpublished manuscripts, relating to Czech-American life in St. Louis, including Bohemian Hill, St. John's Nepomuk Parish, and Sokol St. Louis.
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Bertha M. Williams Daarud Photograph Collection, 1930, no date (P0455)
18 photographs
Photos of Camden County, primarily the Linn Creek area, used in Daarud's book The Ozark Farmer's Daughter.
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Mary Kathy Dains Photographs, 1868, 1901-1990 (P0300)
3 folders
Photographs of Columbia, MO, the University of Missouri (1978-1986, including extensive coverage of Ellis Library construction in the 1980s), and historic sites and structures across Missouri. Also includes portraits taken or acquired by Dains.
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"Dairy Improvement Program of Ralls County, Missouri, 1925-1931," William A. Rhea Jr., 1931 (C2679)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains Rhea's entry in the National Dairy Improvement Contest, 1931. Includes photographs, pamphlets, and correspondence as well as text.
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Dalton Family Photographs, 1923-1958 (P0343)
1 folder
Photographs of Walter William Dalton, John M. Dalton, and other Dalton family members.
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John M. Dalton Papers, 1921-1965 (C2417)
130.3 cubic feet (11967 folders, 51 volumes), 4 oversize volumes, 8 card files, 1 CD
Personal and official papers of a Democratic governor of Missouri, 1961-1965. Includes some material from his term as Missouri attorney general.
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Warren R. Dalton Jr. Papers, 1929-2012 (C4785)
1.0 cubic foot (30 folders)
The papers of Warren Dalton consist of research for the columns he wrote for the Columbia Daily Tribune, research for his published books, transcriptions of his published books, and personal papers that consist of correspondence between his father William W. Dalton and multiple people in his family and in his professional life.
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Walter William Dalton Papers, 1939-1979 (C4314)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of Walter Dalton contain correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and newspaper clippings regarding Dalton, an Air Force Reserve officer, attorney, and civic leader.
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Damel Family Photographs, 1892-1982 (P0865)
1 folder
Photographs of members of the Damel family, an African American family that came to settle in Jefferson City.
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Daniel Family Papers, 1870-1966 (C0792)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of the Daniel family, of Osceola, Missouri, contain letters, diaries, newspaper clippings of family events, and photographs of family members. See information folder for brief genealogy of Daniel and Cox families.
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Henry Clay Daniel Papers, 1853-1932 (C0301)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of a lawyer contain biographical material, a speech, notes, letters, a scrapbook, and a photograph.
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Gladys Hoover Havens Daniels Papers, 1906-1975 (K0982)
2 c.f.
Daniels was a music teacher and performer of note in Kansas City, MO. Includes daily journals and travel diaries of Mrs. Daniels. Also material related to her interest in music and notes for talks, programs, and clippings.
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James T. Darrough Photograph Collection, 1905-1971 (P0428)
28 photographs
Photographs of Boone County, primarily Columbia ca. early 1900s and ca. 1970s
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Darst-Smith-Tindall Family Papers, 1880s-1973 (CA6559)
3 cubic feet
The papers contain letters, photographs, and genealogical material concerning the Darst, Smith, Tindall, and related families of St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Blendville Lodge No. 298, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1901-1986 (R0557)
17 volumes MICROFILM
These are the minute books of the Daughters of Rebekah lodge at Blendville in Jasper
County, Missouri. The minutes begin with the organizational meeting on 28 May 1901 and
continue through 24 June 1986. Regular business included the initiation of members, work on the
various degrees of the order, and planning for assemblies and social functions with other Rebekah
and Odd Fellows lodges.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Cuba Lodge No. 739 Records, 1888-1984 (R0968)
(24 volumes, 7 folders)
These are the record books and miscellaneous papers of the Rebekah Lodge in Cuba, Crawford County, Missouri. The Cuba Lodge's collection includes earlier records of Martha Lodge No. 19 at St. James in Phelps county, which consolidated with the lodge at Cuba in 1978.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Dadeville Lodge No. 555 Records, 1911-1952 (R0612)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Dadeville Lodge No. 555 Records contain a membership register from the Rebekah Lodge at Dadeville in Dade County, Missouri. It contains the names of members and the dates of active memberships, transferal, and suspensions. There is a fragmentary index at the beginning of the volume.
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Daughters of Rebekah, Daisy Lodge No. 329, Chitwood, Missouri Records, 1903-1931 (R0535)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Daughters of Rebekah, Daisy Lodge No. 329 Records are the records of Daisy Lodge No. 329 at Chitwood, Jasper County, Missouri ranging from 1903 through 1931.