1930s
F
Josephine Flory Papers, 1845, 1931-1939 (C4120)
0.3 cubic feet (8 folders)
The papers of Josephine Flory contain a large collection of programs from theatrical plays and concerts, as well as a variety of records from the University of Missouri. Within the University of Missouri records are invitations to a number of sororities, graduation certifications, and newspaper clippings regarding W.S.G.A. events. The papers also include a variety of miscellaneous documents from the 1930s.
Counties
Mrs. H.D. Floyd Postcard Collection, 1919-1939 (P0531)
15 postcards
Postcards of Boonville area buildings, Arrow Rock Tavern, and Bagnell Dam (Lake of the Ozarks).
Subjects
Flum Family Papers, 1935-2017 (S0369)
0.5 cubic foot
The Flum Family Papers consist of program booklets, obituaries, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Paul and Nancy Flum's business and civic endeavors, including Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., the St. Louis Ballet, the United Nations Association, and Goals for Americans Foundation. Also included are photographs depicting family holidays, events, and vacations.
Counties
Francis Marion Flynn Papers, 1920-1975 (C3812)
1.0 cubic foot (101 folders)
Papers of a New York City newspaper executive and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The collection has correspondence, clippings, speeches, in-house publications, pamphlets, and photographs from Flynn's tenure at the Japan Advertiser Press and the New York Daily News.
Subjects
Joseph Wingate Folk Papers, 1902-1952 (C0101)
0.6 cubic feet
Unfinished biography of Folk by his sister, Mrs. James Avery Webb. Clippings pertaining to Folk's career as circuit attorney in St. Louis, 1902-1904; Democratic governor of Missouri, 1904-1909; races for Senate and failure to win election, 1918; career in Washington, D.C., 1917-1923, under President Woodrow Wilson; and death in 1923. Letters of sympathy at death, Folk-Bates genealogy, speeches by Folk, and miscellaneous material.
Counties
Fontbonne University Records, 1923-2024 (S0680)
The Fontbonne University Records consists of meeting minutes, photographs, course syllabi, journals, bylaws, and correspondence pertaining to the University's 101-year history of providing undergraduate and graduate degrees to students in the St. Louis area and the United States. Founded in 1923 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Fontbonne was initially a women's college before admitting male students in the 1970s.
Counties
Ford Family Papers, 1838-2006 (C4007)
1 cubic foot (37 folders)
The papers of the Ford, English, Cunningham, and related families include family correspondence, photographs and postcards, genealogical, school, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence contains references to World War I.
Counties
Richard "Dick" A. Ford Collection, 1912-2005 (S0774)
3 cubic feet, 43 folders, 10 photographs
After more than half a century of media service, Richard "Dick" Ford retired from his position as news anchor with St. Louis' KTVI Fox 2 News. Ford was born in Turtle Creek,PA and received a bachelor of science degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He began working in the media industry in 1951. By the time Ford began working in St. Louis for KSDK News Channel 5, he had already established himself as a prominent journalist. In July 1992, he joined the KTVI Fox 2 News team. During his career, Ford earned an Emmy Award among other honors for journalistic excellence. This collection contains news features pertaining to notable events in the St. Louis area, as well as memorabilia pertaining to Ford's career as a news anchor.
Subjects
Counties
Rudy Foree Papers, 1913-1997 (R1289)
(6 folders)
These are personal papers, photographs and miscellaneous items of Rudy Foree, a resident of Washington
County, Missouri, and United States Army veteran of the Pacific campaigns of World War II. The collection contains genealogical material compiled by Esther M. Ziock Carroll of Potosi, Missouri, including Foree's birth and death certificates and a family history.
Counties
Foreign Language Association of Missouri Records, 1921-2013 (C4662)
2.2 cubic feet (56 folders) 1 volume, 144 MB of born digital files
Meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, financial records, membership records, conference programs, newsletters, and miscellaneous material of the association and the related Modern Language Association of Missouri and Modern Language Club of St. Louis and Vicinity.
Forest Park Research Files Collection, 1870-1995 (S0884)
18 cubic feet
This collection contains photographs, annual reports, file cards, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of Forest Park.
Subjects
Counties
Harold Linden Forester Papers, 1925-2007 (S0265)
2.5 cubic feet
The Harold Linden Forester Papers contain identification and travel documents, maps, illustrations, pamphlets, newsletters, postcards, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, academic materials, and military records. The materials date from 1925-2008 and pertain to Forester’s military service during World War II, his undergraduate years at the University of Southern California, his numerous jobs, his world travels, and his lifelong medical problems stemming from a wartime injury. The papers also contain information about the Forester family and Lawrence County, Missouri. Materials of interest include wartime letters from Forester to family members and friends, firsthand recollections of the Battle of Peleliu, and a scrapbook featuring photographs of the Forester family in Lawrence County, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Forister Family Papers, 1891-1996, no date (CG0097)
0.3 c.f.
Photographs of rural schools from the early 20th century; family photos from the Forister and Cozart (and related) families; handwritten genealogy research materials.
Fort D'Orleans Photographs, 1933 (C0786)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Annotated stereoscope photos of the probable site of Fort D'Orleans. Four photos with duplicates.
Counties
Fort Osage Restoration Records, 1808-1979 (K0155)
.5 c.f. (MR)
Correspondence relating to the reconstruction of Fort Osage by the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department in consultation with the Native Sons of Greater Kansas City. Also research on the history of the Fort; reconstruction techniques and materials; and authentic artifacts, furniture, costumes, and artillery.
Counties
Foster Lumber Company Records, 1889-1956 (K0435)
100 v
Financial ledgers, including trial balances, journals, cash books, purchase books, and freight books for a lumber company in Kansas City, MO.
Subjects
Counties
Horace Miller Foster Collection, 1936-1975 (K0967)
0.25 c.f. (9 folders)
Foster was a music teacher and a bandleader. Includes photographs of school bands, individual students, and miscellaneous other school related items. also scrapbook containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other general information concerning Foster's career.
Counties
Richard Brosing Fowler Sr. Papers, 1930-1978 (K1148)
0.5 c.f.
Fowler was an author and editor for the Kansas City Star. Includes newspaper clippings of articles written by Fowler for the Star. Also a few letters
Counties
Fox Family Papers, 1870-1950s (CA6548)
2 cubic feet
Papers of a family from Moberly, Missouri, include photographs, scrapbooks, small artifacts, and miscellaneous material. Material largely concerns Lawrence Fox, Joy Eldridge Fox, and Anna Thieman Fox.
Subjects
Counties
Robert Wilhelm Fraker Papers, 1920-1950 (K0378)
2 c.f.
Fraker played coronet, was a music teacher, and conductor of the Third Missouri Infantry Band. Consists of handwritten music manuscripts, sheet music, correspondence, photos, and scrapbooks relating to his training and career.
Counties
Vendla Johnson Frampton Collection, 1919-1988 (K0286)
0.2 c.f.
Transcript of an oral history interview in which Mrs. Frampton describes many details of her life, including: Kansas City's "Swede Hill" community; family background and relationships; local Lutheran church history; and holiday food and traditions. Also a Westport High School Memory Book, 1919.
Counties
William A. E. French Papers, 1877-1967 (R0175)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The William Aden Elmer French Papers contain the microfilmed copies of the papers of an author and newspaper publisher at Eminence in Shannon County, Missouri. Included are hunting and fishing diaries, journals, teaching notebooks, lists of published works, short stories, and family correspondence.
Counties
Francis Lucille Stowers Papers, 1910-1984 (CA6755)
0.2 cubic feet
Speeches, certificates, graduation announcements, news clippings, and photographs of an Audrain Co., Missouri teacher, 1930-1984.
Subjects
Counties
Franklin and Binkley Families Papers, 1868-1955 (R1492)
0.06 cubic foot (6 folders, 27 negatives)
The Franklin and Binkley Families Papers contain photocopies of correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Also included is genealogical information for the Franklin, Binkley, Myers, Herrman, Bray, and other connected families.
Counties
Franklin Baptist Association Records, 1932 (R0153)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Franklin Baptist Association Collection contains a photocopy of a report on the annual session of the Franklin Baptist Association, held at Three Rivers Church in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri on the hundredth anniversary of the church and the Association. Included are the constitution and lists of member churches of the Association, and histories of the church and the Association.
Subjects
Franz-Gundlach Family Papers, 1877-1956 (C4611)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of the Franz-Gundlach family from Lafayette County, Missouri, include correspondence and ephemera gathered during trips to Europe.
Subjects
Counties
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Springfield, Missouri, Chapter No. 294 Records, 1911-1918, 1934-1946 (SP0130)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Springfield, Missouri, Chapter No. 294 Records collection contains the membership applications and medical examination forms of Chapter No. 294 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Springfield, Missouri.
Counties
Douglas R. Frazee Photographs, 1880-1985 (P0072)
0.25 linear feet
Photographs of the Missouri River and life on the towboat Brownville, 1963-1985 by Frazee, an engineer on the vessel. Photos of Marshall, MO, 1948-1950, and Marthasville, MO, area in the early 1900s. Aerial photographs of Saline County, Marshall, Brookfield, and Pettis County, 1946-1949. Aerial photographs of farms and buildings along Highways 20, 24, 41 in Saline and Lafayette Counties, ca. 1947. Also include a variety of images of Missouri scenes and Missourians.
W.L. Frazier Papers, 1932 (C0685)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Symbolic poem written by a Boise, ID, doctor and sent to L.M. Defoe, Columbia, MO. Also descriptive letter and picture.
Subjects
Fred Wolferman, Inc. Records, 1897-1972 (K0205)
1.5 c.f.
Through innovative marketing, Wolferman's enjoyed a prestigious position in Kansas City gourmet food circles. Photographs, menus, news clips, an accounting ledger, scrapbooks and phonograph records, and advertisements and sample correspondence for the operation of grocery stores and restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Counties
Freedom Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1844-1962 (R0418)
6 volumes microfilmed
These are record books of the Freedom Baptist Church near Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include the articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership records, and minutes
of church business meetings, August 1844 --January 1962, and the secretary's record book of the
Baptist Young People's Union, 1929-1932.
Subjects
Counties
Freemasons, Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Records, 1889-1957 (R0756)
(1 folder)
These are directories, calendars, bylaws, and calling cards for the Masonic organization at Bolivar in Polk County, Missouri. Included are officers' directories for 1889 and 1900, membership booklets for 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1960, bylaws for 1956, and five calling cards.
Counties
Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133 Ironton, Missouri Records, 1849-1962 (R0446)
34 folders, 13 volumes MICROFILMED
These are records of the Masonic Lodge at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri. The records include
minute books, membership records, personnel files, and miscellaneous lodge papers,
1849-1962. The collection also includes the record books of the Iron Mountain Lodge, 1864-1894,
which consolidated with the Star of the West Lodge in 1894.
Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records, 1850-1974 (S0037)
1.2 cubic foot, 33 folders, 4 microfilm rolls
The Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records contain correspondence, ledgers, protocol books, and articles of association about the founding and operation of this German fraternal association.
Subjects
Counties
Max Freidberg Papers, 1911-1973 (K1073)
0.12 c.f.
World War I documents, photographs, diary and military tags of Freidberg, a United States Army soldier, born in Russia. Also Naturalization papers of Freidberg's father, Benno Freidberg.
Counties
Shela S. Fretwell Genealogical Collection, 1824-2020 (CA5886)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 card file, 1 CD, 2 computer discs, 2 oversize items, 1.03 MB of digital files
Correspondence, photographs, and other genealogical research material related to the Fretwell family of Lewis County, Missouri.
Subjects
Counties
Florence Freyermuth Collection, 1939-1975 (S0885)
20 cubic feet
This collection contains a 16mm film and slides of world travels of Florence Freyermuth, a friend of Marlin Perkins and family.
Friedens United Church of Christ (Warrenton, Mo.) Record Books, 1868-1967 (C3631)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)
Record books of the Friedens Evangelical Church, Warrenton, Missouri, and the Bethany Evangelical Church, Pendleton, Missouri. The two merged to become the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, later renamed the Friedens United Church of Christ. The Friedens Church was organized in 1877, but the record book has entries dating from 1868. The earliest record in the Bethany book is for 1910.
Subjects
Counties
Howard W. Friedmann Family Papers, 1923-2007 (K1263)
4.5 c.f.
The papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks,
memorabilia, and other materials collected by Friedmann and his family covering the
period 1923-2007.
Subjects
Counties
Friends of Arrow Rock Collection, 1842-1969 (C3087)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 oversize volume, 3 oversize items
The collection contains correspondence of John Sappington with Hogan & Wright, collection agents, 1842-1844; correspondence of Claiborne F. Jackson, 1855-1861; correspondence and miscellaneous items concerning the placement of Highway 40 and Santa Fe Trail markers; Martha Woods Diary, 1854-1860; Hugh Stephens scrapbook, undated; Independent Order of Odd Fellow certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence, 1849-1969.
Counties
Friendship Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1837-1974 (C4236)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)
The records of the Friendship Christian Church in Boone County consist of ledgers documenting membership, Sunday school attendance, and land deeds associated with the church. (See also C2372, Church of Christ at Friendship membership record)
Counties
Jane Froman Papers, 1891-1980 (C3695)
8.5 cubic feet (343 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 14 audio cassettes, 453 audio discs, 13 audio tapes, 4 films, 1 video cassette, 1 DVD, 25.6 GB of digital files
The papers of a singer and radio, theater, and movie star contain correspondence, financial records, musical arrangements, photographs, audio and film recordings, and scrapbooks. The papers include material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s through the 1950s. Also includes some papers of her mother, Anna Barcafer Froman Hetzler (1873-1962).
Counties
Jane Froman Collection, 1930s-2010 (CA5677)
3.7 cubic feet, 99 audio cassettes, 33 audio discs, 2 audio tapes, 37 CDs, 69 DVDs, 2 Reels off film, 25 video cassettes, 27 oversize items
Addition of correspondence, sheet music, audio and video recordings, and miscellaneous material pertaining to Jane Froman.
Frost Family Papers, 1862-1988 (R1404)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Frost Family Papers contain photocopies of compiled correspondence of Luther and Orville Frost from 1862 to 1889. Also include is a brief family history and genealogical information for the Frost family.
Counties
Frost Family Photograph Collection, 1930s-1970s (R1294)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 31 photographs)
This collection consists of twenty-nine black and white and two color photographs showing scenes and businesses in Rolla, Missouri from the 1930s into the 1970s.
Subjects
Counties
Sallie Hoskins Frost Papers, 1928-1963 (C3612)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)
Genealogical papers of Sallie Frost. Families researched include: Birch, Campbell, Carmichael, Cox, Foster, Frost, Galbraith, Hoskins, Howell, Redfearn, and Routh.
Subjects
Annette Riley Fry Papers, 1882-1983 (C3729)
0.4 cubic feet (24 folders)
The papers primarily contain correspondence between Fry and people, or relatives of people, who came to Missouri from New York on “orphan trains” sponsored by the Children’s Aid Society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Fry wrote an article on the orphans, which appeared in the December 1974 issue of American Heritage.
Richard Fuhrmann Lantern Slide Collection, 1840-1935 (P0048)
702 lantern slides
Lantern slides of turn-of-the-twentieth century St. Louis by local physician Richard Fuhrmann. Includes the area later razed for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
Subjects
Counties
Albert Burr Fuller Architectural Records, 1914-1963 (K0029)
25 c.f.
Architectural drawings, specifications, photographs, and other material relating to Fuller's career as an architect in Kansas City, Missouri.
Counties
Edward Marshall Fuller Jr. Architectural Records, 1920-1975 (K0697)
160 c.f.
Architectural drawings, renderings, specifications, correspondence, notes and other documents related to Fuller's career as an architect in the Kansas City, area specializing in schools and churches.