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Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Records, 1923-2003 (C4547)
11.0 cubic feet (172 folders)

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This collection contains the minutes of meetings, annual reports, financial records, manuals, programs and other convention materials for the Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc.

Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs Records, 1917-2023 (CA6745)
1 cubic foot, 1 oversize item

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Addition of MFWC records. Includes records from the 4th district and miscellaneous clubs. Items include convention records, certificates, financial records, minutes, and yearbooks. See also C1172.

Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs Records, 1896-1933 (C1172)
5 volumes

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Membership lists, officers, constitution, and minutes of the directors' and annual meetings.

Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, Sixth District Records, 1932-1943 (R1175)
(1 volume)

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These are the secretary's minutes of the annual meetings of the Sixth District, Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs. The record book includes minutes of the twenty-ninth through fortieth annual meetings, 1932-1943.

Missouri Folklore Society Records, 1906-2016 (C2045)
14.4 cubic feet (649 folders), 306 jpgs, 357 audio cassettes, 10 audio tapes, 3 audio discs, 32 video cassettes, 4 DVDs, 1 reel 16 mm film

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The records of the Missouri Folklore Society include early materials such as constitutions, programs, and publications. However, the bulk of the collection consists of organizational materials beginning in 1977 when the Society was reactivated, including correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, photographs, audio and audiovisual materials, clippings, membership lists, and annual meeting materials.

Missouri Forestry Records, 1929-1994 (R1341)
2.25 cubic feet (53 folders)

The records of Missouri Forestry contain materials from the administration of directors George O. White, Osal B. Capps, and Jerry Presley. This includes materials related to Smokey Bear, fire safety, and the promotion of science, practice, and standards of forestry.

Missouri General Assembly Portraits, 1871-1991 (P0217)
978 photographs

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Portraits of members of the Missouri General Assembly, 1871-1941.

Missouri Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records, 1850-2009 (CA6254)
82 cubic feet, 4 oversize volumes, 8 oversize items

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Records of the Missouri lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Assembly. Included are account books, minutes, annual membership and financial reports, encampments reports, petitions submitted to the state Grand Lodge, and publications about the organizations. The collection also includes records of the Modern Woodmen of America, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and Theta Rho Girls Club.

Missouri Home Economics Association Records, 1933-2020 (CA6615)
2.2 cubic feet

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The records of the organization include annual meeting programs, directories, newsletters, and meeting minutes.

Missouri Honor Medalist Portraits, 1933-1975 (P1209)

Portraits of recipients of the Missouri Honor Medal, awarded by the University of Missouri's School of Journalism for distinguished service in journalism. Represented in this collection are Pauline Frederich, Sylvia Porter, Dorothy Roe Lewis, Katharine Graham, Doris Fleeson, Malvina Lindsay, Mary Margaret McBride, and Daniel Fitzpatrick.

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Missouri Hybrid Corn Company (Fulton, Mo.) Records, 1932-1981 (C2966)
5 cubic feet

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The business records of the first hybrid corn company in Missouri include early company histories, scrapbooks, Italian POW labor records, and extensive financial records.

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Missouri Judges Portraits, 1845-1938 (P1085)

Portraits of Missouri judges.

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Missouri League for Nursing Records, 1919-1980s (CA4598)
18.9 cubic feet

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The records of a professional organization concerned with nursing and nursing education include minutes, reports, state review board materials, workshop materials, programs and evaluations, convention materials, and miscellaneous material.

Missouri Legislators Portraits, 1880-1996 (P1084)

Portraits of Missouri's United States senators and representatives.

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Missouri Library Association Records, 1916-2018 (CA6066)
31.7 cubic feet, 6 audio tapes, 1 audio disc, 1 audio cassette, 4 video tapes, 1 video cassette, 2 oversize items

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Addition of correspondence, financial records, membership directories, conference materials, administrative files, publications, and minutes.

Missouri Library Association Records, 1900-1994 (C0515)
32.2 cubic feet (1325 folders); 107 rolls of microfilm

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The organizational records of the Missouri Library Association consist of by-laws and constitutions, correspondence, financial and membership records including account books, journals and ledgers, handbooks, miscellaneous newsletters and other publications, minutes and reports, newspaper clippings, promotional materials, programs, resolutions, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Records, 1853-1945 (C2557)
114.6 cubic feet (7109 folders, 194 volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)

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The records of the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company contain Correspondence, minutes of board of directors' meetings, and financial and operating records of a Grandin, MO, land and lumber company, which operated in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne Counties.

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Missouri Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1906-1938 (C2148)
1.0 cubic foot (11 volumes)

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Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Columbia, formerly the Broadway Methodist Church.

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Missouri Military Portraits, 1860-1950 (P1197)

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Portraits of military servicemembers and officers from or with connection to Missouri.

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Missouri Music Teachers Association Records, 1910-2004; bulk 1963-1995 (C4670)
7.0 cubic feet (141 folders) 4 audio tapes

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The records of the organization include correspondence, financial reports, membership lists, newsletters, board meeting minutes, promotional materials, convention records, publications, audio tapes of original musical compositions, and miscellaneous material.

Missouri National Forests Association Books, 1933-1935 (C1175)
0.23 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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History and records of national forest movement in Missouri compiled by Robert Good, president of the association. V. 1, Newspaper clippings, 1933-1935; V. 2, Minutes and correspondence, 1933-1934.

Missouri National Guard Photographs, 1893-1932 (P0076)
0.2 linear feet

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Images of Charles Lindbergh, aerial photos of Columbia, MO, Fort Riley (KS), Lambert Airfield, 35th Division Aviation, Digital images of Fort Riley, national guard officers under Gov. Wm. J. Stone.

Missouri Nurses Association Records, 1902-1993 (CA4451)
95 cubic feet

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The records of a professional organization include correspondence, insurance records, convention materials, reports, committee material, legislative files, membership records, publications, and miscellaneous materials.

Missouri Pacific Railroad Records, 1905-1945 (CA6365)
4.7 cubic feet

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Records of the railroad largely consist of field books containing survey information. Also includes valuation notes.

Missouri Park and Recreation Association Records, 1938-1992 (C3649)
12 cubic feet (620 folders)

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Origin, history and meetings of an organization whose members seek to promote the general welfare of the people through a recreation program. Minutes of the executive boards, committee work, conference and treasurers' reports and correspondence are included. The last section of the collection comprises papers relating to supervised recreation in Columbia, Missouri, 1940-1960.

Missouri Patriotic Associations Collection, 1893-2010 (C4704)
0.4 cubic foot (18 folders), 1 roll of microfilm

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Records of state and local chapters of various patriotic and heritage associations in Missouri.

Missouri Photographs Collection, 1912-1954 (SP0031)
.1 cubic foot (1 folder, 6 photographs)

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The Missouri Photographs Collection consists of various photographs from the state of Missouri, as well as several postcards for attractions around the state, including Meramec Caverns. The collection also contains an address book dated 1954. 

Missouri Postcard Collection, 1870-1997 (P0032)
1 cubic foot

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An artificial collection of postcards depicting a broad selection of Missouri landscapes, towns, and cities.

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Missouri Postcard Collection, 1907-1971 (SP0016)
.5 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The Missouri Postcard Collection contains postcards featuring images from around the state of Missouri. Materials continue to be added to the collection.

Missouri Press Association Photograph Collection, 1867-1985 (P0475)

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Photos of the Missouri Press Association and newspaper journalists and editors.

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Missouri Press Association Records, 1882-1982 (C3714)
1.8 cubic (60 folders), 10 rolls of microfilm

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The records of an organization of editors, publishers, and employees of publishing establishments contain histories, correspondence, minutes, annual meeting programs, newsletters, clippings, and photographs. The records also include information on regional associations and the Missouri Press Association confidential bulletins from 1930 to 1982. The bulletins are on microfilm.

Missouri Press Association Records, 1880s-2015 (CA6189)
54.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 5 oversize items, 13 DVD, 1 video cassette

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Addition of bulletins, clippings, convention and board of directors meeting materials, directories, correspondence, photographs, subject files, and miscellaneous records of an organization founded in 1867. Includes files of executive directors Bill Bray and Doug Crews.

Missouri Public Service Commission Photographs, 1915-1969 (P0337)
8 photographs

8 photographs of various Public Service Commissions: Boards of 1953, 1963, 1969; employees of commission, 1915.

Missouri Railroad Records, 1837-2006 (C2358)
39.3 cubic feet (441 folders)

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The Missouri Railroad Records consist of reports, bulletins, pamphlets, proceedings, and other materials of railroads and related organizations that were in Missouri or its contiguous states.

Missouri River Navigation Association Records, 1925-1943 (K0354)
0.34 cubic foot (19 folders, 204 photographs, 1 oversize photograph, 24 negatives)

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The Missouri River Navigation Association Records contains photographs and negatives depicting different aspects of engineering and activities along the Missouri River.

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Missouri Ruralist Photographs, 1936-1978 (P0030)
6.67 cubic feet (480 folders)

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Photos from the agriculture magazine "Missouri Ruralist."

Missouri School Districts Collection, 1917-1980 (S0044)
1.4 cubic feet, 42 folders

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The Missouri School Districts Collections is an artificial collection combining small acquisitions pertaining to various school districts in St. Louis and outstate Missouri.

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Missouri School of Religion Papers, 1896-1967 (C2791)
5.8 cubic feet

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Correspondence of Deans G.D. Edwards, 1907-1937; Carl Agee, 1930-1949; and Seth Slaughter, 1949-1967. Correspondence of George Wetherell, extension minister, and James Wyker, director of the Rural Church Extension Service. Minutes of board of trustees' and faculty meetings, treasurer's reports, annual reports, and audits.

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Missouri School of Religion Records, 1930-2017 (CA6528)
5.7 cubic feet, 1 oversize item

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The records of the Missouri School of Religion contain board meeting materials, newsletters, photographs, promotional material, and miscellaneous material.

Missouri School of Religion Records, 1888-1980s (CA4347)
12.3 cubic feet

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Addition of enrollment cards, bulletins, financial statements, trustee meeting minutes, theses and dissertations, lecture notes, bibliographies, reports, publications, and photographs.

Missouri Sesquicentennial Celebration, Platte County Collection, c. 1890-1970 (C4218)
0.4 cubic feet (18 folders)

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Materials concerning Platte County, Missouri, history compiled for the Missouri Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee.

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Missouri Social Hygiene Association Scrapbook, 1928-1933 (S0089)
0.01 cubic foot

The Missouri Social Hygiene Association (MSHA) Scrapbook contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and newsletters pertaining to the group's mission to disseminate knowledge and laws concerning social hygiene to the public. 

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Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators Records, 1937-2010 (S0010)
36 cubic feet

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The records contain bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, research abstracts, and photographs regarding the Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators'  (MOSHAPE) mission to develop and promote health, leisure, and movement programs.  

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Missouri Society of American Foresters Records, 1900-1991 (C4185)
4 cubic feet (172 folders)

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The records of the Missouri Chapter of the Ozark Section of the Society of American Foresters contain meeting material, minutes, newsletters, reports, correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous material. The objectives of the Society are to advance the science, technology, teaching and practice of professional forestry in America, and to use the knowledge and skills of the profession to benefit society.

Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Records, 1891-2024 (CA3056)
19.90 cubic feet, 1 oversize item, 1 computer disc, 3.56 GB of digital files

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Applications, correspondence, minutes, membership lists, publications, financial records, convention and program materials, chapter records, photographs, and other material of the organization.

Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO Records, 1938-1972 (C3700)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders, 169 folders on 6 rolls of microfilm)

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The records of the State Council office of the secretary-treasurer, formed in 1938 by local unions to oversee union activities within the state, include weekly reports and other correspondence; photographs, printed material; and the proceedings of the annual council conventions.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Collection, 1930-1981 (P0224)
11 photographs

Photographs of Missouri State Highway Patrol operations and employees.

Missouri State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Records, 1891-1975 (C0216)
21.6 cubic feet (1734 folders)

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Correspondence, convention proceedings, financial and membership records, minutes, reports, and records of the Council and its Committee on Political Education, the Missouri State Federation of Labor, and Labor's League for Political Education. Subject file on topics of interest to labor including political, legislative, and civic activities of Council executive officers.

Missouri State Officials, Boards, and Committees, Portraits, 1891-1985 (P1205)

Portraits of Missouri's statewide officials, staff, board and committee members.

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