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Eric Douglas Macwilliam Remington Papers, 1920-1950 (K0101)
3.09 c.f.

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Exterior and interior photographs of residences designed by Remington, an architect in Kansas City associated with woman architect, Mary Rockwell Hook; notes and drawings done by Remington pertaining to the concert house in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Arthur B. Remley Papers, 1875-1937 (C4659)
0.4 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Lecture notes and account books of a Ray County, Missouri, farmer who attended the University of Missouri in the 1870s.

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Gordon Renfrow Photograph Collection, 1938 (P0412)
3 photographs

Copy photos of successful bass fishermen (Lake of the Ozarks) and goose hunters (Boonville, MO), 1938.

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Renshaw and McLin Family Papers, 1845-2000 (SP0087)
4 cubic feet (61 folders, 3 volumes, 1 oversize box)

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The Renshaw and McLin Family Papers contain the personal papers of the Renshaw and McLin families of Cave Spring, Missouri, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, and genealogical material. The collection also consists of records related to Mount Zion Presbyterian Church located in Cave Spring.

Reppy-Frissell-Drake Family Papers, 1860-1930 (C0155)
0.1 cubic feet

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Personal correspondence of a DeSoto, Missouri, family concerning the Civil War, relatives in the east, and family news. Additional Frissell family papers are available at the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis.

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Reynolds Family Papers, 1875-1997 (CG0007)
2.6 cubic feet

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The Reynolds Family Papers contain photographs, correspondence, reel to reel films, and other papers related to the Reynolds family of Morehouse, Missouri from 1875-1997.

Frank Reynolds Photograph Collection, circa 1925-1942 (R0796)
0.1 cubic foot (3 folders, 34 photographs)

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These are postcards and photographs collected by Frank Reynolds when he worked on construction projects including Bagnell Dam in Missouri, Lock and Dam No. 14 on the Mississippi River at LeClaire, Iowa, and Camp Crowder, Missouri.

A. Stacy Rhodes Collection, 1834-1940 (C3780)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains miscellaneous letters between Rhodes family members and genealogical notes on the Rhodes family. A. Stacy Rhodes was a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Ribeau Family Papers, 1870-1982 (R0101)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Ribeau Family Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, tax receipts, and miscellaneous records of an African-American family in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. They lived in a historic poteaux-en-terre house built in 1778.

Edwin Stanton Rice Papers, 1851-1947 (C0397)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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John Dubois' membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, April 7, 1851; Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia Railroad Company, freight ticket, 1863; letter, 1900, concerning Springfield, MO, freight office; and letter to a Springfield daily newspaper from Rice, 1947, with early Missouri historical notes.

Harry and Opal Mae Rice Postcard Collection, 1909-1946 (P0497)
18 postcards

Postcards of Missouri scenes: St. Joseph, Gallatin, Lebanon, Slater, Maryville, Branson, Jefferson City, Sedalia, St. Louis, and Kansas City.

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John A. Rich Diaries, 1884-1943 (C0898)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Diaries kept by a lawyer and judge who was a resident of Slater, Saline County, Missouri. General home affairs, his law practice, religion, the Southern Methodist Church, politics, travel, business, bank failures, and improvements made over the years. Also includes genealogical material.

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John Edward Richards Legal Papers, 1860-1936 (C2155)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Legal papers of J.E. Richards of Moscow Mills, MO, his immediate family, contemporaries, and descendants. Stock certificates, leases, deeds, insurance policy, and bills.

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John Edward Richards Papers, 1861-1938 (C2163)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The papers of John Edward Richards contain two account books relating primarily to personal, household, and farm expenditures and to the wages and maintenance of manual labor, 1888-1929. The collection includes miscellaneous legal papers, including deeds, personal bills, and canceled checks.

Hayes Ayres Richardson Papers, 1933-1971 (K0278)
6 c.f.

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Richardson was Director of Welfare for the City of Kansas City, MO 1940-1959 and most of the papers pertain to this period: newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, and photographs. Also his campaign for the Kansas City Council and his interest and work in government and economics which he taught at the University of Kansas City.

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Richland Hotel Collection, circa 1930s-1940s (R0625)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Richland Hotel Collection contains items from the Richland Hotel in Richland, Pulaski County, Missouri, including two photographs of the hotel, a blotter, an envelope, and two rate cards.

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Richmond Heights Historical Society Records, 1900-2013 (S0274)
21 cubic feet

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The Richmond Heights Historical Society (RHHS) Records contain photographs, scrapbooks, newsletters, plat maps, newspaper clippings, and correspondence collected by RHHS’s volunteers documenting the history and culture of Richmond Heights from the 1900s to the present. Materials of interest include maps of Richmond Heights’ area subdivisions, including the names of homeowners. The materials in this collection date from 1900 to 2013. 

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Ray S. Richmond Papers, 1914-1984 (S0553)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 scrapbook, 14 photographs

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Ray Richmond was born in Fillmore, Illinois on June 5, 1896. He played minor league baseball for the Bloomers of Bloomington, Illinois before joining the St. Louis Browns in 1920 and 1921. Richmond played eight games for the Browns and had a lifetime record of two wins and one loss. He died in DeSoto, Missouri on December 21, 1969. Scrapbook primarily documents Richmond’s baseball career, with two letters from 1983 and 1984.

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Rickman Family Papers, 1778-1978 (C4177)
0.6 cubic feet (34 folders)

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The papers consist of genealogical materials pertaining to the Rickman and corollary families [Fristoe, Henderson, Higgins, Tatum, Thomas, Twyman, Wilson] of North Carolina, Virginia, and St. Clair County, Missouri. The material includes genealogical charts and corresponding notebook, birth announcements, census records, death certificates and obituaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. 1778-1978.

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William E. Rider Papers, 1893-1953 (K0014)
0.3 c.f.; 23 folders

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Correspondence which Rider, a farmer in Pettis County, MO., received from family and friends concerning farming and personal matters.

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Julia B. Slemons Harrison Riedel Papers, 1600-1990 (K1022)
5 c.f.

Genealogical research on the Slemons, Gardner, Lyles, also biography, Brigadier General William F. Slemons. C.S.A.: His Ancestors and Descendants, by Riedel

Mrs. Mark T. Riedel Photograph Collection, 1935-1944 (P0829)
5 photographs

Photos of New Overland School classes.

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Riley Family Papers, 1909-1968 (C3837)
0.4 cubic feet (14 folders)

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Papers of John Willard Riley, Jr., concerning his research into his family genealogy. The papers were given to Gerald M. Petty who used them in the writing of his book, Petty, Wright, Riley and Other Related Families. The papers consist of correspondence, charts, newspaper clippings and notes.

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Riley Family Papers, 1855-1967 (CG0065)
3.5 c.f.

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Financial, legal, and personal documents produced mainly by Henry C. Riley, Sr., H.C. Riley, Jr, and other Riley family members. Other materials, including a plat map book and business ledgers, were created by Charles C. Bock, Riley Bock’s paternal grandfather. There is also a printed photograph, a circuit judge commission, a large map of judicial circuit courts in Missouri, and microfilm rolls for the donor’s historical research.

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Alice Cary Risley Papers, 1857-1991, bulk 1863-1939 (R0478)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Alice Cary Risley, a volunteer nurse for the Union army in New Orleans during the Civil War, and a postwar resident of West Plains, Missouri. Risley was active in the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. She corresponded with members of these organizations and with former soldiers.

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Ritter and Howard Families Papers, 1850-1956 (R0100)
1 cubic foot (50 folders, 6 volumes, 3 oversize volumes)

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The Ritter and Howard Families Papers contains correspondence, legal records, business papers, and miscellaneous materials of the Ritter and Howard families of Jasper County, Missouri. Included are mining lease and drill records, and records of the Stone School District. Three generations of two families are represented in this collection.

Amanda Elizabeth Evans Rivard Papers, 1919-1980 (K0149)
0.08 c.f. (4 folders)

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Photocopied scrapbook, including photographs of homes Rivard designed and newspaper clippings related to her career as a woman architect in Kansas City, MO.

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River Power and Transport Association Corporate Records, 1927-1933 (C1232)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Corporate records of the River Power and Transport Association, Wilmington, DE, 1927.

Appended to these records are the minutes of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis River Front Improvement Corporation, 1933.

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Cornelius Roach Speeches, 1915-1930 (C0157)
0.3 cubic feet

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Contains the speeches of Cornelius Roach, secretary of the state of Missouri, 1909-1916, and editor of the JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

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James A. Roark Papers, 1896-1936 (C2645)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters and papers concerning Roark's employment on the Missouri, Gasconade, and Osage Rivers, 1896-1917; federal employees. Two river guide booklets; Missouri rivers, 1901, Ohio River, n.d. Broadside on the State Democratic Convention, St. Louis, 1940. Two David Lawrence clippings on federal wage controls, 1942.

Ollie and Edna Roberts Postcard Collection, 1909-1970 (CA6747)
0.2 cubic feet

Postcards of buildings, structures, parks and scenery around Missouri. The postcards were collected by Ollie and Edna Roberts.

William George Roberts Papers, 1908-1962 (R1386)
0.25 cubic foot (11 folders, 23 photographs)

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The William George Roberts Papers contain early correspondence between Sarah, Carrol, Emma, and Andrew Roberts. The collection also includes correspondence and papers involving William G. Roberts during his service in World War II. Also included are photographs from his military service and personal papers involving William G. Roberts' life before and after the war.

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George A.S. Robertson Papers, 1918-1987 (C4312)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of a former World War I fighter pilot and later Deputy Superintendent of Insurance contain biographical and genealogical data on George A.S. Robertson and the Robertson and related family.

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Oliver Eugene Robinett Letters, 1936-1948 (C2219)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Letters written to Major Robinett's family during World War II, while he served with the 3rd Division, Marine Corps, in New Zealand and the Pacific. Also a biographical sketch.

Paul McDonald Robinett Scrapbooks, 1897-1974 (C3620)
0.8 cubic feet (60 folders)

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Correspondence, clippings, writings, speeches and notes pertaining to Brigadier General Robinett of Mountain Grove, Missouri, who, with his brother Frank, compiled material on his army career.

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Fred Robins Photograph Collection, 1884-1951 (P0725)
32 photographs

Photos of Wellington and Lexington, MO, ca. 1920s-1930s, and the Ozark County Times printing office. Photographs of Turners Mill and Dawt Mill. Portraits of people from Lexington.

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Robinson Family Papers/Kansas City Social Register Records, 1880-1998 (K0774)
19 c.f.

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Papers of a prominent Kansas City family, and publishers of the Social Register. Includes correspondence, genealogical files, reference notecard index, biographical data, printed and published material, clippings, and photographs.

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Harry B. Robinson Collection, 1921-1955 (C4109)
0.5 cubic feet

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The collection of Harry B. Robinson contains a mix of materials concerning Columbia and mid-Missouri. Robinson focused on collecting diaries and account records of Columbia locals, dating primarily from 1905 to 1953.

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Richard D. Robinson Collection, 1830s-2000s (CA5805)
14.2 cubic feet

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Materials of a professor in the College of Education, University of Missouri-Columbia, whose primary research areas were the history of literacy, teacher education, and reading theory. Includes historical school primers, professional correspondence, publications, and miscellaneous papers.

Rocheport Roller Mills (Rocheport, Mo.) Records, 1882-1937 (C0344)
10 rolls of microfilm

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Records of the grain mill established in 1875, originally called Monitor Mills. It produced Tuberose and Snowflake flour, as well as meal, ship stuff, and bran.

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Rocheport, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1890-1962 (P0089)
83 photographs

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An artifical collection of photographs, including many copy photos, of Rocheport, MO.

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Rock Hill Historic Preservation Commission Records , 1893-2004 (S0639)
5 cubic feet

The Rock Hill Historic Preservation Commission Records contain ledgers, meeting minutes, photographs, development reports, and correspondence collected by the Commission documenting the history of the Rock Hill Men's Improvement Association, the Rock Hill Presbyterian Church, city government, and the preservation of Fairfax house.

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Rock Springs School, Washington County, Missouri Records, 1892-1935 (R0228)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Rock Springs School, Washington County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the record books of the district clerk of the Rock Springs school district.

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Rockbridge Bank (Rockbridge, Mo.) Records, 1869-1936 (C0063)
6.25 cubic feet, 3 volumes

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Bank business papers, legal papers, insurance papers, deposit slips and receipts, and miscellaneous papers. Also includes books of accounts used during the regular course of the business.

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Rocky Point Baptist Church, Ripley County, Missouri Records, 1885-1933 (R0569)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Rocky Point Baptist Church, Ripley County, Missouri Records are the record books and miscellaneous papers of Rocky Point Baptist Church in western Ripley County, Missouri.

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John Rodelander Papers, 1909-1955 (K1015)
1 c.f.

Rodelander was the head chef at the Hotel Phillips. Includes menus and other printed materials concerning the Hotel Phillips and various Kansas City restaurants.

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Edward L. Roemer Papers, 1886-1938 (K0698)
2 c.f.

Catalogs and records of Roemer, a fine cabinetmaker in Kansas City, MO. Includes drawings, sketches, and patterns for furniture

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Nelson F. Rogers Papers, 1894-1996 (R1318)
1.75 cubic foot (79 folders, 9 volumes, 231 photographs)

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The Nelson F. Rogers Papers contain the professional papers of Nelson F. Rogers, a forester with the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Center. He conducted research at the Sinkin Experimental Forest and Central States Forest Experiment Station, studying reforestation of strip-mined areas and experiments involving the cultivation of shortleaf pine. The collection also includes personal papers and Rogers family genealogical material.

Mary Ann Creason Rohde Photograph Collection, 1900-1990 (P0999)
1 folder

Photographs of the Mohney, Creason, and related families; includes photographs of tombstones of family members at Riffe and South Point cemeteries

Rohlfing Family Postcard Collection, 1890s-1980s (CA6722)
0.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume

Postcards sent between members of the Rohlfing family from Gasconade County, Missouri. The bulk of the postcards were sent to Christina Rohlfing, Sabina Humburg Rohlfing, and Lydia Rohlfing Hoerstkamp. Also includes one scrapbook with postcards.

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