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Rosati, Missouri Collection, 1918-1983 (R0181)
0.04 cubic foot (2 folder, 1 audio cassette)

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The Rosati, Missouri Collection contains photocopies of materials pertaining to the history of Rosati (formerly Knobview) in Phelps County, Missouri. The collection includes the business notebook of Antonio M. Piazza, a tape-recorded interview with Jodie Donati, and a research paper by Francesco Brogi.

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Rosati, Missouri Label Collection, circa 1930s-1940s (R1013)
(1 folder)

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These are two unused labels for strawberries packed by the Knobview Fruit Growers Association at Knobview and Concord wine made by R.M. Cardetti & Sons at Rosati in Phelps County, Missouri.

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Rose Cliff Hotel Collection, 1928-1960 (R0594)
(4 volumes)

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The collection consists of 4 volumes; a single guest register dating from the hotel's opening, a combination 'cash and ledger' volume documenting daily expenses and income of the hotel as well as the expenses of a wholesale merchandise operation in 1947-1948, and two expense ledgers showing operating costs i.e. meals, laundry, fuel oil, utilities, taxes, advertising, and labor.

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Ralph Rosen Papers, 1924-1982 (S0143)
3 cubic feet, 132 folders, 2 photographs

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The Ralph Rosen papers document the fluoridation controversy in St. Louis and Missouri from the late 1940s through the early 1980s, and in particular, the actions of Rosen to convince others of its merits. Also included in the collection are pro and anti-fluoridation literature from throughout the United States.

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Dorothy Shubart Rosenwald Papers, 1913-2001 (K0628)
30 c.f.

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Personal papers of civic leader, educator, and an active member of the Jewish Community in Kansas City. Includes correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, information, booklets, papers on organizations with which Rosenwald was involved such as the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), UNESCO, Missouri Association for Social Welfare, and Conference on Families. Rosenwald was prolific traveler and included is material she gathered from across the globe over their many decades.

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Malcolm Leviatt Rosholt Papers, 1930-1990 (K0389)
1 c.f.

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Noted journalist in 1930s China, intelligence officer for the Flying Tigers, Wisconsin local historian and author. Includes research notes and writing by Rosholt on China and the Far East.

Russell J. Rosier Papers, 1910-1990 (C4376)
3 cubic feet (104 folders)

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Correspondence, photographs, genealogical, and other miscellaneous personal papers , and assorted organizational material of a secretary of the Missouri Farmer's Association (MFA), Columbia, Missouri, and his wife, Bessie Rosier, and related family.

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Marie Gotlieb Rosner Papers, 1938 (K1059)
0.01 c.f.

Photocopy of photograph of the Congregation B'nai Jehudah confirmation class.

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Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue Records, 1933-2005 (S0966)
10 cubic feet, 152 folders, 60 photographs

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The Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue Records contains correspondence, photographs, directories, and newsletters relating to the group's mission to provide humanitarian services to the residents of the St. Louis area.

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Rotary Club of Joplin Records, 1921-1952 (R0885)
(1 folder)

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These are papers of rotary club No. 243 at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. Included are membership rosters, newsletters Joplin Chats, and miscellaneous papers, mostly memorials of deceased members.

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Rotary Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1922-1996 (C4230)
7 cubic feet (302 folders)

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The records of the Columbia, Missouri, Rotary Club, District 605, which contain correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, publicity material, membership records, activities, conference material, and photographs.

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Rothville Bank (Rothville, Mo.) Papers, 1889-1955 (C0069)
3.5 cubic feet, 65 oversize volumes

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Journals, ledgers, and papers detailing the daily business of the Rothville Bank.

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Daniel Rothwell Papers, 1935-2011 (C4375)
2 cubic feet (64 folders)

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Papers of an aerospace technical illustration supervisor, wildlife and woodland conservationist, hunter, teacher, pilot, UFO researcher, restoration hobbyist, and the manager of Rothwell Ranch Wildlife and Woodland Preserve, Piedmont, Wayne County, Missouri.

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Rotoscope Collection, 1938-1981 (R1499)
11 cubic feet (23 folders, 50 reels 35mm film)

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The Rotoscope Collection contains the personal papers of Rowe Carney Jr., photographs, patents, schematics and design materials, promotional material, and 35mm reels of film related to the Rotoscope. Invented by Rowe Carney Jr. of Rolla, Missouri, and Tom Smith of Urbana, Missouri, the Rotoscope is a single camera, single projection system capable of taking and projecting a scope of 180 degrees on one reel of film. The collection also includes film scripts written by Rowe 'Doc' Carney and correspondence related to the production of two of his films.

Round Prairie Baptist Church (Bates County, Mo.) Records, 1866-1937 (C1320)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Articles of faith, minutes of meetings, membership lists, and financial records of the church, founded in 1866 as the Pleasant Gap Baptist Church. The church moved in 1868, and the name was changed at that time.

The volume is indexed.

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Round Table Club, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1926-1932 (C1233)
0.29 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Signatures of members and guests of a men's luncheon group loosely modeled after King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. Some correspondence, clippings, and miscellany.

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Rountree Family Papers, circa 1819-1956 (R0325)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Rountree Family Papers contain photocopies of extracts from the diary of Joseph Rountree, 1819-1831, and the autobiography of William J. Rountree, circa 1910. There are also notes on the Rountree family by Frank Rountree, 1911-1912, Ruth Fowler Sherwood, 1947, and Joseph G. Rountree, 1956, with obituaries and birth-death records of family members.

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Roy Nelson Canning Company Records, 1907-1993 (R1029)
1 cubic foot (1 volume, 42 folders)

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These are records of the Roy Nelson Canning Company, a large tomato-canning concern especially active in Stone, Taney, and Douglas Counties in Missouri. The collection consists of land records, deeds, financial statements, insurance papers, and records for individual factories, mostly for operations in Stone County, Missouri.

Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier Papers, 1906-1995 (C4348)
0.6 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 volume

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The papers contain materials collected throughout Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier's lifetime. This includes correspondence and research related to programming for the Tuesday Club in Jefferson City, Missouri. The papers also contain published materials relating to historical preservation in Carthage, Missouri. Finally, the papers contain photographs and a scrapbook featuring images and memorabilia from Rozier's youth.

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George A. Rozier Papers, 1930s-1940s (CA2861)
6.8 cubic feet

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Papers of a Missouri State Senator, including correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, state publications, campaign materials, speeches, and photographs, concerning state politics and legislation in the 1930s and 1940s.

Rucker Family Papers, 1886-2013 (R1429)
1.5 cubic feet (20 folders)

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The Rucker Family Papers contain correspondence and newspapers relating to family history, significant events, and architecture in Rolla, Missouri's history.

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James Edward Ruffin Papers, 1929-1965 (C2345)
0.4 cubic feet

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Correspondence and legal papers of a Democratic congressman-at-large, 1933-1935; lawyer; and special assistant to the attorney general, 1935-1953.

Frank M. Rumbold Papers, 1854-1937 (S0181)
5 microfilm rolls

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The Frank M. Rumbold Papers contain correspondence, patent information, reports, meeting minutes, telegrams, military tactics, and appointments related to his business, military career, and personal life. Rumbold experimented and patented inventions related to electrical resistance material and railroad switches during his time as a practicing medical doctor.

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James F. Rupe Collection, 1885-1943 (C3463)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)

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Records of Dr. James F. Rupe of Clay County, Missouri, including ledgers; account books, Paradise, Missouri, Christian Church treasurer's books; two warranty deeds; and four diplomas, including his diploma from medical college in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1886, and photographs.

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Rural Revolt in Missouri Collection, 1939-1984 (S0427)
0.1 cubic foot, 3 folders

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This collection contains seven essays and newspaper clippings on the 1939 Missouri Sharecroppers Strike in Southeastern Missouri where tenant farmers protested against evictions by camping out along the highway, resulting in government aid for the sharecroppers.

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Rural Schoolteacher's Photographs, 1930 (P1194)

Class portraits of schoolchildren with their teachers, ca. 1930s, including Warner School in Livingston County and Shinar School in Daviess County.

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Rural Sociological Society of America Records, 1910-1973 (C3305)
9.6 cubic feet (784 folders, 6 volumes, 244 slides), 2 oversize volumes, 2 audio tapes, 27 rolls of microfilm

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The records of the Rural Sociological Society of America contain presidential and committee correspondence and include accounts of how some of the first rural sociologists became interested in the profession. Microfilm is available for Rural Sociology, the official quarterly.

Rural Sociological Society of America Records, 1919-2010 (CA5646)
39.75 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 1 audio disc, 2 video cassettes

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Addition of research project files; committee files; presidential papers; secretarial papers; annual meeting records; publications; audiovisual material; photographs; program and conference materials; administrative records; and miscellaneous material.

Siegfried "Fred" Ruschin Papers, 1920-2008 (K1193)
4 c.f.

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Personal records of Ruschin and his family, particularly relating to applications for restitution for losses in German under the Nazis; writings and other materials relating to Ruschin career as a librarian at Linda Hall Library; his volunteer work; and other interests, research, writing that he did.

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Howard A. Rusk Papers, 1937-1991 (C3981)
24 cubic feet (888 folders), 13 audio tapes, 23 audio cassettes, 1 video tape, 7 video cassettes

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The papers of Howard A. Rusk, who developed the field of rehabilitation medicine, include correspondence, photographs, writings, publicity clippings, photographs, speeches, and other materials documenting his work in the field.

Russell Family Papers, 1837-1938 (R0330)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Russell Family Papers include correspondence, legal papers, tax receipts, lists of household purchases, and miscellaneous papers of Cyrus Russell (1795-1860), and his sons Cyrus Russell (1819-1905) and Theodore Pease Russell (1827-1889) of Arcadia in Iron County, Missouri.

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Fred Russell Photographs, 1930, no date (P0895)

Photographs of Boone's Lick Spring and buildings in Iron, Madison, and Washington Counties.

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Rustemeyer Family Papers, 1884-1953 (C4017)
0.3 cubic feet (14 folders), 1 computer disc

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The Rustemeyer Family papers contain correspondence written to Bernard Rustemeyer by friends and family in Germany after his immigration to America in 1882.  The collection also includes newspaper clippings and photographs of the Rustemeyer, Alteköster, Stöckbrand, and Giese families, and Rustemeyer’s hometown, Körbecke, Germany.

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Ruth Rust Studio Photographs, 1922-1946 (P0860)
0.13 linear feet

Photos by Ruth Rust Studio of Jefferson City, MO, many of which are of Missouri representatives.

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Lela Jean Howat Rutherford Papers, 1909-1976 (C4127)
1 cubic foot

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The Lela Jean Howat Rutherford Papers document the life and family of Mrs. Rutherford from her time as a University of Missouri student to the early 1970s. The papers consist of photographs, diaries, correspondence, and other miscellaneous items.

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Ryan Family Papers, circa 1890s-2000 (C2561)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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Papers of a family from Wright County, Missouri, include photographs as well as correspondence and educational, military, and political material concerning H. Eugene Ryan, a lawyer from Mountain Grove who later moved to Ohio.

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William James Ryan Papers, 1914-1996 (K0457)
10 c.f.

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Research material, draft manuscripts, and oral history interviews and transcripts related to Ryan's book and other writings on the history of radio and television broadcasting in the Kansas City region.

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Elaine Baum Ryder Papers, 1908-2006 (K0701)
1 c.f.

National Register of Historic Places forms written by Ryder while a researcher for the Kansas City Landmarks Commission, booklets, books, newspaper clippings and magazines, and photographs.

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S. Patti Construction Company Records, 1916-1976 (K0021)
114 c.f.

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Progress photographs of construction jobs in Missouri, Kansas and Alaska done by S. Patti Construction Company and associates. Also included are architectural drawings of structures for which they were the contractor

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Eugene Sackin Papers, 1918-1940 (K0705)
0.5 c.f.

A scrapbook kept by Sackin while overseas during World War II. Also World War I letters from Isadore Levin to his family dated 1918.

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Sacred Heart Church of Florissant Records, 1867-1981 (S0052)
0.1 cubic foot, 3 rolls microfilm

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Jesuits established Sacred Heart in 1866 as the second church in Florissant, Missouri, to serve the growing German population of the predominantly French town. That year, the first combination school and convent opened and in 1877 the Sisters of the Precious Blood took over the educational mission of the parish. The records contain registers for baptisms, first communions and confirmations, marriages, and deaths, in Latin, German and English.

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Sailer Family Papers, 1833-1939 (R1405)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders, 25 negatives)

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The Sailer Family Papers contain copies of the personal papers and photographs of the Sailer family of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This collection includes images of the Sailer family and extended family, correspondence, newspaper articles, land records, birth records, and local history research for Cape Girardeau and Rolla, Missouri.

Saint Francis Levee District Records, 1893-1980 (R0076)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Saint Francis Levee District of Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of ledgers, minute books, and financial records of the Saint Francis Levee District.

Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection, 1876-1951 (R0242)
0.1 cubic foot (9 folders)

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The Saint Francois County, Missouri Collection contains obituaries, wedding announcements, anniversary notices, and miscellaneous biographical material clipped from Saint Francois County newspapers.

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Saint James Civics Club Records, 1928-1972 (R0479)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Saint James Civics Club Records are microfilmed scrapbooks of a women’s club at St. James in Phelps County, Missouri. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the activities of the club.

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Saint James Grade School Collection, 1935 (R0723)
(1 folder)

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This collection includes a commencement program for the class of 1935 at the St. James Grade School in Saint James, Phelps County, Missouri, and diploma issued to Eunice Giesler, a member of the class.

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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1881-1945 (R0546)
4 volumes MICROFILM

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These are records of St. John's Lutheran Church at Boeschenville in Benton County, Missouri.
Included are the constitution, by-laws, registers of members, lists of births, baptisms, communicants,
and deaths, and minutes of meetings, 1912-1941. Most of the records are in German.

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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection, 1922-1971 (R0525)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection contains photocopies of programs for a new church building and two anniversary celebrations.

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Saint Joseph Stockyards Company Records, 1896-1963 (K0192)
0.3 c.f.

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Minutes of the Stockyards Company including attachments and associated items such as the Articles of Incorporation of the organization, proxy statements, contracts, orders to pay dividends, reports to the Board and some correspondence.

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Saint Louis Zoo Records, 1910-2014 (S0194)
30 cubic feet

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The Saint Louis Zoo Records document the evolution of Zoo's philosophy from providing entertainment to educating the public and preserving animal species. The collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, photographs, films, and scrapbooks. Topics of interest include animal acquisitions, as well as birth and deaths, and construction of new zoo buildings.

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