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Duello Family Farm Ledger, 1909-1949 (S1204)
1 ledger
The Duello Family farm ledger was the property of Thedore William Duello, who owned farmland west of Duello Raod near the intersection of Duello and Orf Roads, in St. Charles County, Missouri. The ledger is a financial record of the various agricultural activities conducted on the farm from 1909 through 1949.
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George W. Dulany Jr. Papers, 1900-1949 (C0310)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of family biographies and letters concerning history of the Dulany family and lumber industry in Hannibal, Missouri, and the Middle West.
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Duncan and Lambeth Families Genealogical Collection, 1880s, 1918-2019 (R1494)
4.5 cubic feet (72 folders, 330 photographs)
The Duncan and Lambeth Families Genealogical Collection contains the genealogical research for the Duncan and Lambeth families of central Missouri. Dr. Betty Jo White and Carolyn Lou Ranft compiled the collection with many contributions from Sharon Kay Beckham, Norma Jean Endersby, Carman Sue Grimes, Robert C. Haefner, Ellen Denise Karr Seevers, Cordell Henry Webb, Dorothy Ann Williams, and Shirley Ann Wyatt, descendants of the Lambeth and Duncan families. Included in the collection are vital records, photographs, correspondence, family lineages, contextual research, family stories, and articles on local history topics.
Harold Duncan Photograph Collection, 1890-1940 (P1074)
Photograph of the Joel Haden home near Columbia, Missouri, ca. 1890, with members of the Bright family posed outside. Photograph of the Boone County Trust Company, ca. 1927, with employees and customers in the interior.
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C. Herbert Duncan Papers, 1926-2005 (S0626)
4 cubic feet
The Clyde Herbert Duncan Jr. Papers contains photographs, program booklets, book drafts, and yearbooks, documenting Duncans career as a music educator in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, including his involvement in the creation of the Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival.
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Herbert E. Duncan Architectural Records, 1929-1992 (K0722)
32.11 c.f.
Architectural drawings of buildings designed by Herbert Duncan Sr. (1905-1972) and Herbert Jr. (1931- ).
Duncan-Lowman Family Papers, 1847-1952 (C0487)
0.4 cubic feet (15 folders)
Papers of Levin O. Duncan, blacksmith and farmer, and William O. Lowman, tanner and farmer, of Shelby County, MO, and families; correspondence from family and friends in Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois; ledgers; miscellaneous business receipts; and scrapbook of Shelby County happenings, 1902-1952. Kept by Ida Lowman.
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Herschel E. Dunham Papers, 1945-1946 (R1399)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders, 25 negatives)
The Herschel E. Dunham Papers contain photocopies of programs from Japan and the Philippines as well as copies of photographs Herschel Dunham took while serving in the Pacific during World War II.
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Dunlap Family Papers, 1897-1965 (C4329)
0.8 cubic feet (20 folders)
The papers of the Dunlap family contain farm documentation, estate settlements, letters, greeting cards and other materials gathered between the members of the Dunlap family from Breckenridge, and Jefferson City, Missouri.
Dunlap Family Papers, 1780-2002 (C4004)
1.9 cubic feet (91 folders)
The papers of the Dunlap family include genealogical records, a Civil War journal, photographs, maps and land surveys, and other research materials compiled to produce histories of the Dunlap and Kofahl families of Licking, Missouri.
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Chuck and Dianne Dunlap Postcard Collection, 1908-1941 (P0028)
13 postcards
Postcards of Missouri cities, including Kansas City parks, streets, and buildings; Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, bird's-eye view of Sedalia, Cortez Motor Court in Springfield, and St. Louis: Ead's Bridge, Shaw's Garden, and Smith Bros. Cottage and Hotel.
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Clarke Dunlap Photograph Collection, 1884-1975 (P0273)
12 b/w MARKERS, Old Elm Tree Cemetery, 1975. b/w (negative & slide) of Reed's MILL, Beulah, 1900. MO Civil War MAPS: 2 diagrams of Fort Wyman; 1864 MO-AR border. Postcard of Licking, 1910. 8 b/w photos of Civil War era busts. Sketch of "Uncle Phil" from Pioneers of the Ozarks (1944).
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Joe Dunn Collection, 1942-1955 (C1200)
0.4 cubic feet
Records of Friends Committee on National Legislation and National Council Against Conscription which fought against universal military training and drafting teenagers. Includes pamphlets, memos, newsletters, and resolutions and statements by various organizations against conscription.
Dunnegan Family Papers, 1852-1997 (SP0046)
0.4 cubic foot (22 folders, 50 photographs)
The Dunnegan Family Papers consist of photographs, military papers from the Civil War and World War I, souvenirs and ephemera from Civil War reunions, legal and official documents, maps, local history publications and a notebook featuring the notes about a Middle School student’s favorite 1940s college sports teams. The papers were collected by members of the Dunnegan family from Bolivar, Missouri, but information about the Stalling family is also included.
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Duval Family Photographs, 1858-1942 (SP0012)
.5 cubic foot (19 folders, 266 photographs
The Duval Family Photographs depict the lives of families from McDonald County, Missouri. The collection contains many photographs featuring Claib E. Duval, his family members, and other families who lived in the area. The collection also includes numerous documents relating to people and businesses from the county.
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Russell Vincent Dye Family Papers, 1850-1980 (K0225)
2 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, business records and other material of the Dye family of Liberty, MO including Alexander V. Dye, U.S. diplomat in Europe and Mexico during and following World War I; his wife Ida Miller; daughter, Margaret Louise (Luisita); but mostly son Russell, a would-be inventor, entrepreneur.
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Daniel Burns Dyer Papers, 1866-1941 (K0168)
0.75 c.f.
Civil War veteran, Indian Agent, first mayor of Guthrie, OK, real estate investor, owner/president of the Augusta, GA Street Railway Company, publisher, Dyer was a nationally known collection of Native-American artifacts. Included are newspaper clippings, pamphlets, some correspondence and memorabilia, and three scrapbooks of similar materials dealing primarily with Dyer's life and interest in primitive cultures.
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Eads-Kirk Family Papers, c. 1862-2017 (C4739)
0.05 cubic feet (4 folders), 259 MB of digital files
Family bible records, photographs, correspondence, and miscellaneous genealogical material of a family from St. Louis, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. Includes photographs of James B. Eads and letters from Susannah Leonard to William Eads, Jr.
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Eagle Hurst Ranch Collection, circa 1942 (R1283)
(1 oversize folder)
The poster is a collage of images that were mounted to a piece of plywood and then shot as one large halftone photograph. The poster includes an eagle logo, the title "Eagle Hurst Ranch, Huzzah, Mo" and fifteen halftones of various scenes at the Ranch. Among these half-tones are the entrance gate to the Ranch, the swimming pool, horseback riding, fly fishing, scenic views of the woods and the Huzzah River, swimming in the river, the dining hall and cabins.
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Thomas F. Eagleton Papers, 1944-2006 (C0674)
263.5 cubic feet (8726 folders), 1 volume, 10 card file boxes, 9 film reels, 10 video tapes, 25 video cassettes, 125 audio cassettes, 96 audio tapes, 620 rolls of microfilm, 34 oversize items
Papers of circuit attorney for the City of St. Louis, 1956-1960; attorney general of Missouri, 1960-1964; lieutenant governor of Missouri, 1964-1968; and U.S. senator from Missouri, 1969-1986. Includes correspondence, photographs, speeches and press releases, audiovisual materials, microfilm and newspaper clippings. Also includes information from Eagleton's post-senate career.
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"Early Post Roads and Post Offices in Ray and Clay Counties," E.L. Pigg, 1942 (C0704)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Early routes, methods of travel, location of post offices, and postmasters in Ray and Clay Counties, with connecting towns on these postal routes, 1800-1857.
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James William Earp Papers, 1910-1957 (K0087)
10 c.f.
The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, military mementos, articles, short stories, plays, poetry, and other material by Earp. A number of his short stories, in published form, are included in the collection..
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Frank and Marilynn Easley Papers, 1922-1979 (S0790)
3 cubic feet
The Frank and Marilynn Easley Papers contain autograph books, military orders, photographs, scrapbooks, and yearbooks primarily documenting the Easley's lives during World War II.
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East Prairie Lions Club Records, 1947-1996 (R0682)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders, 6 photographs)
These are photocopied program booklets for annual rodeos, minstrel shows, "jubilee", and the 70th anniversary of the Lions club chapter in East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri.
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Eastern Missouri Collection, 1858-2009 (S1135)
5 cubic feet, 119 folders, 1 reel of 16mm film, 1 reel of microfilm, 50 oversize items
The Eastern Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events. The Eastern Missouri Collection continues to have material added to it. New additions are added at the end of the collection. Researchers should browse the index and container lists to locate pertinent material.
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Thomas Jefferson Eaton Papers, 1870-1947 (K0033)
0.20 c.f. (4 folders)
A bound formulary used by Dr. Eaton, a doctor/pharmacist in Kansas City, for reference in preparing various drugs, potions, and remedies. Also included is information on the Eaton, Chambliss, Brodie, and Fowler families.
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Edmond Jacques Eckel Papers, 1860-1952 (K0258)
0.79 c.f.
Personal and professional paper, particularly relating to Eckel's architectural training at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts (most in French), of a prominent St. Joseph, MO architect. Includes Sketches, photos, notes and other materials and also a few drawings of residences in St. Joseph.
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Eddleman Family Papers, 1860-2024 (CG0022)
2.45 cubic feet
The Eddleman Family Papers includes correspondence between Barbara and Christopher Eddleman and their four sons, William H., Harley, Riley Russell, Rodney J. during World War II. William H. Eddleman died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines in 1942. Included in this collection is correspondence from the War Department about his death benefits to his parents, William H. Breen, Jr. and his wife Enid Breen, and Abie Abraham, after the war. Abraham was with William when he died.
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Doris Tager Edelman Papers, 1940 (K0935)
0.3 c.f.
Photograph of a sorority at Central High School, Kansas City, MO.
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John H. Edelman, Jr. Correspondence, 1944-1945 (K1437)
0.25 cubic feet
The John H. Edelman, Jr. Correspondence contains letters addressed to Katherine Guilfoyle Edelman, primarily written by her son John H. Edelman, Jr., during WWII.
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Katherine Guilfoyle Edelman Papers, 1918-1973 (K0281)
8 c.f.
Scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine clippings of poetry and articles written by author and poet Edelman and correspondence with publishers and invitations and programs for various events related to Mrs. Edelman's professional activities. Also manuscripts of writings, samples of published works in magazines, newspapers, journals, greeting cards, and books; personal correspondence, and sounding recordings.
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Guy M. Edgecomb, Jr. Collection, 1944-1945 (K0284)
0.16 c.f. (5 folders)
World War II era regimental History of the 349th Infantry Regiment of which Edgecomb was a captain, and provides information on such things as training, battle, and supply use.
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Educational Conference Record Book, 1916-1941 (C0855)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Records compiled in 1941 in attempt to document history of a Missouri educational policy group.
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Edwards Family Papers, 1849-1967 (C4484)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders, 5 oversize items)
Papers of the Edwards family of Boone County include portraits, a family tree, letters, bills, deeds, licenses, and miscellaneous papers. Much of the material pertains to John M. Edwards.
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George Ehrlich Papers, 1946-2002 (K0067)
65 c.f.
Research and personal papers of Dr. George Ehrlich, professor of Art and Art History at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and authority on Kansas City regional architecture.
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Martin Eichenlaub Postcard Collection, 1886-1961 (P0009)
0.5 cubic feet (175 folders)
Extensive collection of postcards depicting Missouri scenes, landmarks, and destinations.
Albert Eichhorn Papers, 1942-1946 (C2967)
0.4 cubic feet (13 folders)
World War II letters of a serviceman from Cooper County, Missouri, to his parents and brother back home, 1942-1946. Eichhorn served in support roles in California, North Carolina, and New Jersey, as well as in the Azores. The collection includes publications printed by US and British military forces stationed in the Azores, 1945.
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William N. Eisendrath Papers, 1929-1976 (S0019)
0.04 cubic foot, 19 folders, 1 volume
The papers contain correspondence between St. Louis area art collector and gallery director William N. Eisendrath Jr. and prominent artists including Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Virginia Peusner, Alexander Archipenko, and Robert Chesley Osborne.
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Eisenmayer Family Papers, 1842-1983 (SP0032)
2 cubic feet (31 folders, 13 photographs, 1 oversize box)
The Eisenmayer Family Papers consist of documents pertaining to the Eisenmayer Family and the Eisenmayer Milling Company in Springfield, Missouri. The collection also includes examples of the flour sacks used by the company, genealogical research, photographs, and materials related to the history of Greene County, Missouri.
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Eldad Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Huntsville, Mo.) Records, 1832-1967 (C4647)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
The records of the Eldad Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, Missouri, 1832-1967, include a history of the church and church records.
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Raymond S. Elder Collection, 1846-2006 (K1141)
3 c.f.
Elder is historian for the Kansas City Fire Museum. Includes reproductions of maps of the Kansas City area. Also books and articles written by Elder about the Kansas City, MO Fire Department and the history of the 8th Street Tunnel.
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Dr. William Elder Photograph Collection, 1909-1958 (P0877)
Portraits of biologists
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William A. Eldridge Papers, 1918-1919, 1942 (C4452)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders, 1 oversize item)
Includes artifacts from Eldridge's year serving in World War I, a photograph and list of names of the soldiers in his company, his military papers, diary, a book about the 88th Division in which he served, and photographs from his place of employment, Brown Shoe Company in Moberly, Missouri.
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Robert L. Elgin Travel and Tourism Collection, circa 1930s-1960s (R0623)
0.25 cubic foot (15 folders)
The Robert L. Elgin Travel and Tourism Collection contains materials related to travel and tourism in Missouri. Included are maps, postcards, ephemera, and a series of promotional booklets produced by the Missouri State Division of Resources and Development.
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Eugenia Ellinger Papers, 1900s-1976 (C4668)
0.8 cubic foot (12 folders)
The papers of Eugenia “Gene” Octavia Ellinger, one of the first women to work as an advertising copy writer in St. Louis, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, handmade greeting cards, photographs, publications, clippings, writings, material from Gene’s 80th birthday party, and miscellaneous papers.
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Edward G. Elliott Jr. Papers, 1943-1948 (C4398)
0.25 cubic feet (9 folders)
Correspondence, maps, newsletters, military documents and photographs of a private in the U.S. Army who served with the 86th Infantry Division in Germany and the Philippines in World War II.
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Ellis Family Papers, 1787-1948 (R0251)
(10 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)
This collection includes correspondence, business records, and legal papers, and genealogical information pertaining to two early families of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The Ellis family came from Georgia about 1805; the Ranneys from Indiana about 1825. Other names represented in the collection are Beckham, Cobb, Giboney, Ogle, Waters, and Wathen (Warthen-Worthan).
Dorothy Ellis Papers, 1946-2002 (C4643)
0.4 cubic feet (12 folders, 9 oversize items)
The papers of an environmentalist and commissioner of Oregon County, Missouri, include correspondence, clippings, political papers, certificates and awards, and material on her environmental work.
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Elmer Ellis Papers, 1928-1941 (C2504)
1.8 cubic feet
Notes and correspondence concerning Henry Moore Teller, U.S. senator from Colorado, compiled by Elmer Ellis in preparation for his book, HENRY MOORE TELLER: DEFENDER OF THE WEST. Also personal papers.
Elmer Ellis Papers, 1934-1943 (C2886)
1.4 cubic feet
The papers of Elmer Ellis contain papers from Ellis' time as a member of the Department of History. Materials pertain to departmental and University matters, accreditation of high schools and colleges, the publication of his books, HENRY MOORE TELLER: DEFENDER OF THE WEST and MR. DOOLEY'S AMERICA: A LIFE OF FINLEY PETER DUNNE, and activities of professional organizations.