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Missouri Pacific Railroad Records, 1905-1945 (CA6365)
4.7 cubic feet
Records of the railroad largely consist of field books containing survey information. Also includes valuation notes.
Missouri Pacific Women's Club of Poplar Bluff, Missouri Records, circa 1946-1990 (R0433)
(4 folders)
These are scrapbooks of the Missouri Pacific Women's Club of Poplar Bluff in Butler County, Missouri. The club was composed of the relatives of Missouri Pacific Railroad employees. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous material concerning the club's activities.
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Missouri Park and Recreation Association Records, 1938-1992 (C3649)
12 cubic feet (620 folders)
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
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)
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.
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Missouri Post-War Planning Projects Papers, 1945-1946 (C2503)
0.4 cubic feet (22 folders)
Survey of post-war planning projects in Missouri on the city, state, and federal levels. Information gathered from chambers of commerce, state and federal agencies, and private organizations. Letters, pamphlets, and statistical material.
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Missouri Postcard Collection, 1870-1997 (P0032)
1 cubic foot
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)
The Missouri Postcard Collection contains postcards featuring images from around the state of Missouri. Materials continue to be added to the collection.
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Missouri Press Association Photograph Collection, 1867-1985 (P0475)
Photos of the Missouri Press Association and newspaper journalists and editors.
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Missouri Press Association Records, 1880s-2015 (CA6189)
54.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 5 oversize items, 168 DVDs, 112 videocassettes, 131 CDs
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.
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Missouri Press Association Records, 1882-1982, 2024 (C3714)
1.8 cubic (60 folders), 10 rolls of microfilm, 9.4 GB of digital files
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.
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Missouri Press Women Records, 1940-1985 (C3967)
0.8 cubic feet (32 folders)
The records of the Missouri Press Women consist of award and scholarship information, by-laws, correspondence, financial and membership records, and minutes.
Missouri Public Health Association Records, 1926, 1940s-2000 (CA5862)
10 cubic feet, 2 video cassettes
Minutes of Board of Directors meetings, newsletters, conference material, and miscellaneous organizational records.
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.
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Missouri Railroad Records, 1837-2006 (C2358)
39.3 cubic feet (441 folders)
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)
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)
Photos from the agriculture magazine "Missouri Ruralist."
Missouri School Districts Collection, 1917-1980 (S0044)
1.4 cubic feet, 42 folders
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 Mines Photograph Collection, circa 1940 (P1188)
Photographs of buildings on the Missouri School of Mines campus in Rolla, MO, with a particular focus on the power plant and boiler complex.
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Missouri School of Religion Papers, 1896-1981 (C2791)
13.0 cubic feet (322 folders)
Correspondence, administrative records, lecture notes, student papers, and miscellaneous publications from a Christian college in Columbia.
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Missouri School of Religion Records, 1930-2017 (CA6528)
5.7 cubic feet, 1 oversize item
The records of the Missouri School of Religion contain board meeting materials, newsletters, photographs, promotional material, and miscellaneous material.
Missouri Sesquicentennial Celebration, Platte County Collection, c. 1890-1970 (C4218)
0.4 cubic feet (18 folders)
Materials concerning Platte County, Missouri, history compiled for the Missouri Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee.
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Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators Records, 1937-2010 (S0010)
36 cubic feet
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)
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.
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Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Records, 1891-2025 (CA3056)
19.9 cubic feet, 1 oversize item, 1 computer disc, 136 GB of digital files
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)
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.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol Collection, 1930-1981 (P0224)
11 photographs
Photographs of Missouri State Highway Patrol operations and employees.
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Missouri State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Records, 1891-1975 (C0216)
21.6 cubic feet (1734 folders)
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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Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 (C3715)
0.4 cubic feet (80 folders), 39 audio cassettes, 10 video cassettes, 5 CDs, 1 audio disc
The collection contains field, commercial, and private label recordings, interviews, newsletters, brochures, broadsides, sheet music, audio and video cassettes, and correspondence of the association.
Missouri State Senate Chambers Photograph, 1943 (P1008)
Photograph of senate chambers during state constitutional convention, 1943
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Missouri State Teachers Association Records, 1837-1997 (CA6123)
10.5 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
Records and official papers of the Missouri State Teachers Association. In May 1856, teachers met in St. Louis and established the first U.S. professional organization for state educators. The records include newsletters and other publications, historical materials, committee reports, and oversize scrapbooks.
Missouri State Treasurer Portraits, 1843-1957 (P0882)
large portraits of the State Treasurers of Missouri, including most treasurers from the time period from 1843 to 1960
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Missouri Teamster Photograph Collection, 1941-1975 (S0559)
2.4 cubic feet, 92 folders, 2117 photographs, 1551 negatives
The Missouri Teamstes is a labor newspaper published in St. Louis. The collection includes photographs of strikes, protests, union events, charity shows, and union officials.
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Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1903-2021 (CA2573)
18.8 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 3 video cassettes, 1 oversize volume
The records of the church include bulletins, church histories, membership directories, correspondence, minutes, reports, legal documents, photographs, church newsletters, financial records, yearbooks, records of women’s groups, and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri United Methodist Church Photographs, 1940-1962 (P0580)
Photographs related to the congregation of Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, MO. Original order according to accompanying list. Some photographs in oversize.
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Architectural drawings, specifications, photographs and other documents related to buildings in Kansas City, Missouri constructed or modified between the years ca. 1906-1970.
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Missouri Women's Press Club Treasurer's Records, 1937-1964 (C2660)
1 volume
Financial records, including receipts and disbursements. Members' names given upon receipt of dues.
Missouri World War II Ephemera, 1941-1948 (C3530)
1.2 cubic feet (79 folders)
Data on Missouri industries’ and civilian and military participation in World War II, collected by the State Historical Society and used for a series of articles in the Missouri Historical Review entitled “Missouri in the War.”
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Missouri Writers Portraits, 1905-1997 (P1195)
Portraits of writers of poetry, prose, and non-fiction from Missouri, and writers who authored works about Missouri.
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Missouri Writers' Guild Records, 1915-2011 (C3657)
4.0 cubic feet (76 folders, 3 volumes, 4 video cassettes)
Records of a professional writer’s organization that include administrative files, correspondence, event and membership information, and newsletters. The collection also contains information on select local affiliate chapters.
Missouri, Boone County, Prosecuting Attorney Records, 1948 (CA5603)
0.1 cubic feet
Correspondence, affidavits, testimony, and other investigative materials regarding sexual activities at the University of Missouri and in Columbia, MO.
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Missouri. Columbia. Police Records, 1882-1946 (C2380)
12 rolls of microfilm
Police court dockets, 1882-1939; call books, 1931-1939; records of arrests, convictions, and fines, 1931-1946; and miscellaneous papers, 1929-1937.
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Missouri Gubernatorial Election Papers, 1940-1941 (C1038)
0.8 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning the contested gubernatorial election of 1940. Candidates were Lawrence McDaniel and Forrest C. Donnell.
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Missouri United States Highway 66 Collection, 1930-2017 (SP0080)
2 cubic feet
The Missouri United States Highway 66 Collection is an artificial collection consisting of multiple acquisitions related to Missouri’s U.S. Highway 66. The collection contains brochures, maps, photographs, postcards, newsletters, and ephemera.
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Confederate Home (Higginsville, Mo.) Records, 1897-1944 (C0066)
2.6 cubic feet, 12 oversize volumes; also available on 7 rolls of microfilm
Financial material, correspondence, contracts, minutes and reports, blueprints, and photographs. Volumes include journals, ledgers, farm accounts, voucher register, cash book, and general records.
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Missouri. Constitutional Convention Debates, 1943-1944 (C1171)
2.2 cubic feet (24 volumes)
Certified verbatim stenotype transcription of the debates for the period 5 January-29 September 1944. The debates were not recorded for the fifty-five days the convention was in session prior to 5 January. Index to the debates included. Microfilm copy in storage.
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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers Papers, 1861-1969 (C4255)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders)
The papers contain copies of pension records, military records, and memoirs of members of the Missouri Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, and other material pertaining to Civil War soldiers.
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Missouri. Infantry, 5th Regiment, Volunteers, Company I, Reunion Papers, 1946-1958 (C2647)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Lists of members and their activities, issued annually by John E. Norton.
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Mitchell Family Papers, circa 1917-1980 (R0151)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Mitchell Family Collection contains photocopies of reminiscences, newspaper clippings, and genealogical material concerning various members of the Mitchell family at Licking in Texas County, Missouri.