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Virginia P. Tindall Papers, 1931-1990 (C4258)
0.45 cubic feet (9 folders, 1 oversize volume)

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The papers of Virginia P. Tindall contain information about the Women’s International Auxiliary to the International Typographical Union, photographs, convention materials, and other information pertaining to Tindall’s activities working in labor rights.

Curtis J. Tindel Papers, 1942-1943 (C0175)
0.6 cubic feet

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Correspondence and a few miscellaneous papers of state representative Curtis J. Tindel, Cabool, Texas County, MO. Correspondence to constituents pertaining to various legislative measures, patronage, Tindel's interest in state senatorship, and personal matters pertaining to Tindel Food Store, Cabool, MO.

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Helen Todd Manuscripts, 1934-1942 (C0176)
0.2 cubic feet

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Original manuscripts for three stories, So Free We SeemA Man Named Grant, and The Roots of the Tree.

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Thomas Britt Todd Medical Account Books, 1910-1958 (C2221)
0.25 cubic feet (12 volumes)

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Medical account books and records of a general practitioner in Nevada, MO. Descriptions of service, medication, fee, and amounts paid. Notes on drugs, metric charts, obstetrics records and records of births and vaccinations.

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Thomas M. Todd Papers, 1938-1950 (C3790)
0.8 cubic feet (46 folders)

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Papers of Thomas McCutcheon Todd, a World War II soldier from Nevada, Missouri, comprised primarily of letters written to Todd’s family. Many of the letters were written while Todd was in military training and during his enlistment in the U.S. Army; they detail issues of work, family, war, and death during the 1940s.

William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.

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Ruth Brent Tofle Papers, 1930-2008 (C4188)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Campus Planning Committee for Facilities and Grounds. The material includes correspondence and reports. There are also two folders containing both personal and professional correspondence of the Belcher and Troxell families.

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Tojo Hideki Medical Records, [1945] (C0565)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Medical charts for the premier of Japan for period after he attempted suicide upon Japan’s surrender. Includes photographs.

Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)

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The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.

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Fannie Marie Tolson Papers, 1890s-2005 (C1704)
2.3 cubic feet (63 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes, 1 DVD

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Fannie Marie Tolson was the first African-American educator to teach in the desegregated schools of Fayette, Missouri. Her papers include family correspondence and photographs, memorabilia from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, teaching aids, documents concerning St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fayette, and recordings of two interviews conducted with Tolson.

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Marvin E. Tong Collection, 1878-1947 (C0177)
0.9 cubic feet

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Bar dockets of Ozark County circuit court; case briefs before courts of appeals in Missouri; minutes of meetings of Missionary Baptists; case briefs before U.S. and Missouri Supreme Courts; pamphlets of Civil War recollections; and memorial addresses on life of Champ Clark.

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Robert W. Tonn Photograph Collection, 1940s (C4665)
0.2 cubic foot (3 folders, 59 photographs, 171 negatives)

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Photographs, negatives, and contact sheets of University of Missouri students, events, and campus scenes, 1940s.

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"A Tour with Alladin's Lamp," Clair V. Mann, 1944 (C1159)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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A history of the Meramec Iron Works, St. James, MO.

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J.W. Towl Papers, 1917-1944 (R0475)
5 folders

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This collection includes correspondence and business records of J. W. Towl, a businessman at
Potosi in Washington County, Missouri. Included are letters and shipping receipts regarding the
barite industry, mineral lands, and the Southeast Missouri Lead Company, 1918-1939, an inventory
of goods at the Towl store in Potosi, 1928, and receipts for subscriptions to the Missouri War Chest,
Inc., 1944.

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Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.

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Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.

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E.B. Trail Collection, 1858-1965 (C2071)
4.2 cubic feet (279 folders, 62 volumes)

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Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.

E.B. Trail Photograph Collection, 1845-1963 (P0021)
1.1 cubic feet (513 photographs)

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Dr. E. B. Trail, St. Louis was a collector of steamboat images and articles, which he kept in scrapbooks. Includes images of steamboats, rivers, and other boating-related scenes.

Donald H. Tranin Papers, 1930-2007 (K0694)
7 c.f.

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Personal papers of Donald Tranin, his father Earl Tranin (1896-1979), and the Paper Supply Company of Kansas City, MO. Included are political activities, investments in businesses and real estate, and civic activities.

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Dante O. Tranquille Photographs, 1949 (P0148)
104 photographs

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This collection consists of 104 images taken by Dante O. Tranquille, a photojournalist who worked at the Utica [New York] Observer-Dispatch in the mid-twentieth century. He visited Missouri in May 1949, likely to attend the Missouri Photo Workshop, and photographed areas in St. Louis, McBaine, and Columbia.

Trans World Airlines (TWA) Records, 1929-2002 (K0453)
280 c.f.

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Records and publications of the Airline including information about flight incidents, personnel, and aircraft.

Frank E. Trask Architectural Records, 1907-1959 (K0711)
11 c.f.

Architectural drawings, photographs, and other documents related to Trask's work as an architect in Kansas City, MO.

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Paul Travers Collection, 1926-1957 (S1101)
0.8 cubic foot, 12 folders

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The Paul Travers Collection contains scholarly articles written by John Dewey, as well as ephemera from the St. Louis Browns.

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Charles Trefts Papers, 1903-1963 (C3465)
0.2 cubic feet, 4 audio cassettes

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Business correspondence, financial papers, photographic salon stickers, prizes, and other items of St. Louis professional photographer Charles Trefts, organizer of the Advertising Slide Company. His photographic collection was presented to the State Historical Society in 1964.

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Charles Trefts Photographs, 1903-1963 (P0034)
3690 photographs

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This collection contains images from 1900 to 1963 depicting St. Louis City and County people, public buildings, riverfront scenes, bridges, churches, catastrophes, houses and parks. Trefts photographed many historic events such as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition; the 1934 World Series; and aviation in St. Louis including the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field in 1908 and Charles Lindbergh's return from Paris in 1927. A number of images focus on Crawford and Iron Counties and the Lake of the Ozarks region in the early 1930s.

George Wesley Trefts Papers, 1936-1962 (C1422)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Papers of a photographer and member of he United States 79th Fighter Group stationed in northern Africa and Italy during World War II. Includes correspondence, clippings, and photographs.

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William Maclaren Trenholme Letters, 1931-1963 (C3357)
1.25 cubic feet (98 folders)

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The collection contains personal letters written by Trenholme to his mother, Louise Trenholme Stephens. Trenholme was a naval officer and later a nuclear physicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There are also letters from Trenholme’s wife, mother-in-law, and other relatives.

Tri-State Mining Superfund Site, 1945-2018 (SP0019)
1 c.f.

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The Tri-State Mining Superfund Site records contain the research of Shanen Givone into the environmental impact of nuclear contamination and mining in the Joplin area and into Kansas.

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Tri-State Rebekah Association Records, 1911-1941 (R0574)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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These are the record books of the Tri-State Rebekah Association. The Association, founded in 1904, was composed of lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah in southeastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri. The records include printed programs and minutes of the annual sessions of the Association.

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Trimble Family Papers, 1876-1948 (C4269)
0.25 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The papers of the Trimble family contain clippings related to the Trimble and Duncan families, correspondence between the families, and the diary from 1876 to 1879 of Susan Duncan, the mother of Martha Duncan who married into the Trimble family.

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Records, 1946-1972 (R0529)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Records are the constitution and bylaws from 1946 and an illustrated roster of the members of Trinity Lutheran Church dated 1972 at Cole Camp in Benton County, Missouri. 

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Leigh and Mary Jane Trowbridge Photograph Collection, 1930-1945 (P0502)
9 photographs

Photos of Round Table Club, Columbia. Also, WWII photos from Leigh Trowbridge's book Operation Leap Frog.

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Belle Alexander Troxell Collection, 1857-1951 (C3460)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Programs, clippings, photographs, postcards, and miscellaneous items, collected by a Columbia, Missouri, resident and member of several women's organizations.

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"Troy Presbyterian Church," Andy J. Brown, 1946 (C1345)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief history of the Troy Church and how it was organized, including list of original members.

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Cyrus R. Truitt Scrapbooks, 1893-1963 (C1432)
0.6 cubic feet (6 volumes)

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Scrapbooks of photographs of Novinger and Adair County, Missouri, 1893-1963, with explanations and captions by Truitt. Pictorial history of coal mining in western Adair County. Truitt titled the scrapbooks “Mostly Ghosts.”

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Harry S. Truman Photograph Collection, 1941-1957 (P0189)

7 b/w photos (some with negatives) of bust views for Harry S. Truman, U.S. Senator from Missouri and, in 1952, U.S. President, from 1941 (2), 1952 (3), and 1957 (2). Photos from 1952 contain a written message to the SHS from and signature of Mr. Truman.

Tuberculosis and Health Society of St. Louis Records, 1911-1960 (S0293)
10 cubic feet

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This collection contains bylaws, meeting minutes, and reports documenting the Tuberculosis and Health Society of St. Louis's mission to prevent, relieve, and control the spread of tuberculosis in the St. Louis area.

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E.W. Tucker Papers, 1920-1980 (C4000)
1.2 cubic feet (65 folders)

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The papers of Colonel Eugene W. Tucker, staff member and later executive officer of Kemper Military School, include lecture material, articles, speeches, correspondence, school catalogs, financial reports, and miscellaneous items.

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Tuesday Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1939-2024 (CA6694)
0.6 cubic feet, 7 oversize volumes

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Addition of organizational records and scrapbooks. The organizational records include meeting minutes, certificates, proclamations, photographs, yearbooks, and a photo album. The scrapbooks include articles; programs; certificates; newspaper articles concerning speakers and programs at club meetings; and articles dealing with projects sponsored by the club.

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Tuesday Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1921-1977 (C2162)
1.5 cubic feet

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The records of The Tuesday Club of Columbia, Missouri, contain newspaper articles, minute books, reports and scrapbooks of a women's social club founded in 1899. The records detail the history of the club, including meetings, activities, membership, finances, and projects sponsored.

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Frank Tull Collection, 1901-1960 (C3212)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Miscellaneous bills, receipts, articles, and genealogical notes regarding the Tull and Neidermeyer families of Boone County, MO.

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Maude Turnbow Collection, 1852-1965 (C2924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters, written in 1853, concerning the McHargue family in Missouri and Oregon. Newspaper clippings, genealogy, and random notes of Madam Dorian.

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Turner Society Pamphlets, 1912-1945 (C0676)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Pamphlets and publications of St. Louis area Turner groups. Also a history of the American Turnerbund, 1924; an annual report of the national executive committee of American Turners, 1941; and copies of TURNER TOPICS, publication of American Turners.

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Claude Turner Papers, 1942-1944 (SP0027)
.25 cubic feet (5 folders, 6 photographs)

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The Claude Turner papers consist of letters written by Claude Turner to his family in Webb City during World War II.  Claude served on the USS Spence.          

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Sarah Lucille Turner Portraits, 1923-1944 (P0974)
2 photographs

Photos of Sarah Lucille Turner, one of the first two women elected to the Missouri Legislature

Turner-Yates Family Papers, 1912-2010 (CA6486)
2 cubic feet

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The papers of the Turner, Yates, and related families of Macon and Randolph Counties, Missouri, include genealogical research, photographs, publications, and miscellaneous material.

Tuttle Family Collection, 1906-1973, 2019-2020 (CA6576)
1.7 cubic feet, 4.2 MB of digital files

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The collection contains material concerning a prominent farming family in Cooper County, Missouri. Includes World War II correspondence of Joseph Tuttle; correspondence concerning the family’s ham business; farm ledgers of Morton Tuttle; a timeline and history of Woodland Farms compiled by William Ellis Tuttle Jr.; and miscellaneous material.

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TWA Active Retired Pilots Association (TARPA) Records, 1932-2007 (K0563)
8 c.f.

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Publications and records related to retired pilots of Trans World Airlines. Includes labor agreements, photographs of pilots, and seniority list.

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Twin Lakes Duck Hunting Camp (Chariton County, Mo.) Records, 1945-1989 (C3968)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 2 rolls of microfilm

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Hunting logs, photographs, and related materials of a private hunting camp in north central Missouri.

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U. S. Soil Conservation Service Collection, 1933-1978 (C4513)
1.7 cubic feet (38 folders, 1 volume, 8 oversize items)

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Newspaper clippings, project reports, reference materials, and photographs from the Missouri arm of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.

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U.S. Army, 3196th Signal Service Company Roster, 1945 (C3682)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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"A History of the 3196th Signal Service Company," including roster of name, address, nickname, and date for each member. The group served in Italy during World War II.