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Alexander Napier Thomas Papers, 1862-1971 (K0169)
0.20 c.f. (18 folders)

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Letters and documents related to Thomas' service in the Civil War including a significant number written while a prisoner-of-war in Libby Prison. Also included are membership certificates and notices of election to public office and speeches Thomas delivered as part of his public career as mayor of Aurora, NE, state representative from Hamilton County, NE.

David E. and Horace E. Thomas Papers, 1904-1985 (C4002)
2.0 cubic feet (114 folders), 4 oversize items

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The papers of David E. Thomas, Congregational minister and professor of religion, and his son, Horace E. Thomas, a Columbia, Missouri, surgeon who spent World War II in military hospitals in the South Pacific consist of correspondence, manuscripts, class notes, research notes, photographs, printed articles and pamphlets, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials related to their careers, including research for Horace’s medical school thesis, Chronic Radiation Poisoning in Rats.

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Dorothy Brown Thompson Papers, 1860-1994 (K0695)
52 c.f.

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Personal papers, writings, and research materials of Thompson, a poet and genealogist. Includes personal and professional materials: poetry manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. Secondly, her extensive genealogical research includes specific family lines, correspondence, and historical publications. Also materials of her husband and son.

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Elinor P. Thompson Letter, 1941 (C0559)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter from Elinor P. Thompson of New Orleans, Louisiana, to John C. Westover, of Camp Clairborne, Louisiana, November 7, 1941. The letter describes the activities of M. Jeff Thompson after his settlement in New Orleans. It also provides a description of New Orleans and describes the Thompson family papers.

Henry C. Thompson Collection, 1820-1957 (P0354)
21 photographs

Facsimile of signatures of Missouri governors, 1820-1940, photos of Henry C. Thompson and some of his paintings, early notable Missourians, St. Francois County, mining, and images relating to Mormons.

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Henry C. Thompson Papers, 1884-1970 (R0047)
2.25 cubic feet (89 folders, 4 rolls of microfilm)

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The Henry C. Thompson Papers contain the original and microfilm copy of papers of a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri, genealogist, and a historian of mining in St. Francois County and the operations of the St. Joseph Lead Company. The collection includes research notes and correspondence, and a group of lead company records, 1884-1902.

J. G. Thompson Papers, 1920-1951, 1999 (C4638)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains five time books (1920-1951) of a railroad conductor from Hannibal, Missouri, who worked for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Also included is a Thompson family history based on the time books written by Thompson's son, postcards, and miscellaneous materials.

Alvin J. Thornton Papers, 1940-2001 (C4041)
2.0 cubic feet (72 folders), 1 audio disc

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The papers of Alvin "Jack" Thornton, a former World War II B-24 pilot and POW, include photographs, correspondence, diaries, and miscellaneous materials relating to his military service and family.

James T. Thorp Scrapbooks, 1840-1955 (C1429)
1.5 cubic feet

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Materials collected and organized by Thorp as histories of the Missouri River, steamboats, and Miami, MO. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, excerpts from the MIAMI WEEKLY NEWS, and miscellaneous items.

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Anton A. Tibbe Collection, 1883, 1945 (C2048)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Correspondence with U.S. presidents, senators and congressmen, Missouri politicians, and other national figures. Basically an autograph collection, the letters are arranged alphabetically by surname of correspondent.

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Tibbe-Cuthbertson Family Papers, 1846-1986 (C3711)
1.2 cubic feet (59 folders), 2 oversize items

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The papers of a Washington, Missouri, family whose patriarch, Henry Tibbe, and his son, Anton, founded the Missouri Meerschaum Company, include family and business correspondence, genealogy, property deeds, an early history of the Missouri Meerschaum Company, material on a patent infringement dispute, pipe catalogs, clippings, and photographs.

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Dolores F. Timmons Photograph Collection, 1880-1946 (P0236)
56 postcards

1 photograph of Camp Dix, NJ Army Base; 12 photos of Dixon Mining Co., circa 1900; 2 photos of Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Henderson; 3 photocopies of Henderson family Bible.

Emily Tindall Postcard Collection, 1913-1940 (P0218)
61 postcards

A collection of US postcards.

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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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