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Young Store (Alton, Mo.) Records, 1891-1952 (C2963)
16 rolls of microfilm

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The records of the Young Store contain daybooks, cashbooks, and ledgers from a store in Oregon County, MO. No information is available on the establishment or dissolution of store.

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Young Women's Christian Association Metro St. Louis Records, 1914-1993 (S0343)
61 cubic feet, 1485 folders, 4994 photographs, 13 microfilm rolls

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The YWCA collection covers the organization's activities from its inception in 1904 to the late 1970s. The constitution and bylaws, along with revisions and complete financial records are included. The St. Louis YWCA was divided into several branches, including a segregated club for black girls, and each of these groups is represented in the records, which include documentation on programs, summer camps, and clubs maintained by the various branches. The collection also includes a record of programs for which the YWCA shared responsibility with similar organizations, such as the USO, American Red Cross, and the YMCA.

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Ardath Cary Young Papers, 1910s-1976 (C4030)
0.25 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The papers of Ardath Anita Cary Young consist of correspondence, postcards, photographs, and miscellaneous family papers documenting the Cary, Young, and McMillen families from Edina, Knox County, Missouri.

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Frank Young Papers, 1854-1956 (C4214)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The papers of Frank Young contain genealogy research of the Shoemaker family, beginning with Johann Heinrich Schumaker (John Henry Shoemaker) who came to Berlin, Pennsylvania, from Germany in 1768. Mr. Young traced the family through at least four generations and several hundred descendants. The papers include correspondence from his genealogy research, such as letters from relatives with information for the family tree. The papers also include a few wills, deeds of estates, and some obituaries and newspaper clippings about the Shoemaker family.

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Kenneth Franklin Young Papers, 1936-2005 (K1039)
2.5 c.f.

Young was a radio and television broadcast engineer and cameraman with KCMO radio and KCTV. He also performed in plays with a variety of theater companies. Includes correspondence, negatives, photographs, broadcasting materials, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and video.

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Raymond A. Young Scrapbooks, c. 1940-1981 (C3076)
1 roll of microfilm

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Scrapbooks of a Columbia, Missouri, oil company executive and community leader. Material on the development and growth of Missouri Farmers Association.

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Rosemary Claypool Young Papers, 1934-1997 (K0344)
1 c.f.

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Personal papers of church and civic leader and advocate for family, women, children and automobile safety.

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YouthBridge Community Foundation Records, 1876-2003 (S0243)
7.5 cubic feet

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The YouthBridge Community Foundation Records (formerly the German General Protestant Orphan’s Home and General Protestant Children’s Home) contain meeting minutes, ledgers, and scrapbooks relating to its history as a home for impoverished orphans. Materials of interest include intake record books, documenting the child’s name, birth date, the reasons for their admittance and dismal from the orphanage, as well as the names of their parents. Also included in the collection are photographs depicting the cornerstone laying of YouthBridge’s former campus at 12685 Olive Street Road and an essay on the history of YouthBridge, titled Still Caring: the Evolution of a St. Louis Orphanage, by Glenn J. Sartori. The materials in this collection date from 1877 to 2003.

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David R. Zeff Collection, 1939-1950 (K0927)
.08 c.f.

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The David R. Zeff Collection contains newspaper clippings, newsletters, and memorabilia from the Aleph Zadik Aleph B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, the Jewish Youth Federation, Southwest High School, and features photographs of the contestants of the 1945 Yom Kippur Dance Night's Sweetheart contest, as well as personal photographs.

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Frank Zeisler Photograph Collection, 1914-1945 (S1210)
0.4 c.f.

Collection of photographs and postcards depicting scenes in Europe during and shortly after World War I, including monuments, tourist sites, gas attacks, trench warfare, and combat. Also included in the collection is a series of German photographs from World War II, and a book, 'The Horror of It: Camera Records of War's Gruesome Glories' by Frederick A. Barber, Historical Foundations, New York, 1933.

Lydia Zilgitt Papers, 1884-1970 (C4633)
0.6 cubic feet (13 folders)

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The papers of a registered nurse contain school notebooks and textbooks, as well as assorted German language religious booklets, greeting cards, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.

Orville Zimmerman Papers, 1922-1962 (C0863)
4.1 cubic feet (309 folders)

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Correspondence and other papers from Zimmerman's terms as a Democratic congressman from Missouri's 10th district, 1935-1948. Zimmerman's major committee assignments included the Agriculture, Flood Control, and Post-War Economic Policy and Planning Committees.

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Zion Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1841-1953 (C4537)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Record books of the church, including minutes of meetings and membership records, 1841-1953. Also index of surnames, volumes I-III.

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Zion United Church of Christ, Lawrence County, Missouri Records, 1880-2001 (R0714)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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These are records of the Zion United Church of Christ near Freistatt in Lawrence County, Missouri. Included are minutes of church council meetings, registers of members, officers, pastors, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and miscellaneous items. Some of the records are in German. Included is one volume of records from Union United Church of Christ, 1947-1998.

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Marcus S. Zuber Papers, 1947-1976 (C4509)
1.0 cubic feet (20 folders)

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The papers of University of Missouri-Columbia agronomy professor and USDA research agronomist, including his research publications, professional correspondence, and materials related to his involvement with the Lutheran fraternity Beta Sigma Psi.

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Zumwalt Family Papers, 1862-1992 (C4048)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)

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The Zumwalt family papers consist of genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, local church histories, and miscellaneous articles relating to a family that settled in Boone and Callaway Counties around 1800.

Zwick Family Papers, 1860-1965 (C4199)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The Zwick family papers contain photographs, correspondence, financial documents, and genealogical information on the Zwick family.

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G.L. Zwick Postcard Collection, 1949, no date (P0687)

Copy prints of postcards of Lover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO.

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“Reilly’s Bucks” Scrapbook, 1917-1919, 1943, 1948-1949 (CG0070)
0.2 c.f.

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This collection features a scrapbook that focuses on “Reilly’s Bucks”, the 149th regiment of the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division during World War I. Also included in the collection are an insurance policy booklet and a booklet about the 134th Infantry regiment.

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