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Cooperation of Christian Churches of Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1908-1966 (C4273)
0.4 cubic feet (17 folders)
The records contain minutes, programs, church reports, histories of some individual churches, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, and newsletters. The material largely concerns churches located in Boone County, but also includes other Missouri counties as well.
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Coorts Family Papers, 1948-1976 (C4630)
0.4 cubic feet (4 folders)
Farm ledgers of the Ralph and Hannah Coorts family of Linn County, Missouri.
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Copher and Stidham Family Papers, 1784-1974 (C4290)
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records of the Copher and Stidham families contain dates of births, deaths, and marriages, wills, and military records. The volume contains both original records and transcriptions created by J.H. Stidham.
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Coppage Family Papers, 1880-1976 (C2384)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of the Coppage family contain one letter, 1880, written in Carterville, MO, from a young bride to her mother; correspondence between several members of the Coppage family living in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, from 1910 to 1914; and miscellaneous items from the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1935-1936, and World War II, 1942.
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Arnold Lester Coppaken and Helen Glass Coppaken Papers, 1943-1975 (K0884)
0.04 c.f.
The Arnold Lester and Helen Glass Coppaken collection contains graduation programs, a certificate of Mr. Coppaken's, newspaper clippings, and photographs of Mrs. Coppaken and friends.
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Phyllis Miller Copus Collection, 1950s-1970s (CA6286)
4 cubic feet
Genealogy and other family history materials, both printed and video, from the Howell, Holden, Shutt, and Sandifer families, of Dallas, Jackson, Cass, and Lafayette Counties, Missouri. The collection also includes the Margie Ellis Howell Papers, a collection acquired by Copus after Howell's death. These papers include information on the Ellis, Howell, Parkes, Perry, and Hammonds families of Missouri.
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Corder-Thomas Family Papers, 1867-1961 (C3697)
11 rolls of microfilm (9 folders, 56 volumes), 1 oversize item
The Corder-Thomas Family Papers consist of the diaries of Leslie Walker Corder, a Waverly, Missouri, farmer and civic leader; his wife Nellie Perry Buck Corder; and her aunt Susan Buck Cooper Thomas. The diaries contain routine entries about life in Waverly; weather statistics; farm and rental accounts; expense records; genealogies; and comments on building roads and railroads. The papers also include family letters, news clippings, and miscellaneous items.
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Cornett Family Papers, 1920s-1970s (CA5919)
6 cubic feet
Addition of correspondence; financial records; photographs; school records, Linn County, Missouri; and miscellaneous Cornett family papers. See also C3808.
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Cornett Family Papers, 1847-1981 (C3808)
5.1 cubic feet (210 folders), 3 oversize volumes
The papers of the Cornett family of rural Linn County, Missouri, including William and Martha; their children, Bracy, Winifred, Jo Lee, and Carl; and Martha’s family, the Moores and Roots. Letters, household and farm records, photographs, and other family papers, along with the early records of the Moore School near Linneus, document the social, cultural, and agricultural life of a northern Missouri family and the teaching careers of two of their daughters.
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Mary E. Rawlings Cornine Papers, 1900s-2000s (CA6219)
16.9 cubic feet, 11 computer discs, 4 oversize items
Papers of Cornine, Morton, Rawlings, and related families. Includes correspondence, photographs, diaries, notes, and other papers.
Cortelyou Family Papers, 1826-1964 (C2463)
1 cubic foot (40 folders)
Real estate leases, New Jersey, 1826-1846, and records of estates administered by James and Peter Cortelyou, New Jersey, 1842-1882. Personal correspondence received by Kansas banker Luther M. Cortelyou, Jr., 1895-1964; his high school papers and memorabilia; and diaries kept by him and his father, 1869-1900.
Frank Morgan Cortelyou Papers, 1855-1976 (K0042)
1 c.f.
Personal, family, and business papers of civil engineer Frank M. Cortelyou, co-founded the firm of Harrington and Cortelyou, including financial notes and records, some correspondence, photographs, and field notes.
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Jerry Weddell Cosley Papers, 1930-2012 (K1279)
8 c.f.
Personal papers of Cosley, corporate Vice-President of Trans World Airlines. Cosley worked in public relations for Trans World Airlines (TWA) for over 25 years, as well as other airlines and communications companies. Includes correspondence, research files on airlines and planes, publications and photographs.
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May Bartee Couch Collection, 1853-2007 (CA6422)
49 cubic feet, 2 card files
Collection of family research files and obituaries of a professional genealogist from Marceline, Missouri, largely concerns Chariton, Linn, and surrounding counties.
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Timothy R. Coughlin Papers, 1890s-1990s (CA5849)
109 cubic feet
Correspondence, research material, publications, organizational records, and audio and video recordings of an individual active in the Democratic Party in Missouri.
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Council of Clubs of Kansas City, Missouri, Records, 1901-2005 (K0686)
2 c.f.
Organizational records of the Council including minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, programs, printed materials, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks. Also yearbooks/directories of member organizations.
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Counts Family Papers, 1797-1926, 1954 (CG0002)
0.2 cubic feet
The Counts Family Papers contain Bible records, tintypes, correspondence, and a family history book of the family that lived in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri.
Donna Cowan Scrapbooks, 1957 (C4277)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
The Donna Cowan collection includes two scrapbooks: one on conservation in Missouri, and one on Missouri Girls State, 1957. The Missouri Girls State was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Missouri, which provided Missouri girls citizenship training in order for them to better understand and participate in the functioning of the government.
Donald O. Cowgill Papers, 1940s-1980s (CA4791)
25.8 cubic feet
The papers of a former professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia include correspondence, professional papers, student materials, research, photographs, speeches, personal material, and miscellany.
Robert A. Cowling Architectural Records, 1947-1993 (K1153)
27 c.f.
Architectural drawings of buildings designed by Cowling and his associates, locally in Kansas City and nationally. He specialized in industrial facilities, particularly transportation related industries: Beechcraft, BMW, Mack Truck, and U-Haul.
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Lester E. Cox Papers, 1917-1968 (C3596)
7 rolls of microfilm
Personal and business papers of a Springfield, Missouri, businessman. Most of the collection deals with Cox's philanthropic activities, particularly his role as president of the Board of Trustees of Burge-Protestant Hospital. Cox's considerable business interests are less well represented, most of these records dating from 1968.
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Walter Lilley and Agatha Daniel Cox Papers, 1901-1951 (C3791)
0.3 cubic feet (14 folders)
Papers of the Walter and Agatha Cox of Osceola, Missouri, consisting of yearbooks and minutes of the Twentieth Century Club, Osceola, 1901-1941; minutes and accounts for the Works Progress Administration County Relief and Reemployment Committee for St. Clair County, 1933-1935; and miscellany. This is a companion collection to C0792, Daniel Family Papers. Genealogical information can be found in the information folder for that collection.
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William Joseph Cragin Papers, 1930s-2000s (CA6275)
19 cubic feet, 10 oversize folders
Papers of a Columbia architect who worked in private practice and for the Farmers Home Administration, 1960s-2000s. Includes files of Dave P. Clark, c. 1930s-1960s. Job locations are in Missouri unless otherwise noted.
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Billy and Guy Craighead Collection, 1950s-1990s (CA6673)
0.1 cubic feet, 70 audio tapes, 25 audio discs
The collection contains fiddle music collected and played by Guy Craighead, along with a small amount of correspondence, clippings, and newsletters.
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Ada E. Crain Papers, c. 1860-2003 (C3067)
1.3 cubic feet (33 folders)
The papers of a schoolteacher consist of correspondence, genealogical materials, photographs, yearbooks, an 1878 diary, and a manuscript written by Crain. The material details the first half of Crain’s life while living and teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Michigan.
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Benjamin H. Creamer Papers, 1890-1969 (R0476)
10 folders
These are papers of a farmer and stock raiser in Maries County, Missouri. The collection includes
family correspondence, obituaries and funeral home cards, election poll books, and records
pertaining to Creamer's work with the Maries County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service and the Maries County Highway Commission.
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Cresswell Family Papers, 1823-1979 (R0007)
1.25 cubic foot (51 folders, 2 oversize volumes)
The Cresswell Family Papers contain the personal, legal, and business papers of the Cresswell family of Washington County, Missouri. The papers include correspondence, land documents, legal papers, slave documents, tax receipts, account books from the furnace and store owned by the family, miscellaneous business papers, local school records, and personal papers.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Papers, 1880-1950 (C0087)
0.4 cubic feet
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and papers of Thomas T. Crittenden, governor of Missouri, 1881-1885, and U.S. consul general in Mexico City, 1893-1897. Letter book kept while he was consul general in Mexico.
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Madeline Crockett Photograph Collection, 1956, no date (P0064)
5 photographs
5 b/w photos of Sabbath Home United Methodist Church. Three exterior views of the Church, one of which shows the cemetery, and one interior view with alter. One b/w group photo of Primary Class during Vacation Church School, with individuals identified.
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Robert Cronbach Collection, 1933-1992 (S0613)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains biographical material on the sculptor Robert Cronbach, collected by Ernest Stix.
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Kenneth E. Crouch Papers, 1951-1960 (C2207)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous church bulletins.
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Homer Croy Papers, 1905-1965 (C2534)
10.25 cubic feet (765 folders), 1 roll of microfilm
Homer Croy, a Missouri native, was the author of numerous books, short stories, plays and articles. The collection contains research and manuscripts for published and unpublished work, business and personal correspondence, financial records, contracts, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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Cruise Palmer Papers, 1909-1977 (K0240)
1 c.f.
Palmer was a prominent journalist and a Executive Editor at the Kansas City Star. Contains news articles, photographs, and other documents related to the history and stockholders of the Kansas City Star Company; the professional journalist society, Sigma Delta Chi, for which Palmer was Kansas City chapter president; and the everyday work of a newspaper journalist.
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Cullimore Family Collection, 1878-2020 (R1090)
10.5 cubic feet (276 of folders, 8 CDs, 2 cassette tapes, 828 photographs, 217 negatives, 1 45 record)
The Cullimore Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Donald B. and Lee M. Cullimore and their father Donald G. Cullimore. The papers include personal correspondence, diaries, articles, family research and genealogy, photographs, and local history research. a larger portion of the collection is dedicated to genealogical materials for the family of Lee Cullimore and his wife, Marcia Craddock Cullimore’s family.
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Culture Club Records, 1899-1979 (S0147)
0.25 cubic feet, 14 folders, 4 photographs
The Culture Club Records collection includes bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, meeting minutes, and programs documenting the Culture Club, a discussion group founded by affluent Jewish housewives in St. Louis, Missouri, to converse about topics involving literature, theatre, dance, and public affairs.
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Conrad J. Curtis Architectural Records Collection, 1950-1992 (K0683)
34 c.f.
Architectural drawings, job files, and business records for an architect who specialized in schools and small business buildings.
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Thomas B. Curtis Papers, 1950-1969 (C3300)
5.0 cubic feet, 908 rolls of microfilm
The Thomas B. Curtis Papers contain constituent correspondence and congressional committee material during Curtis’ terms as a Republican U.S. representative from Missouri. The bulk of committee material pertains to Ways and Means and Joint Economic Committees.
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Thomas B. Curtis Papers, 1950-1975 (S0870)
101 cubic feet
The Thomas B. Curtis Papers contain correspondence, notebooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, and legislative materials pertaining to Curtis’s career as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Missouri’s 12th and 2nd districts from 1951 to 1969. The collection also contains materials chronicling Curtis’s time as general counsel and vice president for Encyclopedia Britannica from 1969 to 1973.
Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1892-1962 (C2528)
2.5 cubic feet
The papers of Winterton Conway Curtis contain correspondence, reprints, autobiographical notes, photographs and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri professor of zoology and dean of the College of Arts and Science. Also included is professional correspondence, 1904-1911, of George Lefevre, professor of zoology at the University of Missouri.
Winterton Conway Curtis Papers, 1898-1958 (C3423)
0.75 cubic feet (39 folders)
Lecture notes and related material for the protozoology course given by Curtis in the zoology department of the University of Missouri. Published articles by other authors from Curtis’ collection, a few personal letters, and photographs. Also, by-laws and business correspondence of the Westmount Civic Improvement Association, 1908-1917.
Sandra F. Czarlinsky Papers, 1945-2006 (K1319)
0.25 c.f.
photographs, Center High School yearbook, Temple B'nai Jehudah Sisterhood "Gaslight" publications 1961-1970
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Czechs in St. Louis Collection, 1929-1974 (S0034)
0.03 cubic foot, 4 folders
The Czechs in St. Louis Collection contains anniversary programs, histories, and unpublished manuscripts, relating to Czech-American life in St. Louis, including Bohemian Hill, St. John's Nepomuk Parish, and Sokol St. Louis.
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Dade County Baptist Association Records, 1958 (R1170)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This booklet contains the minutes and associated data of the 68th annual session of the Dade County Baptist Association, held at Fairview Baptist Church in Dade County, Missouri, on August 26-27, 1958. Ira Fortner of Lockweed served as moderator of the session.
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Margaret and Irvin Dagen "History of St. Louis CORE" Collection, 1941-2000 (S0661)
1 cubic foot, 35 folders, 18 cassettes, 9 photographs
This collection was compiled for a book entitled "Victory without Violence: the First Ten Years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE), 1947-1957" by Mary Kimbrough and Margaret Dagen, published by University of Missouri Press in 2000. Includes in the collection is correspondence, oral history tapes, transcripts, and photographs pertaining to CORE's history, political activities, and service to the community. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), whose St. Louis chapter was established in 1947, is a pacifist civil rights activist group whose mission is to bring about equality for all people.
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Mary Kathy Dains Photographs, 1868, 1901-1990 (P0300)
3 folders
Photographs of Columbia, MO, the University of Missouri (1978-1986, including extensive coverage of Ellis Library construction in the 1980s), and historic sites and structures across Missouri. Also includes portraits taken or acquired by Dains.
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Dalton Family Photographs, 1923-1958 (P0343)
1 folder
Photographs of Walter William Dalton, John M. Dalton, and other Dalton family members.
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John M. Dalton Papers, 1921-1965 (C2417)
130.3 cubic feet (11967 folders, 51 volumes), 4 oversize volumes, 8 card files, 1 CD
Personal and official papers of a Democratic governor of Missouri, 1961-1965. Includes some material from his term as Missouri attorney general.
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Walter William Dalton Papers, 1939-1979 (C4314)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of Walter Dalton contain correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and newspaper clippings regarding Dalton, an Air Force Reserve officer, attorney, and civic leader.
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Damel Family Photographs, 1892-1982 (P0865)
1 folder
Photographs of members of the Damel family, an African American family that came to settle in Jefferson City.
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Jeannetta Danford Papers, 1946-2016 (K1366)
3 c.f.
Diaries and journals of Jeannetta Danford, 1947-2016