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Flat River Woman's Club Records, 1913-1953 (R0206)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Flat River Woman’s Club Records include microfilm copies of record books, minutes of meetings, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous papers of a woman’s club in St. Francois County, Missouri. The charitable and civic group was begun in 1907 as the Mothers and Patrons Club of Flat River. The club disbanded in 1953.
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Alma Olivia Fletcher Papers, 1841-1968 (C3623)
0.2 cubic feet (16 folders)
Papers of the Fletcher family of Arcadia, Missouri. Included are two Civil War muster rolls; Missouri will and land deed; scrapbook of Alma's European tour, 1910; and detailed daily bird watching charts, 1960-1968.
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Alma Fletcher, "Library History of Iron County" Collection, 1957 (R0150)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The collection contains a photocopy of the manuscript, “Library History of Iron County,” by Alma Fletcher written in 1957.
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Fletcher-Brill Family Papers, 1900-2019 (SP0092)
0.2 cubic foot (5 folders, 59 photographs)
The Fletcher-Brill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, articles, genealogy, and publications on the Fletcher and Brill families of Wright County, Missouri.
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Florissant Historical Society Museum Opening Photographs, 1958 (P1169)
Photographs of the Florissant Historical Society Museum, on the occasion of its opening
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Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Books Collection, 1857-1972 (S0013)
0.3 cubic foot, 9 rolls microfilm (33 volumes)
The Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Book Collection include copies of official correspondence, council rosters, budgets, resolutions, certificates of appointments, and maps, chronicling the city's growth and development from 1857 to 1973.
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Flum Family Papers, 1930-2017 (S0369)
0.5 cubic foot
The Flum Family Papers consist of program booklets, obituaries, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Paul and Nancy Flum's business and civic endeavors, including Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., the St. Louis Ballet, the United Nations Association, and Goals for Americans Foundation. Also included are photographs depicting family holidays, events, and vacations.
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Francis Marion Flynn Papers, 1920-1975 (C3812)
1.0 cubic foot (101 folders)
Papers of a New York City newspaper executive and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The collection has correspondence, clippings, speeches, in-house publications, pamphlets, and photographs from Flynn's tenure at the Japan Advertiser Press and the New York Daily News.
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Joseph Wingate Folk Papers, 1902-1952 (C0101)
0.6 cubic feet
Unfinished biography of Folk by his sister, Mrs. James Avery Webb. Clippings pertaining to Folk's career as circuit attorney in St. Louis, 1902-1904; Democratic governor of Missouri, 1904-1909; races for Senate and failure to win election, 1918; career in Washington, D.C., 1917-1923, under President Woodrow Wilson; and death in 1923. Letters of sympathy at death, Folk-Bates genealogy, speeches by Folk, and miscellaneous material.
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Folly Theater Records, 1953-1957 (K0121)
1 c.f.
Business records for the theater when it operated primarily as a burlesque house. Information on salaries paid, utilities costs, commissions paid for securing entertainers, advertising expenses, and general operating expenses is included in the files. They do not include data on box office receipts, income, or correspondence with entertainers..
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Ford Family Papers, 1838-2006 (C4007)
1 cubic foot (37 folders)
The papers of the Ford, English, Cunningham, and related families include family correspondence, photographs and postcards, genealogical, school, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence contains references to World War I.
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Alfred J. Ford Papers, 1945-1980 (S0659)
0.25 cubic foot, 7 folders
Alfred J. Ford was a well-known civic leader and entrepreneur, who owned Ford Brothers Insurance Brokers and served as vice-president of General Insurers, Inc. This collection contains pamphlets, programs, meeting of businesses, boards, and organizations to which he belonged.
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Richard "Dick" A. Ford Collection, 1912-2005 (S0774)
3 cubic feet, 43 folders, 10 photographs
After more than half a century of media service, Richard "Dick" Ford retired from his position as news anchor with St. Louis' KTVI Fox 2 News. Ford was born in Turtle Creek,PA and received a bachelor of science degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He began working in the media industry in 1951. By the time Ford began working in St. Louis for KSDK News Channel 5, he had already established himself as a prominent journalist. In July 1992, he joined the KTVI Fox 2 News team. During his career, Ford earned an Emmy Award among other honors for journalistic excellence. This collection contains news features pertaining to notable events in the St. Louis area, as well as memorabilia pertaining to Ford's career as a news anchor.
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Fordney School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1952-1958 (R0262)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Fordney School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records for the Fordney School, School District No. 28 located in northeast Benton County, Missouri.
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Rudy Foree Papers, 1913-1997 (R1289)
(6 folders)
These are personal papers, photographs and miscellaneous items of Rudy Foree, a resident of Washington
County, Missouri, and United States Army veteran of the Pacific campaigns of World War II. The collection contains genealogical material compiled by Esther M. Ziock Carroll of Potosi, Missouri, including Foree's birth and death certificates and a family history.
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Foreign Language Association of Missouri Records, 1921-2013 (C4662)
2.2 cubic feet (56 folders) 1 volume, 144 MB of born digital files
Meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, financial records, membership records, conference programs, newsletters, and miscellaneous material of the association and the related Modern Language Association of Missouri and Modern Language Club of St. Louis and Vicinity.
Forest History Foundation Papers, 1956-1958 (C0640)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Oral interview with George W. Dulany, Jr., of LaJolla, CA, concerning lumbering in Missouri. Copies of "Forest History Newsletter" and a letter to W. Francis English of the University of Missouri.
Forest Park Research Files Collection, 1870-1995 (S0884)
18 cubic feet
This collection contains photographs, annual reports, file cards, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of Forest Park.
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Harold Linden Forester Papers, 1925-2007 (S0265)
2.5 cubic feet
The Harold Linden Forester Papers contain identification and travel documents, maps, illustrations, pamphlets, newsletters, postcards, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, academic materials, and military records. The materials date from 1925-2008 and pertain to Forester’s military service during World War II, his undergraduate years at the University of Southern California, his numerous jobs, his world travels, and his lifelong medical problems stemming from a wartime injury. The papers also contain information about the Forester family and Lawrence County, Missouri. Materials of interest include wartime letters from Forester to family members and friends, firsthand recollections of the Battle of Peleliu, and a scrapbook featuring photographs of the Forester family in Lawrence County, Missouri.
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Fort Leonard Wood Photograph, 1953 (SP0030)
0.5 cubic foot (1 oversize photograph)
The Fort Leonard Wood Photograph collection consists of an oversized image of the members of Company B, 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in 1953.
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Fort Osage Restoration Records, 1808-1979 (K0155)
.5 c.f. (MR)
Correspondence relating to the reconstruction of Fort Osage by the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department in consultation with the Native Sons of Greater Kansas City. Also research on the history of the Fort; reconstruction techniques and materials; and authentic artifacts, furniture, costumes, and artillery.
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Foster Lumber Company Records, 1889-1956 (K0435)
100 v
Financial ledgers, including trial balances, journals, cash books, purchase books, and freight books for a lumber company in Kansas City, MO.
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Al Foster Papers, 1955-1992 (CA6549)
4.4 cubic feet
The papers of a freelance photographer and conservationist from St. Louis include photographs, slides, writings, materials on Operation Stream Clean and Ranch Roy-L, and miscellaneous material.
Horace Miller Foster Collection, 1936-1975 (K0967)
0.25 c.f. (9 folders)
Foster was a music teacher and a bandleader. Includes photographs of school bands, individual students, and miscellaneous other school related items. also scrapbook containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other general information concerning Foster's career.
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Richard Brosing Fowler Sr. Papers, 1930-1978 (K1148)
0.5 c.f.
Fowler was an author and editor for the Kansas City Star. Includes newspaper clippings of articles written by Fowler for the Star. Also a few letters
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Fox Family Papers, 1870-1950s (CA6548)
2 cubic feet
Papers of a family from Moberly, Missouri, include photographs, scrapbooks, small artifacts, and miscellaneous material. Material largely concerns Lawrence Fox, Joy Eldridge Fox, and Anna Thieman Fox.
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Elaine Sue Trillin Fox Papers, 1947-1954 (K1298)
1 c.f.
Papers contain photographs (1947- 1954) pertaining to Alpha Chapter Sigma Theta Pi Sorority, Delta Gamma Phi Sorority, Fox Manufacturing Company Christmas party, and Beth Shalom Congregation confirmation classes, as well as a program for a Keneseth Israel-Beth Sholom confirmation service. Keneseth Israel-Beth Sholom was located at 3400 The Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Photographs include identification, including Elaine Sue "Sukey" Trillin Fox and Calvin Marshall Trillin.
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Robert Wilhelm Fraker Papers, 1920-1950 (K0378)
2 c.f.
Fraker played coronet, was a music teacher, and conductor of the Third Missouri Infantry Band. Consists of handwritten music manuscripts, sheet music, correspondence, photos, and scrapbooks relating to his training and career.
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Vendla Johnson Frampton Collection, 1919-1988 (K0286)
0.2 c.f.
Transcript of an oral history interview in which Mrs. Frampton describes many details of her life, including: Kansas City's "Swede Hill" community; family background and relationships; local Lutheran church history; and holiday food and traditions. Also a Westport High School Memory Book, 1919.
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William A. E. French Papers, 1877-1967 (R0175)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The William Aden Elmer French Papers contain the microfilmed copies of the papers of an author and newspaper publisher at Eminence in Shannon County, Missouri. Included are hunting and fishing diaries, journals, teaching notebooks, lists of published works, short stories, and family correspondence.
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Franklin and Binkley Families Papers, 1868-1955 (R1492)
0.06 cubic foot (6 folders, 27 negatives)
The Franklin and Binkley Families Papers contain photocopies of correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Also included is genealogical information for the Franklin, Binkley, Myers, Herrman, Bray, and other connected families.
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John Eddy Franklin Papers, 1946-1954 (C0319)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Recollections of life in southeast Missouri and Franklin's part in bank, land, and railroad development during the 1880s and 1890s. Poem and article by Alice Franklin Bryant; The Land of Corn, about Franklin's southeast Missouri plantation, by J.E. Wood; two letters; and newspaper clippings.
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Franz-Gundlach Family Papers, 1877-1956 (C4611)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of the Franz-Gundlach family from Lafayette County, Missouri, include correspondence and ephemera gathered during trips to Europe.
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Douglas R. Frazee Photographs, 1880-1985 (P0072)
0.25 linear feet
Photographs of the Missouri River and life on the towboat Brownville, 1963-1985 by Frazee, an engineer on the vessel. Photos of Marshall, MO, 1948-1950, and Marthasville, MO, area in the early 1900s. Aerial photographs of Saline County, Marshall, Brookfield, and Pettis County, 1946-1949. Aerial photographs of farms and buildings along Highways 20, 24, 41 in Saline and Lafayette Counties, ca. 1947. Also include a variety of images of Missouri scenes and Missourians.
Fred Wolferman, Inc. Records, 1897-1972 (K0205)
1.5 c.f.
Through innovative marketing, Wolferman's enjoyed a prestigious position in Kansas City gourmet food circles. Photographs, menus, news clips, an accounting ledger, scrapbooks and phonograph records, and advertisements and sample correspondence for the operation of grocery stores and restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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Freedom Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1844-1962 (R0418)
6 volumes microfilmed
These are record books of the Freedom Baptist Church near Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include the articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership records, and minutes
of church business meetings, August 1844 --January 1962, and the secretary's record book of the
Baptist Young People's Union, 1929-1932.
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Freemasons, Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Records, 1889-1957 (R0756)
(1 folder)
These are directories, calendars, bylaws, and calling cards for the Masonic organization at Bolivar in Polk County, Missouri. Included are officers' directories for 1889 and 1900, membership booklets for 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1960, bylaws for 1956, and five calling cards.
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Freemasons, Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221, Oak Ridge, Missouri Collection, 1952 (R1022)
(1 folder)
This is a program for the 71st meeting of the 49th District Association of Freemasons, hosted by Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221 at Oak Ridge in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, on Wednesday evening, May 28, 1952. W. Glenn McCain presented the lecture and charge to the meeting.
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Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133 Ironton, Missouri Records, 1849-1962 (R0446)
34 folders, 13 volumes MICROFILMED
These are records of the Masonic Lodge at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri. The records include
minute books, membership records, personnel files, and miscellaneous lodge papers,
1849-1962. The collection also includes the record books of the Iron Mountain Lodge, 1864-1894,
which consolidated with the Star of the West Lodge in 1894.
Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records, 1850-1974 (S0037)
1.2 cubic foot, 33 folders, 4 microfilm rolls
The Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records contain correspondence, ledgers, protocol books, and articles of association about the founding and operation of this German fraternal association.
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Max Freidberg Papers, 1911-1973 (K1073)
0.12 c.f.
World War I documents, photographs, diary and military tags of Freidberg, a United States Army soldier, born in Russia. Also Naturalization papers of Freidberg's father, Benno Freidberg.
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Margaret Wolf Freivogel Papers, 1950s-2020s (CA6701)
2.0 cubic feet (5 audio cassettes, 1 video cassette, 3 compact disks, 4 computer disks, 1 flash drive), 2.33 MB of digital files
The papers of Margaret Wolf Freivogel, a reporter and editor, include correspondence, memos, press releases, material from her time spent with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and material relating to the founding of the St. Louis Beacon. Also included are miscellaneous interviews and photographs.
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Bernard Jacob Fremerman Family Papers, 1947-2004 (K0663)
0.1 c.f.
Newspaper clippings concerning members of the Fremerman family who were actively involved in business, music, and sports.
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Shela S. Fretwell Genealogical Collection, 1824-2020 (CA5886)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 card file, 1 CD, 2 computer discs, 2 oversize items, 1.03 MB of digital files
Correspondence, photographs, and other genealogical research material related to the Fretwell family of Lewis County, Missouri.
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Florence Freyermuth Collection, 1939-1975 (S0885)
20 cubic feet
This collection contains a 16mm film and slides of world travels of Florence Freyermuth, a friend of Marlin Perkins and family.
Friedens United Church of Christ (Warrenton, Mo.) Record Books, 1868-1967 (C3631)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)
Record books of the Friedens Evangelical Church, Warrenton, Missouri, and the Bethany Evangelical Church, Pendleton, Missouri. The two merged to become the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, later renamed the Friedens United Church of Christ. The Friedens Church was organized in 1877, but the record book has entries dating from 1868. The earliest record in the Bethany book is for 1910.
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Howard W. Friedmann Family Papers, 1923-2007 (K1263)
4.5 c.f.
The papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks,
memorabilia, and other materials collected by Friedmann and his family covering the
period 1923-2007.
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Friends in Council of Springfield, Missouri, 1952 (R1085)
(1 folder)
This is a year book for 1952-1953 for the Friends in Council, a woman's study club at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Included are the names and addresses of officers and members, a calendar for the club's meeting year (October 1952 to May 1953), and topics and readings for discussion a the meetings.
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Friendship Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1837-1974 (C4236)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)
The records of the Friendship Christian Church in Boone County consist of ledgers documenting membership, Sunday school attendance, and land deeds associated with the church. (See also C2372, Church of Christ at Friendship membership record)
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Jane Froman Papers, 1891-1980 (C3695)
8.5 cubic feet (343 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 14 audio cassettes, 453 audio discs, 13 audio tapes, 4 films, 1 video cassette, 1 DVD, 25.6 GB of digital files
The papers of a singer and radio, theater, and movie star contain correspondence, financial records, musical arrangements, photographs, audio and film recordings, and scrapbooks. The papers include material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s through the 1950s. Also includes some papers of her mother, Anna Barcafer Froman Hetzler (1873-1962).