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Judith D. Hellman Papers, 1950-1991 (K1383)
.15 c.f.

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The Judith D. Hellman Collection contains materials related to Hellman's time as a Jewish representative with the Panel of American Women, Kansas City Chapter.

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Helm-Davidson Family Papers, 1824-1970 (C3434)
2.5 cubic feet (101 folders, 1 oversize volume)

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Diaries, correspondence, account books, genealogical records, and personal and business papers of Mary Aileen Davidson and her ancestors. John B. Helm letters and diaries, Ben N. Crump letters, and J. Frank Davidson papers show social and economic life in Kentucky and Missouri.

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F.F. "Hank" Henderson, Jr. Papers, 1922-2019 (CA6276)
15 cubic feet, 8 computer discs

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Personal papers and genealogical research of a Sedalia, Missouri, native. Contains publications and research files pertaining to the Drake, Dodson, and other families of Missouri. Includes correspondence, photographs, and official records.

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Morris Henderson Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, 1955-1982 (S0641)
1 cubic foot

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This collection consists of scrapbooks of Morris Henderson, a prominent civil rights leader and president of the St. Louis County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1955-1959; 1963-1964) and director of the Peoples' Hospital (1960-1964). Subjects of interest include People's Hospital and the NAACP.

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Morris Henderson Scrapbook Collection, 1930-1965 (S0132)
0.15 cubic foot, 4 folders

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The Morris Henderson Scrapbook Collection consists of scrapbooks chronicling prominent Civil Rights leader Morris Henderson, who served as president of the St. Louis County Chapter of the NAACP (1955-1959, 1963-1964) and director of People's Hospital (1960-1964).

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Orval L. Henderson Jr. Papers, 1904-2015 (C4130)
15.2 cubic feet

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The papers of Orval Henderson contain records of the Missouri Society for Military History, Missouri Militia/National Guard research files and articles, other materials relating to Missouri military history research and historical organizations, and personal papers. Henderson was a Missouri Department of Natural Resources employee who served in the Missouri National Guard from 1948-1990.

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Orval L. Henderson Jr. Papers, 1944-2015 (CA6425)
3.5 cubic feet

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Addition of military research material, photographs, and miscellaneous material.

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Henderson-Marr Family Papers, 1898-1992 (C4449)
0.9 cubic feet (22 folders, 1 oversize item)

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Writings of Augusta Henderson-Marr with photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other genealogical research concerning the Henderson, Marr, and related families of Callaway County, Missouri.

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Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Papers, 1934-1960 (C3000)
190.5 cubic feet (8,634 folders), 6 audio tapes, 5 films, 5 rolls of microfilm, 25 audio discs, 1 oversize volume

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Personal and political papers of a Democratic congressman, 1934-1940; St. Louis circuit attorney, 1940-1941; naval officer, 1941-1944; lawyer, 1944-1950; and U.S. senator, 1950-1960. Collection focuses on senatorial years, the bulk consisting of constituent correspondence, and is arranged topically. Only Volumes on Microfilm.

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Henry Tobias Brewers and Maltsters Union #6 Collection, 1873-1990 (S0615)
16.2 cubic feet, 314 folders, 2 records, 1 reel tape, 556 photographs

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The Brewers and Maltsters Local #6 is the oldest labor union in continuous operation in the city of St. Louis. This collection documents the changes that the Maltsters Union #6 underwent over the years as well as the everyday details of a labor union. The collection also contains material that Henry Tobias collected on the history of brewing and St. Louis breweries. Included are materials from the Dancing Masters of America and the Dancing Teacher's Association of St. Louis.

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Ethelda Henry Genealogical Collection, 1671-1988 (C3881)
34.6 cubic feet (2,364 folders)

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Family histories and genealogies of over 400 Boone County and central Missouri families, including the Asbell family. The collection also includes cemetery, census, marriage, school, will, Bible, and church records; clippings, photographs, family and genealogical correspondence, source materials, abstracts, and manuscripts; and miscellaneous.

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Hensley Family Papers, 1926-1992 (K1371)
1 c.f.

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This collection consists of papers and photographs related to the service of Robert Glenn Hensley and Terry Hensley.

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Henthorn-Reppert-Brown Funeral Home Records, 1918-1979 (K1356)
0.55 c.f.

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The records provide biographical information about decedents and document funerals arranged by Henthorn-Reppert-Brown Funeral Home in Buckner, Missouri.

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Helen Rowe Henze Papers, 1947-1970 (K0837)
0.3 c.f.

Newspaper clippings of reviews and poems and articles written by Henze, a Kansas City poet. Also drafts and corrections of her poetry, manuscript copies of short stories written but not published and biographical material.

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Herbert V. Jones and Company/Jones and Company/Whitney E. Kerr and Company Records, 1861-2006 (K0623)
196 c.f.

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Administrative files of a major Kansas City real estate firm including leases, studies, sales records, property management records, aerial photographs, maps and drawings.

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Mary Jo Herde Photograph Collection, 1949-1970 (P0223)
21 photographs

Original photos of the "Early Freak Movement in Columbia" and Vietnam War protests.

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Booton Herndon Papers, 1950-1965 (C3355)
4.1 cubic feet (293 folders, 4 volumes), 5 audio tapes, 1 audio disc

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The papers of a freelance writer contain Herndon’s collaboration with Vic Obeck in writing How to Exercise Without Moving a Muscle, a volume about isometric exercises; papers relating to Herndon’s compilation and publication of The Humor of J.F.K., a collection of Kennedy quotations; and material related to Military Air Transport Service used in writing Over the Hump with William H. Tunner.

Herstory Collection, 1956-1974 (S0820)
90 microfilm rolls

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The Herstory collection consists of newspapers, journals, and newsletters relating to Women from 1956-1974. The Women’s History Library in Berkeley, California, collected the material.

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Maude Lupe Hewitt Papers, 1800-1968 (R1344)
2 cubic feet (26 folders)

The papers of Maude Lupe Hewlett contain the personal papers of Maude Lupe Hewlett and family photographs.

Margaret Hickey Papers, 1922-1990 (S0236)
29 cubic feet, 824 folders, 763 photographs, 2 microfilm rolls, 1 videotape

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The papers of Margaret A. Hickey consist of correspondence, speech files, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting her career as a lawyer, journalist, businesswoman, public servant, from the 1930s into the 1980s. An interest in women and their economic and social problems proved the motivating force behind much of her work. As a lawyer, she became conscious of the unique legal problems facing women; as a government advisor, she studied various facets of women's role in society; and as the founder and director of Miss Hickey's School for Secretaries, she helped train educated women for careers in the labor force.

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James C. Higbie Photograph Collection, 1860-1961 (P0106)
32 photographs

4 b/w photos of Boonville Homes: Judge Roy D. Williams and James Higbie. 23 b/w photos of Boonville locals, especially Roy D. Williams and Family, ca. 1880s-1961. Additional unidentified portraits, 4 depicting children in the 1860s-1880s; 2 of women in 1877 and 1890.

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Nelda S. Higginbotham Papers, 1952-2009 (K0578)
2 c.f.

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Papers and artifacts of former Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostess. Includes hostess pins and name tags, public relations photographs, promotional items, an emergency procedures handbook, a framed award, model airplanes.

High Street Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1952 (R1232)
(1 folder)

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This is 'Youth Trail 1952', a yearbook published by the young people of the High Street Baptist Church in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. Included are photographic portraits, snapshots, and general information about the congregation and its programs.

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Hill Family Papers, 1850-2012 (CA6754)
0.4 c.f.

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This collection contains photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and sketches pertaining to the genealogy and history of the Hill Family. Much of the content concerns the descendants of William Eustis Hill, who moved to Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri between 1850 and 1876.

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Adam Hill Papers, 1892-1897, 1957 (C3540)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders), 8 oversize items

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The papers contain certificates, a diploma, ephemera, and photographs pertaining to Hill's activities as a cadet at Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri, and his career as a football player for the University of Missouri Tigers.

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Commodore Perry Hill Collection, 1885-1982 (R0125)
2.5 cubic foot (106 folders, 3 volumes, 91 photographs)

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The Commodore Perry Hill Collection contains newspaper clippings, maps, miscellaneous items, and photographs pertaining to lead mining and related railroad development in the Old Lead Belt, principally of Saint Francois and Madison counties in southeastern Missouri. The collection is a result of a thirty-year avocational interest in the history of the Old Lead Belt by Commodore Perry Hill, Jr.

Jeffrey Paul Hillelson Papers, 1947-1984 (K0321)
2.3 c.f.

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Scrapbooks of newspaper clipping and other materials relating to Hillelson, Kansas City city council member, U.S. Congressman, and civic leader. Also film of a local television show that Hillelson hosted while Congressman on government issues.

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Hiller Family Papers, 1785-1993 (C3856)
7.2 cubic feet (357 folders), 2 oversize volumes

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Papers of a family of farmers, lawyers, bankers, doctors, and business people of Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri.  The collection includes correspondence, photographs, genealogical records, estate records, diaries, personal account books, deeds, military records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and miscellaneous material.

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Myra Himelhoch Papers, 1926-1975 (S0688)
1 cubic foot, 29 folders

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The Myra Himelhoch Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, lawsuits, a Senate bill, fiction writings, research notes, and academic writings. Together they chronicle the interests of Myra Himelhoch, who was a Sociology Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Topics of interest include mental health and the African-American community in St. Louis.

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Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Records, circa 1906-1958 (R1259)
2 cubic feet (34 volumes, 42 folders)

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These are miscellaneous records of the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber company and the Himmelberger-Harrison Manufacturing company in southeastern Missouri. Included are abstracts of land records, circa 1906-1921, and president John E. Himmelberger's correspondence subject files for 1958.

Hinchey-Cochran Collection, 1876-1993, n.d. (CG0059)
0.4 c.f.

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This is an artificially created collection of materials pulled from the Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers (R1280) which were related to the southeast area of Missouri, especially Cape Girardeau and Jackson, Missouri. Materials include photographs, excerpts of legal documents, historical preservation efforts in Cape and Jackson, three-quarters of a printed article about Kaskaskia, Illinois, and a handwritten log-book detailing roofs, fencing, and other small construction efforts at an unnamed home.

Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers, 1790-1999 (R1280)
20 cubic feet (501 folders, 14 oversize folders, 27 volumes, 3 oversize volumes)

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The Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers consisted of family papers, photographs, correspondence, and business records of the extended Hinchey family. Also included are the correspondence and sketches of William J. Hinchey.

Hinde Family Papers, 1864-1978 (C4573)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 oversize item)

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Correspondence, receipts, financial documents, and miscellaneous material of the Hinde and Nelson families from Hannibal, Missouri, including Bessie Nelson Hinde and Mary Hinde, 1860s-1970s.

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Hink School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1919-1958 (R0263)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Hink School, Benton County, Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of the records of Hink School, School District No. 31 in northeastern Benton County, Missouri. The records include district clerk and attendance records.

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Charles Hipsh Family Papers, 1925-1963 (K0965)
0.5 c.f.

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Yearbooks, photographs, pamphlets and booklet concerning Hipsh, Jewish community leader, businessman and banker. Also video of Hipsh family.

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“Historical Sketch of the Department of Physics, University of Missouri, 1839-1954”, 1954 (C0633)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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History of the physics department and its work, 1839-1954. Includes photographs of physics lab equipment and one image of the chancellor's home on the University of Missouri campus.

History of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 1953 (S0410)
0.01 cubic foot

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The collection consists of a 90-page history of the first 23 years of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, an African American fraternity.

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"Some Episodes in the Early History of the Santa Fe Railroad," William C. Hoad, 1951 (C2419)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Paper read at the Dunworkin Club concerning the early organization and construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Discusses difficulties, race to Colorado state line, federal land grant, campaign to colonize land, and Kansas.

Dan B. Hoagland Music Collection, 1950s, 1970 (C4766)
0.2 cubic foot (6 folders), 1 audio tape

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Original compositions and scores of a Missouri composer and math professor. Also includes an audio recording of "The Norseman" by the Hickman High School Band, 1970.

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Veryl Hoenig Papers, c. 1770s-1990 (C4181)
0.4 cubic feet

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The papers of Veryl Hoenig contain genealogical research pertaining to the Burton, Searcy, Scott, Finnell, Sutliff, Forbes, Green, and Duncan families of Kentucky, Virginia, and Missouri. Documents include lineage records, copies of indentures, wills, and estates, a hand-drawn family chart, payroll information for service in the Revolutionary War, and excerpts from written histories.

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Percy A. Hogan Papers, 1915-1957 (C0824)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The papers contain correspondence of Percy A. Hogan, law librarian at the University of Missouri. Percy A. Hogan served as law librarian and lecturer in legal bibliography for the University of Missouri Law Library, 1915-1956. Percy and his wife Florence rented an apartment in the Conley home at 602 Sanford and his papers were found there in 1981.

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John L. Holland Papers, 1920s-2000s (C4426)
4.0 cubic feet (84 folders, 2 oversize items, 2 volumes, 19 audio cassettes, 2 audio tapes, 6 video cassettes

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The professional and personal papers of vocational psychologist John L. Holland, who pioneered an influential theory of personality types and work environments and developed the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS).

Louis Edward Holland Papers, 1916-1960 (K0019)
210 c.f.

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Papers documenting the public career of Louis E. Holland, long-time friend of President Harry S. Truman. Holland, a Kansas City businessman, was actively involved in national transportation issues-particularly the automobile and airplane, advertising and publishing.

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Paul S. Hollenbeck Postcard Collection, 1932-1950 (P0750)
2 photographs

Postcards of Vienna: Maries County Courthouse and Old Jail Museum.

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Frances Susan Hollingworth Papers, 1959 (K0502)
0.01 c.f.

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Papers of Trans World Airlines (TWA) as hostess. Includes photographs, certificates of completion of hostess training, and a TWA Hostess Training Workbook.

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Patricia Holmes Photograph Collection, 1910-2000 (P0371)
1 folder

Photographs of Sam Brown, hung in Greenville, MO in the early 1900s; High Street, Miami, MO; Helen steam ferry on Missouri River; University of Missouri Arts & Sciences faculty (1948-1949), Redding-Hill House, and Cooper county historic houses and markers.

Ivan Lee Holt Papers, 1835-1966 (C2553)
8 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 4 audio tapes, 8 records

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Papers of Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop and a leader of the ecumenical movement. The papers contain correspondence, speeches and sermons, church records, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, and audio recordings of addresses by Holt. Also included are the papers of Eugene Russell Hendrix, a Methodist bishop from Missouri.

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Ivan Lee Holt Jr. Papers, 1937-1981 (C0823)
11.25 cubic feet (980 folders)

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The papers of Ivan Lee Holt, Jr. contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other papers relating to the career of Holt, a circuit judge in St. Louis, Missouri. Contains material concerning his activities in the American Bar Association including the Section of Judicial Administration; the National College of State Trial Judges; the National Probation and Parole Association; the Methodist Church; and other charitable, legal, and religious organizations.

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J. Holt Collection, 1953-1959 (K0994)
0.07 c.f. (4 folders)

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piano-related materials

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