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New Music Circle Records, 1959-2008 (S0483)
12 cubic feet, 8 photographs, 1 audio tape, 2 cassettes, 1 grooved single

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Founded in 1951, the New Music Circle (NMC) provides a forum for area composers and musicians. NMC is interested mainly in contemporary and avant-garde music. These records include correspondence, flyers, programs, meeting minutes, one LP recording, one 45 RPM recording, two cassettes, one reel-to-reel, and photographs of the group's activities and concerts.

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New Providence Presbyterian Church (Guthrie, Mo.) Records, 1823-1964 (C4213)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The records of the New Providence Presbyterian Church contain the church constitution, minutes, records of births, deaths, baptisms, and marriages, as well as Sunday School minutes and a few miscellaneous letters regarding church members.

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New Santa Fe Historical Society Records, 1866-2009 (K0551)
15 c.f.

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Organizational records and research materials of a historical society in south Kansas City, MO. Also includes information on neighboring regions, and Watts Mill.

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Freda Bortnick Newton Papers, 1911-2008 (K0805)
0.01 c.f.

Personal papers of Newton, including immigration records, vital records and, discharge papers for husband William Jack Newton, both members of Congregation Beth Shalom.

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Niangua Arm Chamber of Commerce, Camdenton, Missouri Dogwood Festival Collection, 1952 (R0738)
(1 folder)

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The Niangua Arm Chamber of Commerce, Camdenton, Missouri Dogwood Festival Collection contains a program booklet for the third annual Lake of the Ozarks Dogwood Festival, held at Camdenton, Camden County, Missouri.

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Miller Nichols Papers, 1958-1997 (K1081)
39 c.f.

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Personal and professional files of Nichols, president of the J.C. Nichols Company and active civic leader in Kansas City, MO. Also some personal correspondence of his wife Jeanette Nichols.

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Elbert Louis "Bert" Nickerson Photographs, 1906-1980 (P1040)

Photographs by Elbert Louis Nickerson, better known as "Bert", of Bucklin and Brookfield, MO. Bert worked for the newspaper in Brookfield. This collection also includes his family photographs.

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Jorgen Vilhelm Nielsen Papers, 1905-1969 (R0440)
1 folder

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This is a journal, 1905-1930, of a native of Denmark and resident of Chicago, Illinois. The entries
include notes of becoming a naturalized citizen and a description of a trip to California. With
the journal are two letters to John Nielsen at Licking, Missouri, from relatives in Denmark, 1969.
The letters and part of the journal are in Danish.

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Nightingale Family Papers, 1910-1957 (C4479)
0.25 (2 folders)

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Financial records describing household expenses from 1910-1957 for a married couple who migrated to Columbia, Missouri, from Colorado around 1920.

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Nigro Corporation Records, 1941-1987 (K0597)
4 c.f.

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Business records including architectural drawings, property abstracts, surveys, correspondence, and photographs of properties in the Waldo area of Kansas City,

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Dominic M. Nigro Papers, 1953-1982 (K0693)
0.5 c.f.

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Nigro was a noted Kansas City physician, businessman, and civic leader. Includes photographs of family, friends and various activities of Nigro, such as founder of the Knute Rockne Clubs of America under whom he played football.

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Nine Network of Public Media Records, 1952-2015 (S0043)
42 cubic feet, 3396 photographs

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The Nine Network of Public Media records contains correspondence, meeting minutes, press releases, photographs, newsletters, and newspaper clippings regarding the organization's mission to provide community-supported educational television to the St. Louis area.   

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Cynthia Nold Photograph Collection, 1910, 1950 (P0254)
10 photographs

Photographs of Slater, MO, including images related to Steve McQueen. Also photo and document about television movie called A Family of Children by Tom Butterfield.

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Rose M. Nolen Papers, 1873-2004 (C4227)
1.0 cubic foot (41 folders)

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The papers of Rose Nolen contain clippings, research materials, and manuscript drafts of a Sedalia, Missouri, journalist. Topics include the Katy Depot in Sedalia, the Methodist Inner City Church in Kansas City, Black Panthers and the Black Power Movement, Bothwell Regional Medical Center, and Sedalia history.

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Gregory Nooney Papers, 1909-1984 (S0168)
1.5 cubic foot, 44 folders, 60 photographs

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The Gregory Nooney papers document his life as a St. Louis Real Estate Developer. In the 1930s and 1940s, Nooney worked as an executive for Stix, Baer, and Fuller and Lesser-Goldman. He also served on the City Plan Commission and the Missouri Retailers' Association. In 1945 he founded the Nooney Company, which developed St. Louis' first shopping center and Clayton's first high-rise building. The collection includes correspondence, employment contracts, memorandum, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook.

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Normandie Golf Club Meeting Minutes, 1911-1954 (S0735)
0.5 cubic foot

This collection contains three ledgers of meeting minutes of the Board of Governors of the Normandie Golf Club in North St. Louis County dating from 1911 to 1954. Also included are meeting minutes of the Normandie Investment Corporation.

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Normandy Area Historical Association Records, 1877-2008 (S0420)
2 cubic feet, 1 microfilm roll, 1 scrapbook

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The records of the Normandy Area Historical Association contain photographs, correspondence, programs, yearbooks, and histories relating to the organization's mission to help resolve common or area-wide problems, including those of stabilizing communities, as well as increase historical awareness among Normandy residents.

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Normandy School District-UMSL Founding Collection, 1957-1968 (S0533)
2 cubic feet, 177 folders, 96 photographs

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This collection documents the founding of the University of Missouri-Saint Louis in Normandy. The materials include correspondence, committee reports, committee resolutions, meeting minutes, surveys and reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, publications, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs related to UMSL (est.1963) and its predecessor, the Normandy Residence Center (est. 1960).

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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Missouri School Reports, 1892-1962 (C3388)
35.1 cubic feet (1481 folders, 38 volumes)

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The collection of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools contains University of Missouri school inspector's reports, annual accreditation reports to North Central Association, and miscellaneous materials.

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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Papers, 1932-1965 (C2891)
4 cubic feet

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The papers of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools contain material and correspondence pertaining to the accreditation of colleges and secondary schools in Missouri and associated states, educational standards, new programs in education, and various educational problems throughout the region.

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North Central Missouri Region Photograph Collection, 1897-1964 (P1111)

An artificial collection of photographs of the North Central Missouri region, including Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy, Daviess, Livingston, and Linn counties.

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North Kansas City Development Company (NKCDC) Records, 1948-1990 (K1110)
31 c.f.

Business records of the Company, which later became The Provo Group. Includes correspondence, legal and financial materials, reports and studies, leases and mortgages, and information about specific properties and developments in Kansas City and other states. Also records of the Jefferson City Rodeway Inn, which NKCDC owned and managed.

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North Kansas City Levee District v. Forever Green of Missouri, LLC Papers, 1819-2009 (K1111)
80 c.f.

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Research files including legal documents, government records, corporate records, correspondence, minutes, photographs, maps, and plans.

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Northeast Community Center and Christ Presbyterian Church Architectural Records, 1940-1971 (K1112)
0.73 c.f. (3 rolled items)

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Architectural drawings for the church and center, also called the Italian Institute.

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Northeast High School Photographs, 1939-1959 (K1380)
.4 c.f.

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The Northeast High School Photographs contains four portraits and two composite photographs depicting school administrators and athletic teams at Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Photographs, 1890-1986 (P0844)
8 photographs

Photos of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and related people and personnel

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Northrop Family Papers, 1852-1998 (R1489)
4 cubic feet (68 folders)

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The Northrop Family Papers contain correspondence between members of the Northrop family, family genealogy, and personal papers related to the family farm near Simcoe, Missouri.

Northside Telephone Company Records, 1899-1983 (K0157)
0.5 c.f.

An early private phone company in Parkville, MO. Records include minutes, Articles of Association and Amendments, bonds and bylaws, annual reports, appraisals, operational costs reports, telephone rates, governmental ordinances and regulations, and correspondence with other phone companies and customers. Also are maps of the territory, architectural plans, clippings, and articles about the company.

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Northwest Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1831-1997 (P1124)

An artificial collection of photographs from Missouri's northwestern counties: Atchison, Holt, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, Gentry, and DeKalb.

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Northwoods, Missouri Records, 1939-1980 (S0424)
0 .8 cubic foot, 21 folders

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This collection contains meeting minutes, ordinances, budgets, reports, and a map of a North St. Louis County municipality incorporated in 1939.

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Norma Levin Novak Collection, 1852-1991 (K1107)
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Photocopy of research notes and typed drafts of the history of Jews in Leavenworth, KS prepared by Novak, Eve Sickel Goldstein and Kathy Goldman Held Green.

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S. Claude Null Family Papers, 1840-1992 (R1390)
1.75 cubic feet (57 folders, 3 volumes, 203 photographs)

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The S. Claude Null Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Claude Null of Rolla, Missouri. These papers include personal correspondence, genealogy research, and photographs for the Null, Harrison, Headrick/Hedrick, and connected families.

Nytta Noje och Enighet (N.N.& E.) Lodge Records, 1876-1978 (K0530)
4 c.f.

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Records of a Swedish society established in Kansas City, MO. Includes ledgers, treasurers' records, correspondence, membership files, and photographs.

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O'Bannon Homestead Collection, 1892-2007 (K1114)
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Research and documentation of the restoration of the homestead located in in Garden City, Cass County, Missouri. Also photographs of the property, both exterior and interior; and of the photographs of the O'Bannon and Johnson families.

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Charles O'Dell Collection, 1825-1997 (C4265)
4.0 cubic feet (138 folders)

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The papers of a medical librarian for the Ellis-Fischel State Cancer Center, a public school and college instructor in literature, music, and performing arts, and amateur genealogist. The papers focus on genealogical research material, correspondence, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, family group sheets, name lists, scrapbook material, photographs, slides, and other miscellaneous genealogical material.

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Edwin Vincent O'Hara Papers, 1902-1956 (K0091)
16 MR

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The papers of Catholic Archbishop O'Hara begin with his ordination as priest, and conclude with his death as the Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph

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Robert S. O'Keefe Papers, 1911-1987 (K0546)
0.5 c.f.

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Personal papers of former Senior Vice President of J.C. Nichols Company. Includes publications, photographs, slides, clippings, speeches.

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Frank Joseph O'Leary Papers, 1911-1974 (K0976)
7 c.f.

O'Leary was an attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes appointment books, lecture and class notes, financial records, case files, family photographs, and correspondence. Also letters written prior and during World War I to O'Leary's future wife, Edna.

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Rose O'Neill Papers, 1863-1990 (SP0026)
2 cubic feet (35 folders)

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The Rose O’Neill Papers consist of the personal correspondence of Rose O’Neill and her family members and friends.    

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Edmund C. Oakes Papers, 1943-1987 (S0593)
0.25 cubic foot, 11 folders

This collection consists of correspondence and military papers of Illinois native Edmund C. Oakes (1916-1986) who served in the US Army at the Battle of the Bulge, where he received disabling wounds. He later became Illinois state commander of Disabled American Veterans. The papers include an emergency war-time teaching certificate of his wife Catherine Oakes and correspondence with political figures Otto Kerner and John F. Kennedy.

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Oakwood Country Club Records, 1893-1993 (K0397)
2 c.f.

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Begun as the Progressive Club, Oakwood was the primary county club for the Jewish community of Kansas City. Organizational records including minutes from Annual and Board of Directors meetings, financial reports, by-laws, constitutions, and amendments, architectural drawings, correspondence, and photographs.

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Thomas R. Oates Papers, 1940-2006 (CA6212)
7.2 cubic feet

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A collection of photographs, slides, and negatives of Dr. Thomas R. Oates, a nationally known documentary photographer and Saint Louis University alumnus. He did extensive research on rural Missouri and farming, as well as the inner city environment of St. Louis.

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Rita Oberbeck Papers, 1939-1979 (S0198)
0.4 cubic feet, 26 folders, 2 photographs

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The Rita Oberbeck Papers contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and writings relating to her career as Dramatics Director of the Southwest Region of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. In this position, Oberbeck produced plays, skits, and pageants for the union in St. Louis and the Southwest Region. Materials of interest include an unfinished biography about Meyer Perlstein, entitled Shortsnooping with Meyer.

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Treva Faye Oden Collection, 1887-2010 (C4480)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Copies of newspaper articles and photographs, biographical and historical records for Antioch Christian Church and Grand Prairie Baptist Church located in Callaway County Missouri.

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Marian Ohman Papers, 1893-1935, 1960-2002, bulk 1970-1985 (C4733)
5.5 c.f. (398 folders), 1 16mm film reel, 1 v.c., 1.17 MB born digital files, 31 oversize items, 2670 photographs, 1100 slides, 2 card file boxes

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Research files on Missouri courthouses and churches, including photographs. Also contains information about the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year; the Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney art collection; architects Morris Frederick Bell and Harvey Ellis; and Black bandmaster and composer, Major N. Clark Smith.

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Records, 1933-1982 (S0479)
14 cubic feet, 3 microfilm rolls, 341 photographs, 3 oversize volumes

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The Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, contracts and negotiations, grievances, and membership enrollments records documenting the union's day-to-day business activities, including contract negotiations with gas companies, union conventions, and labor strikes.

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Old Appleton Mill Deeds Collection, 1903-1972 (CG0060)
0.1 c.f.

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Seven warranty deeds, two letters, and one legal description of a tract of land related to the sale of property encompassing the former mill at Old Appleton, Missouri

Old Settlers Reunion and Texas County Fair Program Collection, 1956 (R0637)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Old Settlers Reunion and Texas County Fair Collection contains a program from the 46th Annual Old Settlers Reunion and Texas County Fair that took place on August 8-11, 1956 at Houston, Missouri. The program includes the schedule of events, rules and officials of competitions, and advertisements.

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Old Settlers' Association of Jefferson County Papers, 1905-1952 (C1010)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Reports on historic landmarks and events, obituaries of deceased members, records, and correspondence of the association.

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Charles and Marian O'Fallon Oldham Papers, 1913-2004 (S1112)
2 cubic feet, 38 folders, 179 photographs, 10 oversize items, 2 cassette tapes

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This collection contains correspondence, photographs, court transcripts, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the lives of Civil Rights activists Charles and Marian Oldham. Charles Oldham was instrumental in organizing picket lines and demonstrations that helped open college admission for African Americans at Washington University in St. Louis in 1948. The Oldhams were also active members of the St. Louis chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and participated in the Jefferson Bank protests in 1963. Other subjects of interest include Marian O’Fallon Oldham’s tenure as a member of the University of Missouri’s Board of Curators and Charles Oldham’s time as the National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality. The materials in this collection date from 1913 to 2004.

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