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University of Missouri Papers, 1923-1955 (C3079)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of the University of Missouri contain memorials to George Lefevre, George C. Swallow, John Carleton Jones, Samuel M. Jordan, Charles A. Helm and C.F. Marbut, as well as some banquet programs.
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University of Missouri, President's Office Papers, 1892-1966 (C2582)
55 cubic feet
The papers of the University of Missouri President's Office contain records from the administrations of Richard Henry Jesse, A. Rose Hill, J.C. Jones, Stratton D. Brooks, Walter Williams, Frederick A. Middlebush, and Elmer Ellis.
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University of Missouri, Research Council Records, 1955-1961 (C0987)
0.2 cubic feet
Minutes and correspondence.
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University of Missouri, Research Council Records, 1920-1961 (C2412)
2.0 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Research Council contain correspondence on administrative matters, memoranda, circulars, meetings, National Science Foundation grants, summer research professorships, reports, finances, clippings and miscellany. The records were collected by Raymond E. Peck, acting dean of the Graduate School and chairman of the council in 1959.
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University of Missouri, Saint Louis Black History Project Collection, 1911-1983 (S0201)
5 cubic feet, 143 folders, 415 photographs, 17 audio tapes, 7 microfilm rolls
This National Historical Publications and Records Commission funded project collected historical source material documenting the African-American experience in St. Louis. The project developed a slide presentation and held three conferences on St. Louis African-American history from 1981 to 1983. The collection includes correspondence, reports, surveys, biographical information, and a slide show.
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University of Missouri Savitar Frolics History, 1955 (C3234)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a history of the Savitar Frolics from 1938 to 1954, giving names of winners and lists of participating groups.
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University of Missouri, School of Business and Public Administration Records, 1907-1952 (C3482)
20.2 cubic feet (1844 folders)
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University of Missouri, School of Forestry Records, 1936-1968 (C3359)
4.4 cubic feet (293 folders)
The records of the School of Forestry contain correspondence from the Westveld and Duncan administrations and are retained in the original filing system of six major sections: Extension, Forestry School Administration, Personnel, Research, Teaching, and University Administration.
University of Missouri, School of Journalism 50th Anniversary Papers, 1958-1959 (C0768)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Executive committee progress report and enclosures outlining events scheduled to celebrate the school's golden anniversary.
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University of Missouri, School of Medicine Records, c. 1902-1959 (C3651)
10.5 cubic feet (743 folders)
Correspondence, minutes, annual reports, and other materials, arranged chronologically by dean. Information on personnel, Student Health Service, Crippled Children's Service, controversy over location of clinical training, and physical plant.
University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Clinical Research Unit Records, 1956 (C3122)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Records relating to Dean Roscoe L. Pullen's role in the passage of U.S. Public Law 835, which provided for federal aid for research in crippling and killing diseases, and his initial steps to procure a grant under this act for a clinical research unit.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Campbell-Harrison Home Economics Cooperative House Records, 1936-1986 (CA5756)
9 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 4 audio cassettes
Scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, programs and other materials related to the University of Missouri sorority. Also includes office files, financial records, minutes, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous material.
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Univeristy of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Library on St. Louis Collection, 1940-1990 (S0999)
4.8 cubic feet
The University of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Library on St. Louis Collection consists of studies and reports regarding the formation and growth of Missouri state and local governments, including the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.
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University of Missouri-St. Louis Women's Studies Program Collection, 1949-1988 (S0489)
5 cubic feet, 240 folders
This collection contains newspapers, magazines, articles, posters, conventions notes, and newsletters from across the United States, focusing on women-oriented issues and feminist-lesbian literature. Publications of interest include several lesbian-feminist publications such as Off Our Backs, Lesbian Connection, DYKE, The Lesbian Tide, and Moonstorm.
University Y, YMCA, and YWCA Records, 1900s-1970s (CA2632)
19 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes
Correspondence, minutes, conference materials, reports, newsletters, financial records, membership lists, photographs, and miscellany.
Lucile Morris Upton Papers, 1823-1986 (C3869)
1 cubic foot, 25 rolls of microfilm (599 folders, 71 volumes), 1 video cassette
The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks. The papers are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region, and in Ozark folklore.
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Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Collection, 1938-1982 (S0093)
0.2 cubic foot, 5 folders
The collection consists of annual reports, newsletters, and pamphlets chronicling the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’s efforts to provide social services for the St. Louis area’s African American population.
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Uri Seiden and Associates Records, 1950-1988 (K1228)
38 c.f.
Drawings of an engineering/architecture firm in Kansas City, MO.
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Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers, 1845-2003 (SP0096)
7 cubic feet (294 folders, 1 video cassette, 21 audio cassettes, 2,271 photographs, 2,607 negatives, 327 slides)
The Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, research, genealogy, cemetery records, publications, and photographs from Kathleen Van Buskirk, a journalist and regional historian who spent most of her career writing about the people, culture, and history of the Ozarks and White River Valley.
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Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers, c. 1870s-1990s (CA6208)
6 cubic feet, 1 video cassette
Manuscripts and research materials of an author who wrote about the Ozarks. Includes records of the Taneyhills Library Club of Branson, Missouri, and genealogy files on several families.
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Van Horn Tavern Collection, 1829-2013 (C4634)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders, 1 CD)
The collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, an appraisal, and miscellaneous material concerning the Van Horn Tavern in Boone County, Missouri, compiled by Patrick Dougherty. Includes an audio interview with Fergene Goddin Sims, whose family lived in the tavern in the early 1900s.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn Family Papers, 1832-1965 (K0297)
2 c.f.
Van Horn was a newspaper owner/editor, a mayor of Kansas City, U.S. Congressmen, and civic leader. Includes correspondence, Civil War service records, business and property records, and some artifacts and ephemera. Also contains the papers of Van Horn's granddaughter Adela Cooley Van Horn, who traveled extensively, and kept correspondence, passports, narratives, and photographs, and genealogical records.
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Van Meter Family Papers, 1834-1968 (C3242)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, and account books of a Saline County, MO, family. The papers deal, for the most part, with the family business, primarily accounts for goods and food sold. There is some material dealing with family matters, including a diary of a trip taken to Montana in 1865 by Abel J. Van Meter.
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George Van Millett Papers, 1865-1956 (K0413)
5 c.f.
Letters, publications and gallery catalogs, photographs and other materials relating the life and work of Kansas City artist, G.V. Millett.
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Charles Van Ravenswaay Collection, 1820-1971 (C2668)
1.2 cubic feet
Material relating to the Trigg family of Boonville, MO; the papers of Harvey Bunce, Cooper County civic leader and vice-president of the Tebo and Neosho Railroad; and Charles Van Ravenswaay's correspondence and research notes on various families, institutions, historic sites and events in Cooper and Howard Counties, and miscellaneous material related primarily to Boonville, MO.
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Charles Van Ravenswaay Papers, 1841-1990 (C3873)
21.8 cubic feet (1,359 folders), 1 audio cassette
Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and literary manuscripts of historian and author Charles van Ravenswaay, former director of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts; and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware.
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- Andrew
- Audrain
- Barton
- Bollinger
- Callaway
- Cape Girardeau
- Chariton
- Clay
- Cole
- Cooper
- Franklin
- Gasconade
- Howard
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lafayette
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Marion
- McDonald
- Moniteau
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- New Madrid
- Osage
- Ozark
- Perry
- Platte
- Ralls
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Francois
- Saint Louis
- Sainte Genevieve
- Saline
- Scotland
- Shelby
- Warren
- Washington
- Wright
Gilbert Van Zandt Papers, 1865-1956 (C4163)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of Gilbert Van Zandt contain personal correspondence, biographical information, newspaper clippings and photographs. Van Zandt became notorious as the youngest member of the Union Army.
Vandeven Family Papers, 1886-1975, 2003 (CG0040)
1.0 cubic feet
The Vandeven Family Papers include photographs, marriage and first communion certificates for members of the Vandeven family of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as ledgers and papers related to the Vandeven Mercantile store.
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Kathryn Brossard Clarke Varnell Oral History, 1922-1992 (S0632)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains an oral history of Kathryn Brossard Clarke. She discusses her experiences in St. Louis with her son, John Rodney Clarke.
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Charles Vatterott Dissertation Collection, 1919-1972 (S1004)
3 cubic feet, 75 folders
This collection contains correspondence, articles, oral history interviews, and photographs collected by Cornelia Frances Sexauer for her 2003 thesis, "Catholic Capitalism: Charles Vatterott, Civil Rights and Suburbanization in St. Louis and the Nation 1919-1972." Charles Vatterott was a real estate and civil rights activist, who was instrumental in creating the St. Louis Interracial Justice council in 1944. He also established the Vatterott Foundation in 1948 to improve educational and career advancement opportunities for ethnic and religious minorities.
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Mason Vaugh Papers, 1928-1969 (C2639)
2 cubic feet
The papers of Mason Vaugh contain correspondence and reports. Vaugh was the second person to receive a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri and for thirty-six years served as a Presbyterian lay missionary in India.Biographical material, index to publications, correspondence, articles, research materials, and miscellaneous pamphlets.
Mason Vaugh Papers, 1928-1970 (C3130)
0.9 cubic feet
Papers of the second person to receive a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri, who for thirty-six years served as a Presbyterian lay missionary in India.
Biographical material, index to publications, correspondence, articles, research materials, and miscellaneous pamphlets.
This is a souvenir program booklet for the fifth annual homecoming sponsored by the Puxico Memorial Post No. 7322, of the VFW at Puxico in Stoddard County, Missouri, on August 14-18, 1951.
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Margaret Ray Vickery Papers, 1887-1974 (R0366)
1 cubic foot (34 folders, 4 rolls of microfilm)
The Margaret Ray Vickery Papers consist of clippings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous historical research material, most of which pertain to her award-winning weekly column, “Sugar and Spice,” published by the Salem News, 1952-1971. The collection also includes papers of the Vickery and Ray families.
Margaret Vickery Photograph Collection, 1896-1986 (P0610)
12 photographs
Copy photographs of Dent county homes, businesses, and buildings.
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Hy Vile Family Papers, 1922-1984 (K0560)
8 c.f.
Vile was a civic leader and founder and chairman of the board of Vile-Goller/Fine Arts Printing and Lithographing Co. Personal and professional correspondence of Vile including newspaper columns and manuscripts he wrote; materials related to his various community and civic activities; honors, awards and recognitions received; family history; and travel literature.
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Village Shalom Collection, 1900-2005 (K1315)
14.5 c.f.
papers and photographs from the first 100 years of this retirement community
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John Diedrich Voerster Collection, 1802-2002 (S1115)
0.5 cubic foot
The John Diedrich Voerster collection includes family tree data for the Voerster family. Also included in this collection is family tree data from the descendants of John Diedrich Voerster (1802-1878), Engelbert Voerster (1842-1908), and John Voerster (1870-1936). The collection also includes forty-six photographs of Voerster family members.
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Harry Anton Voight Papers, 1918-1951 (R1166)
1 cubic foot (26 folders, 419 photographs)
The Harry Anton Voight Papers contain the photocopies and original papers of a marine engineer, steamboat inspector, and Coast Guard officer who spent most of his career working on the Ohio River. Included are applications for federal positions, papers concerning service in the Marine Inspection Service and Coast Guard, photographs of the Ohio River flood of 1945, and personal papers.
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Vorwaerts Workmen's Singing Society Records, 1895-1977 (S0237)
3.2 cubic feet, 79 folders
German immigrants formed Arbeiter Gesangverein "Vorwaertrs" to maintain their musical heritage and to promote working-class interests. Voerwaerts and Damenchor Vorwaerts presented regular concerts and participated in national songfests. Walter Hoops edited the Saenger Zeitung, the national journal from 1967 to 1977. The collection contains protocol books, financial ledgers, correspondence, programs, and issues of the Saenger Zeitung.
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Edgar B. Voskamp Architectural Records, 1922-1968 (K0696)
30 r
Architectural drawings of Gentry and Voskamp, a Kansas City area firm.
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Maurice E. Votaw Papers, 1909-1978 (C3672)
1.2 cubic feet (55 folders)
The papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism primarily pertain to his years as a professor of journalism at St. John’s University, Shanghai, China, and an adviser to the Nationalist Chinese Ministry of Information. Included are transcripts of oral interviews, correspondence, literary productions, minutes, printed materials, maps, lists, photographs, and books. Topics include Votaw’s life; writers, missionaries, political and military leaders, and events in China (1922-1977); U.S. China policy; Chinese and American journalism and newspapers; the Shanghai Short Story Club; and St. John’s University and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Charles van Ravenswaay Photograph Collection, 1814-1975 (P0014)
0.81 cubic feet (17 folders, 3 volumes, 4 oversize photographs, 7 glass plate negatives)
Collected photographs and other visual materials, primarily documenting Boonville, Missouri in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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W.C. Gilman & Co., St. Louis Metropolitan Area Transportation Study, 1959 (S0405)
0.01 cubic foot
The St. Louis Metropolitan Area Population, Land Use, and Employment Study contains population, land, and employment estimates for the St. Louis area in 1957 and provided projections for 1970 and 1980. Dr. Ernest Jurkart of Marketers Research Services, Inc. authored the study.
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J.D. Wade Papers, 1940s-1960s (CA6386)
1 cubic foot
Papers of an employee of Service Pipeline Company from Odessa and Carrollton, Missouri, largely consist of personal account ledgers detailing daily expenses. Also included is a small amount of Service Pipeline and Standard Oil material and miscellaneous material.
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Homer Clark Wadsworth Papers, 1949-1982 (K0724)
8 c.f.
Personal and professional correspondence of Wadsworth, civic leader, director of the Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations, and president of the Kansas City school board with foundations, trusts, special projects, and universities with which was associated. Also his speeches.
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Herb Waerckle Papers, 1942-2000 (S1008)
1 cubic foot, 6 photographs
The papers of Herb Waerckle contain family histories and a scrapbook pertaining to Waeckerle's career as a journalist for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and as well as his career in public relations working for the Schnucks and Monsanto.
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Patricia Youmans Wagner Papers, 1959-1962 (K0037)
0.25 cf
A series of working papers Ms. Wagner prepared in the late 1950s and early 1960s regarding voluntary associational life in Kansas City, Missouri, in the period 1870 to the early years of the twentieth century
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William Wagner Papers, 1883-1966 (K0016)
1 c.f.
Materials relating to William Wagner's personal life and to his career with the Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri. Also in the papers are materials which belonged to Wagner's father, Joseph M. Wagner who was an architect/builder; and his mother, Minna (Schiller) Wagner.
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Mark Waldemer Labor Collection, 1920-1997 (S1193)
2 cubic feet
This collection contains labor agreements, correspondence, news articles, and photographs documenting Mark Waldemer's labor activism.