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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Clippings, 1967 (C4232)
0.5 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers consist of newspaper clippings documenting the civil rights movement in 1967. Most of the clippings originated in St. Louis newspapers. They document race relations and racial disturbances in the United States.
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Bill Erickson Collection, c. 1955-1990 (CA5140)
7 audio cassettes
Recordings of fiddle music.
Frank Eschen Collection, 1927-1993 (S0570)
0.04 cubic feet, 27 folders, 220 photographs, 1 cassette tape
The Frank Eschen Collection contains correspondence, scripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs regarding the career of St. Louis radio and television broadcaster Frank Eschen. Also included in the collection is a copy of Frank Eschen’s son, Tom Eschen’s, dissertation titled, The Freeze and Beyond: The History of St. Louis Television, A Survey, 1947-1960.
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Amanda Estes Scrapbooks, 1958-1971 (C4239)
3 volumes
Three scrapbooks containing Christmas greeting cards.
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Ethical Society of St. Louis Records, 1880-2011 (S0444)
70 cubic feet
The Ethical Society of St. Louis Records contains meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, marriage applications, and cassette and VHS tapes relating to the group’s mission to create and sustain an ethical humanist congregation dedicated to the advancement of ethical values and behavior without reference to religion or a deity. Materials of interest include meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees and annual membership meetings, which include discussions on the Society’s move from Sheldon Memorial to 9001 Clayton Road, finances, and membership outreach.
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Eulenhorst Society (St. Louis, Mo.) Records, c. 1907-c. 1961 (CA4846)
1 volume
Meeting records, historical sketches, music, poetry, memorials and other records of the Society; the "literary branch" of a St. Louis Turner Society from ca. 1907 to ca. 1961. The Society included a women's auxiliary and kept their records in German.
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Emily E. Evans Papers, 1943-2000 (C4135)
0.5 cubic feet (23 folders)
The Emily E. Evans Papers contain material collected from her time as a U.S. Army nurse during WWII, including newsletters and memoirs from her time serving abroad as well as her military records from 1943-1954. It also includes three scrapbooks containing miscellaneous military and 1940s ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographs from her time spent in England, France, and Switzerland.
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Priscilla Evans Photograph Collection, 1914-1971 (P0545)
29 photographs
Copy photos of Lon Hogan, photographer, and the Hogan family. Copy photos of lumber companies and related milling and trucking activities, particularly the Cordz & Fisher Lumber Co. in the Winona area.
Rella Bright Evans Papers, 1715-1971 (C3626)
2.2 cubic feet (188 folders)
Personal papers, genealogical notes, and correspondence of a professional genealogist in Columbia, Missouri. Main names researched are Bright, Carter, and Haden. Secondary names are Bell, Black, Cave, Hansford, McClung, Turner, and Wood. Information on many other families is included.
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Robert S. Everitt Papers, 1915-1989 (K1155)
21 c.f.
Everitt was an architect and his wife Paulina Everitt an artist. Includes architectural drawings, specifications and related documents for buildings Everitt designed. Also personal papers: correspondence, memberships, printed materials, photographs and school documents.
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Eversmann Family Papers, 1810-1982 (C3743)
0.3 cubic feet
Family history and genealogy of the Eversmann family in Germany. Biographical sketches of Alexander, Ludwig, and Julius Eversmann. Correspondence, financial and legal records of Ludwig Eversmann and Gottfried Duden of Warren County, MO. Also poems, home remedies, and other miscellaneous items. Mostly in German with some English translations.
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Ruth Martin Ewing Papers, 1925-1992 (C3815)
1.5 cubic feet (23 folders)
The diaries of a Grand Pass (Mo.) woman from 1936 to 1992 as well as some miscellaneous personal materials such as her marriage certificate and grade school diploma
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Fair Housing Ordinance (Columbia, Mo.) Collection, 1967-1972, 2018 (C2550)
0.05 cubic feet (4 folders), 47.7 GB of digital files, 1 DVD, 1 oversize item
Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material pertaining to the Fair Housing Ordinance in Columbia, Missouri. Includes the video “Our Journey to Fair Housing,” created by the City of Columbia in 2018, as well as the raw interview footage.
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Arthur Henry Rolph Fairchild Papers, 1900-1963 (C3526)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
Papers of a professor of English at the University of Missouri from 1904 to 1946. Diplomas, writings, and speeches, and bills and receipts relating to the building of his house in Columbia, Missouri.
Fairview Friends Sabbath School, Jasper County, Missouri Records, 1884-1979 (R0892)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are minute books of the Sabbath School at the Fairvew Friends church, six miles northwest of Carthage in Jasper County, Missouri. The minutes note the number of teachers and studens in attendance.
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Fairview School, Phelps County, Missouri Records, 1901-1966 (R0595)
2 rolls (28 volumes)
These are the records of the district clerks and the teachers of Fairview School, a rural school near Rolla in Phelps Co., Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings, annual enumeration of students, reports to the county superintendent, financial records, and teachers' reports.
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"Faith of Our Fathers," Saidee B. Morse, 1964 (C2909)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a paper given before the Louisiana Purchase Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 10 November 1964.
Falor, Crabb, and McGennis Family Papers, 1850-1985 (K0707)
11 c.f.
Business records relating to the operation of the families' farms in Hopedale, IL; Sprague, MO; and Rich Hill, MO. Includes financial records for goods and services purchased; account books; commissions on livestock and crops; other legal documents; and business correspondence on a variety of subjects. Also personal correspondence, chiefly the Crabb family, and diaries kept by Mary Ann McGennis.
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William L. Fambrough, Sr. Photograph Collection, 1940-1970 (K0642)
2 c.f.
Negatives and prints recording events and people taken by Fambrough, a Kansas City African-American professional photographer.
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Family Service of Columbia, Inc. Records, 1900-1978 (C0868)
3.25 cubic feet (147 folders)
The records of the earliest social service agency in Columbia, Missouri. Name changes include Charity Organization Society, 1901-1922; Public Welfare Society, 1922-1934; Social Service Society, 1937-1957; and Family Service of Columbia, 1957-1984. Contains financial records, administrative records, casework files, correspondence, proposals, and publicity materials.
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Fandom in Missouri Collection , 1969-2006 (S0317)
2 cubic feet
The Fandom in Missouri Collection is an artificial collection consisting of booklets, newsletters, and pamphlets documenting St. Louis's fandom subculture, which includes devotees of science-fiction, comic books, and television and movie series. This collection continues to have materials added; new additions are added at the end of the collection.
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Hans Fantel Papers, c. 1925-2006 (C4003)
3.2 cubic feet (188 folders), 5 video cassettes, 1 DVD, 565 MB of digital files
The papers of Hans Fantel, a freelance writer, contain the articles he wrote for the New York Times and many other publications about high fidelity, home electronics, and music. Correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials make up the remainder of the collection.
Oscar Farmer Collection, 1940-2005 (S0585)
0.5 cubic feet, 1 tape, 37 photographs
The Oscar Farmer Collection documents Farmer’s career working for the Saint Louis Police Department. It also contains an oral history interview and photographs related to his work at Club Riviera, a supper club that hosted prominent entertainers and served as a base for local politician Jordan Chambers.
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FarmHouse Fraternity, International Records, 1950-1970 (C3304)
5.7 cubic feet (446 folders)
State, national and interfraternity correspondence of a national organization founded in 1905 in Columbia, Missouri, regarding establishment, development and expansion of FarmHouse Fraternity; chapter information including charter petitions; invoices; organization manuals; pledging handbooks and initiation procedures; miscellaneous materials.
FarmHouse Fraternity, International Records, 1905-2022 (CA5015)
1.6 cubic feet
Primarily the papers of Earl Wilson Rusk. Includes correspondence, radio program materials, agricultural publications, and clippings. Also included are chapter histories, mailing list materials, issues of Pearls and Rubies, and miscellaneous material.
Farrelly Family Papers, 1884-2003 (CA6412)
2 cubic feet
Papers of the Farrelly family of Allenton and St. Louis, Missouri, include correspondence, business papers, genealogy, photographs, poetry, religious material, and miscellaneous papers. The papers include material concerning Thomas Farrelly's life as a monk in Kentucky, Utah, and Israel. Also included is genealogical material concerning the related Linton and Gross families. The family farm in Allenton was called "Pinook."
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Father Dickson Cemetery Burial Books, 1904-1983 (S0337)
3 microfilm rolls
Founded in 1903 by the Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor, a black philanthropic organization. The 13-acre cemetery served African Americans from Webster Groves and Kirkwood. It fell into disrepair in the 1960s. The Friends of Father Dickson Cemetery organized in 1988 to restore the cemetery and promote its heritage.
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Don Faurot Papers, 1919-2004 (C2971)
1.6 cubic feet (28 folders), 1 audio tape, 11 video cassettes, 21 oversize items
The papers of Don Faurot, University of Missouri football coach and athletic director, consisting of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications documenting his life and career.
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Frederick Winslow Faurot Interview, 1963 (C2607)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Personal account of life as a child and youth on farms and ranches in northern Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico. Discussion of a horse drive he was part of in the fall of 1887.
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Armando R. Favazza Papers, 1957-2010s (CA6283)
6 cubic feet, 4 DVDs
Papers of a psychiatrist and author best known for his work in cultural psychiatry, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and religion. A Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Favazza began teaching at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1973.
FBI Bulletin Collection, 1942-1970 (S0808)
0.25 cubic foot
The first five folders of this collection consist of memoranda sent from FBI Headquarters in Washington and other FBI offices in 1942 and 1943. Topics range from personnel matters to national security matters, to protocols for enforcing laws and ways to file paperwork. Some memos cover several subjects. The sixth folder is a list of FBI files related to civil rights, peace, and leftist groups from the Vietnam War era in St. Louis.
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Federated Republican Women's Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1934-1969 (C3525)
0.7 cubic feet (14 folders, 3 oversize volumes)
Minutes, scrapbooks, and award of a Republican women's club organized in 1932.
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Feingold Family Papers, 1928-1995 (K1268)
2.5 c.f.
Family papers and photographs from the families of Bertha and Morris Feingold, Elaine and Harry Feingold, and Philip Feingold. Includes yearbooks, event programs, plaques, video, and photographs.
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Leo Feingold and Ida Rose Luke Feingold Papers, 1927-2012 (K0638)
11 c.f.
Photographs, clippings, programs, scrapbooks, and books on childhood education and poetry relating to the lives, careers, and interests of the Feingolds.
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Fellowship House Association of Greater Kansas City Records, 1948-1979 (K0974)
0.12 c.f.
The purpose of the Association was to promote mutual understanding, fellowship and respect among the people of the community. Includes meeting minutes and agendas, constitution and by-laws, programs, correspondence and other materials.
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Stanley R. Fike Papers, c. 1925, 1941-1985 (C3882)
6.8 cubic feet (384 folders), 2 audio cassettes
The papers contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, memoranda, and office notes of the administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Stuart Symington from 1952 until Symington's retirement in 1976. Includes material relating to various Symington campaigns, as well as Fike's personal life.
James A. Finch Jr. Papers, 1951-1980 (C0769)
4.4 cubic feet
Papers of assisting attorney general of Missouri; acting prosecuting attorney of Cape Girardeau County; member and president of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri, 1951-1965; and judge, 1965-1978, and chief justice, 1971-1973, of the Missouri Supreme Court. Includes correspondence from Finch's term on Board of Curators and speeches at judicial conferences and other functions.
Susan H. Findley Papers, 1953-2010 (R1317)
3 cubic feet (50 folders)
The Findley papers consist of the correspondence and personal papers of Susan Hancock Findley and her husband, Marshall E. Findley; including his years in Rolla as an associate professor of chemical engineering, correspondence and papers as his time as a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) guest professor in South Vietnam, letters from Vietnam and Malaysia. Findleys wrote of living and traveling in Asia, working in the USAID program, politics, and the course of the war in Vietnam.
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Elmer L. and Emma Mae Finke Farm Records, 1940s-1980s (CA4890)
12.7 cubic feet
Financial records and other records of the Finke farm in Montgomery County, Missouri.
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Janice L. Finkelston Papers, 1960 (K1005)
0.08 c.f.
Bat Mitzvah study phonograph records; J.P. Louis Funeral Home Yizkor booklet.
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Gladys Finlayson Letters, 1926-1966 (K0486)
20 f
Letters written to Mariska Pugsley Marker from her childhood tutor, Finlayson, an Englishwoman residing in China.
Joseph Firestone Collection, 1935-2001 (K0796)
0.52 cubic foot (26 folders, 2 DVDs, 57 photographs, 2 oversize folders)
The Joseph Firestone Collection contains materials primarily focused on Firestone’s affiliation with the Y-Bac Chapter of Masada, the Youth Zionist Organization of America. Additional collection materials include photographs, items related to Congregation Ohev Sholom, and programs for musical and theatrical performances in Kansas City, Missouri.
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First and Calvary Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1966-1985 (R0910)
(1 folder)
These are pictorial directories (summer 1966, summer 1969, and fall 1981), a dedicatory program for a tapestry (April 7, 1985) , and a newsletter (June 16, 1985) for First and Calvary Presbyterian Church at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri.
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First Baptist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1823-2019 (CA6553)
1.68 GB of digital files
Records of the First Baptist Church of Columbia, Missouri, include annual reports, brief sketches of members, scans of minute books and other church documents, transcriptions, and miscellaneous material.
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First Baptist Church, Clinton, Missouri Centennial Booklet Collection, 1966 (R0762)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the First Baptist Church in Clinton in Henry County, Missouri.
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First Baptist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1823-1972 (C3617)
3 rolls of microfilm
Minutes and chronological register.
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First Baptist Church, Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1938-1974 (R0493)
2 folders
This collection includes minutes of the Business Women's Circle (1938-1944), a capital campaign
booklet (1954), a "Centennial Record" (1970), directories (1960, 1970), other printed material,
and items concerning member Sadie Goggin (1884-1965), including three Sunday School class
records (1952-1955), and an obituary.
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First Baptist Church (Walker, Mo.) Records, 1948-1993 (C3947)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of the First Baptist Church of Walker, Vernon County, MO.
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First Christian Church Photographs, 1875-1960 (P0851)
Photos of and relating to First Christian Church
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First Christian Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1824-1997 (C3991)
16.75 cubic feet (1009 folders), 18 audio cassettes
The church records include minutes of administrative boards and committees, ministers' and administrators' papers, papers of the Christian Student Congregation, publications, the Bear Creek Church record book, the record book of the Construction Committee, and papers of several affiliated clubs and committees. Documents especially cover the period from the 1920s to 1964. In addition, this collection contains drafts and notes by Mary K. Dains for her history of the First Christian Church published in 1996. Her research includes interview recordings with church members.