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William L. Fambrough, Sr. Photograph Collection, 1940-1970 (K0642)
2.5 cubic feet
Negatives and prints taken by William Fambrough, Sr., a prominent black Kansas City photographer. Fambrough studied photography at Lincoln University, joined the 829th Aviation Engineers of the United States Army Air Force during World War II, and worked for the Kansas City Call as staff photographer for much of his career. He took thousands of photographs that showcased the lives and events of the black community in Kansas City. The collection contains photographs from the 1940s-1970s.
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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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Fancher Family Papers, 1910s, 1930s-2005 (C4769)
0.4 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Fancher Family Papers contains genealogical records of the Fancher family as well as the Gremp von Freudenstein (later von Gremp) family who married into the Fancher family in 1933. It also contains documents related to the Mountain Meadow Massacre in 1857.
Fandom in Missouri Collection , 1969-2021 (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 memorandum 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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Kansas City Federation of Musicians Local 34-627 Records, 1926-2023 (KA2645)
approximately 23 cubic feet
The records contain administrative, financial, and membership records for the Kansas City federation of Musicians, Local 34-627, and its predecessor organizations, the all-white Kansas City Musicians Association, Local 34, and the all-Black Musicians’ Protective Union, Local 627. This is an addition to K0431.
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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.
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First Christian Church, Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1954-circa 1960s (R0670)
(1 folder)
This collection consists of a building dedication program and a brief history of the First Christain Church at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri.
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First Christian Church, West Plains, Missouri Records, 1893-1983 (R0349)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The First Christian Church, West Plains, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy, of the church’s records. Included are membership, marriage, and death records, lists of officers, and minutes of meetings of the church board, 1893-1954. There are also records of the women’s auxiliaries of the church, 1918-1983.
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First Evangelical Covenant Church Records, 1880-2001 (K0708)
26 cubic feet
The First Evangelical Covenant Church Records contains organizational records for a Swedish community church located in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection includes administrative and financial records, photographs, printed and published material, general historical material, and audiotapes.
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First Methodist Church, Dexter, Missouri Collection, 1964 (R1049)
(1 folder)
This collection contains photocopies of a booklet published by the First Methodist Church of Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri, for the consecration of its new church building on April 12, 1964. Included are an order of worship, a history of the congregation, a membership roll, and a list of church officials from 1877-1964. Dr. Arthur C. Fulbright was pastor of the congregation.
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First National Bank of Kansas City Collection, 1906-1961 (K0975)
0.25 c.f.
clippings, articles related to the history of the bank
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First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1947-1992 (CA6641)
1.6 cubic feet
Addition of session minutes and miscellaneous material of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Missouri.
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First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Mo.), Presbyterian Women Records, 1905-1985 (C4386)
0.8 cubic feet (21 folders)
Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary history; meeting minutes; reports; sponsored events; and information on kitchen appliances.
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First Presbyterian Church of Rolla Records, 1864-1997 (R0668)
(4 rolls of microfilm)
These are records of the First Presbyterian Church at Rolla, Missouri. Included are minutes of meetings of the church Session, membership and marriage records, minutes of meetings of Board of Deacons and the Board of Trustees, and church bulletins.
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First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1828-1926, 1964-1965 (C2308)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders), 6 oversize volumes
The records contain record books of minutes of session, 1828-1926, which document church members, communicants, church officers, ministers, baptism, marriage, and death records. The records also include documents taken from 1893 church cornerstone, Tenth and Broadway, Columbia, Missouri, and reports of the Church Cornerstone Committee, 1964-1965.
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First Presbyterian Church, Fredericktown, Missouri Records, 1880-1985 (R0322)
7 volumes microfilm
These are minutes of meetings of the Session and the congregation, church registers, and the
centennial history of the First Presbyterian Church of Fredericktown in Madison County, Missouri.
Since 1964 Fredericktown has shared pastors with churches at Cornwall and Ironton.
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First Presbyterian Church, Ironton, Missouri Records, 1856-1986 (R0295)
38 volumes microfilmed
These are records of the Presbyterian Church at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri, which was
organized as part of the Potosi Presbytery in 1855. The records include minutes of meetings of the
church Session, the Board of Trustees, and the congregation, registers of membership, and records of
the women's auxiliary societies.
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First St. Charles United Methodist Women Records, 1965-2016 (S0361)
1.5 cubic feet
This collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and photographs documenting the First St. Charles United Methodist Women's mission to enable women to study and enact the gospel by responding to socio-economic issues ailing modern society. Subjects of interest include the group's support for establishing a Crisis Center for Women in St. Charles and LifeWise StL's (Kingdom House) annual bazaar.
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First United Methodist Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Records, 1896-1983 (R0157)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The First United Methodist Church of Cole Camp, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the church’s records. This collection includes meetings minutes, financial
records, membership rolls, and miscellaneous materials. Also included are rerords of the Ionia, Missouri United Methodist Church, whose pastor was supplied by the Cole Camp church after 1965.
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First United Methodist Church, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1899-1969 (R0570)
(3 rolls of microfilm)
The First United Methodist Church, Rolla, Missouri Records are historical records of the First United Methodist Church of Rolla, Missouri. Included in the records are a general history of the church, membership rolls and vital records, and records of the Official Board and Quarterly Conferences.
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First United Methodist Church, West Plains, Missouri Records, 1887-1988 (R0359)
11 volumes, 10 folders microfilmed
These are church registers, quarterly conference reports, and administrative records of the First
United Methodist Church in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri. There are records of predecessor
Methodist churches in West Plains, including the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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Pauline Stolov Fish and Sam Fish Papers, 1920-2007 (K1363)
4.5 c.f.
Materials related to the lives and family history of Pauline Stolov Fish and Sam Fish of Kansas City, Mo., consisting primarily of photo albums of their wedding, family and travels, in addition to local school annuals, and other printed materials