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Gus Lumpe Papers, 1966-1990 (S1041)
1 cubic foot
This collection contains materials on the Missouri Teamsters and Ernest Calloway.
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Beth Ripley Lyon and Leslie Michael Lyon Papers, 1890-1998 (K0811)
0.3 c.f.
Papers and photographs of the Lyon/Barnett and extended families. Includes correspondence, diaries, genealogy notes, legal documents, and photographs.
M. Fred Lyon Collection, 1870-1991 (C3853)
34.0 cubic feet (1173 folders), 16 rolls of microfilm (43 volumes)
A collection of Missouri-Kansas-Texas (M-K-T or KATY) Railroad operating papers, equipment records, promotional materials, photographs and slides, publications, and newspaper clippings concerning the company. The collection also contains similar but less extensive materials of other American and foreign railroads, American railroad industry publications, and railroad enthusiast periodicals.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City Records, 1958-2013 (K0646)
39 c.f.
Organizational records of the Opera and Opera Guild including scrapbooks, photographs, printed materials, public relations files, financial records, minutes, bylaws, and newspaper clipping.
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M.M.M. Club (Fayette, Mo.) Records, 1893-1989 (C4250)
0.7 cubic feet (16 folders)
The records of the M.M.M. Club of Fayette, Missouri, contain minute books, book lists, yearbooks, and other organizational materials for the club. The collection includes information related to individual meetings and the club’s long-term planning related to finances, membership, and future topics of discussion.
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"M.S.M.," Ralph D. Killian, 1965 (C2920)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Recollections of life as a student at the Missouri School of Mines, c. 1910.
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Mabrey Family Papers, 1854-1964 (SP0018)
.5 cubic feet 69 folders
The Mabrey family papers consist of the diaries and letters of Henry Yeakley Mabrey and his son, George Henry Mabrey.
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Macke Store Records, 1835-1972 (C0043)
26 rolls of microfilm (2,192 folders, 24 volumes on microfilm)
The business records of a Gordonville, Missouri, dry goods store, which grew into a general merchandise and farm service operation, follow this family-owned business from Vicksburg, Mississippi, through its move to Cape Girardeau County in 1840 and trace its development there into the 1970s.
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LeRoy Daniel MacMorris Papers, 1893-1980 (K0107)
9 c.f.
Correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs of work, and some original art by MacMorris, nationally known portrait painter, muralist, illustrator, decorator and designer from Kansas City.
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Ken MacSwan Papers, 1968-2002 (S0414)
3 cubic feet
The collection primarily contains photographs taken by MacSwan documenting his career as a freelance photographer in the St. Louis Metro region. Subjects of interest include St. Louis Cardinals Games, street scenes, and a Billy Graham Crusade held as the St. Louis arena.
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Arthur Mag Papers, 1921-1981 (K0092)
9 c.f.
Personal and civic papers of a prominent attorney and civic leader in Kansas City
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Sidney Magazine Papers, 1920-1990 (K1192)
0.2 c.f.
Magazine owned Magazine, Lerner and Minda CPA and a civic leader in the Jewish Community in Kansas City, MO. Includes family photographs depicting life events and his Westport High School report cards.
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Jack Dean MaGee Papers, 1957-1991 (K0463)
1 c.f.
Magee was a Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot. Includes flight manuals and union membership files,
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Garland Jefferson Mahan Diaries, 1864-1873, 1961 (C2586)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The collection contains diaries detailing a trip taken by ox train in 1864 from Cole County, MO, to Virginia City, MT. Also chronicled, although to a lesser extent, is the return trip by steamboat down the Missouri River in 1866. Diaries also include drafts of letters, notes, and lists of students. A typescript of the diaries, plus photos of some of the sites along the route taken in 1961, complete the collection.
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Tom Mahoney Papers, 1922-1969 (C3063)
1 folder, 2 rolls of microfilm
Papers of Tom Mahoney, a 1927 University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate and track athlete, who was a reporter, editor and publicist in Texas, Kansas City and New York. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, memos, photographs and miscellaneous material relating to his school days and his career.
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Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter Records, 1923-1983 (C4512)
3.7 cubic feet (63 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)
Drafts of the Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter--a publication of reports by maize geneticists started at Cornell University in 1929--plus correspondence and distribution information from 1923-1983.
Mallin Family Papers, 1916-2009 (K1055)
0.25 c.f.
Includes articles, photographs, newspaper clippings, interviews on DVDs, and correspondence relating to the family, with particular emphasis on Mel Mallen's business in loft conversion in Kansas City, MO.
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Mallinckrodt Chemical Works Histories, 1966 (S0569)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders
This collection consists of narrative histories written as part of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works' centennial. Included in this collection are "Mallinckrodt: A Company in Transition, 1867-1967," "Our Cake has 100 Candles," and "A Good Place to Work."
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Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Papers, 1798-1981 (S0452)
25 cubic fet, 1321 folders, 268 photographs, 39 glass slides, 17 volumes
Edward Mallinckrodt was an Industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist in St. Louis. He Served as Mallinckrodt Chemical Works director (1901-1965), vice-president (1918-1928), and board chairman (1928-1965). The collection Documents family and business history, Mallinckrodt’s contributions to medicine, conservation, and education. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, biographies, speeches, notes, scrapbooks, publications, blueprints, patents, and photographs.
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Joseph John Maloney Papers, 1924-1992 (K0423)
13 c.f.
Personal papers, research and background materials, writings and other documents from an investigative reporter for the Kansas City Star and an author and poet.
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Harry F. Malseed Photographs, 1955-1960 (P0812)
5 photographs
Photos by Malseed ca. 1955-1960 of St. Ferdinand's Church, and the Old Courthouse, St. Louis, and Cold Water Creek, and St. Stanislaus Seminary, Florissant.
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Dorothy Lee Gibbs Mamel Genealogical Collection, 1920s-2000s (CA6732)
1.4 cubic feet
The collection of Dorothy Lee Gibbs Mamel, of Mexico, Missouri, contains genealogical materials relating to the Gibbs, Hitt, Larimore, Netherton, Rothwell, and Worrell families. Items include letters, diaries, photographs, maps, books, and miscellaneous family papers. Also included are materials relating to the R. D. Worrell Jewelry Company, which was located in Mexico, Missouri.
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Man of the Month Fraternity Records, 1947-1985 (K0189)
0.16 c.f. (8 folders)
Listing of members of the Man of the Month Fraternity, including biographical statements on many club members and articles on members which appeared in WHB's Swing magazine.
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Gerry Mandel Papers, 1958-2020 (S0393)
3 cubic feet
The Gerry Mandel Papers consists of correspondence, journals, photographs, and story drafts chronicling Mandel’s career in advertising and as a freelance writer and producer. Also included in the collection are video biographies of the elderly in St. Louis.
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Ernest Manheim Papers, 1899-2009 (K1249)
110 c.f.
professional papers/collection of UMKC professor of sociology (1940-1991)
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Manley Inc. Records, 1922-2002 (K0621)
0.26 c.f.
Photographs, advertisements, catalogs, for the Kansas City company, makers of popcorn and popcorn machines.
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Clair V. Mann Collection, 1821-1973 (C3556)
5.25 cubic feet (560 folders, 23 volumes)
Papers pertaining to the Meramec Iron Works, James family, Frisco Railroad, School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, engineering education, testing of students, and other subjects of interest to Mann as an historian and engineer.
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Hallie Mantle Photographs, 1961 (P0777)
14 photographs
Photos of Osage County historic sites and buildings, ca. 1961.
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Manual Society of Debate Collection, 1898-1961 (K0337)
0.2 c.f.
Manual High School debate society of Minutes, charter and other organizational papers, and printed material. Also records, rosters, and printed material relating to the Manual Debaters' alumni association.
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Curtis Fletcher Marbut Papers, 1852-1983 (C3720)
6.8 cubic feet (250 folders)
The personal and professional papers of C. F. Marbut, a geology professor at the University of Missouri, 1895-1910, and soil scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1910-1935, includes correspondence, estate and financial records, photographs, publications, manuscripts, and maps. The personal correspondence received by Louise Marbut Moomaw and a short series of Civil War letters are also included in the papers.
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Marceline (Mo.) Coordinated Welfare Council Records, 1950-1985 (C4615)
0.7 cubic feet (9 folders)
Record books of the Marceline Coordinated Welfare Council, 1950-1985, include minutes and roll calls of meetings, financial records, correspondence, and the council’s articles and bylaws. Also included in the collection is a scrapbook documenting activities of the council’s organizations.
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Irene Whitley Marcus Collection, 1885-2019 (K0452)
40 c.f.
Personal papers, collected items, and photographs of an African American educator, whose collection documents the history of the Black community in Kansas City from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first century.
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Morris B. Margolies Papers, 1915-2010 (K0582)
11 c.f.
Personal and professional papers including correspondence, letters, and cards to Margolies, Rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom, and his wife Ruth, who was active in Hadassah, the Beth Shalom Sisterhood, and the Women's League for Conservative Judaism. Also lectures (VHS) Rabbi Margolies gave at Beth Shalom during and after his tenure as Rabbi.
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Sol E. Margolin Papers, 1959-1980 (K1196)
0.3 c.f.
Margolin was executive director of the Jewish Community Center and civic leader in the community. Includes photographs, programs, newspaper articles, original art, and memorabilia relating to the Jewish Community Center of Kansas City.
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Marine Corps League. Department of Missouri. Smedley Butler Detachment Papers, 1956-1967 (C2506)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)
Minutes, correspondence, bank statements, canceled checks, receipts, membership rolls, and state and local officers' lists; national, state and local publications; ritual book; copy of constitution and by-laws; and miscellaneous paraphernalia of a Columbia, MO, chapter.
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Marion County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1892-1982 (P1147)
An artificial collection of photographs of Marion County, Missouri, with emphasis on Hannibal, but also including Palmyra and other locations.
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Marionville, Missouri Promotional Booklet Collection, 1968 (R1441)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Marionville, Missouri Promotional Booklet contains information about the city of Marionville, Missouri.
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"Mark Twain and American Drama Before World War I: A Checklist," Frank Donaldson, 1968 (C2576)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Bibliography of plays based on Mark Twain's works.
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Mark Twain National Forest Local History Collection, 1930s-1980s (R0471)
(4 rolls of microfilm)
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Mark Twain National Forest Photograph Collection, circa 1900-1985 (R0485)
0.05 cubic foot (2 folders, 719 negatives)
These are photographs copied from holdings of the Mark Twain National Forest in Rolla, Missouri. Topics include National Forest facilities and projects; forest and wood industries; water mills; lakes, rivers, and springs; mines; dams; and the Civilian Conservation Corps and Youth Conservation Corps.
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Mariska Pugsley Marker Papers, 1813-2008 (K0500)
8 c.f.
Family papers of descendants of John Campbell of Kansas City, in particular the Frederic and Charlotte Pugsley family and their daughter Mariska.
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Percy W. Markham Papers, 1890s-1980s (CA6401)
7.6 cubic feet
The papers of a Brookfield, Missouri, businessman and developer include materials concerning the Consumer Public Services Company and the development of Markham Estates. The collection also includes numerous glass plate negatives documenting life at the turn of the twentieth century, likely in the Brookfield, Missouri, area.
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Henry R. Marnett Railroad Collection, 1899-2012 (K0734)
6.19 c.f.
The Henry R. Marnett Railroad Collection contains materials related to the life and interests of Henry R. Marnett. The collection consists of various materials including photographs, negatives, slides, postcards, and ephemera representing Marnett's family and his favorite hobby, trains.
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Sam Maronie Papers, 1960-2022 (S0396)
2 cubic feet
The collection contains correspondence, story drafts, photographs, and storyboards documenting Sam Maronie's career as a freelance photographer, journalist, and writer for various science-fiction fandom publications, including Starlog Magazine. Also included are original story boards for Maronie’s comics.
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James V. Marra Architectural Records, 1920-1990 (K0735)
14 c.f.
Architectural drawings and supporting documents including job files, specifications, financial records, and books, belonging to Marra, a Kansas City architect. Included are drawings from the firm of Wight and Wight.
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Howard Wight Marshall Collection, 1906-2000 (CA5161)
26.8 cubic feet, 354 audio cassettes, 101 audio tapes, 8 CDs, 10 audio discs, 6.54 GB
Audio recordings of folk and bluegrass music from Missouri and the Ozark region, primarily 1960s and 1970s. Also includes student research papers and course materials in fields of folk life, material culture, architecture and historic preservation, as well as miscellaneous material.
Marshfield Saddle Club Collection, 1961 (R1149)
(1 folder)
This collection contains photocopies of a program booklet for horse show sponsored by the Marshfield Saddle Club at Marshfield in Webster County, Missouri. The show was held at the club's arena on September 29-30, 1961.
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Martin Family Photographs, 1881-1960 (P1055)
Four photographs of Edward Allen Martin and one photograph of his father, Dr. J.F. Martin, both druggists in Greenfield, Missouri.
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Maude Williams Martin Papers, 1896-1989 (C3909)
3 cubic feet
The papers of Maude Williams Martin, a collector of Missouri folk songs and ballads, and a writer of short stories and poetry; include correspondence, school lecture notes and papers, poems, short stories, essays, and travel material. Also included is material regarding the Missouri Folk-Lore Society, and published book of Martin's poems entitled, SELECTED POEMS.
Marvin Memorial Methodist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1875-1962 (C1239)
2 cubic feet
Records consist of quarterly conference journals and reports; notes and minutes of church boards and committees; financial records; membership, baptismal, and marriage records; and records of Sunday school and social organizations.