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Ellen Jane Schwartz Papers, 1860-1992 (S0984)
1 cubic foot
The Ellen Schwartz Papers contain photographs, a diary, and VHS and cassette tapes of oral histories pertaining to her research on the Freund family.
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Schwarz Studio Taxidermy Records, 1882-1987 (S0520)
0.25 cubic foot, 9 rolls microfilm
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Scotland County Genealogical Society Collection, 1841-2021 (CA6609)
2.2 cubic feet, 4 card files
The collection contains material collected by the Scotland County Genealogical Society including photographs, funeral programs, county history, court records, tax records, marriage licenses, and miscellaneous documents.
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Scott, Foresman and Company Collection, c. 1958-1979 (CA5145)
109.5 cubic feet
An estimated 1.3 million 4x6 dictionary citation slips collected and used primarily for updating World Book and Thorndike Barnhart dictionaries. Arranged in two alphabetical series A-Z. Includes work of Clarence Barnhart and Ethel Strainchamps.
James W. Scott Papers, 1930-2007 (K0554)
4.5 c.f.
Correspondence, paperwork, political cartoons, various notes and booklets written and/or collected by Scott, reporter, editor, and later vice president of the Kansas City Star Company.
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Janet Scott Papers, 1951-2019 (S0353)
4.8 cubic feet
The Jan Scott Papers contain correspondence, program booklets, photographs, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and cassette tapes documenting Scott’s career as a flutist, educator, and founder of the National Women’s Yellow Pages of Greater St. Louis. Also included in the collection are materials relating to Scott’s involvement with the Women’s Policy Alliance (formerly the Alliance for the Status of Missouri Women), which dedicated itself to developing a proactive women’s policy agenda to empower and improve Missouri women’s lives.
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Quinta Scott Papers, 1919-2010 (S0744)
30 cubic feet
The Quinta Scott Papers contain correspondence, photographs, book drafts, and galley proofs documenting her career as a St. Louis-area photographer and author of numerous Missouri-related books, including the Eads Bridge (1979), Route 66: The Highway and Its People (1989), Along Route 66 (2000), and The Mississippi: A Visual Biography (2010).
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Ruth Jones Scurlock Scrapbooks, 1920s-1960s (CA6415)
2 volumes
Scrapbooks of Ruth Jones Scurlock who attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and later lived in Columbia, Missouri.
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Laura Redden Searing Papers, 1846-1963 (C2290)
4.0 cubic feet (142 folders)
The papers of Laura Redden Searing, a poet and author whose works appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Searing’s writings. Also included are correspondence, publicity clippings, and photographs of Searing’s daughter, Elsa Searing McGinn.
Ernest R. Sears Papers, 1928-1991 (C3892)
19.6 cubic feet (1283 folders)
The professional papers of Ernest R. Sears, a wheat cytogeneticist associated with the University of Missouri from 1936 until his death in 1991. The papers consist of correspondence, reprints of publications, reports, manuscripts, research notes, speeches, photographs, news clippings and miscellaneous items.
Lotti M. Sears Papers, 1936-1991 (C4021)
2.5 cubic feet (184 folders)
The papers contain correspondence, papers, photos, research, and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri geneticist involved with cytogenetics, a branch of genetics which is concerned with the study of chromosomes and cell division.
Second Missionary Baptist Church (Columbia) Records, 1938-2024 (CA6765)
4 c.f.
The Second Missionary Baptist Church Records contains church histories, bible study guides, church anniversary records, program materials, church publications, copies of photographs, articles, church bulletins, and miscellaneous administrative documents, 1938-2024. Also included are sermons and programs organized and given by Reverend Clyde Ruffin. The Church was created in Columbia, Missouri in 1866 by freed peoples of color and emancipated slaves.
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Shirley Kenis Seigle and Sidney M. Seigle Papers, 1950-1987 (K1186)
0.1 c.f.
Seigle was an educator, actress, and playwright who produced various events for Temple B'nai Jehudah Sisterhood Incudes bulletins, education/administration papers, programs, scripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Seigle's activities at the Temple.
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Robert E. Seiler Papers, 1967-1982 (CA4393)
16 cubic feet
The papers of a Missouri Supreme Court Judge contain notes and summaries on various cases before the Supreme Court of Missouri, conference materials, and miscellaneous material.
Ernestine Ernst Seiter Papers, 1828-1985 (C4351)
1.75 cubic feet (23 folders), 1 oversize volume, 1 oversize item
The papers contain a transcription of James and Robert Aull letter books and daybooks from 1828-1851. Also includes an unidentified doctor’s account ledger from Lexington, Missouri, from 1872-1875; scrapbook of Ernestine Ernst Seiter; research on Lexington homes; and miscellaneous material.
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Theodore H. Seligson Architectural Collection, 1950-1995 (K0545)
235 c.f.
Administrative and financial records, correspondence, notes and other documents, and architectural drawings, by Seligson, and prominent Kansas City architect and educator, and his various firms.
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Sellmeyer Family Collection, 1839-1990 (C3062)
1 roll of microfilm
Deeds, wills, family trees and photographs of three 19th-century immigrant families who settled in Missouri. The Velten and Ebeling families emigrated from Germany and settled in Warren County, while the Swedish Bentleys came to settle in Howard County. Also includes probate and census records, and a "Velten Family Record" narrative.
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Seneca Missouri Scrapbooks, 1898-1992 (SP0029)
1 cubic foot (13 folders)
The Seneca, Missouri, Scrapbooks were compiled by Virginia Hoare and contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and articles about the history of Seneca, Missouri.
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Ben Senturia Papers, 1968-2015 (S0745)
30 cubic feet
Ben Senturia has been long active in environmental, antiwar, and political reform efforts. A graduate of Washington University in 1966, Senturia served as a research assistant for Barry Commoner, an early and ardent environmentalist, from 1966 through 1968. Senturia became a predoctoral fellow in the Environmental Field Program at Washington University at this time. Thereafter, he worked as an organizer and campaign consultant for a variety of public interest, nonprofit organizations, chief among them were the St. Louis Coalition for the Environment and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Throughout this time and beyond, Senturia frequently acted as a consultant to numerous nonprofit organizations, assisting them in organizing and directing political or fund-raising campaigns as part of a private business, the Center for Active Citizenship, organized in 1989. The papers contain correspondence, essays, photographs, legislative materials, and reports.
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Settle Family Papers, 1857-2008 (CG0026)
1.25 c. f.
Correspondence and photographs of the Settle, O'Bannon, and Rhodes families of Wayne County, Missouri and Arkansas. Also includes genealogy records, Bible, and report cards for Virgil E. Settle.
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William A. Settle Jr. Papers, c. 1920-1987 (C3896)
2.5 cubic feet (102 folders), 5 rolls of microfilm
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Severance Book Review Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1931-2000 (C4364)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)
The records of a literary club contain constitutions, minutes, and membership lists of the club.
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Betty Kennedy Sewell Genealogical Collection, 1912-2016 (CG0011)
1.4 cubic feet
The collection contains genealogical research, including family group sheets, correspondence, clippings, and photographs of the Kennedy, Zook, Sheppard, Priest, Renfroe, Whitley, Gisler, Doughty, and affiliated families.
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Charles E. Sexton Papers, 1938-1973 (C4519)
2.0 cubic feet (48 folders)
Unpublished and published manuscripts, consisting of mostly historical fiction with some non-fiction, by writer and civil engineer Charles E. Sexton.
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SFS Architects Records, 1966-1988 (K1341)
2 c.f.
Archtitectural drawings (c. 1966-1988) for projects in the KC, MO, area including National Frontier Trails Visitor Center (1988)
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Norbert Shacklette Collection, 1891-2023 (R1511)
3 cubic feet (53 folders)
The Norbert Shacklette Collection contains railroad financial records and correspondence, transportation publications and related labor union communications from South-Central Missouri, and Missouri Democratic Party event programs and memorabilia.
John Elliott Shamberg Papers, 1923-2001 (K0748)
9 c.f.
Correspondence between Shamberg, his family and friends, relating his college years, early career, World War II, and after the war. Shamberg was an attorney and personal counsel to Robert B. Docking, governor of Kansas,
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Patsy Dunn Shanberg Papers, 1963-2004 (K0801)
1 c.f.
Scrapbooks, photographs of Brandeis University National Women's Committee (BUNWC) events, family history and religious items. Of particular interest is a wooden, hand carved Tzedakah box, model of Beth Shalom Synagogue.
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Wilbur Morse Shankland Speeches, 1962-1967 (C2568)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Four addresses before the St. Louis Pioneer Chapter of the National Society of United States Daughters of 1812.
Attie Zelpha Mitchell Shanks Genealogical Collection, 1890-1960 (R0061)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Attie Zelpha Mitchell Shanks Genealogy Collection contains a photocopy of genealogical materials for southeastern Missouri compiled by Attie Shanks. The records cover the ‘Upper Hog Creek’ area of eastern Bollinger and western Cape Girardeau counties.
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Shannon County, Missouri Records, 1958-1915 (R1415)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The collection consists of tax and deed documents for a variety of people living in Shannon County during the 19th and early 20th century, including Robert I. Davis the proprietor of the Rose Cliff Hotel which was located on the Current River.
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Shannon Family Papers, 1845-1960 (C0933)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
Contains baccalaureate and other addresses by President James Shannon of the University of Missouri, some correspondence on religious matters, and family history and genealogy.
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Shannondale Community Church-Center Collection, 1930-1967 (R0015)
(2 rolls of microfilms)
The Shannondale Community Church-Center Collection contains copies of nine scrapbooks with printed material, letters, and photographs from the Shannondale Community Church-Center in Shannon County, Missouri. The materials detail the establishment of Shannondale and of various religions and social projects.
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Sharp Family Papers, 1845-1994 (K0553)
26.5 c.f.
Personal correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, slides, photographs and records the Sharp family and the Wells family of Kansas City, MO and Johnson County, KS. Includes the papers of Hazel Wells Sharp (1910-2002) an educator for more than 40 years who taught school in Kansas City, MO and in the Wiesbaden American Schools in Germany.
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Shaw and Whitelaw Family Papers, 1886-2008 (CA6696)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Family papers of the Shaw and Whitelaw families of Kidder, Missouri. Items include pedigree charts and family diaries. Also included are four compact disks that contain family letter transcriptions, photographs, and family histories.
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Elijah J. Shaw Scrapbook, 1914-1971 (S0323)
1 microfilm roll
Elijah"Lige" Shaw began drumming in minstrel shows at age 10 in Jackson, Tennessee. He traveled with Bowen's and Blondon's Dandy Dixie Minstrels, the Original Georgia Minstrels, and other theatre and dance orchestras until he settled in St. Louis in the late 1920s. He
worked as a drummer in St. Louis and served several terms as president of Musicians Local 197. The collection contains playbills, correspondence, advertisements, and newspaper clippings on jazz musicians and civil rights sit-ins.
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Ralph J. Shaw Papers, 1942-1987 (C4412)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)
World War II-era letters, photographs, military records, and miscellaneous papers of labor organizer Ralph J. Shaw.
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Barbara Rosa Barnett Shelley Papers, 1850-1980 (K0049)
3 c.f.
Personal, business, and legal documents pertaining to the Barnett, Williamson, and Shelley families.
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Charles G. Shelton Papers, 1918-1969 (C4062)
0.4 cubic feet (7 folders)
The papers of Charles Shelton, a farmer from Paris, Missouri, consist of notes on agricultural machinery, account books, a Modern Woodmen of America record book, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous personal material.
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Shepherd of the Hills Historical Society Collection, 1968-1978 (R0740)
(1 folder)
These are six souvenir programs for performances during the 1960s and 1970s of The Shepherd of the Hills, an outdoor drama based upon the novel by Harold Bell Wright. It was presented at the Old Mill Theater on the Shepherd of the Hills Farm near Branson in Taney County, Missouri.
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Shepley-Hill Family Papers, 1898-2021 (S0327)
2 cubic feet
The Shepley-Hill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, family trees, and a diary pertaining to the lives of Ethan A.H. Shepley, Virginia Hill-Shepley, and Michael Shepley. Materials of interest include Ethan A.H. Shepley Sr.’s World War I diary and correspondence between Virginia Hill-Shepley and Jay Landesman.
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Charles Sheppard Photographs, 1961 (P0621)
6 photographs
Photos of Greene County ca. 1961: Indian Mound Marker, the Dr. H.M. Parrish house, a Civil War earthwork on the Drury University Campus, and the Ward D. King house.
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Sophie Beatrice ""Bee"" Kurs Sherman Papers, 1941-1986 (K0893)
0.07 cubic foot (7 folders, 1 photograph)
The Sophie Beatrice "Bee" Kurs Sherman Papers contain columns, scripts, and song lyrics written by Bee Sherman, a member of Kehilath Israel Synagogue, as well as a certified copy of Sherman's birth record, a photograph, and two newspaper clippings.
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William Henry Sherman Papers (collection removed by donor 7/2/2014), 1924-1992 (K1239)
5 c.f.
Sherman was a career officer with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and a World War II veteran. Includes slides, 8 mm film, and photographs taken during World War II in Germany, France, Belgium and North Africa. Also materials pertain to Sherman's responsibilities in the Philippines during the early 1950's: correspondence with Princess Tarhata Kiram of Jolo, Sulu, Philippines; and a journal kept by Sherman while in Jolo.
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Floyd C. Shoemaker Collection, 1804-1970 (P0341)
Composite Photograph of Gamma chapter, Pi Lambda Epsilon Fraternity; University of Missouri Columns; Northwest Missouri Press Association Annual Outing, Hotel Taneycomo, Rockaway Beach, 1948
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Floyd Calvin Shoemaker Collection, 1857; 1886-1973 (C4570)
2.8 cubic feet (75 folders, 6 oversize items)
Papers from Shoemaker’s tenure as Secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri from 1915-1960--such as copies of the “This Week in Missouri History” series, information on the 1950s historical markers program, speeches and articles, and details of his various activities and honors--as well as photographs, correspondence, and personal materials.
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Ralph J. Shoemaker Papers, 1965-1980 (CA4298)
6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
Postcard collections, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous writings. Shoemaker was a newspaper librarian.
Ralph J. Shoemaker Papers, 1920-1964 (C3350)
2.45 cubic feet (106 folders, 1 card file, 2 oversize volumes)
The papers contain correspondence, transcriptions of speeches, and pamphlets about newspaper libraries; correspondence and news coverage about publication of The President’s Words; reports; copies of Subject Classification for Clipping and Picture Files by Shoemaker; and World War II photographs.
Beth Campbell Short Papers, 1927-1968 (C3994)
0.6 cubic feet (33 folders)
The papers of Beth Campbell Short, a journalist from Oklahoma who primarily worked in Washington, D.C. covering Eleanor Roosevelt for the Associated Press, consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, reports, and photographs.
David W. Short Collection, 1902-1975 (K0690)
0.98 c.f.
Short is a collector of materials relating to interurban railroad and streetcar systems. Includes mechanical drawings, magazines, posters, maps, and photographs.