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United States Army Mothers National Association Records, 1941-1989 (K0260)
13 c.f.
World War II era organization of mothers of men in the U.S. Army established to provide social support for each other and their sons. Scrapbooks, financial ledgers, post reports and minutes, photographs, yearly convention material, newsletters, correspondence, by-laws, roll books, various paraphernalia, and many other items relating to its everyday operation.
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United States Bureau of Mines, Rolla Research Center Records, 1915-1996 (R1321)
17 cubic feet (372 folders, 4 maps, 3,238 photographs, 68 negatives, 936 slides, 3 volumes)
The United States Bureau of Mines, Rolla Research Center Records contain the records of the Bureau of Mines office and research facility established in Rolla, Missouri in 1915. The records include correspondence, operational reports, project reports, photographs, newspaper articles, program materials, and maps.
United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter Records, 1784-2008 (C4219)
7 cubic feet (222 folders), 2 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items
The papers consist of the meeting minutes, pamphlets, officer reports, and other business materials pertaining to the operation of the United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of Mary Miller Smiser, who served briefly as president of the organization.
Unity Christian Church Records, 1931-2023 (S0510)
0.2 cubic feet, 10 folders, 63 photographs
The Unity Christian Church Records contain bylaws, meeting minutes, church directories, church programs, and photographs documenting the church's mission to spread the truth of Jesus Christ as interpreted by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore through the United School of Christianity and the Association of Unity Churches.
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University Club Inc. (Columbia, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1965 (C4694)
4 oversize items
Two sets of floor plans for a proposed clubhouse for University of Missouri-Columbia faculty.
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University of Missouri Fortnightly Club Records, 1894-2022 (C3670)
4.4 cubic feet (77 folders), 34 oversize volumes, 2 card files, 1 video cassette, 3 audio cassettes
The records of the Fortnightly Club, a women’s organization for wives of University of Missouri faculty and female faculty members, which consist of materials surrounding membership and recruitment, finances, board meetings, committees and interest groups, and events and trips. Also included are bulletins and newsletters published by the group.
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University of Missouri Photograph Collection, 1848-1995 (P0088)
272 photographs
An artificial collection of photographs of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, its students, faculty, and administrators.
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University of Missouri. Admission of Women Centennial Convocation Program, 1968 (C2592)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Program for the honors convocation, 7 May 1968.
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University of Missouri, Admission of Women Centennial Records, 1963-1970 (C2603)
2.3 cubic feet (82 folders)
Correspondence and lists used in preparations for commemorative activities on the centennial of the admission of women to the University. Program bulletins, posters, press releases, copies of speeches delivered, photographs, and biographical materials on distinguished alumnae.
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University of Missouri, Agricultural Assistance Programs Records, 1951-1966 (C3187)
Participant records, foreign visitor calendars, papers and correspondence relating to program arrangements, and miscellaneous materials collected by Joseph C. Caldwell while supervisor of foreign agricultural trainees and home staff coordinator for the International Cooperation Administration-Land Grant College System India contract.
University of Missouri, Agricultural Extension Service Records, 1908-1963 (C2513)
1.5 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Agricultural Extension Service contain histories, letters, reports, memoranda, speeches, maps, publications, newspaper articles, and pictures concerning Missouri Agricultural Extension Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture policies; agricultural, home economics, and 4-H extension work; and the College of Agriculture.
University of Missouri, Assembly Lectures Committee Records, 1953-1962 (C2223)
1.14 cubic feet (57 folders)
Correspondence and records of budgets, income and expenditures. Requests by departments for funds, and allocations or refusals by committee. Payment vouchers to guest lecturers and annual reports of committee.
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University of Missouri Bookstore Records, 1952-1966 (C2520)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Bookstore contain correspondence, memoranda, and notes concerning the operation of the University of Missouri Bookstore. Accounts, budget estimates, thefts, profits, insurance, taxes, and retention of records are discussed.
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University of Missouri, Co-Operative Extension Service Records, 1920-1963 (C2512)
1.5 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension Service contain materials relating to the activities of the Co-Operative Extension Service, including the training and supervision of county extension workers, services performed, planning and management of extension program, and conferences on extension work. Materials include newsletters, circulars, bulletins, reports, studies, correspondence, and a history of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture.
University of Missouri Collection, 1859-1962 (C3763)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Miscellaneous printed material pertaining to the university. Includes an 1859 catalog of students, graduates, faculty, and courses; photograph of cadets, 1880s; and items from the Colleges of Arts and Science (1946) and Education (1916, 1962) and School of Journalism (1923, 1926).
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture Memorial Necrology, 1962 (C2232)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Necrology presented as part of the program of recognition by the College of Agriculture faculty honoring former employees, 20 November 1962.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1953-1963 (C2228)
0.7 cubic feet
Minutes of Advisory Council meetings and reports from Scope Committees and Advisory Council board of directors relating to enrollment, curriculum, budget, and research, 1953-1960. Correspondence and bulletins on agricultural programs and alumni awards.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Resident Wives Club Records, 1941-1997 (C4436)
1.0 cubic feet (22 folders), 4 oversize volumes, 2 audio cassettes
The records of the Resident Wives Club (1941-1996) of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture include financial documents, event planning materials, membership lists, meeting minutes and reports, and photographs.
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Social Studies Club Records, 1914-1992 (C4166)
0.4 cubic feet (12 folders), 1 oversize volume
History, constitution, by-laws, meeting minutes, photographs, cards, and newspaper articles of a women’s club composed of the wives of University of Missouri, College of Agriculture professors.
University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science Records, 1908-1965 (C3406)
67.8 cubic feet (5331 folders, 4 volumes)
The records of the College of Arts and Science contain correspondence, reports and forms from the dean’s office discussing faculty, administration, policies, courses, committees, conferences and specific problems, in addition to correspondence and reports pertaining to Missouri Bible College, Missouri College Union, and junior college accreditation.
University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science Records, 1941-1961 (C2680)
0.3 cubic feet
Departmental recommendations for salary increases made to the dean, as well as budget statistics and salary information from other campuses.
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University of Missouri, Columns' Marker Papers, 1966 (C2348)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from Jack Matthews to Bus Entsminger verifying Richard S. Brownlee's authorship of legend on marker identifying columns on Red Campus, and letter from Entsminger to Brownlee expressing the appreciation of the Alumni Association.
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University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools & Colleges, Non-Public Secondary Annual Reports, 1953-1961 (C3392)
6.2 cubic feet (266 folders)
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University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges Records, 1904-1967 (CA3913)
10.4 cubic feet
Addition to records largely consists of material on the accreditation of schools and colleges in Missouri.
University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges Records, 1937-1967 (C2890)
1.6 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges contain correspondence and annual reports pertaining to the accreditation of non-public secondary schools in Missouri.
University of Missouri, Cooperative Extension Service Records, 1946-1970 (CA5880)
4 cubic feet
Addition to the records of the University of Missouri’s Cooperative Extension Service include minutes, data on personnel and students involved in the programs, newsletters, and studies and research on extension services.
University of Missouri, Delta Gamma Sorority Portrait, 1963-1966 (P1025)
Composite photographs of members of the sorority
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University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Economics Records, 1906-1966 (C0010)
26 cubic feet (2,172 folders)
The records of departments of farm management (1910-1919), rural life (1919-1926), and agricultural economics (1926-1966), chaired by D. Howard Doane and O.R. Johnson.
University of Missouri, Department of History Records, 1916-1965 (C3307)
8.0 cubic feet (571 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of History contain administrative, interdepartmental, and personal correspondence; minutes of meetings; administrative records; graduate files; applications for positions; federal relief programs, military training programs; university committees; Alpha Pi Zeta; Social Studies Council; and records of the semi-centennial dinner.
University of Missouri, Department of History Gradebooks, 1942-1961 (C2637)
0.5 cubic feet
Gradebooks from American and European history courses.
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University of Missouri, Department of Home Economics Records, 1886-1962 (C0993)
0.8 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning faculty, facilities, alumni, curriculum, and department bulletins.
Bulk of the material consists of bulletins and reports of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service.
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University of Missouri, Department of Physics Records, 1880s-1990s (CA4799)
54 cubic feet, 5 oversize items, 1 oversize volume
Correspondence, departmental records, teaching and research materials, and materials related to the National Science Foundation Summer Institute and the O.M. Stewart Fund.
University of Missouri, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Records, 1961-1965 (C3394)
1.1 cubic feet
Applications for graduate studies of students who never attended. Collection incomplete: only includes names between Houdyshell and Samarrea.
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University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Records, 1962-1965 (C2265)
0.8 cubic feet (55 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology primarily contain correspondence of Homer E. Dale, chairman of the department.
University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Records, 1966-1967 (C2517)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology contain correspondence concerning department business and procedures, research, equipment, staff, graduate program, applicants for graduate study, expanding department, conventions, recommendations, and American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharmacologists.
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University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Records, 1965-1966 (C0103)
0.6 cubic feet
Correspondence of members of the department concerning applicants for graduate study and jobs, research, theses and articles for publication, departmental business and procedures, the expanding school, and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharmacologists.
University of Missouri, Department of Zoology Records, 1897-1963 (C3402)
1.8 cubic feet (101 folders)
The records contain departmental correspondence, 1958-1963, and the papers of W.C. Curtis, department member from 1901-1962.
University of Missouri, Extension Division Records, 1950s-1960s (CA3823)
5.4 cubic feet
General correspondence and extension teaching course files, 1950s-1960s.
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University of Missouri, Extension Service Records, 1912-1979 (C1042)
234 rolls of microfilm
Annual reports of county and district agents of the Extension Service, 1912-1969, and annual reports of extension activities of UMC, UMKC, Lincoln University, UMR, UMSL and university-wide offices, 1960-1979.
University of Missouri, Friends of the University of Missouri Library Minutes, 1964 (C3172)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a program of the council and membership meeting of the Friends of the University of Missouri Library, including minutes of the annual meeting.
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University of Missouri, Graduate School Records, 1911-1967 (C3354)
31.5 cubic feet (2165 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Graduate School contain minutes of graduate committees, 1911-1967, and correspondence of the dean of the Graduate School with administrators, graduate faculty, graduate students, government officials, foundation officers, and alumni, 1930-1967.
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University of Missouri, Graduate School Records, 1926-1966 (C2532)
3.1 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Graduate School contain correspondence with other universities on various aspects of administration, teaching, degree programs, financial aid, and accrediting procedures; interdepartmental correspondence; and information relating specifically to cooperative intercollegiate activities, such as MASUA (Mid-America State University Association), Title IV Program, and Commission on Higher Education.
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University of Missouri, KOMU-TV Records, 1953-1962 (C3387)
3.2 cubic feet (216 folders)
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University of Missouri, Missouri State Military School Records, 1889-1965 (C3554)
7.7 cubic feet (49 folders, 40 volumes)
Photographs; military manuals and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; letterbook; records of marksmanship, merits and demerits, cadet appointments, cadet rosters, orders, and company morning reports; and scrapbook of newspaper articles and photographs of military training program at the University of Missouri.
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University of Missouri, Office of the Food Purchasing Agent Papers, 1960-1962 (C2291)
0.5 cubic feet
Correspondence of the Office of Food Purchasing Agent, Central Food Stores. Chief correspondent is Ollie B. Robinson, food purchasing agent and assistant to the director of purchasing.
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University of Missouri, President's Committee on Communication Report, 1968 (C3318)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report to the faculty on the problem of communication within the University, ways of improving communication and reasons for doing so. Compiled by ad hoc faculty committee.
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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, 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, Research Council Records, 1955-1961 (C0987)
0.2 cubic feet
Minutes and correspondence.
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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.