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Doris L. Yelton Political Button Collection, 1860s-1990s (C4604)
0.35 cubic feet (8 folders)
Political buttons, ribbons, and miscellaneous items collected by Doris "Sally" Yelton, an antique collector and dealer from Jefferson City, Missouri, 1860s-1990s.
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Young Audiences of St. Louis Records, 1967-2002 (S1024)
33 cubic feet
The Young Audiences of St. Louis Records contain meeting minutes, memos, newsletters, photographs, videos, and newspaper clippings pertaining to music education for K-12 students. Founded in 1957, the Young Audiences of St. Louis's mission is to assist schools with developing and promoting live music and cultural events for students.
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Young Men's Christian Association, Indian Guides, 1926-1999 (S0801)
0.25 cubic foot, 10 folders
This collection contains scrapbooks and a newsletter of the YMCA's Indian Guides program.
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Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) of Kansas City Records, 1878-2006 (K0332)
80 c.f.
Minutes, newspaper clippings, printed materials, publications, administrative files, reports, surveys, studies, photographs, slides, audio/visual media, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.
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Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) of Kansas City, Kansas Records, 1924-1992 (K0601)
16 c.f.
Organizational records including minutes, financial records, programs, rosters, photographs, slides, films, scrapbooks, and architectural records.
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Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Kansas City Records, 1893-1982 (KA2624)
5 c.f.
The addition contains yearbooks and books for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater Kansas City.
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Young Socialist Alliance Collection, 1974-1975 (S0096)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folders
The Young Socialist Alliance Collection contains flyers, posters, newspaper clippings, court briefs, and issues of the Young Socialist from the St. Louis chapter of the Young Socialist Alliance from 1974-1975. The Young Socialist Alliance was the youth group within the Socialist Workers Party from 1960-1992 and promoted causes and candidates representing the Socialist Workers Party.
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Young Women's Christian Association Metro St. Louis Records, 1914-1993 (S0343)
61 cubic feet, 1485 folders, 4994 photographs, 13 microfilm rolls
The YWCA collection covers the organization's activities from its inception in 1904 to the late 1970s. The constitution and bylaws, along with revisions and complete financial records are included. The St. Louis YWCA was divided into several branches, including a segregated club for black girls, and each of these groups is represented in the records, which include documentation on programs, summer camps, and clubs maintained by the various branches. The collection also includes a record of programs for which the YWCA shared responsibility with similar organizations, such as the USO, American Red Cross, and the YMCA.
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Ardath Cary Young Papers, 1910s-1976 (C4030)
0.25 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers of Ardath Anita Cary Young consist of correspondence, postcards, photographs, and miscellaneous family papers documenting the Cary, Young, and McMillen families from Edina, Knox County, Missouri.
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Kenneth Franklin Young Papers, 1936-2005 (K1039)
2.5 c.f.
Young was a radio and television broadcast engineer and cameraman with KCMO radio and KCTV. He also performed in plays with a variety of theater companies. Includes correspondence, negatives, photographs, broadcasting materials, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and video.
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Raymond A. Young Papers, 1971-1985 (CA4510)
15 cubic feet
Personal and professional papers of an officer of the Missouri Farmers Association.
Raymond A. Young Scrapbooks, c. 1940-1981 (C3076)
1 roll of microfilm
Scrapbooks of a Columbia, Missouri, oil company executive and community leader. Material on the development and growth of Missouri Farmers Association.
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Robert A. Young Papers, 1974-1986 (S0517)
55 cubic feet, 1116 folders, 131 photographs, 1 cassette tape
Robert A. Young (1923-2007) represented the Missouri Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1986. He served on two major committees, Public Works and Transportation, and Science and Technology. The collection contains correspondence, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Topics of interest include agriculture, civil and human rights, historic preservation, including the Old Post Office in St. Louis, and the city of Kinloch, Missouri.
Rosemary Claypool Young Papers, 1934-1997 (K0344)
1 c.f.
Personal papers of church and civic leader and advocate for family, women, children and automobile safety.
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Virginia G. Young Papers, 1954-1980 (C4439)
3.5 cubic feet (54 folders)
Papers of Missouri library leader Virginia G. Young, surrounding her involvement with and membership in local, regional, national, and international organizations and efforts, including correspondence, reports, legislation, and minutes.
YouthBridge Community Foundation Records, 1876-2003 (S0243)
7.5 cubic feet
The YouthBridge Community Foundation Records (formerly the German General Protestant Orphan’s Home and General Protestant Children’s Home) contain meeting minutes, ledgers, and scrapbooks relating to its history as a home for impoverished orphans. Materials of interest include intake record books, documenting the child’s name, birth date, the reasons for their admittance and dismal from the orphanage, as well as the names of their parents. Also included in the collection are photographs depicting the cornerstone laying of YouthBridge’s former campus at 12685 Olive Street Road and an essay on the history of YouthBridge, titled Still Caring: the Evolution of a St. Louis Orphanage, by Glenn J. Sartori. The materials in this collection date from 1877 to 2003.
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YWCA Triangle Club Records, 1963-1989 (S1026)
0.8 cubic feet
This colletion contains calendars, rosters, membership lists, and mailings of a group founded by the spouses of the directors and staff associates of the Young Men's Christian Association Metro St. Louis
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James R. Zachry Architectural Records, 1961-1988 (K0736)
36 c.f.
Architectural drawings, job files, specifications, and other office files for Zachry, a Kansas City architect who specialized primarily in hospital and nursing home design.
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Lydia Zilgitt Papers, 1884-1970 (C4633)
0.6 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of a registered nurse contain school notebooks and textbooks, as well as assorted German language religious booklets, greeting cards, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.
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Zion United Church of Christ, Lawrence County, Missouri Records, 1880-2001 (R0714)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are records of the Zion United Church of Christ near Freistatt in Lawrence County, Missouri. Included are minutes of church council meetings, registers of members, officers, pastors, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and miscellaneous items. Some of the records are in German. Included is one volume of records from Union United Church of Christ, 1947-1998.
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Marcus S. Zuber Papers, 1947-1976 (C4509)
1.0 cubic feet (20 folders)
The papers of University of Missouri-Columbia agronomy professor and USDA research agronomist, including his research publications, professional correspondence, and materials related to his involvement with the Lutheran fraternity Beta Sigma Psi.
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Zumwalt Family Papers, 1862-1992 (C4048)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)
The Zumwalt family papers consist of genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, local church histories, and miscellaneous articles relating to a family that settled in Boone and Callaway Counties around 1800.
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Arnold M. Zwicky Papers, 1960s-1990s (CA5781)
24 cubic feet
Correspondence, teaching and research materials, and administrative records of a professor of linguistics.