1980s

William L. Hungate Papers, 1937-1996 (S0813)
403 cubic feet, 1645 photographs, 17 reel-to-reel tapes, 29 microfilm rolls

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The William Hungate Papers contain correspondence, reports, speeches, meeting minutes, agendas, photographs and campaign files pertaining to Hungate’s career as Missouri’s Congressman from the ninth congressional district (1964-1977) and as the United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (1979-1992). Topics of interest include Watergate and the desegregation of St. Louis City schools. The materials in this collection date from 1954 to 1996.

Max F. Hunter Papers, 1960-1989 (C4427)
1.6 cubic feet (27 folders)

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The papers and song transcripts of Springfield, Missouri, folklorist Max Hunter, who was program director of the Ozark Folk Festival from 1978-1989 and of the Ozark Open Fiddle Contest from 1983-1987.

Gregory L. and Mary Folse Hutchison Collection, 1900s-2010 (CA5861)
13.4 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes

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The collection contains material from two University of Missouri-Columbia alumni, United States veterans, and federal employees. Mary Folse Hutchison was in the first class of WAVES officers at the start of World War II, and later a CIA staff officer for twenty-five years. Includes a scrapbook related to theater and other activities at the University of Missouri in the 1930s, correspondence, diaries, photographs, travel materials, writings, and miscellaneous items.

Huynh Quang Nhuong Papers, 1956-2000 (C3997)
4.4 cubic feet (246 folders)

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The papers of Huynh Quang Nhuong, a Vietnamese author who lived in Columbia, Missouri, consist mainly of Huynh's writings and include drafts of plays, novels, short stories, poetry, and screenplays. The collection also includes photographs, newspaper clippings, book reviews, and correspondence with publishers, as well as fan letters from children regarding his book, The Land I Lost.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Records, 1973-2010 (K0983)
4 c.f.

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Includes homes tour files, newsletters, walking tours, an abstract of title, and homes tour posters.

E. Clarendon Hyde Papers, 1940s-1990s (CA5726)
14 cubic feet

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Sermons delivered by Hyde, a minister of the Episcopal Church, and a few copies of sermons collected by Hyde. Addition of personal correspondence, subject files related to the Episcopal Church, race relations and civic affairs in Columbia, MO, the University of Missouri, and miscellaneous material.

Mary Ruth Hyde Papers, 1972-1993 (C4153)
2.3 cubic feet

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The Mary Ruth Hyde Papers chronicles her time serving as a member of several organizations related to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Robert Hyland Papers, 1935-1990 (S0637)
4 cubic feet, 55 folders, 281 photographs, 13 audio tapes

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The Robert Hyland Papers contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and audiotapes of Robert Hyland from 1935 to 1990. He was a CBS regional vice president and general manager of the radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri, for four decades. Hyland was also a civic leader, serving on the boards of the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association, Downtown St. Louis, Lindenwood College Board. 

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Auxiliary Scrapbooks, 1983-1999 (K0984)
0.25 c.f.

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The Auxiliary's purpose is to assist the school's growing financial needs and provide scholarship money to help students meet tuition costs. Included are scrapbooks chronicling the Auxiliary's activities.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Booklets Collection, 1974-2012 (K1337)
3 c. f.

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The papers consist primarily of Civic Service Award Booklets as well as Hyman Brand Academy Commemorative Calendars. In addition, there are papers relating to the Zeldin family and booklets for the Kehilath Israel Synagogue.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Records, 1966-2013 (K1260)
2 c.f.

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This collection consists of records related to the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, which was founded in 1966, in Overland Park, Kansas. Included are board minutes, directories, and a selection of Civic Service Award Booklets. In addition, there are papers related to several Greater Kansas City area Jewish organizations.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Scrapbooks, 1952-1980 (K0985)
1 c.f.

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Scrapbooks containing correspondence, programs, newsletters, donor letters, newspaper clippings, student rosters, ephemera, and photographs of classes and events of the Academy. Also loose photographs, both formal and informal, of students and classes, Hyman and Clara Brand, Joan and Walter March, and of the Academy's staff, teachers, and board members.

Richard H. Ichord Papers, 1960-1980 (C1269)
349.5 cubic feet (287 boxes)

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The papers of Ichord, a Democratic congressman from Missouri, consist of correspondence, committee files, legislative files, campaign files and related material.

Richard H. Ichord Papers, 1961-1980 (C3699)
113 rolls of microfilm

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Carbon copies of letters mailed from Ichord's office. Arranged chronologically by congressional session, then alphabetically by addressee, except on subject folders where arrangement is chronological. Ichord was a Democratic representative from Missouri's 8th District to the 87th through 96th congresses.

Richard H. Ichord Papers, 1961-1981 (CA6714)
3.2 cubic feet

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The papers of a Democratic Missouri State and U.S. Representative from Missouri’s 8th congressional district contain congressional record inserts and speeches.

Greg F. Iffrig Papers, 1977-2017 (S0710)
7.6 cubic feet, 145 folders

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The Greg F. Iffrig Papers contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and newsletters pertaining to Iffrig's involvement with Missouri state and national conversation organizations, including the Sierra Club; Citizens Committee for Soil, Water, and State Parks; and the Missouri Wilderness Coalition.

Illinois Pure Water Committee Inc. Records, 1944-1985 (S0538)
0.8 cubic foot, 53 folders

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Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pilot Knob, Missouri Records, 1861-1982 (R0383)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pilot Knob, Missouri Records contain records of baptisms, confirmations, communicant, marriages, and deaths of members of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church at Pilot Knob in Iron County, Missouri. The church was formally organized in 1863 and is now part of the Missouri Synod. Most of the records are in German.

Immanuel United Methodist Church (Canton, Mo.) Records, 1853-1939, 1985 (C4326)
1.5 cubic feet (20 folders)

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The records of the Immanuel United Methodist Church, Canton, Missouri, contain quarterly conference minute books, Sunday school records, and Epworth League minute books. Some of the volumes are written in German.

Independence Young Matrons Records, 1941-2006 (K0725)
2 c.f.

Organizational records including their monthly newsletter, "The Mirror", yearbooks, Children's Theater Play programs, and the Holly and Mistletoe Tour.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Records, Southwestern Missouri, 1868-2008 (K1321)
10 c.f.

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organizational records of several Missouri lodges which merged into the Debolt Lodge, framed items (frames removed), bound ledgers, member registers, account and minute books

Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Rebekah Assembly Records, Southwestern Missouri, 1893-2007 (K1322)
12 c.f.

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Organizational records of several southwestern Missouri women's lodges of the Rebekah Assembly, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Materials range from c. 1893 to c. 2007. The collection consists primarily of bound ledgers, such as member registers and account and minute books. Many of the older ledgers are quite fragile. Earlier record books may show occupations of members and their spouses. Records also show support services provided to members.

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Records, 1958-1989 (K0988)
3 c.f.

Planning materials for MAECON, the annual trade conference; section officers' files including correspondence, financial information, and minutes; membership materials; and other administrative information.

Integrity, Inc. Collection, 1984-1985 (K0194)
0.2 c.f. (3 folders)

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Scattered issues of a newsletter of Integrity, Inc., a ministry of the Episcopal Church to the Gay and Lesbian community. Kansas City chapter formed in 1984.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Air Transport Local 1650 Records, 1970-1999 (K0990)
2 c.f.

Organizational records include printed and published materials, bylaws, agreements, awards, plaques, signs, flags, and photographs.

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Local 323 (Higginsville, Mo.) Records, 1956-1983 (C3870)
3.6 cubic feet (141 folders)

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International Refrigeration Compressor Remanufacturers Association Records, 1965-1990 (K0991)
2 c.f.

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Organizational records of the trade association includes correspondence, financial records, newsletters, and planning materials for conventions and board meetings.

International Relations Council (IRC) Records, 1953-1997 (K0095)
20 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Kansas City based International Relations Council which educates and advocates for understanding among nations

International Theatre Program Collection, 1930-1981 (K0454)
2 c.f.

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Theatre programs from Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and United States, including a number from Missouri and Kansas, gathered by University of Missouri-Kansas City Theater Department faculty.

International Women of Columbia (Mo.) Records, 1965-1992 (C4355)
0.4 cubic feet (22 folders)

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Records of a women's organization dedicated to assisting foreign women living in Columbia, Missouri. Generally, women who were wives of husbands working at the University or attending the University, but also for women who were working at or attending the University themselves. The organization provided help which included English language assistance, various social events, child care, advice on renting an apartment, opening a bank account, obtaining a driver's license, and tips on shopping at local stores. The organization provided hostesses, many of whom were also from other countries, but had been in the U.S awhile, to assist foreign women living in Columbia.

International Women's Media Project Records, 1986 (C4090)
0.4 cubic feet (6 folders), 10 audio cassettes

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Proposals, schedules, reports, correspondence, questionnaires, articles, and notes of the United States Conference of the International Women's Media Project, held in Washington, D.C., November 12-15, 1986.

International Women's Year Collection, 1974-1980 (S0228)
2.5 cubic feet, 96 folders, 32 photographs

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The International Women’s Year Collection contains correspondence, photographs, publications, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and oral history interviews chronicling International Women’s Year, the Missouri State Coordinating Committee, and the 1977 National Women’s Conference.

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. Records, 1970s-1980s (CA5473)
28.3 cubic feet

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Addition of materials relating to the Arizona Project and reporter Danny Casolaro and his investigation of Inslaw, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Irari Club Foundation Records, 1931-1990 (K0727)
2 c.f.

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Organizational records of a small, exclusive social organization in the Kansas City Jewish community. Includes minutes, correspondence, publications, financial records, photographs, news articles, and artifacts,

Iron County Historical Society Collection, circa 1973-1992 (R0497)
0.1 cubic foot (10 folders)

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This is a group of miscellaneous papers from the collections of the Iron County Historical Society. Included are "Iron County Yesterdays," essays on the Plank Road and the Whitworth Store, and a summary history of the Pilot Knob Iron Company. Also included are a number of items concerning Baptist churches in Ironton and Belleview, the Missouri Baptist Assembly at Arcadia Heights, and the history of the Baptist Home at Ironton.

Irwin Family Papers, 1864-1997 (S0904)
4.5 Cubic Feet

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This collection consists of papers and photographs of Mathew Irwin, primarily documenting his ancestors—the Storch, Wuellner, and Slavik families. The Storch and Wuellner branches immigrated to St. Louis, Missouri, from Germany and Bohemia in 1838 and settled in the St. Louis area. After their settlement in St. Louis, Magnus Storch (1825-1900) and his wife, Elizabeta Steibert (1843-1896), had Louisa Storch (1870-1934). On April 6, 1893, Louisa Storch married George Friederich Wuellner (1864-1955); their union produced Talitha Wuellner (1895-1955). Talitha subsequently married Albert Slavik (1891-1939) on April 10, 1917, which led to the birth of Marjorie Louisa Slavik (1918-1997). Marjorie married Russell Ewing Irwin (1912-1984) in 1940. From this union came Karin Louise Irwin, who had Mathew S. Irwin and Samuel White Swan-Perkins.

Isgrig Baseball Collection, 1987-2005 (S1201)
5 cubic feet

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This collection contains books on the history of baseball.

Italian Immigrant Oral History Project Collection, 1973-1984 (S0511)
18 cassette tapes

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This collection consists of interviews with Italian immigrants residing in The Hill neighborhood in South St. Louis, conducted by Gary Ross Mormino for his book, Immigrants on the Hill: Italian Americans in St. Louis 1882-1982.

J.C. Nichols Company Records, 1896-2007 (K0106)
325 c.f.

Company records relating to the activities and history of the J.C. Nichols Company, the premier real estate company in the Kansas City area. Included are some personal papers of J.C. Nichols. Also architectural drawings for some Nichols development buildings and residences.

J.C. Nichols Company Scrapbooks, 1910-1997 (K0054)
58 v

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Scrapbooks relating to the activities and history of the J.C. Nichols Company, the premier real estate company in the Kansas City area. They were compiled by employees of the Company for public relations and other uses.

J.P. Morgan and Co. Bond Notices, 1937, 1940, 1983 (S0251)
0.01 cubic foot

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The J.P. Morgan and Co. Bond Notices consists of notices to foreign bond holders, including the First National bank in St. Louis, regarding the Imperial Chinese Government 5% Hukuang Railways Loan of 1911.

Sarah Belle Jackson Papers, 1942-1999 (C4103)
0.5 cubic feet (12 folders)

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The papers of Sarah Belle Jackson contain high school and college diplomas, extensive documentation on Sarah Belle's role as a community leader within Columbia, Missouri, and many church programs, songs, and choir booklets. The papers also contain news articles regarding the racial tensions in Columbia, including police reports and social response to the Kimberly Linze case in 1985.

V. Corinne Jackson Papers, 1920s-2000s (CA6393)
4 cubic feet, 4 audio cassettes

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The papers of V. Corinne Jackson, a schoolteacher from Arrow Rock, Missouri, include correspondence, programs, speeches, photographs, poems, diaries, scrapbooks, plays, audio cassettes, radio broadcasts, school and professional papers, and miscellaneous material from her life and work.

David S. Jacobs Collection, 1980, 2001 (K0923)
0.2 c.f.

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Two medical volumes edited by Dr. Jacobs.

Jacobs-Henley Family Papers, 1890s-1980s (C4609)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 oversize volume, 1 oversize item)

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Photographs and miscellaneous papers of the Jacobs, Henley, and related families from Cole and Moniteau County, Missouri, and Arkansas. Includes a scrapbook of WWII clippings.

James Foundation Collection, 1912-1980s (R1316)
4.5 cubic feet (109 folders, 4 oversize folders, 719 photographs)

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The James Foundation Papers contains materials on file at the James Memorial Library before it was transferred to municipal control. The materials contain correspondence, photographs, legal and estate documents, maps and project proposals pertaining to the estate of Lucy Wortham James, the establishment of the James Foundation, and the management of properties in Missouri.

James Memorial Library Photograph Collection, 1870s-1992 (R1480)
3.5 cubic feet (52 folders, 4443 negatives, 50 glass plate negatives)

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The James Memorial Public Library Photograph Collection contains negative copies of photographs brought to the library in St. James by residence who lived in town and the surrounding area. The original images date from the 1870s to the 1990s and include family portraits, city scenes, local businesses, area schools, events, parades, weddings, and church activities among many others. The majority of the photographs are from Phelps County with representation from Crawford and Dent counties.

David A. James Papers, 1790-2008 (C4126)
5 cubic feet

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The research material of a hotel management instructor, whose work resulted in the publication Historic Hotels of Missouri: Hotels, Inns, and Taverns of 19th Century Missouri.

Ivan James Papers, 1938-1981 (S0144)
0.8 cubic foot, 4 rolls microfilm

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The Ivan C. James papers contain correspondence, reports, newsletters, souvenir programs, and announcements pertaining to St. Louis housing developments and African American churches, fraternal, and social organizations in St. Louis. 

Larry A. James Photograph Collection, 1870-1980 (P0240)

Copy photos of Pioneer, Newtonia and Stark City, Missouri. Also, copy photo of J.M. Ritchie and an original photo of the Purcell family on steps of home, circa 1910. 35mm slides of southwest Missouri.