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The Missouri Review (Columbia, Mo.) Records, c. 1978-2015 (CA5670)
52.7 cubic feet, 2 DVDs
Addition of office files, manuscript submissions, financial records, galley proofs, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri School Districts Collection, 1917-1980 (S0044)
1.4 cubic feet, 42 folders
The Missouri School Districts Collections is an artificial collection combining small acquisitions pertaining to various school districts in St. Louis and outstate Missouri.
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Missouri School of Religion Records, 1930-2017 (CA6528)
5.7 cubic feet, 1 oversize item
The records of the Missouri School of Religion contain board meeting materials, newsletters, photographs, promotional material, and miscellaneous material.
Missouri School of Religion Records, 1888-1980s (CA4347)
12.3 cubic feet
Addition of enrollment cards, bulletins, financial statements, trustee meeting minutes, theses and dissertations, lecture notes, bibliographies, reports, publications, and photographs.
Missouri Senate, Equal Rights Amendment Testimony Records, 1975-1980 (C4295)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The records of the Missouri Senate Equal Rights Amendment contain papers relating to the Missouri Senate's hearing on the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment from 1977. Testimonies were made before the Missouri Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments on February 2, 1977. The Missouri House of Representatives had already passed the Equal Rights Amendment at this point, and the ERA had already been ratified in 35 of the 38 states necessary for it to become law.
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Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators Records, 1937-2010 (S0010)
36 cubic feet
The records contain bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, research abstracts, and photographs regarding the Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators' (MOSHAPE) mission to develop and promote health, leisure, and movement programs.
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Missouri Society of American Foresters Records, 1900-1991 (C4185)
4 cubic feet (172 folders)
The records of the Missouri Chapter of the Ozark Section of the Society of American Foresters contain meeting material, minutes, newsletters, reports, correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous material. The objectives of the Society are to advance the science, technology, teaching and practice of professional forestry in America, and to use the knowledge and skills of the profession to benefit society.
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Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Records, 1891-2024 (CA3056)
19.90 cubic feet, 1 oversize item, 1 computer disc, 3.56 GB of digital files
Applications, correspondence, minutes, membership lists, publications, financial records, convention and program materials, chapter records, photographs, and other material of the organization.
Missouri Speleological Survey Records, 1956-2011 (S0259)
3 cubic feet
The Missouri Speleological Survey Records contain contains newsletters and guidebooks pertaining to the Missouri Speleological Survey's mission to study and research Missouri caves.
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Missouri State Council of the International Reading Association Records, 1950s-2000s (CA6402)
7.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
The records of an organization devoted to promoting literacy throughout the state of Missouri include scrapbooks, minutes, yearbooks, president's notebooks, and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri State Genealogical Association Records, 1979-2019 (CA6028)
13.9 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes
The records of a genealogical organization founded in 1979 include minutes, financial records, publications, administrative files, and conference material.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Collection, 1930-1981 (P0224)
11 photographs
Photographs of Missouri State Highway Patrol operations and employees.
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Missouri State Museum, Interpretation Program, Oral History Recordings, 1980-2009 (CA6218)
1.2 cubic feet, 410 audio cassettes, 78 video cassettes, 205 DVDs, 3 CDs
Oral history interviews with Missourians regarding historical events on audio cassettes, video cassettes, and DVDs. Also includes transcripts and related material such as photographs, negatives, news clippings, obituaries, correspondence, personal accounts, and ephemera.
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Missouri State Officials, Boards, and Committees, Portraits, 1891-1985 (P1205)
Portraits of Missouri's statewide officials, staff, board and committee members.
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Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 (C3715)
0.4 cubic feet (80 folders), 39 audio cassettes, 10 video cassettes, 5 CDs, 1 audio disc
The collection contains field, commercial, and private label recordings, interviews, newsletters, brochures, broadsides, sheet music, audio and video cassettes, and correspondence of the association.
Missouri State Teachers Association Records, 1837-1997 (CA6123)
10.5 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
Records and official papers of the Missouri State Teachers Association. In May 1856, teachers met in St. Louis and established the first U.S. professional organization for state educators. The records include newsletters and other publications, historical materials, committee reports, and oversize scrapbooks.
Missouri State Women's Political Caucus Records, 1971-1987 (S0222)
3 cubic feet, 3 folders
The Missouri State Women's Political caucus was formed in 1972 as the state organization of the National Women's Political Caucus. WPC encourages women to seek elective and appointive position sin all levels of government, supports all political candidates who will work for women's issues and works for the repeal of laws which discriminate against women. The collection includes newsletters, minutes, resolutions, and bylaws.
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Missouri Symphony Society Records, 1970-2012 (CA5698)
40.5 cubic feet, 4 oversize volumes, 3 oversize folders, 23 oversize items, 20 audio cassettes, 23 video cassettes
Board meeting minutes, financial records, planning documents, programs, publicity materials, and miscellany of a Columbia, Missouri, organization.
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Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1903-2021 (CA2573)
18.8 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 3 video cassettes, 1 oversize volume
The records of the church include bulletins, church histories, membership directories, correspondence, minutes, reports, legal documents, photographs, church newsletters, financial records, yearbooks, records of women’s groups, and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri United Methodist Review Records, 1981-2002 (CA5986)
10 cubic feet
Photographs and church histories used in the publication of the Missouri United Methodist Review and church directories.
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Missouri University Political Action Committee Records, 1989-2002 (C4656)
1. 0 cubic feet (52 folders)
Assorted records include correspondence; lists of members, volunteers, legislators and political contacts; newsletters; meeting agendas, notes and special events materials; and fundraising, publicity and newspaper clippings.
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Architectural drawings, specifications, photographs and other documents related to buildings in Kansas City, Missouri constructed or modified between the years ca. 1906-1970.
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Missouri Valley Chapter-Society of Architectural Historians (MVC-SAH) Records, 1966-1981 (K0005)
3 c.f.
The organization records of the society, including minutes, financial records, newsletters, and correspondence concerning the establishment of the MVC Architectural Records Collection.
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Missouri White House Conference Committee on Children and Youth Records, 1950-1980s (CA4582)
18 cubic feet
The records of a child and family welfare agency involved with the White House Conferences on Children and Youth include correspondence, task force materials, publications, subject files, reports, public hearing testimony, office files, and miscellaneous material.
Missouri Women in Natural Resources Records, 1957-2018 (C4438)
0.8 cubic feet (43 folders)
Records of an organization that worked to develop a network for advice, support, and social interaction for women working in natural resources in Missouri.
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Missouri Women's Network Records, 1981-1999 (S0939)
1 cubic foot
This collection contains newsletters and board of directors files of the Missouri Women's Network, which seeks to provide women in business with networking opportunities.
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Missouri Women's Network Records, 1970s-2000s (CA5199)
24 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes
The records of the organization include correspondence, minutes, reports, questionnaires, directories, project records, publicity materials, newsletters, position papers, financial records, clippings, committee materials, photographs, and miscellaneous administrative material.
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Missouri Writers Portraits, 1905-1997 (P1195)
Portraits of writers of poetry, prose, and non-fiction from Missouri, and writers who authored works about Missouri.
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Missouri Writers' Guild Records, 1915-2011 (C3657)
4.0 cubic feet (76 folders, 3 volumes, 4 video cassettes)
Records of a professional writer’s organization that include administrative files, correspondence, event and membership information, and newsletters. The collection also contains information on select local affiliate chapters.
St. Joseph, Missouri, Urban Renewal Project Records, 1952-1982 (C4170)
0.6 cubic feet (22 folders)
Correspondence, maps, clippings, architectural drawings, and economic data concerning urban renewal in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1952-1982.
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Missouri United States Highway 66 Collection, 1930-2017 (SP0080)
.5 cubic foot (10 folders)
The Missouri United States Highway 66 Collection is an artificial collection consisting of multiple acquisitions related to Missouri’s U.S. Highway 66. The collection contains brochures, maps, photographs, postcards, newsletters, and ephemera.
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Missouri, Wayne County Collection, 1985 (C4673)
2 audio cassettes
Audio recordings of Wayne County, Missouri, residents concerning the settlement, education, business, transportation, religion, Civil War, and other aspects of the history of the county.
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"Missouri: 1980s: The Way It Was" Collection, 1981-1983 (CA6603)
0.4 cubic feet
Images taken throughout Missouri by Elizabeth M. Crosby during the early 1980s and compiled into two self-published volumes by her daughter, Wendelyn G. Crosby. Includes negatives, contact sheets, notebooks, and three copies of each of the printed books.
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Missourians for a Citizens Utility Board Records, 1980-1990 (S0940)
10 cubic feet
This collection contains Initiative petitions, correspondence, and legal materials of a group organized to institute a voluntary check-off on local utility bills to fund a board allowing consumers to contribute to rate hike decisions.
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Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, St. Louis Chapter, Records, 1989-2020 (S0316)
6.5 cubic feet
The collection contains correspondence, press releases, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the group's efforts to abolish the death penalty in Missouri.
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Missourinet Records, 1986-2014 (CA6516)
70 audio cassettes, 2 folders (1 computer disc), 245 MB of digital files
The records of Missourinet, a radio broadcasting network based in Jefferson City, Missouri, providing state news and sports coverage, largely contains sound recordings and material concerning the impeachment of Missouri Secretary of State Judith K. Moriarty. Also includes content from the organization’s Missouri Death Row website.
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Mit Feder und Hammer! [With Feather and Hammer]: The German Experience in St. Louis Records, 1983-1989 (S0941)
4 cubic feet, 299 folders, 289 photographs
This collection contains mounted photographs, 4x5 negatives, thirty-five-millimeter negatives, and one 3.5 micro floppy disk pertaining to 'Mit Feder und Hammer? (With Feather and Hammer): The German Experience in St. Louis," an exhibit held in St. Louis in 1983 and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1984 to 1989.
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Mitchell Family Papers, circa 1917-1980 (R0151)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Mitchell Family Collection contains photocopies of reminiscences, newspaper clippings, and genealogical material concerning various members of the Mitchell family at Licking in Texas County, Missouri.
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Arthur Giles Carroll Mitchell Papers, 1934-1982 (K0418)
0.3 c.f.
Mitchell trained was an architect, an engineer and architect with the Federal Government and with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He was also author of the books There is no Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City and Bell Systems: Restructured. Includes manuscripts of his books, correspondence, and certificates, drawings, and photographs.
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Orestes Mitchell Jr. and Sr. Papers, 1899-1980 (C3993)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)
The papers contain correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, yearbooks, and miscellaneous material of Orestes Mitchell Jr., an attorney and member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators; and his father, Orestes Mitchell Sr., also a lawyer. Both men were active in the St. Joseph, Missouri Rotary Club and Freemasons.
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Donald C. Mitzel Architectural Collection, 1961-2006 (C4527)
62.75 c.f. (250 folders, 18 architectural boxes, 7 oversize folders)
Architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, project files, and related material of Columbia (Mo.) firms Architects-Engineers-Planners; C. Wynn Brady; Mitzel & Associates; and Mitzel & Scroggs. Includes plans for businesses, residences, and public buildings in Missouri.
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Katharine Flora Berridge Mleczkos Genealogical Collection, 1908-2009 (S1134)
12 cubic feet
The Katharine Flora Berridge Mleczkos Genealogical Collection contains family histories, newsletters, family tree charts, photographs, and oral histories pertaining to Mleczkos's research on the Wells, Taft, Carpenter, and Berridge families.
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Missouri Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Records, 1945-1999, 2005 (C4561)
3.2 cubic feet (85 folders)
The records of an organization devoted to full-time or part-time farm management, rural appraisal, and other field activities related to farm management and appraisal include correspondence, meeting minutes, annual conference material, financial records, and membership directories.
Modern Jeweler [journal], 1901-1981 (K0524)
10 c.f.
Jewelers' trade journal published in Kansas City, MO.
Moffett Family Papers, c. 1880s-1985 (C3846)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of the Moffett family of Linn County, Missouri, farmers and merchants who migrated from Kentucky and Illinois around 1840. The papers consist of some correspondence relating to family genealogy, family photographs, wedding invitations, and a typescript family genealogy written in 1985.
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Rae Mohrmann Papers, 1930-1941, 1973-2005 (S0328)
0.5 cubic foot
The Rae Mohrmann papers contain histories of Normandy, Missouri, and newsletters from the Normandy Area Historical Association. Also included are records from Mohrmann’s father Gilbert Schenkel, such as Beaumont High School newsletters, yearbooks, and a commencement program.
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Moment Musical Club Records, 1974-2003 (K1091)
0.5 c.f.
Organizational records of the Club including yearbooks, meeting minutes and programs.
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Dale Vincent Monaghen Photograph Collection, 1960-1980 (K0493)
1 c.f.
Photographs and other materials relating to Monaghen work as a professional photographer in Kansas City, MO.
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Monett, Missouri Centennial Collection, 1987 (R0802)
(1 audiocassette)
This is "The Foggy River Boys Present: A Sentimental Journey," recorded in celebration of the centennial of Monett in Barry County, Missouri. Included are performances by Jack Frost and the Men of Note, and the Monett High School Band and Chorus.
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Samuel A. Montague Papers, 1930-2000 (K0441)
25 c.f.
Research, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes and other materials relating to the variety of public relations and fund raising campaigns as well as other organizations with which Montague was associated in Kansas City, MO. Also a complete set of KC Downtown magazine of which Montague was the publisher,