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Jameson Family Papers, 1800s-2008 (CA6741)
0.4 cubic feet

The papers of a Fulton, Missouri, family include correspondence, a travel journal, photographs, miscellaneous family papers, and a scrapbook containing obituary clippings. The bulk of the photographs are of Jameson family members and friends from the Fulton area. The correspondence contains letters from Anna Belle Jameson to her mother, Mary E. Jameson.

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Walt Jaschek Papers, 1968-2019 (S0371)
0.3 cubic foot

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The collection contains zines and comic books written, published, and collected by Walter Jaschek, a St. Louis-area comic book and Science Fiction/Fantasy enthusiast. Materials of interest include issues of Grafan that Jaschek helped edit as a member of the Graphic Fantasy Society of St. Louis. Also included in the collection are two issues of The Green Vomit, published by Bob Gale, a St. Louis native and co-writer of the Back to the Future movie series. 

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Iola Allen Jasper Papers, 1827-2020 (S0573)
8.25 cubic feet

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The Iola Jasper Papers contain correspondence, photographs, histories, greeting cards, and a diary related to Jasper's interest in family history. Materials of interest include the correspondence and business papers of her Great-Grandfather, William Sumner Jewett, a Jefferson County entrepreneur who shipped fruit and sand to companies in St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Kimberly Jayne Papers, 1985-2020 (S0503)
6 cubic feet

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The Kim Jayne Papers consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, posters, pin buttons, photographs, slides, and cassette tapes that document the life of Kim Jayne, a prominent peace activist within the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. The collection contains information regarding her personal life and involvement in organizations such as the Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood Association, St. Louis Women’s Support Group, and Lentz Peace Association from 1979 to 2022.

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Jefferson Barracks National Register of Historic Places Research Collection, 1997-2003 (S1066)
9 cubic feet

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This collection contains research materials used to prepare Jefferson Barracks nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Jefferson City Association of Educational Office Personnel Records, 1950-2010 (CA6617)
5.4 cubic feet, 8 oversize volumes

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The records of the organization include scrapbooks, meeting minutes, programs, yearbooks, correspondence, newsletter material, and miscellaneous material.

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Jeffrey L. Bruce and Company Records, 1972-2008 (K1258)
146.3 c.f.

Records of landscape and city planning company.

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Brunton L. Jenkins Papers, 1967-2005 (K1251)
0.25 c.f.

collected materials concerning Carroll L. Jenkins, his band and relationship with Charlie Parker, Scott Robinson, articles by Carroll and Brunton Jenkins concerning KC Black Jazz History, and Charlie Parker

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Chinyere Jenkins v. Kansas City Missouri School District Records, 1977-2000 (K0762)
360 c.f.

Defendant (Kansas City School District) records for the Kansas City Desegregation Case. Also included are records concerning Liddell v. Board of Education of City of St. Louis, MO shared with the attorneys for KCSD by the SLBOE attorneys.

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Jennings Historical Society Collection, 1843-1981 (S0081)
0.15 cubic foot

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The Jennings Historical Society Collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings, a deed of property, photographs, and the contents of a scrapbook collected by Jennings Historical Society regarding the history of Jennings, Missouri, a north St. Louis County suburb.

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Jerry Pitts M-K-T Railroad Collection, 1908-2016 (CA6538)
4 cubic feet, 2 oversize items

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The collection contains research material, articles, photographs, and miscellaneous material largely concerning the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad collected by railroad enthusiast Jerry Pitts.

Randall Smith Jessee Collection, 1929-2015 (K1417)
12.5 c.f.

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The Randall Smith Jessee Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, papers, photographs, speeches, and writings related to the career and life of Randall Smith Jessee, radio and TV personality in Kansas City. The collection also covers topics including his friendships with Harry S. Truman and Thomas Hart Benton, as well as his involvement with politics and travel.

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Jet-Lag Magazine Collection, 1980-1991 (S0748)
0.4 cubic foot, 5 folders

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The Jet-Lag Magazine Collection contains magazine issues of Jet-Lag Magazine from 1980-1991. Based in St. Louis, the publication focused on punk rock and new wave music and covered the local music scene in the St. Louis area.

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Jewish Community Campus Oral History Collection, 1998-1999 (K0433)
1 c.f.

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Video and audio interviews with individuals in the Jewish community prominent in the development of the Campus.

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Jewish Community Center, Department of Cultural Arts Records, 1994-2007 (K0744)
9 c.f.

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Correspondence, committee minutes, artist portfolios, performers' information sheets, newspaper clippings, financial statements, event programs/flyers, and film press reviews relating to the activities of the Cultural Arts Department.

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Jewish Veterans Museum Association Records, 1944-2007 (K1010)
5 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Association including business and financial records, books, veterans' questionnaires, exhibit photographs, artifacts, and plaques.

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Jewish War Veterans Mo-Kan #605 Post and Auxiliary Records, 1990-2008 (K1089)
0.45 c.f.

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Records of a local veterans group, and a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of veterans in the Greater Kansas City area. Includes photograph albums, burial flag, commander's hat, pin, and seal.

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Jewish Women International "Dolls for Democracy" Collection, 1951-1995 (K0745)
6 c.f.

Handmade dolls and organizational files for the Heart of America Chapter 527 of B'Nai B'rith Women's ""Dolls for Democracy"" program.

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JFK Newsletters Collection, 1968-1995 (S1097)
0.25 cubic foot

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This collection contains publications concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy, collected by Kenn Thomas.

Chris J. Johannsen Papers, 1970s-1990s (CA6029)
12 cubic feet

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Papers of noted soil scientist who taught at UMC from 1972 to 1985 and specialized in geographic information systems and remote sensing. Includes files of organizations and committees with which he was involved. Also includes correspondence files from the College of Agriculture, Courses, University Departments, and Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (LARS).

John G. Neihardt Corral of the Westerners Collection, 1993-2000 (C4357)
0.2 cubic feet, 5 audio cassettes, 1 video cassette

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Programs, announcements, articles, audio recordings, correspondence, talks, speakers, lists, storytellers-folklore, and research material of the Columbia, Missouri, John G. Neihardt Corral of the Westerners Group.

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John H. Walters Hospice of Central Missouri Records, 1975-1990 (C3926)
2.5 cubic feet

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Records of the John H. Walters Hospice of Central Missouri. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and administrative records, committee reports, minutes, meeting agendas, memos, personnel records, organization and dissolution records, and miscellaneous.

John J. Riordan Papers, 1917-1990 (C4383)
2.4 cubic feet (55 folders)

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The John J. Riordan Papers document the World War I military career of a veterinary officer, his career as a professional veterinarian in Tarkio, Missouri, and his efforts to record his wartime experiences through writing his memoir, Horses, Mules and Remounts: The World War I Memoir of a Veterinary Officer.

John Ramming Machine Company Records, 1882-1913 (S0571)
8 cubic feet, 28 volumes

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The John Ramming Machine Company records contain daybooks, ledgers, billing books, check stubs, contracts, and tax documents of this company that was located on the levy. The company did repair and installation on steamboat engines and boilers as well as other machine work for the customers in the city.

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John W. Gregory and Company Collection, 1950-2010 (S0351)
14.5 cubic feet

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The collection contains site plans, sales brochures, floor plans, photographs, and appraisal reports for home developments in the St. Louis area, including LaSalle Park, Chateau Country Club, and Lake Saint Louis.

John William Boone Heritage Foundation Collection, 1869-1929, 1961-2014 (C4487)
1.4 cubic feet (65 folders), 5 piano rolls, 1 audio disc, 1 audio tape, 2 jpgs, 13 oversize items

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Materials pertaining to musicians John W. “Blind” Boone and “Blind” Thomas Green Wiggins Bethune.  Includes  biographical material, publicity items, contracts, correspondence, clippings, programs, royalty statements, photographs, piano rolls, sheet music, and audio recordings. Also contains material on the foundation’s Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival, including grant material.

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Johnson Family Papers, 1876, 1915-2021 (CG0045)
5.8 GB, 0.7 c. f.

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The Johnson Family Papers contains digitized and original photographs and audio recordings of Jessie Mae Johnson, Birdie E. Scott, Norma Jean Bridger, and their families from the late 1800s to the early 2010s, with photographs of farms and scenery in Bollinger, Perry and Scott Counties.  Additionally, the collection includes portions of Leslie McKinney's extensive genealogical research for the Bridger, Beal, Fadler, Johnson, McKinney, and Yamnitz families. Digital versions were created 2010-2021.

Niel Melvin Johnson Papers, 1830-2007 (K0963)
4.2 c.f.

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Research, oral histories, and manuscript materials collected and created by Johnson, archivist and historian, on Swedish-Americans in Kansas City.

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Rose J. Johnson Missouri Bandstand Collection, n.d., 1995-1998 (CA6679)
1.2 cubic feet

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The collection contains material collected by Rose J. Johnson during their graduate studies. Included are research notes, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and papers written by Johnson.

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Johnson-West Family Papers, 1930s-1990s (CA6456)
1.5 cubic feet

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The papers of a family from Boone County, Missouri, include photographs, greeting cards, a scrapbook, diary, school papers from Wade School in Boone County, and miscellaneous papers. Virgil West and Nadine Johnson were married in 1939 and had two children: Anita and Sherman.

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Louisa Poteet Johnston Papers, 1850-2000 (K0650)
30 c.f.

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Letters, newspapers, clippings, research and writings, and other materials from great-granddaughter of Alexander Majors concerning the Russell, Majors, and Waddell Freighting company and the Majors Home.

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Mona Darlene Jones Collection, 1969-2011 (R1343)
3 cubic feet (35 folders, 1 DVD, 14 audio tapes, 8 vinyl records)

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This collection contains awards, plaques and certificates; playbills, fliers, programs, magazine and newspaper articles; photographs including pictures of featured performers, bands on stage, of the crowd, and of impromptu jam sessions; 17 photo albums; audio recordings on reel-to-reel, vinyl, and a 90 minute DVD, "Dixon Bluegrass Festival; Bluegrass Picking' Time: Through All These Years," 2012, by Mona Jones.

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Jones-Lemon Family Papers, 1865-2006 (CA6587)
1.2 cubic feet

The papers of a family from the Nodaway County, Missouri, area include photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, family Bible, clippings, postcards, small artifacts, and miscellaneous material. Includes material on James H. Lemon and Kathleen Jones; World War II correspondence of Frank Paul Jones who was stationed in Arkansas during the war; and photographs of the related Cowden family.

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Joplin Consolidated Mining Company Books, 1887-1928 (C0649)
2 volumes

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Minute book containing articles of incorporation and minutes of meetings, and account book with accounts of sales and labor.

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Jopling Family Papers, 1818-1995 (C3927)
0.6 cubic feet (20 folders, 1 oversize volume)

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Papers of the Jopling family from Pettis County, MO. The papers consist of personal and business records and correspondence, including genealogical information, financial and legal papers, cattle records, patent records, and medical recipes.

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Harris S. Joseph Papers, 1924-2000 (K0954)
0.5 c.f.

Joseph was active with the Boy Scouts of America for over thirty years, serving as a scoutmaster for Troops 61 and 2. Includes photographs, anniversary booklets, programs, flyers, pins, and clothing related to Boy Scout troop 61.

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Journalism and Women Symposium Records, 1990s (CA5298)
1 cubic foot, 1 CD

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Addition includes correspondence, symposium financial documents and planning materials, membership information, photographs, and material on the American Society of News Editors.

Journalism and Women Symposium Records, 1975-1977, 1985-2024 (C4489)
7.0 cubic feet (169 folders, 12 artifacts), 59 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 2 DVDs, 1.26 GB of digital files (14 docs, 1 jpg, 2 mov files, 11 pdfs, 130 tifs), 4 oversize items

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The records of the organization include correspondence, newsletters, symposium programs and planning materials, financial records, photographs, and audiovisual material.

Journalists Write On Exhibit, 1997 (C4092)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Photographic exhibit of women journalists produced at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, under the supervision of Elizabeth Barnes, Director of the Journalism Program in the Communications Department. The graphics production was done by Carolyn S. Lewis, Communications Department.

Eleanor Parelman Judd Papers, 1928-1990 (K0943)
0.08 c.f.

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Judd attended Beth Shalom elementary school. She was honored by the Denver Allied Jewish Community Council for her work with the Kansas City Federation. Includes diplomas, awards, and family photographs.

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Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri Records, 1914-2000 (K0365)
35 c.f.

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Organizational records of this philanthropic and service organization. Includes minutes, newsletters, directories, yearbooks, information on various community agencies supported by the organization through the work of its members.

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Junior League of St. Louis Records, 1914-2005 (S0628)
25 cubic feet, 616 folders, 2 phonograph records, 1 audio tape, 1 16mm film, 2406 photographs

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The Junior League of St. Louis is an educational, charitable organization that started in 1915, evolving out of the Junior Equal Suffrage League. Their mission is to promote volunteerism, develop the potential of women, and improve the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The collection contains board minutes and committee minutes; material relating to the many programs and projects the League has sponsored over the years; the League's publications, including "Topics," "League Letter," and membership directories. Also included are a small artifact collection and an extensive photograph collection depicting all aspects of the organization.

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Dorothy Misener Jurney Papers, 1920-1992 (C3904)
2.0 cubic feet (115 folders)

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Professional papers of Dorothy Misener Jurney, a reporter and editor on newspapers in Indiana, Miami, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. The papers consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, speeches, photographs, slides, and miscellaneous material.

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Norman Benjamin Kahn Papers, 1939-2011 (K1270)
3 c.f.

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Kahn was a businessman, entrepreneur, community leader, supporter of the arts, and contributor to Jewish and community causes. Includes correspondence, reports and other materials relating to the Kansas City Philharmonic and Kansas City Symphony and other organization in which he was involved.

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Albert Kalikow and Betty Pucker Kalikow Papers, 1961-2001 (K0858)
0.2 c.f.

Cookbooks, stationery, business cards, labels, a sign, a bag, an apron, and photocopies of a menu and magazine clippings for the Betty Kalikow Catering Company.

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Kansas City (MO) School District Desegregation Clippings, 1961-1999 (K1024)
1 c.f.

Newspaper clippings from Kansas City area newspapers concerning the Kansas City School District desegregation efforts.

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Kansas City Architectural Foundation (KCAF) Records, 1954-1999 (K1025)
1 c.f.

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Organizational records including board minutes, reports, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence and some records of early awards and events and. Also Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) related material.

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Kansas City Area Archivists (KCAA) Records, 1978-2007 (K0066)
11 c.f.

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Organization records including, constitution and bylaws, financial records, correspondence, and minutes and proceedings, committee files, and publications for a local professional association of archivists.

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Kansas City Area Development Council/Prime Time Records, 1964-1992 (K0760)
45 c.f.

Organizational records of the Council's Prime Time office including minutes, correspondence, working files, news releases, photographs, slides, and videotapes documenting efforts to promote Kansas City nationally.

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Kansas City Area Promotional Materials, 1991-1995 (K1369)
0.5 c.f.

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This collection consists of business association publications promoting Platte Count, the Northland Chamber of Commerce, and the Missouri Western State College. In addition, there is a large collection of numbered promotional negatives all related to the greater Kansas City Area.