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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

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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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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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Rosemary Claypool Young Papers, 1934-1997 (K0344)
1 c.f.

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Personal papers of church and civic leader and advocate for family, women, children and automobile safety.

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YouthBridge Community Foundation Records, 1876-2003 (S0243)
7.5 cubic feet

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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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Glenn R. Zander Papers, 1991-2019 (K1384)
.4 c.f.

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The Glenn R. Zander Papers contain information related to the CFO/Co-chairman of Trans World Airlines (TWA) from 1990 to 1994. Materials in the collection relate to the monetary hardships encountered by TWA, including filing for bankruptcy in 1992.

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Zion United Church of Christ, Lawrence County, Missouri Records, 1880-2001 (R0714)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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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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Zumwalt Family Papers, 1862-1992 (C4048)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)

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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.

Arnold M. Zwicky Papers, 1960s-1990s (CA5781)
24 cubic feet

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Correspondence, teaching and research materials, and administrative records of a professor of linguistics.