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Jerome S. Cohen Papers, 1953-1996 (K0741)
20 c.f.

Personal and professional papers of the civic and business leader, including materials related to the American Humanics Foundation; H. Roe Bartle; the Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund; and the Kansas City Zoo. Also includes Ray Morgan's notes and drafts for Cohen's biography.

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Leslie D. Cohn Collection, 1985-2005 (K1053)
0.2 c.f.

Newspaper clippings, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle commemorative issues, and a Jewish Community Campus program

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Cole Family Association Records, 1932-2019 (C4749)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The records of the Cole Family Association consist of minutes from the annual Cole family reunion, the Cole Family Newsletter, newspaper clippings on the Cole family reunion, genealogies of William Temple Cole, Stephen Cole, and Hannah Allison Cole, articles discussing Hannah Allison Cole’s role as an early settler of Boonville, Missouri, and sketches of maps outlining historic locations in Boonville.

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Elbert C. Cole Papers, 1970-2000 (K0703)
2.5 c.f.

videotapes, scrapbook, film, manuscript material

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Timothy M. Cole Papers, 1872-1991 (R1449)
(3 folders)

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The papers of Timothy M. Cole contain letters, ledgers, names, and an animal disease guide by Timothy Cole. There are also minutes from the Barry County Baptist Association (digital), a class role book for the Newtown Baptist Church, and a hundredth anniversary history for the Northside Baptist Church.

Earl Thomas Coleman Papers, 1975-1992 (K0699)
65 c.f.

Coleman, a Republican was a U.S. Congressman representing Missouri's 6th Congressional District. Includes his congressional files: correspondence, research materials, press releases, newsletters, Member's Individual Voting Records, weekly files, subject files, planning calendars, speeches, foreign policy binders with information on specific issues/bills, photographs, videotapes.

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College Club of Kansas City Records, 1950-1996 (K0323)
3 c.f.

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Minutes, dues records, yearbooks, calendars of events, scrapbooks, and publicity files of the Club formed by American Association of University Women (AAUW) members who wished to have more control at the local level: to be a "non-profit group whose purpose would be to foster good fellowship among college women and to support local projects of a non-controversial civic, educational, and social service nature."

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College Club of St. Louis Records, 1916-2008 (S0230)
1.25 cubic foot, 1 roll microfilm

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The collection consists of nine scrapbooks on one roll of microfilm containing press clippings and programs of activities and benefits, 1916-1943, of the College Club of St. Louis, whose membership consists of women graduates of accredited colleges. Additional materials of interest include correspondence regarding the College Club of St. Louis’s consolidation with the St. Louis branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumni in the early 1920s.

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Norman J. Colman Photographs, 1889-1922 (C0790)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copy prints and negatives of office of COLMAN'S RURAL WORLD, c. 1900; Colman when secretary and commissioner of agriculture, from AMERICAN AGRICULTURALIST, March 1889; Colman with harness horse, from NEW BREEDER'S GAZETTE, 1922.

Columbia (Mo.) Concerts and Events Collection, 1960s-2025 (C4728)
8.0 cubic feet (165 folders), 4 audio discs, 1 DVD, 43 CDs, 1 computer disc, 7 oversize items, 5.08 GB of digital files

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Posters, advertisements, and ephemera pertaining to musical and social groups and events at venues located in Columbia, Missouri, and surrounding areas. Additional materials pertaining to events in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Lawrence, Kansas.

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Columbia (Mo.) Cultural Arts Center Planning Committee Records, 1993-1998 (C4664)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Planning documents of the organization working to create a cultural arts center in Columbia, Missouri.

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Columbia (Mo.) Kiwanis Club Records, 1940-2010 (CA6035)
16.2 cubic feet

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Records of a Columbia, Missouri, service organization include annual reports, minutes, correspondence, and financial records.

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Columbia (Mo.) Track Club Records, 1968-2013 (CA6209)
3.4 cubic feet, 8 computer discs

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Records of a not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 in Columbia, Missouri, to promote a year-round program of race-walking and distance running for everyone. Includes clippings, correspondence, newsletters, photographs and slides, publicity materials, race results, and miscellaneous records.

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Columbia Art League Records, 1958-2008 (C4768)
11.0 c.f. (251 folders), 25 oversize items, 122 MB of digital files

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Official records and other materials of a nonprofit organization founded in Columbia, Missouri in 1959 and dedicated to the encouragement and support of active community participation in the creation and appreciation of the visual arts.

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Columbia Audubon Society Records, 1957-2019 (CA6550)
4.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize item, 1 card file

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Records of the organization include minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, membership lists, correspondence, newsletters, and miscellaneous material.

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Columbia Chorale (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1978-2023 (CA6201)
8.8 cubic feet, 54 audio cassettes, 10 audio tapes, 23 CDs, 7 DVDs, 4 computer discs, 20 oversize items

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Records of an independent, mixed ensemble dedicated to performing choral music. Founded as the Ad Hoc Singers in June 1978.

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Columbia Civic Orchestra (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1995-2015 (CA6284)
1 cubic foot, 3 computer discs, 41 CDs, 2 oversize items

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Records of a volunteer group dedicated to presenting and preserving high-quality symphonic music. Includes organizational records, publications, and audio recordings of performances.

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Columbia Housing Authority (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1955-2006 (C4700)
17 c.f. (520 folders) 194 audio cassettes, 31 audio tapes, 6 oversize volumes, 8 oversize items

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Records of the organization include home surveys and photographs of urban renewal areas, disposition of properties, HUD board minutes, hearings, retreats, audio cassettes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

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Columbia Military Service Center (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1961-2010 (C4687)
0.2 cubic foot (5 folders)

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Assorted records include correspondence, board of director meeting minutes, notes, news clippings, financial statements, and articles of incorporation of a Columbia, Missouri, serviceman’s center.

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Columbia Mothersingers Records, 1946-2021 (CA6623)
7.74 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes, 1 computer disc, 2 DVDs

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The records of the organization consist of scrapbooks, photograph albums, meeting minutes, membership lists, president’s notebooks, histories, and miscellaneous material.

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Columbia Weavers' and Spinners' Guild Records, 1941-2022 (CA5402)
13.0 cubic feet, 7 computer discs, 2 audio cassettes, 25.3 MB of digital files

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Meeting minutes, treasurer’s reports, constitutions, yearbooks, newsletters, photographs, weaving notes and patterns, swatches and samples, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous material.

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Columbia, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1875-1994 (P0078)

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An artificial collection of photographs of Columbia, MO.

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Columbians Against Throwaways Records, 1970-2002 (C4675)
5.5 cubic feet (165 folders, 8 audio cassettes, 1 oversize item)

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Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, promotional and research material, photographs, and other records of a citizens group supporting a beverage container deposit ordinance.

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Commercial Club of Kansas City Scrapbooks, 1886-1913 (K0264)
0.2 c.f.

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Scrapbooks of media coverage for the activities of the Club (forerunner of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce), as well as many of Kansas City's civic events.

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Communications Class Oral History Project, 1987-1995 (S0512)
2.5 cubic feet, 116 cassette tapes

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The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted as class assignments in Elizabeth Kizer's Communication 242 class. The topics reflect St. Louis's history, including African Americans, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, immigrants, sports, and the Great Depression.

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Communications Consortium Media Center Records, 1980s-1990s (CA5661)
7.5 cubic feet

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Materials, compiled, collected, and distributed which relate to women's news issues. Topics include abortion, human reproduction, media, politics, and others.

Communications Workers of America Records, 1983-2009 (S0864)
25 cubic feet

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The records of the Communication Workers of American contain Grievance files, correspondence, contract books, and arbitration awards pertaining to the union's mission to advocate workers in the telecommunications and information technology industries.

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Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) Records, 1976-2012 (K0914)
22.2 c.f.

Organizational records of a faith-based, grass roots organization focused on community issues such as healthcare, foreclosure, and pay day loans. Includes board minutes, financial records, public relation files, training, research, and newsletters.

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Community Action Partnership Records, 1991-1998 (CA6054)
4 cubic feet

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Executive skills portfolios prepared by community action leaders from across the country. Submitted to the national association, the portfolios document a variety of accomplishments by community leaders in pursuit of CCAP [Certified Community Action Professional] designation. Includes correspondence, work samples, and essays.

Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax (COMBAT) Records, 1999-2001 (K0913)
2.5 c.f.

COMBAT was a Jackson County supported anti-drug program. Includes administrative records, grant materials, notes, reports, printed and published materials, and newspapers clippings.

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Community Children's Theatre Records, 1947-1999 (K1255)
19 c.f.

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Organizational records of Kansas City area Children's Theatre group made up of a number of local theater companies: presidents files, committee notebooks, minutes, rosters, financial records, programs, publications, newsletters, and photographs. Also plays/scripts and performance photographs. scrapbooks, various books, catalogues, and professional publications.

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Community Development Society Records, 1964-2025 (CA5728)
19.7 cubic feet, 13 rolls of microfilm, 14 computer discs, 2 flash drives

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Addition of publications, correspondence, financial records, board meeting minutes, committee materials, annual meeting materials, handbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous material.

Community Development Society Records, 1969-1995 (C3880)
15.0 cubic feet, 3 audio cassettes

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Records of a professional association of academics and practitioners of community development in the United States and Canada, which promotes the effective practice of community development through advancement of education and research in the field.  The records consist of correspondence and memoranda of officers; board meeting minutes; committee records; annual meeting materials; issues of the Journal of the Community Development Society and other publications; membership brochures, directories, newsletters, and surveys; and other assorted organizational records.

Community School Historic Subject Files Collection, 1883-1996 (S1092)
3 cubic feet, 105 folders, 22 photographs

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The collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and art reproductions related to the history of Missouri, St. Louis, and the United States. Staff members of the Community School, an independent educational institution that encourages a non-rigid educational environment for children, collected the materials to educate their pupils. Topics of interest include the Veiled Prophet Ball, the Old Courthouse, Jefferson Barracks, and the Gemini and Apollo space programs.

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Community Video Advisory Board (CVAB) Records, 1969-1992 (K0403)
1 c.f.

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Administrative materials of the Board which oversaw operation of American Cablevision's public access channel. Also information from Ecumedia, an interfaith, nonprofit television show on Channel 30 of American Cablevision, and the Metropolitan Inter-Church Agency (MICA), a council of churches that brought the Christian community together.

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Community Woman's Club of Gideon Records, 1929-1990 (R0477)
(3 rolls of microfilm)

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These are record books and scrapbooks of the Community Woman's Club of Gideon in New
Madrid County, Missouri. The record books contain minutes of meetings, membership rosters, and
treasurer's records, 1929-1975. The scrapbooks include printed material, photographs, and miscellaneous
items concerning the club's activities, 1940-1990.

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Compton Heights Band of St. Louis Records, 1960-2022 (S0438)
17 c.f.

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This collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, photographs, negative slides, programs, flyers, scripts, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, and one vinyl record that document the band’s history and mission to play and preserve concert band music in the Compton Heights community.

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Concordia Project Records, 1990s (CA6099)
0.6 cubic feet

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Color photographs and negatives of textiles produced by Missouri artisans for the Concordia Project. Includes crochet and tatting, cut work and embroidery, quilts and quilting, rag rugs, and weaving. Also includes miscellaneous files and audio cassette interviews.

Confluence St. Louis Oral History Project, 1994-1995 (S0619)
1 cubic foot, 7 folders, 42 audio cassettes

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Confluence St. Louis purports to improve the quality of life in St. Louis through broad-based participation by interested citizens in study and action on issues of importance to the region. The collection includes fifteen oral history tapes, summaries, and consent forms, documenting the history of Confluence St. Louis.

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Confluence St. Louis Records, 1983-1995 (S0866)
3 cubic feet

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The records of Confluence St. Louis contain meeting minutes, reports, long-range plans, newsletters, cassettes, and oral history consent forms, documenting the organization's mission to promote civic cooperation in the St. Louis region.

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Congregation B'nai Jehudah Collection, 1950-2011 (K0649)
1 c.f.

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The Congregation is the oldest reform temple in Kansas City, MO. includes newsletters and publication from the Congregation.

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Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner Collection, 1915-2003 (K1303)
0.3 c.f.

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he collection contains a scrapbook documenting the activities of the Giborim
Chapter of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth and other miscellaneous
materials related to local Jewish synagogues and organizations.

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Congregation Beth Shalom Records, 1917-2002 (K0602)
37.12 c.f.

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Organizational records including minutes, financial records, correspondence, commemorative booklets, brochures, speeches, photographs, VHS cassettes of rabbinical lectures, religious activities, and various school programs.

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Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood Records, 1961-2006 (K0603)
12 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Sisterhood including by-laws, committee reports, financial documents, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the year's activities including meetings, conferences, and social gatherings.

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Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection, 1985-1996 (K1453)
8 cubic feet (170 VHS tapes)

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The Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection contains eight cubic feet of VHS videotapes, primarily focused on the lectures of Rabbi Morris Margolies. Rabbi Margolies was Beth Shalom’s senior rabbi from 1961 to 1986 and continued his involvement with the congregation until his death in 2012.

Congregation Ohev Shalom Collection, 1977-2007 (K0682)
0.1 c.f.

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Books commemorating the 100th and 130th anniversaries of Congregation Ohev Shalom, and video recording of program honoring Rabbi Daniel Horowitz.

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Congregation Ohev Sholom Newsletters, 1994-2008 (K1385)
0.49 c.f. (15 folders)

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Congregation Ohev Sholom Newsletters, The Briefer, 1994-2008

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Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1889-1925 (C4042)
12.8 cubic feet (413 folders)

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The collection contains business correspondence, land contracts, court appeals, share-holding certificates, payment receipts, record books, warranty deeds, and other documents produced by the Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers through their real estate transactions in Missouri and Texas.

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