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Sappington Family Genealogical Collection, 1926-2010s (CA6435)
27 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 2 DVDs, 7 oversize items

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The papers in this collection are a genealogical history of the Sappington family who were largely located in central Missouri with likely origins in Maryland, Georgia, and Mississippi.

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Lou Saur Papers, 1967-2015 (S0708)
30 cubic feet

The Lou Saur Papers contain correspondence, master plans, feasibility studies, architectural plans, photographs, slides, and sketchbook drawings documenting Saur's architectural career as co-founder of Hoffmann/Saur Architects.

Elizabeth Gentry Sayad Papers, 1943-2009 (S0476)
12 cubic feet, 1274 photographs, 7 reel-to-reel tapes, 5 videotapes, 1 scrapbook

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The Elizabeth Gentry Sayad Papers consist of newspaper clippings and correspondence, documenting her activities in St. Louis-area cultural events. Topics of interest include A Fair to Remember, Christ Church Cathedral, the Mayor's Task Force on the Humanities and the Arts, the Mississippi River Festival and Tricentennial, the New Music Circle, and the Repertory Theater.

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Scenic Missouri, Inc. Records, 1980s-2000s (CA6243)
6 cubic feet, 5 audio cassettes, 57 computer discs, 47 video cassettes

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Records of a nonprofit organization advocating scenic conservation in Missouri. The group conducted "Save Our Scenery" initiative-petition drives and placed a statewide vote on billboard control on the November 2000 ballot. The measure lost 51 to 49 percent. Contains correspondence, financial records, publicity materials, photographs and slides, and audiovisual materials.

Elenore Schewe Collection, 1920-2002 (C4266)
1.8 cubic feet (39 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 5 oversize items

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The collection of Elenore Schewe contains material of her research into refractory companies in Missouri, including both institutional records of the companies themselves and the personal papers and records of various important figures in the refractory companies. This collection was created as part of Schewe's work assisting in the research for the book Refractories: the Hidden Industry by Corinne Azen Krause.

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Cliff Schiappa Papers, 1977-1983, 2002 (CA6621)
1.1 cubic feet, 399 MB of digital files

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The papers of a photojournalist who graduated from the University of Missouri largely contain photographs, negatives, and clippings from his time as a student attending the university and while working for the Kansas City Times. Also contains material pertaining to a political debate held at Columbia College.

Morris Schlozman Papers, 1953-2004 (K1092)
0.2 c.f.

Schlozman was Business Manager and General Manager of Box Office, an international film trade journal. Includes materials pertaining to Congregation Beth Shalom (commemoration books, memories of Rabbi Gershon Hadas) and a articles and other materials from renowned Jewish scholar Irving Levitas.

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J. Peter Schmitz Papers, 1992-2004 (S1120)
13 cubic feet

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The J. Peter Schmitz Papers contain correspondence, legal research materials, and newspaper clippings relating to Schmitz's career as an environmental lawyer. Subjects of interest include the Open Space Council, the Missouri Pacific Railway, and White Haven, Missouri.

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Ruth B. Schowalter Papers, 1944-2006 (R1488)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders)

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The papers of Ruth B. Schowalter contain the personal papers of Norma Ruth Baxter Schowalter and genealogical materials related to the Schowalter, Bickey, and Bradford families.

Adolf E. and Rebecca B. Schroeder Collection, 1550, 1800-1804, 1913-2012 (C4483)
19.0 cubic feet (458 folders), 233 audio cassettes, 28 audio discs, 41 audio tapes, 80 video cassettes, 1 CD, 2 rolls microfilm, 1 film, 8 oversize items, 229 MB of digital files

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The papers of Adolf Schroeder, professor of German at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and his wife Rebecca, editor of the Missouri Heritage Readers, including their work with European-American oral histories and Missouri folklore and folk music.

Victor J. Schroeder Papers, 1891-2010 (CA6496)
4.4 cubic feet, 2 oversize items

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The papers of a Methodist minister from Troy, Missouri, contain a transcription of his journals, along with correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material. Schroeder served churches in Georgia, Ohio, and Illinois, as well as Warren, Lincoln, St. Charles, and St. Louis Counties, Missouri. The collection also includes family material, including papers concerning his father, John Ernst Schroeder, a chiropractor who served in WWI.

Walter A. Schroeder Papers, 1972-2008 (CA6385)
0.6 cubic feet

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Papers contain material pertaining to Schroeder's work with Missouri place name surveys involving Adolph E. Schroeder and Don Lance, as well as the founding of the Missouri Board of Geographic Names.

John C. Schuder Papers, 1969-2002 (CA6342)
3 cubic feet

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Addition of papers of an officer of the Columbia, Missouri, Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and member of the Anti-War Moratorium Committee. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.

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Eunice Westhusing Schussler Collection, 1944-2017 (C4594)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders, 9.5 MB of digial files)

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The papers of a resident of Henry County, Missouri, include World War II letters from Eugene "Gene" Sickman and Korean War letters from her brother Clyde "Bud" Westhusing. Also included are family photographs and obituaries.

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Scotland County Genealogical Society Collection, 1841-2021 (CA6609)
2.2 cubic feet, 4 card files

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The collection contains material collected by the Scotland County Genealogical Society including photographs, funeral programs, county history, court records, tax records, marriage licenses, and miscellaneous documents.

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James W. Scott Papers, 1930-2007 (K0554)
4.5 c.f.

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Correspondence, paperwork, political cartoons, various notes and booklets written and/or collected by Scott, reporter, editor, and later vice president of the Kansas City Star Company.

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Janet Scott Papers, 1951-2019 (S0353)
4.8 cubic feet

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The Jan Scott Papers contain correspondence, program booklets, photographs, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and cassette tapes documenting Scott’s career as a flutist, educator, and founder of the National Women’s Yellow Pages of Greater St. Louis. Also included in the collection are materials relating to Scott’s involvement with the Women’s Policy Alliance (formerly the Alliance for the Status of Missouri Women), which dedicated itself to developing a proactive women’s policy agenda to empower and improve Missouri women’s lives.

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Quinta Scott Papers, 1876-2010 (S0744)
30 cubic feet

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The Quinta Scott Papers contain correspondence, photographs, book drafts, and galley proofs documenting her career as a St. Louis-area photographer and author of numerous Missouri-related books, including the Eads Bridge (1979), Route 66: The Highway and Its People (1989), Along Route 66 (2000), and The Mississippi: A Visual Biography (2010).

Joanie Melton Seale Papers, 1971-2006 (SP0098)
0.4 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The Joanie Melton Seale Papers contain materials related to the Lester E. Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, collected by registered nurse Joanie Melton Seale. The collection consists of publications, a medical directory, and a calendar celebrating the hospital’s centennial. The collection also includes a program for the 1971 Missouri State Fair.

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Second Missionary Baptist Church (Columbia) Records, 1938-2024 (CA6765)
4 c.f.

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The Second Missionary Baptist Church Records contains church histories, bible study guides, church anniversary records, program materials, church publications, copies of photographs, articles, church bulletins, and miscellaneous administrative documents, 1938-2024. Also included are sermons and programs organized and given by Reverend Clyde Ruffin. The Church was created in Columbia, Missouri in 1866 by freed peoples of color and emancipated slaves.

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Don Secrease Papers, 1971-2020 (S0370)
2.3 cubic foot

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The collection contains St. Louis-area published stripzines, comic books, and original storyboards documenting Don Secrease's career as a comic book artist and publisher. Materials of interest include issues of Swashbucklers, a comic book Secrease published with Rick Burchett and Paul Daly, and ran for four issues from 1980-1982. Also included in the collection are original storyboards Secrease created for Swashbucklers.   

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Senior Leadership of Johnson County, KS Records, 1996-2007 (K1181)
2 c.f.

Organizational records of a steering committee to coordinate a leadership program with Leadership Northeast for seniors in Johnson County. Includes minutes, committee reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, newsletters, photographs, floppy disks, and CDs.

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Ben Senturia Papers, 1968-2015 (S0745)
30 cubic feet

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Ben Senturia has been long active in environmental, antiwar, and political reform efforts. A graduate of Washington University in 1966, Senturia served as a research assistant for Barry Commoner, an early and ardent environmentalist, from 1966 through 1968. Senturia became a predoctoral fellow in the Environmental Field Program at Washington University at this time. Thereafter, he worked as an organizer and campaign consultant for a variety of public interest, nonprofit organizations, chief among them were the St. Louis Coalition for the Environment and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Throughout this time and beyond, Senturia frequently acted as a consultant to numerous nonprofit organizations, assisting them in organizing and directing political or fund-raising campaigns as part of a private business, the Center for Active Citizenship, organized in 1989. The papers contain correspondence, essays, photographs, legislative materials, and reports.

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Daniel Serda Papers, 1976-2011 (K0687)
21 c.f.

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Research materials gathered by Serda, a local historian, city planner, and faculty in the Department of Urban Planning, University of Kansas. Includes Kansas City bibliographic research, the Kansas City Stock Yards, the 1951 Flood, and other topics of his research and writing.

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Settle Family Papers, 1857-2008 (CG0026)
1.25 c. f.

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Correspondence and photographs of the Settle, O'Bannon, and Rhodes families of Wayne County, Missouri and Arkansas. Also includes genealogy records, Bible, and report cards for Virgil E. Settle.

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Severance Book Review Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1931-2000 (C4364)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)

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The records of a literary club contain constitutions, minutes, and membership lists of the club.

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Betty Kennedy Sewell Genealogical Collection, 1912-2016 (CG0011)
1.4 cubic feet

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The collection contains genealogical research, including family group sheets, correspondence, clippings, and photographs of the Kennedy, Zook, Sheppard, Priest, Renfroe, Whitley, Gisler, Doughty, and affiliated families.

Norbert Shacklette Collection, 1891-2023 (R1511)
3 cubic feet (53 folders)

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The Norbert Shacklette Collection contains railroad financial records and correspondence, transportation publications and related labor union communications from South-Central Missouri, and Missouri Democratic Party event programs and memorabilia.

Leo Shalinsky and Arlene Shalinsky Papers, 1982-2010 (K1046)
0.09 c.f.

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Includes materials of the Kansas City Jewish Marriage Encounter and the Retired Old Men's Eating Association (R.O.M.E.O) club.

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John Elliott Shamberg Papers, 1923-2001 (K0748)
9 c.f.

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Correspondence between Shamberg, his family and friends, relating his college years, early career, World War II, and after the war. Shamberg was an attorney and personal counsel to Robert B. Docking, governor of Kansas,

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Patsy Dunn Shanberg Papers, 1963-2004 (K0801)
1 c.f.

Scrapbooks, photographs of Brandeis University National Women's Committee (BUNWC) events, family history and religious items. Of particular interest is a wooden, hand carved Tzedakah box, model of Beth Shalom Synagogue.

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Preston T. Sharp Collection, circa 2004 (R1204)
(2 folders)

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These are an annotated Civil War diary and a biography of Preston T. Sharp, a resident of Harrison County, Missouri, and Fall River County, South Dakota, and first lieutenant of Company H, 12th Missouri Cavalry. Edited and compiled by Chuck and Nova Sharp Bolton, the collection includes the story of Sharp's life, and his diary covering the Nashville campaign, December 1864-Januuary 1865, and Powder River Expedition in Wyoming and Montana in 1865.

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Shaw and Whitelaw Family Papers, 1886-2008 (CA6696)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Family papers of the Shaw and Whitelaw families of Kidder, Missouri. Items include pedigree charts and family diaries. Also included are four compact disks that contain family letter transcriptions, photographs, and family histories.

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Deb Sheals Photographs, 2005 (P0222)
70.1 MB of digital files (1 computer disc; 82 JPGS)

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Digital photographs taken by Deb Sheals of the St. Albans Farms Stone Barn, which was located in Franklin County, Missouri.

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Shepherd's Center of America Records, 1972-2006 (K1183)
29 c.f.

The Center provided life-long learning and other services for older people so they could maintain independence. The organizational records of the national office of the Center includes history files, Board of Directors and committee files, newsletters and mailings, planning and program files, national and regional conference files, leadership training materials, photographs, cassette, floppy discs, and video tapes.

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Shepherd's Center-Central Kansas City, MO Records, 1972-2011 (K0600)
8 c.f.

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Organizational records of the local chapter, the first for the life-long education and support services for the aging national organization. Includes board of directors' minutes, annual reports, photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks.

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Shepley-Hill Family Papers, 1898-2021 (S0327)
2 cubic feet

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The Shepley-Hill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, family trees, and a diary pertaining to the lives of Ethan A.H. Shepley, Virginia Hill-Shepley, and Michael Shepley. Materials of interest include Ethan A.H. Shepley Sr.’s World War I diary and correspondence between Virginia Hill-Shepley and Jay Landesman.

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Show Me Rotary Leadership Institute Records, 1983-2021 (CA6369)
8.5 cubic feet

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Records of the organization consist of correspondence, minutes, treasurer's files, and miscellaneous material of past presidents and council members.

James F. Shrewsbury Papers, 1955-2014 (S0988)
54 cubic feet

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The James F. Shrewsbury Papers consist of meeting minutes, political campaign material, newspaper clippings, reports, and political campaign materials pertaining Shrewsbury’s career on the 16th Ward Alderman (1983-2007) and the President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman (2002-2007), for the city of St. Louis. This collection also contains political campaign ephemera—bumper stickers, political buttons, and flyers—pertaining to Missouri state and national politicians. The materials in this collection date from 1962 to 2015.

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SHSMO-KC Picture Collection, 1870-2010 (K0026)
8 c.f.

An artificial collection of photographs, postcards, pictures from various sources.

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Marian Tranin Shultz Papers, 1910-2008 (K1060)
2.5 c.f.

Daughter of entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Menorah Medical Center (MMC) founder Earl Tranin, Shultz has also been a volunteer at MMC. Includes correspondence, letters, postcards, magazines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, certificates, plaques, yearbooks, and a Menorah Medical Center history.

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Merna Singer Siegler and Sylvan Siegler Papers, 1940-2012 (K1261)
0.5 c.f.

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Personal papers of active members of the Jewish Community, including National Council of Jewish Women and Beth Shalom Sisterhood notebooks, and World War II photograph/postcard album.

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Sierra Club, Ozark Chapter Records, 1967-2019 (S0428)
65.25 cubic feet, 979 photographs, 14 audio tape

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The records of the Sierra Club, Ozark Chapter, contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, photographs, and newsletters documenting the chapter's mission to protect the nation's wilderness. Subjects of interest include nuclear power, coal and strip mining, and the Meramec Dam.

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Sigma Alpha Iota Alumnae Chapter Records, 1946-2001 (K0821)
8 c.f.

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Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to activities of the music sorority.

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Sigma Alpha Iota, St. Louis Alumnae Chapter Records, 1943-2022 (S0399)
3.75 cubic feet

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The collection contains meeting minutes, yearbooks, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting Sigma Alpha Iota, St. Louis Chapter's mission as a fraternal organization to develop music appreciation and talent in the United States and the globe through education and philanthropy. 

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Sikeston Little Theatre Collection, 1959-2021 (CG0083)
2.0 cubic feet

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Collection of photographs, programs, newspaper clippings and printed materials documenting the history of the Sikeston Little Theatre.

Aletha Schultz Simon Papers, 1942-2012 (K0865)
4.75 c.f.

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Personal papers of a Kansas City native, active in many civic and Jewish communal organizations. Includes board and committee minutes, lesson plans, exhibit notes, forms, programs, flyers, stationary, a calendar, a directory, handbooks, articles, brochures, and newspaper clippings of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism, Beth Shalom Sisterhood, and the Museum Without Walls. Also materials for Beth Shalom, National Council of Jewish Women, the Jewish Community Center, Midwest Center For Holocaust Education, and the Eureka Fishing Club.

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Betty Sims Papers, 1994-2004 (S0301)
3.5 cubic feet

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The Betty Sims Paper contains correspondence, newsletters, legislative materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, subject files, and a visitors log pertaining to Sims' career as a Missouri State Senator from 1995 to 2002. Subjects of interest include Sims' involvement with the passage of House Bill No. 974, which imposed sentencing guidelines and lifetime supervision for sexual predators.

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Thomas E. Sims Papers, 1952-2001 (K0639)
19 c.f.

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Professional papers of a Kansas City, Missouri Municipal court judge, 16th Judicial Circuit. Includes correspondence, research materials, case studies, newsletters and publications of various state and national legal organizations.

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Ike Skelton Papers, 1970s-2010 (CA6210)
254 cubic feet, 261 audio cassettes, 97 audio tapes, 44 CDs, 393 video cassettes, 17 oversize items, 1 oversize volume, 8.01 MB digital files

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Papers of Democratic congressman who represented Missouri's 4th District from 1977-2011. Appointment books, clippings, Congressional Research Service files, correspondence, financial records, photographs, press releases, and speeches are included.