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James T. Scott Memorial Collection, 2010-2011 (C4072)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders), 9 CDs, 2 DVDs, 1 computer disc
The collection contains audio, video, and images related to the James T. Scott Monument Committee in Columbia, Missouri. The committee was created to raise funds to purchase a new headstone for lynching victim James T. Scott's burial site in Columbia Cemetery.
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Larry James Collection, 1874-2019 (SP0038)
1.5 cubic feet (33 folders, 6 photographs, 239 negatives)
The Larry James Collection consists of photographs taken and collected by local historian and author Larry James. Photographs in this collection were also taken by freelance writer and photographer, Charles Townson Allonby. The books in this collection were written or co-written by Larry James and focus on the history of Newton County, Missouri.
Walt Jaschek Papers, 1968-2019 (S0371)
0.3 cubic foot
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
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.
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Kimberly Jayne Papers, 1985-2020 (S0503)
6 cubic feet
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 City Association of Educational Office Personnel Records, 1950-2010 (CA6617)
5.4 cubic feet, 8 oversize volumes
The records of the organization include scrapbooks, meeting minutes, programs, yearbooks, correspondence, newsletter material, and miscellaneous material.
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Jerry Pitts M-K-T Railroad Collection, 1908-2016 (CA6538)
4 cubic feet, 2 oversize items
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.
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.
Jewish Community Center Centennial Oral History Project, 2013 (K1286)
0.3 c.f.
Oral histories of long standing members of the Jewish Community in Greater Kansas City, particularly relating to the Community Center.
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John W. Gregory and Company Collection, 1950-2010 (S0351)
14.5 cubic feet
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.
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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
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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Burnam R. Jones Papers, 1897-1966, 2011 (C4405)
0.4 cubic feet (7 folders)
This collection features papers by or pertaining to the life of World War I veteran Burnam R. Jones. There are photographs taken in France as well as photographs from his life before and after the war. There are sketches done by Jones and several memoirs typed by Jones.
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Mona Darlene Jones Collection, 1969-2011 (R1343)
3 cubic feet (35 folders, 1 DVD, 14 audio tapes, 8 vinyl records)
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.
Joplin Tornado Oral History Project Records, 2013-2015 (C4095)
0.2 cubic feet (12 folders), 22 CDs, 494 MB of digital files (100 jpgs)
The collection consists of interviews with people who experienced, were affected by, and/or were a part of the devastating EF5 multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. The focus of this project is to help document the community of Joplin both before and after the tornado, as well as the rebuilding of this community. The collection consists of digitally recorded interviews, transcripts, and photographs.
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Joplin Tornado Photographs, 2011 (S1040)
0.25 cubic foot
Photographs of tornado damage in Joplin, MO from June 3, 2011.
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Journalism and Women Symposium Records, 1977, 1985-2019 (C4489)
7.0 c.f. (169 folders, 12 artifacts), 59 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 2 DVDs, 11.2 MB of digital files (14 docs, 10 pdfs), 4 oversize items
The records of the organization include correspondence, newsletters, symposium programs and planning materials, financial records, photographs, and audiovisual material.
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Norman Benjamin Kahn Papers, 1939-2011 (K1270)
3 c.f.
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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Kansas City Musical Club Records, 1899-2011 (K0276)
12 c.f.
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, yearbooks, bulletins, and newsletters. Scrapbooks include the Junior Department, publicity, and yearly activities and events, and many photographs. The Club provides performance opportunities for musicians and scholarship assistance and financial aid to large musical organizations
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Kappa Phi Sorority, Sigma Chapter Records, 1926-2019 (S0289)
3.2 cubic feet
This collection contains bylaws, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the Kappa Phi Sorority, Sigma Chapter, founded in 1926 by St. Louis-area women who had attended the Elmhurst Evangelical Training School at Elmhurst College (later Elmhurst University) that same year. Membership expanded in the following years to include women who belonged to the United Church of Christ and other Protestant denominations. The group initially focused on awarding young women scholarships to attend Evangelical Leadership Training Schools throughout the country and evolved into raising funds for St. Louis Metropolitan area charities, including the Emmaus Homes and the United Way. The collection contains scrapbooks compiled yearly by Sigma Chapter members, consisting of newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence, documenting their social activities and charitable endeavors. Items of interest in the scrapbooks include photographs of the Sigma Chapter's visits to the St. Louis Colored Orphans home in 1941.
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Steven P. Katz Collection, 2011 (K1328)
0.1 c.f.
book "The Kings of Cut-Rate" by Brian Burnes with Steve Katz, about Katz' grandfather, Isaac Katz, his brother, Michael Katz, and the Katz Drug Stores.
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Dorris Keeven-Franke Papers, 1988-2014 (S0548)
0.5 cubic feet
The Dorris Keeven-Franke Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, brochures, and newsletters documenting her career as a public historian, including her involvement with the St. Charles County German Heritage Club and Washington Preservation, Inc.
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Kehilath Israel Synagogue Collection, 1940-2010 (K0776)
0.2 c.f.
Memorabilia pertaining to the Synagogue including music, plays, programs for children, commemorative books, posters, and newspaper clippings.
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Diane Kerckhoff Papers, 1842-2023 (S0499)
4.2 cubic feet
The Diane Kerckhoff papers contain correspondence, newsletters, photographs, police reports, and training manuals documenting Kerckhoff’s involvement in crime prevention in Missouri, including her work with the St. Louis Crusade Against Crime, the St. Louis County Justice Commission, the Missouri Crime Prevention Association, and the Attorney General’s Crime Commission. Also included in the collection are policy and procedures manuals Kerckhoff co-wrote for small police departments as co-founder of Policy Inc.
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Susan Kerckhoff Papers, 1900-2014 (S0290)
4.15 cubic feet
The collection primarily consists of Susan Kerckhoff and her mother, Ruth Kerckhoff's diaries. Ruth Kerckhoff's diaries recounted Susan Kerckhoff's marriage to John Mulligan on June 27, 1959; the death of her husband, Otto Alexander Kerchkhoff, whose family founded Pevely Farms, on April 21, 1966; and social outings, including her service as a matron at Veiled Prophet Ball in 1959. Other items of interest include a scrapbook documenting Susan Kerckhoff's experiences as a maid of honor for the Veiled Prophet Ball in 1956.
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Albert Aven Kinder Papers, 1919-1967, 2012 (CG0005)
0.2 cubic feet
The Albert Aven Kinder Papers contains photographs, yearbook pages, and correspondence between members of the Kinder family. There are 29 photographs of the Kinder family from 1919 to 1967, yearbook pages from The Girardot (Central High School), The Sagamore (Southeast Missouri State University), The Savitar (University of Missouri-Columbia), and correspondence to Sherrill Kinder Wright from Marcia Kinder Geer and Edna Kinder Anderson.
Kathleen Kinderfather Papers, 1920-2020 (S0394)
8 cubic feet
This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, reel-to-reel tapes, and photographs documenting Kathleen Kinderfather's career as a physical education professor at Harris-Stowe State University and her involvement with the Missouri Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD); Phi Delta Pi; and Pi Lambda Theta.
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Kiwanis Club of Columbia, Golden K Records, 1985-2021 (CA6626)
9.5 cubic feet
The records of the organization include newsletters, membership records, financial records, reports, club histories, meeting minutes, photographs, information on service projects, and miscellaneous material.
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Carol Kleiman Papers, 1954-2015 (CA5733)
68 cubic feet, 10 oversize volumes, 36 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape, 1 video cassette, 1 film, 8 oversize items, 1 jpg
Papers of associate business editor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Contains columns and articles concerning employment and women in the workforce. Also includes other writings such as books, short stories, and poetry, and materials from speeches, and radio and television appearances.
Mary M. Knoblauch Papers, 1961-2014 (CA6727)
4.78 cubic feet (2 audio discs, 2 audio tapes, 4 video cassettes)
The papers of Mary M. Knoblauch, a print journalist for Chicago's American and the Chicago Tribune, include newspaper clippings, tear sheets, awards, certificates, audiovisual material, correspondence, and an unpublished manuscript. Also included are papers covering Knoblauch's time as a freelance writer, film critic, and writing coach.
Sol Koenigsberg Papers, 1954-2011 (K1197)
0.5 c.f.
This collection contains papers related to the Jewish Federation and Council of Greater Kansas City, including the organization's history and newspaper clippings. In addition, there are personal papers related to Sol Koenigsberg, who was Executive Director of the Jewish Federation and Council, including a memoir and personal photographs.
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Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Papers, 1950s-2023 (CA6637)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 video cassette, 20.26 GB of digital files
The papers of a journalism and communications educator at Florida International University in Miami, and executive director of the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, contain speeches, teaching materials, publications, survey material, materials documenting her involvement in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the Society of Professional Journalists, and miscellaneous professional material.
Korean War Veterans Association Records, 1953-2012 (R1498)
1.25 cubic feet (19 folders, 1 VHS, 1 VHS-C)
The Korean War Veterans Association Collection consists of scrapbook pages, photographs, audio-visual, and institutional records from the Korean War Veterans Association in Rolla, Missouri.
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Cleo D. Kottwitz Papers, 1960s-2019 (CA6536)
4.4 cubic feet, 1 DVD
The papers of a Methodist minister who worked in various locations throughout Missouri include funeral programs; sermons for funeral and weddings performed; presentations on the circuit rider Jacob Lanius; and work with the United Methodist Rural Fellowship and Town and Country Ministries. The collection also includes a small amount of material concerning the nursing career of his wife, Ellen Olmsted Kottwitz, as well as material concerning the Missouri Heifer Project and the International Farm Youth Exchange.
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Jacob P. Kraft Family Papers, 1950-2010 (K1040)
0.25 c.f.
Family papers of former Film Projection/Engineer for KCTV. Includes family history and genealogy of the Kravchenko/Kraft family, Jewish publications, cook book, and Yarmulkes.
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Roger Bennett Kraft Architectural Records Collection, 1980-2010 (K0813)
220 c.f.
Architectural drawings, project files, photographs and supporting documents relating to new structures and renovations designed by Kraft, a Kansas City architect/artist known for his creative use of space and design.. Also drawings and files relating to furniture also designed by Kraft.
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Gary R. Kremer Papers, 1961-2019 (CA6143)
11.2 cubic feet, 42 audio cassettes, 4 CDs, 3 DVDs, 4 video cassettes, 329.9 MB of digital files
The papers of the Director of the State Historical Society of Missouri primarily contain correspondence, publications, research material, and audiovisual material.
Young-Hie Nahm Kromm Papers, 1958-2021 (S0449)
11 cubic feet
The Young-Hie Nahm Kromm Papers consist of architectural plans, correspondence, site specifications, floor plans, photographs, and meeting minutes documenting Kromm’s career as a Korean-American woman architect with Kromm, Rikimaru, and Johansen Inc.
Kuk Sool Won, St. Louis Records, 1988-2010 (S0338)
7 cubic feet
The Kuk Sool Won, St. Louis Records contain photographs, scrapbooks, and tests documenting the school's dedication to teaching Kuk Sool Won, a traditional Korean martial arts system founded in 1958 by In Hyuk Suh.
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Asa V. Ladd Papers, 1864-2012 (C2710)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to wife when under sentence of death, and from Chaplain Philip McKim telling of the execution. Letter from Ladd to his father with postscript from chaplain. See St. Louis Democrat, October 31, 1864, for biographical information. Also includes a brief history and map of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Slides of these documents are included.
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Marilyn Hope Lake Papers, 1955-2016 (CA6627)
12.2 cubic feet
The papers of an author, instructor, and educational association executive include writings, correspondence, greeting cards, journals, and miscellaneous personal and professional material.
Phyllis Langsdorf Papers, 1977-2018 (S0383)
0.3 cubic foot
The Phyllis Langsdorf Papers contains photographs, newsletters, and program booklets documenting Langsdorf volunteer work with the Craft Alliance Center for Art and Design and Barnes Jewish Hospital.
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John E. Lankford Papers, 1934-2018 (CA5175)
12.1 cubic feet
The professional and personal papers of a history professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia include correspondence, publications, research and teaching materials, biographical information, photographs, poetry, financial records, and miscellaneous material.
League of Women Voters of Missouri Records, 1911-2023 (S0232)
23 cubic feet, 536 folders, 7 audio tapes, 56 rolls microfilm
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Leawood Women's Club Records, 1960-2013 (K0428)
7.6 c.f.
Scrapbooks, minutes, annual reports, newsletters, Yearbooks, and bylaws for the Club in Leawood, KS.
Kate and Eugene Lebovitz Papers, 1964-2013 (K1310)
0.2 c.f.
program: Harry S. Truman Commendation Award Dinner, 1965; newspapers: KC Jewish Chronicle, September 11, 1964; January 22, 1965; The Buffalo Jewish Review, September 27, 2013.
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Frederic Sterling Lee Papers, 1972-2014 (K1317)
34 c.f.
The papers of Frederic Sterling Lee, former Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, contain his personal and professional research files, correspondence, writings and edited works. Dr. Lee was internationally known for his work on alternative microeconomic theory.
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Lee’s Summit Underwater Rescue and Recovery Team Collection, 1988, 1998-1999, 2014 (KA2626)
.04 c.f.
The collection contains a certificate of recognition, correspondence, and a book related to the Lee’s Summit Underwater Rescue and Recovery Team.
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Marian Sunie Sherman Levin Papers, 1940-2010 (K1211)
0.09 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Marian Sunie Sherman Levin Papers contain articles and books with advice for grandparents and senior citizens written by Sunie Levin, as well as a copy of the 1940 Congregation Keneseth Israel Beth Sholom Synagogue Schools yearbook.
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Andrea Levitan Papers, 1978-2011 (K1293)
0.25 c.f.
The collection contains material relating to the youth, education, community leadership, and extracurricular activities of Andrea Levitan. The collection also includes material relating to Levitan family history.
Christopher J. Lewandowski Papers, 2003-2016 (R1358)
0.25 cubic foot (7 folders)
This collection of bluegrass related materials included souvenir programs, booklets, magazines, festival flyers, personal band posters, newspaper articles, band photographs, photo albums related to bluegrass performers.