Manuscripts Index

Beatrice Adams Papers, 1937-1975 (S0373)
0.15 cubic foot, 6 folders, 2 photographs, 1 scrapbook

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The papers of Beatrice Adams contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, writing samples, and biographical data relating to Adams's career as an advertising executive at Gardner Advertising and her role as an officer of the Advertising Women of St. Louis.

Benjamin Cullen Adams Papers, 1906-1951 (C2161)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The papers of Benjamin Cullen Adams contain correspondence with his mother, 1906-1914, about Adams' work for Ellis & Company of London in Brazil; biographical material on his father, Congressman Henry Cullen Adams; and material on Gas Service Company Group, Kansas City, of which Adams was president and general manager.

James A. Adams Letter, 1863 (C1615)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Directive that three prisoners were being sent to the Provost Marshall General at St. Louis in charge of Lt. Newlee, 9th Cavalry, Missouri State Militia. Instructions to St. Louis Provost Guard from Brig. General Strong, June 22, 1863, to allow Newlee to pass.

James A. Adams Letter, 1862 (C2629)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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From Provost Marshall's Office requiring Price to furnish provisions for six Rebel prisoners.

O.G.W. Adams Patent Medicine Circular, 1895 (C2574)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Printed advertisement for a mail-order medicine. Adams bills himself as a "chronic disease specialist."

Adamson Family Papers, 1848-1942 (C4238)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The papers of the Adamson family contain Edmund James Adamson's business correspondence and records, including taxes, deeds, promissory notes, and receipts, family correspondence, and some family genealogy. The Adamson family lived in Dade and Lawrence Counties.

Jane Addams Letter, circa 1930-1935 (S0119)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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The collection contains a letter from Jane Addams, co-founder of Hull House, in Chicago, Illinois, to an unidentified individual, in which Addams declines their invitation to attend an event due to her poor health.

Addie M. Hosman Photograph Collection, no date (P1212)
1 folder

Four photographs and one postcard depicting Hamilton, Missouri. Includes images of the high school, Missouri State Highway No. 8, Hamilton Trust Co. Building, Main Street for Pres Hudges Parade, and Mr. Bamers Farm.

Franz Adelmann Records, 1873-1875 (R0207)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Franz Adelmann Records contain a microfilm copy of an account ledger of a general store operated by Franz Adelmann at Salem in Dent County, Missouri. Adelmann, a native of Bavaria, came to Salem, Missouri in 1862 and engaged in the mercantile business until his death in 1875. The ledger is indexed.

Katie Marie Adkins Postcard Collection, 1970 (P0260)
3 postcards

Three postcards showing interior of the Carroll County Historical Museum in Carrollton and interior view of the Bank of Tina display in Carroll County Historical Museum.

Adult Abuse Remedies Act Records, 1978-1982 (S0359)
0.04 cubic foot, 23 folders

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The collection documents the effort by the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and Adult Abuse Remedies Coalition to promote the passage of the Adult Abuse Remedies Act in Missouri to protect battered women.

Adult Education Council of Greater St. Louis Records, 1932-1981 (S0844)
21 cubic feet, 83 photographs

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The Adult Education Council Records contains meeting minutes, correspondence, grant proposals, personnel and contact files, surveys, and photographs pertaining to the group’s mission to provide information to adult students and professional adult educators in the greater St. Louis area with information on adult education activities and offerings. The materials in this collection date from 1932 to 1981. 

"Adventures in Silence," Howard Leslie Terry, 1932 (C1271)
0.08 cubic feet (1 volume)

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A novel about a deaf man.

Advertising Directors Records, 1878-2002 (S0728)
10 cubic feet, 169 folders

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This collection chronicles the personal and professional lives of Sam and Lenore Holtzman, who established Advertising Directors, an advertising agency, in 1953. The collection contains birth, marriage, and death certificates from their families, as well as high school diplomas, drivers' licenses, and induction papers, and a survey they conducted with famous writers on the topic of inspiration. Respondents to that survey include Upton Sinclair, Betty Smith, H. L. Mencken, Ogden Nash , Dorothy Thompson, and Irving Stone. The bulk of the collection, however, consists of client account files, photographs of various shoe styles, advertising copy, artwork and catalogs, and business ledgers and financial statements about the firm.

Advertising Women of St. Louis Records, 1916-1980 (S0372)
11 cubic feet, 249 folders, 497 photographs, 6 microfilm rolls

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The Advertising Women of St. Louis Records contains meeting minutes, correspondence, annual reports, flyers, photographs, and newspaper clippings, pertaining to the group’s mission to support women advertising executives in the St. Louis area. Materials of interest include files on the group’s Gridiron dinner and show, which the Advertising Women of St. Louis hosted to benefit St. Louis area charities, including the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital. The collection is divided into five series: General Files; Gridiron Dinner; Photographs; Oversize; and Scrapbooks and Newspapers. The materials in this collection date from 1916 to 1980.

Truman H. Aehle Scrapbooks, 1917-1924 (C2147)
1.17 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about World War I. Aehle was an aviator from St. Louis, MO.

Aeronautical History Society of St. Louis Newsletters, 1972-1974 (S0244)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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This collection contains newsletters published by the Aeronautical Society of St. Louis, a nonprofit organization founded to encourage the study of aeronautical history, expand aeronautical information, and bring together airplane enthusiasts.

Mabel Aeschliman Portrait, no date (P0262)
1 photograph

Copy photo of Mabel Aeschliman, who served from 1943-1944 in the legislature. She was the first republican to serve in the state legislature from Schuyler County since the Civil War and the first woman to serve from north of the Missouri River.

AFL-CIO Community Services Records, 1988-2007 (S0845)
37 cubic feet

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This collection contains correspondence, newsletters pertaining to the AFL-CIO Community Services mission to coordinate community services for organized labor.

African American Celebration Poster and Program, 1895 (C2844)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Poster and program of a celebration by the African American population of Clinton, Missouri, on 3 August 1895.

African American Heritage in the Ozarks Collection, 2021-2023 (SP0078)
31 oral history interviews

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The African American Heritage in the Ozarks Collection contains oral history interviews, transcriptions, and photographs related to the African American Heritage in the Ozarks project coordinated by the State Historical Society of Missouri from November 2021 to November 2022. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the African American experience in the Ozarks including family, community, education, religion, travel and leisure, labor, and military service.

African American Heroines of Jericho Guiding Star Court No. 15, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1916-1959 (R0970)
(30 folders)

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These are records of the African American organizatin of the Heroines of Jericho at Joplin in Japser County, Missouri. The records consist of minutes of meetings, memership records, attendance rolls, miscellaneous papers, financial records, and communications to and from the Grand Court of Missouri.

African Americans in St. Louis Collection, 1920-1991 (S0036)
0.5 cubic foot, 21 folders

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The African Americans in St. Louis Collection is an artificial collection containing histories, unpublished manuscripts, programs, directories, reports, pamphlets, and articles documenting St. Louis's African American Community from 1920 to 1991.

African-American Healing Arts and Lore Collection, 1996 (S0749)
0.5 cubic foot, 5 folders, 2 audio cassettes

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The records of the African-American Healing Arts and Lore Collection documents methods of natural healing passed down from generation to generation through interviews and public discussions. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence, grant proposals, meeting minutes, and budget narratives. Included in this collection are two cassette tapes with audio recordings. The first recording is a group discussion and performance about the relationship between song and healing arts; the second recording is of a group interview discussing various natural remedies for common ailments.

African-American Pioneers in Journalism Collection, 1920-1980 (S0624)
1 cubic foot, 15 cassette tapes, 15 folders with transcripts

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The African American Pioneers in Journalism and Broadcasting Oral History Collection contains photographs, cassette tapes, and oral history transcripts on journalists and broadcasters from the St. Louis African-American community. Subjects of interest include Bernie Hayes and Gloria Pritchard.

After Action Report, Third Army, 1944-1945 (K0857)
0.2 c.f.

Third Army, Volume 1 - The Operations, Volume 2 - Staff Section Reports, August 1, 1944 - May 9, 1945

John Agnew Collection, no date (CA4999)
0.2 cubic feet, 8 audio cassettes

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Audio cassettes of folk music of Missouri, Arkansas, and Kentucky. Features the fiddle along with other string instruments. Also includes sheet music of American and Irish folk music.

Agribusiness Club of St. Louis Records, 1937-1970 (S0002)
0.5 cubic foot, 16 folders

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The Agribusiness Club of St. Louis was founded in 1937 as the Farmers’ Club of St. Louis and was affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. The club was established to advance research, interest, and cooperation in agricultural business. In 1960, Farmers’ Club of St. Louis was renamed the Agribusiness Club of St. Louis. A decade later, in 1970, a decision was made by the club to merge with the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce’s Food and Agriculture Committee to form the Food and Agribusiness Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. The records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, membership rosters and cards, and the constitution and bylaws of Agribusiness Club of St. Louis.

Agricultural Articles, 1823-1911 (C0799)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains articles from The Country Gentleman, 1856-1911; The Cultivator, 1838-1864; American Farmer, 1823-1832; Southern Cultivator, 1851; The Cultivator and Country Gentleman, 1866; The Journal of Agriculture, 1870. The articles deal with agriculture and the advantages of the country, primarily in Missouri.

Agricultural Institute of St. Louis Records, 1945-1983 (S0287)
1.8 cubic feet

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The Agricultural Institute of St. Louis Records contain bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, and photographs pertaining to the organization's mission to support the general welfare of the rural population of the United States through research, experiments, studies, and investigations related to agriculture. The materials in this collection date from 1945 to 1983.

Agricultural Wheel No. 657, High Gate, Missouri Records, 1888_1890 (R0396)
0.01 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Agricultural Wheel No. 657, High Gate, Missouri Records contain the materials of the local chapter of the Agricultural Wheel at High Gate in Maries County, Missouri. The records include the constitution, by-laws, membership roster and minutes of meetings, and a pamphlet containing the constitutions of the National Farmers’ and Laborers’ Union of America, and the Farmers’ and Laborers’ Union of Missouri.

Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Aerial Photographs, 1938-1979 (P0335)
107.5 linear feet

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Missouri county aerial photographs produced by the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service.

Anna Agris Collection, 1932-1969 (S0804)
0.4 cubic foot, 100 photographs

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This collection contains dance programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts documenting Anna Agris' career as a ballet dancer and dance instructor in Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. Her maiden name was Anna Agress.

Tonia Morris Agron Papers, 1940-1954 (K1271)
0.01 c.f.

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The collection consists of photographs of a Linwood Elementary School class; installation of officers of Norma's House; and Jewish Community Center Girls Varsity Basketball.

Kamau Agyei a/k/a Carroll L. Jenkins Collection, 1986 (K1023)
0.2 c.f.

Kamau Agyei was a musician, as secretary-treasurer the Musicians Protective Union Local No. 627 and president of the Mutual Musicians Foundation as well as other organizations. Includes photocopies of articles about him.

Ahern Real Estate Records, 1873-1928 (S1128)
0.4 cubic foot, 21 folders, 8 photographs

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The Ahern Real Estate Records contain deeds of trust, correspondence, and photographs that document the financial dealings of the Ahern family. The Ahern family lived in the city of St. Louis and county during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and engaged in real estate sales. Transactions took place with the Builder’s Investment Company, various individuals, and Washington University.

Joseph Aid Papers, 1863-1921 (C0200)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)

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Genealogical material on Aid and Miller families; Civil War military papers; and Aid's correspondence with wife and sons, 1863-1864, concerning Civil War, rations, places of interest, battles, and home news of Chillicothe, OH. Items from race track ledger, West Plains, MO.

Frank William Aiken Papers, 1936 (C1814)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copy of Aiken's birth certificate, the first issued in Missouri; photograph; and newspaper clipping.

James Ainsworth Ledger, 1834-1837 (C2481)
0.10 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains a ledger, possibly that of a physician, showing name, date, debit and credit.

Mary B. Aker Papers, 1872-1968 (C3424)
0.5 cubic feet (24 folders)

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The papers contain feature articles and news stories, many written by Mary B. Aker, which appeared in newspapers in the area near Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. Also includes deed of land to Female Orphan School in Camden Point and a history of the telephone company in Parkville.

Mary Bullock Aker Papers, 1930-1984 (K0115)
29 f and 2 vol.

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Photocopies of short stories and newspaper/magazine articles written by Aker, both rough and final drafts. They cover a variety of topics from the Revolutionary War to household hints. Also an autobiographical story which Mrs. Aker wrote in her 91st year of memories of her childhood in and around Parkville, Missouri

Akers School, Shannon County, Missouri Records, 1910-1953 (R0480)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Akers School, Shannon County, Missouri Records collection contains records of the school at Akers on the Current River in Shannon County, Missouri. The collection includes teachers’ registers, 1910-1945, and the records of the district clerk, 1922-1953.

Muriel E. Furry Akers, "Caledonia Methodist Heritage" Collection, 1984 (R0379)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Richard Hundley Landrum “The Immigrant’s Guide” Collection contains a promotional newspaper published by R. H. Landrum and Euphrates Boucher at Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. The publication contains articles promoting agriculture and stock-raising in southwestern Missouri and the opportunities for immigrants to Lawrence County.

Muriel E. Akers Postcard Collection, 1970, no date (P0263)
14 postcards

10 color and 4 black and white postcards, with images from Bellevue Valley, Iron County and Caledonia in Washington County.

Akinsville & Hooper Institutes Bulletins, 1876-1885 (C0957)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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1885 bulletin of classes at the Akinsville Institute in Versailles, MO, and 1876 bulletin of the Hooper Institute in Clarksburg, MO.

Akinsville Baptist Church (Morgan County, Mo.) Records, 1884-1897 (C1295)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Meeting held at the McDaniel schoolhouse, May 3, 1884, when an independent Baptist church was formed. List of members listed in the record book for the period between May 3, 1884, and 1897.

Albany Ledger, Gentry County, Missouri, Abstracts, 1884-1887 (K0160)
0.1 c.f.

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Book of abstracts of the news stories including entries on the people and events of Gentry County. A surname index is included at the end of the volume.

Jo-Ann Huff Albers Papers, 1977-2007 (CA6160)
17 cubic feet

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Professional papers of the journalist and director of the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting. Includes correspondence, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, class evaluations, journalism education materials, newsletters, and material on first amendment issues (flag burning, freedom of speech, freedom of information), and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Albert Wenzlick Real Estate Company Records, 1924-1960 (S0190)
13 microfilm rolls

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The Albert Wenzlick Real Estate Company Records contain sales statements of properties, contracts, photographs, and statistical studies on population, living standards, home ownership, and labor costs for housing in the St. Louis area.

Albert Wenzlick Real Estate Company Report, 1926 (S0026)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder, 36 pages

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This collection contains an unpublished 36-page report titled "Studies and Analyses Covering a Proposed Colored Amusement and Building Project to be Located in Saint Louis, Mo." In the report, the Albert Wenzlick Real Estate Company proposes the erection of an entertainment and residential complex containing a theater, dance hall, five retail stores, a bowling alley, and 28 efficiency apartments for African Americans in St. Louis.