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Thomas Swain Barclay Papers, 1912-1935 (C3938)
3 cubic feet (69 folders)

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Papers of Thomas Swain Barclay, a member of the American Red Cross during World War I, and member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Missouri. Personal and professional correspondence, wartime diary, overseas duty related papers, newsletters and programs, photographs, and miscellaneous material collected from his various associations. Also research material on Champ Clark.

Barclay-D'Arcy Family Papers, 1907-1940 (S0267)
1 cubic foot

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The Barclay-D’Arcy family papers consist of correspondence, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, school records, and ephemera pertaining to the Barclay and D'Arcy family's involvement in World War I, the American Red Cross, the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, and the University of Missouri. Key figures included in this collection are George Reppert Barclay, Lillie Isadora Barclay, Thomas Swain Barclay, and  Julia D’Arcy. Of note are letters sent from Thomas to his mother and father describing the economic, political, and social climate in postwar Europe.

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Elias Barcroft Papers, 1817-1837 (C2302)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two documents concerning the transfer of land title by Elias Barcroft to Elias Rector for Amos Rawls in the Missouri Territory, 1817. One document has a notation that it was recorded in the Saline County, MO, court, 1837.

Bard Drug Store (Sedalia, Mo.) Prescription Book, 1867 (C0580)
1 oversize volume

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The records of the W.E. Bard Drug Store contain prescriptions filled over the course of one year at a Sedalia, Missouri, drugstore.

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Clarence E. Bardsley Road Survey Collection, 1928-1932 (R0859)
(2 folders)

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These are survey reports, field notes, and plats regarding relocation of the Old St. Louis-Springfield Road near Arlington in Phelps County, Missouri. The surveys were performed by Clarence E. Bardsley, Special Highway Engineer and Deputy Surveyor of Phelps County. Plats show road right-of-way, the line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, the former site of the Ozark Iron Works, and the village of Arlington, Missouri.

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Amos Bargdoll Letter, 1851 (C0543)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Typescript copy of a letter describing a gold mining town in California, with mention of cholera, prices, and friends.

Walter L. Bargen Papers, 1972-2010 (CA6250)
7 cubic feet, 2 oversize items

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Manuscripts, publications, and personal papers of an author and first Poet Laureate of Missouri (2008-2010).

R.L. Barger Photograph Collection, 1958-1959, no date (P0653)
4 photographs

Photos of Ironton: Centennial Marker, St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Swift home, and Courthouse. Postcards of Old Jail Museum, Vienna, MO.

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Mary Barile Photograph Collection, 1890-1910 (P0878)
4 photographs

Late 19th century studio portraits from Boonville, MO

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Barker Chapel Methodist Church (Benton County, Mo.) Records, 1893-1968 (C3717)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Includes four Sunday school record books for a church near Windsor. The dates for these books are December 3, 1893-August 27, 1897, October 24, 1915-December 30, 1917, November 3, 1935-July 28, 1940, and May 3-September 20, 1942. Also includes photograph of Southwest Missouri Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South delegates, Warrensburg, Missouri, 1908, and brief church history written in 1968.

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John T. Barker Letter, 1951 (C1589)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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John Barker's letter to William E. Kemp, Democratic Mayor of Kansas City, MO, gives Kemp advice on what he would need to do if he ran for U.S. Senator from Missouri and who else might run for the seat.

John T. Barker Papers, 1912-1958 (C0002)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, 1944-1958, consists primarily of letters of congratulation on speeches and on MISSOURI LAWYER, Barker's autobiography. Reviews of the book. Letters from Harry S. Truman concerning politics. Scrapbooks of clippings about Barker's early career.

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Paul O. Barker Photographs, 1995 (P0599)
8 photographs

Photo of unidentified red mill, historic site, 1995, and photographs of Lebanon monuments and markers.

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Rosa Barker Papers, 1900 (K0035)
0.01 c.f. (1 folder)

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A series of letters from L.J. Rogers and a correspondent identified only as George to Mrs. Barker written from the 4th District Hospital, San Isidro, Philippine Islands.

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T. Clayton Barlow Photograph Collection, 1895-1958 (P1183)

Copy photographs of Adam-Ondi-Ahman, a Mormon Shrine at Gallatin, MO.

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Dale C. Barnard Photograph Collection, 1900-1909 (P1038)

Photographs from Dale C. Barnard, a Missouri-native by way of Kirksville and Kansas City. Barnard attended the Missouri School of Mines in Rolla and worked as an mining engineer for El Barreno Mining Company in Mexico City, Mexico, and the Iron King Mine in Arizona.

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William Fletcher Barnds Papers, 1900s-1920s (C3444)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The Barnds papers consist of an undated memoir and a scrapbook of a farmer who lived in St. Charles and Saline Counties, Missouri. Barnds writes about early Methodism, his family before and after marriage, and the hardships of farm life.

Barnes Medical College Notebooks, 1902-1905 (S1075)
0.4 cubic foot

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The Barnes Medical College Notebooks document the classroom experiences of students who attended Barnes Medical College from 1902 to 1905.

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Alfred Edward Barnes Jr. Architectural Collection, 1888-1959 (K0004)
150 c.f.

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Architectural drawings, renderings, photographs, specifications and correspondence of the architectural firm Hoit, Price and Barnes and its predecessors.

Amanda Bingham Barnes Will, 1900 (C2052)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Will exhorting children to live Christian lives and disposing of 120 acres of land originally granted to Henry V. Bingham.

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Charles Merlin Barnes Papers, 1892-1965 (C2802)
8 cubic feet

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The Barnes Papers consist of the diaries, correspondence, photographs, financial records, and miscellaneous material of a Marston, Missouri, businessman and University of Missouri graduate. The Barnes family owned and operated a series of successful business enterprises in southeastern Missouri during the early twentieth century.

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Francis M. Barnes III Papers, 1940s, 1970s-1990s (CA5837)
7 cubic feet, 1 volume

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Papers of a Missouri state representative and attorney include subject files, legislative files, historical research material, newspaper clippings, photographs, campaign material, and memorabilia, and other miscellaneous personal items.

J.K. Barnes Letter, 1873 (C1871)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter from Surgeon General, U.S. Army, stating that there are no volumes of the first part of the MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HISTORY OF THE WAR available. Glover's comments.

Sarah Holcomb Randleman Barnes Reminiscence, 1909 (C3167)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains an account of pioneer life in Dallas and Polk Counties, MO.

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Mary Jane Barnett Papers, 1913-1997 (CG0004)
1.6 cubic feet

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The collection contains correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, business-related trade journals, a Narcotic Register, and miscellaneous papers for Mary Jane "Miss Jane" Barnett and her life and business partner, Elaine "Tommie" Davis.

Barnette Welfare Workers Extension Club (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1931-1973 (C3775)
0.4 cubic feet (14 folders)

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The records of a rural Boone County women’s club consist of minutes and financial accounts of the club are presented in the records. Missing from the documents are record books for 1956 and 1960-1964. Also, there are no separate financial accounts for 1931-1942 and 1971-1973.

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Barnitz Family Photograph Collection, circa 1910-1980s (R1296)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 43 photographs)

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This collection consists of twenty-three black and white and twenty color photographs that were loaned for scanning. The photographs include agricultural activities and rural farm life from the early 1910s to 1980s in Phelps and Dent Counties. The photographs include subjects such as cattle and hog raising, baling hay, showing livestock and the Lake Spring Homemaker's Club in 1953.

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Franklin Hoke Barnitz Papers, 1860-1894 (R0164)
(1 roll)

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This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Franklin H. Barnitz of Lake Spring, Dent County, Missouri. He was a native of Pennsylvania and freighter who operated from the railhead of the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad in Phelps County before moving to Lake Spring. The collection includes letters from his family in York, Pennsylvania, and from friends and business associates in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.

Cora N. Barns Scrapbooks, 1820-1939 (C3559)
0.2 cubic feet (2 oversize volumes)

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The collection contains newspaper feature stories and photographs about important events and persons in Missouri history up to 1939. Each scrapbook is indexed.

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Samuel Barr Papers, 1858-1861 (R1360)
(1 folder)

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The Samuel Barr papers contain the notebook of Dr. Samuel Benjamin Franklin Caldwell Barr. The notebook was used to record business and financial information.

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Thomas Akers Barr Papers, 1861-1919 (R0270)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Thomas Akers Barr Papers contain a microfilm copy of correspondence and personal papers belonging to Thomas Akers Barr, a native of Illinois and physician who started his practice in Lebanon, Missouri, around 1869. The papers include letters from Illinois soldiers serving in Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina during the Civil War. Also included are letters from physicians in Illinois and Missouri and from Harry Woodson Barr while he was at Camp Bowie, Texas, in 1918-1919.

Jesse W. Barrett Jr. Portraits, no date (P0919)
2 photographs

Portraits of Jesse W. Barrett, Jr.

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J.W. Barrett Certificate, 1862 (C1522)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Document certifying that J.W. Barrett paid $20 and was an honorary member of the Douglas Monument Association, Chicago, June 1862. Signed by Walter B. Scotes, president, and Leonard W. Voley, secretary.

J.W. Barrett Papers, 1855-1950 (C1896)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of J.W. Barrett contain a receipt to J.W. Barrett for $500 from John T. Robinson, April 3, 1855; a letter from Barrett to George W. McClellan, Second Assistant Postmaster-General, regarding mail service from Palmyra to Keokuk, March 1, 1864; a proof of publication for tax suit, 1879; miscellaneous membership cards and passes; and a letter from Jesse W. Barrett to F.C. Shoemaker explaining the material.

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Jesse William Barrett Papers, 1905-1953 (C0009)
21.75 cubic feet (1,902 folders), 11 volumes, 2 card files

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The papers of a St. Louis lawyer and politician; attorney general of Missouri, 1921-1925; Republican candidate for governor in 1936; commander of the Missouri Department of the American Legion, 1932-1933; and president of the Missouri Bar Association, 1933-1934. The collection includes material about the American Legion, Methodist Episcopal Church, Culver-Stockton College, Barrett’s St. Louis law practice, term as attorney general, Missouri Bar Association, business and family, and Republican Party campaigns and elections.

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W. Harry Barron Collection, 1946 (R0630)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The W. Harry Barron Papers contain a typescript copy of a letter from Dr. W. Harry Barron to Ruth Berry dated October 27, 1946, concerning the history of Mine La Motte in Madison County, Missouri. A physician who practiced medicine in Madison County for most of his life, Barron was also the unofficial historian of Mine La Motte.

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E. Cave Barrow Collection, 1871-1948 (C2666)
0.2 cubic feet, 8 rolls of microfilm

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St. Louis Whiskey Ring. Microfilm of newspapers, O.E. Babcock papers, B.H. Bristow papers, LIFE OF EMORY STORRS (1886), pardon papers. Barton-Turner letters, 1874-1875. Internal Revenue booklets, 1872, 1873, 1948. CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR, ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION, ST. LOUIS, 1933.

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R. Wilson Barrow Photograph Collection, 1958 (P0745)
2 photographs

Photos of Bevier Centennial Marker and Latter-Day Saints Churches in Macon, MO, ca. 1958.

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Barrows Family Letters, 1834-1887 (C3264)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Correspondence between Freeman Barrows, his brother John and his sister Sarah; between Elizabeth Vaill Waldo and her sister Asenath B. Vaill Barrows, wife of Freeman Barrows. Freeman Barrows tells of business, social and economic conditions in Batesville and Papinville, Missouri, and urges his family to join him there.

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Barry County (Mo.) Baptist Association Annual Meeting Reports, 1885-1889 (C2978)
1 roll of microfilm

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Printed reports of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th meetings of the association. List of delegates, and membership statistics.

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Barry County Baptist Association Records, 1937-1945 (R0875)
(1 folder)

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These are published booklets containing the minutes of annual meetings of the Barry County Baptist Association, held at Cassville, Missouri, in 1937 and 1945.

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Barry County Baptist Association Records, 1897-1898 (R0908)
(1 folder)

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This collection consists of photocopies of published booklets of the minutes of two consecutive annual meetings (1897 and 1898) of the Barry County Baptist Association in Missouri. Included are minutes of sessions, reports of committees, ministerial rosters, and statistical reports.

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Barry County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1914-1982 (P0672)

Photographs of Barry County, Missouri, focused on historic structures, historic markers, and schools.

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George Randolph Barse, Jr. Papers, 1980 (K0419)
0.07 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The George Randolph Barse, Jr. Papers were written in 1889 to 1891 by George Randolph Barse, Jr. to his family who resided in Kansas City, Missouri. This photocopy collection also includes drawings, photos, and a summarized listing of the letters.

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Barstow School Records, 1892-1989 (K0277)
29 c.f.

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Barstow is a private preschool through twelfth grade school in Kansas City, MO. Included are yearbooks, material on events, activities, and students; financial and business records such as ledgers, enrollment counts, and fundraising efforts; photographs; meeting minutes; and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks may include correspondence; school newspapers; printed and published material such as programs and invitations; photographs; and clippings.

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Barth Family Photographs, no date (P0918)
3 photographs

Copy prints of Barth family members: Isadore, Joseph, Minnie, Moses

Barth Family Papers, 1852-1907 (C0997)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Papers contain correspondence, deeds, and financial statements of the family of Moses Barth, a Rocheport, Boone County, MO, merchant. Bulk of the material is correspondence between family members concerning their general welfare and business matters. Several letters written during the Civil War describe economic conditions and confrontations with Confederate guerrillas in the Rocheport area.

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Barth's Clothing Store, Columbia, Photographs, 1910-1980 (P0431)
10 photographs

Photographs of Barth's Clothing Store, Columbia, MO, beginning in 1910.

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Tad Bartimus Papers, 1942-2020 (CA5738)
17.1 cubic feet, 123 audio cassettes, 16 video cassettes, 73 computer discs, 31 CDs, 10 DVDs, 473.05 GB of digital files, 26 oversize items

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Articles, photographs, correspondence, and other writings of AP reporter Tad Bartimus. Also includes some personal material.