Manuscripts Index
George E. Ladd Papers, 1890s-1939 (R1493)
0.5 cubic foot (5 volumes)
The George E. Ladd Papers include photograph albums containing images and engineering reports of landslides and property destruction caused by soil erosion including images of failed railroad lines and train wrecks in Missouri, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, California, Tennessee, New York, Ohio, and southern Italy.
Otto Lademann Commission, 1862 (C1857)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains Lademann's commission as 2nd lieutenant, Company F, 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry, signed by H.R. Gamble.
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Paul W. Ladenson Letter, 1970 (C2683)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Nancy C. Prewitt, Columbia, MO, from Ely, VT, May 6, 1970.
Dartmouth College senior requesting letters to congressmen in opposition to the involvement of U.S. troops in Cambodia.
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Ladies Friday Musical Club Yearbooks and Programs, 1927-1972 (S0128)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains, yearbooks, programs, and a newspaper article collected by and about the Ladies’ Friday Night Musical Club of St. Louis, a Missouri-based social organization for female musicians in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Clinton, Missouri Records, 1924-1932 (R0224)
1 roll (5 volumes, 2 folders)
These are records of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic's chapter at Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. The materials include the ritual, secretary's records, reports on the state conventions in 1927 and 1928, and miscellaneous papers.
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Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri Record Books, 1898-1937 (C1143)
0.2 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Records of the group from the time of its organization in 1898, including meeting minutes, reports from committees and proceedings of department conventions.
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri Secretary's Book, 1898-1910 (C1144)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of Department of Missouri, beginning with its organization in 1898.
Ladies Saturday Club, Aurora, Missouri Collection, 1911-1912 (R1021)
(1 folder)
These are three annual program schedule and membership booklets for the Ladies Saturday Club at Aurora in Lawrence County, Missouri. The booklets are for 1911 to 1914. They include the names of officers, chairwomen, and members.
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Ladies' Union Aid Society Reports, 1862-1863 (C1936)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reports of visits to wards 1 and 2, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO, with notations of items distributed.
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Lafayette County Medical Association Book, 1879-1903 (C0860)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes, register of doctors, accounts, copy of medical fee bill, and photograph. Association was located in Higginsville, Missouri.
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Lafayette County, Missouri, Board Proceedings, 1862 (C1145)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Proceedings of the county board, which convened on the order of the Military Department to investigate the murder of loyal citizens, 14 August-22 October 1862.
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Lafayette County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1884, no date (P1135)
An artificial collection of photographs of Lafayette County, Missouri.
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Lafayette County, Missouri, Sheriff's Reward Poster, 1851 (C1775)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a photostat of a poster announcing a fifty-dollar reward for the capture of John Harbaugh and M. M'Ghee, escaped prisoners.
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Lafayette County, Missouri, Tax Book, 1860 (C1146)
0.3 cubic feet (1 volume)
Assessment records for tax purposes, certified by Edward Stratton, clerk of the county court, 19 October 1860.
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Lafayette Park, St. Louis, J.A. Seibert Album, 1870 (P0511)
Photographs of Lafayette Park in St. Louis by J.A. Seibert, ca. 1870.
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Lafayette Square Collection, 1997-2006 (S0916)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection primarily contains copies of Marquis, a newspaper produced by residents of Lafayette Square.
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LaGrange College Receipt, 1876 (C0616)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From the college made out to Miss Bell Riley for contribution for endowment.
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Ray Lahmeyer World War II Letters, 1941-1942 (C4446)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
World War II letters of a resident of Bland, Missouri, who served as fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Corps. The letters are written to his family in Missouri and document his time as a cadet in San Antonio, Texas, at Randolph Field and Brooks Field.
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Elijah Lail Papers, 1854-1857 (C0357)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to Lail from Adniram Allen, Bourbon County, KY; deposition of John Wells; and bill of sale to Lail from Decatur H. Harris for an enslaved African American girl.
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J. Sam Lail Papers, 1839-1911 (C0700)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reminiscences of Civil War days and historical sketch of the Christian Church at Liberty, Missouri. Lail lived in Shamrock, Callaway County, Missouri.
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Lake Creek School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1904-1958 (R0268)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Lake Creek School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the daily and term attendance records and district clerk records for Lake Creek School, School District No. 1.
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Lake Creek United Methodist Church (Pettis County, Mo.) Records, 1844-1976 (C3698)
1 roll of microfilm
The records of the Lake Creek United Methodist Church contain histories, minutes and membership, baptism, marriage, and funeral lists of the Versailles Mission; Florence District; later Lake Creek District; and the Lake Creek Church, Pettis County, of the Methodist Episcopal, later United Methodist, Church, founded in 1843. Volumes 1 and 2 are in German and volume 3 is partially in German.
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Lake of the Ozarks Angus Association Collection, 1964 (R1210)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet published for the Lake of the Ozarks Angus Association's 3rd Annual fall sale held at Eldon in Miller County, Missouri, on October 3, 1964. The auctioneer was Max Atkinson.
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Lake of the Ozarks Association Collection, 1956, no date (R1086)
(1 folder)
These are a brochure and a booklet published by the Lake of the Ozarks Association, Inc., at Lake Ozark in Miller County, Missouri, to promote tourism and recreation in the Lake of the Ozarks area.
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Lake Spring Cemetery Association Records, 1878-1945 (R0128)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Lake Spring Cemetery Association Records contains a microfilm copy of minutes of meetings of the trustees, cash accounts, and miscellaneous records of the Lake Spring Cemetery Association at Lake Spring in Dent County, Missouri.
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Lake Spring Mercantile Records, 1866-1941 (R0171)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
The Lake Spring Mercantile Records contains microfilm copies of account ledgers and daybooks of a general store at Lake Spring in the northwestern corner of Dent County, Missouri. The business was operated, first by John Hyer and John R. Flora, and then by Alexander C. Donnan.
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Lake St. Louis Development Records, 1961-1965 (S0740)
0.2 cubic foot, 4 folders, 1 oversize folder
In 1963, Trails Lake Development Company began construction on the $150 million permanent residence development called Lake St. Louis. The community is located in St. Charles County, approximately 16 miles west of the Missouri River, fronting both Interstate 70 and 64. The collection contains sales and financial records, as well as maps, newspaper clippings, and promotional materials.
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Lake Taneycomo and White River Valley County Brochure Collection, circa 1945 (R1447)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The brochure of Lake Taneycomo and the White River Country contains advertisements and descriptions of popular tourist attractions, businesses, and organizations in Taney County, Missouri.
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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.
Ople Lake Photographs, 1920 (P1154)
Photographs of the first airplane to land at Bucklin, Missouri, taken by Mr. Ople Lake when he was twelve years old. The plane crashed on take-off.
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Lamar City Guards Photograph Collection, circa 1900 (R1409)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 3 photographs)
The Lamar City Guards Photograph Collection contains images of the Lamar City Guard, Company D, 5th Regiment of the Missouri National Guard. This includes the portrait of an unidentified soldier and views of the Company D flag.
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Lamar Democrat Photographs, 1870, 1950, no date (P1097)
Twelve photographs of Lamar, MO.
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Edward C. Lambert Collection, 1949-1972 (C4653)
0.25 cubic feet (7 folders), 8 audio tapes
Audio tapes and papers pertaining to various inaugurations and speeches, including the Truman Presidential inauguration and Eleanor Roosevelt's press conference at Stephens College, 1949. Also included are papers on the inaugurations of Missouri governors, journalism student papers, and miscellaneous notes.
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Lamine Baptist Association Records, 1913-1972 (R0422)
4 folders
These are records of an association of Baptist churches primarily in Morgan and Cooper
counties of Missouri. Included are minutes of annual conferences in 1913, 1965, and 1972, and an
institutional history compiled for the association's centennial in 1972.
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Lamine (Mo.) School and Community Club Records, 1887-2003 (CA6438)
0.6 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes
Records of the Lamine School in Cooper and Pettis Counties. The school was consolidated into the Smithton School District in 1952, at which point the community purchased the building and it became a community center. The records include minutes of the Lamine Community Club.
Alfred Avery Lamkin Papers, 1853-1872 (R0443)
5 folders
These are diaries of Alfred Avery Lamkin, a soldier in the 25th Ohio Infantry and a civilian employee of
the army during the Civil War, who moved to Jasper County, Missouri, in 1866. His diaries cover antebellum
employment in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, military service in Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky, and
postwar activities in Ohio and Missouri.
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J. Clayton Lamkin Photograph Collection, 1882 (P0930)
1 folder
Photos of tornado damage in Sweet Springs, 1882.
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Henry Lamm Papers, 1904-1916 (C0128)
0.7 cubic feet
Letters of congratulation on election as justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, 1904, and Republican nomination for governor, 1916; articles; addresses; and reminiscences entitled Flatsam, Jetsam, and Ligan, stories involving a number of Missouri law cases.
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Harvey Lamme Papers, 1840-1888 (C0361)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Personal financial records, including state and county tax receipts.
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J.H. Lamotte Papers, 1852-1865 (C1565)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Death of Lamotte's daughter Kate, family affairs, health, business, friends, army life in Texas, weather, timber, cotton prices, land prices, and decisions and legal fees in Cutter vs. Waddingham.
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John E. Lamy Collection, 1916-2000 (C4356)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)
Memoir, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material related to a Missouri physician captured in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II. Also World War I scrapbook created by John E. Lamy's mother, Marie Elsie Lamy.
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Donald M. Lance Papers, 1960s-2000s (CA6213)
17.8 cubic feet, 25 audio tapes, 107 computer discs
Addition of correspondence, course materials, research files, surveys, computer data, audio recordings, photographs, and miscellaneous papers of a linguist and professor of English at the University of Missouri. Contains research on dialects and the pronunciation of "Missouri."
Donald M. Lance Papers, 1938-2002 (C3992)
11.3 cubic feet (754 folders), 144 audio cassettes
The papers of a University of Missouri English professor, well-known for his lectures on the pronunciation of “Missouri” and other dialect research, contain extensive professional correspondence, research data, articles, presentations, teaching materials, and materials related to his work with professional organizations. Audio cassettes include interviews with Germans in Missouri and with decorated U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Byrl D. Taylor, Missouri folk musicians, and examples of English language dialects.
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Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1860s, 1956-1962 (C3877)
0.4 cubic feet (23 folders)
Minutes, resolutions, maps, reports, and legal documents concerning the urban redevelopment project in Columbia, Missouri, for the area known as Flat Branch and/or the Douglass School Urban Renewal Area.
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Land Indenture Agreement of Edmund Alden, 1670-1685 (S0145)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 oversized document
A land indenture agreement for Edmund Alden of London, 1670. One sheet of handwritten script on vellum, with seal. Sheet measures 22x29”.
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Land Indenture Agreement of Hannah Henling, 1685 (S0146)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 oversize
1 oversize document of an indenture agreement between Hannah Henling, widow, of London and Randall Wiroll, also of London, on April 8, 1685, concerning a field or freehold parcel of meadowland called Bittersfield in London.
One sheet of handwritten script on vellum, with wax seal. Sheet measures 27x29”, total item measures 32x29”.
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"Land Values in the Eastern Ozarks," Carville V. Earle, 1967 (C2593)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A paper written for a geography class and presented at a Missouri Academy of Science meeting.
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John Braxton Land Papers, 1918-1939 (C0359)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers of a Slater, MO, druggist. Slater Methodist Church directory, 1918; newspaper clippings, mostly about Cambridge, MO; Chautauqua programs, 1921-1922; and correspondence with Edward E. Wall.
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Landau Family Correspondence, 1942-1945 (S0398)
0.2 cubic feet
The collection contains letters written to St. Louisans Elaine Landau and Erin Landau from relatives serving in the the United States Armed Forces during World War II.
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Fran Landesman Papers, 1959-1998 (S0608)
3 cubic feet, 112 folders, 44 photographs, 6 CDS, 23 audiotapes
The Fran Landesman Papers contain correspondence, biographical materials, reviews, articles, audiotapes, CDs, and LPs documenting Landesman’s career as a lyricist and poet. In the 1950s she lived in St. Louis, where along with her husband Jay Landesman she operated the Crystal Palace nightclub in Gaslight Square.