Manuscripts Index
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.
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Jay Landesman Papers, 1937-1997 (S0604)
6 cubic feet, 178 folders, 450 photographs
The collection contains correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, manuscripts, and photographs of Jay Landesman, an author, publisher, and producer, who owned the Crystal Palace cabaret and theater in the Gaslight Square district in St. Louis in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Landesman/Livelli Correspondence, 2000-2006 (S0917)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
The Jay Landesman and Vincent Livelli correspondence consist of letters to Jay Landesman from Vincent Livelli. Also included in the collection is a songbook titled "Fran Landesman and Simon Wallace."
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Landrum and Reams Families Papers, 1866-1883 (R1439)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Landrum and Reams Families Papers consists of three letters written by members of the Landrum/Landram and Reams family. They span the period of 1866-1883.
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Richard Hundley Landrum, "The Immigrant's Guide" Collection, 1882 (R0374)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
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.
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Richard Hundley Landrum Papers, 1865-1929 (R1328)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
These are letters written to Richard H. Landrum of Mount Vernon in Lawrence County, Missouri, from family and friends in Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, and Texas. They touch on politics, land, crops, Civil War and family matters.
Landwehr Family Papers, 1920-2004 (CA6558)
4.6 cubic feet, 5 oversize items
The papers of a German Catholic family from Cole County, Missouri, that owned the Landwehr Dairy, contains correspondence, Christmas cards, recipes, financial records, religious material, and miscellaneous family material. The collection includes material concerning Sister Mary Gabriel Landwehr.
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Minnie Landwehr Photographs, 1951 (P0577)
9 photographs
Nine photos of the 1951 Missouri River flood, taken in and around Jefferson City.
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Lane's Prairie, Missouri General Store Records, 1860 (R0314)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Lane’s Prairie General Store Records contain a photocopy of a daybook from an unidentified general store at Lane’s Prairie in Maries County, Missouri, thought to have been operated by Francis M. Johnson. With the daybook is an undated letter by Maries County historian Everett M. King which contains speculation about the volume’s provenance.
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George S. Lane Papers, 1937-1949 (C4621)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Personal papers of linguist and University of North Carolina professor George S. Lane. Includes material relating to an accusation of plagiarism by Francis R. Preveden to the Linguistic Society of America, correspondence pertaining to an unpublished dictionary of languages, and a draft of the dictionary.
Rose Wilder Lane Letter, 1939 (C2972)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A letter from Lane to a Mrs. Wilson discussing efforts to keep the United States out of World War II and repeal the embargo of goods to England and the other belligerent countries.
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Georgia Arnold Lang Photograph, 1900 (P0320)
1 photograph
Photograph of Miss Joy Fewsmith's primary class at Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Columbia, MO, early 1900s.
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Nina Barker Lange Papers, 1901-1938 (K1106)
0.1 c.f.
Lange was a pupil of pianist Sallie Smith Busch, (Mrs. Carl Busch). Includes mementos kept by Lange: correspondence, programs, clippings, scrapbook, and yearbooks of the Leavenworth Musical Club.
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Länger Als Ein Menschenleben in Missouri, Gert Goebel, 1877 (C1815)
0.4 cubic feet
English translation of Gert Goebel's LONGER THAN A LIFETIME IN MISSOURI completed by Martin W. Heinrichsmeyer in 1956.
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Walter T. Langkop Papers, no date (CA6527)
0.9 cubic feet
Photographs and material related to the death of a World War I soldier from Cooper County, Missouri. Includes a larged framed portrait of Langkop and a copy of List of Mothers and Widows of American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Entitled to Make a Pilgramage to the War Cemeteries in Europe.
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Edward A. Langleben Postcard Collection, 1904-1978 (S0700)
0 .4 cubic foot
The Edward A. Langleben Postcard Collection consists of 245 postcards collected by Langleben during his life. The postcards focus on St. Louis area places and buildings. The postcards are divided into the following themes: Admiral excursion boat, aerial views, bridges, buildings, churches, city hall, entrances to private buildings, Forest Park, Gateway Arch, government buildings, hospitals, hotels, Jefferson Barracks, Jefferson Memorial, Jewel Box, Municipal Opera, parks, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Zoo, schools and universities, Shaw's Garden, Union Station, and waterworks.
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Isom P. Langley Collection, no date (R1205)
(1 folder)
This is an undated campaign card for Isom P. Langley, Republican candidate for Missouri's 16th district seat in the United States House of Representatives. Langley was from Mountain Gove in Wright County, Missouri.
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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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Charles Lanham Photograph Collection, 1858, no date (P0071)
11 photographs
Copy photos of 19th century U.S. Congressmen from Missouri
Jacob Lanius Diaries, 1833-1842 (C1147)
0.4 cubic feet
Diaries of an itinerant pastor for the Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Concerns church locations, members, revivals, meetings, ministers, and living conditions. Includes an edited transcription, with background information, by Theodore H. Wolff.
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Lankford Family Papers, 1904-1976 (S0523)
0.2 cubic foot, 78 photographs
The Lankford Family Papers contain family photographs, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra bulletins and tickets, a Turner Hall certificate, and family vacation journals. The materials in the collection date from 1904-1969.
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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.
Charles Lanman Collection, 1826-1869 (C3725)
0.2 cubic feet (49 folders)
Autobiographical and biographical correspondence and documents relating to Missouri congressmen collected by Charles Lanman for publication in his Dictionary of the United States Congress. Lanman's biographical dictionary was first printed in 1859 and periodically revised through 1869.
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Thomas C. Lannan Letters, 1849 (C2205)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters (April 20 and June 18) from a schoolteacher in Saline County, MO, to George Peter of Darnestown, MD, describing life in central Missouri, including a cholera epidemic, opportunities for purchasing land and farming, politics, and teaching.
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Chyrel Lanos Papers, 1977-1978 (C4430)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
This collection offers information regarding the Legion of Black Collegians (LBC) at the University of Missouri-Columbia throughout 1977-1978. The collection contains a book that was intended to serve as a guide for incoming black students.