Manuscripts Index
Sandra Davis Lerner and Kenneth D. Lerner Papers, 1940-2000 (K1178)
.5 c.f.
The Lerners were active in Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) and B'nai B'rith youth organizations, and with the Beth Shalom Synagogue in Kansas City, MO. Includes photographs, programs, video, and artifacts.
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Robert Leroy Papers, 1963-1996 (S0579)
0.2 cubic foot, 6 folders, 1 cassette tape, 4 photographs
Born in Ellensberg, Washington in 1923, Robert Leroy grew up in the Tacoma area and became involved in populist-right political causes. He served as a paratrooper in the South Pacific during World War II and worked briefly as a public school teacher afterward. In 1962 he joined the Minutemen. LeRoy later split from the group and started another anti-Communist ministry, Christian Sons of Liberty, in 1970, in Liberty, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and a copy of LeRoy's autobiography "From My Foxhole to Tokyo."
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Les Amis, Ste. Genevieve Diorama Photographs, no date (P0370)
5 photographs
Photographs of diorama of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri as it appeared in 1832, commissioned by Les Amis and given to the Division of State Parks, Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The diorama is 9 feet by 11 feet and was hand-crafted by Lewis Pruneau, master model-maker, of Ste. Genevieve. It is on view at the Amoureux House in Ste. Genevieve. Photographs by Sam Fentress.
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Lesbian Alliance of St. Louis Records, 1973-1981 (S0129)
0.15 cubic foot, 4 folders
This collection contains newsletters, flyers, and poetry produced and collected by the Lesbian Alliance of St. Louis, a Lesbian-Feminist organization dedicated to advancing equal rights for women and lesbians. Materials of interest include Moonstorm, a magazine (and later a newsletter), written by and about the Lesbian community in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
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Lesbian and Gay News Telegraph Records, 1981-1990 (S0445)
1 cubic foot, 3 microfilm rolls, 1 audio tape
The Lesbian and Gay News-Telegraph was a local LGBTQ newspaper founded in 1981 to encourage communication with St. Louis' LGBTQ community. The Lesbian Gay News Telegraph reported on local, regional, and national issues affecting the LGBTQ community and also published a calendar and directory of gay organizations. The collection contains unpublished articles, newspaper clippings, newsletters, a poster, and issues of the Gay-News Telegraph. Also included in the collection is an oral history interview with Gay News-Telegraph editor, Jim Thomas.
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Lesieur Family Papers, 1795-1866 (C3449)
0.15 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
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Betty Pfeffer Lesky and J. Louis Lesky Papers, 1954-1999 (K0664)
3.25 c.f.
The Lesky's were active members of Kansas City's Jewish Community. Includes programs for the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award commemorative luncheons and the Purim Balls sponsored by Kehilath Israel Synagogue of which the Lesky's were planners..
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Leo and Helen Edelbaum Lesky Papers, 1960-2007 (K0959)
0.09 c.f.
The Leo and Helen Edelbaum Lesky Papers include Leo Lesky's obituary, a sales book from Lesky's dry-cleaning business, and a CD of family videos of the Lesky family and their friends.
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O. Leslie Diary, 1899-1901 (C0454)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary begins with enlistment at Parsons, KS, and continues through service in the Philippines with 40th Regiment.
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Frank Lessmann Jr. Papers, 1917-1927 (C4695)
0.4 cubic feet (27 folders), 1 oversize item
World War I letters, postcards, and clippings of a soldier from St. Louis, Missouri, who served overseas.
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Adison P. Lester Papers, 1879-1880 (C2117)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Lester's petition for divorce from Mary J. Lester, and summons for her to appear before Moberly Court of Common Pleas.
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Chris R. Lester Papers, 1970-1999 (K0912)
15 c.f.
Lester was an investigative reporter for the Kansas City Star. Includes Lester's research materials for his Star series on banker Frank Morgan, Kansas City sprawl, and other articles.
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George E. Lester Letter, 1879 (C0553)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Phillip Lucas Lester, Missouri, from Montgomery County, Virginia, January 12, 1879. Discusses settling their father’s estate and includes legal procedures of the time.
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Robert Ridenour Lester Papers, 1874-1997 (K1158)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and some printed and published material related to Lester and the Ridenour Family. Seventeen scrapbook volumes depict travel in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Lester's involvement in France in WWI.
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Thomas Bryan Lester Diary, 1847-1848 (C0452)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary of trip with 1st Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, NM. Served as acting assistant surgeon to the Illinois Regiment in Santa Fe during the Mexican War.
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A.A. Lesueur Scrapbook, 1889-1892 (C1408)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Clippings about Missouri business and politics.
"Let Us Discuss a Man," Dan Saults, 1962 (C2133)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a speech about John Newman Edwards (1839-1889). Edwards was a Missouri Confederate, newspaper editor, author, and friend of Joseph Shelby, Quantrill, and the James Brothers. Saults discusses Edwards' friendship with Shelby, their Civil War experiences, the fiasco in Mexico after the war, and Edwards' newspaper career and drinking problems.
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Let's Rally For Recreation Pamphlet, 1965 (C2280)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Pamphlet edited by the League of Women Voters, Columbia, MO, 1965. Includes list of recreational facilities and organizations, outlines needs of Columbia, and suggests solutions.
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William Hamilton Letcher Portrait, no date (P0989)
1 photograph
Photograph with short biography and autograph of Letcher
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Letter Fragment, 1891 (C2024)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To "Aunt Hannah," from Irondale, MO, Dec. 7, 1891.
Sends sympathy on death of uncle and family news.
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"Letters of a Missourian Who Died in the Gold Rush," Charles H. Philpott, editor, no date (C1206)
0.01 cubic feet (1 volume)
Synopsis of letters written between 1848 and 1850 by Alexander M. Philpott, the editor's uncle. A.M. Philpott was a medical student in Jefferson City when he left for the gold fields. He died in Sacramento in 1850.
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"Letters of a Missourian Who Died in the Gold Rush," Charles H. Philpott ed., no date (C0387)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Synopsis of letters written between 1848 and 1850 by Alexander M. Philpott, the editor's uncle. A.M. Philpott was a medical student in Jefferson City when he left for the gold fields. He died in Sacramento, 1850. Also genealogical information.
"THE LETTERS OF FREDERICK STEINES (1802-1890), 1834-1840," Norma Steines Cunningham, 1999 (C2364)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
THE LETTERS OF FREDERICK STEINES by Norma Steines Cunningham is a translation of correspondence, poetry, and songs written by a Missouri immigrant who was the first German schoolmaster west of the Mississippi River.
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Carolyn and David Leuthold Papers, 1964-1996 (C3960)
3 cubic feet
Papers concerning the community and state-wide activities of Carolyn and David Leuthold of Columbia, MO, relating to politics, mental health, energy, and other issues. Includes committee and organizational records, personal papers, publications, and miscellaneous.
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Carolyn and David Leuthold Papers, 1960s-1990s (CA5951)
10 cubic feet
Addition of papers of David Leuthold, a professor of political science at the University of Missouri-Columbia and consultant, includes teaching material, reports, studies and surveys, campaign literature and other research material related primarily to public attitudes, voting patterns, and mass media impact in Missouri state politics.
Levee District No. 3, Mississippi County, Missouri Collection, circa 1923 (R0326)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Levee District Number 3 Mississippi County, Missouri Collection contains a photocopy of a history of the levee district based in Mississippi County, Missouri, including a summary of levee construction prior to the flood of 1913 and improvements made after that date, with recommendations for future construction. The report was submitted to Little, Vardaman & Ditting of St. Louis, purchasers of the district’s construction bond.
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Charles L. Leven Desegregation Collection, 1969-1987 (S0920)
1 cubic foot
This collection contains research Charles L. Leven conducted for St. Louis County Schools to assess the Economic Impact of Desegregation. The materials in this collection include maps, statistics, and legal materials.
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Charles P. Leverich Papers, 1836-1846 (C2298)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Charles P. Leverich contain three letters to Leverich from New Orleans, concerning business, sugar market, frost, and the shipment and insurance of liquors.
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Emelie Levin Papers, 1969-1994 (K0363)
0.11 cubic foot (8 folders, 10 photographs, 2 oversize photographs)
The Emelie Levin Papers contain materials related to Emelie Levin's career in social services, her experience as the executive director of Jewish Family and Children's Services, and her affiliation with the National Council of Jewish Women. Also included in the collection are unidentified photographs and obituaries for Samuel Sosland.
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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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Rose Shapiro Levine Papers, 1920-2000 (K1167)
1 .5 c.f.
Levine was a choral director at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Includes Musical programs of Levine, her son-in-law, Tiberius Klausner, news-clippings, photographs, and memorabilia.
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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.
Norman Hadley Levitan Papers, 1969-2008 (K1108)
0.5 c.f.
Personal papers of Levitan including photographs, a scrapbook, school records, and publications, particularly relating to his amateur theater work as a youth.
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Sharon Bitner Levitan and Howard Steven Levitan Papers, 1929-2008 (K0803)
2.5 c.f.
Personal and family papers of teacher, small business owner, and leader of local Jewish women's organizations, Sharon Bitner Levitan. Also includes materials concerning Esther Gottlieb Bitner's career as a professional dancer and scrapbooks and items from Howard Levitan.
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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.
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Frances L. Lewine Memoir, no date (C4087)
0.1 cubic feet (6 folders)
The memoir contains a timeline presentation of women journalists' fight to get equal access to news events and be allowed full membership in the formerly all-male National Press Club.
Thomas F. Lewinsohn Papers, 2000 (K1221)
0.01 c.f.
Lewinsohn was Personnel Director for Kansas City, MO and Prairie Village, KS. Includes his autobiography manuscript.
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Lewis and Clark Trail Committee of Missouri Records, 1964-1977 (C3922)
2.6 cubic feet
Correspondence, meeting minutes, maps, newspaper clippings, and newsletters related to marking the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. A portion of the materials relate to the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission established by Congress in October 1964.
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Lewis Family Papers, 1838-1888 (C4059)
0.3 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of the Lewis family consist of family records, legal documents, financial documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous material of a family from Osceola, Missouri.
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Lewis Family Photographs, 1900-1910 (P1013)
Photographs of the Lewis family of Springfield, MO
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Lewis Memorial Chapel (Crescent, Mo.) History, [1963] (C3496)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two-page history of one of the first Methodist churches west of the Mississippi, written on occasion of its centennial.
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Lewis Memorial Library Photograph, no date (P0647)
1 photograph
Photo of Lewis Memorial Library, Glasgow, MO.
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Dorothy Roe Lewis Papers, 1926-1984 (C2233)
1.2 cubic feet (72 folders)
Papers of a feature writer for Universal News Service, women's editor for Associated Press, columnist for Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, editor of the Missouri Republican, and freelance writer. Material on ghostwriting assignments and freelance articles for newspapers and magazines.
Edward G. Lewis, University City Mayor Manuscript, 1974 (S0330)
0.01 cubic foot
A paper on Edward Gardner Lewis (1869-1950), the founder and first mayor of University City.
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Edward Gardner Lewis Mail Fraud Collection, 1945-1907 (S1102)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection consists of photocopies of Library of Congress holdings on the mail fraud trial of E. G. Lewis, founder and first mayor of University City.
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Ethelbert Wallis Lewis Letters, 1837-1851 (C1674)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To his brother, William W[alker] Lewis, Culpepper County, VA, from Missouri. Lewis emigrated from Virginia in 1836. Howard County; 1837 Missouri legislature; comparison of Missouri and Virginia; and Missouri life in general.
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Eugene R. Lewis Papers, 1853-1901 (K0326)
0.24 c.f. (12 folders)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the medical field, railroads, politics, and items Kansas City physician Lewis personally found interesting. Topics include the University of Kansas City Medical department (not to be confused with UMKC), various medical associations, historical sketches of people, papers written by Dr. Lewis, and the Women's Medical College of Kansas City, MO.
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H.H. Lewis Letter, 1950 (C0673)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To the History Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, from Cape Girardeau, MO, Mar. 15, 1950.
Concerns alleged conspiracy to repress incriminating information Lewis had collected about government officials. Two-page letter and enclosures.
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Jerry Gene Lewis Photograph Collection, 1952-1956, n.d. (CG0055)
0.2 c.f.
Collection of photographs found by landlord whose former tenant had obtained photos from a dumpster. Included is a letter addressed to Jerry Gene Lewis, congratulating him for finishing high school. Photos of a young man in a cap and gown (assumed to be Jerry) seen across several other photos provides continuity.
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Jesse Lewis Photograph Collection, 1915, no date (P0691)
12 photographs
Copy photos of Wellsville and Mineola, MO. Photograph of trolley car in St. Louis