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William T. League Papers, 1840-1866 (C1015)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Correspondence, bills, accounts, and business and legal papers about the printing and newspaper business in Missouri.

Harold H. and Dorothy V. Leake Papers, 1841-1990 (C4011)
40.25 cubic feet (2288 folders), 4 card files, 9 audio discs, 8 video cassettes

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The papers of Harold H. Leake, music teacher, radio broadcaster, and Episcopal priest, and Dorothy V. Leake, educator and biologist, consist of correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, diaries, subject files, and other materials relating to the personal and professional lives of the Leakes and their family.

Leasburg Community Club Collection, 1959-1975 (R0848)
(1 folder)

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These are booklets published for community centennial, homecoming, and Civil War centennial, and homecoming, celebrations at Leasburg in Crawford County, Missouri.

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Leason Business Records, 1832-1864 (K0151)
0.3 c.f.

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Account books which appear to relate to a dry goods establishment in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Some of the volumes were recycled as scrapbooks with clippings of poetry and other materials pasted into them. These were photocopied and disassembled to reveal the original account books.

Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers' Union Records, 1941-1970 (S0240)
0.15 cubic foot, 6 folders, 73 photographs

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The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings of the activities of the Leather Goods Union and its predecessor, the Fur and Leather Workers' Union. Included in the collection is a scrapbook on the successful 1941 strike against Gardner Pocket Book Company of St. Louis and photographs of the 1958 strike against Hartmann Luggage.

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Leavitt and Kay Records, 1875 (R0588)
1 roll

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This is the journal of a mercantile firm operated by J. S. Leavitt and John Kay at Houston in Texas County, Missouri. The entries begin on 7 April 1875 with a memorandum of partnership, and continue through 14 August 1875 when the partnership was dissolved.

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Leawood Garden Club Records, 1952-2002 (K0427)
5 c.f.

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Scrapbooks relating to the activities of the club, minutes of meetings and membership yearbooks of the Club in Leawood, KS.

Leawood Women's Club Records, 1960-2013 (K0428)
7.6 c.f.

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Scrapbooks, minutes, annual reports, newsletters, Yearbooks, and bylaws for the Club in Leawood, KS.

Lebanon Baptist Church Records, 1890-1983 (R0201)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Lebanon Baptist Church, Bloomsdale, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records for the Lebanon Baptist Church located seven miles north of Bloomsdale in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings of the congregation and board of deacons, membership records, a church history, and miscellaneous historical material.

Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1928, 1934 (R1060)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The collection consists of a booklet and a pamphlet promoting Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, as a location for industry, agriculture, and residence.

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Lebanon Nature Club Records, 1934-1940 (R0298)
1 folder

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These are newsletters of a natural history club in Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. The
newsletters include information on club activities, local sightings of flora and fauna, and species
counts.

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Lebanon Shakespeare Club Records, circa 1882-1982 (R0300)
(23 folders, 4 volumes)

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These are records of a women's literary club at Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. The collection includes minute books, financial reports, attendance records, annual programs, scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous papers.

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Lebanon Study Club Records, 1965-1976 (R0296)
4 folders

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This collection includes a cash book, minutes of meetings, yearbooks, and miscellaneous papers
of a women's club in Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. Organized in 1919, the club disbanded in
1976.

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Lebanon Woman's Club Records, 1935-1964 (R0299)
1 folder

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These are pamphlet yearbooks of the Lebanon Woman's Club at Lebanon, Laclede County,
Missouri, 1950-1964. The yearbooks include lists of officers and members, the constitution and bylaws,
committee assignments, and program topics. With the collection is a yearbook of the Business
and Professional Women's Club of Lebanon, 1935-1936.

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Kate and Eugene Lebovitz Papers, 1964-2013 (K1310)
0.2 c.f.

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program: Harry S. Truman Commendation Award Dinner, 1965; newspapers: KC Jewish Chronicle, September 11, 1964; January 22, 1965; The Buffalo Jewish Review, September 27, 2013.

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Lecoma Mill Company Records, 1882 (R0129)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Lecoma Mill Company Records contain a microfilm copy of individual accounts and records of cash received by the Lecoma Mill Company at Lecoma at Dent County, Missouri.

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Samuel Ledgerwood Papers, circa 1851-1853 (R0401)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Samuel Ledgerwood Papers contains a photocopy of a memoranda book belong to Samuel Ledgerwood, an early resident of Relfe in southern Phelps County, Missouri. The entries concern the operations of a general store and mill.

Alfred Lee Papers, 1827-1931 (S0605)
0.01 cubic foot

This collection contains narratives and correspondence on the life of Alfred Lee and his family. Lee was a partner at Shapleigh Hardware in St. Louis and lived in Webster Groves.

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Frederic Sterling Lee Papers, 1972-2014 (K1317)
34 c.f.

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The papers of Frederic Sterling Lee, former Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, contain his personal and professional research files, correspondence, writings and edited works. Dr. Lee was internationally known for his work on alternative microeconomic theory.

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Hazel Lee Collection, no date (P0980)
2 drawings

Drawings by Hazel Lee of Jefferson County landmarks

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Janice J. Lee Collection, 1936-1997 (SP0109)
1 cubic foot (21 folders, 15 photographs, 271 slides, 1 volume, 5 CDs, 2 vinyl records)

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The Janice J. Lee Collection contains publications related to the radio and entertainment industry in Springfield, Missouri, 35mm slides of Historic Route 66, and oral history interviews from St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company employees. The collection also includes audio recordings of the Goodwill Family, Slim Pickins Wilson & Band, and the Old Chuck Wagon Gang.

Richard L. Lee County Courthouse Photographs, 1955 (P0003)
210 photographs

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The collection includes photographs of county courthouses for the state of Missouri, taken in the mid-twentieth century by Richard L. Lee.

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Robert E. Lee Letter, 1866 (C1580)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Emma S. Ringo, Mexico, MO, from Lexington, VA, June 23, 1866. In answer to question, "What point in the South would a few thousand dollars do the most good?" Lee said the southern cities were in greater distress, and to contact Mrs. Benjamin Howard, president of Southern Aid Society.

William Fitzhugh Lee Papers, 1861-1863 (C0471)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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From Edwin J. Lee, aide-de-camp of Stonewall Jackson, to his aunt, November 1861. Description of the Battle of Manassas, Wm. F. Lee being wounded, and his subsequent death.

From J.E.B. Stuart, to Wm. F. Lee's widow, 1863. Expresses friendship, concern for her welfare, and confidence in a confederate victory.

Lee’s Summit Underwater Rescue and Recovery Team Collection, 1988, 1998-1999, 2014 (KA2626)
.04 c.f.

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The collection contains a certificate of recognition, correspondence, and a book related to the Lee’s Summit Underwater Rescue and Recovery Team.

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Carolyn Cook Leffler Photograph Collection, 1996 (P0027)
35 photographs

Black and white and color photos of the Ben Bolt Theatre in Chillicothe, 1985 and 1996, the Nelson Kneass tombstone, and the Zero Mile Stone in memory of composer Nelson Kneass.

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"A Legend", no date (C3514)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Article and supporting data, written to discredit the idea that Thomas Reynolds, governor of Missouri, and Thomas M. Reynolds, brother of the governor of Illinois, John Reynolds, were related.

"Legend of Princess Watt-Wa-Na of Locust Creek, Linn County, Missouri," William Sissons, no date (C2105)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Poem relating legend of an Indian princess who fled from an unwelcome marriage and was turned into a tree.

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Leggett & Platt, Inc., Photographs, 1939 (P0712)
9 photographs

Photos of Leggett & Platt, Inc., Carthage, MO, Manufacturers of Bedsprings and Innerspring Mattresses

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Leggett and Platt Spring Bed and Manufacturing Company Records, 1896-1932 (R0250)
(8 rolls of microfilm, 1 folder)

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The Leggett and Platt Spring Bed and Manufacturing Company Records contains microfilm copies of the business records of a manufacturing firm in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, now doing business as Leggett and Platt, Inc. Included are shipping and sales records, journals, expense records, balance sheets, and account ledgers.

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Lehman and Miller (Glasgow, Mo.) Ledger, 1884 (C2315)
0.10 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains the ledger of a general store, called Lehman Brothers prior to 1881.

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Lehman Brothers (Glasgow, Mo.) Record Book, 1874-1884 (C2311)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Daybook of a general store owned by Henry, Monte and William Lehman.

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Albert Lehnhoff Papers, 1897-1965 (S0529)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

Albert Lehnhoff was a World War I veteran and coal miner in Campbell Hill, Illinois. He was possibly involved in labor organizing that resulted in gunshots being fired at his house. Lehnhoff also worked as a musician at a local tavern and eventually became a restaurant owner. The collection Includes coins issued by the coal mine for spending in the company store; photocopies of Lehnhoff's WWI military records; and newspaper clippings on his family and a tornado that hit Campbell Hill in 1951.

Leib Family Photograph Collection, 1880, 1944 (R1456)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Leib Family Photograph Collection contains a copy of a photograph of Jacob S. Leib's sons circa 1880, and a copy of a photograph of Leib family members in 1944, in a group shot of the Oakland Christian Church in Joplin, Missouri. The photographs were identified by Jack Leib.

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Eugene E. Leibson and Shirley Dunn Leibson Papers, 1932-2006 (K0972)
0.09 cubic foot (6 folders, 3 CDs, 11 photographs)

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The Eugene E. Leibson and Shirley Dunn Leibson Papers contain correspondence, audio, and video related to Dunn family history, correspondence about a family reunion, undated photographs of relatives, and a group photograph, as well as three items related to the Harvey Jacobson family and Jacobson's Strictly Kosher grocery store.

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F. Ray Leimkuehler Slide Collection, 1940-1962 (S1068)
0.02 cubic foot

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This collection contains slides of St. Louis architectural landmarks, some of which no longer exist, such as the St. Louis Club at Locust and Ewing. F. Ray Leimkuehler was an architect for the St. Louis City Public School Board and used the slides for a presentation on St. Louis architecture. Also included in this collection are notecards describing the images and newspaper clippings recounting Leimkuehler's career.

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Ricka Leimkuehler Papers, 1849-1912, 1964-1966 (C2127)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The Leimkuehler Papers consist of photocopies of the records of the Pin Oak Creek Baptist Church, Mount Sterling, Missouri, 1849-1858, typescripts of those records, and articles by Leimkuehler about early German Baptists in Missouri.

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Austin Porter Leland Papers, 1954-1991 (S0202)
5.4 cubic feet, 186 folders, 1 oversize folder, 64 photographs, 10 volumes, 1 reel-to-reel, 1 16mm film reel

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The papers of Austin Porter Leland document his time as the Chairman of the Old Post Office Landmark Committee. The committee successfully campaigned to preserve the Old Post Office in St. Louis, which led to national legislation allowing for commercial use of historic buildings. Included in the collection are articles, correspondence, legislation, newspaper clippings, presentations, reports, statements, TV documentary transcripts, and photographs. The collection also contains material on other civic projects, including the Wainwright building.

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C.E. Lemmon Papers, 1908-1974 (C3472)
56 rolls of microfilm

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Clarence Eugene Lemmon was a Disciples of Christ minister in Columbia, Missouri. Church and limited family correspondence; sermon outlines and typescripts; notes and outlines for articles and books; First Christian Church materials; biographical and financial materials; and religious magazines and books.

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Constance Harlan Lemmon Papers, 1910-1974 (C3474)
6 rolls of microfilm

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Papers of an active churchwoman and wife of C.E. Lemmon, Disciples of Christ, minister. Personal and church-related materials. 

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Mrs. Walter V. Lemon Photograph Collection, 1893-1898 (P0976)
4 photographs

Photos of Montgomery City High School Class of 1898, Spanish American War 5th MO Volunteer Infantry, Fourth of July picnic, and Frank Saborinne and Linn Lockwood.

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Lenoir Family Papers, 1832-1860 (C1826)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Correspondence from Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina, but primarily of the Walter R. Lenoir family in Boone County, MO, describing the life of early settlers, prospects for Missouri, and growth of Columbia. Education, farming, land, slaves, churches, and family are also discussed.

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Thomas Lenoir Letters, 1839-1843 (C0355)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters from Lenoir in Fort Defiance, NC, to his brother Walter in Columbia, MO, concerning the death of their father and settlement of his estate.

Walter Raleigh Lenoir Letter, 1834 (C0356)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Edmond Jones, Fort Defiance, NC, from Columbia, MO, Dec. 30, 1834.

Description of Columbia and the surrounding country.

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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1947-1957 (CA6404)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Addition of Lavinia Lenoir Nifong’s wills and material concerning the establishment of the Lenoir Memorial Home. See also C3656.

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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1797-1964 (C3835)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina include school notebooks, genealogical material, photographs, and account books of the Lenoirs and Frank G. Nifong, a physician who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.

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Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers, 1813-1955 (C3656)
1.6 cubic feet (44 folders)

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The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina, include correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.

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Theodore F. Lentz Papers, 1926-1983 (S0435)
11 cubic feet, 565 folders, 32 microfilm rolls, 2 audio tapes

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Known as the father of peace research, Lentz began his career as an educational psychologist at Washington University in 1924. He resigned from full-time teaching in 1948 and devoted the rest of his life to scientific peace research. His 1955 Towards a Science of Peace led to further research and the establishment of peace research centers around the world. The papers includes material from the Character Research Association and Peace Research Laboratory.

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Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs, 1860-1939 (C3888)
40.4 cubic feet, 18 rolls of microfilm (8670 glass plate negatives, 95 film negatives, 63 photographic prints. Access copies on 18 rolls of microfilm)

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The collection consists of studio portraits of groups, families and individuals; and scenes of the Higginsville and Concordia areas in western Missouri.

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