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Linn County, Missouri, Broadside, 1863 (C2815)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Printed broadside announcing that Linn County men between 18 and 45 years of age were subject to fine for not enrolling in some military company and reporting for duty according to Orders No. 19 and 24. Notice is dated 18 July 1863.

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Linn Creek Community Club Collection, 1926 (R1059)
(1 folder)

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This is a promotional pamphlet issued by the Linn Creek Community Club to encourage economic developoment in Linn Creek and Camden County, Missouri.

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Linn Creek Methodist Church, Camden County, Missouri Collection, 1964 (R0428)
1 folder

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This is "The History of 90 Years of Linn Creek Methodist Church, from 1874 to 1964,"
compiled by Mrs. F. L. Ridenour. The congregation was formed in 1874 and officially organized in
1882. In 1930 the church moved to higher ground as a result of the construction of Lake of the
Ozarks.

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Lewis F. Linn Letter, 1841 (C1583)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To James K. Paulding, from Washington, Feb. 6, 1841.

Linn sent Paulding, secretary of the Navy, a petition from prominent Missourians requesting the appointment of Robert C. Minor as midshipman.

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Alice A. Linnemann Papers, no date (C3270)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Notes on mural decorations and Missouri state capitol decorations, compiled by Miss Linnemann of Lindenwood College, St. Charles, MO. Also her correspondence with sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman, Arthur A. Kocian, and Ben L. Emmons.

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Linscott Haylett Wheat Architectural Records, 1953-2009 (K0780)
91 c.f.

Architectural drawings, job files, administrative records, and photographs created by the firm whose diversified practice included a broad spectrum of building types, both new construction and renovation work.

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Linton Family Scrapbook, 1860-1872 (C4429)
0.31 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Scrapbook primarily consists of newspaper clippings, often written by Linton himself, that reflect his political views. The contents of this scrapbook display a strong sympathy to the Union and often argue against the Missouri Constitution of 1865.

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Edgar Allison Linton Photographs, 1910-1973 (K0490)
0.3 c.f.

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Travel photographs by Linton, photographer and teacher, taken during his various journeys around the world.

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Linwood Theater Records, 1940-1970 (K0491)
1 c.f.

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Publicity, photographs, newsletters, and other documents relating to the Movie Theater at 31st and Prospect, Kansas City, MO. Much of the materials compiled by Leo R. Davis, manager.

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Lions Club Minstrel Collection, 1935 (R1450)
(1 folder)

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The flier of the Lions Club Minstrel contains advertisements and cast names for the show at the Flat River High School in 1935.

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Lions Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1960s-1980s (CA5743)
2 cubic feet

Organizational correspondence, minutes, financial and membership records, newsletters, and promotional materials.

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Lions Club, Lebanon, Missouri Collection, 1931 (R1247)
(1 folder)

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This is a program booklet for "Charger Night" for the Lions Club at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, on January 5, 1931. Included are a list of charter members, the program, the menu, and a short history of Lebanon. E.L. Vernon was the first president of the club.

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Lions Club, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1929 (R1231)
(1 folder)

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This is "'Ozarks' A Booklet Sponsored by the Lions Club," published in 1929 to promote Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, and the surrounding area. Edited by Lon Scott, the illustrated booklet includes articles on natural history, transportation, the Civil War, and agriculture.

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Alex Liosnoff Papers, 1936-2002 (C4361)
1 cubic foot (48 folders)

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Biographical material, newspapers, newsletters, radio broadcasting material, and plain language program in business forms material of a 1941 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Liosnoff was a newspaper reporter, editor and radio editor and writer, as well as a Director of Public Affairs management for the U.S. High Commissioners and U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryuku Islands. He was also head of the Plain Language Program though the Bank of America.

Carl Lipoff and Adele Goodman Lipoff Family Papers, 1991 (K0904)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Carl Lipoff and Adele Goodman Lipoff Family Papers contain a bound book titled ""Carl and Adele Lipoff: A Family History"" which details history of the Lipoff family.

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Adolph Gustav Lipp Papers, 1839-1944, 1958 (S0046)
0.05 cubic foot, 32 folders, 13 photographs

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The Adolph Gustav Lipp Papers contain marriage certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, and theater programs documenting the life of Adolph Lipp, who immigrated from Germany to St. Louis, Missouri, between the late 1880s and 1890s.

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Clarissa Start Lippert Papers, 1939-1976 (S0470)
0.8 cubic feet, 14 folders, 1 photograph, 36 volumes on 4 microfilm rolls

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 The papers contain scrapbooks, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting Clarissa Start Lippert’s career as a features writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Winifred Lippman Papers, 1930-2007, bulk 1954-2001 (S0188)
5 cubic feet, 377 photographs, 5 video tapes

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The papers of Winifred Lippman contain correspondence, photographs, video tapes, an oral history interview, newspaper clippings, and organizational records documenting Lippman's seventy-year career as a Labor activist and her work for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. 

Lippstadt Evangelical Church (Warren County, Mo.) Records, 1849-1933 (C3643)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)

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The marriage, baptismal, confirmation and funeral records of a German evangelical church located near Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri. Volume three also contains the rules of the congregation and list of its members. The records are written almost entirely in German script.

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Robert Lipscomb Papers, 1945-2019 (SP0053)
0.4 cubic foot (20 folders, 1 cd)

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The Robert Lipscomb Papers consists of photographs taken or collected by Robert Lipscomb in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as an oral history interview with Robert. The majority of the photographs were taken during Robert's career with the Missouri Conservation Commission and include images of Missouri's forests and landscapes, in addition to fire lookout towers across South Central Missouri.

Adolph Lipsey Papers, 1962 (K0481)
1 reel

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Motion picture film of the groundbreaking for the synagogue for Congregation Beth Shalom at 95th Street and Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO.

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John W. Lister Papers, 1818-1911 (S0830)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders

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The papers of John W. Lister contain photocopies of his memoirs as a Captain in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Lister served in the Mississippi River Brigade as a carpenter and recounted his experiences in the Siege of Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign.

Literacy Action Corps of Columbia, Missouri Records, 1969-2022 (CA6232)
1.5 cubic feet

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Administrative records of the organization including minutes, correspondence, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, and photographs.

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Literacy Investment for Tomorrow-Missouri Records, 1989-2013 (CA6354)
4.1 cubic feet, 2 DVDs, 5 video cassettes

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The records of an organization devoted to developing and promoting adult and family literacy resources include meeting minutes, reports, newsletters, publications, and miscellaneous administrative material. The organization ceased operation in 2012 after more than twenty years of providing training programs and technical assistance throughout Missouri.

Litherbury/Beck Family Letters, 1857-1964 (K0781)
0.3 c.f.

Letters written among the members of a farm family in Atchison County, MO concerning family matters such as farming, activities of children, the weather, and news of extended family. Some letters are from family men to home while they were in the military during war. Also genealogy and family history files.

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Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1920-1955 (C3618)
1 roll of microfilm

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Church register, including lists of pastors, clerks, treasurers, deacons and trustees, a chronological register, compilations of statistics, and minutes.

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Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Sesquicentennial Program, 1969 (C3126)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief history of church and program listing events of sesquicentennial celebration.

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"A Little Dab of History Without Embellishment," William H. Gregg, 1906 (C1113)
0.35 cubic feet (1 volume; also available on 1 roll of microfilm)

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Reminiscences of service under William Clarke Quantrill until the winter of 1863-1864.

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Little Piney Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records, 1834-1876 (R1353)
(1 volume)

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This record book contains 123 pages of minutes recorded at the annual meeting held by the Little Piney Regular Predestinarian Baptist Association, located in Pulaski County, September 1834-August 1876.

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Little Piney Baptist Association Records, 1837-1935 (R0283)
0.5 cubic foot (90 folders)

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The Little Piney Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records contain minutes of annual meetings of the Little Piney Association, which was composed of churches in Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, and Texas counties in Missouri. At various times, the organization was titled a “United” and “Primitive” Baptist association.

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Little River Valley Land Company Collection, circa 1908 (R0946)
(1 folder)

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This collection contains photocopies of a promotional booklet for the Little River Valley Land Company, which marketed land made available by the drainage of the swamps in southeastern Missouri. A.L. Harty served as president and W. F. Smith served as secretary of the firm, which was based at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Little Rock Landing Records, 1854-1856 (R0438)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)

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This daybook was kept at Little Rock landing on the Mississippi River just north of Sainte
Genevieve, Missouri, from 5 January 1854 to 22 March 1856. Listings include the person or firm
and amount charged, commodities brought ashore or shipped, and the name of the steamboat. The
proprietor might have been Francis Claude Rozier. Large quantities of iron and lead were shipped
from the landing.

Little Zion Baptist Church, Howell County, Missouri Records, 1913-1994 (R0503)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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These are the record books of the Little Zion Baptist Church near Trask in Howell County,
Missouri. The volumes include membership records, lists of officers and pastors, and minutes of
church meetings from 4 October 1913 through 1 June 1994. There is also an historical sketch of the
church written for its centennial in 1994.

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Little Zion Primitive Baptist Church (Macon County, Mo.) Records, 1836-1974 (C3640)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Record books containing lists of members of the church, the constitution, and the abstract of principles. A synopsis of each meeting of the congregation is also included.

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"Christ Church Parish, Lexington, Missouri, 1845-1945," Burtis M. Little, 1945 (C0762)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Centennial history of an Episcopal church.

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Thomas Little Invoice, 1863 (C1510)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Invoice of transportation listing horses, mules, harness and wagon, given to Captain John D. Meredith, Company A, 2nd Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia.

Anderson Dishman Litton Papers, 1899-1940 (C4431)
0.4 cubic feet (23 folders)

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Letters between Litton and his wife Mamie offer insight into the American way of life throughout the years 1899-1940. These courtship letters display the perspective of young rural Americans from the periods ranging from the McKinley administration to Roosevelt's New Deal.   

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Howard C. Litton Photograph Collection, no date (P0398)
1 folder

Photos of Valle Mines, MO, tornado, April 13, 1911. Photo of Jun 1938 flooding, Jefferson County, MO. Photographic postcard of Festus Armory.

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Jerry L. Litton Papers, 1960-1976 (C3730)
25 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 10 audio tapes, 29 video cassettes, 150 video tapes, 3 films, 53 DVDs

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Papers of Missouri 6th District congressman from 1973 to 1976 and candidate in the 1976 Democratic primary for U.S. senator. The papers include correspondence, congressional office files, campaign files, and miscellaneous material pertaining to the television show "Dialogue With Litton;" the Litton Charolais Ranch; and the Jerry Litton Memorial.

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Jerry L. Litton Papers, 1970s (CA6128)
3 cubic feet, 1 oversize item

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Addition includes correspondence, limited campaign memorabilia, financial records, and miscellaneous papers and office files.

Solomon Litton Letter, 1850 (C2181)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To his wife from Nevada City, CA, Nov. 30, 1850. Description of a trip to California during the Gold Rush. Explanation of the process of "washing out" gold. Health, weather, and living conditions.

Charles E. Lively Papers, c. 1909-1966 (CA3740)
8.2 cubic feet

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Correspondence and publications of a rural sociologist.

John Livergood Land Grant, 1825 (C1885)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certificate granting Livergood, of Edwards County, IL, eighty acres of land, signed by J.Q. Adams.

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Living Treasures Oral History Collection, 1983-1985 (S0456)
0.4 cubic foot, 32 folders, 112 photographs

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The St. Louis Living Treasures Project documented the life and artwork of older folk artists in the St. Louis area. The folk artists shared techniques learned from their cultures of origin in oral history interviews conducted by OASIS. The 31 artists who participated include African Americans, Native Americans, Asian immigrants, and European immigrants.

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Livingston and Traugott Families Papers, 1898-2006, bulk 1942-1959 (R1516)
1.2 cubic feet (40 folders, 13 photographs)

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The Livingston and Traugott Families Papers contains personal correspondence and papers of the Traugott and Livingston families from Benton and Miller counties in Missouri, with the bulk revolving around the life of the Traugott family during Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Henry Traugott’s career in the United States Army in the mid-twentieth century.

LIVSERINDRINGER, Jorgen Jorgensen, 1938 (C2754)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a copy of Livserindringer written in Danish, and a letter of Jorgensen to J. Christian Bay from Reserve, MT.

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William C. Lobenstine Diary, 1852-1858 (C0525)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Photocopy of privately printed edition of diary kept while traveling to California to mine gold in 1852. Includes scattered entries for years Lobenstine was in Volcano and Camp Secco, California, as a miner and, later, a merchant. Entries from April 20 to July 1, 1858, describe his return to the East via the Isthmus of Panama and his intent to settle in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Lock Brothers Milling Company Papers, 1861-1935 (C3630)
3 rolls of microfilm (3 folders, 14 volumes)

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Daybooks, ledgers, and payroll records of a family-owned milling company in Loose Creek, Osage County, Missouri. Operations included a sawmill, winery and flour mill. Most of the mill's business was done with local German immigrant farmers and their descendants. Early records are in German shorthand script and there are some gaps.

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Lock Brothers Milling Company Photographs, 1900, 1961 (P0776)
4 photographs

Photos of the Lock Brothers Milling Company in Loose Creek/Luystown

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Linda M. Locke Papers, 1969-1982 (C0839)
1.4 cubic feet (76 folders)

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Papers of a Missouri National Organization for Women chapter coordinator and assistant state and state coordinator, 1978-1982; Adult Abuse Remedies Coalition lobbyist, 1979-1980; delegate to 1980 Democratic National Convention; and Missouri Equal Rights Amendment Countdown Campaign project director, 1981-1982.