Manuscripts Index

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Meadowbrook Birdie Collection, 1962-1966 (K1377)
0.03

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The Meadowbrook Birdie Collection contains issues of Meadowbrook Birdie, a newsletter for Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club.

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Mechanics' Bank, Warsaw Branch Checks, 1860 (C2395)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two checks on a Warsaw, MO, bank.

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Media Watch Records, 1987-1993 (C4093)
0.1 cubic feet, 2 video cassettes

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Newsletters and instructional guides for improving the image of women in the media.

Medicine in the Jungle Web Exhibit Collection, 1959-2002 (S0651)
0.4 cubic foot, 8 folders, 3 CDs

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This collection is a compilation of material gathered by Sonya McDonald during her research and creation of the web exhibit "Medicine in the Jungle: Dr. Thomas Dooley and Earl Rhine in Laos," using the Earl Rhine Papers and the Thomas A. Dooley Papers. Included in this collection are correspondence, articles, newsletters, web exhibit script, CD of the web exhibit, oral history interviews, and artifacts.

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Medlock-Luecke Family Papers, 1873-2021 (S0039)
4 cubic feet

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The Medlock-Luecke Family papers contain correspondence, photographs, yearbooks, family histories, and a yearbook pertaining to the Jim, Kay, Joey, and AJ Medlock; the Luecke family, primarily Robert Clarence and Louise Meers Luecke; and other branches of the family, including the Eakers and the Hodges.

Thomas Mee Papers, 1863-1864 (C0550)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers contain one letter from Thomas Mee to his wife. Mee was a soldier with the 2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteers, stationed near Murphreesboro, Tennessee. He talks of the horrors of the battle near Murphreesboro and predicts a greater one in Chattanooga, where he expects to be sent. Also included is a certificate of service showing Mee died at Andersonville Prison in 1864.

William Meeter Letter, 1827 (C2200)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to John McClure, Greenville, Augusta C[oun]ty, VA, from William Meeter, Callaway County, MO, Dec. 20, 1827. The letter includes a description of a trip from Virginia to Missouri titled "A Virginia Youth's Impressions of Missouri," discussing the appearance of the country, people, water, industry, prices, and marriageable women.

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Bessie Mae Spurling Megee Papers, 1935-1991 (C4433)
0.7 cubic feet (15 folders, 5 CDs)

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This collection consists of material regarding a prolific promotional contest winner from Moberly, Missouri.

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Reverend William W. Megee Marriage Records, 1968 (R0062)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Reverend William W. Megee Marriage Records contain a typescript copy of extracts from the marriage records of William W. Megee, a general Baptist circuit rider. The records are of marriages performed by Megee in Ozark County from 1874 to 1920.

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Benton Barnes Megown Essays, no date (C0770)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The collection contains typescript essays on places and events of interest in Ralls County, Missouri, including the New London Christian Church and early settlements.

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Edwin P. Meiners Collection, 1825-1960 (C3722)
7.1 cubic feet (407 folders)

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The papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist include personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners's insect collection and collections of correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.

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Meinershagen Family Papers, 1931-2003 (C4688)
1.25 cubic feet (35 folders)

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Family papers and genealogical research materials compiled by Fred H. Meinershagen of Columbia, Missouri, for a published family history entitled “The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen” [Meinershagen, Begemann, Hackmann, Neiweg, and Brinkmann families]. Includes correspondence, research, family reunion notes and other materials, newspaper clippings, obituaries, photographs, color slides, negatives, and genealogical charts.

Reba Meinershagen Genealogical Research Papers, 1974-1979 (C4683)
2.0 cubic feet (31 folders)

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The papers of Reba Meinershagen, a professional genealogist, contain correspondence and research material on Missouri families. The correspondence largely consists of material between Meinershagen and her research clients.

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Joseph C. Meisner Papers, c. 1960s-1970s (CA4340)
15.7 cubic feet

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Research data for dissertation and correspondence of former professor of agricultural economics active in extension work at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Edwin B. Meissner Jr., Papers, 1944-1998 (S0933)
0.04 cubic feet, 2 ledgers

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The Edwin B. Meissner Records contain correspondence, books, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and a videotape focusing on the history of race relations in St. Louis from 1944 to 1998. The majority of the materials focus on Meissner’s efforts to improve race relations in St. Louis as the chairperson of the St. Louis Race Relations Commission.

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Barbara Mellers Photograph Collection, 1870-1900 (P0231)
1 photograph

66 unidentified cabinet cards and carte de visites of Missouri families and individuals.

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Jesse Mellon Letter, 1839 (C1730)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Mary Ewers, Philemont, VA, from Columbia, MO, May 24, 1839.

Mellon brought his family from Virginia to Missouri. He wrote his mother about the trip, arrival in Columbia, health, rent, soil, land and commodity prices. He purchased a 160-acre farm with improvements. Inquiries about family and friends.

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"The Melting Pot," Ralph D. Killian, no date (C2895)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a history of Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, and Cape Girardeau Counties, MO, describing the geology, natural resources, and early settlers.

Emory Melton Papers, 1920s-2000s (CA3125)
43.75 cubic feet, 8 oversize items

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Papers of a Republican state senator, representing the 29th Senatorial District. Includes constituent, legislative, and general correspondence, photographs, election and campaign material, and subject and legislative files.

Emory Melton Papers, 1880-1980 (SP0065)
20 cubic feet

The Emory Melton Papers contain the personal and professional papers of attorney and long-time state Senator Emory Melton of Cassville, Missouri.

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Mildred Fourt Melton Photograph Collection, 1895-1950 (P0400)
1 folder

Photos of Cyrus Houston Frost portrait, Hannah Leek Frost portrait, Houston Institute ca. 1890, Houston Public school 1894, Big Piney River Bridge near Houston, confederate reunions, Edna Ruth Starling, Texas County Courthouse (2), The Narrows, and O'Possum Trot School.

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Philip J. Meltzer Papers, 1992 (K1127)
0.03 c.f.

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A history of the Galler family compiled by Meltzer in 1992.

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"Memoirs of the Life of Lee Caruth Miller, M.D.," L.C. Miller, 1903 (C2718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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A personal history relating his trip west for the California gold rush and back to Missouri by boat, and his experiences with Quantrill's raiders.

"Memorabilia", 1904, 1952 (C0703)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Autobiographical sketch of Carr Pritchett who with his parents migrated from Virginia to Missouri in 1835 and became a preacher, teacher, astronomer, and founder of Pritchett College. Tells of his early life in Virginia and the struggles of his first years in Missouri. Also includes an edited version with comments by Betty Huston Pritchett (1952).

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"Memorandum on Provisions Relating to Railroads in the Constitution of Missouri of 1875", no date (C0518)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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A brief statement of the circumstances leading up to the adoption of the provisions relating to railroads in the constitution of 1875 by the assistant counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission. Written in the early 1940s for the Constitutional Convention.

Memorial Addresses on the Life of Representative Richard P. Bland, 1900 (S0212)
1 volume

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Richard P. Bland (Late Representative from Missouri), delivered in the House of Representatives and the Senate

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Memorial Addresses on the Life of Senator Lewis Bogy, 1878 (S0211)
1 volume

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Lewis Bogy, (A Senator From Missouri), Delivered In The Senate, January 16, 1878 and House of Representatives January 23, 1878.

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Memorial Methodist Church (St. Louis, Mo.) Records, 1844-1981 (C1071)
1.25 cubic feet

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Records of the church from its beginning as the South St. Louis Mission (German Methodist) in 1844 to 1981. Includes quarterly conference reports and minutes; membership, baptism, and marriage records; church board and organization meeting minutes; Sunday School records; some financial records; and photographs.

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"Memories and Reminiscences of Early Days at Old Siloam", no date (C3539)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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History of Siloam Springs, Missouri, written by Clora Twedell Hunter who spent her childhood there.

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"Memories of My Life," Alexander Warfield Walker, 1914 (C3163)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Autograph and typed manuscripts of autobiography, and revision.

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Memphis, Kansas, and Colorado Railway Company Records, 1880-1888 (R0089)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Memphis, Kansas, and Colorado Railway Company Records contain a microfilm copy of construction and operating journals. The Memphis, Kansas, and Colorado Railways was a narrow gauge branch line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad.

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Men in Agriculture Portraits, no date (P1201)

portraits, small ovals on thick mount--six men tied to agriculture

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Pierre Menard Sr. Collection, 1805-1905 (K0275)
0.5 c.f.

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Microfilm of the Menard incoming and outgoing personal and professional correspondence in the Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois Historical Survey. Letters deal with Menard's involvement in the fur trade and other businesses. Of particular interest are the letters from his daughter Berenice and her husband Francois Chouteau from their home at the mouth of the Kansas River.

Willard H. Mendenhall Diaries, 1853-1864 (C3866)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The diaries of Willard H. Mendenhall record his life on a farm near Lexington, MO, during the Civil War.

Willard Hall Mendenhall Portraits, 1857, no date (P0949)
3 photographs

Copy photos of Willard Hall Mendenhall.

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Warren Douglas Meng Scrapbooks, no date (C1436)
0.86 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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The scrapbooks of Warren Douglas Meng contain newspaper clippings compiled by W.D. Meng, newspaperman and editor of Missouri Blue Book, 1933-1934. Volumes one and two contain miscellaneous newspaper clippings of Civil War articles, poems, and photographs. Volume three contains newspaper clippings on the Blue Book.

Menorah Legacy Foundation Collection, 1999-2009 (K1075)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)

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This collection contains materials related to the history of Menorah Medical Center. Newspaper clippings, reports, and photocopies of documents detail the development of the hospital along with the Arthur Mag Distinguished Leadership Award, named after one of the hospital's earliest directors.

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Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary Collection, 1981-2004 (K1076)
0.5 c.f.

Photographs of various events and activities; newsletter; certificates.

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Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary Directory, 1994-1996 (K1391)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary Directory contains a 1994-1996 membership directory book for the Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary.

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Menorah Medical Center Records, 1919-2004 (K1077)
43 c.f.

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Records relating to the Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary, to land transactions of the Medical Center, and to the history and public relation of Menorah Hospital, established by the Jewish community in in 1930.

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Ruby Bergfeld Menscher Photographs, 1957, no date (P0800)
3 photographs

Photos of St. Charles County ca. 1957, including Pond Fort, the Bates house, and Dardenne Presbyterian Church.

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Mensie Family Papers, (S0276)
0.5 cubic foot

The Mensie Family Papers contain correspondence, baptismal certificates, photographs, and scrapbooks pertaining to Vernon August Mensie's (1917-1999) service with the 4th Airdrome Squadron of the 5th Air Force during World War II; the death of Vernon's uncle, William Henry Mensie (1887-1967); and Vernon's efforts to trace the lineage of his grandfather, Johann Bernard Mensie and his descendants. Also included in the collection are scrapbooks chronicling Vernon August Mensie's (1917-1999) travels to Colorado and California and his service with the 4th Airdrome Squadron of the 5th Air Force during World War II.

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Meramec Basin Association Records, 1965-1978 (S0362)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders

The Meramec Basin Association Records contain brochures, maps, position papers, reprints concerning the proposed Meramec Dam near Sullivan, Missouri, on the Meramec River. This organization favored construction and worked to convince the public of its advantages.

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Meramec Basin Resources Committee Collection, 1950 (R0777)
(1 folder)

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This is "A Shameless Sham": The Army Engineer "Plan" for the Meramec Basin, published by the Meramec Basin Resources committee in cooperation with the Conservation Federation of Missouri and the Ozark Protective Association. The groups opposed plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to build three multiple purposes high dams on the Meramec, Bourbeuse, and Big Rivers in Missouri.

Meramec Regional Planning Commission Historic Sites Survey Collection, 1980-1989 (R0454)
5.75 cubic feet (86 folders, 865 photographs)

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The Meramec Regional Planning Commission Historic Sites Survey Records contains the historic site surveys, with accompanying photographs, negatives, and research materials for Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, and Washington Counties. Included in the reports are houses, churches, schools, bridges, businesses, and other structures.

Mercantile Bancorporation Records, 1859-1999 (S1242)
45.5 cubic feet

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This collection contains meeting minutes, property appraisal cards, annual reports, VHS tapes, and photographs pertaining to the Mercantile Bancorporation’s mission to provide financial services to customers in the Midwest. Materials of interest include property appraisal cards for residential homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region. The cards contain information about the lot size, construction material, and estimated value for each individual property. The materials in this collection date from 1936 to 1999.

Mercer County, Missouri Atlas Frontispiece, 1877 (C0829)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a history of Mercer County, Missouri, as given on the frontispiece of the 1877 atlas.

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Merchant and Staples Tobacco Company Account Books, 1874-1878 (C0582)
0.04 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Account books of a Chariton County, Missouri, tobacco company, with offices at Brunswick and Triplett, giving amounts of shipments, accounts payable to tobacco growers, and financial accounts of the company.

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Merchants' Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records, 1859-1862 (R0462)
0.5 cubic foot (2 volumes)

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The Merchants’ Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records contain a “General Ledger” and “Individual Ledger” of the “branch of the Merchants’ Bank of St. Louis, at St. Genevieve,” 1859-1872. Controlled largely by the Rozier family, this institution appears to have been succeeded in 1865 by the Ste. Genevieve Savings Association. The “Individual Ledger” is indexed.

James H. Meredith Papers, 1952-1961 (C3886)
2.8 cubic feet

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Correspondence and files belonging to St. Louis attorney James H. Meredith. Concerns Stuart Symington's senatorial and presidential campaigns from 1952 through 1960, for which Meredith acted as Missouri state coordinator.