Manuscripts Index
James H. Meredith Papers, 1961-1987 (S0472)
56 cubic feet, 1 microfilm roll
James H. Meredith was a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. Between 1972-1981, Meredith oversaw the legal battle to desegregate the St. Louis Public Schools. In 1979, he ruled that the St. Louis City Board of Education did not hold the responsibility for racial imbalance in city schools. When the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed his ruling, Meredith became committed to voluntary desegregation. The collection includes seven scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and photographs.
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John D. Meredith Commission, 1864 (C1492)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Commission as captain, Company D, 39th Infantry, Missouri Volunteers.
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Junius L. Meriam Papers, 1904-1944 (C0965)
0.4 cubic feet
The Junius L. Meriam Papers consist of photographs and a scrapbook primarily describing and depicting Meriam's views on elementary education. He was a professor at the University of Missouri School of Education and superintendent of the university laboratory schools from 1904-1924.
Willa Henbest Mermoud Photograph Collection, 1910, no date (P0762)
4 photographs
Copy photos of a teachers institute in Exeter, ca. 1900, and the David W. Courdin home in Monett.
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Clarice Steward Merrill Letter, 1962 (C0967)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To [T.A. Brady, Columbia], MO, from [West Covina, CA], Nov. 7, 1962.
Letter about Mrs. Merrill's grandfather, Major James B. Ruckel, and his possible connection with the construction of the original University buildings.
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Julius Caesar Merrill Diary, 1864 (C0371)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Typed copy of diary which gives an account of trip from Milwaukee to Boise City, ID, in 1864. Describes the journey over the old Oregon Trail, storms, severity of weather, shortage of food and water for their livestock, scarcity of firewood and wild game food for themselves, difficulties in fording rivers, fear of Indian attack, encounters with Indians wanting to trade, and other problems of wagon train life.
Leven H. and Susan Smith Merrill Papers, 1854-1864 (CA6669)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain letters between Leven Henderson Merrill and his wife Susan Smith Merrill of Lafayette County, Missouri, along with essays and poems by Leven Henderson Merrill. Also includes business records, including information regarding people enslaved by the Merrill family.
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Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records, 1879-1953 (S0331)
3 microfilm rolls
The Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records were loaned for microfilming and document the founding and early development of the company and the personal lives of members of the Mesker family. The records include correspondence, company licenses, shares and checks, catalogues, a patent, an account book and publications relating to the building trades. The collection contains early correspondence between Frank and Ben Mesker from 1882-1886, biographical information, birth and graduation announcements, obituaries, and news clippings regarding members of the Mesker family.
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Messerly Family Papers, 1896-1902 (CA6713)
0.2 cubic feet
The papers of a Sedalia, Missouri, family include a baby book for Charles Edward Messerly Jr. and John McRoberts Messerly, 1896. Also included is a certificate appointing Charles Edward Messerly as the presiding judge of Pettis County, 1902, and an undated photograph of Hospital Day.
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Meteorite Postcard Collection, 1909 (R1365)
(1 folder)
The Meteorite Postcard Collection consists of a postcard written by Dr. Samuel B. Rowe to Dr. C.A. Peterson. The postcard concerns fragments of a meteorite in Rowe's possession.
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Abe Meth Papers, 2012 (K1300)
0.1 c.f.
Papers of a prominent staff member at Beth Shalom consist of one newspaper clipping from The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, May 18, 2012, detailing his involvement with Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during World War II
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Methodist Church, Southwest Missouri Annual Conference Records, 1941-1959 (R0555)
(15 volumes)
These are published minutes of sessions of the Southwest Missouri Annual Conference of the Methodist Church. Included are membership rolls and pastoral assignments, minutes, reports, obituaries, and statistics.
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Methodist Church, St. Louis Annual Conference Report, 1954 (C2165)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a report issued by the sixteenth session, St. Louis Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.
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Methodist Episcopal Church South Lane's Prairie Charge Records, 1889-1893 (R0432)
1 volume
These are records of quarterly conferences of the Lane's Prairie Charge, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. The charge consisted of congregations in Maries County, Missouri. The records
include minutes of meetings, reports on the status of churches, Sunday schools and missions, and
financial statements.
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Methodist Episcopal Church South, St. Louis Conference, Farmington Circuit, Conference Minutes, 1877-1890 (C3002)
2 rolls of microfilm
Conference minutes of the Farmington Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Includes member information, fund raising statements, and names of those licensed to preach.
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This collection includes a Quarterly Conference record book (1890-1893) and a postal card (1894) concerning the Waynesville Charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Pulaski County, Missouri.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Cape Girardeau and Circuit Records, 1848-1883 (C2986)
1 roll of microfilm
Quarterly conference minutes of the Cape Girardeau circuit in Missouri. Also included are some minutes for the Jackson and Perryville circuits in the same district. The minutes list members present, discuss church business, and list the amount of money collected by each member church and how it was spent. Also includes brief history of financial transactions during the 1870s.
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Pendleton, Mo.) Records, 1893 (C2941)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two classbooks for use in the Methodist Episcopal Church, including names of class members.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Clarence, Mo.) Records, 1878-1891 (C4553)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record book of the Clarence, Missouri, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1878-1891.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Doniphan Circuit Minutes, 1866-1876 (C1340)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes and miscellaneous records of the Circuit, including those of the Poplar Bluff and Doniphan Circuit as well. Also an account of a man's religious experiences in Kentucky, and in Missouri after his migration.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Missouri Conference, Princeton Circuit Records, 1866-1884 (C4464)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of quarterly meetings of the Princeton Circuit, Macon District.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Southwest Missouri Conference Records, 1880-1925 (R0552)
0.25 cubic foot (3 folders, 20 booklets)
These are published minutes of the annual sessions of the Southwest Missouri Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Included are membership rolls and assignments, minutes, reports, obituaries, and statistics.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Annual Conference Records, 1911-1939 (R0553)
3 volumes
These are published minutes of annual sessions of the St. Louis Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, for the years 1911, 1938, and 1939. The volume for 1939 includes minutes of the
first session of the Conference as part of the unified Methodist Church. Included are membership rolls and
assignments, minutes, reports, obituaries, and statistics.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Conference District Journals, 1845-1893 (C2994)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Ste. Genevieve, Perryville, and York Chapel circuits of the St. Louis Conference District of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Includes minutes detailing church business and statements of funds collected from the churches. The journals cover the Ste. Genevieve circuit from 1845 to 1860, the Perryville circuit from 1864 to 1871, and the York Chapel circuit from 1881 to 1893.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Versailles Circuit Records, 1859-1901 (C1864)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Register includes names of members and probationers in the Versailles Circuit, Jefferson City District, Missouri, how and when received and disposed of--whether by death, certificate, withdrawal, or expulsion--and some baptism and marriage records.
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Vienna Circuit Records, 1887-1908 (R0302)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are records of quarterly conferences of the Vienna Circuit, which included churches at Vienna, Bloom Garden, Bodendick, Branson Chapel, Enterprise, and Hughes Chapel in Maries County, and Lawson in Miller County, Missouri. The reports include minutes of meetings, financial records, and statements of spiritual conditions within the circuit.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Vienna, Missouri Records, 1895-1898 (R0603)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Vienna, Missouri Records include microfilm copies of the Methodist Sunday School that includes attendance records, statistical summaries, and meeting minutes from 1895 to 1898.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Louis Conference Records, 1930-1931 (R0554)
2 volumes
These are published minutes of annual sessions of the St. Louis Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Included are membership rolls and pastoral assignments, minutes, reports,
obituaries, and statistics.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Wet Glaize Class, Camden County, Missouri Records, 1889-1921 (R0757)
(1 folder)
This is a record book of the Wet Glaize Class, presumably a Sunday School, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The class probably met in Camden County, Missouri.
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Methodist Episcopal Church-South, Southwest Missouri Conference Records, 1919-1967, bulk 1919-1925 (R0636)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Methodist Episcopal Church-South, Southwest Missouri Conference Records contain photocopies of records from the Jasper Circuit in the Joplin District, which was a part of the Southwest Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church-South. Included are a Quarterly Conference Record of the Jasper Circuit, 1919-1923, and miscellaneous papers, 1919-1967.
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Methodist Episcopal South Church Conference Records, no date (RA1658)
0.25 c.f. (1 folder)
Methodist Protestant Church Missouri Conference Collection, 1929 (R1070)
(1 folder)
These are the minutes of the Sixty-third annual session of the Missouri Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church held at Blades Chapel, in Greene County, Missouri on August 7-10, 1929. E.R. Stribling served as president and J.F. Howe served as secretary of the session. The booklet inlcudes official minutes of session, roster of pastors and delegates, reports of standing committees, and statistacal table that lists all the member congretations with membership and financial data.
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Metro Housing Resources Records, 1970-1982 (S0772)
29 cubic feet, 1 cassette, 1 videotape
The records of Metro Housing Resources contain correspondence, meeting minutes, applications, and newsletters documenting the organization's mission to advocate for fair housing and housing options for lower-income families and researching questions related to fair housing and the provisions of housing for low-income and minority families. The services consisted of developing and maintaining a listing service for clients and providing a referral and counseling service for people alleging discrimination in housing. Harry Edward Berndt, the director, closed the organization in 1982, citing declining support for housing issues under the Reagan administration.
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Metro St. Louis Women's Federal Credit Union Records, 1978-1984 (S0978)
0.25 cubic foot
The Metro St. Louis Women's Federal Credit Union Records contain bylaws, a charter, newsletters, and news clippings pertaining to the group's mission to provide economic self-sufficiency for women living the St. Louis metropolitan area.
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Metropolitan Area League of Women Voters Collection, 1919-1987 (S0248)
34 cubic feet, 1021 folders, 26 photographs
This collection contains reports, correspondence newspaper clippings, and meeting minutes from several St. Louis area chapters of the League of Women Voters. The chapters include Kirkwood, University City, Webster Groves, North County, St. Louis County, metro, Clayton, and Central County.
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Metropolitan Church Federation Records, 1905-1978 (S0618)
37 cubic feet, 1846 folders, 100 photographs, 3 scrapbooks
Founded in 1909, the Metropolitan Church Federation served as the agency through which churches worked to make possible community benefits that could not be affected by one church or denomination alone. During its existence, the group advocated more progressive action in matters of social reform. The materials in this collection consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, subject files, and photographs.
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Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis Records, 1970-2011 (S0543)
17 cubic feet
The Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis was founded on October 28, 1972, with a primary mission of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the gay and lesbian community of St. Louis. Materials include administrative files, publications, artifacts, correspondence, and conference materials, which reflect many of the activities of the church and some of its members since its founding, as well as information concerning the gay and lesbian community in St. Louis.
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Metropolitan Educational Center in the Arts: End of Project Report, 1967-1970 (S0048)
0.01 cubic foot
A report compiled by staff members of the Metropolitan Education Center in the Arts (MECA), a three-year program, founded in 1967 under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to provide arts education programs to students St. Louis metropolitan region. MECA-sponsored programs taught students drama, modern dance, writing, and photography.
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Metropolitan Information Network (MINET) Records, 1976-1980 (K0518)
2 c.f.
Business and organization records of this Library network group within the Greater Kansas City area.
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Metropolitan Kansas City Chapter-Older Women's League (OWL) Records, 1983-2006 (K1115)
3 c.f.
Organizational records of the Chapter concerned about the problems of midlife and older women. Includes minutes and agendas, financial records, photographs, clippings, and printed and published material concerning the Metropolitan Kansas City OWL and the national organization. "Administrative Records" folders are set up in the manner of scrapbooks, so most of these types of materials will appear in each of those folders.
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Metropolitan Youth Commission of St. Louis and St. Louis County Records, 1956-1966 (S0387)
0.8 cubic feet, 16 folders, 24 photographs
The records of the Metropolitan Youth Commission of St. Louis and St. Louis County contain annual correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, and subject files pertaining to the organization's mission to research, study, and coordinate juvenile agencies in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Subjects of interest include curfew laws, gangs, and police techniques with youth.
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Charlotte A. Metzger Collection, 1859-1871; 1971-1992 (C4546)
0.8 cubic feet (16 folders)
Genealogical research material on the Abney family--as well as the related families of Breckenridge, Davis, Geisinger, McClanahan, Shelton, and Van Lear--compiled in the writing of In Search of Kate (1978).
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Jamie Frederic Metzl Collection, 2004 (K1002)
0.2 c.f.
An attorney and active in Missouri Democratic politics, Metzl ran for for the Democratic nomination for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives. Includes flyers and a banner from Metzl's congressional campaign.
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Alice Pearl Metzner Scrapbook, 1900-1901 (K0198)
0.22 c.f.
The Alice Pearl Metzner Scrapbook contains photographs, programs, postcards, correspondence, and other memorabilia documenting Alice and her father Karl Theodore Metzner's excursion from Kansas City to Europe. The scrapbook also contains unidentified photographs of family and friends, as well as pictures noted as taken in Colorado of trains and mining operations.
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Mexico, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1955, no date (P0278)
Photographs of Mexico, Missouri, including A.P. Green Fire Brick Company operations, local buildings, and monuments.
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Mexico, Missouri, Theatre Scrapbooks, 1902-1924 (C4253)
3 volumes
Three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from the Mexico Ledger, Mexico, Missouri, about shows and performances in that town from 1902-1924.
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Mexico-Audrain County Library Photographs, no date (P0401)
1 folder
Photos of historic buildings associated with the 1990 move of the Mexico-Audrain County Library, including Carnegie Library building.
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Alberta J. Meyer Papers, 1913-2018 (C4413)
0.8 cubic feet (19 folders), 1 computer disc, 1 DVD
Professional and family papers, including many photographs, from the life of public servant and feminist Alberta J. Meyer.
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George E. Meyer Photograph Collection, 1878-1948 (P0689)
10 photographs
Photos of Judge Mathias McGirk home and burial site in the Rhineland area. Additional images of Millie Finley, Jesse James (in death) Captain Callaway grave, and early drawing of Hermann.
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Karl Friedrich Meyer Diary, 1833 (C1713)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary of a voyage on the WESER from Tundern, Germany, to New Orleans, 11 August-16 October 1833 or 1834. Translated by Helen Evers, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, MO. Meyer recorded accounts, a list of the passengers, the crew, appearance of the coasts of Santo Domingo and Cuba.