Manuscripts Index
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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
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.
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Mercer County, Missouri Atlas Frontispiece, 1877 (C0829)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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)
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)
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.
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James H. Meredith Papers, 1952-1961 (C3886)
2.8 cubic feet (139 folders)
Correspondence and files belonging to St. Louis attorney James H. Meredith concerning Stuart Symington’s 1952-1960 campaigns for U. S. Senate and President, for which Meredith acted as Missouri state coordinator.
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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.