Manuscripts Index

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Fred G. Mieswinkel Photograph Collection, 1925-1960 (P0729)
4 photographs

Photos of Marionville and Lawrence county, MO, 1925 and ca. 1960.

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Solomon Harmon Milam Papers, 1876-1913 (C3437)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)

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The papers of Soloman Harmon Milam contain diaries, correspondence, sermons, religious books, receipts and account books kept by a Methodist minister in many Missouri towns, and by his wife, Ella Moreman Milam.

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Johnny Miles Letter, 1945 (C4148)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Personal letter from a woman named Pat to Johnny Miles, describing the end of their relationship.

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Milgram Food Stores, Inc. Annual Reports, 1972-1989 (K1402)
0.06 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Milgram Food Stores, Inc. Annual Reports contains six annual reports of the former supermarket chain dated between 1972 and 1989.

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Milgram Food Stores, Inc. Collection, ca. 1912-1996 (K0325)
4.5 c.f.

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The Records, heavy with photographs, document the business and activities of the company and the Milgram family. Among the many topics are the American Royal, Jazz, the Ban Johnson League and other amateur sport.

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Mill Creek School, Texas County, Missouri Records, 1886-1927 (R0651)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Mill Creek School, Texas County, Missouri Records are microfilmed records of the School District No. 2 near Plato in northwestern Texas County, Missouri. The records include seven volumes for the district clerk from 1886 to 1925 and teachers’ registers from 1893 to 1927.

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Millar Family Papers, 1840-1899 (R0162)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Millar Family Papers contain photocopies of miscellaneous papers of the Millar family of Mississippi County, Missouri. The collection includes a diary of a trip from Scioto
County, Ohio to Mississippi County in 1840, land and tax papers, slave records, and receipts issued by the Missouri State Guard at New Madrid during the Civil War.

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A. M. Millard Papers, 1886 (R1216)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter of October 2, 1886 from A. M. and C. R. Millard, dealers in dry goods at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri to Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Georgia. The letter concerns an order for cotton yarn.

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Miller County Exchange Bank (Olean, Mo.) Records, 1914-1944 (CA4949)
1 cubic foot

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Minutes, correspondence, monthly reports, financial statements, and similar records of the bank.

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Miller County Institute (Spring Garden, Mo.) Papers, 1885-1892 (C2237)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Catalogues, graduation certificate, and papers concerning Butler, IL, public school system.

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Miller County Institute (Spring Garden, Mo.) Record Books, 1884-1894 (C0817)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Account and record books of a preparatory school; students' accounts and records of tuition received.

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Miller County, Missouri, Assessment Lists, 1856-1857, 1877 (C1165)
0.17 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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Vol. 1, 1856, certified by E.B. Farley; Vol. 2, 1857, certified by E.B. Farley; Vol. 3, 1877, certified by G.B. Robinson.

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Miller's Shoes Account Book, 1905-1924 (C1104)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Account book, Miller's Shoes, Columbia, MO, 1905-1924. Monthly cash and credit sales. No names.

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Clelland D. Miller Notes, 1872 (C2631)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Notes while awaiting trial for the robbery of the Corydon, IA, bank in November 1872.

Dean William Miller Papers, 1952-1979 (K0564)
3 c.f.

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Papers of Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot. Includes TWA pilot training guides, operations manuals, handbooks, TWA Ambassador Magazine and various publications.

Eddie Miller Photograph Collection, 1852-1922 (P0608)
0.23 linear feet

Photographs of the Truman Presidential Library, ca. 1974. Copy photos, the bulk of which depict DeSoto, Jefferson County, MO. Also images of Washington County and Old Mines, MO.

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Edwin L. Miller Papers, 1852-1897 (C0367)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Price list of L. and I.J. White Company, a Buffalo, NY, firm making edge tools and planes; letter; and miscellaneous clippings, including article on reelection of Francis M. Cockrell for fifth term, inauguration of William McKinley, obituaries, poems and other items.

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Edwin L. Miller Scrapbook, 1888-1897 (C0873)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Newspaper clippings taken from a Holden, Johnson County, Missouri, newspaper, pertaining to deaths of literary, military, and political notables of the time; Holden M.E. Church convention program and membership certificate; Johnson County wolf hunt; and feature and human-interest stories.

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Eileen Miller Collection, 2000 (K0942)
0.01 c.f.

A Village Shalom brochure, printed before Village Shalom opened on June 20, 2000

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Elihu L. Miller Diary, 1863-1865 (C2634)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a diary recording movements of the 10th Missouri Cavalry, Company R.

Mrs. Floyd Miller Photographs, no date (P0768)
3 photographs

Photos of historic sites in Graham, MO, Nodaway County.

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Mrs. Frank B. Miller Photograph Collection, 1902 (P0668)
3 photographs

Photos of Hyde Park School staff and students and Miller residence, both in Kansas City, MO, ca. 1900.

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George C. Miller Photograph Collection, 1910-1960 (P0081)
4 photographs

1974 color photo of Conley House, Columbia, MO. 2 b/w fashion photos, a wedding dress and "ornate" gown. B/w cabinet card of two unnamed children from St. Joseph, MO.

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George Miller Papers, 1910-1964 (K0715)
4 c.f.

Miller was in real estate business and a builder in Kansas City, MO who with his partner, Guy McCanless, built a number of the prominent apartments in the County Club Plaza area. Includes photographs, ledgers, scrapbooks, notebooks, and architectural drawings connected with the Miller's career and real estate in Kansas City.

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Helen Guthrie Miller Letter, 1933 (C1599)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To [Carolyn] Meyer from Kalispell, Montana, July 19, 1933. Answer to inquiry about activities of Helen Miller and the Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs in promoting the passage of a pure food law in Missouri prior to 1907.

Henry C. Miller Papers, 1896-1898 (C2072)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Henry C. Miller contain fifteen letters to Miller, a Mercer County court clerk in Princeton, MO, about Republican Party affairs and appointments in Missouri's 3rd Congressional District. The Chauncey I. Filley faction, support in Missouri of William McKinley for president in 1896, state and local Republican conventions and meetings, and factional fights are discussed.

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Hester Burgess Miller Papers, 1936-1938 (C0134)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Correspondence of a Platte County woman with the Work Projects Administration concerning work.

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James L. Miller Interview, 1965 (C3397)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders), 1 audio tape

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Audio tape and transcription of an interview with the editor of the Washington Missourian.

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James R. Miller Papers, 1943-1991 (K0733)
4 c.f.

Contains files, scrapbooks, photographs and tape recordings relevant to Miller's career in law enforcement with an emphasis on the administration of the Clay County, Missouri jail and notes on his World War II intelligence work, including war crimes investigations.

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James Miller Papers, 1842-1896 (C3152)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Legal documents, political correspondence, receipts for services, and real estate transactions of James Miller, the estate of William Miller, and J. Porter English.

John Miller Letter, 1831 (C1595)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To F[rances] P[reston] Blair, Washington City, from City of Jefferson, [MO], Apr. 22, 1831.

Governor Miller praised GLOBE'S "Republican character" and ordered a subscription. He pledged widespread support of Andrew Jackson in 1832 in Missouri in spite of "the defection of Clay, Calhoun and company." Miller desired the election of William H. Crawford as vice president in 1832.

John Miller Affidavit, 1828 (C3381)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Affidavit signed by John Miller concerning presidential election returns, November 1828, from Chariton and Howard Counties.

Merritt F. Miller Collection, 1866-2003 (C3921)
0.8 cubic feet (40 folders)

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Photographs, negatives and caption notebook of a University of Missouri professor of soils, 1904-1938; and dean of the College of Agriculture, 1838-1945; depicting scenes of the Ozarks; European landmarks and agriculture; a North American tour of the International Society of Soil Science; and various Missouri, Columbia, and University of Missouri scenes. Also included are correspondence to and from Miller, postcards he collected while visiting Europe, and miscellaneous papers.

Richard Lawrence Miller Papers, 1959-1991 (K0327)
25 c.f.

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Research materials, manuscript drafts, correspondence, interviews and other recordings for historian and author Miller's work, including his book, Truman: The Rise to Power. Also personal files including on William Jewell College at which he was a student leader, and other projects and topics he researched and wrote upon.

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Robert D. Miller WWII Correspondence, 1945 (S0777)
0.01 cubic foot

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The Robert D. Miller Correspondence consists of 13 letters written by Robert D. Miller from October 14, 1945, to October 30, 1945, during World War II. Miller, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, wrote from the Warwick Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri to Geneva Rhoads in Middletown, Ohio.

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Steve Miller, "Your Ozark Host", 1961 (R0868)
(1 folder)

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This is a promotional booklet for the Branson/Hollister area of Taney County, Missouri. Included are advertisements for tourist attractions, accommodations, restaurants, and other tourism related businesses.

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Susan H. Miller Papers, 1960s-1980s (CA4814)
15.4 cubic feet, 5 audio cassettes, 5 film strips

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Research notes, course notes, articles, correspondence, and other papers of a journalist and editor.

Tom Miller Photograph Collection, no date (P1081)

Snapshots of Gallatin, St. Joseph, Jefferson, and Plattsburg.

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Virginia L. Miller Photograph Collection, 1961 (P0472)
2 photographs

Photos of the Isaac Miller house, St. Joseph.

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Walter Hugh Miller Papers, no date (K0391)
1 c.f.

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Films, scrapbook material concerning Tom Pendergast. Loan for copying.

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Wilber Miller Photograph Collection, 1850-1958 (P0494)
0.16 linear feet

Copy photographs of Stockton, MO

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Miller-Stephens Family Papers, 1811-1960 (C3229)
0.3 cubic feet

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Correspondence between members of the P.T. Miller family and the E.W. Stephens family, as well as Personal, business, and civic letters of Hugh Stephens. Several letters from 1811 to 1814, one 1839 letter, then resumes with a few Civil War letters. Traces the courtship of Nick E. Miller and Sallie "Birdie" Fisher until their marriage in 1874. Also includes the 1902 foreign travel letters of James H. Moss, a relative of the Stephens family.

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Millersburg Elementary School (Millersburg, Mo.) PTO Records, 1957-1983 (C4340)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The records of the Millersburg Elementary PTO contain financial records, meeting minutes, and general information regarding the Parent-Teacher Organization, such as family lists, a school schedule, and lesson plan.

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Jacob LeRoy Milligan Scrapbooks, 1917-1968 (C3645)
1 roll of microfilm (2 volumes)

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Scrapbooks of clippings about Jacob LeRoy Milligan and Maurice M. Milligan. They contain information on Richmond, Ray County, Missouri; the law firm of Roberts, Milligan and Milligan; Company C, 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, U.S. Army [6th Regiment, Missouri Infantry]; and Maurice's prosecution of Thomas Pendergast.

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Maurice M. Milligan Report, 1939 (C0665)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Statement of the facts in a case against T.J. Pendergast involving income tax evasion, 1939. Milligan was an attorney for the prosecution.

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Seth Millington Account, 1815-1817 (C1796)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a bill of Doctor Millington against the estate of John Scott for the amount of $72.25 due for visits and medicines.

Kay Mills Papers, c. 1890-2011 (C4070)
16.25 cubic feet (513 folders), 170 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 1 compact disc

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The papers of a journalist, author, and editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times include news articles, story files, books, manuscripts, research files, correspondence, personal papers, and interviews on audio cassette.

Cydney Millstein Papers, 1990-2022 (K0543)
40 c.f.

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Research and business records related to Ms. Millstein's work as an architectural historian. Includes notes, clippings, surveys, maps, architectural drawings, and photographs.

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Irene Milne Photograph Collection, no date (P0640)
3 photographs

Photos related to Jesse Carroll, Richville, Holt County.

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