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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, 1962-1986 (C4717)
3.7 cubic feet (167 folders), 1 audio cassette

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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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Duncan C. and James R. Milner Letters, 1863-1865 (C0365)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains typed copies of letters from soldiers in Sherman's army to relatives in Ohio describing army life. Telegram to Sherman from Henry Halleck, 1864, announcing victory over enemy in battle. Letters pertaining to James R. Milner's assignment in the army.

Milton D. Rafferty Photograph Collection, 1933, 1967 (P1190)

Photographs used to illustrate Milton D. Rafferty's article "Missouri's Black Walnut Kernel Industry" Missouri Historical Review, Volume 63 Issue 2, January 1969.

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Edward Minden St. Louis Streetcar Photographs, 1930-1950 (S0753)
0.25 cubic foot, 46 negatives

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Edward Minden primarily was interested in the Long Island Railroad and the trolley and subway systems in Brooklyn and Queens. The Queens Borough Library received several Edward Minden photographs in the Ron Ziel Collection of Long Island Railroad Photographs. The photos Minden took of streetcars in St. Louis comprised part of that collection.

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Mine La Motte Company Collection, 1916 (R0930)
(1 folder)

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This is a report to the stockholders of the Mine La Motte Company from president A. J. Meier, dated March 31, 1916, the report presents in favorable terms the conditions and prospects of the company's mining and other operations in Madison and Saint Francois Counties in Missouri.

Mine La Motte Estate (Madison County, Mo.) Records, 1875-1897 (C1260)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Miners' register including two sets of mining rules and regulations and the signatures of miners employed.

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Mine La Motte Records, 1840-1929 (R1347)
0.25 cubic foot (4 folders)

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The Mine La Motte records document mining history in Mine La Motte, a town in Missouri's Old Lead Belt. The papers include maps, letters, and stock certificates.

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Mine La Motte, Missouri Collection, 1839 (R0034)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Mine La Motte, Missouri Collection contains a photocopy of a pamphlet published by the proprietors of Mine La Motte to publicize to potential capitalist interested in investing. Also included are excerpts from a speech given to the citizens of Fredericktown, Missouri by Thomas Green Clemson, geologist and mineralogist.

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Mine La Motte, Missouri Land Records, circa 1922 (R0027)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Mine La Motte, Missouri Land Records contains a photocopy of a typescript compilation of the abstract of tile to the property at Mine La Motte in Madison County, Missouri. The abstract was excerpted from the official records of Madison County.

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Lamine River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptist Records, 1845-1882 (R0284)
0.1 cubic foot (7 folders)

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The Lamine River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records contain the original and photocopied printed annual meeting minutes of the Lamine River Association, dated from 1845 to 1859 and 1877 to 1882. Known first as the Lamine River Regular Baptists Association, the organization was composed of churches in Bates, Camden, Cooper, Jackson, Johnson, Miller, Morgan, and Pettis counties in Missouri.

Miners Bank (Joplin, Mo.) Records, 1877-1915 (C0280)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Incorporation papers, notice of meetings, resolutions, 1915 report, and correspondence.

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Ministerial Alliance of Springfield, Missouri, Records, 1903-1914 (C1371)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Printed copy of constitution, names and addresses of members, and treasurer's reports, as well as minutes of meetings.

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Charles R. Mink Papers, 1968 (C2740)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two letters from government officials explaining the tools of measurement used in the pacification of the Vietnamese countryside.

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Minkin Family Papers, 1991-2010 (K0775)
3 c.f.

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The Minkin Family Papers contain thirteen typed manuscripts broken down into twelve parts. Rodney Minkin began writing the history in 1991, and finished in 2010. The Minkin family was a prominent Jewish family in the Kansas City area and they were active within the community. The history looks at the Minkin family, the Kansas City Jewish community, and historically significant events that

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Minkin Real Estate Company Records, 1974-2007 (K0624)
105 c.f.

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Administrative records of a long standing real estate company in Kansas City area. Includes transaction files; surveys; floor plans; sketches; aerial photographs; correspondence; marketing materials, primarily printed advertising brochures of various properties offered by the Company; and real estate listings of various brokers.

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Gerre Lipoff Minkin Papers, 1993-2009 (K1274)
0.3 cubic foot (18 folders, 21 photographs)

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The Gerre Lipoff Minkin Papers include records of the leadership and programming of the Beth Shalom Sisterhood, as well as photographs from an officer installation and copies of the fundraiser calendar produced by the organization. The collection also includes some records related to the Beth Shalom Synagogue board of directors and two copies of "The Scroll" newspaper from 2005 and 2008.

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Minneapolis, Little Rock and Gulf Railway Company Map Collection, 1902 (R0849)
(1 oversize map)

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This is a "Map of Part of Dent county, Mo. showing route adopted by the Minneapolis, Little Rock and Gulf Railway Co., 27 August 1902." Lewis S. Reed was president of the company; Wellington B. Johnson was chief engineer.

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Minnick Family Papers, 1872-1949 (C4559)
1.4 cubic feet (24 folders)

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The collection contains correspondence, account books and other financial records, ephemera, personal papers, photographs and tintypes of the Minnick family members, who lived in Chillicothe, Missouri.

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James L. Minor Letter, 1839 (C3203)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Irvine O. Hockaday, Fulton, MO, from Jefferson City, Sept. 26, 1839. Minor, secretary of the senate, informs Hockaday of his appointment as curator of the University of Missouri.

James L. Minor Letter, 1843 (C1538)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To the Circuit Clerk of Boone County, Columbia, MO, from City of Jefferson, MO, Jan. 18, 1843.

Letter enclosing certified copy of an act passed by the 12th General Assembly and approved by Governor Thomas Reynolds. Act amended the practice of law and established the terms of Missouri circuit and justice courts and the St. Louis court of common pleas.

James L. Minor Letter, 1841 (C1602)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To [Roger N. Todd], Columbia, MO, from City of Jefferson, [MO], Feb. 23, 1841. Request to Boone County circuit court clerk for information about the Mormon difficulties, for state publication by secretary of state's office.

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Ruth E. Minor Photograph Collection, 1900-1930 (P0561)
7 photographs

Seven photographs of University of Missouri agriculture students and activities, 1900-1930.

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Minority Aging Project Collection, 1987-1990 (S0492)
2 cubic feet, 45 audio cassettes

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From 1987 to 1990, Students from assistant professor Steven Wallace's Sociology 470 class on gerontology interviewed elderly African Americans for a class project. Topics of interest include racial discrimination, the Depression, family life, and working conditions. The collection contains cassette tapes, transcripts, and summaries of the interviews.

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John A. Minter Papers, 1864-1871 (C0472)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Commission as colonel from the Confederate States of America War Department and notice of ordination as minister by Corinth United Baptist Church, Lewis County, Missouri.

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Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1781-1892 (C2293)
0.23 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The collection contains poems, receipts, documents, newspapers and correspondence concerning business, law, appointments, teaching, politics, insurance, pensions, land, health, cholera, medicine, weather, news of friends and relatives, degrees, autographs, letter of introduction, and the Civil War: secession, orders and battles.

Miscellaneous Stone Company Records, 1959-1996 (K1320)
6 c.f.

Rolled drawings for Missouri projects of the several stone companies. Projects include Carthage Marble Corporation's work on the Miller Nichols Library at University of Missouri Kansas City.

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Rosco Miselhorn Pencil Sketches of Mississippi River Steamboats, 1946-1962 (S0406)
0.01 cubic foot

This collection contains six prints of pencil sketches of famous riverboats which have plied the Mississippi River and berthed at St. Louis, including Admiral Betsy Ann, Tom Greene, Golden Rod Showboat, River Queen, and Golden Eagle.

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Mississippi County (Mo.) School District #1 Records, (CG0063)
0.5 c.f.

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A collection of records and personal papers regarding the organization and procedures for a rural school that covered the Texas Bend and Thompson Bend, MO townships. The records include student attendance for multiple years at this school. There are also record books that include the meeting notes and district information from the school board of District No. 1, Township No. 27 & 18, Range No. 16 &17, Mississippi County, MO. Additional documents include correspondence and county clerk records.

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Mississippi County Teachers Association Records, 1903 (R1468)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Mississippi County Teachers Association Records contain a program for the Mississippi County Teachers Association event held October 29-31, 1903, at the courthouse in Charleston, Missouri.

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Mississippi River Map, c. 1750 (C0953)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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"A New Map of the River Mississippi from the Sea to Bayagoulas," c. 1750.

Missouri & Illinois Mineral & Land Company Records, 1834-1900 (R0058)
0.75 cubic foot (9 folders, 2 oversize folders

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These are records of the acquisition and disposition of lands in a speculative industrial development scheme in Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Cape Girardeau, and Madison Counties in Missouri.

MISSOURI (Snag Boat) Pictures, 1923 (C0925)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Picture of deep water commissioners leaving Kansas City on the MISSOURI on the way to St. Louis, 22 May 1923. Two photographs of an unidentified man.

Missouri Academic Advising Association Records, 1992-2010 (CA6226)
1.8 cubic feet

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Records of an organization whose purpose is to gain recognition for academic advising and to support the development and professional growth of academic advisors in higher education in Missouri.

Missouri Academics Portraits, no date (P1198)

Portraits of college and university presidents, members of regent boards, staff, administrators, and professors.

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Missouri Academy of Science Records, 1937, 1960s-1990s (CA5714)
61.3 cubic feet

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The records of an organization founded to increase and diffuse scientific knowledge include publications; correspondence; meeting minutes; reports; financial records; committee materials; membership records; annual meeting files; and miscellaneous administrative material.

Missouri Alliance For Campaign Finance Reform Records, 1995-2000 (S1164)
4 cubic feet

The records of the Missouri Alliance for Campaign Finance Reform contains petitions, meeting minutes, advertisements, and maps pertaining to the organization's mission to limit monetary contributions to political campaigns.

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