Manuscripts Index

Missouri Constitution, 1865 (C2866)
1 oversize item

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German edition, published by Westliche Post, 1865.

Missouri Constitutional Convention Portraits, 1922-1923 (P1086)

Portraits of representatives to Missouri's Constitutional Convention.

Missouri Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1945 (C0016)
4 cubic feet (418 folders)

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Correspondence, speeches, radio scripts, and related materials concerning the work of the Missouri Committee for the New Constitution and the Missouri Public Expenditure Survey to promote ratification of the Constitution of 1943-1944.

Missouri Council for Exceptional Children Records, 1940-2001 (CA6084)
6.5 cubic feet

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Records of the state federation of the national professional special education organization. Includes conference and membership materials, awards, brochures, correspondence, strategic plans, minutes, newsletters, proclamations, publications, photographs and slides, treasurer's reports, financial records, and unit resource handbooks.

Missouri Council of Churches Records, 1866-1980s (CA4558)
29 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume

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The records of an organization concerned with legislation and social welfare programs in addition to religious concerns include convention materials, committee files, minutes, publications, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Includes records of the Missouri Sunday School Association.

Missouri Council of Defense Papers, 1917-1919 (C2797)
13.6 cubic feet

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Correspondence, bulletins, circulars, and posters.

Missouri Council of Defense Records, 1940-1945 (C0011)
42 cubic feet (3,163 folders)

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Records dealing with the organization, and with participation of individual citizens in the organization. Bulletins, letters, budgets, plans, applications, forms, maps, insignias, mailing lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, and other material showing how the Council operated.

Missouri Council on the Arts Records, 1962-1967 (C4292)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The records contain correspondence, reports, newspapers, special studies, projects, and meeting minutes on the passage of a National Arts Council bill and creation of the Missouri Council of the Arts.

Missouri Covered Bridges Photograph Album, 1930s (C4359)
1 oversize volume

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An album of 20 11x14 black and white photographs of Missouri bridges. The album is labeled ""Covered Bridges."" The first 13 images are of covered bridges and the last seven are of a variety of other bridges in Missouri. Most images are captioned with information about the location of the bridge and sometimes dates of operation.

Missouri Defense Warrants, 1864 (C3382)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Defense warrants issued by the State of Missouri for five, ten, twenty, and fifty dollars.

Missouri Democratic State Committee Records, 1950-1980s (CA4861)
58.85 cubic feet, 134 oversize items

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The records include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed material, financial records, platforms, transcripts of proceedings, office files of the organization, and material concerning candidates, state caucus procedure, delegate selection process, and state and national conventions.

Missouri Democratic State Nominating Convention Papers, 1892 (C1762)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Third and fourth ballots of vote by counties for presidential electors-at-large; printed list of delegates to convention; rules for nominating speeches, representation, voting, and admittance; minutes of proceedings; reports of committees on credentials, permanent organization, and platform and resolution.

Missouri Department of Agriculture Photographs, 1920-1978 (P0203)
10 photographs

Photos of the Missouri State Fair.

Missouri Department of Conservation Photographs, no date (P1075)

Portraits of Joel M. Vance and Wilbur C. Buford. Exhibition for the Centennial Forests Celebration, recognizing 100 years of forest conservation.

Missouri Department Of Natural Resources Maps, 1934-1998 (S1111)
1 cubic foot

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Maps of Missouri dating from 1934 to 1998.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources Photographs, 1890-1988 (P0136)
1.08 linear feet

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Photographs and postcards of historic sites and buildings in Missouri. Includes photographs of the dedication for the Harry S. Truman birthplace site in Lamar.

Missouri Department of Resources, "The White River Country" Collection, no date (R0324)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Missouri Department of Resources, “The White River Country” Collection contains a map of the White River watershed encompassing all or parts of eleven counties in southern Missouri. Topographic features and recreational sites are shown, as are mills, mines, bridges, fords, schools, and churches.

Missouri Department of Social Services, Children's Division, Photograph, no date (P0402)
1 photograph

Group photograph for National Adoption Month, ca. 1994-1998, with Governor Mel Carnahan and children.

Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services, Community Services Block Grant Unit Records, 1976-1999 (CA5813)
228 cubic feet, 8 video cassettes

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Records of the state office responsible for the administration of federal funds provided for poverty assistance in Missouri, consisting of correspondence, contracts, reports, and financial records of participating social service agencies, and miscellaneous material.

Missouri Department of Transportation Photographs, 1929-1972 (P0453)
0.5 linear feet

Photos of State Highway Commision members, Ronald Reagan speaking at the Missouri State Fair, the Missouri State Highway Takeover program, and Missouri bridges, businesses, and historic sites.

Missouri Desegregation and Civil Rights Oral History Project Records, 2013-2014 (C4116)
0.2 cubic feet (15 folders), 35 CDs, 1 computer disc

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The collection largely consists of interviews with people who attended Douglass and/or Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri. The collection consists of digitally recorded interviews, audio logs, and photographs. The collection is ongoing and open to interviews concerning any school and/or civil rights topic in Missouri.

Missouri Division of Tourism Photographs, 1945-1980 (P0452)
0.08 linear feet

Photos of Thomas Hart Benton and Missouri Historic Sites, monuments, markers, and memorials.

Missouri Educational Exhibit Scrapbook, 1893 (C2664)
0.2 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Student essays in German, French, and English from Central High School, Kansas City.

Missouri Environment Oral History Project Records, 1963, 1997-2021 (C3966)
0.6 cubic feet (67 folders), 55 audio cassettes, 75 compact discs, 66.6 GB of digital files

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Interviews with Missouri land use and natural resource professionals and other individuals related to the environment in Missouri. The records include audio cassettes, CDs, audio logs, and transcripts.

Missouri Equal Rights Amendment Coalition Records, 1973-1979 (S0437)
3 cubic feet, 113 folders, 34 photographs, 1 video tape

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The Missouri ERA Coalition Records document the Coalition's efforts to get the ERA ratified in the Missouri Senate. The collection contains budgets, bylaws, campaign strategies, correspondence, funding requests, local fundraising material, meeting minutes, literature from workshops and rallies, conference notices, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and papers. The bulk of the collection chronicles the Coalition's development of grassroots support from 1977-1982, in particular, canvassing activities (caravan, phone bank, house party kits, letter writing, and lobbying instructions).

Missouri Equine & Equestrian Collection of Photographs, 1856-1938 (P0993)

Photographs of mules, horses, and equestrians. Many of the photographs were taken in mid-Missouri, but images of notable race horses of the early to mid-20th century are also included. Broadacres Farm in Liberty, Missouri, is heavily featured. Shows included are the National Belgian Horse Show, the International Livestock Exposition,

Missouri Ex-POWs Oral History Project Records, 2000-2018 (C3975)
1.2 cubic feet (99 folders), 216 audio cassettes, 53 compact discs

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Interviews with ex-prisoners of war (POWs). The records include audio cassettes, compact discs, and transcripts.

Missouri Extension Homemakers Association Records, 1909-2013 (C4696)
29.3 cubic feet (919 folders) 268 audio cassettes, 5 35mm film negatives, 3 oversize items, 21 oversize volumes

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Material pertaining to the women’s extension clubs in Missouri include meeting minutes, programs, lists of officers, annual records, handbooks, project reports, histories, publications, correspondence, scrapbooks, project files, and miscellany of the state organization and various chapters. Includes oral histories collected for the organization’s 50th anniversary.

Missouri Extension Homemakers Association, Inc., Mural Documentation Project, 1975-1976 (C0951)
0.75 cubic feet

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Inventory of Missouri murals, arranged alphabetically by county. Information includes location, owner, artist's name, date, dimensions, description and condition of mural, published material about the artist, and photographs.

Missouri Extension Homemakers Association, Inc., Sacred Stones and Stained Glass Windows Project Records, 1977-1980 (C3723)
7.1 cubic feet (334 folders)

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Statewide documentation of local churches by county. Includes cultural arts reports, church histories, floor plans, architectural details, clippings, slides, photographs, and miscellany.

Missouri Farm Bureau Federation Reports, 1915-1922 (C0135)
0.6 cubic feet

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Reports of county and home demonstration agents. Some describe the beginnings of the farm bureau and county agent in a given county. Some contain summaries of individual farmers' work to further the cause of the Allies in World War I.

Missouri FarmHouse Library Papers, 1906-1971 (C2959)
2.2 cubic feet

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The papers of the Missouri FarmHouse Library contain minutes of the organization, 1913-1971; histories of the fraternity in speeches and excerpts of diaries of prominent members. Also included are constitutions and bylaws of the organization, 1922-1971, and correspondence of the organization and associated auxiliary groups (e.g. FarmHouse Foundation and FarmHouse Alumni Association).

Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Records, 1923-2003 (C4547)
11.0 cubic feet (172 folders)

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This collection contains the minutes of meetings, annual reports, financial records, manuals, programs and other convention materials for the Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc.

Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Records, 1941-2019 (CA6605)
3.4 cubic feet

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The records of the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs include meeting minutes, scrapbooks, convention materials, directories, yearbooks, and miscellaneous material. The organization supports and promotes music education and appreciation of the arts, as well as sponsors musical events, competitions, and other performing opportunities for all ages throughout the state.

Missouri Federation of Republican Women Records, 1969-1993 (C3918)
1 cubic foot, 4 audio cassettes, 1 video cassette

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Minutes of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, annual conventions, and committees of the federation. The records focus on politics, fund raising, education, and lobbying. See also collection 3525, Federated Republican Women's Club, Columbia, MO, Papers, for records and scrapbooks dating from 1934 to 1969.

Missouri Federation of Teachers Records, 1957-1985 (S0447)
0.4 cubic foot, 26 folders, 142 photographs

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he records of the Missouri Federation of Teachers contain correspondence, newsletters, legal materials, photographs, and the organization's charter. The collection documents various activities on behalf of teachers, including representing teachers in labor disputes with local school districts, lobbying for collective bargaining and improvement in teacher tenure requirements, and developing hiring guidelines for teaching positions created by voluntary desegregation.

Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs Records, 1917-2023 (CA6745)
1 cubic foot, 1 oversize item

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Addition of MFWC records. Includes records from the 4th district and miscellaneous clubs. Items include convention records, certificates, financial records, minutes, and yearbooks. See also C1172.

Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs Records, 1909-1926 (CA6436)
0.4 cubic feet

Addition of yearbooks, programs, and miscellaneous material. See also C1172 and CA6745 preliminary inventory.

Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs Records, 1896-1933 (C1172)
5 volumes

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Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, Sixth District Records, 1932-1943 (R1175)
(1 volume)

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These are the secretary's minutes of the annual meetings of the Sixth District, Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs. The record book includes minutes of the twenty-ninth through fortieth annual meetings, 1932-1943.

Missouri Female College Certificate, no date (C2955)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Blank certificate for stock in college.

Missouri Female College (Boonville, Mo.) Certificate, no date (C0617)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certificate of stock signed by P.G. Rea, president.

Missouri Fiber Artists Records, 1978-2018 (CA6512)
4.6 cubic feet, 13 computer discs, 1 DVD, 4.84 GB of digital files

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The records of the organization include newsletters, meeting minutes, conference materials, financial records, membership records, slides, photographs, and miscellaneous administrative material.

Missouri Folklore Society Records, 1906-1931, 1971-2016 (C2045)
14.4 cubic feet (649 folders, 1226 photographs, 144 slides), 64.8 MB of digital files (306 jpgs), 357 audio cassettes, 10 audio tapes, 3 audio discs, 32 video cassettes, 4 DVDs, 1 reel 16mm film, 8 oversize items

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The records of the Missouri Folklore Society include scattered early materials such as constitutions, programs, and publications. The bulk of the collection consists of organizational materials beginning in 1977 when the Society was reactivated, including correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, photographs, audiovisual materials, clippings, membership lists, and annual meeting materials.

Missouri Folklore Society Records, 1993-2019 (CA6567)
2 cubic feet, 2 CDs, 5 DVDs, 4 oversize items

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Addition of annual meeting materials, grant proposals, correspondence, mailing lists, audiovisual material, and miscellaneous material. Also includes material pertaining to the society’s journal.

Missouri Food History Project, 2019- (C4393)

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Missouri Forest Heritage Center Records, 1994-2007 (R1342)
0.75 cubic foot (13 folders)

The records of the Missouri Forest Heritage Center contain the papers the not-for-profit organization and its goal to create a heritage center that showcased the state's role in the lumber industry, the importance of forests, and to archive items relating to the lumber industry.

Missouri Forest Heritage Records, 1954-1979 (S1060)
0.01 cubic foot

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The Missouri Forest Heritage Records contain correspondence relating to Loe A. Drey's efforts to preserve Missouri forests and the wildlife within them from 1954 to 1999.

Missouri Forestry Records, 1929-1994 (R1341)
2.25 cubic feet (53 folders)

The records of Missouri Forestry contain materials from the administration of directors George O. White, Osal B. Capps, and Jerry Presley. This includes materials related to Smokey Bear, fire safety, and the promotion of science, practice, and standards of forestry.

Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association Collection, 1966-1997 (R0726)
(29 volumes)

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These are programs for the annual show and celebrations of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association, held at Ava in Douglas County, Missouri. The illustrated booklets include schedules, rules, and many advertisments for horse breeding services and local businesses.