Manuscripts Index
Missouri Social Hygiene Association Scrapbook, 1928-1933 (S0089)
0.01 cubic foot
The Missouri Social Hygiene Association (MSHA) Scrapbook contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and newsletters pertaining to the group's mission to disseminate knowledge and laws concerning social hygiene to the public.
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Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators Records, 1937-2010 (S0010)
36 cubic feet
The records contain bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, research abstracts, and photographs regarding the Missouri Society for Health and Physical Educators' (MOSHAPE) mission to develop and promote health, leisure, and movement programs.
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Missouri Society for Sociology and Anthropology Papers, 1953-1964 (C2269)
0.5 cubic feet
The papers of the Missouri Society for Sociology and Anthropology contain correspondence, newsletters, and programs concerning the formal organization of the Society and its annual meetings.
Missouri Society for Sociology and Anthropology Papers, 1972-1973 (C3470)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Correspondence, executive committee meeting notes, minutes of annual meeting, copies of constitution, proposed revision, and constitution adopted in 1973.
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Missouri Society for Sociology and Anthropology Papers, 1959-1965 (C3093)
0.3 cubic feet
Correspondence, membership data, newsletters, and financial reports, primarily concerning the 1963 and 1964 annual meetings of the Society, with later correspondence and meeting minutes of the Society, 1973-1976.
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Missouri Society of American Foresters Records, 1900-1991 (C4185)
4 cubic feet (172 folders)
The records of the Missouri Chapter of the Ozark Section of the Society of American Foresters contain meeting material, minutes, newsletters, reports, correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous material. The objectives of the Society are to advance the science, technology, teaching and practice of professional forestry in America, and to use the knowledge and skills of the profession to benefit society.
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Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Records, 1891-2025 (CA3056)
19.9 cubic feet, 1 oversize item, 1 computer disc, 136 GB of digital files
Applications, correspondence, minutes, membership lists, publications, financial records, convention and program materials, chapter records, photographs, and other material of the organization.
Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Ozark Patriots Chapter Records, 2016-2022 (R1526)
1 cubic foot (15 folders, 2.15 GB of digital files)
The Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Ozark Patriots Chapter Records contain yearbooks for the chapter located in Rolla, Missouri. The yearbooks contain meeting minutes, membership information, photographs, chapter news and events, and newspaper articles from each year’s events.
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Missouri Society (Stanislaus County, Ca.) Bylaws and Membership List, no date (C2009)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains records of a social organization for persons born in Missouri or who lived there for a length of time and were currently residing in California.
Missouri Speleological Survey Records, 1956-2011 (S0259)
3 cubic feet
The Missouri Speleological Survey Records contain contains newsletters and guidebooks pertaining to the Missouri Speleological Survey's mission to study and research Missouri caves.
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Missouri Sports & Recreation Oral History Project, 2018-2019 (C4377)
0.4 cubic feet (3 folders), 8 CDs
The Missouri Sports & Recreation Oral History Project is a regular, on-going project conducted by the State Historical Society of Missouri. The project seeks to document the history of sports and recreation in Missouri, as well as notable competitive activities and events involving Missourians. Topics and issues addressed include organized sports, recreation, sports administration, sports journalism, and activism and protest in athletics.
Missouri State Agricultural Society Fair Program, 1853 (C2816)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Program of the first Missouri State Agricultural Society fair held on the Boonville, MO, fairgrounds in October 1853.
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Missouri State Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Scrapbook, no date (C3262)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a copy of two pages from a scrapbook listing presidents, secretaries, and places and dates of meetings, 1896-1943. Also included is one page of personal notes on the presidents.
Missouri State Capitol Photograph Collection, 1889-1920 (P1118)
An artificial collection of photographs of Missouri state capitol building.
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Missouri State Council of the International Reading Association Records, 1950s-2000s (CA6402)
7.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
The records of an organization devoted to promoting literacy throughout the state of Missouri include scrapbooks, minutes, yearbooks, president's notebooks, and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO Records, 1938-1972 (C3700)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders, 169 folders on 6 rolls of microfilm)
The records of the State Council office of the secretary-treasurer, formed in 1938 by local unions to oversee union activities within the state, include weekly reports and other correspondence; photographs, printed material; and the proceedings of the annual council conventions.
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Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO Records, no date (CA4406)
0.4 cubic feet
Addition of Xerox copies of materials. See also C3700.
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Missouri State Genealogical Association Records, 1979-2019 (CA6028)
13.9 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes
The records of a genealogical organization founded in 1979 include minutes, financial records, publications, administrative files, and conference material.
Missouri State Highway Commission, Division of Information Collection, 1962 (R1053)
0.01 cubic foor (1 folder)
This is "Crossing at Crowley's Ridge," a booklet published by the Missouri State Highway Commission on June 24, 1962 for the dedication of improved U.S. Highway 60 and Missouri Highway 25 at Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri. Commission Chairman Fred L. Henley, Governor John M. Dalton, and U.S. Senator Edward V. Long attended the dedication ceremony.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol Collection, 1930-1981 (P0224)
11 photographs
Photographs of Missouri State Highway Patrol operations and employees.
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Missouri State Labor Council Pamphlets, 1959-1965 (C2355)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains pamphlets on the time-off-to-vote law; workmen's compensation law; unemployment insurance; Social Security amendments, 1965; and the Active Ballot Club.
Missouri State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Records, 1891-1975 (C0216)
21.6 cubic feet (1734 folders)
Correspondence, convention proceedings, financial and membership records, minutes, reports, and records of the Council and its Committee on Political Education, the Missouri State Federation of Labor, and Labor's League for Political Education. Subject file on topics of interest to labor including political, legislative, and civic activities of Council executive officers.
Missouri State Legislators Portraits, 1904 (P1200)
Portraits, removed from frame or other mount, with glue along edges approx 4x5--ten state legislators from 1904
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Missouri State Museum, Interpretation Program, Oral History Recordings, 1980-2009 (CA6218)
1.2 cubic feet, 410 audio cassettes, 78 video cassettes, 205 DVDs, 3 CDs
Oral history interviews with Missourians regarding historical events on audio cassettes, video cassettes, and DVDs. Also includes transcripts and related material such as photographs, negatives, news clippings, obituaries, correspondence, personal accounts, and ephemera.
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Missouri State Officials, Boards, and Committees, Portraits, 1891-1985 (P1205)
Portraits of Missouri's statewide officials, staff, board and committee members.
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Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 (C3715)
0.4 cubic feet (80 folders), 39 audio cassettes, 10 video cassettes, 5 CDs, 1 audio disc
The collection contains field, commercial, and private label recordings, interviews, newsletters, brochures, broadsides, sheet music, audio and video cassettes, and correspondence of the association.
Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1996 (CA6409)
0.1 cubic feet, 1 computer disc
Addition of photographs taken at the 1996 fiddle camp and contest in Bethel, Missouri. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and digital scans on a computer disc. See also C3715.
Missouri State Senate Chambers Photograph, 1943 (P1008)
Photograph of senate chambers during state constitutional convention, 1943
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Missouri State Sunday School Association Statistical Report, 1891 (C3366)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a statistical table, by county, of all churches in Missouri, giving the number of schools, teachers, and pupils for each county and denomination.
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Missouri State Teachers Association Photographs, 1950-1956, no date (P0890)
Photos of people and places related to the Missouri State Teachers Association
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Missouri State Teachers Association Records, 1837-1997 (CA6123)
10.5 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
Records and official papers of the Missouri State Teachers Association. In May 1856, teachers met in St. Louis and established the first U.S. professional organization for state educators. The records include newsletters and other publications, historical materials, committee reports, and oversize scrapbooks.
Missouri State Teachers Association Programs, 1883 (C0630)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Programs of meetings of the association, one dated 23 July 1883 and one undated.
Missouri State Treasurer Portraits, 1843-1957 (P0882)
large portraits of the State Treasurers of Missouri, including most treasurers from the time period from 1843 to 1960
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Missouri State Women's Political Caucus Records, 1971-1987 (S0222)
3 cubic feet, 3 folders
The Missouri State Women's Political caucus was formed in 1972 as the state organization of the National Women's Political Caucus. WPC encourages women to seek elective and appointive position sin all levels of government, supports all political candidates who will work for women's issues and works for the repeal of laws which discriminate against women. The collection includes newsletters, minutes, resolutions, and bylaws.
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Missouri Statehood Papers, 1821 (C1722)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains Photostats of a public act declaring assent of the State of Missouri to the congressional conditions for statehood, 26 June 1821. Proclamation by President James Monroe completing the admission of Missouri into the Union, 10 August 1821.
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Missouri Steamboat Photograph Collection, 1881-1890, no date (P1193)
Photographs of steamboats from Missouri's rivers and waterways.
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Missouri Survey Commission Newspaper Clippings, 1930-1931 (C2800)
1.7 cubic feet
Newspaper clippings about Missouri State Survey Commission, established by Governor Henry S. Caulfield to collect facts about state's penal and eleemosynary institutions, institutions of higher education, public schools, taxation system, finances, and financial administration.
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Missouri Symphony Society Records, 1970-2012 (CA5698)
40.5 cubic feet, 4 oversize volumes, 3 oversize folders, 23 oversize items, 20 audio cassettes, 23 video cassettes
Board meeting minutes, financial records, planning documents, programs, publicity materials, and miscellany of a Columbia, Missouri, organization.
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Missouri Teachers' Academy Circular, 1896 (C1823)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief history of the Missouri Teachers' Academy which was founded in 1886.
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Missouri Teachers' Academy Record Book, 1886-1899 (C1180)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
The record book includes a history of the academy, meeting minutes, and lists of members.
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Missouri Teamster Photograph Collection, 1941-1975 (S0559)
2.4 cubic feet, 92 folders, 2117 photographs, 1551 negatives
The Missouri Teamstes is a labor newspaper published in St. Louis. The collection includes photographs of strikes, protests, union events, charity shows, and union officials.
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Missouri Temperance Union, Prathersvile, Missouri, Records, 1887-1888 (K0109)
0.01 c.f. (1 folder)
Photocopy of the minutes and list of members for the Missouri Temperance Union of Prathersville, Clay County, Missouri.
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Missouri Territory. Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas List of Cases, 1809 (C1907)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of cases for the March term of court.
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Missouri Theatre (Columbia, Mo.) Glass Slides Collection, 1920s (CA6403)
30 glass slides
Glass color slides featuring cartoon advertisement for the Missouri Theatre, c. 1920s.
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Missouri Training Center for Men (Moberly, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1958 (C3180)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Plans, elevations, and sections of the administration and education buildings, chapel, auditorium-gymnasium, dining hall, kitchen, warehouse, vocational training and industry buildings, fire house, garage, and maintenance shop.
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Missouri Travel and Tourism Slides, no date (P0266)
30 35mm slides
Assorted slides of buildings and sites in Missouri, particularly St. Louis, Kansas City, Independence, and Springfield.
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Missouri Trust Company (Sedalia, Mo.) Debenture, 1891 (C1600)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Debenture for fifty pounds to Lionel Fitzgerald Kirwan, Collin, Castle Douglas, Great Britain, from the Missouri Trust Company.
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Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1903-2021 (CA2573)
18.8 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 3 video cassettes, 1 oversize volume
The records of the church include bulletins, church histories, membership directories, correspondence, minutes, reports, legal documents, photographs, church newsletters, financial records, yearbooks, records of women’s groups, and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri United Methodist Church Photographs, 1940-1962 (P0580)
Photographs related to the congregation of Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, MO. Original order according to accompanying list. Some photographs in oversize.
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Missouri United Methodist Review Records, 1981-2002 (CA5986)
10 cubic feet
Photographs and church histories used in the publication of the Missouri United Methodist Review and church directories.