Manuscripts Index
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.
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Missouri United Mines Company Collection, 1907 (R1160)
(1 folder)
This is certificate No. 45 for 750 shares of preferred stock in the Missouri United Mines Company, a Maine corporation. The shares were sold to Olivia Ramer on May 18, 1907. the certificate was signed by F. B. Wilcox, president, and F. W. Kobusch, treasurer.
Missouri University Political Action Committee Records, 1989-2002 (C4656)
1. 0 cubic feet (52 folders)
Assorted records include correspondence; lists of members, volunteers, legislators and political contacts; newsletters; meeting agendas, notes and special events materials; and fundraising, publicity and newspaper clippings.
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Architectural drawings, specifications, photographs and other documents related to buildings in Kansas City, Missouri constructed or modified between the years ca. 1906-1970.
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Missouri Valley Chapter-Society of Architectural Historians (MVC-SAH) Records, 1966-1981 (K0005)
3 c.f.
The organization records of the society, including minutes, financial records, newsletters, and correspondence concerning the establishment of the MVC Architectural Records Collection.
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Missouri Valley Series Papers, 1962-1965 (K0241)
0.05 c.f.
Research papers on the history of the Greater Kansas City area written by graduate students and local historians in response to a prize offered by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.
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Missouri Veteran Stories Collection, 2007-2010 (C4089)
934 DVDs, 230 DAT tapes, 5.77 GB of digital files (467 flv files)
The collection contains interviews with Missouri veterans on DVDs and DAT tapes.
Missouri Veterans History Project Oral History Records, 2010-2023 (C4052)
6.50 cubic feet, 10 CDs, 1908 DVDs
The records of the Missouri Veterans History Project contain the local copy of veteran oral history interviews recorded for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. The records include audio, video, interview logs, and some transcripts. The former Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a joint collection with the State Historical Society of Missouri, was a founding partner of the Veterans History Project in 2001.
Missouri Veterans Oral History Project, 2006-2019 (C4020)
0.4 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 32 CDs, 1 DVD
Interviews with Missourians who served in the armed forces. The collection includes compact discs, audio cassettes, DVDs, and transcripts of the interviews, as well as biographical information on the interviewees.
Missouri Veterinary Medical Foundation Oral History Project Records, 1975-1976 (C4606)
0.15 cubic feet (4 folders, 25 audio cassettes)
Records of an oral history project to document veterinary medicine in Missouri, consisting of interviewee biographical information and interviews.
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Missouri White House Conference Committee on Children and Youth Records, 1950-1980s (CA4582)
18 cubic feet
The records of a child and family welfare agency involved with the White House Conferences on Children and Youth include correspondence, task force materials, publications, subject files, reports, public hearing testimony, office files, and miscellaneous material.
Missouri Women in Natural Resources Records, 1957-2018 (C4438)
0.8 cubic feet (43 folders)
Records of an organization that worked to develop a network for advice, support, and social interaction for women working in natural resources in Missouri.
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Missouri Women's Network Records, 1970s-2000s (CA5199)
24 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes
The records of the organization include correspondence, minutes, reports, questionnaires, directories, project records, publicity materials, newsletters, position papers, financial records, clippings, committee materials, photographs, and miscellaneous administrative material.
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Missouri Women's Network Records, 1981-1999 (S0939)
1 cubic foot
This collection contains newsletters and board of directors files of the Missouri Women's Network, which seeks to provide women in business with networking opportunities.
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Missouri Women's Press Club Treasurer's Records, 1937-1964 (C2660)
1 volume
Financial records, including receipts and disbursements. Members' names given upon receipt of dues.
These are minutes of meetings of the Friendly Neighbors Club of the MWPFA, made up of
women in the rural community around Dean School in Phelps County, Missouri. Included are
minutes of meetings from 14 November 1952 through 21 July 1955. Meetings featured discussions
of topics of rural concern, charitable contributions for needy children, and support for the fair board.
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Missouri World War II Ephemera, 1941-1948 (C3530)
1.2 cubic feet (79 folders)
Data on Missouri industries’ and civilian and military participation in World War II, collected by the State Historical Society and used for a series of articles in the Missouri Historical Review entitled “Missouri in the War.”
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Missouri Writers Portraits, 1905-1997 (P1195)
Portraits of writers of poetry, prose, and non-fiction from Missouri, and writers who authored works about Missouri.
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Missouri Writers' Guild Records, 1915-2011 (C3657)
4.0 cubic feet (76 folders, 3 volumes, 4 video cassettes)
Records of a professional writer’s organization that include administrative files, correspondence, event and membership information, and newsletters. The collection also contains information on select local affiliate chapters.
Missouri, Boone County, Prosecuting Attorney Records, 1948 (CA5603)
0.1 cubic feet
Correspondence, affidavits, testimony, and other investigative materials regarding sexual activities at the University of Missouri and in Columbia, MO.
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Boone County, Missouri, Circuit Court Records, 1839 (C2690)
0.2 cubic feet (22 folders)
Records of the Boone Circuit Court in three cases against Joseph Smith, Jr., Caleb Baldwin, Parley P. Pratt, King Follett, and others resulting from the Mormon War. Others are on file in the Circuit Court Office, Boone County, MO.
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Cameron, Missouri, Sale Notice, 1855 (C2827)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Handwritten copy and printed broadside announcing sale of town lots on 30 August 1855, by the Cameron Town Company, William G. McDaniel, trustee.
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Clarksburg, Missouri Historical Sketches, no date (C3502)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Sylvia Lorena Dick tells how the Martin family kept 200 acres in the family for several generations, and gives a history of the different owners of a store in the Lakota-Mt. Pleasant community of Moniteau County, Missouri.
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Clay County, Missouri, Public Notices, 1860-1869 (C2848)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous public notices from Liberty and Clay County concerning services offered, rental or sale of property, rewards for lost or stolen items, and internal revenue collection.
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Missouri. Columbia. Police Records, 1882-1946 (C2380)
12 rolls of microfilm
Police court dockets, 1882-1939; call books, 1931-1939; records of arrests, convictions, and fines, 1931-1946; and miscellaneous papers, 1929-1937.
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Missouri. Franklin County. Tax Lists, 1824 (C2597)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Tax lists from Franklin County.
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Board of Directors' Announcement, Fredericktown, Missouri, 1905 (C2356)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an announcement issued by the Fredericktown board of directors concerning T.D. Bennick's method of seeking election as county school commissioner.
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Missouri, Glasgow. Board of Education Records, 1875-1917 (C2327)
0.85 cubic feet (8 volumes)
Record books for District 1, Range 17, Township 51, Howard County. Election of directors and minutes of board meetings; textbooks adopted; minutes of annual school meetings; registered voters; teachers' rolls and salaries; school expenses; district clerk's annual enumeration; rules and regulations for students and teachers.
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Missouri Gubernatorial Election Papers, 1940-1941 (C1038)
0.8 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning the contested gubernatorial election of 1940. Candidates were Lawrence McDaniel and Forrest C. Donnell.
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Harmony Mission, Missouri, Plat, 1839 (C1720)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a Photostat of a plat of Township 38 North, Range 30 West by Milburn, the surveyor general, St. Louis, MO, 2 July 1839. Shows location of Harmony Mission.
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Hermann, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1799, 1837-1877 (C2992)
2 rolls of microfilm
Records, in German, of the German Settlement Society of Philadelphia, which founded Hermann. Include land records with maps, bylaws, lists of stockholders, incorporation records, trustees' minutes for 1852-1877, collector and treasurer records, and an architectural drawing of the Town School, 1855.
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Huntsville, Missouri Brochure, c. 1910 (C0742)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brochure describing the town of Huntsville, circa 1910.
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Independence, Missouri, Notebook, 1961 (C2192)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a notebook compiled by the citizenship classes of Mrs. Ruby Akers Gerrard and William Chrisman, Division II, Independence, MO, on Civil War history of Independence and Jackson County, MO.
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Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company Map Collection, 1910 (R0850)
0.25 cubic feet (2 maps)
These are route and profile maps for the Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company in Dent County, Missouri. The company was a short-lived organization formed to build an electric railway southward from Rolla, Missouri.
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Missouri. Lewis County. Tax Books, 1850-1851 (C2500)
0.54 cubic feet (2 volumes)
County tax records.
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Marshall, Missouri Centennial Celebration Pamphlet, 1939 (C0744)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of Marshall, MO, and tentative plan for a centennial celebration in 1939. Also a list of mayors of Marshall from 1879 to 1939.
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Montgomery County, Missouri, Bear Creek Township Justice of the Peace Docket Book, 1847-1852 (C3811)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record of court proceedings and stray livestock. Cases concern settlement of debts, loan repayments, damage suits, breach of the peace, and assault and battery. Donor-compiled index included.
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Perry County, Missouri, Stephan Emigration List, 1852-1853 (C1839)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of workers and contributions in number of days of work, October and November 1852, and August 1853, of members of the Martin Stephan emigration of German Lutherans to Perry County, MO.
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Persia, Missouri, Bond, 1820 (C2551)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Bond for purchase of land in town of Persia, signed by town trustees Obadiah Babbitt, John Lefler, and Nathaniel Patten.