Manuscripts Index
Missouri. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Papers, 1967-1977 (C3641)
1.0 cubic foot (80 folders)
Materials from a member of the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Included are correspondence, minutes, National Register nominations, statewide historic preservation plans, publications, and newsletters.
Missouri. Confederate Artillery, King's Battery, Historic Roll, no date (C1498)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains photostats of a historic roll of Captain Houston King's Battery, originally known as the Clark Battery, 2nd Missouri Artillery, Little's Division. An abstract of information in the roll is also included. The original of roll is in the Missouri Adjutant General's office.
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Missouri. Artillery, 2nd Regiment Company B Order Book, 1862-1869 (C1167)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains Civil War orders for the 2nd Regiment, Company B.
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Missouri. Artillery, 2nd Regiment Order Book, 1861-1862 (C1166)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Civil War order book for southwestern district headquarters, under the command of General Samuel R. Curtis.
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Missouri Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb (Fulton, Mo.) Report, 1851 (C2080)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a report on the organization, facilities, regulations, and proper pupils of the asylum at Fulton.
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Missouri. Auditor's Office Letterbook, 1831-1840 (C1168)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains the letterbook of the auditor of public accounts for Missouri, 1831-1840, from the auditors E. Barcroft, Henry Shurlds, Peter G. Glover, and Hiram H. Baber.
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Missouri. Board of Immigration Report, 1875-1876 (C1557)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Sixth biennial report of the Board of Immigration to the 29th General Assembly. Includes list of members, official report, statistics, minutes of meetings, remarks by Fred Muench, and letter from M. O'Dowd.
Missouri. Capitol, Jefferson City, Architectural Drawings, no date (C0808)
2 oversize items
Plans for north and south elevations of the Capitol, by Tracy and Swartwout, Architects, New York City.
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Missouri. Capitol, St. Charles, Reconstruction Architectural Drawing, 1962 (C0798)
0.02 cubic feet (1 oversize item)
The collection contains a floor plan for the second floor and roof plan of proposed reconstruction of first Missouri State Capitol in St. Charles. Drawing by Kenneth E. Coombs, Architect, Kansas City, for Missouri State Park Board.
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Missouri. Cavalry 10th Regiment Volunteers Morning Reports, 1864-1865 (C1169)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains Civil War morning reports written from Memphis, Tennessee, by M.H. Lusk, Commander.
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Missouri. Cavalry. 1st Battalion. United States Reserve Corps Record Books, 1861-1865 (C2493)
0.22 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Vol. 1 Company orders, 1 March 1862-1 February 1863.
Vol. 2 Company clothing, 1 September 1861-1 October 1865.
Three companies of the 1st Battalion, USRC, consolidated with other troops to form the 5th Missouri Cavalry in 1862.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Missouri State Militia, Company K Reports, 1864-1865 (C2069)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Morning reports and remarks.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 1st Regiment. Company K Records, 1856-1887 (C1022)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)
Records created by the Captain and 1st lieutenant, including invoices of ordnance or equipment, reports of quartermaster's property received or lost, special requisitions and legal papers issued to and by Company K of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 2nd Regiment, Volunteers, Missouri State Militia, Company L, Papers, 1865 (C2871)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The muster-out roll of Company L, and a brief history of Civil War service of that company. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 4th Regiment, Missouri State Militia, Company K, Muster-Out Roll, 1865 (C2706)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll and payroll for this company.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 8th Regiment, Volunteers, Company L, Muster-Out Roll, 1863 (C2872)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 9th Regiment, Volunteers, Mo. State Militia, Company F, Muster-Out Roll, 1865 (C2736)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a Civil War muster-out roll of Winfield S. Wood's Company.
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Missouri 2nd Circuit Court Judgments, 1821-1863 (C1072)
0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)
Information pertaining to cases presented in the court, including the names of the parties involved; date of judgment; nature of action; amounts of debts, damages, and costs; and the manner of satisfaction. Cases are listed alphabetically, and chronologically within, for the most part.
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Missouri Commissioners of State Capitol Papers, 1838 (C1484)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers consist of an authorization to pay G.A. Parsons $24.15 for hauling bricks from the penitentiary to the state house, and his receipt. Warrant authorization and receipt of John Withnell for a $300 partial payment for the capitol building contract.
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Confederate Home (Higginsville, Mo.) Records, 1897-1944 (C0066)
2.6 cubic feet, 12 oversize volumes; also available on 7 rolls of microfilm
Financial material, correspondence, contracts, minutes and reports, blueprints, and photographs. Volumes include journals, ledgers, farm accounts, voucher register, cash book, and general records.
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Missouri. Constitution, 1865 (C1806)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The collection contains an incomplete set of photostats of the Missouri Constitution, 1865, including an ordinance for obtaining the votes of Missouri soldiers on the Constitution and a proclamation of Governor Thomas C. Fletcher declaring the constitution adopted.
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Missouri. Constitutional Convention Debates, 1943-1944 (C1171)
2.2 cubic feet (24 volumes)
Certified verbatim stenotype transcription of the debates for the period 5 January-29 September 1944. The debates were not recorded for the fifty-five days the convention was in session prior to 5 January. Index to the debates included. Microfilm copy in storage.
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Missouri. Constitutional Convention Debates and Proceedings, 1845-1846 (C0889)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Debates on qualifications of Missouri governor, representation, banks and corporations, election of auditor, and elective judiciary. Record of proceedings of Missouri Constitutional Convention in Jefferson City, November 1845-January 1846.
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Missouri. Convention Resolution, 1865 (C3495)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Printed copy of resolution sent to the U.S. Congress by the Missouri State Convention approving a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery in the states and territories.
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Missouri. Council of Defense Papers, 1917-1919 (C0575)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of the Missouri State Council of Defense contain reports on the organization and activities of the Council on relief, home defense, aliens, industry, labor, engineering, publicity, and supply and conservation of food. There are copies of correspondence and bulletins published by the Council. Topics discussed are recruits, farm labor, food, Patriotic Day, crops, loans and war funds, collecting waste junk, insurance, and posters.
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Missouri State Department Scrapbooks, 1908 (C1417)
0.11 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The scrapbooks of the Missouri State Department contain newspaper clippings of 1908 political campaigns and the gubernatorial candidacy of Herbert Hadley.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 18th, Roster, 1854-1855 (C2822)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Officers of the state, members and officers of the Senate, and members and officers of the House of Representatives. Include residence, age, occupation, and place of birth.
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Missouri. General Assembly (Confederate) Archives, 1861 (C2722)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Bills, resolutions and amendments for the Confederate General Assembly, November 1861, under the governorship of Claiborne Fox Jackson. Includes a letter from C.F. Jackson, the act withdrawing Missouri from the Union, an act to provide for electing representatives to the Confederate States of America Congress, and other acts.
Missouri. General Assembly (Confederate) Journal, 1861 (C2502)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders, 1 volume)
Journal of the Rebel House, sitting at Neosho, 21 October 1861, in pursuance of the proclamation of Governor C.F. Jackson calling for secession. Also a printed copy of the Journal of the State session dealing with the same proclamation.
Missouri. General Assembly, 10th Board of Commissioners to Select a Site for the University Minutes, 1839 (C1658)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes, 6 May-22 June 1839. Organization of board, members, examination, description and evaluation of prospective sites: Boonville, Cooper County; Fayette, Howard County; Columbia, Boone County; Fulton, Callaway County; and Jefferson City, Cole County.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 10th, House, Geyer Act, 1839 (C3148)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a facsimile of the Geyer Act, 11 April 1839.
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Missouri. 13th General Assembly State University Visitation Committee Report, 1844-1845 (C1663)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report gives brief history of the University, founding, finances, relationship with legislature, and recommended legislation. Senator Sinclair Kirtley was committee chairman.
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Missouri. 14th General Assembly State University Visitation Committee Report, 1846-1847 (C1664)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report gives resume of the University's functions. Joint chairmen were James S. Rollins for the Senate and Waldo P. Johnson for the House.
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Missouri. 23rd General Assembly Act, 1865 (C1870)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Act to incorporate the National Loan Bank of St. Louis, MO, certified by Francis Rodman, secretary of state. Individuals incorporating the bank were Chauncey I. Filley, William McKee, Truman Woodruff, Thomas O'Reily, Stephen Ridgley, Christian Garrell and Antony Niedermeiser.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 23rd, House Bill 720, 1865 (C3380)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Act amendatory to an act entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Alexandria, Canton, Lagrange, and West Quincy Railroad," approved 18 February 1865.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session Accounts, 1822 (C1537)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Accounts of money due Abraham S. Platte, Mathias McGirk, Samuel C. Owens, D.C. Westerfield, and William Beaver for supplies and services rendered the Missouri Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court, St. Charles, MO, 1822.
Missouri. General Assembly, 2nd, House, Expense Voucher, 1822 (C2751)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A voucher for 24 dollars for expenses and a traveling allowance issued to Chauncey Smith from the temporary seat of government at St. Charles, MO.
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Missouri. 67th General Assembly, House Resolution No. 98, 1953 (C1941)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 70th, House Resolution No. 97, 1959 (C2831)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Resolution honoring the one-hundredth anniversary of the organization of Carter County, MO, on 10 March 1859. House seal attached.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 70th, Senate Resolution No. 63, 1959 (C2884)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Resolution honoring the one-hundredth anniversary of the organization of Carter County, MO.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 76th, House Resolution No. 51, 1971 (C3280)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Independence, MO.
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Missouri. General Assembly, 7th, Attendance and Travel Allowances, 1832-1833 (C3144)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains warrants issued for payment of attendance and travel allowances.
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Missouri. General Assembly, Senate Letterhead, no date (C1679)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains senate stationery with representations of the state seal and state capitol as a letterhead.
Missouri. Hospital No. 1, Fulton, History, 1914 (C2713)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
An informal history of the state mental hospital, 1847-1912.
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United States. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 18th Papers, 1861-1865 (C2616)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Official correspondence; lists of missing after the battle of Shiloh; request for change from infantry regiment to cavalry. The unit was also known as Morgan's Rangers and in 1864 was changed to the 18th Regiment, Veteran Volunteers.
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Missouri. Infantry (Confederate), Levin M. Lewis' Regiment (16th Mo.) Co. C Muster Roll, 1863 (C1920)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster roll, August 31, 1863, for Captain Samuel Smith's company of Lewis' Regiment.
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Missouri. Infantry, 17th Regiment, Volunteers, Company G, Muster-Out Roll, 1864 (C2869)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll of Company G, Missouri 17th Volunteer Infantry, or Western Turner Rifle Regiment; mustered 25 September 1861 and discharged 27 September 1864. OVERSIZE.
Missouri. Infantry, 1st Regiment, Volunteers, Rifle Battalion, Companies A & B Muster Roll, 1861 (C1964)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster roll of Missouri Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment, Rifle Battalion, Companies A and B.
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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers Papers, 1861-1969 (C4255)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders)
The papers contain copies of pension records, military records, and memoirs of members of the Missouri Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, and other material pertaining to Civil War soldiers.
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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, Company C, Muster-Out Roll, 1862 (C2870)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll of Company C, which was mustered into service 1 February 1862 by Lt. E.A. Moore. OVERSIZE.