Manuscripts Index

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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, Company D, Muster-Out Roll, 1863 (C2873)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Civil War muster-out roll of Missouri Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, Company D. OVERSIZE.

Missouri. Infantry 2nd Regiment Volunteers Order Book, 1859-1869 (C1173)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Orders and equipment issued at headquarters to members of the regiment, 1859-1869.

Also contains sales book of William Sicher, 1867-1869.

Missouri. Infantry, 39th Regiment, Volunteers, Company D, Muster-Out Roll, 1864 (C2868)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Civil War muster roll of Company D, 39th Infantry Regiment, Missouri Volunteers. OVERSIZE.

Missouri. Infantry, 39th Regiment Volunteers, Company E, Muster-out Roll, 1865 (C1503)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster-out roll of a detachment of Lieutenant Colonel S[amuel] M. Wirt's company, organized September 1864, commanded by Lieutenant G.W. Weldy, and mustered-out at Macon, MO, by Captain B. Sharp.

Missouri. Infantry, 45th Regiment, Volunteers, Company I Sick Report, 1864-1865 (C3860)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Sick report kept by Sgt. Richard B. Corson, listing soldiers in General Hospitals in Jefferson City and Nashville, TN, or confined to quarters.

Missouri. Infantry Regiment, 49th. Company G, Muster-Out Roll, 1865 (C2632)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Muster-out roll of company organized at Warrenton, MO, September 23, 1864, and discharged at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, August 2, 1865.

Missouri. Infantry, 5th Regiment, Volunteers, Company I, Reunion Papers, 1946-1958 (C2647)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Lists of members and their activities, issued annually by John E. Norton.

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Missouri. Militia, 26th Regiment Fine Assessment Book, 1824-1830 (C1174)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Annual records of the court for the assessment of fines for the Missouri Militia, 26th Regiment. Also contains a membership list of the Magnolia Literary Society, 1874, and recipes.

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Missouri. Militia, 2nd Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. A, Muster Roll, 1863 (C1499)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster roll of Captain John B. Meredith's Company, 1-April-30 June 1863.

Missouri. Militia, 2nd Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. A., Muster Roll, 1863 (C1500)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster roll of Captain John B. Meredith's Company.

Missouri. Militia, 2nd Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. A, Muster-In Roll, 1863 (C1496)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster-in roll of Captain John D. Meredith's company.

Missouri. Militia, 4th Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. D, Muster Roll, 1863 (C1504)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster roll of David P. Whitmer's company, 2 May-30 June 1863.

Missouri. Militia, 50th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, Company D, Muster Roll, 1862-1863 (C1501)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster roll of Captain Charles McQuoid's company, 9 August 1862-30 April 1863. Colonel Samuel M. Wirt, inspector and mustering officer.

Missouri. Militia, 51st Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, Company F, Muster-In Roll, 1862 (C1506)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Muster-in roll of Captain David P. Whitmer's company, 29 July-25 December 1862.

Missouri. Militia, 82nd Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, Company L, Muster-Out Roll, 1863 (C2714)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Muster-out roll of regiment commanded by Captain Robert P. Clark. Organized 20 October 1863 at Platte City, MO.

Missouri. Militia, 9th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Reunion Notice, 1900 (C3266)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Notice of a reunion of the 9th Missouri Cavalry to be held at Moberly, 13-14 September 1900. Signed by Odon Guitar.

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Missouri. Militia, Boone County, General Order No. 1, 1862 (C2879)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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General Order No. 1 requiring all persons subject to military duty in Boone County to report for enrollment.

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Missouri Militia, Enrolled Missouri Militia, 4th Military District Order Book, 1862-1863 (C1099)
0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Order book, Enrolled Missouri Militia, 4th Military District, Springfield, MO, General C.B. Holland, commanding officer. Includes genealogical index compiled by Justus R. Moll.

Missouri. Mississippi County Act, 1845 (C1751)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Act by the general assembly to provide for the organization of Mississippi County. Signed by C[laiborne] F[ox] Jackson, speaker of the house; James Young, president of the senate; and John C[ummins] Edwards, governor, 14 February 1845.

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Missouri Mounted Volunteers 3rd Regiment, Company D Muster Roll, 1847-1848 (C1684)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Mexican War muster roll and letter from Lewis M. Means, Adjutant General, 10 May 1939, listing biographical information on Augustus Jones. Original in the Missouri Adjutant General's files.

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Missouri. New York World's Fair Commission Papers, 1963-1965 (C2604)
13.4 cubic feet

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Files of the pavilion manager, containing correspondence from construction to demolition of the Missouri pavilion. Also press releases, financial reports, promotional material, security reports, contracts, blueprints and photographs.

Missouri Register of Lands Account Book, 1879-1888 (C1178)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Fees received for township school land patents by Robert McCulloch, register of lands.

Missouri. State Flower Papers, c. 1917 (C1793)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Missouri State Horticultural Society flyer and telegram regarding selection of a state flower.

Missouri. State Penitentiary Receipts, 1865-1866 (C1680)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipts from H.A. Swift, warden, to John F. Baker, Boone County sheriff, and James Coff, St. Louis County marshal, for the delivery of prisoners. Receipts list names of prisoners, offense, place of trial, and sentence.

Missouri. Transmississippi Exposition Commission Broadside, no date (C3259)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains the broadside, "Imperial Missouri. An appeal for assistance by the Missouri Transmississippi Exposition Commission," asking for financial contributions for Missouri's entry in the exposition.

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Missouri State Treasurers' Account Book, 1863-1877 (C1400)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Miscellaneous accounts of the state treasurer's office and report of the state treasurer, 14 July 1877. Treasurers are Elijah Gates, 1877-1879, and William Bishop, 1865-1866.

Missouri Treasurer Voucher, 1825 (C1448)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection consists of a cancelled authorization to pay H. Stuart's ten dollar salary as a government civil officer, 18 July 1825. The voucher is signed by Elias Barcroft, Missouri state auditor.

"Missouri: 1980s: The Way It Was" Collection, 1981-1983 (CA6603)
0.4 cubic feet

Images taken throughout Missouri by Elizabeth M. Crosby during the early 1980s and compiled into two self-published volumes by her daughter, Wendelyn G. Crosby. Includes negatives, contact sheets, notebooks, and three copies of each of the printed books.

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Missourians for a Citizens Utility Board Records, 1980-1990 (S0940)
10 cubic feet

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This collection contains Initiative petitions, correspondence, and legal materials of a group organized to institute a voluntary check-off on local utility bills to fund a board allowing consumers to contribute to rate hike decisions.

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Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, St. Louis Chapter, Records, 1989-2020 (S0316)
6.5 cubic feet

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The collection contains correspondence, press releases, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the group's efforts to abolish the death penalty in Missouri.

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Missourians for Quality Education Records, 1991 (C4555)
1.0 cubic feet (55 folders, 3 video cassettes, 4 audio cassettes)

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The records of an organization established to promote the passage of legislation to increase funding for education in Missouri include correspondence, publicity materials, financial documents, campaign materials, and miscellaneous material on Proposition B.

Missourinet Records, 1986-2014 (CA6516)
70 audio cassettes, 2 folders (1 computer disc), 245 MB of digital files

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The records of Missourinet, a radio broadcasting network based in Jefferson City, Missouri, providing state news and sports coverage, largely contains sound recordings and material concerning the impeachment of Missouri Secretary of State Judith K. Moriarty. Also includes content from the organization’s Missouri Death Row website.

Mit Feder und Hammer! [With Feather and Hammer]: The German Experience in St. Louis Records, 1983-1989 (S0941)
4 cubic feet, 299 folders, 289 photographs

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This collection contains mounted photographs, 4x5 negatives, thirty-five-millimeter negatives, and one 3.5 micro floppy disk pertaining to 'Mit Feder und Hammer? (With Feather and Hammer): The German Experience in St. Louis," an exhibit held in St. Louis in 1983 and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1984 to 1989.

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Mitchell Family Papers, circa 1917-1980 (R0151)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Mitchell Family Collection contains photocopies of reminiscences, newspaper clippings, and genealogical material concerning various members of the Mitchell family at Licking in Texas County, Missouri.

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Allen Mitchell Records, 1859-1889 (R0583)
0.05 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Allen Mitchell Records consist of an account book kept by Allen Mitchell, a contractor and builder at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The entries record expenses and the time worked by stonemasons and laborers on construction projects.

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Ansel Nichols Mitchell Family Papers, 1890-1975 (K0548)
14 c.f.

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Personal and financial papers, correspondence, news clippings, and photographs of Mitchell, nephew of real estate developer J.C. Nichols, and onetime vice-president of the J.C. Nichols Company, and his wife and daughters. Also information on their parents, William Ansel and Maude Nichols Mitchell and Robert P. and Bertha Dicken Woods; and documents and photographs relating to J. C. Nichols and his family.

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Arthur Giles Carroll Mitchell Papers, 1934-1982 (K0418)
0.3 c.f.

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Mitchell trained was an architect, an engineer and architect with the Federal Government and with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He was also author of the books There is no Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City and Bell Systems: Restructured. Includes manuscripts of his books, correspondence, and certificates, drawings, and photographs.

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Ewing Young Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1944 (C0816)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Pamphlets by Mitchell entitled "Truman's First Nomination for Senator was Stolen" and "Four Horsemen of the Pendergast Machine."

Ewing Young Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
0.4 cubic feet, 101 rolls of microfilm

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Papers of a Springfield, MO, lawyer active in Democratic Party politics, who served as assistant secretary of commerce in Franklin Roosevelt's first administration. Material concerns family affairs, law practice with emphasis on county indebtedness, Ozark land speculation, and Democratic politics on the state and national levels.

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Frances Pearle Mitchell Papers, 1858-1919 (C1703)
0.3 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The papers of a resident of Rocheport, Missouri, consist of appointments, certificates, correspondence, invitations, programs, and dance cards.  Mitchell, a graduate of Stephens College, was involved in many civic and women’s organizations, including the Missouri Women Farmers’ Club.

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Orestes Mitchell Jr. and Sr. Papers, 1899-1980 (C3993)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)

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The papers contain correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, yearbooks, and miscellaneous material of Orestes Mitchell Jr., an attorney and member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators; and his father, Orestes Mitchell Sr., also a lawyer. Both men were active in the St. Joseph, Missouri Rotary Club and Freemasons.

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Pearle Mitchell Photograph Collection, c. 1890-1895 (P0514)
5 photographs

Photographs of the University of Missouri campus and early Columbia.

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Thomas C. Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1915-1966 (C4106)
0.4 cubic feet

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The papers of Thomas C. Mitchell, Jr. document the life of a Jefferson City man appointed by Missouri Governor John M. Dalton to the state appellate court panel. The papers consist mostly of correspondence regarding the nomination and selection of state supreme court justices. The collection also contains photographs, deeds, flight logs, and other materials obtained throughout Mitchell's life.

Myrtle Mitchener Collection, 1914 (R1136)
(1 folder)

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This is a flyer dated October 3, 1914 by Myrtle Mitchener of Fairdealing , Missouri, who was the Republican candidate for Recorder of Ripley County. The flyer includes a photographic portrait of Mitchener and her two young children.

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Donald C. Mitzel Architectural Collection, 1961-2006 (C4527)
62.75 c.f. (250 folders, 18 architectural boxes, 7 oversize folders)

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Architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, project files, and related material of Columbia (Mo.) firms Architects-Engineers-Planners; C. Wynn Brady; Mitzel & Associates; and Mitzel & Scroggs. Includes plans for businesses, residences, and public buildings in Missouri.

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Mixer Family Papers, 1935-1959 (C3989)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders), 4 oversize items

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The papers consist of correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, certificates, and military insignias relating to Tech. Sgt. John J. Mixer's military service in World War II, his death in Germany and burial in the Netherlands in 1945, and the subsequent adoption of his grave by a Dutch family.

Katharine Flora Berridge Mleczkos Genealogical Collection, 1908-2009 (S1134)
12 cubic feet

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The Katharine Flora Berridge Mleczkos Genealogical Collection contains family histories, newsletters, family tree charts, photographs, and oral histories pertaining to Mleczkos's research on the Wells, Taft, Carpenter, and Berridge families.

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Missouri Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Records, 1945-1999, 2005 (C4561)
3.2 cubic feet (85 folders)

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The records of an organization devoted to full-time or part-time farm management, rural appraisal, and other field activities related to farm management and appraisal include correspondence, meeting minutes, annual conference material, financial records, and membership directories.

Moark Land and Timber Company Records, 1898-1903 (R0068)
2 cubic feet (4 oversize volumes)

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The Moark Land and Timber Company Records contain the financial records of a timber exploitation and lumber business in southeast Missouri. The records include account ledgers, cashbooks, a daybook, and journal detailing the day-to-day running of the business. Headquartered in Pemiscot County, Missouri, the business was managed by Franklin Johnson Cunningham.

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Mockbee-Chiles Family Papers, 1842-1885 (K0473)
0.01 c.f.

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Papers of the Thomas Mockbee and Elizabeth Ann (Eliza) Chiles Mockbee family. Includes letters, land deeds, bills of sale, documents and newspaper articles.

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