Manuscripts Index

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Modern Foreign Language Association of Missouri Records, no date (CA4929)
1 volume

Scrapbook containing petitions recommending foreign language instruction in Missouri high schools.

Modern Jeweler [journal], 1901-1981 (K0524)
10 c.f.

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Jewelers' trade journal published in Kansas City, MO.

Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 6277 (Rockbridge, Mo.) Records, 1899-1946 (C0138)
0.1 cubic feet

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Records include account book, 1899-1908; correspondence, 1917-1946; insurance policies, 1897-1925; membership certificates, 1910-1913; receipts, 1903-1921; and roster, 1904.

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Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 6670, Norman, Missouri Records, 1907-1930 (R0518)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Modern Woodmen of America, Norman, Missouri Records consist of the record book for the Modern Woodmen camp at Norman in Phelps County, Mis­souri. Included are minutes of meetings, membership records, assessments, and accounts of the benefit and cash funds.

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Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 6697 (Dunksburg, Mo.) Records, 1899-1953 (C3106)
0.8 cubic feet, 2 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence, reports, and financial material of the Dunksburg, Missouri, chapter of Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal beneficiary insurance society founded in 1883. Record books have been microfilmed.

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Modern Woodmen of America, Ozark Camp No. 5111, Ozark, Missouri Records, 1913-1920 (R1002)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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This is the record book of the Modern Woodmen of America camp at Ozark in Christian County, Missouri. The volume includes minutes of meetings, 1913-1919, and a record of benefit certificates issued to members.

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Moffett Family Papers, 1900 (K0797)
0.1 c.f.

Letters, photographs, geneaological notes and memorabilia of the Moffett family of Linn County, MO.

Note: transferred to WHMC-C 10/29/1986 as C3846

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Moffett Family Papers, c. 1880s-1985 (C3846)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Papers of the Moffett family of Linn County, MO, farmers and merchants who migrated from Kentucky and Illinois around 1840. The papers consist of some correspondence relating to family genealogy, family photographs, wedding invitations, and a typescript family genealogy written in 1985.

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Rae Mohrmann Papers, 1930-1941, 1973-2005 (S0328)
0.5 cubic foot

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The Rae Mohrmann papers contain histories of Normandy, Missouri, and newsletters from the Normandy Area Historical Association. Also included are records from Mohrmann’s father Gilbert Schenkel, such as Beaumont High School newsletters, yearbooks, and a commencement program.  

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Moey Mokofsky Photographs, 1946, 1958 (K1088)
0.01

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Photographs of members of the Irari Club and the Ohava Torah Anshy Polin Congregation in which Mokofsky was active.

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Justus R. Moll Collection, 1855-1952 (C4468)
2.0 cubic feet (140 folders)

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Collection contains genealogy materials, correspondence, photographs, and materials related to general history. The genealogy materials relate to the Moll family, relatives of the Moll family, and other families researched by Moll.

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Justus R. Moll Maps, 1870, 1915 (C3211)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Negative photostat of a map of Greene County, MO, showing roads, Indian trails, villages and mounds, and narrative regarding Indians in Greene County, 1915. Also a copy of a map of the battlefield at Lexington, MO, September 1861, as drawn during court of inquiry in the 1870s.

Justus R. Moll Photograph Collection, 1876, 1954, no date (P0403)
5 photographs

Photographs of Justus R. Moll and portraits of politicians.

MOMbo, Inc. Records, 1991-2007 (CA6169)
0.2 cubic feet, 11 audio cassettes, 5 DAT tapes, 3 audio tapes, 4 CDs, 8 minidiscs, 1 DVD

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Records of a syndicated radio program about motherhood, hosted and produced by Nanci Olesen. Includes audio recordings, promotional materials, program outlines, notes, clippings, correspondence, and financial reports.

Moment Musical Club Records, 1974-2003 (K1091)
0.5 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Club including yearbooks, meeting minutes and programs.

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Dale Vincent Monaghen Collection, 1915-1970 (K0492)
1 c.f.

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Various items and photographs collected by Monaghen, a professional photographer, generally relating to Kansas City regional history and photography.

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Dale Vincent Monaghen Photograph Collection, 1960-1980 (K0493)
1 c.f.

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Photographs and other materials relating to Monaghen work as a professional photographer in Kansas City, MO.

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Lester Mondale Lecture Collection, 1970 (R1364)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Lester Mondale Lecture is a recording of Mondale's address to the Ethical Society of St. Louis on March 15, 1970. His lecture was entitled "When is a Person Most Truly Human?". The lecture is recorded on one cassette tape.

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Lester Mondale Papers, 1965-1977 (R0111)
0.75 cubic foot (27 folders, 3 volumes)

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The Lester Mondale Papers contains the correspondence, notes, published works, and miscellaneous material of Lester Mondale, a retired Unitarian minister from near Fredericktown in Madison County, Missouri. He was president of the Fellowship of Religious Humanists in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Monday Art Club, Poplar Bluff, Missouri Collection, 1911 (R1045)
(1 folder)

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This is the annual program booklet for the Monday Art Club, a woman's study club at Poplar Bluff in Butler County, Missouri. The booklet is undated, but 1911 has been written in what appears to be period ink and handwriting on the cover. The president of the club was Mrs. W.M. Barron and the secretary-treasurer was Mrs. E. Bacon.

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Monegaw City Hotel Photograph, no date (P0591)
1 photograph

Photo of hotel, Monegaw City, with accompanying descriptive material

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Monett Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1950 (R0911)
(1 folder)

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This is a booklet for the Lawrence and Barry Counties Second Annual Dairy Show, held at Monett in Barry county, Missouri, on September 15-16, 1950. Included are names of officers, the schedule, rules and regulations, and a list of premiums.

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Monett Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1960 (R0787)
(1 folder)

This collection includes a booklet, Monett, the Big "M" in Southwest Missouri, and the program for the annual dinner of the Monett Chamber of Commerce, held on February 15, 1960 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.

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Monett, Missouri Centennial Collection, 1987 (R0802)
(1 audiocassette)

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This is "The Foggy River Boys Present: A Sentimental Journey," recorded in celebration of the centennial of Monett in Barry County, Missouri. Included are performances by Jack Frost and the Men of Note, and the Monett High School Band and Chorus.

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Rusty Monhollon Oral History Collection, 2001 (C4652)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders), 8 audio cassettes

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Audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by students for a University of Missouri course on post-1945 U.S. history.

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Monroe County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1904-1967 (P1146)

An artificial collection of photographs of Monroe County, Missouri.

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Monroe County, Missouri, Provost Marshal's Papers, 1862-1865 (C3161)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Correspondence and military papers of William M. Houston and William McIlrath, provost marshals of Monroe County, MO.

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Haskell M. Monroe Jr. Oral History Collection, 1994-1996 (C3980)
1.8 cubic feet, 483 audio cassettes, 17 CDs

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Interviews produced by Haskell Monroe and University of Missouri students to document Columbia, Missouri, in the 1930s and 1940s. The collection includes audio cassettes, transcripts, and miscellaneous material.

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Monsanto Texas City Explosion Collection, 1947 (S0591)
0.25 cubic foot

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The Monsanto Texas City Explosion Collection contains the insurance claim for the
1947 Monsanto explosion in Texas City, Texas, and articles reflecting on the disaster 50 years
later. On April 16, 1947, the freighter S.S. Grandcamp exploded at a pier in Texas City, killing
between 500 and 600 people. The insurance claim's cover page calls the explosion "the largest
single risk loss in the history of insurance."

Louis M. Monsees Papers, 1900-1947 (C0139)
0.1 cubic feet

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Advertisements from various periodicals for some champion jacks and jennies; clippings describing honors taken by Monsees' stock; correspondence concerning the purchase of jacks; and guest book. Monsees' farm was located in Pettis County, Missouri.

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Monsignor Timothy Dempsey Manuscript, 1940 (S0207)
0.01 cubic feet

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This collection contains the unpublished thesis Monsignor Timothy Dempsey: An Historical Study of Charitable Enterprise in St. Louis by Reverend Harold J. McAuliffe, which chronicles the life and charitable endeavors of Father Timothy Dempsey.

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Samuel A. Montague Papers, 1930-2000 (K0441)
25 c.f.

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Research, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes and other materials relating to the variety of public relations and fund raising campaigns as well as other organizations with which Montague was associated in Kansas City, MO. Also a complete set of KC Downtown magazine of which Montague was the publisher,

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Montgomery and Diehl Families Papers, circa 1929-1999 (R1298)
0.75 cubic foot (19 folders, 2 CDs)

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This collection contains the personal papers, postcards, and photographs of the Montgomery and Diehl families of Phelps County. The papers mainly contain family history information and photographs, images of Route 66, family business, and of Phelps County.

Montgomery County, Missouri, Broadside, no date (C3258)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains an announcement of a speech to be given by P.D. Hastain, mayor of Sedalia, about capitol removal.

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Montgomery County, Missouri, Rural School Records, 1870s-1947 (C4121)
0.5 cubic feet

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The records of the Montgomery County Rural Schools largely contain Teacher's Monthly Reports and District Clerk Reports regarding school district number three, township number forty-seven, and range number six. The collection also contains a variety of business records including receipts and teachers' contracts. The teacher and clerk reports date from the 1870s to the 1890s. The miscellaneous personal records are mainly associated with the Tate family.

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Montgomery County, Missouri, Court Seal, 1863 (C1601)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Fragment of an account certified by Jacob L. Sharp, Montgomery County clerk, and S.T. Sharp, deputy clerk, Danville, MO, 7 November 1863. Certification has impression of the 1863 Montgomery County Court Seal.

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Montgomery County, Missouri, Danville Township Pollbooks, 1848-1851 (C1673)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Pollbooks for election of circuit attorney and special election of state senator, November 1848. Pollbook for election of county surveyor, supreme and circuit court officials, and the vote on a new courthouse building, August 1851.

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Montgomery County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1958 (P1140)

An artificial collection of photographs of Montgomery County, Missouri.

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Christine Montgomery Photographs, 1992-2008 (P0144)
0.08 linear feet

Photographs of Walnut Grove, Sappington, and Bellefontaine Cemeteries, the 1993 Missouri River flood near Boonville, New Franklin area, Soulard Farmer's Market 1999, Johnson's Shut-ins 1994, Saline County Courthouse 1998, Jesse Hall 1997 restoration, 2002 Olympic Parade in Columbia, and Ste. Genevieve.

George Sneed Montgomery Papers, 1860-1947 (K0716)
0.75 c.f.

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Genealogy, correspondence, memos, speeches, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs concerning Montgomery's activities as Presiding Jackson County Judge during the early years of Kansas City's Reform Era.

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John Montgomery Letter, 1851 (C0544)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To William Montgomery, Carrollton, Missouri, from Weberville, California, March 11, 1851. Written to his brother by a young miner in the California gold fields, concerning his returning home.

Roe F. Montgomery Scrapbook, 1925-1930 (P0054)
1 volume

"Columbia Caper" 8x10 scrapbook of the Allton Flying Service; aerial views of Columbia.

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Samuel Montgomery Papers, 1854-1887 (CG0014)
0.2 cubic feet

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This collection contains letters, military documents, family genealogy information, and copied pages from published material.

Moody Family Photographs, 1880-1900 (P0228)
135 photographs

Photographs of the family of Melville Pinkston Moody, an editor of the Johnson County Democrat. He was born and died in Warrensburg, Mo.

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Frederick W. Moody Collection, 1838-1869 (K0347)
0.01 c.f.

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The collection contains the memoir of Frederick W. Moody. The memoir contains stories regarding his immigration to the United States from England in 1857, his travels to New Mexico, Colorado, and early life in Kansas City and Westport.

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Moore and Mahnkey Invoice Book, 1914-1918 (C0294)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record of hardware and grocery invoices, 1914, 1915 and 1918. Lists of articles, quantities, and prices. Probably near Forsyth, MO.

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Moore Family Photographs, 1880-1920 (P0857)
21 photographs

Copy photos of Moore family members, an African-American family from Kansas City, 1880-1920.

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Adella Breckenridge Moore Photograph Collection, no date (P0924)
9 photographs

Photos of and related to the Austin family.

Aimee Nott Moore Papers, 1941-1947 (C4635)
0.68 cubic feet (10 folders, 2 volumes)

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Photographs, postcards, correspondence, scrapbooks, ephemera and clippings of Aimee Nott Moore, a professor, World War II veteran, and the head of the department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Missouri, 1961-1983.