Manuscripts Index
George Nathan Newman Stereograph Collection, 1870-1915 (P0017)
35 stereographs
Stereoscopic views of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, plus several other views of St. Louis and agricultural scenes.
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Douglas Ann Johnson Newsom Papers, 1960s-1980s (CA4908)
18 cubic feet
Correspondence, files, papers, and manuscripts of books by a professor of journalism and public relations; correspondence and files of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
Newton County Health Unit, Neosho, Missouri Collection, 1944 (R0801)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Newton County Health Unit Annual Records contains a report from 1944 created by Dr. D. A. Campbell. This 16-page booklet includes summaries and data that pertain to public health efforts and community health services in Newton County, Missouri.
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Newton County, Missouri Marriage Records, 1874-1899 (R0514)
0.2 cubic foot (2 volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)
The Newton County, Missouri Marriage Records contain original volumes and microfilm copies of the records of marriage performed by justices of the peace in Newton County, Missouri, between April 1874 and April 1899. Most of the individuals listed in the records were from Newton County, but there are also records of marriages for individuals from Barry, Howell, Jasper, and McDonald counties in Missouri, and a few from Arkansas, Kansas, and what would become Oklahoma.
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Newton County, Missouri Military Service Records, ca. 1946 (R1162)
(1 folder)
This volume lists residents of Newton County, Missouri, who served in the military during World War II. Included for each veteran are a photographic portrait, rank, names of parents and spouse, education, a summary of service, and the date of discharge.
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Newton Family Papers, 1829-1835 (C4151)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Cash book, miscellaneous receipts, and an 1835 article of vendue (auction) of H.B. Newton, an early 19th century merchant in Friendship, New York; an 1834 letter regarding the deaths of two Stewart family members; and an 1829 almanac.
Freda Bortnick Newton Papers, 1911-2008 (K0805)
0.01 c.f.
Personal papers of Newton, including immigration records, vital records and, discharge papers for husband William Jack Newton, both members of Congregation Beth Shalom.
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Niangua Arm Chamber of Commerce, Camdenton, Missouri Dogwood Festival Collection, 1952 (R0738)
(1 folder)
The Niangua Arm Chamber of Commerce, Camdenton, Missouri Dogwood Festival Collection contains a program booklet for the third annual Lake of the Ozarks Dogwood Festival, held at Camdenton, Camden County, Missouri.
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Dorothy Richardson Nichols Collection, 1923-1937 (K0320)
0.3 c.f.
Photographs and motion film of Carl Kay (1901-1945) in his role as musician and photographer depicting big bands, KMBC radio musicians, and the Kansas City places.
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John T. Nichols Papers, 1862-1865, 1964 (C4392)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
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Miller Nichols Papers, 1958-1997 (K1081)
39 c.f.
Personal and professional files of Nichols, president of the J.C. Nichols Company and active civic leader in Kansas City, MO. Also some personal correspondence of his wife Jeanette Nichols.
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Nichols, Shepard & Company Notes, 1874 (C1757)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Notes signed by A.J. Jones, W. Phipps and Ann E. Gilbreath.
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Thomas S. Nichols Photograph Collection, 1875-1897, no date (P0105)
23 photographs
Collection primarily of portraits, including images of: Bud Atchison, Mrs. E.P. Bell, Carr Family (14, photos and cabinet cards); E.C and R.J. Lackland, Mrs. Gratz Moses, Celestine Pommerel, Florence Powell, and A.S. Robertson.
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Nickell Family Papers, 1920s-1940s (C4118)
0.25 cubic feet
The Nickell Family Papers contain family photographs taken from the 1920s through the 1940s. Many of the photographs are of a young L.A. Nickell, Jr. The collection also contains a depreciation summary report for the Columbia Ice Plant compiled in 1927.
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Elbert Louis "Bert" Nickerson Photographs, 1906-1980 (P1040)
Photographs by Elbert Louis Nickerson, better known as "Bert", of Bucklin and Brookfield, MO. Bert worked for the newspaper in Brookfield. This collection also includes his family photographs.
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Judge Ann Quill Niederlander Papers, 1978-2001 (S0950)
4 cubic feet
The Judge Ann Quill Niederlander Papers contains correspondence, photographs, legal materials, and rewards documenting Quill's service as a magistrate and associate circuit judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit in St. Louis County from 1978 to 1985.
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Frederick W. Niedermeyer Photograph Collection, 1917, no date (P0700)
7 photographs
Copy negatives of Frederick W Niedermeyer, Jr. and airplane factory from a Niedermeyer photograph album.
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Rev. Frederic Niedner Photograph Collection, 1880 (P0917)
3 photographs
Wedding portraits of Richard Bartholdt and Eugenia Niedner, photo of Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Louis
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Jorgen Vilhelm Nielsen Papers, 1905-1969 (R0440)
1 folder
This is a journal, 1905-1930, of a native of Denmark and resident of Chicago, Illinois. The entries
include notes of becoming a naturalized citizen and a description of a trip to California. With
the journal are two letters to John Nielsen at Licking, Missouri, from relatives in Denmark, 1969.
The letters and part of the journal are in Danish.
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Nightingale Family Papers, 1910-1957 (C4479)
0.25 (2 folders)
Financial records describing household expenses from 1910-1957 for a married couple who migrated to Columbia, Missouri, from Colorado around 1920.
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Nigro Corporation Records, 1941-1987 (K0597)
4 c.f.
Business records including architectural drawings, property abstracts, surveys, correspondence, and photographs of properties in the Waldo area of Kansas City,
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Dominic M. Nigro Papers, 1953-1982 (K0693)
0.5 c.f.
Nigro was a noted Kansas City physician, businessman, and civic leader. Includes photographs of family, friends and various activities of Nigro, such as founder of the Knute Rockne Clubs of America under whom he played football.
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Hezekiah Niles Papers, 1831-1835 (C2299)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to the editor and publisher of NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, MD, from northeastern congressmen requesting reports of the tariff convention in New York, 1831. Also a letter from Louisiana requesting Niles to mention the state's efforts towards improvements.
Nine Network of Public Media Records, 1952-2015 (S0043)
42 cubic feet, 3396 photographs
The Nine Network of Public Media records contains correspondence, meeting minutes, press releases, photographs, newsletters, and newspaper clippings regarding the organization's mission to provide community-supported educational television to the St. Louis area.
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Nodaway County Medical Society Papers, 1928-1933 (C1610)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Announcements of Nodaway County Medical Society meetings and lectures and staff meetings of St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, MO, 1928-1933. Dr. Charles D. Humberd was secretary of the Society.
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Nodaway County, Missouri, Photographs, 1900-1903 (P1048)
Twenty-seven photographs of Nodaway County, ca. 1900-1903. Includes images of Maryville, farms, and Burlington Junction Mineral Springs Company and Hotel.
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Nodaway County, Missouri, Stray Book, 1845-1850 (C1191)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Includes description and appraised value of animals and names of persons taking up the strayed livestock.
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Cynthia Nold Photograph Collection, 1910, 1950 (P0254)
10 photographs
Photographs of Slater, MO, including images related to Steve McQueen. Also photo and document about television movie called A Family of Children by Tom Butterfield.
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Rose M. Nolen Papers, 1982-2023 (CA6752)
1.6 c.f.
Clippings, research materials, manuscript drafts, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbook materials of a Sedalia, Missouri journalist.
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Rose M. Nolen Papers, 1873-2004 (C4227)
1.0 cubic foot (41 folders)
The papers of Rose Nolen contain clippings, research materials, and manuscript drafts of a Sedalia, Missouri, journalist. Topics include the Katy Depot in Sedalia, the Methodist Inner City Church in Kansas City, Black Panthers and the Black Power Movement, Bothwell Regional Medical Center, and Sedalia history.
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Gregory Nooney Papers, 1909-1984 (S0168)
1.5 cubic foot, 44 folders, 60 photographs
The Gregory Nooney papers document his life as a St. Louis Real Estate Developer. In the 1930s and 1940s, Nooney worked as an executive for Stix, Baer, and Fuller and Lesser-Goldman. He also served on the City Plan Commission and the Missouri Retailers' Association. In 1945 he founded the Nooney Company, which developed St. Louis' first shopping center and Clayton's first high-rise building. The collection includes correspondence, employment contracts, memorandum, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook.
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John Andrew Nooney Papers, 1882-1939 (S0166)
0.02 cubic feet, 3 folders, 2 daybooks, 1 scrapbook, and 16 photographs
The collection contains correspondence, daybooks, photographs, and photographs documenting John Nooney’s career as a patrolman for the St. Louis Police Department.
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Peter Norbeck Papers, 1921-1936 (C0149)
0.1 cubic feet
Letters to and from Peter Norbeck, senator from South Dakota from 1921 to 1936. Written mostly to fellow Republicans, the letters discuss national and state politics, with special emphasis on the farm vote and problems.
Normal Chapel, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection, 1896 (R0882)
(1 folder)
This is a program for the W. B. Wilson Medal Essay contest held at Normal Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on June 8, 1896. The subject of the contest was "The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe."
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T. J. Norman Records, 1890-1902 (R0055)
0.1 cubic foot (1 oversize volume)
The T.J. Norman Records contains an account ledger of a general store operated by the Norman family, probably in Winona, Shannon County, Missouri.
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Normandie Golf Club Meeting Minutes, 1911-1954 (S0735)
0.4 cubic foot
This collection contains three ledgers of meeting minutes of the Board of Governors of the Normandie Golf Club in North St. Louis County dating from 1911 to 1954. Also included are meeting minutes of the Normandie Investment Corporation.
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Normandy Area Historical Association Records, 1877-2008 (S0420)
2 cubic feet, 1 microfilm roll, 1 scrapbook
The records of the Normandy Area Historical Association contain photographs, correspondence, programs, yearbooks, and histories relating to the organization's mission to help resolve common or area-wide problems, including those of stabilizing communities, as well as increase historical awareness among Normandy residents.
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Normandy School District Collection, 1960-1961, 1994-2019 (S0326)
0.5 cubic foot
The collection contains issues of the Alumni Courier, a Normandy High School Alumni Association publication. The newspaper features stories about Normandy area businesses, neighborhoods, schools, and Normandy High School alumni profiles.
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Normandy School District-UMSL Founding Collection, 1957-1968 (S0533)
2 cubic feet, 177 folders, 96 photographs
This collection documents the founding of the University of Missouri-Saint Louis in Normandy. The materials include correspondence, committee reports, committee resolutions, meeting minutes, surveys and reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, publications, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs related to UMSL (est.1963) and its predecessor, the Normandy Residence Center (est. 1960).
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Normandy Seniors (NOR-SEN) Collection, 1995-2004 (S0951)
0.25 cubic feet
This collection contains Issues of the newsletter from the group Normandy Seniors.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Missouri School Reports, 1892-1962 (C3388)
35.1 cubic feet (1481 folders, 38 volumes)
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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Papers, 1932-1965 (C2891)
4 cubic feet
The papers of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools contain material and correspondence pertaining to the accreditation of colleges and secondary schools in Missouri and associated states, educational standards, new programs in education, and various educational problems throughout the region.
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North Central Missouri Region Photograph Collection, 1897-1964 (P1111)
An artificial collection of photographs of the North Central Missouri region, including Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy, Daviess, Livingston, and Linn counties.
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North Kansas City Development Company (NKCDC) Records, 1948-1990 (K1110)
31 c.f.
Business records of the Company, which later became The Provo Group. Includes correspondence, legal and financial materials, reports and studies, leases and mortgages, and information about specific properties and developments in Kansas City and other states. Also records of the Jefferson City Rodeway Inn, which NKCDC owned and managed.
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North Kansas City Levee District v. Forever Green of Missouri, LLC Papers, 1819-2009 (K1111)
80 c.f.
Research files including legal documents, government records, corporate records, correspondence, minutes, photographs, maps, and plans.
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North Missouri Railroad Subscription Books, 1853-1854 (C1193)
0.01 cubic feet(2 volumes)
Boone County, Missouri, books listing subscribers to stock in the North Missouri Railroad.
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North Side Preservation Commission Records, 1980-2010 (S0952)
16 cubic feet
The Northside Preservation Commission Records contain reports, photographs, and audio cassettes and videotapes pertaining to the group's mission to preserve North St. Louis, Missouri's historic properties, as well as help low-income families buy property in the area.
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North St. Louis County NOW Records, 1974-1989 (S0183)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection consists of "Keepin' The Thing Goin'," the monthly newsletter of the North St. Louis County chapter of the National Organization for Women.
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North Webster Neighborhood Coalition Records, 2012-2013 (S1124)
0.25 cubic foot
Meeting minutes, news clippings and proclamation. 2012-2013
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Northeast Community Center and Christ Presbyterian Church Architectural Records, 1940-1971 (K1112)
0.73 c.f. (3 rolled items)
Architectural drawings for the church and center, also called the Italian Institute.