Manuscripts Index
Thilo Pheiffer Book, 1848-1849 (C0609)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Ciphering book containing rules and sample problems illustrating them. Pheiffer lived in Quebec, Canada, and prepared this book there.
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William J. Phelan Diary, 1917-1919 (S0837)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 volume, 7 photographs
William James Phelan, a St. Louis native, served as a Regimental Sergeant Major in the 314th Engineer Regiment, 89th Infantry Division during World War I. Phelan trained in Camp Funston, Kansas before being sent overseas on the USS Carpathia. Following the Armistice, Phelan and the 314th were part of the post-war occupation of Germany. Beginning in September 1917, Phelan kept a detailed diary about his experiences during World War I. From shipping out of Union Station, basic training, service near the front line in France and occupation duty in Germany. Scattered throughout the diary’s pages are mementos, photographs, and insignia related to Phelan’s service in Europe.
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Phelps County Memorial Hospital Scrapbook Collection, 1949-1950 (R1293)
(1 oversize volume)
The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and black and white photographs documenting construction of the Phelps County Memorial Hospital in Rolla, Missouri, 1949-1950. Newspaper accounts include coverage of the ground breaking ceremony on July 1, 1949 and completion of the building's exterior in October 1950. The bulk of the scrapbook consists of over a hundred "Kodak" views prints showing sesquential progression of showing site preparation and completion of the hospital's exterior.
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Phelps County Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Records, 1950-2015 (R1262)
7 cubic feet (15 folders, 37 volumes, 1 oversize volume)
The Phelps County Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Records contain meeting minutes, printed newsletters, and scrapbooks of the Phelps County Regional Medical Center
Auxiliary (now Phelps Health Auxiliary and Volunteer Services) at Rolla, Missouri. Organized in 1950 as a women’s auxiliary to the Phelps County Memorial Hospital (now Phelps Health), the Auxiliary grew to coordinate a number of programs including volunteer services, fundraising, programs for youths, and nursing scholarships.
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Phelps County, Missouri Booklet, 1925 (R0678)
(1 folder)
This is "A Message to the Homeseeker," advertising the towns and principal businesses of Newburg, Rolla, and Saint James in Phelps County, and Salem in Dent County, Missouri. The booklet contains brief descriptions of businesses and illustrations of commercial establishments and public buildings.
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Phelps County, Missouri Collection, 1921-2012 (R1303)
1.25 cubic foot (41 folders, 2 oversize, 3 photographs, 130 negatives)
The Phelps County Collection is an ephemeral collection containing materials related to the history of Phelps County. Those materials include information on local businesses, civic and social organizations, schools, churches, historical information on the county and towns, and photographs.
Phelps County, Missouri Financial Collection, 1901 (R0036)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phelps County, Missouri Financial Collection contains a photocopy of a detailed statement of the financial affairs of Phelps County, Missouri in 1901. Prepared by the county clerk, B.H. Rucker, it was published by public subscription for general distribution.
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Phelps County, Missouri Financial Records, 1913 (R0277)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phelps County, Missouri Financial Statement contains a pamphlet with an itemized account of the financial affairs of Phelps County, Missouri prepared by Frank A. Germann, county clerk. The statement was published as a supplement to the Rolla Herald on April 9, 1914 and includes advertisements by local businesses.
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Phelps County, Missouri Hospital Collection, 1946 (R0337)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phelps County, Missouri Hospital Collection contains a leaflet promoting a bond issue for construction of a public hospital in Phelps County, Missouri. The proposition was accepted by voters in the general election of 5 November 1946. The Phelps County Memorial Hospital opened at Rolla in 1951. In the 1980’s the name was changed to Phelps County Regional Medical Center, and in 2019 the name was changed again to Phelps Health.
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Phelps County, Missouri Ledger Collection, 1869-1923 (R0013)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phelps County, Missouri Ledger Collection contains photocopies of a ledger possibly kept by Johnathan Marber. The ledger was possibly contains the records for a mill and/or general store. Entries include sales of goods and payments for services and labor. Some entries an identified as being from Phelps County, Missouri and entries from Wellsville and Frankfort, Kansas in the 1880s.
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C.M. Phelps Railroad Photograph, 1903 (P0172)
1 photograph
Copy photo of "Ellington" locomotive on the Missouri Southern R.R. line.
John Elisha Phelps Collection, no date (R0074)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The John Elisha Phelps Collection contains the military history of John Phelps. The records include excerpts from official records, and letters from Eugene A. Carr and John B. Sanborn.
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John S. Phelps Letter, 1876 (C1975)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to W. Halliburton, Milan, MO, from Springfield, MO, Apr. 20, 1876. The letter comments on work of the constitutional convention and ratification of new constitution, as well as asking for Halliburton's support for Phelp's candidacy for governor and for his opinion of Phelp's prospects. Also included is a negative photostat of the envelope.
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John S. Phelps Letter, 1854 (C1626)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Jas. C. Dobbin, from Springfield, MO, Sept. 20, 1854.
Phelps recommended the appointment of St. Louisan Antoine R. McNair, Jr., as midshipman in the Navy to Dobbin, secretary of the Navy.
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John S. Phelps Scrapbook, 1876-1937 (C3058)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and biographical information about Phelps, governor of Missouri, and his family. Includes some correspondence and photographs of family residences.
John S. Phelps Letters, 1852, 1856 (SP0097)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)
The collection contains two letters written by John S. Phelps during his time as a Missouri Congressman. The first letter is a recommendation of a Naval officer’s appointment as a midshipman. The second letter is in regard to the presidential election of 1856.
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John Smith Phelps Receipt, 1864 (R0562)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The John Smith Phelps Receipt is a receipt given by John S. Phelps at Ozark, Christian County, Missouri, to Jesse Jennings, administrator of the estate of George Yocum.
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Phelps, Missouri Cashbook, 1884 (R0344)
1 volume microfilmed
This is a cashbook of an unidentified general store at Phelps, ten miles northwest of Mount
Vernon in Lawrence County, Missouri. It may have been operated by Lawson & Clements, or by
Wiley & Company. There are entries for 10 May -- 17 August 1884.
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William C. Phelps Papers, 1918-2014 (CA6721)
1.8 cubic feet (1 audio tape), 17 oversize items, 3 oversize volumes
The papers of William C. Phelps, the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, contain correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, certificates, campaign materials, and photographs. Also include are three scrapbooks, which contain photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous materials.
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Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Missouri Chapter Records, 1971-2011 (CA6280)
0.8 cubic feet
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honorary society for general education in the United States. The Alpha of Missouri Chapter was founded in 1901. The records include correspondence, membership lists, speeches, and information about the chapter's history.
Phi Delta Kappa, Gamma Chapter Records, 1913-1965 (C3601)
3.2 cubic feet (189 folders)
Minutes, business and financial records of the chapter of a national professional fraternity for men in education located at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Includes personal histories, newsletters, correspondence and proceedings of meetings of national councils.
Phi Delta Kappa, Gamma Chapter Papers, 1909-1957 (C3362)
7.1 cubic feet
Correspondence and financial records, including correspondence about the election of and personal histories of members of the chapter.
Phi Kappa Psi, Missouri Alpha Chapter Papers, 1869-1959 (C0979)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Materials pertaining to a social fraternity at the University of Missouri. Includes a list of members, 1869-1913.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity-Epsilon Mu Chapter Records, 1962-1976 (K1125)
0.02 c.f. (2 folders)
Photocopies of the ""Musician of the Year"" awards given by the Kansas City local fraternal society in music.
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Charles Lincoln Phifer Papers, 1880-1908 (C3527)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers contain two unpublished novels. The County Editor is autobiographical; The County Judge, or the Osceola Fox is about the repudiation of fraudulent railroad bonds in St. Clair County, Missouri, in the 1860s.
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Philia Club, Lebanon, Missouri Records, 1961-2004 (R1190)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are minutes of meetings, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous papers of the Philia Club, a women's club at Lebanon in Laclede county, Missouri.
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Phillips Family Papers, 1863-1935 (R0169)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phillips Family Papers contain photocopies of miscellaneous personal papers of the Phillips family of New Madrid County, Missouri. Included are the inventory and sales records of the estate of Shapley R. Phillips and a letter from Robert E. Lee concerning the attendance of Murray Phillips at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.
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Phillips Family Papers, 1853-1942 (C4008)
0.3 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of the Bryan and Phillips families of New Madrid, Missouri, include various wills, deeds, accounts, genealogy, miscellaneous material, and photographs.
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Phillips Family Photographs, no date (P0952)
1 folder
Photos of Phillips family members
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Edward D. Phillips Papers, 1865-1938 (C3091)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Teaching certificates, grade reports, and Civil War reminiscences of a prominent Kansas City educator. Newspaper clippings about Phillips, including his obituary. Also a diary.
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Eva Lena Anson Phillips Collection, 1921-1963 (C4651)
0.25 (5 folders)
Programs and announcements from concerts, recitals, plays, and graduation ceremonies from the 1920s and 1940s. Also includes church newsletters from the 1960s.
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George B. Phillips Papers, 1850 (R0082)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The George B. Phillips Papers contain photocopies and typescripts of letters written by George Phillips to his sister, Mary E. Phillips in Cortlandville, New York. The letters describes his life in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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John Phillips Letter, 1793 (C0534)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from John Phillips of Boston to Samuel Gray dated November 28, 1793. The letter concerns a deed for land purchased by Jeremiah Clark, Jr.
L. N. Phillips Papers, 1871 (R0863)
(1 folder)
This is a holograph letter dated March 31, 1871, from L. N. Phillips in Dubuque, Iowa, to D. Lansing in New York, New York. In the letter, Phillips tries to interest Lansing in the St. James and Little Rock Railroad Company and lead mining opportunities in Missouri and Iowa. Included is a hand-drawn map of existing and proposed rail lines.
Nellie H. Phillips Letter, 1889 (C3232)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Maggie Sampson, Rocheport, MO, from Nellie Phillips, Columbia, MO, Dec. 30, 1889, thanking Miss Sampson for a Christmas gift.
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Perry C. Phillips Papers, 1882-1909 (K0085)
0.23 c.f.
Photographs and papers including a diary and autograph book concerning the personal life of Phillips, and attorney and president of the Inola Oil and Gas Company of Kansas City, MO for which there are also some records.
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Sidney B. Phillips Papers, 1916-1941 (C4303)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)
The papers contain photographs of the 4th Missouri Infantry Machine Gun Company of the National Guard during their service along the Mexican border in Laredo, Texas, in 1916. Sidney B. Phillips served with the 4th Missouri Infantry from 1916-1918. The papers also include army manuals issued to soldiers in 1913 and 1941.
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Sidney B. Phillips Photograph Collection, 1916-1917 (P0512)
Copy photos of the 3rd Missouri Infantry Machine Gun Co. during the Mexican Border Troubles, 1916-1917.
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Vivian E. Phillips Constitutional Convention Papers, 1924-1967 (C2609)
0.8 cubic feet
Letters, clippings, speeches, journals, reports, and miscellaneous papers of a delegate-at-large to the Missouri constitutional convention, 1943-1944. Pertains to the convention and the work of the Constitutional Convention Study Committee after the adoption of the 1945 Missouri constitution.
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Vivian E. Phillips Constitutional Convention Papers, 1937-1949 (C0025)
3.5 cubic feet (334 folders)
Correspondence, notes, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings collected by a delegate-at-large to the Missouri constitutional convention of 1943-1944.
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Garrott Philpott Papers, 1825-1913 (R0924)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are the papers of Garrott Philpott of Henry County, Virginia, and Cedar County, Missouri, including promissory notes, tax receipts, and business papers. There are also papers from the estates of the related families of Hezekiah Perkinson and William H. clark, and the correspondence and papers of Thomas W. M. Montgomery.
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Phipps Photograph Album, no date (P0563)
1 folder
Cartes des visite and tintype portraits from photo album, of people from Cooper and Moniteau counties.
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Phoebe Jane Ess Foundation Records, 1934-1939 (K0064)
0.3 c.f.
Reports of Recording Secretary and membership lists, minutes, treasurer's reports, and information on the dispersal of Foundation funds which were among others contributed to the Crippled Children's Fund, the Gold Star Scholarship Fund, the Phoebe Jane Ess Scholarship, and to the purchase of books for the University of Kansas City Library.
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Photo & View Company Photographs, 1875-1934 (P0670)
7 photographs
Photos of Kansas City, MO, architecture, ca. 1902-1903 and 1934.
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Photo View Company Photographs, Kansas City, ca 1932, no date (P0366)
8 photographs
8 photographs depicting Kansas City and its environs in the early 1930s
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Photographs of Harmony Mission and Papinville, Missouri, 1996 (P0291)
9 photographs
snapshots from 1996 of the sites of Harmony Mission and Papinville in Bates County, Missouri
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Arthur Richard Hill Photographs, 1912-1978 (SP0067)
0.4 cubic foot
The Arthur Richard Hill Photograph collection contains photographs of various Missouri towns including Cassville, Joplin, Neosho, Pineville, Savannah, Seligman, and Springfield.
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Photos from the Road Collection, 2018-2019 (C4389)
Sean Rost serves as the Oral Historian for the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Missouri Humanities Council. He started this position in January 2018. The images in this collection were taken during Rost's travels throughout the state on oral history projects and on personal time.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility Records, 1977-1993 (S0660)
7 cubic feet, 211 folders, 9 cassette tapes
Physicians for Social Responsibility is a national non-profit organization of doctors and concerned citizens committed to public education on the medical dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. The organizers created symposia to present lectures on nuclear hazards that included noted authorities such as Robert Jay Lifton, Helen Caldicott, and H. Jack Geiger, as well as such media figures as Carl Sagan and Benjamin Spock. The records include resource kits, newsletters, subject files, and cassette tapes.
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Pi Lambda Theta, Central Missouri Alumnae Chapter Records, 1920s-1990s (CA4973)
7.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 4 oversize items
Meeting and executive board minutes, correspondence, reports, membership lists, financial records, scrapbooks, and newsletters of a national scholastic association for women in education.