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James Adam Plecker Letter, 1903 (K1409)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter dated April 16, 1903, from James Adam Plecker to his father, James Franklin Plecker. James Adam indicates he was visiting Monegaw Springs, Missouri, for the mineral water located in the area.

Greta Plemmons Collection, no date (P0784)
1 folder

Images of Phelps County historic sites and notable residents

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Samuel C. Plummer Papers, 1850 (C2750)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Excerpts from letters written by Samuel C. Plummer, physician, on an overland trip to California. Conditions on trail and business endeavors in Placerville, CA. Letter from Samuel C. Plummer, II, describes his father's return from California.

Venta Plummer Photograph Collection, 1869-1968 (P0047)
26 photographs

Early images of Seneca in Newton County.

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Haysler A. Poague Photographs, 1962, no date (P0636)
4 photographs

Photos of the Pigg and Bronoaugh family homes, Henry County.

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Haysler F. Poague Books, 1913-1934 (C0866)
0.04 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains books kept by a Henry County, Missouri, lawyer and realtor, including cases, fees, and real estate with prices and commissions.

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A. H. Poe Papers, 1912 (R0926)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter dated August 5, 1912 from A. H. Poe in Blodgett, Scott County, Missouri, to J. Freeman Suttle in Felix, Alabama. The letter concerns Poe's future plans and employment prospects.

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Poehlman Family Photographs, undated (C4563)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Portrait views of various members of the Poehlman family of Macon and Adair Counties and related members of the Grueger family from South Bend, Indiana. Also, a group photograph of the Oakwood Community Band.

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Rose Kentner Poehlman Collection, 1922-1960 (C3836)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Collection of Rose Kentner Poehlman concerning the Isaac Hinton Brown Award for Missouri women in undergraduate education. Poehlman was a recipient of the award from 1930 to 1934. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook.

Rose Kentner Poehlman Papers, 1930s-1990s (CA5683)
3.4 cubic feet

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Correspondence, travel materials, and other papers. Includes papers of University of Missouri agronomist John Milton Poehlman. Mostly correspondence with family and friends.

V. Poehlman Photograph Collection, 1930-1931, no date (P0928)
3 photographs

Copy prints of Lakeview School in rural Boone county, 1930-1931.

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George Pohlman Collection, 1615-1953 (C3476)
1.6 cubic feet

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The papers of George Pohlman contain material on Macon County and other northern Missouri counties. Included are original survey maps of roads, records from county officials, school and church records, land entries, estate, business and legal papers, biographies and rare English documents.

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John Henry Pohlman Papers, 1938-1949 (S0282)
2.4 cubic feet (52 folders, 16 photographs, 1 photographic negative)

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The John Henry Pohlman Papers contain correspondence, military orders, and case files pertaining to Pohlman's service in the United States Army during and after World War II. The papers include the case files Pohlman created while working as a legal officer prosecuting Nazi war crimes cases in 1947 as part of the 7708 War Crimes Group.

Point Lisa Photographs, ca. 1904, circa 1904 (P0286)
4 photographs

Images of various rural areas around Rockport and Point Lisa ca 1904. Images might be also be Rock Port, Missouri.

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Eugene M. Poirot Papers, 1923-1989 (R0385)
5 cubic foot (231 folders, 2 rolls of microfilm)

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These are papers of a farmer and environmentalist of Lawrence County, Missouri. Topics include agriculture, fish-culture, soil conservation, and farm legislation. Included are family papers, correspondence, writings, speeches, photographs, and motion pictures on videocassette.

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Laurence Poisner Papers, 1971 (K1308)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Laurence Poisner Papers contain newspaper clippings about the Jewish Federation's Young Leadership Award.

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James J. Poletti Sheet Music Collection, 1902-1934 (C4145)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Collection of sheet music, 1902-1934.

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Political Clippings, 1878, 1888 (C0837)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Clippings concerning national politics. Party platforms and financial matters.

Political Ephemera, Campaign Posters, and Bumper Stickers Collection, 1930-2008 (S0789)
1 cubic foot

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The Political Emphemera collection contains posters and bumper stickers collected by Senturia, largely from the 1970s through the present with a few from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s.Most posters support political candidates standing for office in the state of Missouri or its political subdivisions. The remainder support presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Topical posters advocate or oppose propositions to enact state and local laws, or support particular social issues. Most relate to Missouri or St. Louis.

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Political Issues of the Seventies Collection, 1973-1978 (S0137)
0.15 cubic feet, 7 folders

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This collection contains published and unpublished papers, newsletters, flyers, brochures, political circulars, and articles about various issues that occurred during the 1970s, including racism, highways, taxes, and foreign relations. Archivists collected the papers from the from US-China People's Friendship Association; National Committee to Support the Marion Brothers; Free J.B. Johnson Committee; Socialist Workers Party; the New American Movement; the West End Militant Forum; the 1976 St. Louis school tax increase, and the Alliance Against Racism.

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Political Tracts, no date (C3765)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Printed tracts by an unidentified author describing corruption in the Republican Party in St. Louis in the early 1900s.

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Politics in Missouri Oral History Project Records, 1996-2016 (C3929)
2.2 cubic feet, 338 audio cassettes, 18 CDs, 4 DVDs

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Interviews with Missouri legislators, politicians, aides, and others involved in Missouri politics. The records include audio cassettes, compact discs, and transcripts of the interviews.

Braxton Pollard Collection, 1930-1945 (P1014)

Photographs of St. Louis, including the MUNY and St. Louis Art Museum, and a portrait of Sally Rand.

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Anita Claire Pollett Papers, 1936-1939 (C4481)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders, 1 oversize item)

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Scrapbook and photograph album of a student who attended Christian College in Columbia, Missouri, during the 1930s. Includes a color illustrated map of Christian College, 1936.

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David Wilson Pollock Letters, 1861-1863 (C2569)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters from an enlisted man and officer of the 18th Missouri Infantry. The letters comment on the Civil War in Illinois, Mississippi, and Tennessee, as well as personal family matters.

Thomas Pollock Letters, 1862-1863 (C2570)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters from the first wagonmaster of the 18th Missouri Infantry, to the members of his family. Letters deal with the Civil War in the South.

E.W. Pomeroy Letter, 1847 (C2042)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to Robert Aull, Mexico, MO, from E.W. Pomeroy, Santa Fe, May 29, 1847. The letter discusses Doniphan's expedition and Santa Fe trade.

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Pommer Family Papers, 1831-1874 (C1852)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The Pommer Family papers contain genealogical information, documents in German, a deed for a lot in Hermann, MO, and estate papers. The material pertains primarily to Frederick William Pommer and William Henry Pommer. The latter taught music at the University of Missouri, 1907-1922.

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S. Pommer Photograph Collection, 1886-1905 (P0056)
4 photographs

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Photos of University of Missouri Columns ca. 1892, during the clean-up following the destruction of Academic Hall in a fire. Photographs of the Boone County Courthouse and Christian Female College's Main Building.

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William Henry Pommer Scrapbook, 1907-1939 (C1418)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The scrapbook of William Henry Pommer consists of newspaper clippings relating to the life and musical career of William Henry Pommer, director of music at Christian College, 1883-1887, and professor of music at the University of Missouri from 1907-1922.

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Sherman Lee Pompey Papers, no date (C3493)
0.5 cubic feet (8 folders)

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Articles by Pompey on Ozark people, their religions and folk music. Lines and verses of songs are included.

Jerry Wayne Ponder Papers, 1865-2004 (R1260)
13 cubic feet (580 folders, 1 box photographs)

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These are correspondence, papers, and research materials of a genealogist and local historian from Ripley County, Missouri. The collection covers the descendants of Abner Ponder and allied families, the history of Ripley County, and the Civil War in southeastern Missouri. Much of the information was incorporated in publications by Ponder Books, 1987-1999.

Pony Express Commemorative Envelope, 1950 (C1883)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Envelope addressed to Floyd C. Shoemaker on the 90th anniversary of the Pony Express, St. Joseph to Sacramento.

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Elizabeth Lar Pope Letter, 1875 (C1627)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Daniel Sullivan, St. Joseph, MO, from Plattsburg, MO, Aug. 16, 1875. Mrs. Pope regretted she could not attend the Old Settlers' reunion. Sketch of her life; early settlers in Kentucky; Daniel Boone and Abraham Lincoln; and Indian difficulties in Kentucky.

Earl L. Popkes Genealogical Collection, 1994 (C4557)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders)

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The collection of genealogical information was compiled by Earl L. Popkes. The families resided in the Perry, Missouri, area.

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Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Collection, 1791-1959 (CG0042)
2.0 c. f.

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The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Collection includes title records, court documents, and other papers primarily from Butler County, Missouri. This collection also contains register books from the Edgewood Home for Children in Poplar Bluff and personal items belonging to William B. Adams, such as farm workers’ time schedules and a divorce memorandum journal.

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Lewis Porrine Letter, 1882 (C1609)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to Isaac R. Deuman, Newark, NJ, from Trenton, NJ, June 7, 1882, with orders for submission of transportation requisitions.

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Lewis Porrine Papers, 1882 (C1608)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Lewis Porrine contain instructions written by Porrine for submitting inspection bills and an enclosed corrected statement of pay due D.B. Murphy as annual inspector of the 2nd Brigade, National Guard.

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Rene Porteau Collection, no date (C2953)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter, probably from Joseph Shelby to Thomas T. Crittenden, discussing the 1896 Democratic convention in Chicago and the politicians involved. Also newspaper clippings from the ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT announcing the death of Thomas Crittenden.

Clyde H. Porter Collection, 1958 (K0526)
0.1 c.f.

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Research notes and papers of Porter and his wife Mae Reed Porter, regarding families engaged in the fur trade in the Kansas City area, and the American West. Included are files on the Chouteau Family of Kansas City, the Charbonneau Family, Moses "Black" Harris, and the Thomas Vasquez Family.

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H.V. Porter Postcard Collection, 1905-1908, no date (P0464)
1 folder

Postcards of St. Joseph and Glasgow, Missouri.

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Sylvia F. Porter Papers, 1939-1991 (C3977)
16.0 cubic feet (601 folders), 3 video cassettes, 6 audio cassettes

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The papers of Sylvia Porter, a personal finance columnist who wrote for the New York Post and New York Daily News, consist of her columns, books, speeches, and other writings.  Also included are correspondence and other publicity clippings concerning the Sylvia Porter Organization and her involvement in President Ford's efforts to curb inflation in the 1970s.

Porth Home Photograph, no date (P0543)
1 photograph

Copy photo of the Porth home, Jefferson City

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Possum Trot Orienteering Club Records, 1991-2007 (KA2617)
6 c.f.

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The Possum Trot Orienteering Club Records contains scrapbooks and loose materials related to the Club and its activities, including the sponsorship of local and regional events, production of maps, and instruction in the sport of orienteering (the skill of navigating through an unfamiliar area using a detailed map and a magnetic compass).

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Post Family Papers, 1884-1940 (CA6592)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

The papers of a St. Louis family include estate papers pertaining to Erastus and Justus Post, land transactions with Samuel N. Adie, and family genealogy of John and Elizabeth Post.

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Eliza G. Post Papers, 1815-1830 (C0540)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Itemized expenses for move to St. Louis, MO, from New York, 1815. Diary, 1826-1830, enumerating visitors and overnight guests while family lived in Bonhomme, St. Louis County, MO. Copies of daguerreotypes of Justus and Eliza G. Post.

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Justus Post Letter, 1817 (C1976)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To John Post, Addison, VT, from St. Louis, MO, Dec. 5, 1817.

Land speculation, weather, and crops. Encourages brother to move to Missouri.

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Justus Post Letters, 1816 (C0388)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photostat copies of letters from St. Louis, Missouri Territory, to his brother John Post in Vermont commenting on land prices, condition and availability.

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Postcard Collection, 1902-1956 (S0064)
0.15 cubic foot, 1 folder

This collection contains postcards of Missouri cities and towns from 1902 to 1956. Subjects include Charles Lindbergh, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the St. Louis riverfront, buildings, parks, and streets.

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Potosi Civic League Records, 1921-1961 (R0187)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Potosi Civic League Records contain a microfilm copy of meeting minutes, financial and membership records, miscellaneous papers, and yearbooks of a woman’s club in Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. The records include a set of yearbooks from a similar organization, the Potosi Woman’s Study Club dating from 1927 to 1943.

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