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Pritchett College Board of Trustees' Proceedings, 1868-1926 (C1209)
0.4 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Articles of association; certificate of incorporation; charter granted by secretary of state of Missouri; by-laws; and reports of the president and treasurer and the director of Morrison Observatory, as incorporated in the minutes of the meetings of the board of trustees of the Pritchett School Institute (later Pritchett College) in Glasgow, MO.

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Pritchett College (Glasgow, Mo.) Cash Book, 1868-1917 (C1207)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Cash book of a college in Glasgow, Missouri.

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Pritchett College Journal, 1877-1918 (C1208)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Records of Pritchett College and Morrison Observatory. Salary, endowment, tuition, and real estate records are included.

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Pritchett Family Papers, 1753-1984 (C4013)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)

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The papers consist of correspondence, published volumes, genealogical information, legal documents, and miscellaneous materials of Carr Waller Pritchett, Henry Smith Pritchett, and Ida Pritchett.

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Pritchett School Institute (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1868-1906 (C0603)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The records of the Pritchett School Institute contain yearly reports, correspondence concerning scholarships and hiring of teachers, expense accounts, and material relative to the Morrison Observatory.

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Waller M. Pritchett Papers, 1884-1913 (C2887)
0.24 cubic feet (12 folders)

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The papers of Waller M. Pritchett contain family and personal correspondence, bills and receipts, and letters of sympathy on his wife's death.

Privacy Rights Education Project (PREP) Records, 1990-2000 (S0738)
1 cubic foot, 57 folders

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The St. Louis-based Privacy Rights Education Project (PREP) formed in July 1986 as a response to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Bowers v. Hardwick, which upheld Georgia's anti-sodomy law. PREP's mission is to further the cause of privacy rights for gay and lesbians in the United States. The collection contains handbooks, flyers, news releases, newsletters, and meeting minutes, reflecting this mission.

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R.L. (Lewis) Proctor Papers, 1942-1952 (K0570)
0.3 c.f.

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Papers of TWA flight engineer R.L. Proctor include training manuals, a flight engineers handbook, Far East Survey Flight notebooks, a few photographs and biographical information.

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Arthur W. Proetz Photograph Collection, 1890-1963 (S0537)
3 cubic feet, 1720 photographs, 1728 negatives

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Arthur W. Proetz was a lifelong resident of St. Louis, a Washington University graduate, and a surgeon. He authored the book "I Remember You St. Louis," which was illustrated with many of his photographs. The collection consists of a variety fo St. Louis scenes and family portraits, including the Worlds Fair and the Veiled Prophet.

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Arthur Proetz Papers, 1885-1917 (S0065)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder, 1 roll microfilm

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The Arthur Proetz Papers consist of a family scrapbook containing theatre programs, flyers, and newspaper clippings from German and English newspapers, documenting the musical and cultural milieu of turn-of-the-century St. Louis.

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Professional Secretaries International, Missouri Division, University Chapter (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1980s (CA6206)
2 cubic feet

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Records of a Columbia, Missouri, chapter of an organization for the advancement of the secretarial/administrative support profession. Professional Secretaries International changed its name to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) in 1998.

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Marvin E. Proffer Scrapbooks, 1941-1949 (CG0006)
0.2 cubic feet

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The Marvin E. Proffer Scrapbooks contain two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, postcards, and other memorabilia related to Proffer.

Project Cavern Report Records, 1951 (R1437)
0.2 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Project Cavern Report Records contains the evaluation and survey of voids within a fifty-mile radius of Rolla, Missouri, for use as a jet propulsion laboratory or industrial and civilian defense use.

Project Congregation + Offender Partnership Enterprise (COPE) Records, 1980-2022 (S0364)
3 cubic feet

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The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, applications, photographs, and newsletters chronicling Project Congregation + Offender Partnership Enterprise's (COPE) mission to assist prisoners with re-entry into society. Materials of interest include an autobiography written by Ted Schroeder, who helped Project COPE's founder, Hershel Walker, develop the organization.

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Albert J. Prokes World War II Letters, 1942-1946 (C3466)
1.2 cubic feet (100 folders)

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Letters received by Reverend Albert J. Prokes, administrator of St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in St. Louis, Missouri, from parishioners serving in the armed forces during World War II.

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Prop-Riders Boat Racing Club of Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1961 (R1046)
(1 folder)

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This is a program booklet for boat races presented by the Pro-Riders Boat Racing Club of Springfield, Missouri, at Kimberling City on Table Rock Lake in Stone County, Missouri, on September 24, 1961. Included are a schedule of events, contestants for Miss Table Rock Lake, and advertisements for area businesses.

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Prosperity Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Missouri Records, 1874-1892 (R0444)
2 folders

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This is the record book of the Prosperity Baptist Church near Crocker in Pulaski County,
Missouri. The volume includes minutes of monthly business meetings, membership records, and
miscellaneous entries, 1883-1892. Included are minutes of meetings of the Tavern Creek Baptist
Church, 1874-1876.

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"Prosperity Through Soil Building: A Soil Improvement Program for Jackson Co., Mo., 1927," Ira Drymon, 1927 (C2675)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a paper submitted to the contest of the Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Association.

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Protestant Christian Council of Springfield, Missouri, Records, 1921-1929 (C1372)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, and lists of members.

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Proud Magazine, 1971-1981 (S0356)
0.4 cubic feet

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The collection contains issues of Proud from 1970-1981. However, the issues do not comprise a complete set. Washington University holds copies of all back issues. Topics discussed include: African-American history, urban careers, religion, education, politics, housing, African-American community leaders, health, community organizations, music, and sports.

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Providence Baptist Church (Madison County, Mo.) Record Book, 1813-1898 (C3021)
1 roll of microfilm

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Record book of Providence Baptist Church. Contains names of newly received members.

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Providence Baptist Church (Washington County, Mo.) Record Book, 1831-1894 (C3023)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Providence Baptist Church, Washington County, MO. Contains minutes and lists of members.

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Provident Association Collection, 1880-1944 (K1284)
0.3 c.f.

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The collection includes one copy of a document prepared by R.F. Townley in 1944, regarding the history of the Provident Association.

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Provident Behavioral Health Records, 1848-2002 (S0360)
26 cubic feet, 16 microfilm rolls

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The Provident Behavioral Health Records contain annual reports, meeting minutes, press releases, scrapbooks, presentations, videotapes, relating to mental health and social services in the St. Louis Area. Found in 1860 by James Yeatman, Provident Behavioral Health's mission is mental health services to St. Louis area residents. The collection also contains the records of Provident's predecessor organizations: The Family and Children's Services of Greater St. Louis, the Family Service Society of St. Louis County, and the St. Louis Children's Aid Society.

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Gabriel Prudhomme Estate Abstract, 1831-1858 (K0209)
0.01 c.f.

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Land transactions concerning tract of land located in SE 1/4 sec. 32, T. 50N, R. 33W, of 271 93/100 acres fronting on the Missouri River. Its purchase by the Kansas Town Company formed the original site of Kansas City, MO.

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Pruitt-Igoe Action Program Report, 1972 (S0409)
0.01 cubic foot

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This collection contains a 71-page unpublished report titled Summary and Conclusions of Pruitt-Igoe Action Program Phase I & II. The report, commissioned by Mayor Alfonso Cervantes's committee on the redevelopment of Pruitt-Igoe, proposed the addition of new families at Pruitt-Igoe, partial demolition, rehabilitation of existing units, and construction of parks and shopping centers.

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Leonard Pryor Photograph Collection, no date (P0576)
1 folder

Copy prints of photos of Lake Placid, Missouri, used in a 2000 Review article by Gary Kremer.

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Public Opinion Survey Unit Records, 1960s-1970s (CA4919)
15 cubic feet

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Questionnaires, codebooks, computer data sheets, correspondence, reports, and other files of surveys conducted by the Public Opinion Survey Unit of the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Randolph E. Puchta Interview, 1998 (C2521)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 3 audio cassettes, 3 CDs

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Interview with Puchta, a resident of Hermann, MO. Puchta discusses his early life, German ancestry, wine making, local customs and leisure activities, and transportation. Of note are his descriptions of photographs from the Edward Kemper Collection at WHMC-Columbia (Accession No. 4633).

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E.P. Puckett Photographs, 1957-1958, no date (P0646)
7 photographs

Photos of historic house and business buildings in Fayette, MO, ca. 1958

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Barbara Smith Pugh Collection, 1871-1990 (R1531)
1.5 cubic feet (30 folders, 1 oversize item)

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The Barbara Smith Pugh Collection contains photographs and papers created and collected by Barbara Smith Pugh during her life. Photos depict family members from both the Smith and Pugh families. Barbara was an avid genealogist and photographer from Rolla, Missouri.

Pulaski County, Missouri Tax Records, circa 1936-1944 (R1331)
(2 folders)

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These undated books contain data pertaining to land owners in Pulaski County. They were created by William C. White, assessor of Pulaski County, Missouri, between the years 1936-1944.

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Joseph Pulitzer Papers, 1897-1958 (S0060)
163 rolls of microfilm

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Joseph Pulitzer was an editor and newspaper publisher, whose holdings included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The papers primarily relate to his editorship of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and cover nearly every aspect of the operation and production of the newspaper, including its internal business management and its editorial policies. The collection contains extensive correspondence with family, journalists, and politicians.

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B.G. Pulliam Daybook, 1836-1860 (C4332)
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The daybook of the B.G. Pulliam Dry Goods store in Middletown, Montgomery County, Missouri, contains names of dry goods store customers and an itemized list of goods purchased and prices paid.

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Puls Family Photograph, 1922 (P0288)
1 photograph

One ink jet copy print of Puls family at Noser Mill Dam in 1922.

Purcell Family Photographs, 1903-1951 (SP0044)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders, 33 photographs)

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The Purcell Family Photographs collection contains photographs of the Purcell family and the Bois D'Arc, Missouri area. The photographs were taken between 1903 and 1951. It includes photographs of the Fairview school, which was a one-room schoolhouse in Pierce City, Missouri, which the Purcell children attended. The Purcell children are portrayed from childhood to adulthood.   

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Thomas D. Purdy Diary, 1870 (C0457)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Notes of a trip from Sullivan County, MO, to Colorado, May 14-July 4, 1870.

Puritan Mining Company Collection, 1911 (R1115)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This collection contains certificate number 542, dated April 19, 1911, for five shares of stock in the Puritan Mining Company at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. The company was organized in 1909 and failed in 1913. The shares were sold to Olivia Ramed.

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William R. Purnell Papers, 1908-1913 (C2258)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Mock initiation certificate of the Order of the Deep; U.S. Naval Academy graduation diploma; two U.S. Navy commission certificates; and photograph of U.S. ships WYOMING, UTAH, and DELAWARE.

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William Allen Pusey Papers, 1938 (C2779)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Poem of six verses, DE SENECTUTE (without apologies to Cicero or Emmerson), by a Chicago dermatologist; photograph of Pusey.

Putnam County Teacher's Institute (Putnam County, Mo.) Papers, 1871-1880 (C3140)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of the Putnam County Teacher's Institute contain copies of a contract for the building of a school building at St. John, MO, 1855; blocks 1 and 2, Elson's addition to the town of Unionville, MO, n.d.; and programs of the Putnam County Teachers Institute, 1871, 1873, 1880.

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Putnam County, Missouri, Survey and Town Plats, 1844-1866 (C3440)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection contains negative photostats of an official survey, by township, of Putnam County, Missouri, 1844-1854, and plats of thirteen towns in the county showing blocks and street names, 1857-1866.

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John G. Putz Autobiography, 1943 (C2935)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a description of Putz's various occupations and statistics about his 13 children.

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Pyle's International Transcontinental Foot Race Collection, 1928-1929 (R0094)
0.04 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Pyle's International Transcontinental Foot Race Collection contains photocopies of programs from Charles C. Pyle's first and second annual transcontinental foot races. The 1928 race was from Los Angeles to New York; the 1929 race was from New York to Los Angeles. Through Missouri the runners followed United States Highway 66.

William Pyle Photographs, 1930-1955 (P0026)
181 photographs

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Columbia photographer William Pyle worked in the advertising department of Central Dairy, which was owned by his step-father, Dot Sappington. Central Dairy-related images, including interior and exterior views of the building, children’s field trips, “Central Baby” portraits by Peterson Studios, and photos of the Merchandettes and a sponsored baseball team.

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Q.E.B.H. Portraits, 1900 (P1186)

Photographs of members of Q.E.B.H., a student honor society at the University of Missouri.

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Quality Hill Master Plan, 1954 (K0163)
0.1 c.f.

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A development plan for the Quality Hill area of Kansas City overlooking the Missouri River and containing significant architectural homes and buildings.

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"Quality Hill: The History of a Neighborhood", 1962 (C3518)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Award-winning essay on a residential neighborhood inhabited by Kansas City's wealthiest families in the 1880s. The author describes its decline and rebirth.

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"Quantrill War Veterans Rest in Family Cemetery", 1958 (C3385)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Article on the George Family cemetery near Oak Grove, Missouri, where four members of the George family who served under Quantrill are buried.

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Daisy Middleton Quarles Papers, 1938 (C3201)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Genealogical notes on the Evans and Middleton families of Missouri.

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