Manuscripts Index
B.G. Pulliam Daybook, 1836-1860 (C4332)
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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Purcell Family Photographs, 1903-1951 (SP0044)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders, 33 photographs)
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)
Notes of a trip from Sullivan County, MO, to Colorado, May 14-July 4, 1870.
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Puritan Mining Company Collection, 1911 (R1115)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
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)
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)
Poem of six verses, DE SENECTUTE (without apologies to Cicero or Emmerson), by a Chicago dermatologist; photograph of Pusey.
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Putnam County Teacher's Institute (Putnam County, Mo.) Papers, 1871-1880 (C3140)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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William Pyle Photographs, 1930-1955 (P0026)
181 photographs
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.
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)
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)
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)
Genealogical notes on the Evans and Middleton families of Missouri.
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Quarry Heights Owners' Association (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1951-1987 (C4157)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Bylaws, correspondence, rules, membership lists, and president's material of Wesley S. Platner, Quarry Heights Owner's Association, Columbia, Missouri, 1960s.
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Queen of the World Hospital Collection, 1951-1965 (K1132)
1 c.f.
Hospital was begun by Catholic Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara in Kansas City, MO. includes scrapbooks concerning the hospital containing minutes of meetings and the historian's yearly reports.
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John P. Quesenberry Diaries, 1859-1865 (C1210)
0.4 cubic foot (6 folders)
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J.P. Quesenbury Receipt, 1863 (C2448)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a receipt issued to Quesenbury by J.P. Maxey for payment of $15.46 for commissary stores sold to Jackson Cooper, 31 March 1863.
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H.D. "Doc" Quigg Papers, 1883-1998 (CA6368)
25.6 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 6 oversize items
The papers of a journalist who spent most of his career at UPI include story files, clippings, article drafts, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous personal and professional material. Quigg, a native of Boonville, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1934.
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Martin P. Quigley Papers , 1930-1996 (S0589)
1.2 cubic foot, 70 folders
This collection contains writings by novelist Martin Quigley; Neurotica Volume 1, Numbers 1 (Spring 1948) 4, (Spring 1949) and Volume 8 (1951); Bound volumes of Midwest Motorist, 1971-1996; interviews with Bing Devine and Bob Costas; and writings by Fran Landesman.
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Bartholomew Quinn Papers, 1826 (C2304)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three documents concerning the transfer of title to land in Saline County, MO, from Richard M. Cummins to Bartholomew Quinn.
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Patrick J. Quirk Diary, 1865 (C3943)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The diary of Patrick J. Quirk relates the details of a trip made in 1865 by railroad and steamboat from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Yankton, South Dakota, on the way to the Montana Territory.
Quitman Select School Papers, 1955 (C2058)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
List of students, correspondence, and reminiscences about school which was held at Quitman, 1882-1887.
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R-9 Community Center Records, 1955-1958 (S0963)
0.04 cubic foot
This collection contains photographs, videotape, newspaper clippings, and meeting minutes of the R-9 Community Center.
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R.E. Lee Mercantile Company Records, 1881-1941 (C0292)
0.5 cubic feet (2 folders, 14 volumes)
Receipts from a general store in Doniphan, MO; account books, cash books; day books; inventories; and minute books. This store succeeded Pearce and Lee Mercantile Company.
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R.S. Woolton and Company Articles of Agreement, 1852 (C1652)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains Photostats of an agreement between R.S. Woolton and Company and Jesse B. Turley, Taos County, New Mexico Territory. They formed a partnership to drive sheep to California. Topics include financial arrangements, supplies, and sale procedures.
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"Rabbi Eppstein's Kansas City Diary, 1880-1883," Howard Sachs, no date (C2625)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Article based on Rabbi Eppstein's diary.
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Abe "Butch" Rabin and Sara Stolov Rabin Papers, 1933-1982 (K1135)
0.1 c.f.
Family photographs, correspondence and certificates awarded to Butch Rabin, former constable of the Jackson County Courthouse, and community volunteer. Also photographs of Mayor H. Roe Bartle, and Colonel James H. Wood.
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Jerry Rabushka Papers, 1975-2020 (S0299)
11.5 cubic feet
The Jerry Rabushka Papers contain diaries, scrapbooks, script, program bills, posters and VHS tapes documenting Rabushka's career as a playwright, author, and musician. Materials of interest include scrapbooks and photographs of Rabushka's original plays, including Full Frontal Nudity, Gaywatch, and Woof! The Road Show.
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Rackers Studio Photographs, 1925-1934 (P0859)
0.13 linear feet
Photos by Rackers Studio of Jefferson City, MO, many of which are of Missouri representatives.
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Melvin F. Rader Photograph Collection, 1945 (P1065)
One portrait of Melvin F. Rader. One snapshot by Rader of prisoners of war as Americans took over a concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria.
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Perry S. Rader Papers, 1928 (C2113)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Correspondence concerning the Missouri state seal and the designer George Frederick Burckhartt's daughter Bettie C. Burckhartt, Bruce Lemmon, W.C. Knaus, and Mary Miller (Mrs. A. Lee) Smiser.
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E.K. Radford Receipts, 1904 (C3184)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains receipts for coffee and tea shipped from New York to Kansas City by the Commercial Fast Transportation Company.
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Edward Luckey Radford Manuscript, 1979 (S0186)
0.25 cubic feet
The Edward Luckey Radford Manuscript contains the unpublished dissertation titled Implementing Court Ordered Desegregation for The Ferguson Reorganized School District R2: A Case Study by Edward Luckey Radford. In his dissertation, Radford chronicles the integration of the Berkeley, Kinloch, and Ferguson R2 school districts from 1971 to 1979.
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Radial Express Report, 1964-1965 (S1103)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection contains one report: "The Radial Express and Suburban Crosstown Bus Rider, St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Final Report 1964-1965." The report was commissioned by the Bi-State Development Agency to determine the potential sources of patronage for seven new radial express bus routes in the Missouri-Illinois bi-state area.
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Radical Newspaper/Journal Collection, 1923-1978 (S0803)
2 cubic feet, 41 folders
The collection contains newspapers and journals published by leftwing labor unions and leftist political groups, most frequently those espousing some form of socialism. The publications in this collection include the "New World Review," "The Socialist Call," and "The Western Socialist."
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Radical Union Party, Central and Advisory Committees of Ray County Convention Proceedings, 1866 (C2833)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proceedings of the 22 February 1866 meeting. Statements concerning reconstruction; withdrawal of support from the MISSOURI FREEMAN as a party organ.
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Radio Homemakers Oral History Project Records, 1992 (C4080)
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records contain transcripts of interviews with women who worked as radio homemakers from the 1940s through 1980s. Radio homemakers broadcast on rural, Midwestern radio stations and offered information and advice on domestic affairs such as cooking, sewing, and child rearing. Also includes paper presented to 1992 Popular Culture Convention based on the interviews.
RadiOzark Record Collection, 1950s-1960s (SP0071)
10 cubic feet (427 audio discs)
The RadiOzark Record Collection contains 427 phonograph records that were produced and transcribed by RadiOzark Enterprises, Inc., located in Springfield, Missouri. Program titles include Strangest of All with Frank Edwards, The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, The Bill Ring Show, The Red Foley Show, “Shorty Thompson” in Saddle-Rockin’ Rhythm, “Shorty, Sue, & Sally” Saddle-Rockin’ Rhythm, and The Smiley Burnette Show.
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Raff Family Papers, 1852-1923 (R0124)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Raff Family Papers contain the correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the Raff family of Crawford County, Missouri. Included are letters from George Raff of Greenock Scotland and the letters of Archie Raff from Camp Funston, Kansas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma during his service in World War I.
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Lawrence M. Raftery Papers, 1900-1983 (S0462)
0.8 cubic feet, 32 folders, 53 photographs
The Lawrence M. Raftery Papers contain correspondence, photographs, memos, and artifacts documenting Lawerence M. Raftery, a sixty-nine-year member of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Traders (IBPAT). Raftery later served as vice president, general secretary-treasurer, and president of the IBPAT.
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C. A. Ragland Papers, 1890 (R1017)
(1 folder)
This is an autograph letter dated September 10, 1890 from C. A. Ragland at Stockton in Cedar County, Missouri to T. L. Smith at Whitehall, Illinois. The letter concerns taxes on the estate of James W. Gregory.
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Arthur Chester Ragsdale Papers, 1961-1968 (C3330)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of Arthur Chester Ragsdale contain his notes and writings on the Department of Dairy Husbandry at University of Missouri. Included are listings of chairmen and staff plus teaching/research programs and very detailed explanation of various research projects. Also included are a history of the dairy extension project, dairy production data for Missouri and the United States, and one miscellaneous list of publications.
Ragtag Cinema Café (Columbia, Mo.) Collection, 1977-2002 (CA6023)
2.3 cubic feet, 55 oversize items
Collection of film catalogs, publications, promotional material, posters, and advertisements for film showings and other events at the theater.
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John Edwin Rahm Family Collection, 1921-1983 (K1136)
8 c.f.
Correspondence, legal documents, rosters, procedures/instructions, scripts, programs, clippings, photographs, ephemera relating to the Jewel Ball, a social and fundraising event held in Kansas City MO. also records from the E.D. Fisher Commission Company/J.E. Rahm Grain Company, including Stock certificate books and financial and transfer ledgers.
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Stephen J. Raiche Photograph Collection, 1856-1972 (P0474)
0.21 linear feet
Photos of historic buildings in Missouri, primarily in the St. Louis area.