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Saint James Civics Club Records, 1928-1972 (R0479)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Saint James Civics Club Records are microfilmed scrapbooks of a women’s club at St. James in Phelps County, Missouri. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the activities of the club.

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Saint James Grade School Collection, 1935 (R0723)
(1 folder)

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This collection includes a commencement program for the class of 1935 at the St. James Grade School in Saint James, Phelps County, Missouri, and diploma issued to Eunice Giesler, a member of the class.

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Saint James Public School Photograph Collection, 1905 (R0576)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 photograph)

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The Saint James Public School Photograph Collection consists of a photograph of a class in front of the public school building at Saint James, Phelps County, Missouri taken in 1905.

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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1881-1945 (R0546)
4 volumes MICROFILM

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These are records of St. John's Lutheran Church at Boeschenville in Benton County, Missouri.
Included are the constitution, by-laws, registers of members, lists of births, baptisms, communicants,
and deaths, and minutes of meetings, 1912-1941. Most of the records are in German.

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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection, 1922-1971 (R0525)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection contains photocopies of programs for a new church building and two anniversary celebrations.

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Saint Joseph Stockyards Company Records, 1896-1963 (K0192)
0.3 c.f.

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Minutes of the Stockyards Company including attachments and associated items such as the Articles of Incorporation of the organization, proxy statements, contracts, orders to pay dividends, reports to the Board and some correspondence.

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Saint Louis Zoo Records, 1910-2014 (S0194)
30 cubic feet

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The Saint Louis Zoo Records document the evolution of Zoo's philosophy from providing entertainment to educating the public and preserving animal species. The collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, photographs, films, and scrapbooks. Topics of interest include animal acquisitions, as well as birth and deaths, and construction of new zoo buildings.

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Saint Mary's Jesuit Mission and College Records, 1832-1967 (K0330)
0.02 c.f.

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Records of the Jesuit mission to the Potawatomi Indians located in present Linn County, KS, which moved to present Pottawatomie County, KS and became St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, KS.). Mission and college records, reports sent to superiors, and priests' diaries. Includes early missionary records of births, deaths and marriages in Buchanan, Clay, and Jackson Counties, MO.

Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection, 1918-1972 (R0524)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Collection consists of photocopied records and programs for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, Benton County, Missouri.

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Sainte Genevieve "The Way We Worked Exhibit" Oral History Records, 2011 (CG0021)
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The 96 oral histories were produced by Bolduc House Museum in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri for the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit "The Way We Worked". This is the local copy of the records.

Sainte Genevieve Academy Ledgers, 1853-1861 (R0020)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve Academy Records contains microfilm copies of two volume from the Sainte Genevieve English and Classical Academy. The volumes include lists of expenses incurred by the school, and accounts of tuition and school supplies charged to the students.

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Sainte Genevieve Academy Records, 1808-2001 (R1394)
0.3 cubic foot (14 folders)

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The Sainte Genevieve Academy Records consist of photocopied documents pertaining to the founding of and preservation of the Academy, also known as the Old Louisiana Academy in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. These records include a history of the school, construction records, land records, and records kept by the Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve during the preservation of the school.

Sainte Genevieve Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1935 (R0836)
(1 folder)

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This is a bicentennial souvenir pictorial booklet published by the chamber of commerce in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the town of Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It contains photographic views of historic sites and buildings in the town.

Morning Shade School Records, 1875-1944 (R0097)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The Morning Shade School Records contain photocopies of the district clerk's records and teacher's class records for the rural Morning Shade School in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. The collection includes nine volumes that contain minutes of annual meetings, school censuses, financial data, and teachers' contracts.

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Sainte Genevieve Savings Association Records, 1865-1874 (R0466)
0.9 cubic foot (1 folder, 4 oversize volumes)

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The Sainte Genevieve Savings Association Records include a letter book, account books and draft stubs for the Sainte Genevieve Savings Association of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Firmin A. Rozier was president and Oliver D. Harris, Eugene Guibourd, and Hiram Blackledge were cashiers.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri School Board Records, 1851-1885 (R0021)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri School Board Records contain a microfilm copy of the minutes of the Board of Directors of Schools in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The minutes include discussions and resolutions on settlements of adverse claims to land owned by the school board, and also records the establishments of the first public schools in Sainte Genevieve.

Sainte Genevieve Telephone Company Records, 1899-1906 (R0339)
0.5 cubic foot (8 folders)

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The Ste. Genevieve Telephone Company Records contain bills for various goods and services rendered to the Ste. Genevieve Telephone Company. John Tlapek and Henry L. Rozier organized the company, which later became part of the Bell system.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Bicentennial Collection, 1933-1935 (R1243)
(2 volumes)

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These are photocopies of scrapbooks compiled by Francis J. Rozier, chairman of the bicentennial committee of the Ste. Genevieve chamber of commerce, during the planning and observance (1935) of the bicentennial of Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. Included are newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Collection, 1973, 1975 (R1470)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Collection contains a Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Lake Forest Estates booklet printed by the La Rose Publishing Company in 1973 and A Tour of Old Sainte Genevieve printed by the Wehmeyer Printing Company in 1975.

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Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Collection, 1885-1967 (R0165)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Collection contains photocopies of miscellaneous papers concerning the history of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The papers include a historical address by Firmin A. Rozier, a printed directory of the Catholic Church, a souvenir program from a production of Shaun Rue, and two architectural reports by Ernest A. Connally on historic homes.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Lead Records, 1842-1852 (R0450)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)

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This is an account book for the receipt and disposition of lead (and some copper) shipments at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, perhaps associated with Ziegler & Company. Records include the date, name of hauler, number of “pigs,” and weight. Contrary accounts give the disposition of metal, including destinations, names of steamboats, and credits to third parties.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Mercatile Records, 1819-1825 (R0212)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Beaver Creek United Baptist Church Records contain microfilm copies of minutes of meetings and membership records of the Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Phelps County, Missouri. The church was founded in 1866 as Willow Spring Baptist Church, and
was relocated and renamed in 1874.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Mineral Records, 1828-1867 (R0340)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Mineral Records contains a volume with accounts for lead, copper, and “copper stone” shipped at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1828-1848, mostly by the firm of Menard & Valle, and a letter of 1867 from H. Janis of Ste. Genevieve to John Hall of Madison County, Missouri, concerning land on the St. Francis River.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1880s-1920s (R0338)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders, 7 photographs, 6 negatives)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Photograph Collection contains thirteen black and white views of historic homes, churches, steamboats and the Garretson family of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records, 1865-1883 (R0040)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folder)

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These are photocopies of miscellaneous city and county documents. Included are tax records, a census of school-age children, loyalty oaths, and ballots from the elections of 1876. There are also pamphlets containing a report on mining and manufactures to the Missouri legislature, 1881, and an address by Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden, printed in German, 1883.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Tan Yard Records, 1823-1829 (R0335)
0.2 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Tan Yard Records contain a ledger and daybook, combined into one volume, of a tannery located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Accounts note hides and skins exchanged for leather and general merchandise credits. Also included are a poem and an inventory of the personal estate of James Buckely.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Tax Records, 1861 (R0386)
1 volume microfilmed

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This is a record of taxes on real estate and personal property in the city of Ste. Genevieve,
Missouri. The records include an alphabetical listing of property owners, the location and value of
real estate, taxes on slaves, notes, bonds, dogs, and other personal property, and the amount of tax
assessed.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, Municipal Ordinances, 1849-1895 (R0005)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Municipal Ordinances contain the civil and criminal ordinances for the city of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Included are the regulations set forth for municipal offices and the duties of the city's officials.

Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1827-1913 (R0004)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Municipal Records contain the meeting minutes of the boards of trustees and alderman of the city of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The meetings include discussion and resolutions on various items of city business, including payments for services rendered, the hiring and firing of city officials, public works, and proposed ordinances.

Rhea Silverbery Salasche-Kaseff Papers, 1952 (K1144)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Rhea Salasche-Kaseff Papers contain a May 1952 edition of the Beth Shalom Sunday School newsletter, "The Comet."

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Salem Academy Collection, 1930 (R0500)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This is a booklet of letters by alumni of the Salem Academy at Salem in Dent County, Missouri. Compiled by John Massey, the booklet includes biographical news of former students, and reminiscences of the years 1874-1884, when the school was under the direction of Professor William H. Lynch.

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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1827-1934 (C1374)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1827, 1829-1839, 1841-1860, 1866-1877, 1880, 1881, 1884-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1899, and 1928-1934.

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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1878-1926 (C1375)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1878, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900-1915, 1917-1922, 1924, and 1926.

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Salem Association of Baptists Record Book, 1827-1888 (C1321)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Constitutions, rules of decorum, names of delegates and the churches they represent, membership material, circular letters and corresponding letters, and minutes of meetings.

Salem Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1874-1879 (C3794)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Record book of the Salem Baptist Church founded in 1874, destroyed by fire in 1899, rebuilt in 1900, and renamed New Hope Baptist Church. Contains list of original members, charter, minutes of monthly meetings, and financial reports. Includes information on election of officers, formation of committees, financial affairs, and construction of a church building.

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Salem Public School Collection, 1921 (R0571)
(1 folder)

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This is a printed program for a "Springtime Pageant" performed by the First and Second Grades of the Salem Public School, Salem, Missouri, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on April 29, 1921.

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Saline County, Missouri Records, 1858-1864 (C3490)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Abstract of real estate, Blackwater assessment district, 1858; notice by county court to taxpayers; militia exemptions; and agriculture records.

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Saline County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1879-1937 (P1137)

An artificial collection of photographs of Saline County, Missouri.

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Saline County, Missouri, Tax Book, 1860 (C1238)
0.24 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Assessment of personal property and real estate for Saline County, MO, 1860.

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Salisbury Diary, 1887 (C0458)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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An eight weeks' diary kept by a sixteen-year-old boy named Salisbury on a train trip from the East to Topeka, KS. He spent most of the time visiting relatives in Salisbury, Kansas City, Glasgow, Keytesville, and St. Louis.

Philander Salisbury Papers, 1843-1880 (S0527)
0 .1 cubic foot, 8 folders

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This collection consists of correspondence between St. Louisan Philander Salisbury, a captain in the Mexican-American War, and his wife Mary, describing preparations for the invasion of Mexico, as well as letters between Ralph and Sephronia Coatsworth from 1855 to 1868.

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Salt Creek Christian Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1817-1828 (C1337)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Original members who constituted the church, minutes of meetings, and membership records. The name of the church was changed to Ashland Christian Church in 1849.

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Salt Springs Presbyterian Church Records, 1869-1911 (C1367)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes of session meetings and registers of elders, deacons, communicants, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

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"Salt," Paul McDonald Robinett, no date (C2169)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a document describing inhabitants of the Missouri Ozarks, their opinions about slavery, secession, and the Civil War. Guerrilla warfare, confiscation of salt by Major General Samuel R. Curtis as economic warfare, and experiences of the Perry Upton-Elizabeth Simmons Lee family during the Civil War are discussed.

Salute to Veterans Air Show Records, 1990-2019 (CA6636)
3.6 cubic feet, 2 CDs, 6 DVDs, 3.76 GB of digital files

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The records of the organization contain photographs, publications, correspondence, planning materials, and audiovisual material. The Salute to Veterans Air Show held an annual Memorial Day celebration to honor military veterans in Columbia, Missouri, until 2019.

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Patricia and Earl Samel Normandy School District Collection, 1944-2002 (S1146)
Approximately 2 cubic feet

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Papers collected by Patricia and Earl Semel (Normandy High School, class of 1944), including newsletters, photographs, publications, ledgers, and VHS tapes pertaining to the Normandy School District, the Normandy High School Class of 1944 reunions, and the history of Normandy, Missouri.

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Edward C. Sammons Papers, 1918-1919 (C0403)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two letters written by E.C. Sammons to Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Cortelyou, Kansas City, MO, describing his activities in World War I; two postcards; and two clippings giving a history of Sammons' military career.

Frances Asbury Sampson Collection, 1796-1958 (C3813)
12.9 cubic feet (455 folders)

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Collection compiled by Francis Asbury Sampson. Includes Democratic and Republican party campaign literature for national and Missouri elections, 1838-1958; speeches and pamphlets concerning national and state political issues; materials concerning the history of Boone, Schuyler, Pettis and Ste. Genevieve counties and Sedalia; papers of Garland C. Broadhead and William Switzler; and speeches, notes, bibliographies and personal papers of F.A. Sampson.

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Frances Asbury Sampson Collection, no date (CA5935)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Additions of business cards, hotel advertisements, temperance pledge card, and speech to the Women's Christian Temperance Union. See also C3813.