Manuscripts Index
Patsy Dunn Shanberg Papers, 1963-2004 (K0801)
1 c.f.
Scrapbooks, photographs of Brandeis University National Women's Committee (BUNWC) events, family history and religious items. Of particular interest is a wooden, hand carved tzedakah box, model of Beth Shalom Synagogue.
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Wilbur Morse Shankland Speeches, 1962-1967 (C2568)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Four addresses before the St. Louis Pioneer Chapter of the National Society of United States Daughters of 1812.
Lillian (Libby) Kodish Shankman and Philip Shankman Papers, 1919-1958 (K0779)
0.25 c.f.
The couple was the owners of Shankman's Oak Park Delicatessen, Kansas City, MO. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, a business cards, Sabbath schedules, wedding album, photo albums, their wedding certificate, and family scrapbooks.
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Attie Zelpha Mitchell Shanks Genealogical Collection, 1890-1960 (R0061)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Attie Zelpha Mitchell Shanks Genealogy Collection contains a photocopy of genealogical materials for southeastern Missouri compiled by Attie Shanks. The records cover the ‘Upper Hog Creek’ area of eastern Bollinger and western Cape Girardeau counties.
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Shannon and Shannon Collection, circa 1925 (R1134)
(1 folder)
This is 'South Central Missouri: The Land of Opportunity', published by the real estate firm of Shannon & Shannon at Mountain Grove in Wright County, Missouri. The booklet promoted Mountain Grove as the heart of a diversified agricultural area.
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Shannon County Copper Mining Company Collection, 1920 (R1169)
(1 folder)
These are two stock certificates in the Shannon County Copper Mining Company, issued to Mrs. Ocie Hensley and B. W. Hensley on June 1, 1920 at Eminence in Shannon County, Missouri. J. E. Bennett was president and A. J. Clark was secretary of the firm.
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Shannon County, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1900-1930 (R0280)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 15 photographs)
The Shannon County, Missouri Photograph Collection contains images of Shannon County from the collection of Lon Hogan from Winona, Missouri.
Shannon County, Missouri Records, 1958-1915 (R1415)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The collection consists of tax and deed documents for a variety of people living in Shannon County during the 19th and early 20th century, including Robert I. Davis the proprietor of the Rose Cliff Hotel which was located on the Current River.
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Shannon Family Papers, 1845-1960 (C0933)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
Contains baccalaureate and other addresses by President James Shannon of the University of Missouri, some correspondence on religious matters, and family history and genealogy.
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James Shannon Papers, 1832-1857 (C0402)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Store accounts, correspondence and church papers of James Shannon, president of the University of Missouri. Also a letter to Henry A. Wise requesting him to print Shannon's address on slavery.
Shannondale Community Church-Center Collection, 1930-1967 (R0015)
(2 rolls of microfilms)
The Shannondale Community Church-Center Collection contains copies of nine scrapbooks with printed material, letters, and photographs from the Shannondale Community Church-Center in Shannon County, Missouri. The materials detail the establishment of Shannondale and of various religions and social projects.
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Sharp End Heritage Working Group/Committee Records, 2014-2016 (CA6580)
0.1 cubic feet, 2 oversize items
Correspondence, agendas, meeting notes, proclamations, and miscellaneous material of a committee supported by the City of Columbia to mark important sites along Columbia's African American Heritage Trail.
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Sharp Family Papers, 1845-1994 (K0553)
26.5 c.f.
Personal correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, slides, photographs and records the Sharp family and the Wells family of Kansas City, MO and Johnson County, KS. Includes the papers of Hazel Wells Sharp (1910-2002) an educator for more than 40 years who taught school in Kansas City, MO and in the Wiesbaden American Schools in Germany.
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Preston T. Sharp Collection, circa 2004 (R1204)
(2 folders)
These are an annotated Civil War diary and a biography of Preston T. Sharp, a resident of Harrison County, Missouri, and Fall River County, South Dakota, and first lieutenant of Company H, 12th Missouri Cavalry. Edited and compiled by Chuck and Nova Sharp Bolton, the collection includes the story of Sharp's life, and his diary covering the Nashville campaign, December 1864-Januuary 1865, and Powder River Expedition in Wyoming and Montana in 1865.
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Mary Rose Shaughnessy Collection, 1930 (K0845)
0.01
Photocopy of a brochure of photographs of houses designed by Clarence E. Shepard, Kansas City architect. Includes house owners' names and addresses.
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Shaw and Whitelaw Family Papers, 1886-2008 (CA6696)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Family papers of the Shaw and Whitelaw families of Kidder, Missouri. Items include pedigree charts and family diaries. Also included are four compact disks that contain family letter transcriptions, photographs, and family histories.
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C.L. Shaw Receipt, 1875 (C3142)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Receipted bill from Dayton and Arthur, Booksellers and Stationers, Quincy, IL.
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Elijah J. Shaw Scrapbook, 1914-1971 (S0323)
1 microfilm roll
Elijah"Lige" Shaw began drumming in minstrel shows at age 10 in Jackson, Tennessee. He traveled with Bowen's and Blondon's Dandy Dixie Minstrels, the Original Georgia Minstrels, and other theatre and dance orchestras until he settled in St. Louis in the late 1920s. He
worked as a drummer in St. Louis and served several terms as president of Musicians Local 197. The collection contains playbills, correspondence, advertisements, and newspaper clippings on jazz musicians and civil rights sit-ins.
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Frank Shaw Papers, 1901 (R0363)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Frank Shaw Papers contain a photocopied journal of a mine superintendent who worked in the lead and zinc mines of Jasper County, Missouri. The journal covers January 1, through December 30, 1901. The entries include comments on various mines, mining equipment, mechanical problems, and financial matters.
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Milton Shaw Papers, 1824-1921 (C0428)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Letters from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri discussing slaves; farm crops, implements, and stock; property indentures; church membership; trade; schools; and teaching. Genealogical materials on the Denton family. Originals on microfilm; typed copies in folders.
Ralph J. Shaw Papers, 1942-1987 (C4412)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)
World War II-era letters, photographs, military records, and miscellaneous papers of labor organizer Ralph J. Shaw.
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Shawnee Copper Company Records, 1924-1931 (R1027)
(1 folder)
This collection consists of six stock certificates and a letter to stockholders for the Shawnee Copper Company at Eminence in Shannon County, Missourui. Officers of the firm included A. Wilbur, Ralph E. Carr, and W. A. Despain.
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John P. Sheahan Papers, 1943-1944 (R0203)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The John P. Sheahan Papers contain a microfilm copy of letters written during World War II by John P. Sheahan Jr. to his wife, Grace. Sheahan served with the 2306th Quartermaster Service Company, training at camps in California, Florida, and Virginia. He died at Slapton Sands in the English Channel on April 28, 1944.
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Deb Sheals Photographs, 2005 (P0222)
70.1 MB of digital files (1 computer disc; 82 jpgs)
Digital photographs taken by Deb Sheals of the St. Albans Farms Stone Barn, which was located in Franklin County, Missouri.
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Sue Shear Papers, 1972-1997 (S0987)
40 cubic feet
The Sue Shear Papers contains correspondence, legislative materials, and newspaper clippings relating to her career as a legislator representing St. Louis County (District 83) in the Missouri House of Representatives (1972-1998). Topics of interest in the collection include abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment, mental health, and children and families in Missouri.
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Charles K. Sheets Sr. Papers, 1847-1936 (C4079)
1 cubic foot (45 folders)
The papers of Charles K. Sheets Sr. contain family papers of the Berry, Bell, Sheets, and Blades families, and include marriages, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included in the collection is business material pertaining to Sheets’ business with Faulconer, Sheets & Co, in Montgomery City, Missouri.
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Shelby County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1902, no date (P1145)
An artificial collection of photographs of Shelby County, Missouri.
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Joseph Orville Shelby Letter, 1885 (C0521)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Mr. Lankford, Marshall, Missouri, from Audrain, Bates County, Missouri, August 2, 1885. Letter from a Confederate brigadier general to a friend, giving his reasons for the Civil War.
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Joseph Orville Shelby Scrapbook, 1865-1932 (C3558)
0.1 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
The collection contains clippings about the military career of a Civil War general from Missouri, newspaper accounts of his death in 1897, tributes, and correspondence.
Casper Shell Papers, 1832-1849 (R0243)
0.3 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Casper Shell Papers contain the journal and personal papers of Casper Shell Jr., a blacksmith and justice of the peace who lived near Lutesville in what was then Cape Girardeau County, now Bollinger County, Missouri. The collection pertains to Shell’s trade as a blacksmith as well as his official duties. A transcript, prepared by the donor, is available.
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Barbara Rosa Barnett Shelley Papers, 1850-1980 (K0049)
3 c.f.
Personal, business, and legal documents pertaining to the Barnett, Williamson, and Shelley families.
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A.B. Shelton Photograph Collection, 1895, 1958-1962 (P0794)
28 photographs
Photos of Putnam County historic buildings and sites, primarily in the Unionville area ca. 1959-1962, and of notable residents.
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Alonzo H. Shelton Reminiscences, no date (K0166)
0.02 c.f. (1 folder)
Photocopied typescript of Shelton's recollections of his life, experiences and services in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier.
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Charles G. Shelton Papers, 1918-1969 (C4062)
0.4 cubic feet (7 folders)
The papers of Charles Shelton, a farmer from Paris, Missouri, consist of notes on agricultural machinery, account books, a Modern Woodmen of America record book, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous personal material.
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Everett D. Shelton Poems, 1927 (C1253)
0.01 cubic feet (1 volume)
"The Missourian" and other poems.
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Everett D. Shelton Poems, 1936-1939 (C3218)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Six handwritten booklets of poetry.
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Lula F. Shelton Postcard Collection, 1912, no date (P0534)
10 postcards
Postcards of the Missouri and Kansas mining industry. Additional postcards of the Truman home in Lamar, and the Missouri State Capitol.
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T. J. Shelton, Southwestern Miner, 1892 (R0873)
(1 folder)
These are four issues from June, August, and October 1892, of the " Southwestern Miner", a newsletter "devoted exclusively to the Lead and Zinc mines of Missouri and Kansas." Published every week at Carterville, Missouri, by "Campbell & Shelton" and managed by T. J. Shelton, and the journal included production statistics and mining news items from southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas, and particularly from Jasper County, Missouri.
Edward Martin Shepard Papers, 1844-1939 (C0164)
0.6 cubic feet
Notes, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of Shepard, a geologist and professor at Drury College, Springfield, MO.
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Edward Martin Shepard Lantern Slide Collection, no date (R1184)
0.25 cubic foot (41 lantern slides)
These are lantern slides showing springs, natural bridges, and caves in the Ozarks region of Missouri. They were produced for teaching purposes by Edward M. Shepard, a professor of geology at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri.
John A. and Samuel Shepard Papers, 1844-1845 (C2297)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters between Samuel Shepard of Selma, AL, and his brother, John A., of Norfolk, CT. They concern business, family, friends, health and the life of a Yankee peddler in Alabama. Negative photostats.
Bill of lading issued to Samuel Shepard by Saxton & Webb, New York, for a shipment of clocks.
George Allen Shepardson Diaries, 1887-1952 (S0547)
4 cubic feet
The George Allen Shepardson Diaries contain sixty-five annual diaries kept by George Shepardson between the years of 1887 - 1952, during his time living and working in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area and Illinois. Notable topics within the diaries include teaching in the rural Midwest and at St. Louis boarding schools; work at Cupples Station in St. Louis for the Missouri Pacific Railroad; St. Louis Streetcar strike of 1900; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis World's Fair); and the World Wars.
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Shepherd of the Hills Estates Brochure, no date (R0752)
(1 folder)
This is a brochure for Shepherd of the Hills Estate, a real estate development at Forsyth in Taney County, Missouri. Although undated, it appears to be from the late 1920s.
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Shepherd of the Hills Historical Society Collection, 1968-1978 (R0740)
(1 folder)
These are six souvenir programs for performances during the 1960s and 1970s of The Shepherd of the Hills, an outdoor drama based upon the novel by Harold Bell Wright. It was presented at the Old Mill Theater on the Shepherd of the Hills Farm near Branson in Taney County, Missouri.
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Shepherd's Center of America Records, 1972-2006 (K1183)
29 c.f.
The Center provided life-long learning and other services for older people so they could maintain independence. The organizational records of the national office of the Center includes history files, Board of Directors and committee files, newsletters and mailings, planning and program files, national and regional conference files, leadership training materials, photographs, cassette, floppy discs, and video tapes.
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Shepherd's Center-Central Kansas City, MO Records, 1972-2011 (K0600)
8 c.f.
Organizational records of the local chapter, the first for the life-long education and support services for the aging national organization. Includes board of directors' minutes, annual reports, photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks.
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Ethan A.H. Shepley Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0027)
2 cubic feet (209 folders)
Letters and papers of a St. Louis lawyer and Republican delegate-at-large. Shepley was chairman of the Committee on Taxation-Levy, Assessment, and Collection, and served on the Committees on the Legislative Department, Executive Department, Judiciary Department, Military Affairs, and Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Shepley-Hill Family Papers, 1898-2021 (S0327)
2 cubic feet
The Shepley-Hill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, family trees, and a diary pertaining to the lives of Ethan A.H. Shepley, Virginia Hill-Shepley, and Michael Shepley. Materials of interest include Ethan A.H. Shepley Sr.’s World War I diary and correspondence between Virginia Hill-Shepley and Jay Landesman.
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Sheppard Family Papers, 1844-1877 (C0429)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
Miscellaneous letters from Philadelphia; Tennessee; Cincinnati; Springfield and St. Louis, MO; and England. A letter from Paris, TN, describes local preaching techniques.
Originals on microfilm; typed copies in folders.
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Charles Sheppard Photographs, 1961 (P0621)
6 photographs
Photos of Greene County ca. 1961: Indian Mound Marker, the Dr. H.M. Parrish house, a Civil War earthwork on the Drury University Campus, and the Ward D. King house.