Manuscripts Index
Smith Civil War Correspondence Collection, 1859-1863 (S1140)
0.04 cubic foot, 16 folders, 1 DVD
The letters consist of reproductions of correspondence from Lieutenant H.H. Smith to his father during the Civil War. Smith served in the Union army in the 17th Regiment Indiana Volunteers and the 49th Indiana Regiment. The collection contains photocopies of the correspondence and a DVD that contains digitized versions of the documents.
Smith Family Photographs, 1872-1937 (P0665)
8 photographs
Images of Kansas City and William Joseph Smith and family, removed from Genealogies - Smith - Bussell - Wood - Bryant by Mable Smith Saunders.
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Smith Family Papers, 1813-1848 (C2572)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
German baptismal records and other German documents from 1813 for Conrad Andrew Smith, Warren County, MO; affidavit of intent to become a U.S. citizen, 1838; and oath of citizenship, 1840. Five letters in German by Conrad Andrew Smith, George Smith, and Adam Binzer. Some translations provided by the donor. Smith family genealogical information in accession folder.
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Ada Brydon Bruce Smith Scrapbook, 1919-1936 (C1423)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Obituaries and other newspaper clippings concerning friends and relatives of Ada Smith, Stoddard County, MO.
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C.E. Smith Letter, 1882 (C1860)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to G.O. Hardeman, Gray's Summit, MO, from Pattonville, MO, Mar. 24, 1882. The letter discusses the whereabouts of a letter written by Thomas Hart Benton to Smith's father, containing an account of Benton's duel with Charles Lucas. Smith acknowledges a large collection of Benton letters in his possession.
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Charles Ashley Smith Architectural Records Collection, 1890-1930 (K0672)
7 c.f.
Smith was one of the most active architects of buildings for institutions, particularly schools, in Kansas City. Included are architectural drawings, renderings, photographs and clippings relating to Kansas City area buildings.
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Charles H. Smith Letters, 1833-1887 (K0079)
0.09 c.f. (3 folders)
Civil War era letters concerning life in camp and the death of Charles H. Smith in battle near Stafford Courthouse, Virginia, in May 1863. Includes family tintypes and photographs.
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Cora Smith Collection, 1920-1960 (S0220)
0.5 cubic foot (2 diaries, 1 folder, 3 photographs)
The collection primarily consists of two diaries written by Cora Smith, a native of Batchtown, Illinois, chronicling life with her sister, Lily Ann Briggs, in the Skinker-Debaliviere neighborhood in the 1950s.
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E. Herbert Smith Papers, 1954 (R0184)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The E. Herbert Smith Papers contain photocopies of a thirteen-page autobiography by a newspaper publisher and editor of southeastern Missouri. At one time or another during his sixty-year career, Smith was associated with the Benton Record, the Charleston Democrat and Enterprise, the Sikeston Star, and the Clarkton News.
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Effie Mozelle Smith Photograph Collection, 1900-1910 (P0761)
7 photographs
Seven photos of Mississippi County and SE Missouri, including images of Whiting Public School ca. 1910.
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Elbert A. Smith Interview, 1954 (C0718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a transcribed oral interview of Elbert Smith, held in Independence, Missouri, April 23, 1954. Smith, a grandson of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was presiding patriarch of the church at the time of the interview.
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Eleanor E. Smith Papers, 1944 (R0935)
(1 folder)
These are two V-Mail letters from Eleanor E. Smith at Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County, Missouri, to S/Sgt R. J. Bettis, Jr., an Army enlistee serving overseas. The letters are dated January 18 and 20, 1944.
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Forrest Smith Papers, 1940-1953 (C2220)
72.6 c.f. (6658 folders), 2 oversize volumes, 8 card files
Papers of a Democratic governor of Missouri, 1949-1953. Includes correspondence, reference material, speeches, and miscellaneous material.
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Forrest Smith Portraits, no date (P0962)
Portraits of Forrest Smith as governor of Missouri and state auditor.
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Fritz Smith Papers, 1892-1900 (R0373)
1 folder
This is a daily record of water levels on the Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri, 22
November 1892 -- 31 August 1900. There are also occasional notes on the weather, river conditions,
and steamboats.
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Gene Smith Papers, 1941-1995 (K1347)
.25 c.f.
bound collection of Hallmark Military News employee newsletters, 1941-1946; one issue Hallmark NoonNews, 1986; remembrance of G. Smith; ephemera items
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George R. Smith Papers, 1835-1899 (C1028)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of George R. Smith contain correspondence, miscellaneous personal and business papers, and speeches of a Sedalia, Missouri, lawyer and businessman. Smith was influential in the establishment of the Missouri Pacific Railway.
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George Thom Smith Papers, 1907 (R0983)
(1 folder)
This is a letter of July 17, 1907 from George Thom Smith, president of Dexter Christian College at Dexter in Stoddard County, Missouri, to the Anderson-Tully Lumber Company in Memphis, Tennessee. The letter concerns a lost shipment of shooks.
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George W. Smith Autobiography, no date (C3085)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Smith, born in Albemarle County, VA, settled in Cooper County, MO, ca. 1837.
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Harold R. Smith Papers, 1952-1954 (C4260)
0.5 cubic feet (15 folders)
The papers consist of letters Harold Smith sent to his family in Missouri while serving in the Korean War. The collection includes his letters, documents he found interesting, and special messages he included on some of the envelopes.
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Henry Ackerman Smith Papers, 1861-1907 (C0431)
2 rolls of microfilm
Papers of a teacher and Methodist minister who lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri. Includes letters written to his wife, 1861-1862, while in the Union army; autobiography, genealogical information; record of marriages performed, 1884-1905; diary, 1882-1907; a newspaper article; and photographs.
Hurse Smith Papers, 1933-1943 (R0568)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Hurse Smith Papers are photocopies of the scrapbook of Hurse Smith, a member of Company 1733 of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The scrapbook includes the names of members of the company, a record of service, and photographs of the camps and members of the company.
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I.V. Smith Memoirs, 1902 (C0705)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A typed transcript of the Civil War experiences of a Confederate soldier from Missouri, who retreated south to Mississippi with General Sterling Price.
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Israel A. Smith Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0026)
2.5 cubic feet (144 folders)
Letters and papers of a Republican delegate from the 5th senatorial district. Smith was chairman of the Committee on Public Health and Public Welfare and Federal Relations with Respect Thereto, and served on the Committees on Initiative and Referendum and on Printing, Reporting and Publications.
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Jabez Smith Papers, 1847-1855 (C2729)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers of Jabez Smith contain letters to Smith, Independence, MO, from various people acting as his agents in California and Virginia. Also included are miscellaneous items and photographs.
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Katherine Adaline Dunlap Smith Papers, 1920s (CA6586)
0.2 cubic feet
Scrapbook, photographs, cards, and miscellaneous material of a student who attended Central Junior High School and Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1920s. Also includes clippings and miscellaneous family material.
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Laura Sikes Smith Papers, 1878-1881 (R1420)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The collection consists of the journal of Laura Sikes Smith. It records her daily duties, comments on the weather, and the goings on of neighbors and acquaintances.
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Lee Clarence Smith Papers, 1889-1954 (K1045)
0.5 c.f
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed/published materials concerning the Highway Post Office, Katy Railroad, and mail routes.
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Louise Grant Smith Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1943 (C0028)
1 cubic foot (93 folders), 1 roll of microfilm (volume only)
Correspondence, circulars, and bulletins maintained by Smith as the executive director of the Committee of Ten and the State-Wide Committee for the Revision of the Missouri Constitution. The collection also contains related correspondence of Chairman Allen McReynolds and Assistant Vice President Robert Kratky.
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Merrill Neville Smith Papers, 1918-1919 (C2268)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
World War I military papers of a member of the U.S. Army Medical Reserve Corps.
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Nancy K. Smith Postcard Collection, 1900-1970 (P0029)
268 postcards
Postcards, all views of hospitals and clinics and some sanitariums across Missouri.
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Nathan Lipscomb Smith Letters, 1838-1869 (C3823)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains photocopies of personal letters from Franklin County, Missouri, farmer Nathan L. Smith to his brother William D. Smith in Todd County, Kentucky. Includes Smith family genealogy to 1858, a list of census and church references to Nathan Smith, and one letter from John and Mary Frances (Smith) Fox to William D. Smith and his sister Caroline.
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Norman William Smith Papers, 1943-2011 (SP0058)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders, 39 photographs)
The Norman William Smith Papers contain materials from World War II veteran, Norman William Smith. The records include photographs, records of service, military reunion materials, and U.S.S. Carter Hall #3 documents.
Richard Averill Smith Photographs, 1959, no date (P0807)
17 photographs
Photos by Smith of Hansen and Maremont homes, St. Louis.
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Robert Smith Letter, 1807 (C2279)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Thomas Blount, Nov. 24, 1807.
Letter to chairman of congressional committee on aggressions from secretary of the Navy concerning corrections of errors and an omission in previous report to Blount concerning the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, June 22, 1807.
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Robert C. Smith Papers, 1967-2002 (C4178)
1.6 cubic feet (55 folders)
The papers of a Columbia, Missouri lawyer involved in many civic activities. The papers include speeches from dedication ceremonies, planning documents for the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and records of the Hinkson Investment Club.
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Robert C. Smith Papers, 1950-2002 (C4179)
2.3 cubic feet (106 folders), 11 oversize items
The papers of a Columbia, Missouri, lawyer involved in politics and many civic activities. The papers include campaign material from Smith's 1958 race for Congress, subject files from his time in the Missouri House, and subject files from his time as Mayor of Columbia. The papers also document issues and bills Smith worked on while in public office.
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Robert C. Smith Photograph Collection, 1925, no date (P0888)
1 folder
Views of downtown Columbia, Jesse Wrench, and Robert Lee Smith Farm.
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Robert Smith Photograph Collection, 1880-1908 (P0868)
13 photographs
Collection of photos of Missouri historians and images relating to the civil war, from a professor at Missouri Southern State College, Joplin.
Rose Dorf Wiggins Smith Papers, 1919-1982 (R1515)
1 cubic foot (18 folders)
The Rose Dorf Wiggins Smith Papers contain the diaries and personal papers of Rose Smith, nee Dorf. The diaries contain almost daily entries of her life in Crawford County,
Missouri including her work for local newspapers.
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Russell E. Smith Photographs, 1957 (P0465)
39 photographs
Photos of Missouri scenes, primarily small Missouri river towns and rural scenery, ca. 1957
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Seymour Smith Papers, 1930s-1980s (CA4407)
25.2 cubic feet
The papers of a professor of theology and president of Stephens College include correspondence, class notes, research, writings, sermons, speeches, publications, and materials concerning Stephens College and various professional and civic organizations. Also contains material from Smith’s career prior to Stephens College.
Stanley C. Smith Papers, 1951-1971 (C3607)
0.4 cubic feet (34 folders)
Papers of a newspaper editor, tavern operator, teacher, and close friend of the poet John G. Neihardt. Smith managed one of Neihardt’s public speaking tours and the two corresponded regularly for twenty years. The papers consist primarily of letters from Neihardt to Smith, but also include records related to the 1965 speaking tour, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Thomas Adams Smith Papers, 1798-1864 (C1029)
1 cubic foot; also available on 2 rolls of microfilm
Correspondence, letterbooks, and official papers of a professional soldier, who served in Florida and on the Canadian front and later was commander of the 9th Military Department at Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, MO. From 1818 to 1829 Smith was receiver of public monies at the land office in Franklin, MO.
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Thomas Adams Smith Papers, 1852-1919 (C0166)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders), 2 oversize volumes, 2 rolls of microfilm
The papers of a Saline County, Missouri, doctor, and landowner include family correspondence, clippings, miscellaneous bills and papers, and a copy of a record book providing the births, death, and sales of enslaved people belonging to the estate of Thomas Adams Smith and Crawford Early Smith.
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Thomas Hardeman Smith Papers, 1945 (C1996)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Thomas Hardeman Smith contain letters to Smith from his father, mother, and sister, Liberty, MO.
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W. E. Smith Papers, 1890 (R0884)
(1 folder)
This is a letter of February 20, 1890 from W. E. Smith, judge of probate court at Pineville in McDonald County, Missouri, to W. S. Sherley of Matinsville, Indiana. The letter deals with the affairs of Sarah Stockwell, deceased.
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Waddell Smith Photograph Collection, 1960, no date (P0727)
3 photographs
Images of Baptist Female College, Lexington, MO, and William Waddell.
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William Benjamin Smith Papers, 1876-1936 (C2414)
0.3 cubic feet (20 folders, 1 volume)
Papers of a professor of mathematics, physics, and philosophy. Includes manuscripts concerning philosophy, mathematics, New Testament, James Kennedy Patterson, Switzerland and Italy, and World War I. Also a photograph album of the University of Missouri campus and a University of Missouri Bulletin on Smith.
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William Benjamin Smith Papers, no date (C0167)
0.3 cubic feet
Biographical sketch and manuscripts written by Smith, professor of mathematics, physics, and philosophy at Central Methodist College, the University of Missouri, and Tulane University.