Manuscripts Index
Slater, Missouri, City Records, 1878-1891 (C4262)
0.3 cubic feet (15 folders)
The records of the first Board of Trustees of the City of Slater, Missouri, and meetings of the Board of Aldermen, which contain meeting minutes.
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Alfred W. Slaughter Collection, 1857-2013 (C4620)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The collection contains a biographical sketch of Alfred W. Slaughter, a teacher who lived in Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, as well as a volume titled "Slaughter and Abbot Genealogy" and a scrapbook, 1857-1913.
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Elijah Franklin Slaughter Journals, 1875-1904 (C3055)
1 roll of microfilm
Papers of Elijah Slaughter, a Jackson County, MO, farmer. Includes accounts of daily life, notes on bartering of farm goods, and a book of dates.
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Slavens Family Photographs, no date (P0124)
1 folder
Collection of cartes de visite, tintypes and prints from the 1950s related to the Slavens family.
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"The Slavery Background of Foster's My Old Kentucky Home," Thomas D. Clark, 1936 (C2792)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reprint from THE FILSON CLUB History Quarterly, 10 (January 1936).
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Slavic Folk Music Collection, 1973-1979 (K1194)
0.20 c.f. (8 folders)
Includes a project outline entitled "An Oral History of Slavic Cultures in Kansas City, Kansas and Sugar Creek, Missouri," and programs and books relating to Slavic folk music.
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Alberta Slavin Papers, 1965-1978 (S0392)
9 cubic feet, 227 folders, 3 reel-to-reel tapes, 10 microfilm rolls
The papers of Alberta Slavin contain correspondence, newsletters, press releases, survey sheets, position papers, and photographs pertaining to her career as a consumer activist and her work with Save our Symphony and her campaign for Missouri Lieutenant Governor in 1976.
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Sligo Furnace Company Map Collection, 1908 (R1270)
(1 oversize map)
This is a blueprint plat of the Sligo Furnace Company plant at Sligo in Dent County, Missouri, showing the furnace, charcoal kilns, chemical plant, and track of the Sligo and Eastern Railroad. The plat also shows residences, shops, and other structures in the village along with associated streets and water mains.
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Sligo Furnace Company Records, 1898-1934 (R1269)
(4 rolls of microfilm)
These are the time book and miscellaneous business papers of the Sligo Furnace Company in Dent County, Missouri. The time book includes the names, occupations, and wages of workers from April 1898 through March 1900. The miscellaneous papers include an inventory of the property in 1904, and papers concerning operation of the Sligo Mercantile company stores at Sligo and East End, and the operation and abandonment of the Sligo and Eastern Railroad Company.
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Slusher Family Papers, 1874-1974 (C4028)
1.7 cubic feet (24 folders, 7 volumes)
The Slusher family papers consist of personal correspondence and account books of the Slushers of Lexington, Missouri, and their extended family who lived in Missouri and Virginia.
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Lola Osborn Slusher Photograph Collection, 1934, 1960 (P1177)
Photos of the historic home "Old Oaks" near Lexington, MO.
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H.E. Slusher Papers, 1936-1980 (C3077)
17 cubic feet
Papers of H.E. Slusher during the period he served as president of Missouri Farm Bureau Federation. Also includes some materials from period following his retirement in 1958.
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Jacqueline Jacobson Slutsky Papers, 1953-1966 (K0997)
0.01 c.f.
Photocopied photographs of the Slutsky and Jacobson families.
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Fred Small Papers, 1936-1938 (S0141)
0.4 cubic feet, nine folders, 137 photographs, two 8mm films
Fred Small worked as a city engineer in St. Louis during the Works Progress Administration of the late 1930's He supervised WPA construction projects in North St. Louis County, including Pine Lawn District Sewer construction and the Arbor Terrace paving project. The collection includes city engineer reports, correspondence, town ordinances, village clerk minutes, films, and photographs of the Works Progress Administration's construction projects in north St. Louis.
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Hubert Edwin Small Papers, circa 1910-1952 (R0474)
0.3 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Hubert Edwin Small Papers include a scrapbook, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed material of Hubert E. Small, a musician, Chautauqua performer, and music teacher at Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri. Some material pertains to his wife, Vera Whitmore Small, also a professional musician.
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Marshall L. Small Collection, 2005 (K1067)
0.01 c.f.
Includes a scholarly history (paper and DVD format) of Shraga Faibush ben Zvi's extended family written by his great-grandson Marshall Small. Additional research for this study was provided by Neil Sosland, Richard Hoffman, Sarah Small, and her son Rabbi David Small.
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Sarah Kraft Small Papers, 1976-1977 (K0939)
0.06 c.f.
Small served as Beth Shalom Sisterhood president. Includes Sisterhood administrative papers and programs.
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Smiley Family Papers, 1804-1951 (C3671)
0.4 cubic feet (40 folders)
Correspondence, deeds, appointments, legal documents regarding suits and estates, receipts and business papers concerning Samuel W. Smiley, early settler and property owner in Lincoln County, Missouri. Similar material regarding his wife, children, relatives, and descendants is also included. The bulk of this collection dates from the 1820s to the 1840s.
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Mary Miller Smiser Photograph Collection, 1895-1969 (P0719)
12 photographs
Photographs of Warrensburg and Pertle Springs, MO.
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Smith and Glenn Day Book and Ledger, 1827-1830 (C1261)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)
Includes accounts of W. Goforth.
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Smith and Maugh's Drugstore (Fayette, Mo.) Ledger, 1851-1854 (C0340)
1 oversize volume
Merchandise sold by the store included drugs, spices and other condiments, candy, stationery supplies, literature, school textbooks, paints, tobacco, liquor, violin strings, and some hardware items.
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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)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Fritz Smith Papers contain photocopies of a daily record of water levels on the Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri, November 22, 1892 to August 31, 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.