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"St Louis in Former Years", 1893 (C1130)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The typescript contains a history of the St. Louis German community written by E.D. Kargau and translated by William G. Bek.

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St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1957-2024 (CA6262)
9.4 cubic feet, 26 oversize items, 64 computer discs, 9 video cassettes, 185 MB of digital files

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The records of a church established in 1957 include newsletters, annual reports, directories, photographs, slides, building records, membership records, church bulletins, and a parish register.

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St. Charles Borromeo Church Records, 1792-1934 (S0138)
3 rolls microfilm

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St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church was dedicated November 7, 1791, by Manuel Perez, the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. Located off Main Street in the town of Les Petites Cotes, Perez officially changed the town's name to San Carlos (St. Charles) the same day he dedicated the church. Daniel Boone's oldest son, Daniel Morgan Boone, was married to Sarah Griffen Lewis at the church on March 2, 1800. The records include baptisms, marriages, and deaths, in Spanish, French, Latin, and English.

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St. Charles College Term Report, 1836 (C0623)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Report prepared by John Hunter Fielding upon completion of the school's first year.

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St. Charles Countians Against Hazardous Waste/Weldon Springs (SCCAHW) Records, 1946-1996 (S0677)
5 cubic feet, 148 folders, 79 photographs

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The St. Charles Countians Against Hazardous Waste Records contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and reports documenting the group’s effort to halt nuclear dumping at, and eventual decontamination of, the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works site.

St. Charles County Historical Society Scrapbook, 1958-1959 (C1384)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Articles and news releases of THE DAILY BANNER-NEWS, St. Charles, MO, on the Nathan Boone home, general history of St. Charles, and activities of the Historical Society. Prepared as a contest entry for American Association for State and Local History.

"St. Charles County in the Agricultural Limestone Contest," R.A. Langenbacher, 1928 (C2678)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains an entry prepared by a St. Charles County extension agent.

St. Charles County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1887-1968 (P1149)

An artificial collection of photographs of St. Charles County, Missouri.

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St. Charles County, Missouri, Portage des Sioux Township Public Road Work List, 1817 (C1693)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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List of persons under overseer Asa Griffith subject to work on the public roads.

St. Charles County, Missouri, Road Commissioners' Report, 1829 (C1689)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Oath of office and report to the St. Charles County court from road commissioners Osborn Knott, William Eckert, and Benjamin Emmons, appointed to view and mark out a public highway from St. Charles to Elm Point.

St. Charles County, Missouri, Road Commissioners' Report, 1828 (C1690)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Report to the St. Charles County court by road commissioners Benjamin Emmons and Osborn Knott, appointed to view and mark out a road from St. Charles to the Maumelles, 11 March 1828.

St. Charles County, Missouri, Survey Notes, 1825 (C1691)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Field notes of T.P. Robbins' survey of the prison bounds for St. Charles County, May 1825.

St. Charles, Missouri, Circuit Court Seal, 1840 (C1683)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Impression of the seal of the St. Charles circuit court.

St. Charles, Missouri Collection, 1952-1976 (S0055)
0.08 cubic foot, 15 folders

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The St. Charles, Missouri, Collection is an artificial collection consisting of reports, budgets, maps, histories, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of St. Charles, Missouri.  

St. Charles, Missouri, Certificate of Purchase, 1852 (C1698)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To S.W. Rice from Robert McClarin, St. Charles marshal and ex-officio collector, 5 January 1852, for the purchase of a city lot owned by Elias Flint's Reps and sold for taxes.

St. Charles, Missouri, Citizens' Petition, 1820 (C1692)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Petition to the judge of the St. Charles circuit court from the inhabitants of St. Charles recommending the appointment of Daniel Howland as constable, March 1820.

St. Charles, Missouri, Election Certificates, 1822 (C1682)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certification of the election of Antoine Durocher, Benjamin Emmons, Nathaniel Simonds, Joseph Evans, and John Jacoby as trustees of St. Charles.

St. Charles, Missouri, Leases, 1831-1835 (C1688)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Leases to lots in the city commons to Sarah Ann Cole, 1831, and John Lilly, Jr., 1835.

St. Charles, Missouri, Licenses, 1849 (C1696)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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List of merchant, dray and cart, circus menagerie, inn and tavern, beer house, ten pin alley, insurance company, and ferry licenses granted. Names, occupations, dates of issuance, capital, and amounts.

St. Charles, Missouri, Papers, 1801-1831 (C1566)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Typed copies of auction and requirements of ferrying privileges across the Missouri River by Charles Dehault Delassus, 24 September 1801; records of the auction 27 September 1801; records of the auction 27 September-11 October 1801; letter from J[ean] B. Belland to Auguste Chouteau, 30 October 1801, about ferrying bill; and receipt from J[ean] B. Belland to Mr. Prieur, 7 August 1804. Original and typed copy of public roads report by Robert Spencer to St. Charles County Court, 28 November 1831.

St. Charles, Missouri, Receipt, 1844 (C1699)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipt to William G. Pettus from Benj[amin] Emmons, Jr., St. Charles treasurer, for interest on warrants issued to George Collier.

St. Charles, Missouri, Receipts, 1821 (C1694)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipts to Nath[aniel] Simons and Timothy Flint from John Jacoby, treasurer, St. Charles Corporation, for interest paid on city lot purchase loans, 1821.

St. Clair County, Missouri, School District Records, 1899-1952 (C4287)
0.4 cubic feet (15 folders), 8 oversize volumes

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The records of the St. Clair County, Missouri, School District contain teacher's student records, term reports to District Clerk, Board of Education meeting minutes, and Annual School Enumeration Records.

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St. Clair County, Missouri, Bond, 1870 (C1641)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a $1000 bond issued by St. Clair County to aid construction of the Clinton and Memphis branch of the Tebo and Neosho Railroad. The bond is signed by Wm. A. Mitchell, presiding justice, and Thos. J. Monroe, clerk, St. Clair County court.

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St. Clair County, Missouri, School Record Book, 1892-1904 (C1226)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Includes minutes of board meetings and names of resident taxpayers for the Oak Grove School District No. 7, Township 37, Range 24, St. Clair County, MO.

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St. Clair County, Missouri, School Record Book, 1897-1904 (C1227)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Teacher's daily register for Oak Grove School District No. 7, St. Clair County, MO. Also includes two pages of a daily record kept by J.P. Green, Kings Prairie School District No. 1, Dallas Township, St. Clair County, 1882.

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Frank St. Clair Photograph Collection, 1900-1915 (P0438)
20 photographs

Copies of photos of Columbia (Boone County) houses, ca. 1910.

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Lawrence L. St. Clair Papers, 1930-1954 (C3847)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)

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Papers of Lawrence L. St. Clair an educator who spent over forty years working in various primary, secondary, and higher education positions in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas. Collection consists largely of personal correspondence; also includes occasional fliers and bulletins.

St. Ferdinand's Chruch, Florissant, Missouri Records, 1792-1977 (S0432)
5 microfilm rolls

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Established in 1789 as the first church in Florissant, Missouri, St. Ferdinand's was the focal point of the Catholic Indian Mission Movement of the 19th century with Father DeSmet and Mother Duchesne both active there. The records include registers for baptisms, first communions and confirmations, marriages, burials, and financial records of both Old St. ferdinand's (1789-1955) and New St. Ferdinand's Church (1955- ). In Latin, French, and English.

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St. Francis Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection, 1939 (R1092)
(1 folder)

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This is an illustrated booklet concerning the new addition to St. Francis Hospital at Cape Giaradeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Included are photographic views of new rooms and medical equipment, along with a brief history of the hospital.

St. Francois Baptist Association Records, 1918-1952 (R0812)
(13 volumes)

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These booklets contain printed minutes of annual meetings of an association of Baptist churches in southeastern Missouri. The St. Francois Baptist Association included about twenty congregations in Madison, Bollinger, Wayne, and Iron Counties.

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St. Francois County Railroad Company Collection, 1914 (R1123)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This is certificate number 319 for $100 for a 5% first mortgage gold bond issued by the St. Francois County Railroad Company on July 1, 1912 and due on July 1, 1914. It was stamped cancelled on October 12, 1914. Edward A. Rozier, secretary, and F. J. Rozier, vice-president, signed the bond.

St. Francois County, Missouri, School District No. 4, District Clerks Records, 1874-1888 (C2995)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of St. Francois County School District No. 4. Contains district maps, meeting minutes, teacher contracts and reports, lists of textbooks, and district rules.

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Gustavus St. Gem Papers, 1901-1904 (C1642)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Gustavus St. Gem contain speeches, essays, and songs about the St. Gem family, Ste. Genevieve, MO, and the Louisiana Territory. Subjects include settlement of Missouri, Kaskaskia, IL, Louisiana Purchase, pioneer conditions, and holiday celebrations.

St. James, Missouri Collection, 1869-1980 (R1528)
3 cubic feet (31 folders, 6 oversize folders, 141 photographs, 2 glass plate negatives)

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The James Memorial Library Collection contains photographs, genealogical records, maps, organizational records, publications, papers, and scrapbooks collected by James Memorial Public Library in St. James, Phelps County, Missouri.

St. Joe Minerals Corporation Collection, 1864-1974 (R0048)
(12 rolls of microfilm)

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hese are business records from mining concerns in Missouri's "Old Lead Belt." The collection
includes records from the St. Joseph Lead Company, the Doe Run Lead Company, the Bonne
Terre Farming and Cattle Company, and the Mine La Motte Corporation.

St. John's United Church of Christ (Pinckney, Mo.) Records, 1870-1978 (C3615)
1 roll of microfilm (1 folder, 2 volumes)

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Church records, including births, confirmations, marriages, deaths, communions, family register, collections, and love offerings. The church was established in 1870 with fourteen families included in its membership.

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St. John's United Church of Christ (Concordia, Mo.) Records, 1863-1933 (C3905)
4 folders, 1 roll of microfilm

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The records of St. John's United Church of Christ include the constitution, minutes, and annual reports of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.

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St. John, Missouri, Survey, 1857 (C3171)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a typed copy of the original survey of St. John, MO, giving owners of each lot; also plat map naming owners of outlying farms.

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St. Joseph (Mo.) Typographical Union No. 40 Records, 1905-1991 (C4272)
4.0 cubic feet (98 folders), 3 oversize items

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The records of the St. Joseph Typographical Union No. 40 consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, contracts and agreements, convention materials, financial records, and miscellaneous materials of a printers’ trade union.

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St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company Certificate, 1873 (C2441)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certificate of indebtedness for $100 issued to T.M. Hamilton by St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, and transferred to John D. Hill.

St. Joseph Auditorium Company Share, 1904 (C1981)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Share issued to James Knotts.

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St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Photographs, 1930 (P0469)
4 photographs

Photos of St. Joseph by L.C. Shady, ca. 1930.

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St. Joseph Lead Company Annual Report Records, 1866 (R0046)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The St. Joseph Lead Company Annual Report contains a photocopy of the annual report of the trustees of the St. Joseph Lead Company in Saint Francois County, Missouri. There is also a special report by geologist, J.W. Foster.

St. Joseph Lead Company Business Summary Records, 1917-1919 (R0541)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The St. Joseph Lead Company Business Summary Records are monthly business summaries for St. Joseph Lead Company & Subsidiaries, from January 1917 through September 1919.

St. Joseph Lead Company Photographs, no date (P0893)
5 photographs

Photos of Aptus Furnace and reenactment of early lead mining methods.

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St. Joseph Lead Company, "Lead Mining in Southeast Missouri" Collection, circa 1940 (R0393)
0.1 cubic foot (1 VHS)

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The St. Joseph Lead Company, “Lead Mining in Southeast Missouri” Collection contains a film regarding the lead industry in St. Francois County, Missouri. Co-produced by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the film features segments on the geological and historical record, under-ground mining methods, the milling process, and development of the mining communities. The film has been reproduced on ½" videotape (VHS).

St. Joseph Lead Company, Southeast Missouri Mining & Milling Division Records, 1950-1968 (R0542)
2 cubic feet (30 folders)

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These are records from the files of Division Manager Elmer A. Jones. Included are development
and production reports, summaries of operations, and administrative materials for a major
lead-producing firm in Missouri. There is also material concerning the Bonne Terre Hospital Association
and the National Research Council's Committee on Rapid Excavation.

St. Joseph Lead Mining Company Papers, 1800, 1892 (C0574)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The St. Joseph Lead Mining Company Papers consist of a positive photostat of a Spanish land grant for an area that was later purchased by St. Joseph Lead Mining Company. Also included is an illustrated booklet, compiled by J. Wyman Jones, detailing history of the company.

St. Joseph Veterinary College Student Record Book, 1908-1947 (C0612)
1 volume

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Student record book listing courses taken, grades, and date of graduation. Transcripts from schools previously attended are also included.

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