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St. Louis Science Fiction Society Collection , 1977-2019 (S0340)
1.45 cubic feet

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The collection contains issues of the Insider, the official publication of the St. Louis Science Fiction Society, a local science fiction club that provides a forum for members to discuss Science Fiction literature and media. Also included in the collection are issues of the St. Charles Science Fiction and Fantasy Society's newsletter, The View from the Circle.

St. Louis Self-Help Clinic Records, 1979-1982 (S0985)
1 cubic foot

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This collection includes newsletters and publications pertaining to abortion, including copies of "Our Bodies Our Selves" and the "Cervical Cap Handbook."

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St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Booklet, 1913 (R0460)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Booklet is an advertising booklet on the “Cotton Belt Route” in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas. The booklet includes timetables, a map of the system, and material on the passenger, freight, and agricultural services of the railroad.

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St. Louis Square Dancing Collection, 1949-2019 (S0450)
8.5 cubic feet

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This collection consists of bylaws, correspondence, flyers, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks, documenting the Swinging Singles, Singles and Doubles, and St. Louis Metro Square and Round Dance Association's efforts to promote and teach square dancing in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.

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St. Louis Storytelling Festival Records, 1979-2019 (S0247)
4.5 cubic feet

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The St. Louis Storytelling Festival Records contain correspondence, flyers, photographs, posters, and videotapes documenting the organization's mission to preserve the history and culture of communities throughout the world through an annual three-day storytelling festival, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Materials of interest include a VHS tape of the twentieth annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival.

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St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900 Scrapbook, 1900 (S0664)
1 volume

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The 131st Division of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees was founded in 1899 by several St. Louis Transit Company employees. In 1900, the union members, disgruntled by long work hours, low pay, and the mistreatment of employees, went on strike against the Transit Company. The strike lasted from March to September. During that time, St. Louis was in a state of lawlessness, 14 people were killed, and nearly 200 wounded. The collection consists of one scrapbook documenting this bloody strike.

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St. Louis Strike Newspapers, 1978-1981 (S0706)
0.4 cubic feet

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This collection contains copies of newspapers published during a labor strike against the major St. Louis dailies in 1973 and 1978.

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St. Louis Strike of 1877 Manuscript, 1877-2000 (S0320)
0.01 cubic foot

An Unpublished manuscript on the response of the Working Men's Party, St. Louis chapter, to the 1877 national railroad strike. Also included in this collection is an article by David Roediger entitled, "Not Only the Ruling Class to Overcome, But Also the So-Called Mob: Class, Skill and Community in the St. Louis General Strike of 1877," published in the Journal of Social History, Vol. 19, No. 2. Winter 1985.

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St. Louis Teachers Strike of 1973 Collection, 1972-1973 (S0086)
0.4 cubic feet, 8 folders

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The St. Louis Teachers Strike of 1973 Collection contains correspondence to and from St. Louis teachers, court proceedings, strike bulletins, and flyers documenting the first teacher's strike in the history of St. Louis. 

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St. Louis Teachers Strike of 1979 Collection, 1975-1979 (S0365)
0.25 cubic feet, 8 folders

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This collection contains Daily strike bulletins, flyers, minutes, legal documents, newspaper clippings, strike information, and circulars pertaining to the St. Louis teachers strike of 1979.

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St. Louis Tip Toppers Inc. Records, 1943-2012 (S0268)
10 cubic feet

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The records of the St. Louis Tip Toppers Inc. contain bylaws, meeting minutes, newsletters, booklets, correspondence, and scrapbooks pertaining to the club’s mission to provide friendship and fellowship for tall people through social activities and charitable causes. Materials of note include the club’s monthly in-house newsletter, Tips on Toppers, which contain the club’s meeting minutes, essays recounting the clubs planned social activities, event listings, and tips on clothing stores catering to tall people. Also included in the records are the club’s scrapbooks, which document the member’s charitable endeavors and social events, including their sponsorship of the 1986 Tall Clubs International Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.

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St. Louis Topographical Map Collection, 1929-1955 (S0976)
0.4 cubic foot

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This colletion contains topographical area maps produced by the U. S. Geological Survey, the Missouri Geological Survey and Illinois Geological Survey.

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St. Louis Tornado of 1896 Collection, 1896 (S0307)
0.01 cubic foot

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This collection contains three books regarding the St. Louis Tornado of 1896: The Great Tornado at St. Louis, May 27, 1896, 1896; St. Louis Chronicle’s Photographic Views of The Great Cyclone at St. Louis, May 27, 1896, 1896; and Pictured Story of the Tornado, 1896.

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St. Louis Tornado of 1927 Photograph Collection, 1927 (S1237)
0.01 cubic feet, 1 folder, 27 photographs

This collection consists of 21 photographs depicting damage from tornadoes in St. Louis in 1927, and 6 photographs depicting destruction from a fire in an unidentified building in 1939.

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St. Louis Tornado Photographs, 1896, 1896 (P0277)
40 photographs

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Photographs of damage following an 1896 tornado in St. Louis, including many by Samborsky Photo. Some of these images were published in Julian Curzon's The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896.

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St. Louis Track Club Records, 1972-2021 (S0536)
11 cubic feet

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The St. Louis Track Club Records contain correspondence, flyers, maps, newspaper clippings, race itineraries and results, medals, and membership cards documenting the organization's mission to promote running and walking in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

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St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8 Records, 1856-2008 (CA5275)
5.4 cubic feet, 5 card files

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Addition of union publications, meeting minutes, and membership records.

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St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8 Records, 1856-1974 (C3661)
16.4 cubic feet (925 folders), 40 oversize volumes

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The records consist of minutes, financial records, correspondence, and printed material of the union. The records also include The Typographical Journal and The Bulletin of the International Typographical Union and material from the St. Louis Allied Printing Trades Council.

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St. Louis Union Labor Advocate Newspapers, 1934-1937 (S0203)
1 microfilm roll

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The St. Louis Union Labor Advocate was a Labor newspaper endorsed by Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis and St. Louis branch of AFL. The paper was the precursor of the St. Louis Labor Tribune. The collection does not include issues from September 1934 and May 1, 1937

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St. Louis Unit of March on Washington Paper, 1944 (S0170)
0.02 cubic foot

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This collection contains the unpublished thesis The Saint Louis Unit of the March on Washington Movement: A Study in Sociology of Conflict by Louise Elizabeth Grant. In her manuscript, Grant chronicles the creation of the St. Louis’ March on Washington Movement chapter and its participation in the March on Washington Movement from 1941-1944.

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St. Louis University Photographs, no date (P0259)

Photographs of buildings on the campus of St. Louis University.

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St. Louis Vertical File, 1859-2011 (S0814)
0.4 cubic feet

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The St. Louis Vertical File Collection is an artificial collection consisting of newspaper clippings, personal papers, oral histories, genealogy records, magazines, and other published material regarding St. Louis-area topics, including Forest Park, Dredd Scott, Gaslight Square, Delmo Housing Corporation, and architecture.

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St. Louis Vietnam Committee, American Friends Service Committee Records, 1966-1971 (S0164)
0.2 cubic foot, 7 folders

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The American Friends Service Committee was a Society of Friends (Quaker) peace organization. In 1966, the St. Louis chapter set up a local project, the St. Louis Vietnam Committee, to oppose the Vietnam War, especially through public education with guest speakers, political ads, films, and seminars. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, anti-war literature, and information about public speakers.

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St. Louis Women Historians Records, 1983-1988 (S0478)
1 cubic foot, 57 folders, 10 photographs

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This collection contains reports, correspondence, photographs, and publicity relating to the St. Louis Women Historians from 1982-1988. The St. Louis Women Historians was founded in 1981 to provide a local forum for women historians throughout St. Louis.

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St. Louis Women's Choir Records, 1986-1990 (S0977)
0.25 cubic feet

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The St. Louis Women's Choir Records contain concert programs, a philosophy statement, and retreat materials.

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St. Louis Women's Labor Conference Collection, 1973 (S0110)
0.01 cubic foot

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The St. Louis Women’s Labor Conference met in 1973 to discuss working women’s issues such as organizing the unorganized, job training, equal pay and advancement, and daycare. Conference participants listened to speeches by prominent women unionists, attended workshops, and passed resolutions as part of a larger plan that was designed to further women’s positions in the workforce. The collection includes correspondence, flyers, a meeting packet, resolutions, and handouts.

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St. Louis, Missouri, Board Meeting Minutes, 1821 (C1993)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a fragment of minutes of meeting of 5 May 1821.

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St. Louis, Missouri, Historic Markers Collection, 1941-1943 (C3533)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains newspaper accounts and illustrations of markers placed in St. Louis by the Young Men's Division of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to commemorate events in the city's past.

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St. Louis, Missouri, Papers, 1822-1825 (C1473)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of St. Louis, Missouri, consist of positive photostats of an act passed by the General Assembly and approved by Governor McNair, 1822, to incorporate the inhabitants of the town of St. Louis and to establish election procedures, requirements and duties of the mayor and board of aldermen. A supplementary act was approved by Governor Bates, 1825, establishing qualifications for mayor and voters, city budget, assessor, and salaries.

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St. Louis, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1817-1971 (P1151)

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An artificial collection of photographs depicting the city of St. Louis.

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St. Louis, Missouri, Scrapbook, 1914 (C2492)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, and one letter about the pageant and masque celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Louis, May 1914.

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St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company Collection, 1852, 1916-1984 (R1506)
18 cubic feet (14 folders, 81 volumes, 33 oversize volumes)

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The St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company Collection contains records of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company “Frisco.” These records include AFE completion reports, ICC valuations, equipment registers and inventories, and materials on corporate history.

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Collection, 1920-1980 (R1491)
0.5 cubic foot (19 folders, 1 photograph)

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The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Collection contains a sales kit, business records, and photographs for the St. Louis-San Francisco "Frisco" Railway Company. The collection includes train and freight schedules, specifications for rail cars and lines, promotional materials, maps, sales manuals, and images of railcars and stations.

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Map Collection, 1917-1962 (R1486)
1 cubic foot (3 folders, 5 maps)

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The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Maps contain six maps featuring St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company land, railroad lines, stations, and buildings, located in Fort Leonard Wood, Lebanon, Newburg, and Rolla, Missouri.

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Promotional Booklet Collection, 1925 (R0816)
(1 folder)

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These are "Dairying in the Ozarks" and "Fruit Growing in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas along the Frisco Lines", published by the St. Louis-San Francisco "Frisco" Railway company to promote economic development along its routes in southern Missouri and northern Arknasas.

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Records, 1859-1980 (R0362)
(178 cubic feet)

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These are corporate minutes and financial account books, and other records of the St. Louis-San Francisco ("Frisco") Railway Company (1916-1980) and predecessor, subsidiary, and constituent companies, most notably the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway (1876-1896) and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad (1896-1916). The "Frisco" operated in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. It became part of the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980. Also of note are four architectural drawing boxes that include the blueprints for structures along the St. Louis-San Francisco Line. A detailed inventory of the drawings is included in each of the four boxes.

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Employee Records, 1930-1977 (SP0057)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Employee Records contain Seniority Rosters and Employee Line-Ups from 1930 to 1977. The records include the names and seniority rank of the St. Louis-San Francisco "Frisco" railroad employees throughout Missouri, as well as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

St. Martins School, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1897-1900 (R0414)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The St. Martins School, Morgan County, Missouri Records contain a record book from the Saint Martin’s School District, which was located north of Versailles and east of Glensted in Morgan County, Missouri. Included in the record book are meeting minutes, district expenditures, and annual enumerations of both children and taxpayers.

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St. Mary of the Barrens (Perry County, Mo.) Parish Census, 1823 (C1590)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Alphabetical list of the congregation in 1823. Almost all the parishioners named were Maryland-born or the children of Maryland-born parents. The parents, if known, are given in parentheses. Where the date of birth or marriage is unknown, the date of marriage of a child is given, from which an estimate of the parents' ages can be made.

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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Dedication Album, 1962 (S0031)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder, 200 pages

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This collection contains a dedication album of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in St. Louis, Missouri, titled Partners in Progress. St. Nicholas created the album in 1962 to celebrate the addition of a community center to the church. The album documents the history of St. Nicholas's Greek Orthodox Church and the Greeks in St. Louis from 1870-1962.

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St. Patrick Church Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1937 (R0665)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The St. Patrick Church Rolla, Missouri Collection contains the pamphlet, “Seventy-Five Years in Rolla, 1862-1937.” Written by Father Sidney P. Stocking and committee members of the St. Patrick Catholic Church to commemorate the church’s diamond jubilee. The pamphlets contains photographs and brief historical sketched of the parish, early pastors, nearby churches established as missions, and lists of baptisms and marriages.

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St. Patrick Church, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1918-1921 (R0144)
(1 roll of mircofilm)

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The St. Patrick Church, Rolla, Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of the church’s records. These volumes include records of income and expenditures, with entries for collection offerings, miscellaneous donations, operating expenses, and outstanding indebtedness. There are annual financial summaries for 1918-1920.

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St. Paul Methodist Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1939 (R0886)
(1 folder)

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This is an issue of the "St. Paul Beacon", the weekly newsletter of the St. Paul Methodist Church at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Dated October 27, 1939, it includes inspirational messages, news items, and advertisements for local businesses.

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St. Paul United Church of Christ (Hermann, Mo.) Records, 1844-1998 (C3969)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of a protestant church in a German community in Gasconade County, MO. The collection also includes records of the neighboring St. James Evangelical and Bethel Evangelical churches.

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St. Paul's and St. Matthew's Parish History, 1960 (C3170)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a supplement to "St. Paul's and St. Matthew's," a history of the parish. Supplement covers period 1959-1960.

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St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Records, 1882-1939 (R0122)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of minutes of congregational meetings, church registers, and records of the Ladies Aid Society of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, Benton County, Missouri. Nearly all of the texts are in German.

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St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Cuba, Missouri Collection, 1955 (R1199)
(1 folder)

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This is a booklet published to mark the fortieth anniversary of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Cuba in Crawford county, Missouri, on November 20, 1955. Included are brief histories of Lutheranism in Cuba and of the congregation, which was affiliated with the Lutheran church--Missouri Synod.

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Edward Stabler Papers, 1839-1840 (C2111)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Stabler from James L. Minor, R.S. Gilbert, and Thomas M. Allen concerning creation and adoption of the seal of Missouri, the secretary of state's seal, and the seal of the University. Elaborate details of the University and capitol, which were to be represented on the respective seals. Stabler made the seals and presses.

Frank H. Stacy Records, 1924-1925 (R0509)
2 folders

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These are the account books of a farmer at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The books
include itemized accounts of income and expenditure from 1 January through 1 May 1924, and
estimated budgets for May 1924--February 1925. Record categories include poultry, garden and
fruit, improvements, vehicles, and personal expenses.

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Frances Hurd Stadler Papers, 1917-2000 (S0329)
0.01 cubic foot

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The papers contain a 15-page typescript titled That Was No Picnic, by Frances Hurd Stadler, recounting her experiences as a stenographer for Bechtel-Price-Callahan’s Canol Project, a $100,000,000 United States Department of War construction project to build an oil pipeline from Norman Wells, Canada, to Whitehorse, Alaska. Also included are photocopied newspaper articles and magazines about Bechtel and the Canol Project.

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