Manuscripts Index

Standley Family Papers, 1852, 1996 (C3432)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers contain a letter from James Standley, Carrollton, Missouri, to his son, Milton in Sacramento, California, 1852. Also, a transcription of the letter, a genealogy of James Standley, and other miscellaneous records of James Standley transcribed by Anne Standley Brunt.

William Standley Papers, 1852-1853 (C2717)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Excerpts from four letters from the Oregon Territory. Mention of Indians, typhoid fever, and living conditions.

Thomas Stanford and Rene Rozenbilt Goldman Papers, 1900-2010 (K1143)
.04 c.f.

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Personal and family papers including certificates, letters, telegrams, and photographs for the Davis (Davidovich), Gitterman, Karash, Kopitnik, Levy, Rozenblit, and Spindler families.

Anton J. Stankowski Papers, 1890-1977 (C4552)
0.4 cubic feet (14 folders, 1 oversize item)

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The papers contain notes and clippings kept by Stankowski regarding University of Missouri football and intramural sports, as well as correspondence and other materials concerning the 1966 reunion of the 1916 University of Missouri football team.

Enos Stanley Notebook, 1867-1898 (C3546)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The collection contains copies of a notebook in which Enos Stanley of Taney County, Missouri, made entries of marriages he performed as justice of the peace, recorded family births and deaths, and noted some money transactions.

George E. Stanley Invitation, 1896 (C1539)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Cha[rle]s A. Thomas, Norborne, MO, from Carroll County, MO, Apr. 30, 1896.

Invitation to witness the execution of William P. Taylor, April 30, 1896, at 11:00 A.M. for the May 10, 1894, murder of Gus Meeks. Invitation nontransferable.

Lois Stanley Photograph Collection, 1905-1906 (P0886)
1 photograph

Photo of Rural Carrier Convention, district meeting at Chillicothe ca. 1905-1906

Louise Stanley Biographical Material, 1965 (C2281)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Profile of a nutritionist and home economist who was first chief of the Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1923-1943. The biographical sketch was contributed by E. Neige Todhunter to the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION. Also announcement of presentation of the Mary Rourke Memorial Award to nutritionist Doris Lauder.

Karyn M. Stansbery Collection, no date (P0791)
2 photographs

Photos of Waynesville: Pippin Place, Bartlett Mill (Pulaski Co)

Mrs. Joseph Stanwood Papers, 1830 (C1827)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter to Mrs. Stanwood in Hopkinton, NH, from her cousin Hamilton P. in St. Charles, MO, describes fashion and society in St. Charles and discusses family and friends.

Abner Ford Staples Family Papers, 1814-1865 (K0227)
0.03 c.f.

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Letters written by and to Staples family members who moved from Georgia to Tennessee, then Independence, MO. Topics include news from home and notice of deaths, marriages, and births. Also are legal document relating to land purchases.

Sally Stapleton Papers, 1982-2023 (C0436)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders), 1 DVD, 6 oversize items, 5.35 GB of digital files

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The papers of a Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer, photo editor, and managing editor from southeast Missouri contain biographical material, photographs, clippings, Pulitzer programs, and material on her father, newspaper publisher Jack Stapleton, Jr. Stapleton worked for a variety of news organizations, including the Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Associated Press.

Star Bible Class Papers, 1884-1920 (C0567)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Letters from church workers in Japan to the Parkville, Missouri, Presbyterian church class. Class record book containing minutes, roll, and accounts. Miscellaneous materials, financial statements for 1915 and 1917, tribute to a class member, and excerpts from ordinances of Parkville, 1884.

Star Ranch and Land Company Records, 1919 (R0779)
(1 folder)

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This is an illustrated letter offering land for sale near Neelyville in Butler County, Missouri. The Star Ranch and Land Company offered thousands of acres on a lease with option to buy program.

STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, USS Discovery Chapter, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1985-2017 (S0310)
3.25 cubic feet

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The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and starship schematics documenting the USS Discovery's activities as a chapter of Starfleet: the International Star Trek Fan Association, devoted to the Star Trek Franchise and making creator Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future a reality.

STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, USS Horizon Chapter (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1986-1991 (C3064)
5 rolls of microfilm

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The records of the Columbia, Missouri, chapter of an organization of enthusiasts of the Star Trek television shows and films, include chapter correspondence and memoranda, handbooks, and newsletters; newsletters of the national organization and other chapters; and miscellaneous fan magazines.

Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Company Records, 1890s-1993 (CA4111)
139.7 cubic feet, 12 oversize volumes, 13 oversize items, 2 16 mm films

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Business records of a Louisiana, Missouri, company include correspondence, reports, catalogs, printed materials, photographs, and miscellaneous material. Also included is material pertaining to varieties of fruits and plants developed by Luther Burbank.

Catherine Stark Photographs, 1939, no date (P0310)
1 folder

Photographs of Lloyd C. Stark; photographs of associates of Stark from the U.S. Army and Navy (Naval Academy classmates).

Frances Sarah Stark Papers, 1942-1946 (K0503)
0.2 c.f.

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Papers of Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostess. Includes photographs, a passport, World Health Organization (WHO) certificates, and hostess training manuals.

George Stark Photographs, 1890-1903 (P0546)
3 photographs

Photos by Stark of steamboat William McClellan ca. 1903, cotton bales in a Pemiscot Co warehouse, and Washington Ave in St. Louis, ca 1890s.

Lloyd Crow Stark Journal, 1904 (C3582)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Journal describes life as a Midshipman 4th Class, 2nd Company, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Journal also used for math by William Reynolds Purnell (1886-1955). Newsclippings, photographs, calling cards, and name index for 2nd Company.

Lloyd Crow Stark Papers, 1941-1972 (C0293)
1.9 cubic feet

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Personal and business papers of a prominent Louisiana, MO, nurseryman and former Democratic governor of Missouri, 1937-1941. These materials include personal correspondence, nursery and agricultural business papers, family correspondence, and miscellaneous photographs.

Lloyd Crow Stark Papers, 1905-1941 (C0004)
170 cubic feet (12,401 folders), 5 oversize volumes, 2 card files

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Papers of a Democratic governor of Missouri, 1937-1941. Material relates to official business, campaigns, and personal affairs.

Nancy Enloe Stark Papers, 1895-1958, 2022 (CA6649)
2.4 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 1 oversize item

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The papers of Nancy Enloe Stark largely contain scrapbooks and scrapbook material, which includes news clippings, religious material, personal letters and cards, and some genealogical material.

Nathan Julius Stark Papers, 1948-1992 (K0459)
7 c.f.

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Scrapbooks of correspondence, photographs, and other documents compiled by Stark, an executive with Hallmark Cards and Crown Center Redevelopment Corp., concerning his activities including leader of a civic group that helped Kansas City General Hospital become a nonprofit corporation, a founder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and board chairman of Truman Medical Center.

William H. Stark Papers, 1912 (R0578)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The William H. Stark Papers consist of a letter from William H. Stark of Stark Nursery Company at Chester, Newton County, Missouri, to C. E. Stoddard, Washington, D.C., regarding a new variety of peach.

Stark-Logan Family Papers, 1813-2012 (CA6607)
2.2 cubic feet

The papers of a family from Louisiana, Missouri, include clippings, photographs, correspondence, genealogical information, and miscellaneous material, including material on Gov. Lloyd Stark.

Max C. Starkloff Scrapbook, 1921-1931 (S0671)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 volume

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Max C. Starkloff (1858-1942) was the Health and Hospital Commission Commissioner of St. Louis from 1895 to 1933. This scrapbook was born reflects health issues in St. Louis, including birth control, vaccination, smallpox in Kinloch, birth rates, and vaccinations.

Frederick Starr, Jr. Papers, 1850-1863 (C2073)
0.42 cubic feet (20 folders)

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Starr was a colonizationist, free soiler, and Presbyterian clergyman in Weston, MO, 1852-1855. The collection contains correspondence, broadsides, pamphlets, and clippings on settlement of the Kansas-Nebraska Territories, border conflicts, abolitionism vs. slavery, local politics, Indian affairs, public land sales, claims, and prices, popular sovereignty, squatters' rights, and religion on the frontier.

Irene Stiefel Starr Papers, 1952-1960 (K0728)
4 c.f.

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Programs, clippings, bulletins, letters, awards, report cards, test scores, and individual/composite photographs of activities at Border Star Elementary School, Southwest High School, Temple B'nai Jehudah, and the Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth.

Raymond H. Starr Papers, 1900-1966 (K1138)
0.25 c.f.

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This collection contains Captain Raymond Starr's correspondences with his wife while he was serving during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. Also included are a few letters to his children and friends.

"The Stars Look Down on Christmas," Floyd C. Shoemaker, 1943 (C1256)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Article published in the MISSOURI FARMER.

State Bank of Poplar Bluff (Mo.) History, 1951 (C0941)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Pamphlet commemorating fiftieth anniversary of founding of bank. Includes biographical data on officers, history of bank, and photographs of officers, employees and facilities.

The State Historical Society of Missouri : A Semicentennial History, 1948 (C1257)
0.12 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection Records, 1824-1988 (P1042)

Photographs of artwork held in the State Historical Society of Missouri's art collection.

The State Historical Society of Missouri Collection of Missouri County Courthouse Slides, 1970 (P0406)
82 slides

82 35mm color slides of Missouri county courthouse buildings, taken in the early 1970s

State Historical Society of Missouri Photographs, 1896-2010 (P0137)
3.34 linear feet

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Photos of the State Historical Society of Missouri, its staff, facilities, and events.

State Historical Society of Missouri Records, 1898-2023 (CA5785)
214.65 cubic feet, 26 oversize volumes, 24 oversize items, 5 audio cassettes, 4 CDs, 7 DVDs, 72.1 GB of digital files

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The records of the State Historical Society of Missouri include correspondence; state historical marker files; scrapbooks; records of Executive Directors Richard Brownlee, James Goodrich, and Gary R. Kremer; executive committee and annual meeting materials; financial records; audiovisual recordings; and miscellaneous administrative material.

State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City Records, 1980-2012 (K0150)
58 c.f.

Organizational records of the Kansas City office of the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City (formerly the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City pre-2012).

State Historical Society of Missouri Audio Cassette Collection, 1976-2000 (C3963)
0.3 cubic feet, 34 audio cassettes, 1 8mm film

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The State Historical Society of Missouri Oral History Project is a collection of miscellaneous interviews, lectures, and speeches collected over the years.

State Historical Society of Missouri Historical Road Markers Scrapbook, 1930s (C1434)
0.08 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The scrapbook contains clippings and photographs of State Historical Society historical markers along U.S. Highway 36 in northern Missouri.

State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection, 1814-1962 (C0995)
14 rolls of microfilm

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The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.

State Normal School, Springfield, Missouri, May Day Collection, 1917 (R1297)
(1 folder)

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This is a program for the May Day Festival held on the grounds of the State Normal School (formerly the Springfield Normal School) at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, May 1, 1917. The program lists the various components of the celebration and the names of participants.

State of Missouri Photograph Collection, 1903-1904 (P0018)
0.36 cubic feet (486 photographs)

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Over 400 original photos created for the 1904 publication on Missouri at the time of the World's Fair by Walter Williams; shows all aspects and counties in Missouri.

State of Missouri Standard Athletics Medal, circa 1935 (K1405)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 item)

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The collection contains an undated octagonal medal with “State of Missouri Standard Athletics” embossed along its border.

State of Missouri vs. B. Clark Hyde Transcript, no date (K1204)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The State of Missouri vs. B. Clark Hyde Transcript contains a photocopied transcript of R.R. Brewster's closing argument while acting as defense lawyer in the case of the State of Missouri vs. B. Clark Hyde.

The State of Missouri: An Account with Special Reference to Immigration, translation by Elsa Nagel, no date (C2662)
0.4 cubic feet (54 folders)

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The papers consist of two translated copies of the book, The State of Missouri; An Account with Special References to German Immigration, 1859, written by Friedrich Muench, an influential German writer and later Missouri politician. The translations were done by Elsa Nagel from the original German, and include one handwritten and one typed copy.

"Statement of Captain J.A. Pike Concerning the Quantrill Raid," J.A. Pike, 1917 (C2704)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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A personal reminiscence of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, KS, August 1863.

Suzanne Statland Papers, 1950-1978 (K0841)
3 c.f.

Statland was involved in several Kansas City area historical, social and educational groups in Kansas City. Includes organizational files for the UMKC Friends of the Library, Historic Kansas City Foundation, Landmarks Commission, and Future Alternatives. Also research and speeches relating to human resources and relations, as well as various issues, such as parking and the environment.

Ruby Rose Stauber Papers, 1777-2016 (SP0015)
13.5 linear feet, 2 oversized box

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The papers of Rose Stauber contain the personal papers of Ruby Rose Stauber. They include correspondence, genealogical research, family photographs, and material related to Rose’s 31 years of service in the Women’s Army Corp.