Manuscripts Index

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Theilman Family Papers, 1881-1928 (C0410)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Letters written by four brothers and a sister, Emil, Robert, Louis, G.A., and Bertha Theilman of Kingston, MO. Comments on events at the University of Missouri, book business, family history, loaning money, and land values in southern Missouri and Dakota Territory. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, some written by Laura M. Theilman about her family and friends, trips taken, and education, and memorabilia.

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Thespian Hall (Boonville, Mo.) Blueprints, 1976 (C3683)
4 oversize items

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Blueprints done of Thespian Hall for the Historic American Buildings Survey by John A. Huffman, restoration architect. First floor, second floor and balcony plans and longitudinal sections are included.

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Edward J. Thias Papers, 1954-2002 (S0742)
0.4 cubic foot, 11 folders

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The papers of Edward J. Thias Papers contain books written and/or illustrated by Thias, including works about his participation in World War II, Missouri architecture, Thias family genealogy, and collected pencil sketches. In addition, this collection contains many unbound, original pencil sketches of various St. Louis and Missouri landmarks and attractions.

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Sidney J. Thierjung Papers, 1966-2010 (C4678)
1 cubic foot (1 oversize volume, 9 oversize items)

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The papers of Sidney John Thierjung,  a Vietnam War veteran, include photographs, a scrapbook, and military service documents, certificates, and medals. 

John Thies Photograph Collection, no date (P0648)
5 photographs

Copy photos of the Missouri River Bridge in Glasgow, MO.

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Frank Thilly Letter, 1898 (C0622)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To G.P. Wilson, Hagerstown, MD, from Columbia, MO, Apr. 30, 1898.

Letter about work on philosophy. Thilly was a professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri.

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Third Regiment Missouri National Guard (Kansas City, MO) Records, 1900-1910 (K0368)
0.2 c.f.

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Records of a local regiment of the Missouri National Guard. Includes log and copies of correspondence and muster rolls and general and special orders.

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Thixton Family Papers, 1860s-2007 (C4726)
0.4 cubic foot (7 folders)

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Photographs and miscellaneous family papers pertaining to Burton Ellsworth Thixton, Deliah Comer Thixton and their descendants in Moniteau, Morgan, and Benton Counties, Missouri.

Thomas M. Binger Collection, 1888-2025 (CA5812)
31.8 cubic feet, 1 audio disc, 4 video cassettes, 20 oversize items

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Collection of U.S. railroad timetables, publications, promotional material, photographs and miscellaneous material, and newsletters of Missouri railroad enthusiast organizations, Mid-Missouri Railfans and the St. Louis chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Also includes some personal and family material.

Alexander Napier Thomas Papers, 1862-1971 (K0169)
0.20 c.f. (18 folders)

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Letters and documents related to Thomas' service in the Civil War including a significant number written while a prisoner-of-war in Libby Prison. Also included are membership certificates and notices of election to public office and speeches Thomas delivered as part of his public career as mayor of Aurora, NE, state representative from Hamilton County, NE.

David E. and Horace E. Thomas Papers, 1904-1985 (C4002)
2.0 cubic feet (114 folders), 4 oversize items

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The papers of David E. Thomas, Congregational minister and professor of religion, and his son, Horace E. Thomas, a Columbia, Missouri, surgeon who spent World War II in military hospitals in the South Pacific consist of correspondence, manuscripts, class notes, research notes, photographs, printed articles and pamphlets, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials related to their careers, including research for Horace’s medical school thesis, Chronic Radiation Poisoning in Rats.

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Harry Thomas Letters, 1884 (C0411)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Love letters written by a sergeant in Troop K, First Cavalry, U.S. Army, stationed in Montana, to Kathleen Lyons. Sgt. Thomas and Miss Lyons had never met.

John L. Thomas Notebooks, no date (C1272)
0.43 cubic feet (30 volumes)

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Notes on the geology and history of Missouri, which the compiler had planned to use in making an historical atlas.

Katherine E. Thomas Scrapbook, 1913-1916 (C4492)
0.36 cubic feet (1 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Photographs, diploma and scrapbook compiled while a student at Howard-Payne College in Fayette, Missouri. Most materials concern classmates and student activities.

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Kenn Thomas Papers, 1970-2007 (S1195)
43 cubic feet, 978 folders, 268 VHS tapes, 4 photographs, 1 audio cassette

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The papers of Kenn Thomas contain correspondence, business files, travel records, a collection of independently produced, small press fanzines, audio/visual recordings, and subject files documenting the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Iran-Contra scandal, and Unidentified Flying Objects. Other materials of interest include video and audio recordings of Bob Dylan and the Band, performing in St. Louis area venues. The papers date from 1970 to 2007.

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Rosemary Hyde Thomas Papers, 1982-1996 (S0998)
6 cubic feet

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The Rosemary Hyde Thomas Papers contain photographs, oral histories, and research papers pertaining to the Landmarks Program, which encouraged middle and high school students to explore historical themes in their community neighborhoods. Materials of interest include oral history interviews students conducted with former Pullman Porters, Webster Groves, and the flood of 1993.

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William L. Thomas Collection, 1898-1901 (K0124)
0.1 c.f.

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Three volumes of newspaper and magazine clippings on Cuba and the War with Spain in 1898. A fourth volume includes articles Thomas wrote and published in his School and Home, an educational paper he founded, edited and published.

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William Lyman Thomas Papers, 1867-1906 (S0304)
3 cubic feet, 276 photographs, 2 scrapbooks

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The William Lyman Thomas Papers document Thomas's career in St. Louis as a publisher, author, and member of the Missouri Press Association, as well as the life of his family in Maplewood, Missouri. The collection contains correspondence, documents, ribbons, and the original photographs used in the publication of Thomas’ book, The History of St. Louis County, Missouri (1911).

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Thomas-Browning Papers, 1850-1909 (C0975)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Miscellaneous financial papers, 1874-1909, primarily pertaining to C.S. Browning's activities as a cattleman transferring livestock between Texas and Missouri. The account book, 1850-1908, was kept by C.M. Thomas, an auctioneer in Wellington and then Warrensburg, MO.

Helen Seibert Thomes Dance School Records, no date (K0960)
0.01 c.f.

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Includes choreography of dances used by Thomes in her dance school

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Thompson Farm Papers, 1888-1914 (CG0057)
0.4 c.f.

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Collections of ledgers kept by Samuel Newcum for the purpose of running and managing the Thompson family farm. Newcum married Laura Thompson, and Laura’s older brother, Elbert, hired Samuel to take care of the farm.

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Thompson Grove School Newton County, Missouri Collection, 1913 (R1065)
(1 folder)

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This is a souvenir booklet for Thompson Grove School southeast of Seneca in Newton County, Missouri. It was presented by teacher Rosa Kellhofer to her pupils at the close of the school year in 1913.

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Alonzo Thompson Authorization, 1866 (C1681)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Thompson, Missouri state auditor, 1864-1868, ordered the issue of credit warrants to William McCormack, Montgomery County collector, for 1865 overpayment to Revenue Fund and Union Military Fund.

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Carol Jo Thompson, History of Overton, Missouri Project, 1977, 1989 (CA6370)
0.1 cubic feet

Project and paper on history of housing in Overton, Missouri, done by a University of Missouri student for a class. Also includes photographs and negatives of Overton, Missouri.

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Dorothy Brown Thompson Papers, 1860-1994 (K0695)
52 c.f.

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Personal papers, writings, and research materials of Thompson, a poet and genealogist. Includes personal and professional materials: poetry manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. Secondly, her extensive genealogical research includes specific family lines, correspondence, and historical publications. Also materials of her husband and son.

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Elinor P. Thompson Letter, 1941 (C0559)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter from Elinor P. Thompson of New Orleans, Louisiana, to John C. Westover, of Camp Clairborne, Louisiana, November 7, 1941. The letter describes the activities of M. Jeff Thompson after his settlement in New Orleans. It also provides a description of New Orleans and describes the Thompson family papers.

Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers, 1850-1932 (R0671)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers contain the personal and family papers collected by Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson from 1850 to 1932. This collection includes photocopies of family correspondence, legal documents, and business papers for the Dabbs and Thompson families of Greene County, Missouri.

Henry C. Thompson Collection, 1820-1957 (P0354)
21 photographs

Facsimile of signatures of Missouri governors, 1820-1940, photos of Henry C. Thompson and some of his paintings, early notable Missourians, St. Francois County, mining, and images relating to Mormons.

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Henry C. Thompson Papers, 1884-1970 (R0047)
2.25 cubic feet (89 folders, 4 rolls of microfilm)

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The Henry C. Thompson Papers contain the original and microfilm copy of papers of a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri, genealogist, and a historian of mining in St. Francois County and the operations of the St. Joseph Lead Company. The collection includes research notes and correspondence, and a group of lead company records, 1884-1902.

Herbert and Emma Thompson Papers, 1911-1920 (C3764)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photographs and letter from Emma's sister Kate who was working in Oregon. Letter describes "jamming" strawberries in the sun. The Thompsons were living in Worth County, Missouri.

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Ian M. Thompson Papers, no date (CA4112)
12.8 cubic feet, 25 oversize items

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The papers of a professor of surgery and chief urologist at the University of Missouri.

J. G. Thompson Papers, 1920-1951, 1999 (C4638)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The collection contains five time books (1920-1951) of a railroad conductor from Hannibal, Missouri, who worked for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Also included is a Thompson family history based on the time books written by Thompson's son, postcards, and miscellaneous materials.

John Thompson Papers, 1882-1889 (C3567)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of John Thompson contain two handwritten letters addressed to John Thompson, Irondale, Missouri, one from Ella T. Hughes of South St. Louis, Missouri, and one from F. Conzelman.

L.D. Thompson Letter, 1932 (C0815)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter written by the Missouri state auditor to the Daily Democrat-News, Marshall, Missouri, on the question of increased state taxes.

Lizzie Thompson Letter, 1864 (C2208)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Beverly [Thompson], [Arrow Rock, MO], from Boonville, [MO], Nov. 1, 1864. Horror of war in Missouri, "a bone of contention." Fire destroyed a block on Main Street in Boonville. General Price camped in Boonville, stripped town and country of cattle, forage, and staple goods. Best citizens have fled, friends joining both armies. Family information.

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Mary and Eliza Thompson Quietus for Delinquent Taxes, 1852 (C0502)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipt for taxes paid from the Randolph County register of lands office for a 39-acre tract of land granted for $9.16 to Mary and Eliza Thompson.

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Meriwether Jeff Thompson Bulletin, 1857 (C3208)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bulletin listing city and county property that M. Jeff Thompson, general land agent at St. Joseph, MO, will sell or trade, 1 April 1857.

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Meriwether Jeff Thompson Papers, 1854-1935 (C1030)
0.25 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm

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Civil War memoir, correspondence, business and legal papers, family genealogies, and miscellaneous papers of M. Jeff Thompson. Thompson was a civil engineer, a railroad and real estate promoter, mayor of St. Joseph, MO, and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.

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Robert C. Thompson Papers, 1838-1843 (C3282)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Deed for land in Clay County, Missouri, 1838, and a land grant registered at Lexington, 1843.

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Stephen W. Thompson Letter, 1918 (C1729)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Squire H. Anderson, New York City, from France, Mar. 18, 1918. Thompson, A World War I pilot, wrote about mail censorship, sightseeing in Paris, Parisian street system and architecture, entertainment, and weather. Description of a bombing raid and a "Boche attack."

William Thompson Papers, 1836 (C0432)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copies of testimony given before Alfred G. Sloan and Walter H. Taler, justices of the peace of Big Creek Township in Van Buren County [Cass County], on charges against William Thompson for stealing and against James Laurance for whipping William Thompson.

Thomson and McKee Mercantile Records, 1860-1866 (K0108)
1 v (MR)

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One volume of customer accounts for what seems to have been a general store in Clay County, MO.

Nell G. Thornburg Papers, 1960-1962 (K1103)
0.01 c.f. (1 folder)

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Travel diary, "A World Tour", written by Nell Thornburg on trips to Asia and Eastern Europe.

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Joshua Thorne Certificate, 1865 (C1829)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certificate of appointment as assessor of internal revenue for the sixth district of Missouri, signed by Andrew Johnson.

Alvin J. Thornton Papers, 1940-2001 (C4041)
2.0 cubic feet (72 folders), 1 audio disc

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The papers of Alvin "Jack" Thornton, a former World War II B-24 pilot and POW, include photographs, correspondence, diaries, and miscellaneous materials relating to his military service and family.

James T. Thorp Scrapbooks, 1840-1955 (C1429)
1.5 cubic feet

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Materials collected and organized by Thorp as histories of the Missouri River, steamboats, and Miami, MO. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, excerpts from the MIAMI WEEKLY NEWS, and miscellaneous items.

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Benjamin R. Thrasher Diaries, 1877-1891 (C3048)
1 roll of microfilm

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Four diaries written by a Macon County, MO, farmer. His daily entries, spanning almost fifteen years, describe farm life, livestock breeding, social activities, transportation, illness, death, and daily changes in the wind and weather. Also detailed personal and business expenses.

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James Irving Threatt Papers, 1971-1999 (K0732)
41 c.f.

Personal files kept by Threatt concerning his many activities and interests while in public office. Topics include housing, city development, revitalization of the urban core, education, minority businesses and historical agencies. Contains correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, books and magazines. Also his wife, Doris Elizabeth Threatt (1932-2000), professional and community activities.

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John B. Thruston Records, 1859-1879 (R0430)
1 roll

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These are business records of Dr. John B. Thruston, a physician at Versailles in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include account ledgers, 1859-1879, and a daybook, 1861-1863. The
entries note the names of the patients, the types of medical services rendered, Thruston's fees, and
settlements of accounts.

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Valentine Thuma Papers, 1861-1864 (C3020)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Typescript of a Civil War diary and letters of a soldier in the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.