Manuscripts Index

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Helen Todd Manuscripts, 1934-1942 (C0176)
0.2 cubic feet

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Original manuscripts for three stories, So Free We SeemA Man Named Grant, and The Roots of the Tree.

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Matilda Todd Death Notice, 1871 (C1813)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Death notice of Matilda Todd, widow of Roger N. Todd, Columbia, MO.

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Robert Levi Todd Funeral Notice, 1898 (C3248)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Black-bordered funeral notice of Robert Levi Todd, born in Boone County, MO, 25 March 1822, died in Columbia, MO, 11 May 1898.

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Roger North Todd Commission, 1821 (C1649)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a commission appointing Roger N. Todd as a notary public for Boone County, MO, 6 February 1821. Signed by Joshua Barton, secretary of state, and Alexander McNair, governor.

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Robert B. Todd Speech, 1843 (C1645)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a salutatory address in Latin delivered by R.B. Todd, University of Missouri, November 28, 1843.

Thomas Britt Todd Medical Account Books, 1910-1958 (C2221)
0.25 cubic feet (12 volumes)

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Medical account books and records of a general practitioner in Nevada, MO. Descriptions of service, medication, fee, and amounts paid. Notes on drugs, metric charts, obstetrics records and records of births and vaccinations.

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Thomas M. Todd Papers, 1938-1950 (C3790)
0.8 cubic feet (46 folders)

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Papers of Thomas McCutcheon Todd, a World War II soldier from Nevada, Missouri, comprised primarily of letters written to Todd’s family. Many of the letters were written while Todd was in military training and during his enlistment in the U.S. Army; they detail issues of work, family, war, and death during the 1940s.

Thomas Todd Estate Notice, 1869 (C0527)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Notice of public auction of miscellaneous property by Thomas Todd, signed by Samuel C. Major.

William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.

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Ruth Brent Tofle Papers, 1930-2008 (C4188)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The papers of a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Campus Planning Committee for Facilities and Grounds. The material includes correspondence and reports. There are also two folders containing both personal and professional correspondence of the Belcher and Troxell families.

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Tojo Hideki Medical Records, [1945] (C0565)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Medical charts for the premier of Japan for period after he attempted suicide upon Japan’s surrender. Includes photographs.

Tokyo Symposium on Women Papers, 1988 (C4088)
0.4 cubic feet (11 folders)

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Papers presented at symposium on women and media; intra-family communication; women and networking; and women, work, and technology.

Toler Family Papers, 1856-1882 (C0949)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Contains four deeds conveying property in Arkansas and Missouri: 1856, Polk County, MO; 1861, Benton County, AR; 1876, Independence County, AR; and 1882, Izard County, AR.

Toll-German-Kemper Family Papers, c. 1850-1973 (C4244)
3 cubic feet (95 folders)

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The papers of the Toll, German, Kemper and related families, of the Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, area contain correspondence, genealogical material, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and extensive photographs.

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William Long Tolman Papers, 1852-1919 (R0246)
5 folders

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These are papers of the Evans and Tolman families of Farmington, Missouri, mostly of Dr. William
L. Tolman and his wife, Margaret Frances "Fanny" Evans (1840-1921). Included are letters
from relatives in California and Colorado, a file of letters from Civil War veterans seeking invalid
pensions, and a collection of stories concerning the early settlers of St. Francois County.

Fannie Marie Tolson Papers, 1890s-2005 (C1704)
2.3 cubic feet (63 folders), 3 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes, 1 DVD

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Fannie Marie Tolson was the first African-American educator to teach in the desegregated schools of Fayette, Missouri. Her papers include family correspondence and photographs, memorabilia from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, teaching aids, documents concerning St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fayette, and recordings of two interviews conducted with Tolson.

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"Tolstoi, or, Prometheus Befriended," Walter Clare Martin, 1914 (C0687)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Field Prize poem written in June 1914 at the University of Missouri.

Tom D. Rote Papers, 1968-2004 (C4625)
0.4 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Papers of an aeronautical engineer and hot air balloon designer and enthusiast from Boone County, Missouri, include scrapbooks of clippings, correspondence, photographs, designs, and miscellaneous material concerning hot air ballooning. Also included are hot air balloon trading cards.

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Tom's Monkey Jungle Collection, no date (R0764)
(1 folder)

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This is a brochure for Tom's Monkey Jungle, a roadside zoo located near Eldon in Miller County, Missouri.

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Henry Tomas Papers, 1950-1985 (S0810)
5 cubic feet, 32 folders, 90 photographs, 43 volumes

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The Henry Tomas Papers include correspondence, sheet music, collections of stamps and postcards, and photographs. It also contains a series of newspaper clippings in Lithuanian. Henry Justine Tomas was born in Russia in 1918 and grew up in Lithuania. He worked as a translator for the United States intelligence services. He published Lietusviskasis Pamarys: Pakalnes ir Labguvos apskritys (“The Lithuanian Seashore: with local names and map”) in 1975.

 

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Marvin E. Tong Collection, 1878-1947 (C0177)
0.9 cubic feet

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Bar dockets of Ozark County circuit court; case briefs before courts of appeals in Missouri; minutes of meetings of Missionary Baptists; case briefs before U.S. and Missouri Supreme Courts; pamphlets of Civil War recollections; and memorial addresses on life of Champ Clark.

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Robert W. Tonn Photograph Collection, 1940s (C4665)
0.2 cubic foot (3 folders, 59 photographs, 171 negatives)

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Photographs, negatives, and contact sheets of University of Missouri students, events, and campus scenes, 1940s.

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Toole Dramatic Company Program, [1894] (C0813)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Illustrated program and advertisement of J.E. Toole and his “excellent dramatic company,” in Edwin Jerome's comedy, Killarney and the Rhine. Includes dramatic criticisms and reviews. Probably distributed in Carlinville, Illinois.

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Tootle and Armstrong (St. Joseph, Mo.) Memorandum, 1855 (C0505)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copy of legal instrument authorizing collection of notes for Tootle and Armstrong, a mercantile firm in St. Joseph, by Joseph Murphy.

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Harry King Tootle Photograph Collection, 1876-1918 (P0944)
3 photographs

Photos of Dr. Samuel Spahr Laws and his wife, Ann Marie Broadwell

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Joseph Tornton Receipt, 1842 (C1659)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipt of five dollars, payment in full of Tornton's pledge to the University of Missouri.

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Torrey Family Papers, 1863-1913 (C4036)
0.3 cubic feet (12 folders)

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The papers of H.R. Torrey and his second wife, Martha Hard Torrey, include bills and receipts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, and cemetery records. The collection also contains material from other family members, including Martha Torrey's brother, William H. Hard.

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Jay Linn Torrey Scrapbook, 1893-1920 (R0218)
1 cubic foot (1 volume, 1 roll of microfilm)

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The Jay Linn Torrey Scrapbook contains materials compiled by Jay Torrey of Howell County, Missouri. A rancher, politician, and Spanish-American War veteran he compiled materials on the Missouri Immigration Society, the State Fruit Experiment Station, the 'Good Roads' movement, relocation of the state capitol, Fruitville Farm, and the proposed village of Torreytown, and the campaign for the United States Senate in 1918.

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"A Tour with Alladin's Lamp," Clair V. Mann, 1944 (C1159)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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A history of the Meramec Iron Works, St. James, MO.

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Tourist Club, Clinton, Missouri Collection, 1924 (R1274)
(1 folder)

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This is the annual booklet for 1923-1924 for the Tourist Club, a women's social group in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. The booklet includes names of officers and members and the program for meetings September 11, 1923 through June 3, 1924.

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W. S. Tower Papers, 1885 (R0879)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter of July 1, 1885 from W. S. Tower of Carthage in Jasper County, Missouri, to Thomas W. Gleason in Hartford, Connecticut. It concerns the payment of interest and a possible investment in land.

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J.W. Towl Papers, 1917-1944 (R0475)
5 folders

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This collection includes correspondence and business records of J. W. Towl, a businessman at
Potosi in Washington County, Missouri. Included are letters and shipping receipts regarding the
barite industry, mineral lands, and the Southeast Missouri Lead Company, 1918-1939, an inventory
of goods at the Towl store in Potosi, 1928, and receipts for subscriptions to the Missouri War Chest,
Inc., 1944.

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M.W. Townley Photograph Collection, no date (P0779)
2 photographs

Copy photos of Osage County: Townley house, Dr. Townley's office

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Ben Townsend Day Book, 1835 (C2501)
0.23 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Day book of accounts of a general store in Arrow Rock, MO, June-November 1835.

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Benjamin F. Townsend Ledger, 1859-1882 (C4535)
0.2 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)

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Ledger of an Arrow Rock general store owner, Benjamin F. Townsend, which notes customer information and account balances from 1859-1882.

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G.S. Townsend Letter, 1838 (C2516)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a photostat of a letter to C.A. Harris, Bureau of Indian Affairs, from Cherokee Agency East, Jan. 25, 1838. Townsend describes his journey as attending physician to a band of emigrant Cherokees from Cherokee Agency East to Cherokee Nation West, a distance of 800 miles.

Henry D. Townsend Papers, 1862-1865 (C4141)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The Civil War letters of Henry D. Townsend, Co. B., 3rd Iowa Cavalry (Union) who fought at Bryce's Crossroads and in Price's Missouri raid, September-November, 1864.

Joanna Benecke Townsend Family Papers, 1846-2002 (K1222)
9 c.f.

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Includes correspondence and postcards, financial records, newspaper clippings, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) materials, home movies, and Townsend genealogical notes/individual profiles. Also Townsend's personal diaries kept in the later years of her life.

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Robert Townsend Photograph Collection, 1970 (P0356)

Reproduction of a photo of trees and leaves in fall in Missouri

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Lada Trabant Papers, 2020-2024 (S0704)
0.5 cubic feet

The Lada Trabant (Claire Wehking) papers contain appointment books, diaries, and art work documenting her school and work life in St. Louis and Denver, Colorado.

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Albert Tracy Journal, 1861 (C1273)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Copy of a Civil War journal in the manuscript division of the New York Public Library. It was edited by Roy W. Irwin and published in the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW, 51 (1956-1957).

Trade Cards, no date (C2808)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Twenty-one printed, colored trade cards from various Missouri business establishments.

Moses Trader Papers, 1808 (C2646)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Moses Trader contain the diary of Trader, a Methodist circuit preacher in Ohio; and some biographical material.

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E.B. Trail Collection, 1858-1965 (C2071)
4.2 cubic feet (279 folders, 62 volumes)

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Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.

E.B. Trail Photograph Collection, 1845-1963 (P0021)
1.1 cubic feet (513 photographs)

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Dr. E. B. Trail, St. Louis was a collector of steamboat images and articles, which he kept in scrapbooks. Includes images of steamboats, rivers, and other boating-related scenes.

Trammel School, Stoddard County, Missouri Collection, 1916 (R0918)
(1 folder)

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This is a souvenir booklet presented by the teacher, Lewis M. Layer, to the pupils of Trammel School at La Valle in Stoddard County, Missouri, at the close of the 1915-1916 school year.

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Donald H. Tranin Papers, 1930-2007 (K0694)
7 c.f.

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Personal papers of Donald Tranin, his father Earl Tranin (1896-1979), and the Paper Supply Company of Kansas City, MO. Included are political activities, investments in businesses and real estate, and civic activities.

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Dante O. Tranquille Photographs, 1949 (P0148)
104 photographs

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This collection consists of 104 images taken by Dante O. Tranquille, a photojournalist who worked at the Utica [New York] Observer-Dispatch in the mid-twentieth century. He visited Missouri in May 1949, likely to attend the Missouri Photo Workshop, and photographed areas in St. Louis, McBaine, and Columbia.

Trans World Airlines (TWA) Records, 1929-2002 (K0453)
280 c.f.

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Records and publications of the Airline including information about flight incidents, personnel, and aircraft.

Trans World Airlines Photograph, no date (P0312)

TWA airplane taking off; "Color-foto" by TWA - "The Take-off"

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