Manuscripts Index
Turnage Family Records, 1965 (C2910)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records of the Turnage family contain genealogical information on the Turnage, Carter, Transue and allied families, and positive photostatic copies of lists of those married by J.C. Turnage and churches for which he was pastor.
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S.C. Turnbo Clippings, 1899-1907 (C0821)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The collection contains clippings of articles written by S.C. Turnbo of southern Missouri. They give accounts of hunting wild animals, such as panthers, bears, and wolves, in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas, also a bit about pioneer life.
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Maude Turnbow Collection, 1852-1965 (C2924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters, written in 1853, concerning the McHargue family in Missouri and Oregon. Newspaper clippings, genealogy, and random notes of Madam Dorian.
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Turner Family Papers, 1894-1925 (SP0041)
.9 cubic foot (9 folders)
The Turner Family Papers consists of correspondence between Thirza Smerdon Turner, her daughter Leona Turner, and other family and friends. The letters discuss travel, social interactions, and local gossip.
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Turner Family Scrapbook, 1921-1928 (C4697)
0.15 cubic foot (2 folders)
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, greeting cards, grade cards, and miscellaneous ephemera. Material pertains to the Turner, Crane, Proctor, and related families of central Missouri.
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Turner Society Pamphlets, 1912-1945 (C0676)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Pamphlets and publications of St. Louis area Turner groups. Also a history of the American Turnerbund, 1924; an annual report of the national executive committee of American Turners, 1941; and copies of TURNER TOPICS, publication of American Turners.
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Claude Turner Papers, 1942-1944 (SP0027)
.25 cubic feet (5 folders, 6 photographs)
The Claude Turner papers consist of letters written by Claude Turner to his family in Webb City during World War II. Claude served on the USS Spence.
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J. Paul Turner Photograph Collection, 1920-1927 (P0290)
2 photographs
Two photos, one showing the Poplar Bluff tornado damage and another of a man named Robert Parker sitting in automobile.
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Sarah Lucille Turner Portraits, 1923-1944 (P0974)
2 photographs
Photos of Sarah Lucille Turner, one of the first two women elected to the Missouri Legislature
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William Turner Collection, n.d. (CA6593)
1.4 cubic feet
Research material collected by Turner for the book Voices of Missouri's Rivers.
Turner-Yates Family Papers, 1912-2010 (CA6486)
2 cubic feet
The papers of the Turner, Yates, and related families of Macon and Randolph Counties, Missouri, include genealogical research, photographs, publications, and miscellaneous material.
J.E. Tuthill Letter, 1901 (C2068)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To R.H. Jesse, Columbia, MO, from Salina, KS, Aug. 26, 1901.
Inquiring about facilities at Missouri University library for study in medieval and modern history about the demand for teachers. Letter referred to Isidor Loeb.
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Tuttle Family Collection, 1906-1973, 2019-2020 (CA6576)
1.7 cubic feet, 4.2 MB of digital files
The collection contains material concerning a prominent farming family in Cooper County, Missouri. Includes World War II correspondence of Joseph Tuttle; correspondence concerning the family’s ham business; farm ledgers of Morton Tuttle; a timeline and history of Woodland Farms compiled by William Ellis Tuttle Jr.; and miscellaneous material.
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TWA Active Retired Pilots Association (TARPA) Records, 1932-2007 (K0563)
8 c.f.
Publications and records related to retired pilots of Trans World Airlines. Includes labor agreements, photographs of pilots, and seniority list.
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TWA Oral History Project, 1993-2013 (K0482)
0.25 c.f.
Oral history interviews with employees and others relating to the history of Trans World Airlines (TWA).
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Twin Lakes Duck Hunting Camp (Chariton County, Mo.) Records, 1945-1989 (C3968)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 2 rolls of microfilm
Hunting logs, photographs, and related materials of a private hunting camp in north central Missouri.
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E.H. Twining Report, c. 1873 (C0624)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report by Professor Twining concerning his botanical research in the vicinity of the University of Missouri.
Two River Old School Baptist Association Minutes, 1883-1892 (C0569)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of annual meetings of 1883, 1889, and 1892 of the association of Ralls and Shelby Counties, Missouri.
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John Tyler Jr. Letter, 1862 (C0477)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To William L. Yancey, Montgomery, AL, from Holly Springs, MS, Oct. 15, 1862.
Describes battles of Corinth and Hatchee River. Written by a Confederate major, the son of President Tyler, who served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Sterling Price.
See collection 2401 for another copy.
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John Tyler, Jr. Letter, 1862 (C2401)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To William L. Yancey, Montgomery, AL, from Holly Springs, MS, Oct. 15, 1862.
Describes battles of Corinth and Hatchee River. Written by a Confederate major, the son of President Tyler. At the writing of the letter, Tyler was an aide-de-camp on General Sterling Price's staff.
See collection 477 for another copy.
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Robert Tyszka Slides, 1970s-2000s (CA6540)
0.2 cubic feet
Images of various Missouri locations, including many in the St. Louis area, taken by an amateur photographer.
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U. S. Committee on Public Information, Division of Four Minute Men Collection, 1918-1919 (C4453)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Includes membership rosters, bulletins, correspondence, speeches, programs, and newsletters from national and state level sections of the Four Minute Men.
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U. S. Highway 71 Celebration Collection, 1930 (R0763)
(1 folder)
This collection includes a letterhead, program, and pin-back button with ribbon concerning the celebration of the completion of United States Highway 71 into Carthage in Jasper County, Missouri, on June 4-5, 1930.
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U. S. Soil Conservation Service Collection, 1933-1978 (C4513)
1.7 cubic feet (38 folders, 1 volume, 8 oversize items)
Newspaper clippings, project reports, reference materials, and photographs from the Missouri arm of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
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U. S. States of the United States, Missouri Records, 1762-1870 (C4337)
10 rolls of microfilm
Documents relating to the early history and development of Missouri which were located during the WPA Historical Records Survey. Only the rolls containing Missouri materials are in this series.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Survey Collection, 1870s-1890s (CA5998)
1.7 cubic feet, oversize material
Log books and maps from U.S. Corps of Engineers survey of the Missouri River. Log books include observations of topography, hand drawn maps, and notes documenting the journeys and dredging operations along the river. The bulk of the collection relates to the upper Missouri River.
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U.S. Army, 3196th Signal Service Company Roster, 1945 (C3682)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
"A History of the 3196th Signal Service Company," including roster of name, address, nickname, and date for each member. The group served in Italy during World War II.
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U.S. Army, 35th Division, 60th Artillery Brigade, 110th Ammunition Train, Co. F Papers, 1917-1919 (C2931)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a roster of Company F from organization at Camp Doniphan, OK, 24 October 1917, to 5 May 1919. Also included are passenger lists of organizations and casuals returning to the United States.
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U.S. Army, Air Force College Training Program, University of Missouri Papers, 1943-1944 (C0058)
1.1 cubic feet (105 folders)
Course schedules, outlines, flight and class roles, grades, and instructions for teachers concerning policies of Air Corps and teaching methods. Tests for History and Americanism. Correspondence of Rogers Whitmore and Thomas A. Brady.
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U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Missouri River Photographs, 1928-1931 (C0647)
0.31 cubic feet (15 folders)
Photographs of highways and railroad bridges across the Missouri River, with maps and basic engineering facts. Also pictures of boats and construction for river control.
U.S. Army, Division of the Missouri, Special Order No. 42, 1865 (C3566)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an order for a board of three army officers to meet at Keokuk, Iowa, on May 5, 1865, to inspect the general hospitals and post in that city, and to report results to headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri.
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U.S. Army, Quartermaster's Department Papers, 1827-1856 (C2239)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of Quartermaster's Department, Philadelphia, PA.
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United States. Army. Quartermaster's Stores Report, 1863 (C2437)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains quarterly reports of quartermaster's stores made by John H. Doolittle, 31 March 1863.
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U.S. Army, Specialized Training Program, Foreign Area and Language Study, University of Missouri Papers, 1943-1944 (C0057)
2.25 cubic feet (167 folders)
Correspondence, army directives, student records, and other material pertaining to the program and staff of the ASTP Unit at the University of Missouri. Also includes material concerning a study of ASTPs made by Thomas A. Brady for the Rockefeller Foundation.
U.S. Census, Cooper County, Missouri, 1850, 1850 (C1281)
0.23 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Vol. 1 (Schedule 1) enumeration of free inhabitants giving age, sex, and place of birth.
Vol. 2 (Schedule 2-6) slave inhabitants, including age and sex; deaths in previous year, including age, place of birth, cause of death; agricultural production; industries; and social statistics, including schools, churches, libraries, value of real and personal property.
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U.S. Commissioner of Patents Papers, 1849-1858 (C0588)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers contain letters to the U.S. Commissioner of Patents about various agricultural subjects in Missouri. Most of the letters were written by Henry Ancrum in 1849. Also includes article on grape culture in Missouri by George C. Swallow, 1857.
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U.S. Committee on Public Information, Missouri Division of Four-Minute Men Collection, 1918-1919 (CA6285)
0.2 cubic feet
Four-Minute Men was a volunteer organization created by the U.S. Committee on Public Information and endorsed by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Orators delivered brief speeches on specified topics to "ready-made" audiences in theaters and other venues. The propaganda campaign served to solicit support for the war. L.L. [Loyal Lovejoy] Leonard of St. Louis was the State Director for Missouri. The collection includes national and state materials.
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United States Continental Currency, 1776 (C2545)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Thirty-dollar bill printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Questionnaires, 1923-1935 (C0179)
0.2 cubic feet
Questionnaires sent out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Division of Agricultural Statistics, seeking information on farm prices in the past. One group was sent in 1923, the second in 1925, and the last in 1935.
U.S. General Land Office, Franklin, Missouri, Abstract, 1819-1848 (C1279)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)
An abstract of all the conveyances on record of the military lands in the state of Missouri giving township, range, section, warrant number, name of patentee, company and regiment, date of patents and to whom conveyed.
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U.S. General Land Office Grants
German Bank, Wooster, Ohio 1, 1869-1873 (C1562)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Grants to land in Missouri, to Moses Garrett and to Andrew J. Croy.
United States. General Land Office. Missouri Deeds, 1796-1857 (C2499)
0.36 cubic feet (1 volume)
Deeds to land in the state of Missouri sold by the federal government.
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U.S. General Land Office Papers, 1819-1859 (C1901)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains certificates of bounty land in Missouri granted for military service. Inventory with collection.
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United States. General Land Office Papers, 1821-1836 (C2296)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Document confirming John Riddle's claim to land in St. Louis, MO, under the 1815 Act of Congress aiding the victims of the 1811-1812 New Madrid, MO, earthquakes.
Three letters concerning a dispute over a New Madrid land grant, certificate #204, claimed by Raphael Lesieur.
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U.S. General Land Office Papers, 1859-1869 (C1282)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Copies of land grants, certificates and assignments for services in the War of 1812.
U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission Papers, 1910 (C3134)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Correspondence, memorandums of allowances, and examiner's reports of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway and the Missouri Pacific Railway. Names connecting subsidiary lines, lists of Industrial Railroads connecting with the Missouri Pacific Railway and information from examiners reports concerning relations with carriers.
U.S. Military Government, Detachment B-5 Diary, 1944-1945 (C0445)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Diary kept by a Military Government Detachment unit sent to Okinawa. All activities are recorded en route to Okinawa, and duties of the organization are described in detail. Also a short history of Okinawa and descriptions of the cultural exhibit, historic spots, and burial customs.
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United States Military Telegraph (Warrenton, Mo.) Register, 1863 (C2341)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
U.S. military telegrams sent from Warrenton, MO, 1 May-14 December 1863. Concern supplies, materials, troop movements, and other military orders.
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U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Report, 1976-1977 (C3480)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
Report of the board's investigation into the airplane crash that killed Congressman Jerry L. Litton, his family, pilot Paul Rupp, Jr., and Rupp's son near Chillicothe, MO, on 3 August 1976. Includes reports of groups investigating various aspects of the aircraft, statements of witnesses, a wreckage distribution chart, flight tests, crashworthiness analyses, and test data.
U.S. National Youth Administration in Missouri History, 1943 (C1280)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Prepared by the War Manpower Commission of the National Youth Administration, Kansas City, MO. History of the National Youth Administration in Missouri from 1935 to 1943.