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United Garment Workers of America, Local 47 Records, 1898-1915 (K0458)
1 c.f.
Organizational and membership records (Membership List and Receipt Accounts, and Membership Register) of the labor union. Includes minutes of a few meetings, a day-book of expenses and income, receipts and notes, and a general ledger.
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United Klans of America Collection, 1967-1973 (C4302)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)
The United Klans of America collection contains promotional material and literature created by the organization for the purpose of recruitment and propaganda. A college student gathered the materials for the purpose of writing a college level research paper in 1973.
United Methodist Church, Lake of the Ozarks Parish Records, 1971-1983 (C4333)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
The records of the United Methodist Church, Lake of the Ozarks Parish, contain printed material, programs, evaluations, pamphlets and miscellaneous material of an ecumenical ministry in the recreational area of Bagnell Dam.
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United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1813-2010 (CA5745)
107.2 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes, 10 oversize items, 3 audio discs, 87 audio cassettes, 229 audio tapes, 5 DVDs, 1 film, 34 video cassettes
Addition of annual conference journals, correspondence, newsletters, meeting programs, committee files, publications, and the records of individual churches, including Fry United Methodist Church in St. Louis.
United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1850-1977 (C3595)
12 cubic feet (592 folders)
Records in the form of minutes, journals and correspondence of boards, committees, and churches in the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church. Includes church histories, papers of early Methodist ministers, biographies, periodicals, books, and Hendrix Hall dormitory papers.
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United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1836-1984 (C3727)
6.5 cubic feet (317 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 2 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape
Records of conference, districts, and individual churches. Includes annual reports, minutes, financial and historical information, information on church-related institutions and organizations, ministerial candidate information, and histories of individual churches. Also includes some materials from antecedent conferences and other Missouri conferences.
United Methodist Church, Missouri East Conference Records, 1800-1972 (C3308)
3.4 cubic feet (161 folders, 6 volumes)
Correspondence, printed brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, journals, and books of the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, including papers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1998-2022 (CA6718)
2.7 cubic feet, 1 oversize item
Addition of material from the defunct New Horizons unit of the United Methodist Women, 1998-2022. Items include meeting minutes, financial records, publications, certification documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous material.
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United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1915-1999 (C4327)
3.0 cubic feet (73 folders)
The records of the United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church contain minutes, reports, budgets, correspondence, record books, yearbooks, programs, activities, and photographs.
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United Methodist Women, Missouri East Conference Records, 1936-1996 (CA2616)
9.8 cubic feet
The records include minutes, annual reports, yearbooks, by-laws, programs, correspondence, histories, clippings, printed material, brochures, material on missionary work, ephemera, journals, prayer calendars, and miscellaneous material.
United Mine Workers of America, Local No. 298 (Richmond, Mo.) Records, 1901-1945 (C3044)
9 rolls of microfilm
Membership records for the organization known locally as the Welsh Miners' Union. Contains members' names, record of dues payments, suspensions, transfers, and death claims.
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United Nations Association of St. Louis Records, 1945-1999 (S0446)
29 cubic feet, 116 photographs, 2 audio tapes
The records of the United Nations Association of St. Louis contain correspondence, publications, minutes, newsletters, and programs pertaining to the group's mission to increase understanding of world problems and the United Nations' effectiveness in dealing with them. Correspondents include Edna Gellhorn, James S. McDonnell, Jr., and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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United Service Organizations Club, Malden, Missouri Collection, 1943 (R0753)
(1 folder)
This is the program for the grand opening of the USO Club at Malden in Dunklin County, Missouri, on August 11, 1943. Captain Olin Brigman was the club director.
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United Service Organizations Club, Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1943 (R1084)
(1 folder)
This is a dance card booklet for the First Anniversary Military Ball held at the USO Club at Rolla in Phleps County, Missouri, on February 6, 1943. Included are the names of the club's managers, the staff, and the officers of the Hostess Corps.
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United Shoe Workers International Union (USWA) Records, 1940-1985 (S1032)
55 cubic feet
The United Shoe Workers International Union (USWA) Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, contracts, charters, and newsletters of the union's headquarters in St. Louis.
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United Spanish War Veterans, Deptartment of Missouri Collection, 1940 (R1096)
(1 folder)
This is a souvenir program booklet for the 36th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Missouri, held at Neosho in Newton County, Missouri, on June 16-19, 1940.
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This collection consists of a twenty-five page booklet, "Flight Lines," that recorded the graduates of Class 44F from Primary Flying Training at Chester Army Air Field in McBride, Missouri published on February 12, 1944.
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United States Army Air Forces, Flying Training Detachment, 73rd Collection, 1943 (R0944)
(1 folder)
This is a single issue of 'Cape Cadet' (Volume 1, Number 37, December 4, 1943), the newsletter of the 73rd Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment. This unit was stationed at Harris field in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The commanding officer was Captain Clarke Simonds.
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United States Army Air Forces, Observation Squadron Photograph Collection, 1942 (R1036)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 5 photographs)
These are five black-and-white photographic prints concerning the the 14th Observation Squadron (later the 14th Liaison Squadron) and its training base at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. There are two aerial views of the camp and training field, a view of the main building, and two views of a formal dance held at the Rolla USO in August 1942.
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United States Army Mothers National Association Records, 1941-1989 (K0260)
13 c.f.
World War II era organization of mothers of men in the U.S. Army established to provide social support for each other and their sons. Scrapbooks, financial ledgers, post reports and minutes, photographs, yearly convention material, newsletters, correspondence, by-laws, roll books, various paraphernalia, and many other items relating to its everyday operation.
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United States Bicentennial Collection, 1976 (CA6338)
1 cubic foot
Miscellaneous printed materials, souvenirs, and three-dimensional objects commemorating the bicentennial of the United States of America in 1976.
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United States Bureau of Mines, Rolla Research Center Records, 1915-1996 (R1321)
17 cubic feet (372 folders, 4 maps, 3,238 photographs, 68 negatives, 936 slides, 3 volumes)
The United States Bureau of Mines, Rolla Research Center Records contain the records of the Bureau of Mines office and research facility established in Rolla, Missouri in 1915. The records include correspondence, operational reports, project reports, photographs, newspaper articles, program materials, and maps.
United States Daughters of 1812, Finis Ewing Chapter (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1915-1933, 1937 (C4593)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
Records of the organization, 1915-1933, 1937, comprised of minutes of meetings, membership and officer lists, reports, and newspaper clippings. The records also contain proceedings of the annual meeting, membership lists, and other materials of the Missouri chapter of the organization.
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United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter Records, 1784-2008 (C4219)
7 cubic feet (222 folders), 2 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items
The papers consist of the meeting minutes, pamphlets, officer reports, and other business materials pertaining to the operation of the United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri Chapter. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of Mary Miller Smiser, who served briefly as president of the organization.
United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri State Chapter Scrapbooks, 1907-1940 (C2997)
7 volumes
The collection contains lists of officers, newspaper clippings, articles, and programs.
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United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc., Records, 1910-1999 (S0775)
86 cubic feet
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc., Records contain annual reports, correspondence, legal materials, memos, newsletters, and photographs pertaining to the Foundation, the Junior Chamber of Commerce of America (JCA), and the Junior Chamber International (JCI). Known colloquially as ‘The Jaycees,’ the records document the group’s mission to provide young people with an outlet to contribute to their communities and cultivate leadership skills.
United States Post Office Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1913-1915 (R0399)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The United States Post Office Rolla, Missouri Records consist of a letter book containing photocopies of correspondence regarding the construction of the U.S. Post Office at Rolla, Missouri sent between September 15, 1913, and March 13, 1915. Included are letterpress copies of letters from F. W. Pease, superintendent of construction at Springfield, Missouri, to the contractor, Robert McCaw, Jr., at Rolla.
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United States Reserve Insurance Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri Records, 1921-1928 (K0406)
0.1 c.f.
Minutes of Board of Directors and Stockholders meetings, as well as the corporation's bylaws.
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United-Mexican Mines Company Collection, 1913 (R0635)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The United-Mexican Mines Company Collection contains a certificate for 1000 shares of stock in the United-Mexican Mines Company.
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Unity Baptist Church (Platte County, Mo.) Records, 1840-1909 (C3029)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Unity Baptist Church. Contains church covenant, articles of faith, rules of decorum, meeting minutes and lists of members.
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Unity Christian Church Records, 1931-2023 (S0510)
0.2 cubic feet, 10 folders, 63 photographs
The Unity Christian Church Records contain bylaws, meeting minutes, church directories, church programs, and photographs documenting the church's mission to spread the truth of Jesus Christ as interpreted by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore through the United School of Christianity and the Association of Unity Churches.
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Committee for Review of Research and Education Programs Records, 1956-1957 (C2351)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
Reports of the subcommittees on extension, outlying field research and teaching of the Committee for Review of Research and Educational Programs. Also copies of articles and bibliographies for members' consideration.
THE UNIVERSITY ARGUS, 1891 (C0739)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Monthly publication of Athenaean and Union Literary Societies of the University of Missouri. Issue for December 1891.
University City Residential Trust Records, 1970-2002 (S1031)
0.3 cubic feet
The University City Residential Trust Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, and newspaper clippings relating to the University City Rental Trust’s (UCRT) mission to maintain cultural diversity during the integration process in the University City area. UCRT attempted to accomplish this task by purchasing homes in University City and renting them to white families in neighborhoods where African American children outnumbered white children in the elementary district.
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University Club Inc. (Columbia, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1965 (C4694)
4 oversize items
Two sets of floor plans for a proposed clubhouse for University of Missouri-Columbia faculty.
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University Medical College of Kansas City Records, 1892-1937 (K0185)
0.12 c.f.
The University Medical College of Kansas City Records contain directories, annual announcements, attendance records, programs, publications, and photographs, from 1892 to 1937.
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University of Missouri Agricultural Bulletins, 1883-1923 (C3386)
3.3 cubic feet (250 folders)
Bulletins and circulars of the Agricultural Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station on agricultural, horticultural, and home economics topics. Annual reports, announcements, and short course and Farmers' Week materials.
University of Missouri Agriculture Extension Photographs, 1970 (P1166)
Photographs by the University of Missouri Agriculture Extension program of Missouri farms.
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University of Missouri Financial Aid Office Photograph Collection, 1912, no date (P0854)
0.3 linear feet
Photos of scholarship donors and honorees
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University of Missouri Fortnightly Club Records, 1894-2022 (C3670)
4.4 cubic feet (77 folders), 34 oversize volumes, 2 card files, 1 video cassette, 3 audio cassettes
The records of the Fortnightly Club, a women’s organization for wives of University of Missouri faculty and female faculty members, which consist of materials surrounding membership and recruitment, finances, board meetings, committees and interest groups, and events and trips. Also included are bulletins and newsletters published by the group.
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University of Missouri Fortnightly Club Records, 1975-2024 (CA6677)
1.3 cubic feet
The records include information on the Gourmet Study Group’s meetings, including member lists, agendas, correspondence, photographs of events, recipes, membership dues, dinner costs, and miscellaneous material from the organization. Also includes organizational agendas, budgets, membership records, minutes, newsletters, and an article written on the history of the Fortnightly Club. Also includes two photo albums, Fortnightly Celebrations, 2022-2023, and Year of Smiles, 2023-2024.
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University of Missouri Francis Quadrangle Panoramic Photograph, 1915 (P0339)
1 photograph
Panoramic view of the University of Missouri quadrangle, ca. 1915.
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University of Missouri History Department Lewis Atherton Photograph Collection, 1986 (P0847)
7 photographs
Photos of the Lewis Atherton recognition day banquet and reception for Lewis Atherton at the University of Missouri, 1986.
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University of Missouri Horticultural Department Photographs, 1908 (P0504)
11 photographs
Copy photos of Columbia area schools, ca. 1908.
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University of Missouri Photograph Collection, 1848-1995 (P0088)
272 photographs
An artificial collection of photographs of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, its students, faculty, and administrators.
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University of Missouri Photographs, 1894-1895 (C3417)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains undated photographs of Academic Hall and of the football team, 1894 and 1895.
University of Missouri Press Image Collection, 1987-1988 (P0848)
A collection of images used by the University of Missouri Press in publications: b/w headshot of Vernon Wilson, former dean of UM Medical School. b/w portrait of Gov. B. Brown as a child and a negative for a portrait of him "as a young man." A PMT of a title page of a Report written in German (Gottfried Duden). Also includes images of the University of Missouri campus in 1988
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University of Missouri Record Books, 1848-1929 (C3116)
12 oversize volumes
Miscellaneous early record books of the University of Missouri, including accounts kept by the treasurer of the Board of Curators of salaries and expenditures, records pertaining to the agricultural experiment station, and inventory and appraisement of university holdings, as well as material on the Students Protective Association and the building campaigns for Memorial Union and Stadium.
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University of Missouri Reports to U.S. Bureau of Education, 1892-1900 (C3329)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
These records include three types of reports: 1) reports listing expenditures, number of faculty and students, value of property/equipment, and library holdings; 2) scholastic reports giving breakdown of students into various fields, kinds of degrees offered, and University’s income; and 3) supplementary statistical reports. Reports for University and School of Mines.
University of Missouri School of Journalism Scrapbook, circa 1909-1913 (P0162)
725 photographs
The Journalism school scrapbooks (circa 1909-1913) contain images believed to have been taken by one of the student photographers for the University yearbook, the Savitar. In addition to showing everyday academic and student life, photos depict a tour of the state prison in Jefferson City, athletic events, fraternity hazing, the Farmers' Fair, St. Patrick's Day events and homecoming parades. Other areas covered include Christian College and Stephens College, including images of students at Lake Okoboji, Iowa.