Manuscripts Index
University of Missouri Charts, 1843-1925 (C1708)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three charts about the University of Missouri. One lists the number of men and women enrolled, 1843-1925; the second lists names, addresses, and degrees granted the first women graduates, 1870-1922; the third lists total number of students who received degrees, 1870-1924.
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University of Missouri, Co-Operative Extension Service Records, 1920-1963 (C2512)
1.5 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension Service contain materials relating to the activities of the Co-Operative Extension Service, including the training and supervision of county extension workers, services performed, planning and management of extension program, and conferences on extension work. Materials include newsletters, circulars, bulletins, reports, studies, correspondence, and a history of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture.
University of Missouri Collection, 1859-1962 (C3763)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Miscellaneous printed material pertaining to the university. Includes an 1859 catalog of students, graduates, faculty, and courses; photograph of cadets, 1880s; and items from the Colleges of Arts and Science (1946) and Education (1916, 1962) and School of Journalism (1923, 1926).
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1879-1948 (C0921)
50 rolls microfilm
The records of the University of Missouri, College of Agriculture include records and correspondence of students, faculty, and the administration mostly during the tenure of Dean Frederick B. Mumford. The records document programs such as Farmers’ Week, College exhibits at the Missouri State Fair, and cooperation with the U.S. Council of National Defense during World War I.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1889-1941 (C3471)
10.75 cubic feet (553 folders, 179 lantern slides), 2 oversize volumes
Office correspondence of Henry J. Waters, who from 1895 to 1909 was dean of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, professor of agriculture, and director of the experiment station at the University of Missouri.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Short Course Club Minute Books, 1911-1932 (C2562)
0.36 cubic feet (2 folders, 4 volumes)
The collection contains minutes of weekly meetings of Short Course Club, on the University of Missouri campus.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Farmers' Annual Barnwarming Papers, 1919 (C2275)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Dance program, diagram of order of dances, list of chaperones, and list of dance committee members.
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture Memorial Necrology, 1962 (C2232)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Necrology presented as part of the program of recognition by the College of Agriculture faculty honoring former employees, 20 November 1962.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Photographs, 1912 (C0766)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photographs of College of Agriculture faculty members and a very brief history of Sanborn Field.
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Photographs, 1909-1921 (P0154)
0.25 linear feet
Various views of agriculture, buildings, students, and other related images taken from an early filmstrip developed by the college.
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1953-1963 (C2228)
0.7 cubic feet
Minutes of Advisory Council meetings and reports from Scope Committees and Advisory Council board of directors relating to enrollment, curriculum, budget, and research, 1953-1960. Correspondence and bulletins on agricultural programs and alumni awards.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Records, 1957 (C2350)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from J.H. Longwell, director of the Division of Agricultural Sciences, to selected faculty members inviting them to a meeting re the development of an "agribusiness" curriculum. Also a memorandum from Elmer R. Kiehl, chairman of the Committee for Review of Research and Educational Programs, urging attendance at the meeting.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Resident Wives Club Records, 1941-1997 (C4436)
1.0 cubic feet (22 folders), 4 oversize volumes, 2 audio cassettes
The records of the Resident Wives Club (1941-1996) of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture include financial documents, event planning materials, membership lists, meeting minutes and reports, and photographs.
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Scrapbook, no date (C2657)
1 volume
The collection contains news clippings about the University of Missouri College of Agriculture and Experiment Station, undated but probably from ca. 1900-1910.
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Short Course Club Records, 1924-1930 (C3462)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Social Studies Club Records, 1914-1992 (C4166)
0.4 cubic feet (12 folders), 1 oversize volume
History, constitution, by-laws, meeting minutes, photographs, cards, and newspaper articles of a women’s club composed of the wives of University of Missouri, College of Agriculture professors.
University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science Records, 1908-1965 (C3406)
67.8 cubic feet (5331 folders, 4 volumes)
The records of the College of Arts and Science contain correspondence, reports and forms from the dean’s office discussing faculty, administration, policies, courses, committees, conferences and specific problems, in addition to correspondence and reports pertaining to Missouri Bible College, Missouri College Union, and junior college accreditation.
University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science Homecoming Guest Register, 1925-1926 (C0637)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Signatures and date of graduation of alumni returning for homecoming in 1925 and 1926.
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University of Missouri College of Arts and Science Records, 1901-1945 (C1044)
48 rolls of microfilm
Records and papers from the office of the College of Arts and Science.
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University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science Records, 1941-1961 (C2680)
0.3 cubic feet
Departmental recommendations for salary increases made to the dean, as well as budget statistics and salary information from other campuses.
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University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science Records, 1943-1945 (C0942)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Announcements of policy and general information. Also some correspondence pertaining to the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection, directed by W. Francis English who later became dean of Arts and Science.
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University of Missouri, College of Education Centennial Papers, 1893-1959 (C2601)
0.3 cubic feet
Papers collected by the College of Education for its centennial celebration. Papers of C.A. Phillips and L.M. Defoe, and material on the experiments, studies, and programs of the laboratory school.
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University of Missouri, College of Engineering Announcement, 1924 (C2362)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains the 22nd Edict of St. Patrick announcing the program for the College of Engineering's annual celebration, 13-15 March 1924.
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University of Missouri, Columns' Marker Papers, 1966 (C2348)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from Jack Matthews to Bus Entsminger verifying Richard S. Brownlee's authorship of legend on marker identifying columns on Red Campus, and letter from Entsminger to Brownlee expressing the appreciation of the Alumni Association.
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University of Missouri, Committee of Deans Minute Book, 1924-1935 (C0857)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of the minutes of the University deans' meetings, sent to J.T. Quarles. Committee members were: Williams, Brooks, Quarles, Mumford, Miller, Martin, Heckel, Parks, Neale, Robbins, Cowan, Bour, Short, Conley, Moredock, Stephens, Irion, Brewer, and Noyes. Various university problems were dealt with under two presidents, Stratton D. Brooks and Walter Williams.
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University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools & Colleges, Non-Public Secondary Annual Reports, 1953-1961 (C3392)
6.2 cubic feet (266 folders)
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University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges Records, 1904-1967 (CA3913)
10.4 cubic feet
Addition to records largely consists of material on the accreditation of schools and colleges in Missouri.
University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges Records, 1937-1967 (C2890)
1.6 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges contain correspondence and annual reports pertaining to the accreditation of non-public secondary schools in Missouri.
University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges Records, 1926-1949 (C2225)
0.6 cubic feet
Correspondence and official reports relating to the standards and accreditation of Missouri schools and junior colleges. Relate to entrance requirements, curriculum, and faculty standards. Claude A. Phillips, chairman.
University of Missouri, Cooperative Extension Service Records, 1946-1970 (CA5880)
4 cubic feet
Addition to the records of the University of Missouri’s Cooperative Extension Service include minutes, data on personnel and students involved in the programs, newsletters, and studies and research on extension services.
University of Missouri, Deans, Directors, and Administrative Officers' Annual Reports, 1930-1946 (C0180)
3 cubic feet
Reports covering the administrative policies and activities of various divisions. See collection 974 for reports for 1931-1932.
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University of Missouri, Debating Club Record Book, 1902-1913 (C1181)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
The record book contains the secretary's record, including minutes of meetings and membership.
University of Missouri, Delta Gamma Sorority Portrait, 1963-1966 (P1025)
Composite photographs of members of the sorority
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University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Chemistry Records, 1909-1934 (C4679)
4 cubic feet (89 folders, 42 oversize items)
The records of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, including correspondence, photographs, research records, and building blueprints.
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University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Economics Records, 1906-1966 (C0010)
26 cubic feet (2,172 folders)
The records of departments of farm management (1910-1919), rural life (1919-1926), and agricultural economics (1926-1966), chaired by D. Howard Doane and O.R. Johnson.
University of Missouri, Department of Anatomy Records, 1908-1950 (C2515)
2.0 cubic feet
The records of the University of Missouri Department of Anatomy contain departmental papers and correspondence with other departments, colleges, and university officials.
University of Missouri, Department of Animal Husbandry Records, 1930s-1950s (CA3626)
8.4 cubic feet
Material on the study and teaching of livestock, annual reports, and reports on the improvement of permanent pastures.
University of Missouri, Department of Botany Records, 1894-1956 (C3453)
28.8 cubic feet (2122 folders)
University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry Records, 1912-1937 (C0939)
4 volumes
The records contain an official department record, 1912-1926; minutes of Missouri chapter of the American Chemical Society; notes on equipment of Schweitzer Hall; and minutes of Missouri Beta Chapter of Pi Delta Nu, women's chemistry organization.
University of Missouri, Department of Classical Languages and Archaeology Records, 1930-1935 (C0182)
0.2 cubic feet
Papers from the files of the department when Walter Miller was chairman.
University of Missouri, Department of Forestry Records, 1904-1921 (C3349)
0.6 cubic feet (57 folders)
The records of the Department of Forestry contain correspondence, leases, maps, and miscellaneous material regarding the sale and leasing of land owned by the Department of Forestry at the time the department was part of the College of Agriculture.
University of Missouri, Department of History Records, 1909-1937 (C0054)
2 cubic feet (174 folders)
Correspondence of Jonas Viles about scheduling courses, exams, deficiencies, recommendations, applications, illness of Professor Mike H. Cochran, work on dissertations, and transfer vouchers for office supplies. Also personal correspondence.
University of Missouri, Department of History Records, 1916-1965 (C3307)
8.0 cubic feet (571 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of History contain administrative, interdepartmental, and personal correspondence; minutes of meetings; administrative records; graduate files; applications for positions; federal relief programs, military training programs; university committees; Alpha Pi Zeta; Social Studies Council; and records of the semi-centennial dinner.
University of Missouri, Department of History Gradebooks, 1942-1961 (C2637)
0.5 cubic feet
Gradebooks from American and European history courses.
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University of Missouri, Department of Home Economics Records, 1886-1962 (C0993)
0.8 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning faculty, facilities, alumni, curriculum, and department bulletins.
Bulk of the material consists of bulletins and reports of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service.
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University of Missouri, Department of Physics Records, 1880s-1990s (CA4799)
54 cubic feet, 5 oversize items, 1 oversize volume
Correspondence, departmental records, teaching and research materials, and materials related to the National Science Foundation Summer Institute and the O.M. Stewart Fund.
University of Missouri, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Records, 1961-1965 (C3394)
1.1 cubic feet
Applications for graduate studies of students who never attended. Collection incomplete: only includes names between Houdyshell and Samarrea.
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University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Records, 1966-1967 (C2517)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology contain correspondence concerning department business and procedures, research, equipment, staff, graduate program, applicants for graduate study, expanding department, conventions, recommendations, and American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharmacologists.
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University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Records, 1962-1965 (C2265)
0.8 cubic feet (55 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology primarily contain correspondence of Homer E. Dale, chairman of the department.
University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Records, 1965-1966 (C0103)
0.6 cubic feet
Correspondence of members of the department concerning applicants for graduate study and jobs, research, theses and articles for publication, departmental business and procedures, the expanding school, and the American Society of Veterinary Physiologists and Pharmacologists.