Manuscripts Index
University of Missouri Subscription List, 1839 (C0627)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Names of Boone County, MO, residents, with amounts subscribed, who sought the establishment of the state university in the county.
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University of Missouri, THE INDEPENDENT Record Book, 1904-1910 (C2486)
0.08 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains minutes of the meetings of the board of the university newspaper, THE INDEPENDENT.
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University of Missouri, U.S. National Youth Administration Papers, 1934-1937 (C0147)
0.3 cubic feet
Papers from the files of F.F. Stephens, director of the National Youth Administration at the University of Missouri.
University of Missouri, U.S. Naval V-12 Program Papers, 1943-1945 (C0964)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Memoranda and correspondence concerning the establishment of the naval V-12 program at the University of Missouri during World War II.
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University of Missouri, Union Literary Society Papers, 1871-1872 (C0625)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Constitution and bylaws of the Union Literary Society at the University of Missouri. Program of the society's annual exhibition, 5 April 1872.
University of Missouri, Union Literary Society Record Books, 1842-1916 (C0448)
0.8 cubic feet
Constitution and amendments, roll of members, and proceedings of meetings.
University of Missouri, Visiting Asian Professors' Program Project Records, 1961-1964 (C2230)
0.3 cubic feet
Papers and correspondence relating to coordination of the Visiting Asian Professors' Program. Annual reports, recommendations, orientation, schedules, and financial arrangements. Arthur J. Robins, School of Social Work, University of Missouri, was coordinator.
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University of Missouri. Washington's Birthday Celebration Program, 1883 (C2575)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Program.
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University of Missouri, William Jennings Bryan Prize Essays, 1901-1925 (C0914)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
First-prize essays written in competition for the William Jennings Bryan Prize at the University of Missouri, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1914, and 1925.
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University of Missouri, William Volker Prize Essays, 1913-1921 (C0185)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
Essays submitted for the William Volker Prize at the University of Missouri.
University of Missouri, Williams S. Woods Prize Essays, 1901-1909 (C0916)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Essays submitted for the William S. Woods Prize at the University of Missouri.
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University of Missouri, Young Ladies' Philalaethean Society Record Book, 1888-1895 (C1185)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes and membership lists of a literary society.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Association of Women Students Questionnaire, 1972 (C3314)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Questionnaire regarding age, status in school, sexual/medical needs, and personal concerns.
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University of Missouri-Columbia, Black Studies Program Records, 1961-1992 (C4125)
4.5 cubic feet (220 folders)
The papers of the Black Studies Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia include correspondence, programs, project proposals, articles, clippings, and photographs.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Campbell-Harrison Home Economics Cooperative House Records, 1936-1986 (CA5756)
9 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 4 audio cassettes
Scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, programs and other materials related to the University of Missouri sorority. Also includes office files, financial records, minutes, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous material.
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University of Missouri-Columbia Campus Ephemera, 1967-1978 (C3628)
0.4 cubic feet (35 folders)
Papers produced by various anti-war, political, religious, student, and community groups for distribution on the UMC campus: newspapers, newsletters, broadsides, petitions, flyers, handbills, pamphlets, posters, circular letters, reprints, programs, announcements, and position papers.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women Papers, 1974-1989 (C4441)
1.0 cubic feet (13 folders)
Completed surveys on job satisfaction at the University of Missouri-Columbia, final report, and salary analysis created by the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women.
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University of Missouri-Columbia Citations, 1969-1970 (C3343)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains honorary degree citations presented to Tennessee Williams, Frank Ackerman, and Walter Cronkite.
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University of Missouri-Columbia Citations, 1966-1968 (C2549)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Honorary degree citations at June 1966, 1967, and 1968 commencements for Barbara McClintock, B.F. Skinner, Charles Johnston Hitch, Fred V. Heinkel, Warren E. Hearnes, Lester V. Chandler, James A. Finch, Jr., Douglas Ensminger, Ward Barnes, and Harry F. Barr.
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University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Education Centennial Proclamation, 1968 (C0313)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation announcing that 1968 would be the centennial year of the College of Education and explaining that in 1868 Missouri became the first state university to undertake the professional training of teachers by establishing a College of Normal Instruction.
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University of Missouri-Columbia Free Speech Controversy Papers, 1969 (C3312)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers contain printed materials concerning the 1969 free speech controversy at the University of Missouri-Columbia, such as leaflets, letters, resolutions and newspaper articles, as well as information regarding the supportive role of Lincoln University. Also included are materials on the student rights’ march, Students for Democratic Society summer workshop, and incidents at Lincoln University leading to the issuing of a temporary restraining order.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Friends of the University of Missouri Library Papers, 1976-1985 (C4320)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
The papers consist of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, financial reports, notes, and clippings of the Friends of the University of Missouri Library.
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University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri Cultural Heritage Center Records, 1978-1992 (C4053)
15.0 cubic feet (402 folders), 39 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 72 audio tapes
The Missouri Cultural Heritage Center records contain the correspondence, grants, working files, and research materials that support Center projects and publications.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri Folk Arts Program Records, 1982-2012 (C4035)
32.0 cubic feet (1000 folders), 2132 audio cassettes, 69 audio tapes, 82 video cassettes, 3 oversize volumes
The records of the Missouri Folk Arts Program contain documentation of the annual work and various programming administered by the organization. The records include fiscal information, contracts with artists, press clippings and releases, publications, exhibit documentation, correspondence, working files, and files on folk and traditional artists. The records also include photographs, audio, and video that document folk and traditional arts, artists, and events.
University of Missouri-Columbia, National Education Association Papers, 1970s (CA3987)
0.6 cubic feet
Correspondence, news clippings, printed material, faculty meeting papers, and miscellaneous material concerning the organization.
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University of Missouri-Columbia, Paine Lecture Committee Records, 1976-1978 (C3592)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
The Rufus Monroe Paine and Sophie Hougaard Paine Lectureship in Religion was established by the will of Catherine Paine Middlebush as a memorial to her mother and father. Includes correspondence, programs, annual reports, news releases, and course proposal.
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University of Missouri-Columbia Plat, 1978 (C0935)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Plat of the university showing buildings and streets. Buildings are numbered, but not named.
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University of Missouri-Columbia, University Club Pamphlet, c. 1965 (C3334)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Pamphlet on a proposed faculty club for the University of Missouri which gives building plans, building facilities, and membership information.
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University of Missouri-Columbia, Women's History Papers, 1971-1979 (C4548)
0.6 cubic feet (7 folders)
Research papers for women’s history courses taught by John E. Lankford at the University of Missouri.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Women's Panhellenic Rush Week Papers, 1969 (C3469)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Printouts showing pledging results under 1969 quota, with no quota and with a self- (by sororities) determining quota.
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Univeristy of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Library on St. Louis Collection, 1940-1990 (S0999)
4.8 cubic feet
The University of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Library on St. Louis Collection consists of studies and reports regarding the formation and growth of Missouri state and local governments, including the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.
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University of Missouri-St. Louis Women's Studies Program Collection, 1949-1988 (S0489)
5 cubic feet, 240 folders
This collection contains newspapers, magazines, articles, posters, conventions notes, and newsletters from across the United States, focusing on women-oriented issues and feminist-lesbian literature. Publications of interest include several lesbian-feminist publications such as Off Our Backs, Lesbian Connection, DYKE, The Lesbian Tide, and Moonstorm.
THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, University of Missouri, 1882 (C2361)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Satiric commencement issue of THE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, 1 June 1882.
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University Y, YMCA, and YWCA Records, 1900s-1970s (CA2632)
19 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes
Correspondence, minutes, conference materials, reports, newsletters, financial records, membership lists, photographs, and miscellany.
Phoebe Eloise Unterman Papers, 2009 (K1130)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)
This collection contains the children's picture book Through Eva's Eyes written by Phoebe Eloise Unterman, based on the true story of her grandmother Eva's experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
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Wilkins Updyke Commission, 1832 (C1569)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Appointment as commissioner to adjust private land claims in Missouri, signed by Edw. Livingston and Andrew Jackson.
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Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission, Missouri Commissioner's Records, 1973-1982 (S0159)
2 cubic feet, 41 folders
The Upper Missouri River Basin Commission was established by presidential order in March 1972 at the request of the governors of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri to coordinate water resources management for the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The resulting organization of federal and state agencies became known as the Great River Resources Management Study (GREAT). The bulk of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission, Missouri Commissioner's Records are from 1980 to 1983, with some correspondence with railroads from 1973. The records primarily document the master plan developed by the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission in 1981 to respond to needs identified by the GREAT studies and to resolve competing interests in the development of the river system. The records contain public statements, reports (including GREAT I, II, III, 1974-1983), studies, testimony, literature, memoranda, meeting minutes, drafts, and the final version of the commission's master plan.
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UPSTREAM Records, 1983 (C4514)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri-Columbia organization UPSTREAM-- University People Striving to Recover Excellence and Mirth--including materials surrounding governance, membership, and events.
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Lucile Morris Upton Papers, 1823-1986 (C3869)
1 cubic foot, 25 rolls of microfilm (599 folders, 71 volumes), 1 video cassette
The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks. The papers are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region, and in Ozark folklore.
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Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Collection, 1938-1982 (S0093)
0.2 cubic foot, 5 folders
The collection consists of annual reports, newsletters, and pamphlets chronicling the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’s efforts to provide social services for the St. Louis area’s African American population.
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Uri Seiden and Associates Records, 1950-1988 (K1228)
38 c.f.
Drawings of an engineering/architecture firm in Kansas City, MO.
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US Pilots Association Records, 1978-2007 (S0645)
41 cubic feet
The United States Pilot Association is a national umbrella organization of state pilot associations, member-controlled, with approximately 8000 individual, affiliated, and associate members throughout the United States that promote safety and education in the aviation community. It began after the December 1980 dissolution of the National Pilots Association, a group organized to provide facilities for to promote advances in aeronautics, due to a lack of sufficient funds to serve its membership. USPA's registered office resides in St. Louis, Missouri, and its current records are maintained in Branson, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, newsletters, and videotapes.
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US-China Peoples Friendship Association-Midwest Region Records, 1978-2012 (K0608)
10 c.f.
Organizational records including correspondence, newsletters, minutes, membership applications and lists, newspaper clippings, and books and magazines concerning the US and China. Also includes educational motion picture film and video about China and the Far East.
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Florence Wyman Richardson Usher Scrapbooks, 1909-1913 (S0059)
1 microfilm roll
Florence Wyman Richardson Usher helped found the Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis in 1910. She chaired the League's lecture committee for six years and was a member of the board of governors in 1912. The scrapbooks in this collection document suffrage activities both nationally and in St. Louis. They include news clippings, correspondence, public notices, programs, leaflets, and Usher's annotations.
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USS Schley Oral History Project Records, 1997-1998 (C4068)
0.1 cubic feet (6 folders), 7 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 1 computer disc
The records of USS Schley Oral History Project contain the audio files and transcripts of interviews with four veterans of the USS Schley. The crew of the USS Schley consisted largely of Missourians. Also included is related documentation on the USS Schley.
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Thomas Watt Ustick Papers, 1849-1866 (C0183)
0.3 cubic feet
Correspondence, bills, receipts and licenses of a St. Louis printer. Summonses and other papers pertaining to a law suit in LaCrosse, WI. Indentures, contracts and miscellaneous papers, and family history.
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William Uzzell Photograph Collection, no date (P1060)
Cabinet cards taken after 1891, five depicting Mormon sites in Salt Lake City, UT and one of the East Front Pavilion in Saltair, UT.
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Robert William Glenroie Vail Letter, 1935 (C2784)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From Worcester, MA, Aug. 21, 1935. Information in reply to an inquiry [by J. Christian Bay] regarding the first printing of "America."
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Valentines, no date (C2900)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two valentines.
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Vallé Family Papers, 1798-1870 (R1378)
(1 folder)
The Vallé Family Papers document the history of multiple generations of the Vallé Family. The collection contains documents in French and English. Several versions of the will of François and Marianna Vallé, a family tree, untranslated French writings, and an advertisement for St. Vincent’s Young Ladies Academy in Cape Girardeau are included in the collection.