Manuscripts Index

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Lisa Wagaman Papers, 1974-1992 (S0542)
6.4 cubic feet, 112 folders

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The Lisa Wagaman papers contain meeting minutes, publications, buttons, posters, flyers, t-shirts, and newspapers relating to her activism in St. Louis's LGBTQ community. Also included in this collection are early records of the Mid-Continent Life Services, Inc.

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Hyatt Howe Waggoner Letter, 1949 (K0120)
1 f

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Letter in which Waggoner, a professor at the University of Kansas City and head of the local chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, discusses the political situation in Kansas City and its impact on Richard Bolling, U.S. Representative from Kansas City.

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G.O. Wagner Account Books, 1851-1860 (C1284)
0.14 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Accounts of a Glasgow, MO, merchant.

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Helen Graves Wagner Postcard Collection, no date (P0611)
5 postcards

Postcards of P.F. Graves, his residence, Doe Run Lead Co, the first building in Doe Run, and Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Doe Run.

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Lillian M. Wagner Photograph Collection, no date (P0255)
3 photographs

Three photographs: Jacob Neely and son, Thomas; Wilson G. Wagner; Wilson G. Wagner with Mr. Swift.

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Patricia Youmans Wagner Papers, 1959-1962 (K0037)
0.25 cf

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A series of working papers Ms. Wagner prepared in the late 1950s and early 1960s regarding voluntary associational life in Kansas City, Missouri, in the period 1870 to the early years of the twentieth century

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William Wagner Papers, 1883-1966 (K0016)
1 c.f.

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Materials relating to William Wagner's personal life and to his career with the Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri. Also in the papers are materials which belonged to Wagner's father, Joseph M. Wagner who was an architect/builder; and his mother, Minna (Schiller) Wagner.

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Irwin M. Wahlers Papers, 1918 (R0155)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Irwin Wahlers Papers contain photocopies of a letter written by Wahlers during his service in World War I while stationed in France.

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Wainright Building Photographs, 1890-1891, 1982 (P0817)
4 photographs

Photos of the Wainwright Building, St. Louis, in 1982, and one photo of its construction.

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William Tyler Waite Collection, 1870-1934 (K1240)
0.01 c.f.

Biography and photographs of Waite, a piano tuner and violin maker in Kansas City, MO, written by grandson David Murrell Huckett.

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Wakanda Record Ledger, 1870-1875 (C4716)
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Ledger, scrapbook, and notebook for the Wakanda Record newspaper, published in Carrollton, Missouri. Includes expenses and accounts for the newspaper, which was edited at the time by A.T. Combs. Also includes newspaper clippings, notes, articles, and essays on morality.

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Mark Waldemer Labor Collection, 1920-1997 (S1193)
2 cubic feet

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This collection contains labor agreements, correspondence, news articles, and photographs documenting Mark Waldemer's labor activism.

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Fred H. Walden Letter, 1791 (C0909)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To a friend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Stockholm, Sweden, April 12, 1791. Description of a naval battle in which the Swedish fleet was victorious over Russian ships.

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Waldensian United Presbyterian Church of Monett Records, 1956-1991 (R1359)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Waldensian United Methodist Church of Monett Records contains photocopied newspaper articles detailing the history of the Waldensian faith and the history of the Waldensian church in Monett, Missouri.

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Walker Family Papers, 1782-1883 (C0423)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders), 1 oversize item

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Wills, tax receipts, letters of character, 1782 bond for service, letters and portraits of a family from North Carolina who moved to Tennessee, then to New Madrid County, MO, and later to the Boone's Lick Country. Also an address given by Nannie Jane Walker Lenoir at Christian College, 1883.

Walker Manufacturing Company Stock Certificate, 1929 (C2003)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certificate of ownership for 19 shares of stock issued to I.T. Curd.

Addison A. Walker Diploma, [1864] (C1787)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Diploma from the University of Missouri signed by John H. Lathrop, Chairman of Faculty.

Ann Bracken Walker Tintype, 1860 (P0292)
1 photograph

One encased tintype of Ann Bracken Walker, circa 1860.

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Charles P. Walker, Daily Express Collection, 1861 (R0649)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Charles P. Walker, Daily Express Collection contains Volume 1, No. 29 of the Daily Express, published December 11, 1861 at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. Charles P. Walker, editor of the weekly Rolla Express, published the daily sheet for the military market during the Civil War. It contains an address to Congress by President Lincoln, camp news, and official notices.

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James Blaine Walker, "The Unmuffled Voice in the Ozark Tourist Region", 1950 (R0929)
(1 folder)

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The James Blaine Walker, "The Unmuffled Voice in the Ozark Tourist Region" are two newsletters for two African American Methodist churches of which James Blain Walker was the pastor. They were Mount Lebanon Methodist Church at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, and Elkins Methodist Church at Rolla in Phelps county, Missouri. Included are church calendars and news items, inspirational articles, and advertisements for local businesses.

Josephine Snyder Walker Portrait, 1873 (P0570)
1 photograph

Photo and biography of Josephine Snyder Walker (1842-1914).

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M. E. Walker, Jr. Papers, 1918 (K0785)
0.1 c.f.

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The collection of M. E. Walker Jr. contains a training notebook and notes concerning information about weapons and ammunition, patrols, and military organization and procedures. A hand drawn sketch of a woman, presumably by Walker, is also included.

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Matthew Rankin Walker Papers, 1830-1860 (K0211)
0.03 c.f.

 Digitized Materials

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Incoming correspondence, primarily from family members, to Matthew Walker, a member of the Delaware Tribe in Wyandotte County, KS and prominent farmer and civic leader.

Ralph Walker Photographs, 1861, 1950-1980 (P0108)

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Photographs by Ralph Walker, produced for the state of Missouri.

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"Walkin' Preacher of the Ozark Mountains," Guy Howard, 1940 (C0120)
0.2 cubic feet

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Original draft of autobiography of a rural preacher and teacher of southern Missouri. Describes family and social life of the hill people, rural churches and communities, and a transient camp near Branson, MO.

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Wallace Family Papers, 1929-1983 (S0725)
0.25 cubic feet, 5 folders, 33 photographs

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The Wallace Family Papers contain the papers of Lester James Wallace (1902-1985) and his wife Eleanor Wallace (1903-1986), a Catholic family who lived at 4852 Tiemann Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Wallace worked as a truck driver for ice cream and wholesale dairy operations in the 1940s and 1950s. Their papers include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, a volume of Wallace Family History, an identification card, and a WWII draft card.

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C.T. Wallace Album, 1877-1912 (P0309)
64 photographs

64 black and white matte photographs, mostly 5x7, showing views of mainly Pettis, Lafayette and Saline counties. Includes images relating to the Methodist church, cats, farming, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, rivers and creeks.

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Gene Ray Wallace Letters, 1946-1947 (C0421)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawman Wallace, Bogard, MO. By a platoon sergeant in Tokyo, Japan. The letters tell of his activities as a military policeman attached to the war criminals trials. Mention of Tojo.

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Maude Orita Wallace Papers, 1906-1949 (CA6119)
0.4 cubic feet

Papers of Maude Orita Wallace who attended the University of Missouri in 1917 and taught school in Mexico, Missouri. Includes a photograph, 1936 Missouri Writer's Guild award plaque, and select plays and music for children written and published by Wallace, primarily during World War I. Also includes limited sheet music.

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Mildred Wallhausen Papers, 1949-2002 (CG0050)
2.1 c.f.

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The Mildred Wallhausen Papers is a collection of various articles, correspondence, pictures, programs, and newsletters with a primary focus on local African American peoples of Southeast Missouri. There are many negatives and photographs of Black churches and church leaders, integrated youth sports leagues, integration protests and projects, Lincoln High School before it was demolished, and assorted individuals; programs from funerals and churches; and newspaper clippings from the 1950s-1990s from papers like The Enterprise-Courier, which Mildred helped run, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Standard Democrat, the Chicago Defender, the Southeast Missourian, the Charleston Spokesman, and others. The collection also contains scrapbooks with clippings from Millie's Soap Box column, with dates from 1970-2002.

Richard R. Wallin St. Louis Streetcars Photo Collection, 1958 (S1137)
0.01 cubic foot

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This collection contains thirty 35mm slides of St. Louis and Illinois streetcars, photographed by Richard R. Wallin for Blackhawk Films and published in 1958. The slides also include images of stations such as Wellston Loop Depot.

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Walling Family Papers, 1895-1993 (R1396)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders, 15 photographs)

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The Walling Family Papers include family photographs and genealogical research on the Cook, Hutson, and Walling families.

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Anna Mae Armer Wallis Papers, 1925-1932, 1971 (CG0032)
0.4 c. f.

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This collection contains Anna Mae Armer Wallis's 1929 Charleston High School yearbook "The Blue-Jay" and scrapbook of her activities in high school.

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Frank C. Wallower Papers, 1877-1966 (R0057)
6 folders

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The Wallower papers consist primarily of materials connected with his unfinished autobiography,
"A Review of Sixty Years," which he began writing after his retirement. There are three
separate versions of the autobiography in this collection, each containing both original pages and
carbons. Each version is incomplete and differs slightly from the others. Taken as a whole, they
provide a composite of the intended form of the autobiography

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Joseph H. "Jack" Wally, Jr. Collection, 1933-2005 (K0329)
30 c.f.

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Wally was a professional photographer with the Kansas City Journal, a businessman, and an inventor. Photographs of famous local and national individuals. Places and events. Motion picture film of family activities and Wally's interests in trains and aviation. Also materials relating to his interests and the production and promotion of his businesses and inventions.

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Walnut Grove Booster Club, Old Timers Reunion Collection, 1964 (R0767)
(1 folder)

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This is a booklet published by the Walnut Grove Booster Club for its Old Timers Reunion celebration held on June 15-20, 1964. Walnut Grove is in northwestern Greene County, Missouri.

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Walnut School, Pettis County, Missouri Records, 1906-1966 (R0260)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Walnut School, Pettis County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records of the district clerk of Walnut School in southern Pettis County, Missouri. With the exception of 1963 to 1964 the records are complete for the period 1906 to 1966.

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Angie Walsh Photographs, 1913-1937 (P0284)
42 photographs

42 photographs from/of students at Howard Payne Junior College in Fayette, MO ca. 1900.

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E.P. Walsh Letter, 1885 (C2682)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To [N.B.] Allen, Jefferson City, MO, from St. Louis, MO, Feb. 25, 1885.

Request for the support of Allen, a member of the Missouri legislature, for a bill providing for collection of historical documents. Walsh was secretary for the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.

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J. and E. Walsh Invoice, 1831 (C2458)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Invoice for a quantity of goods sent to Campbell and Company, Desmoin Rappids, by J. and E. Walsh, St. Louis, MO, July 30, 1831. Signed by Thos. O. Flaherty.

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Martin Walsh Papers, 1904-2005 (S0834)
0.8 cubic foot, 25 folders

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The Walsh Papers Collection consists of brochures, books, photographs, booklets, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets, relating to the history of St. Louis, earthquakes, and the space program.

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Walters-Horton Photograph Collection, no date (P0544)
4 photographs

Daguerrotype of George Caleb Bingham. Photos of Bingham relatives.

Robert Emmett Walton Papers, 1928-1974 (K0973)
4 c.f.

Walton, a Catholic priest, was an army chaplain during World War II, parish priest and pastor in Kansas City, a missionary in Bolivia, and a priest on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Includes yearbooks, magazines, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and newsletters, and photographs, slides, and negatives chronicling Walton's adventurous life.

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Virginia Walton Postcard Collection, no date (P0142)
1 folder

A collection of Missouri postcards, including many from the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.

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Wilson Waltz Diary, 1891 (SP0093)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Wilson Waltz diary contains daily entries written by Wilson Waltz, a farmer near Carthage, Missouri, during 1891.

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Martin Luther Walz Family Papers, 1888 (K1232)
0.01 c.f.

Genealogical information about members of the Walz family. Includes photograph of Walz as a young man, and a letter written to Walz by Emil Medious, a minister in Baiersdorf, Germany, about Walz's parents and siblings.

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Ralph Wammack Scrapbook, 1931 (C2479)
0.09 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains clippings and memorabilia connected with state senator Ralph Wammack, compiled by his secretary during the 56th General Assembly, 1931. Included are greetings by his colleagues and loose materials.

Frederick Marion Wanger Family Papers, 1890-1956 (K0588)
1 c.f.

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Personal papers of Wanger, a Police Judge in St. Joseph, MO including photographs, letters, and family other documents.

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Frederick Marion Wanger World War One Collection, 1917-1970 (K0587)
1 c.f.

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Personal papers of Wanger of St. Joseph, MO who served as Company Clerk of Company "A", 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division in World War I. Includes letters, photographs, a manuscript and printed history of Company "A, artifacts and other documents relation to Company "A", its service in the War and after, its reunions, and the American Legion.

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