Manuscripts Index

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Webb City Chamber of Commerce Records, 1920-1924 (R0550)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Webb City Chamber of Commerce Records are minutes of meetings of the Webb City Chamber of Commerce, Jasper County, Missouri, for the years 1920 and 1924.

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Webb City Community Chest Records, 1939-1955 (R0551)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Webb City Community Chest Records are records of contributions, minutes of meetings, and miscellaneous papers of the Webb City Community Chest in Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri.

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Webb City Factory Holding Corporation Collection, 1938 (R1117)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This collection contains certificate number 105, dated January 19, 1938 for 80 shares of preferred stock in the Webb City Factory Holding Corporation at Webb City in Jasper County, Missouri. It was issued to the Webb City Bank and signed by W. C. Ball, president, and Harry Easley, secretary.

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Webb Funeral Homes Records, 1913-1978 (K1355)
1.17 c.f.

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The records contain biographical information about decedents and document funerals arranged by Webb Funeral Homes of Blues Springs and Oak Grove, Missouri.

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Webber Family Papers, 1870-1976 (R1502)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders, 22 photographs, 9 tintypes, 5 cabinet cards, 1 cartes-de-viste)

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The Webber Family Papers contains a family genealogy documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings for the Webber family of Phelps County.

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Joseph Webber Photograph Collection, 1898-1916 (P0235)
2 folders

13 photos taken of images of Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis. 32 postcards of various subjects: public buildings, street scenes and scenery in Columbia, Missouri, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Washington, Tucson, Panama, Ontario and New Hampshire.

Weber Family Papers, 1899-1966 (C3113)
0.5 cubic feet

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Miscellaneous papers of the Weber family of Farmington, MO, including copy book of Frank S. Weber, obituary of Kossuth W. Weber, and correspondence and newspaper clippings of Nan Gardiner Weber. Genealogy and family photographs.

Webster Baptist Association of Missouri Records, 1963-1971 (R1201)
(1 folder)

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These booklets contains minutes from the annual sessions of the Webster Baptist Association of Missouri, of which the member congregations were located in Webster County. There are booklets for 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, and 1971.

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Webster Groves High School Memorabilia Collection, 1960-2015 (S1203)
0.25 cubic feet

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This collection consists of Webster High School yearbooks, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and a photograph.

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Webster Groves Nature Study Society Bulletins, 1996-1998 (S1010)
1 cubic foot

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This collection consists of Issues of Nature Notes, the Bulletin of the Webster Groves Nature Society, Vol. 68, No. 6-Vol. 70, December 1998.

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Webster Review Records, 1973-1982 (C4508)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The records of the Webster Review, an international literary journal that was published by Webster College (now Webster University) from 1974-1994, including promotional materials, financial documents, and manuscript submissions.

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Richard M. Webster Papers, 1986-1990 (CA6686)
3.6 cubic feet

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This collection contains the papers of Richard “Dick” M. Webster, Missouri State Senator (1962-1990). Items include correspondence, photographs, and material relating to his death on March 4, 1990.

Thomas A. Webster Collection, 1930, no date (P0340)

University of Pennsylvania Pioneer Black Vet[erinarian]s, containing a photograph of Cornelius Vanderbilt Lowe, who worked in the meat inspectiion division of the USDA Animal Husbandry Section and is said to have been employed in Kansas City around 1907.

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Thomas A. Webster Papers, 1921-1988 (K1219)
9 c.f.

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Webster was executive director of the Urban League of Kansas City, community activist, and chairman of the Social Science Department of Avila College. Includes files related to his research and writing: notes, clippings, preliminary and final drafts of articles, correspondence, and printed material. Also his personal and professional correspondence and scrapbooks and files of his wife, Fern Beck Webster (1911-2002), an early childhood educator and advocate.

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Robert M. Wedow Collection, 1924-1992 (K1156)
12 c.f.

Research materials compiled by Wedow concerning Thomas J. Pendergast, his political machine and Kansas City politics and organized crime during that era. Includes scrapbooks, news clippings of articles, photographs, artist illustrations of individuals relating to the Machine, oral interview tapes and transcripts, and books.

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Weeks' Photographic Studio (Linn, Mo.) Glass Plate Negatives, c. 1880 (C3889)
68 glass plate negatives

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Negatives of portraits believed to be from a photographic studio in Osage County, MO. A photocopy of each image made from prints held by the Osage County Historical Society is included in the inventory.

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Raymond L. Weeks Papers, 1873-1954 (C1045)
5.4 cubic feet, 10 a.d.

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Papers of Raymond L. Weeks containing primarily correspondence regarding his academic career in Romance languages, philology, and phonetics at the universities of Michigan, Missouri, and Illinois; and Columba University in New York City. Royalty statements, postcards, poetry, photographs, newspaper clippings, and articles and scholarly writings concerning languages make up the rest of the collection.

Raymond Weeks Photograph Collection, 1896-1901 (P0233)
0.16 linear feet

Photos of Columbia homes in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Amelia C. Weier Photographs, 1962-1963 (P0716)
9 photographs

Photos of Jefferson County historic homes and structures, ca. 1963

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Mary Beth Weiner Papers, 1991-1993 (K1072)
0.2

Weiner was president of the Kansas City chapter of the Women's American Organization for Rehabilitation Training (ORT), an organization which building technical schools for underprivileged areas in Israel and the United States. Includes ORT flyers and newspaper clippings on the biennial ORT convention representing their Kansas City chapter.

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Weingarten Internment Camp Collection, 1943-1945 (R1161)
(1 folder)

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This collection includes a newsletter, a copy of orders, a roster for the 408th Military Police Escort Guard Company, and a pass from the Weingarten Internment Camp, a prison-of-war camp at Weingarten in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, during World War II.

Reverend Charles A. Weinig Photographs, 1939-1941 (P0973)
2 photographs

Photos of Ste. Genevieve: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Zell School

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Lisa Weinmann, "Awakening and Angst" Thesis and Tapes, 1992 (S1011)
0.8 cubic feet

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This collection contains a thesis written by Lisa Weinmann on mainstream feminism in St. Louis during the 1970s, as well as fifteen oral history tapes she used as research for her thesis.

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Judge Noah Weinstein Papers, 1928-1990 (S1012)
46 cubic feet

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The Judge Noah Weinstein Papers contain judicial files on juveniles, the legal justice system, and legal education, as well as correspondence. Weinstein was a St. Louis County Circuit Judge and assisted with writing Missouri juvenile code.

Judith E. Weinstein Papers, 1979-1992 (K1019)
0.21 cubic foot (6 folders)

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The Judith E. Weinstein Papers contain board meeting minutes, financial records, and related material from the B'nai B'rith Women of Greater Kansas City between 1979 and 1992.

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Weiss Family Papers, 1906-1919 (CG0048)
0.02 c.f.

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The Weiss Family Papers contains ten postcards of the 1906 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, centennial and fourteen postcards of correspondence between Clara Weiss Masters and Wilson Masters from 1909 to 1919.

Betty Mae Gilpin Roark Weithers Scrapbook, 1927-1947 (K0613)
0.2 c.f.

Scrapbook and photographs relating to the birth and early life of Weithers, a student at Southwest High School and later a teacher and in 1967 and became director of the special education department for the Kansas State Board of Education.

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Carla Weitzel Papers, 1970-1999 (C2154)
1.8 cubic feet (131 folders), 6 audio cassettes

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The papers of Carla Weitzel, a sociology graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The materials document civil rights issues, particularly the anti-apartheid and divestment movement that occurred on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus during the mid-1980s.

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Welch Family Papers, 1839-1854 (R0391)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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These are typescripts of letters to and from members of the Welch family in Pulaski and Dade Counties in Missouri, and Scott County, Illinois. Topics include family news, acquaintances, health, crops, and the weather.

Austin H. Welch Papers, 1908-1927 (R0824)
(1 folder)

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These are business papers of Austin H. Welch of St. Louis, Missouri, regarding investments in Missouri and Arkansas lands through the Dorsey Corporation of Moline, Illinois. Among the papers are reports on a coal property near Bourbon in Crawford County, Missouri, and agricultural land near Texarkana in Miller County, Arkansas.

Frankie Welch Report Card, 1866 (C1888)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Report card from Baptist Female College for the month ending 19 October 1866.

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William Welch Letter, 1846 (C1913)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To John M. Samuel, Columbia, MO, from Walbourn, KY, May 29, 1846.

Letter about the effects of the Mexican War and the relations with England on mule business.

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Samiville Weller Letter, c. 1860 (C2824)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To the Democrats in the Legislature of Missouri, c. 1860. Public letter to the Democrats of Missouri, with a brief review of the candidates of 1860.

Larry W. Welling Collection, 1928-1929 (K1042)
3 c.f.

Architectural drawing of the business building for Max Riedel at 5516-5518 Troost

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Warren D. Welliver Collection, 1900-1975 (P0069)
2 folders

Postcards of Barton County towns, especially Lamar, Rich Hill, Adrain. Additional postcards of Foster and Amoret. Photographs of the Nelson family of Hannibal, MO, and Richard Brownlee.

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George Wells Papers, 1819 (C2044)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of George Wells contain a photostat of a letter to Wells critical of attempts to reconcile slavery and Christianity. Wells was a preacher.

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J.W. Wells Papers, 1867-1884 (C3561)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)

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The papers of J.W. Wells contain a diary and miscellaneous items of a minister in St. Louis, Missouri, and Buffalo, New York, who helped alcoholics and the needy.

Lemen J. and Elsie Burton Wells Scrapbook, 1937 (CA6446)
0.65 cubic feet, 2 computer discs

Scrapbook of a married couple who took an around-the-world trip in 100 days in 1937. Scrapbook includes notes, letters, photographs, brochures, Japanese newspapers (in English), and miscellaneous material. Also included are scans of the scrapbook and a video tour of artifacts collected by the Wellses. Lemen Wells taught anatomy at the University of Missouri in the 1930s and Elsie Burton Wells was a graduate of the university and wroked as a secretary for the YWCA.

Robert W. Wells Papers, 1826-1863 (C1998)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Primarily letters written by Wells to his daughter containing family news and description of conditions in Missouri prior to and during the Civil War.

F.F. Welsh Daybooks, 1897-1954 (C4235)
0.5 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The collection consists of the daily journals and business ledgers of Frank Welsh, a farmer in Linn County, Missouri. Welsh describes his daily farm activities, the weather and expenses.

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J.L. Welsh Photograph Collection, 1940, no date (P0740)
3 photographs

Three photographs: men measuring the big cottonwood tree in Pershing Memorial Park, Laclede, ca. 1940, the covered bridge over Locust Creek near Laclede, and a man fishing from the dam at Woodland Mills, Linn County.

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Susan Welsh Photograph Collection, no date (P1184)

Copy photos of Mollyjoggers and the Cyrus Patterson house in Springfield, MO.

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Helen Welshimer Papers, 1933 (R1458)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Helen Welshimer Papers consists of the book, Souvenirs and Other Selected Poems written by Helen Welshimer.

Brother Joe Welshmeyer Photograph Collection, 1921-1951 (P0471)
4 photographs

Photos of Ukrainian churches in St. Francois, St. Joseph, and Ilasco.

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Edward Leo Welter Papers, 1918-1919 (R0312)
(1 folder)

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This is a diary of overseas service by a native of Kelso, Scott County, Missouri, and an enlisted
member of Co. F, 110th Engineers, 35th Division, U.S. Army. E. L. Welter served in France along
the Somme River and in the Vosges Mountains, was part of the reserve during the St. Mihiel
offensive, and came under fire during the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

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Ernest C. Weltmer Collection, 1899-2005 (C4044)
3.50 cubic feet (91 folders, 5 oversize items)

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The papers of a suggestive therapy practitioner from Nevada (Mo.), including correspondence, photographs, courses, and other writings. Also contains works by his father, Sidney A. Weltmer, and publications of the Weltmer Institute of Suggestive Therapeutics.

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Elizabeth Welty Letters, 1891-1894 (C0986)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters from Elizabeth Welty near Monte Vista and Lockett, CO, to her sister Ida in Missouri. Mention household, farming, and family matters; price of fruit and cereal crops; crop conditions; and hard times.

Ronald Wenger Photograph Collection, 1943-1950 (R1397)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder, 25 negatives)

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The Ronald Wenger Photograph Collection contains photographs and negatives taken by Ronald Wenger during his service in the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II. Also included is a brief description of his service.

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