Manuscripts Index

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Women's Cancer Control Program Auxiliary Records, 1979-1995 (C3933)
1.5 cubic feet

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The records of the Women's Cancer Control Program Auxiliary consist of organizational and legal papers, publicity and informational materials, financial records, correspondence, membership lists, and scrapbooks. Information pertaining to the local chapters of the auxiliary is provided as well.

Women's Division, Kansas City Philharmonic Association Records, 1950-1990 (K0833)
4 c.f.

Organizational records of the Women's auxiliary for the Philharmonic orchestra. Includes minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, financial records, and newsletters and newspaper clippings.

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Women's eNews Records, 2002-2006 (C4590)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 11 DVDs, 1 video cassette)

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Notes from the conception meeting of the Women's eNews Board. Also includes materials pertaining to the 21st Century Annual Gala, which include videos and a booklet.

Women's Hearings of the War in Vietnam Collection, 1972-1973 (S0109)
0.03 cubic feet, 3 folders, 4 photographs

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The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a transcript, documenting the Committee for the Women’s Hearing on the War in Vietnam’s public hearing on the United States involvement in Southeast Asia, held on June 17, 1972, at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Women's Home Missionary Union of Missouri Records, 1885-1914 (K0002)
0.3 c.f., 8 folders

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These records include financial records for the organization.

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Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press Collection, 1961-2013 (C4403)
0.8 cubic feet (27 folders)

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Material created and collected by an education and publishing organization working towards media democracy and media justice for women includes publications, campaign and political buttons, and a dissertation on the institute's founder, Donna Allen.

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, St. Louis Chapter Records, 1962-2015 (S0214)
14.5 cubic feet

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The records of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, St. Louis Chapter contain correspondence, meeting minutes, membership directories, and newsletters relating to the group’s mission to promote world peace and social justice. Subjects of interest include the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), the league’s opposition to the United States’ intervention in Vietnam, and China.

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Women's Jazz Festival, Inc. Records, 1977-1986 (K0314)
4 c.f.

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The administrative records of the Women's Jazz Festival: minutes; correspondence; financial records; public relations; fundraising records; planning for the festivals, competitions, and scholarships; audio tapes; and a small number of slides and photographs.

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Women's Physical Education Club of St. Louis and Vicinity Records, 1931-1994 (S0226)
0.25 cubic foot, 6 folders

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The Women’s Physical Education Club of St. Louis and Vicinity Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, rosters, and treasurer’s reports documenting the club’s mission to provide a forum for women physical educators to discuss mutual problems and demonstrate physical skills and teaching techniques.

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Women's Program Council Records, 1973-1995 (S0558)
0.5 cubic foot

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Established by the Higher Education Center of St. Louis on June 4, 1974, the Women's Program Council promoted an improved environment for women in higher education, through networking services, two annual conferences, and provided speakers to area campuses. The collection contains rosters, meeting notices, minutes, literature, and a history of the organization.

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Women's Progressive Farmers Association of Missouri, Inc. Records, 1921-1985 (C3726)
5.5 cubic feet (243 folders, 16 oversize volumes)

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The records of an organization dedicated to the improvement of rural life and the support of its counterpart, the Missouri Farmers Association, consist of correspondence, meeting minutes membership lists, newsletters, and account books. The association was affiliated with Associated Country Women of the World.

Women's Rights in Missouri Manuscript , 1987 (S0246)
0.01 cubic foot

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The Women’s Rights in Missouri Manuscript contains a 31-page unpublished manuscript titled The Dawn of Her Deliverance: Women’s Rights in Missouri, 1866-1875, written by Kathy Peterson, a University of Missouri-St. Louis Department student in 1987. The manuscript chronicles the evolution of the women’s suffrage movement in Missouri from the Civil War to the founding of the Woman Suffrage Association of Missouri in 1867.

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Women's Suffrage Papers, [1880s] (C1766)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Arguments against women's suffrage.

Women, Men and Media Conference Records, 1980-2000 (C4096)
0.8 cubic feet (51 folders), 22 audio cassettes, 12 video cassettes

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The records of an organization which focused on projects monitoring the advancement of women in media and the portrayal of women by the media.

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Records, 1980s-2020 (CA6671)
1.2 cubic feet, 2 oversize items

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The records of the Mid-Missouri Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom contain minutes, promotional material, correspondence, project materials, photographs, a scrapbook, and miscellaneous organizational material.

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Wood & Huston Bank (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1881-1913 (C4539)
0.4 cubic feet (2 oversize volumes)

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The records of the bank consist of a remittance ledger (1881-1902) and a loan book (1881-1913).

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Wood Family Papers, 1702-1978 (C4208)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Correspondence, genealogical material, transcriptions of wills and deeds, notes, and clippings related to the Wood, Warren, Gibbs, Church, Peabody, and other connected families. The Wood family appears to have originated from York, England, then settled in Maine, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Bristol County, Massachusetts. The majority of the material focuses on the 1700s.

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Gordon Reid Wood Papers, 1771-1993, bulk 1940-1993 (C4689)
2.75 cubic feet (94 folders) 7 audio discs, 5 audio cassettes, 2 computer tapes, 38 audio tapes

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The papers of a dialectologist and World War II veteran from West Virginia include correspondence, military records, genealogical materials, scholarly articles, and the research files of a decades-long study on regional dialect variation in the American South.

Grace Wood Papers, 1859-1895 (C0441)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Land patents and other documents.

J. David Wood Letter, 1883 (C0554)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter from J. D. and Kate Wood of Challis, Idaho, to his uncle and aunt, Joseph and Elizabeth Wood of Putnam County, Missouri, November 14, 1883. Discusses mining activities, living conditions, and the education of their sons.

James A. Wood Motion Picture Collection, 1963 (R1309)
0.1 cubic foot (1 DVD)

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This is 3:33 minute film of the barite mining operation at Dog Patch Mine in Washington County, Missouri. It shows the mechanized period of barite mining and was shot on one of the best days of production at the mine in 1963.

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Jenny R. Wood Collection, 1957-2006 (C4562)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Camp Rainbow for Exceptional Children was started in Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1963 by the parents of a mentally challenged daughter so that she and others like her could attend summer camp. Collection includes a camp history, camp buttons and a counselor's handbook, photographs, clippings, program schedules, official incorporation and camp business records, and newsletters. Also included are miscellaneous material on the Missouri Association for Retarded Children.

Joseph Wood Photograph Collection, 1931-1958 (S0819)
0.25 cubic foot, 212 photographs

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The Joseph Wood Collection contains photographs of St. Louis baseball teams and players, dog shows, and the U.S. Merchant Marine. Wood was an accomplished photojournalist with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for twenty-seven years and was has been inducted into the Missouri Photojournalist Hall of Fame. Additional items include magazines, newspapers, and a booklet.

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Leland S. Wood Photographs, no date (P0963)
3 photographs

Photos of Forrest Smith and his wife, Mildred, at Lake Taneycomo

S.R. Wood Railroad Photograph, 1860 (P0186)
1 photograph

Copy print of locomotive "Minnesota" from the North Missouri Railroad.

Wood-Smith Castle Blueprints Collection, 1914 (S1020)
0.25 cubic foot

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This colletion contains blueprints for an unfinished castle of George F. Wood-Smith, located in South St. Louis County.

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Wood-Smith Family Papers, 1864-1987 (C3857)
5.2 cubic feet, 5 DVDs, 1 audio tape

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Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, photographs and films of two Missouri families with roots in Jasper and Pike counties. Guy M. Wood was First Associate City Counsellor for the City of St. Louis in the early 1930s. Roy G. Smith served nearly fifty years with the Young Men's Christian Association in the Philippines, Peru, and the United States.

Viola Woodall Papers, 1942-1946 (S0481)
0.4 cubic foot, 25 folders

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The Viola Woodall Papers contain service men's letters, newsletters, and ledgers. During the 1940s, Viola Woodall directed the Young Men's Choir of Immanuel Baptist Church in St. Louis City. After many choristers joined the armed services during World War II, Woodall organized church women, "service mothers," to write them as a means of bolstering morale.

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James Washington Woodard Papers, 1862-1867 (SP0048)
0.01 cubic feet (2 folders)

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James Washington Woodard Papers consist of Civil War letters that recount the horror of war, camp life, the fate of comrades at the battles of Corinth and Vicksburg, and the movements of General Sterling Price’s army as they evacuated Missouri in 1862 and 1863. The collection consists of six letters written by a Confederate Lieutenant serving in Company D, 5th Missouri Infantry, 1st Brigade. Also included is a document dealing with an 1867 property transfer from his wife’s family, the Lemmons, to his widow.

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Woodlandville United Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Ladies Aid Society Records, 1910-1975 (CA5994)
0.6 cubic feet

Meeting minutes and cash books for the Ladies Aid Society of the Woodlandville United Methodist Church, 1910-1975.

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Woodruff-Stumpff Family Papers, 1901-2022 (S0506)
0.4 cubic feet

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The Woodruff-Stumpff family papers contain correspondence, photographs, diplomas, yearbooks, and family tree charts documenting the Woodruff and Stumpff families of St. Louis, Missouri.

Charles Woods Papers, 1873, 1878 (K1419)
.01 cubic feet

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The Charles Woods Papers contain correspondence from Charles Woods concerning a Southern claim against the United States government that he was attempting to resolve. A majority of the correspondence addresses his difficulties with getting his claim reviewed, extortion, and his experience overall. The letters within the collection are dated primarily in 1873, with one letter from 1878.

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Harriett F. Woods Papers, 1939-2006 (S0051)
60 cubic feet, 384 photographs, 34 scrapbooks, 22 audio cassettees, 81 videos, 3 16mm films

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The papers of Harriett Woods contain correspondence, senate bills, transcripts of senate committee hearings, newsletters, press releases, and photographs chronicling her life as a journalist, television producer, Lieutenant Governor, and Missouri State Senator from the 13th district. 

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Marie Woods Photograph Collection, 1931-1952, no date (P0649)
7 photographs

Photos of Linn Methodist Church and Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO. Photographs of the University of Missouri Columns and Memorial Union.

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Robert Gail and Margie McDaniel Woods Collection, 1920s-2023 (CA5749)
81.9 cubic feet, 5 oversize volumes, 2 oversize items, 41 audio cassettes, 14 audio tapes, and 6 video cassettes

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Family papers, photographs, and genealogical records of Woods, Edwards, Hanna, and related families, and historical and organizational records of various Methodist churches and communities in and around St. Louis.

Robert Patterson Woods Papers, 1870-1963 (K0788)
11 c.f.

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Personal and professional life of Woods, civil engineer, and former Kansas City Street Railway Commissioner. Includes correspondence, project notebooks, newspaper clippings, residential inventories, genealogical files, and photographs. Also files pertaining to the history and growth of Research Hospital.

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Woods-Holman Family Papers, 1805-1906 (C0191)
0.25 cubic feet

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Letters, documents, notebooks, accounts, and receipts of two southeast Missouri families. Papers concern family news, business, farming, livestock, religion, teaching, Native Americans, fur trade, economics, politics, Gold Rush and Civil War and descriptions of California, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas.

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Woods-Spilman Family Papers, 1845-1980 (C4064)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)

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This collection includes genealogical information, legal records, letters, photographs, and miscellaneous materials of the Woods and Spilman families of Lawrence County, Missouri.  It also includes published histories of the Spilman family, Lawrence County, and Pierce City, Missouri.

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James Posey Woodside Papers, 1868 (R1512)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The James Posey Woodside Papers contain the 1868 diary of James Woodside. The diary includes almost daily short entries.

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Woodson, Chrisman and Comingo Records, 1817-1889 (K1244)
0.4 c.f.

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A law firm in Independence, MO. Estate documents, including appraisements, receipts, and other documentation of settlement, concerning notable families in the Independence, Lone Jack, Pleasant Hill, and Kansas City, Missouri areas. Includes Campbell, Cave, Chiles, Chrisman, Noland, Easley and others.

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Daniel Woodson Papers, 1855-1857 (K0472)
0.01 c.f.

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Miscellaneous items relating to Woodson, Secretary of the Kansas Territory, and for a five-time acting Governor.

Richard Goodrich Woddson Article, 1863 (C3092)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Newspaper clipping from the MISSOURI DEMOCRAT, reporting the capture of General Jeff Thompson and his staff by Colonel Richard Goodrich Woodson of the 3rd Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, at Pilot Knob, MO.

Richard Goodridge Woodson Papers, 1862-1865 (R0410)
0.1 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Richard Goodridge Woodson Papers consist of the correspondence, orders, and miscellaneous military papers of Richard G. Woodson of Pike County, Missouri, colonel of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry (New). The papers concern the administration of the post at Pilot Knob, Missouri, and the activities of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Calvary.

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Warren Woodson Papers, 1853, 1866 (C2847)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Appeals to the voters of Boone County, MO, during elections for county clerk, 1853 and 1866. Reply to Woodson's appeal by Odon Guitar, 1866.

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Albert George Woodward Papers, 1849, 1925 (K0836)
0.04 c.f. (3 folders)

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Notebook (1849) for an induction ceremony for Weston [MO] Royal Arch Chapter of Masons; Christmas cards, and National Indian War Veteran membership dues receipt.

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R. R. Woodward Papers, 1909 (R0931)
(1 folder)

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This is a form letter dated February 15, 1909 from R. R. Woodward at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, to Ralph V. Callaway at Atlanta, Illinois. In the letter Woodward encouraged Callaway to invest in real estate in Missouri.

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Wooldrige-Hooper Family Photographs, 1872-1916 (P0568)
1 folder

Copies of portraits of Lily Lee and William Jesse Wooldrige, Georgia Ann Hooper, and other family members.

Woolf Brothers Basketball Team Photograph, no date (K1407)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 photograph)

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The collection contains an undated sepia-toned photograph of the Woolf Brothers Basketball Team.

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