Manuscripts Index
Jefferson Bridgford Letters, 1850 (C3793)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters of Jefferson Bridgford to his wife in Missouri while on the Oregon Trail and working in California during the gold rush.
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"A Brief History of Lincoln Township, Harrison County, Missouri," S.W. Skelton, 1962 (C2123)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Settlement of Lincoln Township, growth of Hatfield, settlers, property owners, outstanding citizens, educational facilities, businesses, churches. Sketches of Hatfield in 1894, 1910, and 1962.
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"A Brief History of the Research Reactor Facilities at the University of Missouri," Huber O. Croft, 1965 (C2608)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Discusses political background and actions of University personnel and committees involved in construction planning. Financial details and construction problems are discussed.
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"A Brief History of the Six Mile Territory," Mary Sue Chiles, no date (C0759)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
An account of the early history of Six Mile Territory in Jackson County, MO, from 1804 through the Civil War.
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"A Brief History of the Tebo Association, 1855-1892," Peter Brown, 1855-1892 (C1325)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
History of the Tebo Baptist Association, including names of the congregations belonging to it, minutes of meetings, and financial records.
Briet Family Reunion Records, 1937-1894 (K0177)
1 MR
Minutes of the annual family reunions and genealogical information on the descendants of John and Magdaline Breit.
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Briggs Family Papers, 1896-1991 (C4374)
2.75 cubic feet (9 folders, 5 volumes)
The collection contains the papers of the Briggs family of Macon, Missouri, and includes scrapbooks, photograph albums, and newspaper clippings. Members of the family include U.S. Senator Frank P. Briggs and journalist Ruth Briggs Bratek, a graduate of the University of Missouri.
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Corona Hibbard Briggs Marriage Record Book, 1872-1931 (C1056)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
A record of 373 marriages solemnized by C.H. Briggs, primarily in Pettis and Greene counties, MO.
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Frank P. Briggs Papers, 1900-1992 (C3950)
6.0 cubic feet (295 folders), 2 audio tapes, 3 audio cassettes, 2 films, 9 audio discs
J.E. Briggs Jr. Photograph Collection, 1958-1970, no date (P0633)
9 photographs
Copy photos of Wheatland area, Hickory County. Photos are also included in donor's book "Dawn of Wheatland".
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Bright Letter, [1850] (C0500)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photostatic copy of a letter written by an unknown woman to her husband in Kentucky, from Glendale, Missouri, February 29, [1850]. Discussion of family affairs, land conditions, and the weather.
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Clarkson Joel Bright Papers, 1856-1966 (C3719)
1.1 cubic feet (39 folders)
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, and related materials of a career U.S. Navy officer. Includes items on family history.
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Mary Dwight Eaman Bright Papers, 1912-1913 (C0960)
0.75 cubic feet
At age 24, Mary Dwight Eaman spent a year traveling around the world with her cousin, Mary A. Eaman. Traveling westward, they made stops in Hawaii, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, and New York City. The journal, correspondence, photographs, and postcards in the collection relate specifically to this trip.
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Brightwell Family Papers, 1860-1996 (SP0002)
1 cubic feet (11 folders, 1 oversized)
The Brightwell Family Papers consist of the personal papers and business ledgers of the Brightwell family, particularly those pertaining to the land deeds and business dealings of John Brightwell from Taney County. Also included is genealogical information for the Brightwell family and family stories as told by Hillary Brightwell.
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"Bringing Government to the People: The Jerry Litton Dialogues" Documentary Film, 2010 (CA6490)
3 DVDs
Documentary film produced by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia featuring footage from the television program, "Dialogue With Litton." Collection includes the final product as well as raw footage from interviews conducted for the project.
John Quincy Brink Family Papers, 1868-1963 (C2885)
0.1 cubic feet
Papers of the Brink family including John Quincy Brink, his son John Robert Brink, their children and grandchildren. The Brink family lived in Holt and Nodaway counties in northwest Missouri. Includes family letters and receipts from various businesses in and around Maryville, Missouri, in addition to reminiscences and genealogical information on the family.
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Brinkerhoff and Smith Land Agency and Loan Company Papers, 1867-1878 (C0055)
2.7 cubic feet (162 folders)
The papers contain correspondence of Brinkerhoff and Vial, land agents in Clinton, Missouri, later Brinkerhoff and Smith Land Agency. The materials cover renting and selling land, paying taxes on property for non-resident owners and checking titles, and loans on property in southwestern Missouri, particularly Henry County.
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William E. Brinkerhoff Papers, 1903-1912 (R0019)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The William E. Brinkerhoff Papers contain the family correspondence of William E. Brinkerhoff, a banker in Carthage, Missouri. The letters include descriptions of Carthage and Jasper County, and observations on financial trends and the business panic of 1907.
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Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Company Collection, 1911 (R1077)
(1 folder)
The is a special offer form letter, dated May 8, 1911, from the Brinkerhoff-Farris Trust & Savings Company at Clinton in Henry County, Missouri, to their customers. Signed by secretary and treasuer H.P. Faris, the letter offered investments in deed of trust loans at a favorable rate of interest.
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Brinkopf Family Photographs, no date (P0666)
Photographs of the Brinkopf family of Cape Girardeau, MO from the late 19th century through 1942.
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Mary J. Briscoe-Riesberg Papers, 1993-2015 (CG0030)
0.8 c.f.
The Mary J. Briscoe-Reisberg Papers includes papers, maps, photographs, and audio cassettes related to the Missouri Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association from 1994 to 2015.
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Bristol Shoe Company Collection, 1928 (R0939)
(1 folder)
This is a certificate for six shares of capital stock in the Bristol Shoe Company at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. The certificate was issued to E. H. Kraft on August 18, 1928 and was signed by William Pennington, president and Hazel E. Knapp, secretary.
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Dorothy Bristow Memory Book, 1925 (S1179)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection contains a hardcover book titled "A Girl's Graduation Days," owned by Dorothy Bristow. Bristow filled in the information and attached various invitations and mementos in connection with her experiences at Grover Cleveland High School in St. Louis, Missouri. Dated June 1925, the book contains writings by classmates, descriptions, and mementos of school programs, activities, sports, and social events, photographs of classmates, and names of teachers and courses Bristow took while attending Grover Cleveland High School.
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Wiley Britton Papers, 1878-1997 (C4401)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders), 14 MB of digital files (4 jpegs)
The papers contain memoirs, correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, and genealogical information collected by Wiley Britton and his children.
Jim Brizendine Photographs, 1984 (P0525)
10 photographs
Photos of the Missouri Supreme Court building, 1984
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Lennis Leonard Broadfoot Collection, 1909-2005 (R1277)
(3 rolls of microfilm)
This collection consists of correspondence, personal and legal papers, ledger book, scrapbook and ephemera of artist Lennis Leonard Broadfoot. The collection predominately focuses on his artwork and publications, as well as his promotion of the Ozarks region in Dent and Shannon Counties through the creation of a national park, the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and the promotion of the arts in general.
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Garland Carr Broadhead Papers, 1853-1908 (C1000)
1.0 cubic foot (27 folders, 3 volumes)
Correspondence and miscellaneous geological and historical notes of an engineer, geologist, and professor of geology at the University of Missouri. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings relating to the history of Texas and Missouri.
James Overton Broadhead Letter, 1891 (C2046)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Garland [Broadhead] from James Overton Broadhead, St. Louis, Dec. 24, 1891, concerning the Missouri-Arkansas border.
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James Overton Broadhead Letter, 1896 (C2047)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Garland [Broadhead] from James Broadhead, St. Louis, Jan. 4, 1896. The letter refers to GLOBE DEMOCRAT'S charge of James's bolting the Democratic ticket in 1874; as well as writing a paper on the Treaty of 1803 and the territory which the Louisiana Purchase embraced.
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William Ferrell Broadhead Letter, 1913 (C1944)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Mrs. Arthur McCluer from Clayton, MO, June 27, 1913. Reminiscence about Boonslick Road from St. Louis to Fulton, MO.
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Broadside, 1908 (C2140)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Broadside advertising a $1000 Saddle Ring at an unknown location in Missouri. All nine horses entered are sired by Rex McDonald, a famous Missouri stallion. The broadside includes the horses' names, owners, and the owners' places of residence.
Broadsides, 1860-1886 (C3252)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains miscellaneous broadsides regarding sales of farms, announcements of meetings, reward for Jesse and Frank James, the Ku Klux Klan, candidates for office, and poultry.
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Brock Family Papers, 1821-1823 (C2916)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Personal letters regarding the death and estate of Jefferson Brock and Margaret Estes; documents concerning Jefferson Brock estate.
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A.L. Brock Papers, 1923-1965 (C2191)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of A.L. Brock contain personal reminiscences of A.L. Brock; Wyoming Masonic history; Brock family genealogy; a history of Wyoming, 1868-1933; and cattle, sheep, and horse herding history.
Dorothy Brockhoff Papers, 1901-1998 (S1221)
0.25 cubic foot
The Dorothy Brockhoff Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, and photographs, pertaining to Brockhoff’s career in journalism and public relations in the St. Louis area from 1948 to the 1990s. Known affectionately among her colleagues as “Scoop” for her enterprising reporting, Brockhoff wrote for a variety of publications, including the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the Washington University Magazine, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Brockhoff’s articles for the Washington University Magazine garnered national attention, resulting in the National Women’s Press Association awarding her first prize for best interview story in 1974. Other materials of interest include speeches Brockhoff ghostwrote for Monsanto Chemical Company executives, as well as photographs of Brockhoff and her relatives. The papers date from 1901 to 1996.
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Alice Bishop Brockman Papers, 1962-2010 (C4402)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. The collection includes some correspondence and newspaper articles written by Brockman from the Maneater and the Galesburg-Register Democrat. Brockman also included two short, typed memoirs about her career.
James T. Brockman Photograph Collection, 1909, 1915 (P0331)
2 photographs
Mounted photograph of the M.E. Church, South, Festus, Mo., and a portrait of Omar Bradley (1915).
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Richard S. Brockman Papers, 1935-1941 (K1147)
1 c.f.
Includes the Paseo High School yearbooks, The Paseon which belonged to Irvin Weintraub, and University of Missouri yearbooks, Savitar, which belonged to Ellis Brodkey and to Lt. Irvin Weintraub.
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Bryan Broderick Collection, n.d., 1934-1935 (CA6681)
233 MB
Material collected by Bryan Broderick on Daniel Boone and the Bryan family. Items include photographs, correspondence, and a speech given to the “Women’s Progress Club,” 1935.
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Marjorie J. Brodkin Papers, 1941-1983 (K1333)
0.25c.f.
Jewish League of Kansas City Ad Books, Directories, Souvenir Programs-Jambolee Ball, Theater Party; Beth Horon Lodge #599 B'nai B'rith resolution and publications
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Bob Broeg Papers, 1946-1990 (S0493)
2.5 cubic feet
The Bob Broeg papers contain drafts, rewrites, and corrected copies of manuscripts written by St. Louis sportswriter Robert William Patrick "Bob" Broeg. The collection includes a book Broeg wrote about Stan Musial, "The Batting Order: Baseball From a Different Angle," "Ol' Mizzou, a Story of Missouri Football" (1974), and both the 1983 and 1986 editions of "My Baseball Scrapbook."
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Harry Broermann Photograph Collection, 1890-1970 (P1066)
Copy photos of Atchison County, especially relating to the Rankin Farm and Mule Barn.
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James Henderson Bronaugh Books, 1868-1914 (C1377)
0.79 cubic feet (17 volumes)
Journals and day books of a Calhoun, MO, doctor. No volume for 1872.
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Bronaugh-Bushnell Family Papers, 1852-1930 (C0079)
1.2 cubic feet
Personal and business correspondence of the Bronaugh and Bushnell families, landowners and business operators near Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.
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Brookfield College Advertisement, 1897 (C2845)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Broadside advertising Brookfield College at Brookfield, MO. Board $2 per week. Piano or organ lessons and bookkeeping, free to all students. H.M. Reaser, president.
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Dutton Brookfield Papers, 1844-1979 (C2732)
72.4 cubic feet (5702 folders, 5 audio cassettes, 2 volumes, 1 microfilm reel)
The papers of Dutton Brookfield contain the business, political and personal papers and photographs of a Kansas City, MO, community leader. Brookfield was President of Unitog Company (1953-1979), a mayoral candidate (1963, 1971), and on boards of numerous corporations and educational and civic organizations. Family papers include letters from the Civil War, World War I and II, and Vietnam.
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Brooks Family Papers, 1866-2011 (C4476)
9.4 cubic feet (196 folders), 2 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape, 12 oversize items
Diaries, travel journals, genealogical material, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material from the family of Iris J. Trump and Robert F. Brooks, including their four daughters and grandchildren as well as their extended family.
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Brooks Family Papers, 1940s-2020s (CA6704)
0.2 cubic feet
Family papers of Susan Joyce (Brooks) and Michael Warshauer. Items include birth, school, military, marriage, and death certificates. Also included are Michael's military papers, financial documents, and miscellaneous material.
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Betty Brooks Photograph Collection, 1870-1915 (P0440)
1 folder
Copy photos of Boone and Moniteau counties, covering the University of Missouri, Columbia, Rocheport, Tipton, and California.
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William Atherton Brooks Papers, 1897 (C1953)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
One autobiographical sketch in prose, one in poetry; a genealogical sketch of the Brooks family of Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri; a poem, "The Great Flood of Little Black, May 9th, 1875."