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"Centennial History of Henry County, Missouri," A. Loyd Collins, Undolpha Sarah Phillips, and Aletrice Rutherford, 1936 (C2087)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection of twelve essays covering various events in the history of the area.
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Center and Periphery, 1970-1976 (C3328)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
The Center and Periphery newsletter was a College of Arts and Science faculty newsletter resulting from concern over communications breakdown within University of Missouri-Columbia. The newsletter ceased publication when UMC-NEA chapter was organized and began publishing Faculty Perspectives. Included are statements of purpose and editorial policy, and discussions of academic freedom, faculty responsibilities, political pressures vs. educational needs, teacher/course evaluation, pertinent book reviews, admission and budget policies, role and scope proposal, library, salary studies, and other issues.
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Center Creek Association of Primitive Baptists Records, 1907-1919 (R0923)
(1 folder)
These are published minutes of the 73rd and 85th annual sessions of the Center Creek Association of Primitive Baptists. The meetings were held with Clear Creek Church in Newton County, Missouri, on September 14-16, 1907, and September 19-21, 1919. J. Shields and J. A. Alberty were the moderators and R. C. Hendricks and H. H. Patten were the clerks.
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Center for Aging Resource Library, 1970-1990 (K0906)
38 c.f.
Research materials donated by the Center on Aging Studies at UMKC, collected materials gathered from other universities and programs deal with aging issues
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Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) Records, 1986-1998 (K0907)
0.11 c.f.
Organization records for the Center to engage children and families in understanding and appreciating architecture and the built environment. Includes by-laws, newsletters, curriculum, and articles about CUBE.
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Center Presbyterian Church (Linn County, Mo.) Records, 1891-1914 (C1348)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Brief history of the church, session minutes, rolls of elders and deacons, roll of members, and roll of children baptized.
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Center Valley Lead and Zinc Company Records, 1892-1900 (R0371)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Center Valley Lead & Zinc Company Records are microfilmed records of mining leases to lots of the Baker and Hendrickson tracts in Jasper County, Missouri. The lots were controlled by the Center Valley Lead & Zinc Company of Webb City, Missouri. The entries note the rules for mining the properties, the names of miners who leased them, and forfeitures of leases.
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Centerville, Missouri, Plat, no date (C1486)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection consists of positive Photostats of a plat map with a description by W.M. Davidson, surveyor.
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Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) Records, 1880-2009 (K0670)
7 c.f.
Organizational records and other research materials relating to the activities of CAJE and the history of the Jewish Community in Kansas City, particularly in preparation of the book, Mid-America's Promise: A Profile of Kansas City Jewry. (includes oral history cassettes and VHS recordings)
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Central Christian Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1957 (R0916)
(1 folder)
This booklet is a yearbook for 1957-1958 for the Christian Women's Fellowship of Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Mrs. Wesley Bagot served as president that year.
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Central College for Women (Lexington, Mo.) Records, 1852-1932 (C4387)
1.0 cubic foot (33 folders), 5 oversize items
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Central College Photographs, 1956, no date (P0642)
7 photographs
Photos of Central College, now Central Methodist University, in Fayette, MO. Most of the photographs depict the Morrison Observatory.
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Central Gravois Baptist Church, Gravois Mills, Missouri Records, 1881-1903 (R0419)
1 volume microfilmed
This is a record book of the Central Gravois Baptist Church at Gravois Mills in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include minutes of church business meetings, 1881-1903, membership
records, ca. 1881-1902, and miscellaneous church papers, 1895-1902.
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Central Gravois Baptist Church (Gravois Mills, Mo.) Records, 1881-1902 (C2918)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Names of new members and officers of the church.
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Central High School Yearbook, 1924 (K1382)
.1 c.f.
The collection contains a single yearbook, The Centralian, for Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, dated 1924.
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Central High School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection, 1923-1925 (R0920)
(1 folder)
The Central High School, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Collection contains an official guide book and an official hand book of the fourth and sixth annual fairs presented by the students of Central High School with aid from the faculty at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The follies were held on the evenings of April 20, 1923 and April 23, 1925.
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Central Hotel (Oak Ridge, Mo.) Register, 1910-1917 (CG0071)
0.2 c.f.
This collection contains the 1910-1916 guest register for the Central Hotel, located in Oak Ridge, Missouri, and operated by Henry H. Wills and his wife, Mellie. Also included are hotel inspection certificates for the hotel during the years 1914 to 1917.
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Central Hotel (New Florence, Mo.) Register, 1899-1903 (C1190)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)
Register giving hotel guests and weather notations by W.R. Hollingsworth.
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Central Industrial District Records, 1920-2000 (K0671)
17 c.f.
Organizational records of the business association for Kansas City's industrial district in the West Bottoms. Includes minutes, membership information, studies, reports, and research data relating to the District and Kansas City generally. Also included are documents relating to historic preservation.
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Central Labor Union, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1939 (R0953)
(1 folder)
This is a program for the Central Labor Union's Minstrel and Revue, held at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, on April 3, 1939. Produced and directed by Emmett McAtee and featuring Lasses White Minstrels, the show included 100 entertainers and featured minstrel, vaudeville, and night club scenes.
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Central Methodist College Scrapbooks, 1949 (P1037)
Scrapbooks of trips taken to Florida and the Southeast United States, 1948-1949.
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Central Methodist College (Fayette, Mo.) Programs, 1887-1894 (C0621)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
CENTRAL COLLEGIAN, 1891, 1894; constitution of the Phi Alpha Literary Society, 1887; program of the 20th anniversary of Aristotelian Society, 1889; 3rd annual preliminary contest between literary societies, 1892; commencement program, 1893.
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Central Missouri Association of Educational Secretaries Records, 1940-1995 (C4622)
0.5 cubic feet (9 folders, 4 oversize volumes)
Records of the Central Missouri Association of Educational Secretaries, an organization created with the intention of promoting and furthering the profession of educational office personnel, contain organizational records, programs, publications, and scrapbooks.
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Central Missouri Association of United Baptists Records, 1859-1996 (R0599)
1 roll (40 volumes)
These are minutes of the annual meetings of the Central Missouri Association of United Baptists, beginning with the organizational meeting in 1859. The Association consists of churches in southeastern Missouri, primarily in the counties of Dent, Iron, Reynolds, and Washington.
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Central Missouri Pastoral Care Association Records, 1967-1980 (CA6107)
1 cubic foot
The Central Missouri Pastoral Care Association was organized in 1969 [originally the Mid-Missouri Chaplain Corporation] as a not-for-profit corporation to receive funds from local churches and help pay the salaries and other expenses associated with providing chaplain services to patients at the University Hospital and Mid Missouri Mental Health Center. Includes letters, handwritten notes, financial records, and other miscellaneous papers.
Central Missouri, Missouri River Valley Region, Photograph Collection, 1880-1961 (P1120)
An artificial collection of photographs of mid-Missouri's Missouri River valley region, including photographs of Cole, Osage, and Moniteau counties.
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Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company Account, 1861 (C2002)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account with D.A. Constable for purchase of merchandise.
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Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company Contract, 1860 (C1869)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Contract between the company and the citizens of St. Joseph, MO, by which the citizens of St. Joseph provide offices and lands to the express company as part of the agreement for mail services.
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Central Ozark Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association Collection, 1961 (R1206)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet published for the Central Ozark Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association's 15th consignment show and sale, held near Salem in Dent County, Missouri on March 13, 1961. Forty-one head of registered cattle were offered at the event. The auctioneer was Wes Hays and the show judge was Vic Gray.
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Central Plank Road Company Collection, 1855 (R0991)
(1 folder)
This is a cancelled six-month promissory note due on September 1, 1855 and issued by the Central Plank Road Company of St. Louis County, Missouri. The note was signed by Treasurer, Charles L. Hunt and endorsed by George R. Harrington.
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Central School, District No. 55 (Saline County, Mo.) Records, 1882-1959 (C4474)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)
Materials include district record books, teacher and treasurer reports, warrant registers, and poll books from District No. 55 in Saline County, Missouri.
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Central Slavic Conference Records, 1962-2000 (C3807)
2.4 cubic feet (107 folders)
Records of a regional association centered in Missouri and Kansas and comprising university professors and other specialists in Soviet and East European Studies. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The records include correspondence, conference programs, copies of papers presented, membership lists, and promotional material concerning the annual conference sponsored by the organization.
Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis Minutes, 1945-1946 (C0919)
1 volume
Printed minutes of bi-monthly meetings.
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Centralia Historical Society Photographs, 1915 (P0344)
1 folder
Drawing and photographs of the Centralia Historical Museum building, as well as sites in the Centralia area.
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Centralia, Missouri, Centennial Celebration Papers, 1957 (C3162)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Research notes and typed drafts of histories of many of Centralia's clubs, businesses, institutions, and prominent citizens, compiled for the city's centennial celebration in 1957.
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Centralia, Missouri School District R-VI, Superintendent's Reports, 1970-1973 (C4525)
0.2 cubic feet (24 folders)
Minutes of school board meetings and related materials.
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"A Century of Freemasonry at Osceola, Missouri, 1841-1941," A. Loyd Collins, no date (C2187)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Historical sketch of Masonic organizations in Osceola.
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Mrs. Henry Certain Collection, 1915-1953 (P0526)
1 folder
Postcards of Cooper County schools, including Kemper Military School, and Kansas City. Photographic postcard of Conley & Myers Bank, Columbia. Photo of the Parade of Masons in Carthage.
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Chadwell and Leavenworth Families Papers, 1837-1944 (R0883)
(5 folders)
These are photocopies of the correspondence and business papers of the Chadwell and Leavenworth famlies of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The papers concern family news and buisness matters, and include the Civil War letters of Alexander H. Chadwell, a Confederate soldier, and Joseph H. Leavenworth and N. H. Leavenworth regarding the lumber buisness in Mississippi in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Chaffee, Missouri, Mail Carriers' Route Directory, 1929-1957 (C3448)
1.0 cubic foot (9 volumes)
The records contain a list of names and street addresses of residents of Chaffee, Missouri, served by the mail carriers of route no. 1 in the town between 1929 and 1957.
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Chain of Rocks Bridge Collection , 1997-1998 (S0283)
0.3 cubic foot
The Chain of Rocks Bridge Collection consists of magazines, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and a scrapbook compiled by Karlene McAllister, former promotions director for Trailnet Inc.'s Old Chain of Rocks Bridge restoration project. The collection documents Trailnet Inc's early efforts to restore the bridge as a pedestrian walkway. The items in the scrapbook consist of photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, newsletters, and promotional flyers that chronicle several Trailnet Inc.-sponsored activities on the Chain of Rocks bridge, including Halloween events, birdwatching, and a marriage ceremony held on the bridge.
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Challis-Dysart Family Papers, 1853, 1891-1956 (C4293)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers contain letters, expense entries, photographs, receipts, licenses, and genealogical material related to the Challis, Dysart, Wilcox, and Forbis families of Boone, Cole, and Pettis Counties.
Corinne Gould Chamberlain Poems, circa 1950-1963 (C3178)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Missouri-themed poems written by Corinne Gould Chamberlain.
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Dail Chambers Papers, 2001-2023 (S0518)
0.3 cu. ft.
This collection contains exhibition gallery cards, zines, handmade buttons, art, articles, art curricula, books, family photographs, and art pamphlets documenting Dail Chambers' involvement in teaching and producing art.
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Silas Chambers Land Survey, 1796 (C2432)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a land survey indicating the boundaries of Chambers' 62 1/2 acre plot in Kennedys Creek, Bourbon County, KY.
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Richard J. Chamier Papers, 1932-1974 (C4379)
1.8 cubic feet (74 folders)
Military, political, and civic career of a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army in World War II, and Missouri State Senator. Includes correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings covering campaigns for State Senator in 1948 and 1952, as well as clippings on speeches, talks, and Legislative Bills, particularly a Bill to update the State of Missouri Criminal Law Codes. Also some civic work with the Moberly School Board involving desegregation and reports of racial bias in the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, of which Chamier was a member.
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Chamizal Ceremony Papers, 1964 (C2251)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous papers about the ceremony to commemorate the Chamizal Convention of 1963, which settled the border dispute between Mexico and the U.S. over the Chamizal area.
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Champ Clark Home Photograph, no date (P0323)
1 photograph
Photo of Champ Clark's home near Bowling Green.
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Champion City United Methodist Church (Champion City, Mo.) Diamond Jubilee Papers, 1970 (C3186)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a historical compendium of the church published for its Diamond Jubilee celebration on 31 May 1970, a bulletin for the Jubilee Service of Song and Sermon, and the Covenant Service. A short history of the church, its pastors, long-time members, and building improvements are included.
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J. D. Champlin Papers, 1867 (R0952)
(1 folder)
This is a letter dated September 15, 1867 from J. D. Champlin of Champlin, Balch and Company, railroad contractors, in St. Louis, Missouri, to his son, John. The letter concerns construction of the Iowa Central Railroad and some family matters.