Manuscripts Index
Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Photographs, 1843-1937 (P0084)
0.75 linear feet
Photographs of Chillicothe, MO, and Livingston County, including area businesses, farming activity, schools, clubs, homes, and churches.
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Chilton School, Carter County, Missouri Records, 1889-1906 (R0606)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Chilton School, Carter County, Missouri Records contain microfilm copies of the records for the district clerk and a teacher's register from Chilton School in Carter County, Missouri. Records include proceedings of annual meetings, minutes of meetings of directors, treasurers' accounts, lists of resident taxpayers and children, estimates of expenses, term reports, and a teacher's register.
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F.M. Chilton Account Book, 1897-1899 (C2363)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Records of customers' accounts with a drugstore in Eminence, MO.
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Octavia Blackwell Chilton Letter, 1842 (C2059)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Betsey Blackwell, Warrenton, VA, from Boonville, MO, Nov. 3, 1842.
Letter to mother giving family news and greetings and discussing merits of life in Missouri.
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China Journey, 1973 (C3410)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report of 1972 tour by American newspaper editors of People’s Republic of China, written by Robert M. White II, the editor of Missouri’s Mexico Ledger. Topics covered include trips to the Great Wall, Peking and Shanghai; meetings with Chou En-lai; and social, economic, and political conditions of life in China.
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Eugene Chinn Account Book, 1845-1882 (C0862)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Scattered personal accounts, 1845-1847 and 1878-1882, probably kept by a Howard County, Missouri, farmer.
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Chippewa Bridge Drawing, 1943 (C2070)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Drawing of proposed bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
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Donald H. Chisholm Papers, 1972-1980 (C3708)
1.0 cubic foot (65 folders)
Consisting primarily of correspondence relating to Donald Chisholm's chairmanship of the board of trustees of Park College, these papers contain information relating to the administration of a small liberal arts college in the Kansas City area during a period of financial crisis.
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Seth Chitwood Papers, 1798-1846 (C0259)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Legal papers pertaining to acquisition of land; death of his father, Richard Chitwood; and grant from U.S. government. Wills of Richard and Seth Chitwood. Papers dealing with disposal of property of Richard and Seth Chitwood to settle their estate.
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Choate Family Papers, 1837-1860 (SP0040)
.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Choate Family Papers consist of correspondence between John K. Choate and his siblings, Aaron, Tom, and Elisabeth.
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Henri Chomeau Papers, 1869-1956 (C2252)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Copies of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellany concerning Chomeau, Roswell M. Field and Eugene Field, activities at the University of Missouri, and social gossip.
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Choose Environmental Excellence Gateway Region Records, 1999-2005 (S0860)
6 cubic feet
The records of Choose Environmental Excellence, Gateway Region contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and proposals, relating to the group's mission to organize a partnership of business, government, and private citizens to improve environmental awareness and actions in the daily choices that individuals and institutions in the Gateway Region make.
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Tom Chorlton Papers, 1960s-2010s (CA5803)
37.75 cubic feet, 29 video cassettes, 2 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape
The papers of an educator, political activist, and gay rights advocate include correspondence, meeting and event material, clippings, photograph albums, and miscellaneous records and personal papers. Also included is research material and drafts for Chorlton’s book The First American Republic.
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Chouteau Family Bible Excerpt, no date (C3137)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copy of page from the Chouteau Family Bible. Names listed are Francois Chouteau, Therese Birenica Chouteau, Edmund Francois H. Chouteau, Pierre Menard Chouteau, Louis Sylvestre Chouteau, Benjamin Chouteau, Frederick D. Chouteau, Benedict Pharamon Chouteau, and Mary Brigite Chouteau. Gives place and date of birth and date of death.
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Auguste A. and Constance Chouteau Deed, 1818 (C1491)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Deed to Fenton F. Goss for a lot in Florissant, MO.
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Auguste P. Chouteau Commission, 1818 (C2194)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains Chouteau's commission as major of the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, Missouri Territory Militia.
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Cyprian Chouteau Land Deed, 1835 (K0799)
0.01 c.f.
Land registrar procurement for 80 acres in T50 R33, s.w. corner of Sect.27, dated 4 Nov. 1835.
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L.R. Chrisman Letter, 1960 (C3240)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Describes Martha Jane Canary Burke (Calamity Jane) in her last years at Deadwood and Belle Fourche, SD, during the late 1890s and early 1900s. She died in 1903 and is buried in Deadwood.
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Christ Church Cathedral and Choir of the Church fo St. Michael and St. George Music Tapes, 1991-1997 (S1154)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection contains choir music from the Christ Church Cathedral and the Church of St. Michael and St. George. Recordings of interest include the choir's tribute to the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Christ Church Cathedral Photographs, 1845-1980 (P0840)
19 photographs
Portraits of Christ Church Cathedral clergy
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Christ Church Episcopal, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1899-1985 (R0161)
26 folders microfilmed
These are records of Christ Church Episcopal in Rolla, Missouri, and its women's auxiliary, St.
Margaret's Guild. Included are records of church services, minutes of committee meetings, and
financial records, 1899-1970, the records of St. Margaret's Guild, ca. 1910-1983, and miscellaneous
historical materials, ca. 1910-1985.
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Christ Lutheran Church, Stover, Missouri Records, 1871-1995 (R0545)
(6 rolls of microfilm)
The Christ Lutheran Church, Stover, Missouri Records are records of Christ Lutheran Church at Stover in Morgan County, Missouri. Included are minutes of meetings of the church council, membership registers, records of the Ladies Aid Society, financial records, and historical material.
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Lawrence O. Christensen Photograph Collection, 1986 (P0587)
Photos of the Birthright family tombstones, Clarkton, MO.
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Robert P. Christeson Collection, 1841-1995 (C3971)
36.0 cubic feet (887 folders), 1387 audio discs, 135 audio tapes, 152 audio cassettes, 112 wire recordings, 3 film reels
The Christeson Collection contains sheet music, song books, and other publications related to square dancing and folk dances, publications on the history of violins and fiddles, catalogs of instruments and musical recordings, correspondence, photographs and family papers, fiddle organization newsletters, fiddle contest flyers and folk festival information, and the working papers of volumes I and II of The Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory. In addition, this collection contains Christeson's original wire recordings, audio tapes, and audio discs of fiddle tunes, jam sessions, fiddle contests, and other folk genres.
Christian Church, Dexter, Missouri Collection, 1946 (R1052)
(1 folder)
This is a "History of the Christian Church, Dexter, Missouri," compiled in 1946. Dexter is in Stoddard County, Missouri. The pastor was Walter A. Smith.
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Christian Church (Fulton, Mo.) Records, 1848-1888 (C0585)
1 roll of microfilm
Membership, minutes of business meetings, minutes of Board of Officers' meetings, financial records, pledges, and assessments.
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Christian Churches of Callaway County, MO, Photographs, no date (P0979)
25 photographs
Original photos from the book An Annotated History of the Christian Churches of Callaway Co., Mo., by I. Stanley Williams
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Christian Civic Foundation of Missouri Papers, 1948-1957 (C0978)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Copies of letters and clippings concerning the Christian Civic Foundation of Missouri, formerly called the Temperance League of Missouri. They deal primarily with the liquor issue raised in the Missouri gubernatorial race in 1956.
Christian College (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1836-1986 (C0038)
30 cubic feet (1,392 folders), 5 rolls of microfilm, 1 card file, 51 lantern slides, 11 audio cassettes
The records of the first women’s college chartered in Missouri, and one of the first chartered west of the Mississippi River, consists of correspondence, catalogs, yearbooks, photographs, and financial records.
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Christian College Photograph, 1921 (P0244)
1 photograph
One large sized photo of Christian College women,
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Christian College Photographs, 1898-1951 (P0509)
15 photographs
Photos of Christian College, now Columbia College.
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Christian County Baptist Association Records, 1913 (R0922)
(1 folder)
This is a published minute book of the 54th annual session of the Christian County Baptist Association of Missouri. The meeting was held with Smyrna Baptist Church on August 12-14, 1913. D. T. Baucom of Highlandville served as moderator.
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Christian County Stock and Agricultural Show and Home Coming Association Collection, 1920 (R0716)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet containing rules, program, advertisments, and other information concerning the Christain County stock and agriculture show and homecoming held at Ozark, Missouri, from September 29 through October 2, 1920.
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Christian Nationalist Crusade Collection, 1945-1968 (S0467)
0.2 cubic foot, 6 folders
The Christian Nationalist Crusade was a racist and anti-Semitic group founded in St. Louis in 1942. The collection includes tracts, issues of the group's newspaper, "The Cross and the Flag" (1947-1952), and literature from related groups (1956-1968).
Christian Temperance Union (Sedalia, Mo.) Record Books, 1878-1879 (C1073)
0.07 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Temperance society organized in 1878. Vol. 1, Constitution and signers, 1878;
Vol. 2, Record book, 1878-1879.
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Christian Women's Benevolent Association Records, 1899-2011 (S1235)
7.5 cubic feet, 12 oversize volumes, 4 VHS tapes
The Christian Women’s Benevolent Association Records contain Christian Women Benevolent Association (CWBA) Board Meeting Minutes (1899–1952); Christian Old People’s Home Ledgers and Meeting Minutes (1915–1949); Christian Hospital of St. Louis Board Meeting Minutes (1923–1959); and scrapbooks, photographs, videotapes, and ephemera relating to the CWBA’s activities from 1899 – 2011. Most notably, the records include admittance ledgers from the Christian Orphan’s Home as well as the Mothers and Babies Home of St. Louis from 1899 to 1933. The admittance ledgers are a particularly rich source of genealogical information, as they contain applications for entry into the home. Details such as date and place of the child’s birth; vaccination records; parents’ full names, birthplace and occupation, and nationality and religion; and location of the nearest living relative are listed.
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Donald M. Christisen Collection, 1930-1950 (P0246)
Illustrated postcards, primarily comic in nature, and postcards of the Lake of the Ozarks area; print of signed photo of Will Rogers, photos of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Company.
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Donald M. Christisen Papers, 1870-2003 (C4054)
18.1 cubic feet (409 folders), 2 audio tapes, 27 audio cassettes
The papers of a wildlife field biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation. They include correspondence, field diaries, maps, reports, studies, publications, and photographs. Christisen specialized in the study of native prairie ecosystems, prairie chickens, squirrels, and mast (forage nuts). The papers also include railroad timetables, accident reports, photographs, worker's logs, publications, maps, and blueprints documenting his interest in railroads.
Adrienne Tinker Christopher Papers, 1965 (C2906)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three short articles concerning incidents, activities and people in early Westport, MO.
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E.A. Christy Letter, 1863 (C1834)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To J.H. Marmon, Liberty, MO, from Platte City, MO, Feb. 24, 1863. Written to her father, the letter discusses the Civil War, particularly jayhawkers and marauding bands. Mentions conscription and health of various family members.
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Marian Christy Papers, 1967-2022 (CA6748)
0.25 cubic feet
The papers of Marian Christy, a syndicated journalist from the Boston Globe, contains copies of correspondence from politicians and celebrities, and Knifed Watercolors, a book written by Christy. Also includes a booklet from the Museum of Contemporary Art, which contains background information on Christy.
Polly Allen Chung Photograph Collection, 1960s (P0141)
1 folder
Assorted color and b/w prints and negatives related to the Campbell Harrison House during the 1960s when it was connected to the MU Home Economics Department
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Church Baseball League, Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1909 (R1144)
(1 folder)
This single-sheet pamphlet contains the rules, schedule, and list of officials adopted on June 22, 1909 by the Church Baseball League at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. Teams representing the Catholic, Christian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, and Methodist churches participated in the league.
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"Church Bibliography, Baptist Bodies of Missouri, Associational Minutes," U.S. Work Projects Administration, 1941 (C1312)
0.01 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains a list of the various Baptist associations in Missouri and the dates for which their records are in existence.
Church of Christ (Hallsville, Mo.) Records, 1913-1923 (C3838)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Records of the Church of Christ, Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri. The documents in the collection include information about baptisms, marriages, funerals, expenses, visiting preachers, and dismissals. The records of the Church of Christ pertain to business meetings, church proceedings, and membership lists.
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Church of Christ at Friendship (Boone County, Mo.) Record Book, 1837-1855 (C2372)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record of membership of church located northwest of Brown's Station in Boone County, MO.
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Church of God (Antioch, Mo.) Records, 1869-1908 (C2899)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Membership roll and record of funerals. Also membership roll of the Church of God, at Mt. Nebo, MO.
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Church of the Brethren, Missouri-Arkansas District Records, 1891-2008 (CA6293)
17 cubic feet
Magazines, conference minutes, booklets, literature, educational material, manuals, reports, catalogs, notebooks, yearbooks, statistics, and audiovisual material of the Church of the Brethren, founded in 1708 in Schwarzenau, Germany, now with members throughout North America and the world.
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Church Women United in Missouri, Columbia Unit Records, 1945-2009 (C4183)
4 cubic feet (132 folders)
The records of a Columbia, Missouri, women's church organization, which contains newsletters, reports, directories, membership materials, meeting minutes, notes, financial records, history, scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous material.
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Church Women United in Missouri Papers, 1948-1976 (C0282)
0.8 cubic feet
Papers of the state chapter of a national Christian women's ecumenical organization affiliated with the National Council of Churches. Includes constitutions and bylaws, minutes, annual and triennial reports, lists of officers, financial statements and budgets, correspondence, official histories, programs, proclamations, publicity materials, photographs, and clippings.