Manuscripts Index
Citizens Committee for Soil, Water, and State Parks Records, 1983-1989 (C3916)
0.8 cubic feet
Records of a committee that campaigned for passage of a sales tax to provide funds for soil conservation and Missouri's state park system. Records include bank statements, campaign reports, lists of contributors and contributions, ledger sheets, publicity releases and clippings, treasurer's reports, correspondence, contracts, and miscellaneous material of the committee.
Citizens Council on Housing and Community Planning, Inc. Records, 1948-1962 (S0376)
0.15 cubic foot, 6 folders
The records of the Citizens Council on Housing and Community Planning, Incorporated contain correspondence, bylaws, minutes, project files, notes, and reports. The CCHCP was organized in 1946 by leaders from civic, educational, religious, labor, veteran, and social welfare organizations. It later expanded to include members from architectural, planning, legal, building, and real estate organizations. The purpose of CCHCP was to aid in "Achieving adequate housing in well-planned neighborhoods for every citizen." The CCHCP exerted its influence through educational activities, including public forums, institutes, workshops, courses, newsletters, and meetings. Among other projects, CCHCP favored the development of the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project.
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Citizens for Global Solutions of Greater St. Louis Records, 1947-2012 (S0041)
3 cubic feet, 1 photograph
The records of Citizens for GLOBAL Solutions of Greater St. Louis contain newsletters, correspondence, membership rosters, speeches, reports, bylaws, meeting minutes, and financial materials pertaining to the group's mission to lobby for world peace in a world community where enforceable law replaced armed conflict. The group was founded in 1947 as the World Federalists Association of Greater St. Louis.
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Citizens for Missouri's Children Records, 1983-2001 (S0861)
98 cubic feet
Citizens for Missouri's Children is a nonprofit organization established in St. Louis in 1983 whose mission involves advocating for the rights and well-being of all Missouri children, providing information and resources on health care, education, child protection, and legal services. The materials in this collection include meeting minutes, reports, publicity materials, and newsletters.
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Citizens for Reformed Electric Rates Records, 1975-1977 (S0423)
1.2 cubic foot, 78 folders
The records of Citizens for Reformed Electric (CRER) rates contain studies, speeches, and newspaper clippings relating to the group's mission to promote equitable electric rates in Missouri. CRER was instrumental in the successful passage of Proposition 1 (1976), which prohibited electric corporations form raising their rates to finance the cost of construction work in progress (CWIP).
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Citizens State Bank of Vichy Records, 1913-1921 (R0511)
0.3 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Citizens State Bank of Vichy Records are photocopies of the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders of the Citizens State Bank of Vichy in Maries County, Missouri.
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Citizenship Education Clearinghouse Records, 1956-1995 (S1033)
13 cubic feet
The Citizenship Education Clearinghouse Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, grant files, and newsletters pertaining to the organization's mission to integrate participatory citizenship into high school curricula.
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City Channel (Columbia, Mo.) Videos, 1954, 1993-2011 (C4408)
28 video cassettes, 475 GB of digital files, 1 hard drive
The collection contains videos created for the City of Columbia’s government access channel.
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City Hotel (Boonville, Mo.) Registers, 1843-1844, 1851-1852 (C1052)
0.2 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Hotel registers listing names of guests, their residence, destination and remarks about those registering.
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City Movie Center Records, 1981-1987 (K0239)
0.2 c.f.
Correspondence, programs, flyers, and newspaper articles related to the Center, an alternative film theater in Kansas City.
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City of Ashland, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1900-1923 (P0429)
11 photographs
Photographs of Ashland, MO ca. 1900-1920s
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City of Kansas Auditors Land Tax Register, 1880-1881 (K0372)
0.13 c.f.
Register listing names and amounts of tax on land transactions in Kansas City, MO.
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City of Kansas Public Works Account Journal, 1872-1874 (K0369)
0.1 c.f.
Account book for Kansas City, MO Public Works including the Engineers, Public Repairs, Public Improvements and Sewer Departments.
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City of Rocheport (Mo.) Records, 1887-2017 (CA6025)
42.2 cubic feet, 83 audio cassettes, 1 computer disc
Records of the city of Rocheport, Missouri, include meeting minutes; financial records; files on sewer, street, and waste water improvements; audio cassettes of council meetings; correspondence; materials pertaining to the 1993 Mississippi/Missouri Rivers flood; and files on city hall renovation, planning and zoning, and recreational trails program.
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City of St. Louis Map, 1874 (S0407)
0.01 cubic foot
A map of the City of St. Louis compiled from surveys by Julius Hutawa, 1874.
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Civic Entrepreneurs Organization Records, 1988-2011 (S1215)
5 cubic feet
Records of the Civic Entrepreneurs Organization (1988-2011) including correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to the St. Louis Art Fair, the Gateway to Health and Dragon Boat Festival, the Arts in Education Program; financial health; dissolution of the Civic Entrepreneurs Organization in 2011. The records also include microtape recordings and photographs on CD-R of the Gateway to Health Dragon Boat Festival.
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Civic Progress, Incorporated Records, 1953-1984 (S0153)
0.01 cubic foot
The collection contains articles of incorporation, agendas, histories, correspondence, and speeches documenting the organization’s efforts to support long-range infrastructure and culture improvements in St. Louis City.
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Civil Research Institute Records, 1920-1966 (K0071)
15 c.f.
Working papers for the Institute, whose purpose was to study problems in the Kansas City area with regard to politics, health, police, city budgets, charters, and state reorganization, independent of influences of local governments. The work involved preparing in-depth studies of the specific problem, its causes and possible solutions. These records contain much of the raw data collected during the research process.
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Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis Manuscript , 1980 (S0187)
0.15 cubic feet
The Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis Manuscript consists of a thesis written by Gina L. Henderson titled The Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis, 1954-1970: A Socio-Historical Perspective. The author argues that Black St. Louisans were at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement despite popular notions that the city’s African-American population was complacent.
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Civil War Claims, 1865-1874 (C1493)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Claims by Elizabeth Givens of Callaway County for supplies taken by Maj. H.C. Caldwell, Third Iowa Cavalry; William J. Bedsworth of Callaway County for horses taken by White, Enrolled Missouri Militia; and Henry Larimore of Callaway County for supplies furnished and services rendered the Union Army.
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Civil War Commemorative Envelope, 1961 (C2811)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Envelope commemorating the Civil War battles of Wilson's Creek, Springfield, and Oak Hill.
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Civil War Documents, 1862-1904 (C2654)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Letter and pamphlet on Confederate Missouri batteries at the Battle of Vicksburg. Blueprint of the Vicksburg National Military Park; proposed inscriptions for Missouri batteries. Muster rolls, a muster and pay roll, and an order book of Dawson's 3rd Missouri Battery (also called St. Louis Battery and McDonald's Battery), C.S.A., with the army of the West's General and Special Orders.
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Civil War Documents, 1861-1865 (C4274)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)
Photocopies of miscellaneous papers including discharges, enlistments, Confederate bills and notes, stamps, insignia, orders, and mustering out papers of soldiers, including officers, mostly from Missouri.
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Civil War Envelopes, c. 1860s (C4316)
0.2 cubic feet (14 folders)
The collection consists of mailing envelopes used during the Civil War which express pro-Union sentiment in the form of artistic caricatures.
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Civil War in Missouri Scrapbook, 1823-1868 (C1379)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection of newspaper clippings on Missouri, 1823-1868, from New York and Boston newspapers, primarily the NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. Most of the items pertain to the Civil War in Missouri, 1861-1862, and include maps and diagrams of the war in the west.
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Civil War Letter, 1862 (C2587)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a personal letter to his wife, written from Campbell Hospital, Washington, D.C., Dec. 31, 1862.
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Civil War Letter, 1862 (C0511)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from an unknown soldier to mother and father from Camp Muligan, Lexington, Missouri, Nov. 21, 1862. Tells of scouting trips, daily activities, and the election in Pleasant Hill.
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Civil War Letter, 1862 (C1835)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To his wife from "Thomas," Nov. 14, 1862.
Discusses guerrilla activities, bushwhacking, and the possibility of enlisting in the Missouri Militia, as well as family affairs and future prospects.
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Civil War Letter, 1863 (C0464)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To "Charles" in the East from "Kathryn," St. Louis, MO, May 24, 1863. Discussion of St. Louis and the war.
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Civil War Letter, 1863 (C0465)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To "Hattie," from Charleston, SC, Sept. 3, 1863.
Written by a Civil War soldier to his wife, the letter mentions lack of anything to do and seeing the MONITOR and IRONSIDE in the bay. Unidentified photo of a soldier.
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Civil War Letters, 1864 (C2457)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three letters from "Roger" in Washington, D.C. They concern Sherman's march to the sea, G.K. Warren's failure to destroy important railroad connections, and other military news. His information is from southern newspapers and U.S. Grant's telegrams.
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Civil War Letters, 1864 (C3196)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters to a woman named Caroline, one from Francis M. Froth, the other from George Smith, both writing from Memphis, TN, and telling of army life and their hopes for the future.
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Civil War Letters, 1860-1862 (C2236)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Civil War letters by Union and Confederate soldiers, battle report, 1861, and directive, 1860.
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Civil War Letters, 1862 (C2008)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains two letters written to his parents in Wisconsin about skirmishes at Chalk's Bluff, AR, and Kennett and Hornersville, MO, and capture of steamer DANIEL B. MILLER.
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Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1864 (C1853)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a fragment of muster roll of men from Caldwell County, MO, 1861; a penciled list of names, July 1864, of Caldwell County militia, possibly those pursuing Thraillkill (Confederate) Raiders; and a letter from Bertha Booth explaining the muster rolls.
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Civil War Orders, 1861 (C1495)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains orders signed by John Bryner, commander of the 47th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, and by E.B. Eno, acting provost marshal.
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Civil War Passes, 1862-1863 (C2807)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Five railroad passes and one hospital pass.
Civil War Regimental Histories, no date (C3500)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Organization, orders, campaigns, mustering out, and casualties of ten Missouri regiments in the Civil War.
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Civil War Relief Meeting Notice, 1864 (C2804)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Broadside announcing mass meetings in Kirksville, county seat of Adair County, to provide widows, orphans and families of active soldiers with necessities for winter.
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Civil War Reminiscences, no date (C0760)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of the battle of Springfield, MO, 1861, by Robert A. Austin, Carrollton, MO.
Experiences of Isaac Cruzen in Lexington, MO, 1862-1864.
Incidents in Richmond, MO, as told by a daughter of L.K. Kinsey. Notes on Cruzen genealogy.
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Civil War Round Table of St. Louis Newsletters, 1958-1967 (S0324)
1 microfilm roll
Volumes 1-3 of Bushwacker, the official publicatoin of the Civil War Round Table of St. Louis, containing information on the association's activities and the history of the Civil War.
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Civil War Scrapbook, 1850-1865 (C0923)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The scrapbook contains clippings from unidentified newspapers of the Civil War period largely concerning the Buchanan-Fillmore election, slavery, states’ rights, speeches, and other issues of the time.
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Civil War Veteran Homestead Ledgers, 1874 (SP0069)
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)
The Civil War Veteran Ledgers collection contains two small volumes of handwritten notes taken in 1874 by a government land agent. The notes record information about Union veterans of the Civil War who served in the United States Army or the Missouri State Militia and had made homestead claims of 160 acres or less via the Homestead Act of 1862. The veterans resided in five Missouri counties: Douglas, Ozark, Barry, McDonald, and Stone.
"Civil War, Missouri: 'The Road to Secession,'" Alan Weber, 1966 (C3084)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a paper written for a school project by a 17-year-old high school student.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1730, Bunker, Missouri Collection, 1939 (R1143)
(1 folder)
This is a copy of 'Company Attention' from September 1939, the newsletter of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1730, located at Forest Service Camp F-MO-7 near Bunker in Dent County, Missouri. Laval H. Ander was the company commander and Fred M. Gannon was superintendent of forestry.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1732 Blooming Rose, Missouri Collection, 1935 (R1089)
(1 folder)
These are five copies of 'The Oak Tree', the weekly newsletter of the Civilian Conservation Corp's company 1732 at Blooming Rose in Phelps County, Missouri. The issues are dated between October 17 and December 12, 1935.
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Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp No. 3737, Collection, 1935-1983 (R0177)
3 folders
The Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp No. 3737 Collection contains photocopies of correspondence, camp newspapers, and a scrapbook pertaining to the CCC camp near Lynchburg, Laclede County, Missouri. There are also a few items from camps in Winona and Sumner, Missouri, and newspaper clippings regarding reunions in 1983 of former CCC trainees in Missouri.
Fayette Clapp Diary, 1862-1863 (C2430)
0.17 cubic feet (8 folders)
Diary consists of "letters" written to Clapp's wife during service in the Mississippi Fleet of the Union. As a surgeon, Clapp participated in Grant's campaign to take Vicksburg, the Yazoo Pass Expedition, and the Battle of Grand Gulf. Provides glimpses of shipboard life, comparisons of army and navy, observations on slavery, and familial concerns.
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Moses E. Clapp Letters, 1907-1918 (C0256)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Replies of prominent men to Clapp about invitation received or favor requested from them. Letter from a group of Crow Indians explaining problem on reservation lands; from Theodore Roosevelt about future of Progressive Party; from Roosevelt about shipping bill which President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan proposed to Congress.
Ocran Clapp Funeral Sermon, 1835 (C0709)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Sermon preached at Easthampton at the funeral of Ocran Clapp, who died in the snow December 15, 1835.