Manuscripts Index
Columbia, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1875-1994 (P0078)
An artificial collection of photographs of Columbia, MO.
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Columbia, Missouri, Social and Economic Census of the Colored Population, 1901 (C1082)
0.4 cubic feet; also available on 1 roll of microfilm
Family reports listing name, age, occupation, weekly earnings and color of husband, wife, children, married children at home, and others living with the family. Reverse side lists date and/or age at marriage, deaths within the year, property owned, amount owed, housing and sanitary conditions, education, family expenditures, and previous residence. Most questions were answered in full. Arranged alphabetically by family name.
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Columbia, Missouri. Recreation Commission Report, 1945 (C0596)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Annual report to the mayor, city council and citizens of Columbia on activities and needs of the commission.
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Columbians Against Throwaways Records, 1970-2002 (C4675)
5.5 cubic feet (165 folders, 8 audio cassettes, 1 oversize item)
Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, promotional and research material, photographs, and other records of a citizens group supporting a beverage container deposit ordinance.
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Columbus Christian Church (Columbus, Mo.) Records, 1853, 1870, 1938 (C0716)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The records of the Columbus Christian Church contain a history of the church written by Lulu Simmerman in 1938. Also included are subscription lists from 1853 and 1870, and a receipt, 1870.
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Charles Colville, Jr. Papers, 1917-1919 (K0044)
1 v
Diary of Charles Colville, Jr., member of United States Navy during World War I and with the Navy in the Pacific and Siberia following World War I.
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Combination Bridge Company Collection, 1890-1896 (K0200)
0.02 c.f.
The Combination Bridge Company Collection contains photographic reproductions detailing the construction of the Combination Bridge over the Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa.
William R. Combs Papers, 1846-1868 (C3942)
0.2 cubic feet
The papers of Combs, a Baptist preacher in Kentucky in the mid-nineteenth century, consist of a journal describing his preaching and pastoral obligations, which was also used for financial transactions, recipes and cures. The papers also include sermon texts, essays, and legal papers.
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Commercial Club of Joplin Collection, 1913 (R0900)
(1 folder)
This is "Joplin Missouri: the City of Wealth Industry and Opportunity", a promotional booklet published by the Commercial Club of Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. The text extols Joplin's economic infrastructure, and there are many photographic illustrations of the city's major public facilities, commercial buildings, and primary industries.
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Commercial Club of Kansas City Scrapbooks, 1886-1913 (K0264)
0.2 c.f.
Scrapbooks of media coverage for the activities of the Club (forerunner of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce), as well as many of Kansas City's civic events.
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Commercial Club (West Plains, Mo.) Minutes, 1900-1901 (C1886)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of meetings, July 10, 1900-December 10, 1901.
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Committee FOR Annexation Records, 1963-1964 (K0086)
0.3 c.f.
Materials in support of the annexation of the Hickman Mills school district to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District. Also campaign information of an earlier school levy increase is included, as well as research materials related to the advantages of annexation, campaign literature distributed, and news clippings
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Committee for Environmental Information Records, 1956-1977 (S0069)
12 cubic feet, 439 folders, 4 photographs, 8 audio tapes, 1 microfilm roll
The records contain bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence, narrative histories, and curricula documenting the Committee for Environmental Information's mission to collect, evaluate, and make available to the public, information concerning nuclear tests and weaponry and the uses of nuclear energy.
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Committee For Free Choice Records, 1969-1982 (C3707)
3.2 cubic feet (291 folders), 2 oversize volumes
The Committee For Free Choice records (CFFC) consist of policy statements, correspondence, program plans, political lobbying information, and newsletters. CFFC is an affiliate of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). Much of the collection is information from NARAL and affiliates and related organizations.
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Committee for Historic Preservation Collection, 1983-1985 (R1380)
0.25 cubic foot (7 folders)
The Committee for Historic Preservation Papers documents the projects of a committee that makes up part of the Phelps County Historical Society. Detailed records of meetings and projects, including a two-year long fight to save a railroad depot, are included in the collection.
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Common School District, Gideon, Missouri Collection, 1937 (R0706)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Common School District, Gideon, Missouri Collection contains a program for the “Dedication of the Junior-Senior High School Building, Gideon, Missouri,” dated September 17, 1937.
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Commonwealth Land Company Collection, 1906 (R0790)
(1 folder)
This is a letter dated October 1, 1906, from J. P. Allen in Muskogee, Indian Territory, to J. C. Smock & Co. in Eufaula, I. T. Allen was president of the Commonwealth Land Company, whose home office was in Windsor, Henry County, Missouri.
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Communications Class Oral History Project, 1987-1995 (S0512)
2.5 cubic feet, 116 cassette tapes
The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted as class assignments in Elizabeth Kizer's Communication 242 class. The topics reflect St. Louis's history, including African Americans, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, immigrants, sports, and the Great Depression.
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Communications Consortium Media Center Records, 1980s-1990s (CA5661)
7.5 cubic feet
Materials, compiled, collected, and distributed which relate to women's news issues. Topics include abortion, human reproduction, media, politics, and others.
Communications Workers of America Records, 1983-2009 (S0864)
25 cubic feet
The records of the Communication Workers of American contain Grievance files, correspondence, contract books, and arbitration awards pertaining to the union's mission to advocate workers in the telecommunications and information technology industries.
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Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) Records, 1976-2012 (K0914)
22.2 c.f.
Organizational records of a faith-based, grass roots organization focused on community issues such as healthcare, foreclosure, and pay day loans. Includes board minutes, financial records, public relation files, training, research, and newsletters.
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Community Action Partnership Records, 1991-1998 (CA6054)
4 cubic feet
Executive skills portfolios prepared by community action leaders from across the country. Submitted to the national association, the portfolios document a variety of accomplishments by community leaders in pursuit of CCAP [Certified Community Action Professional] designation. Includes correspondence, work samples, and essays.
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Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax (COMBAT) Records, 1999-2001 (K0913)
2.5 c.f.
COMBAT was a Jackson County supported anti-drug program. Includes administrative records, grant materials, notes, reports, printed and published materials, and newspapers clippings.
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Community Builder: The Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols Collection, 2005-2007 (K0915)
3 c.f.
Audiovisual materials gathered while researching a documentary film on Nichols, footage from the film, and copies of the finished film. Includes video tapes, CD's, DVD's, and a production binder.
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Community Children's Theatre Records, 1947-1999 (K1255)
19 c.f.
Organizational records of Kansas City area Children's Theatre group made up of a number of local theater companies: presidents files, committee notebooks, minutes, rosters, financial records, programs, publications, newsletters, and photographs. Also plays/scripts and performance photographs. scrapbooks, various books, catalogues, and professional publications.
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Community Cookbooks Collection, 1954 (K1413)
0.07 c.f.
The collection contains two cookbooks, which were owned by Nellie Small Harwood.
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Community Development Society Records, 1964-2019 (CA5728)
19.3 cubic feet, 13 rolls of microfilm, 14 computer discs, 2 flash drives
Addition of publications, correspondence, financial records, board meeting minutes, committee materials, annual meeting materials, handbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous material.
Community Development Society Records, 1969-1995 (C3880)
15 cubic feet, 3 audio cassettes
Records of a professional association of academics and practitioners of community development in the United States and Canada. The records consist of correspondence of officers; board meeting minutes; society publications, annual meeting materials, and other assorted records.
Community Presbyterian Church (Blake, Mo.) Records, 1924-1932 (C1344)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)
History, by-laws, and minutes of session meetings of the church, which was formed when Bethel and Prairie Valley churches merged.
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Community School Historic Subject Files Collection, 1883-1996 (S1092)
3 cubic feet, 105 folders, 22 photographs
The collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and art reproductions related to the history of Missouri, St. Louis, and the United States. Staff members of the Community School, an independent educational institution that encourages a non-rigid educational environment for children, collected the materials to educate their pupils. Topics of interest include the Veiled Prophet Ball, the Old Courthouse, Jefferson Barracks, and the Gemini and Apollo space programs.
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Community Survey for Kansas City Foundations Report, 1948 (K0196)
0.2 c.f.
Report of Community Surveys, Inc.'s study evaluating the social, health, recreational, and educational needs of Kansas City and to develop a prioritized blueprint for philanthropic support in the community anticipating creation of Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations (KCATF).
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Community Video Advisory Board (CVAB) Records, 1969-1992 (K0403)
1 c.f.
Administrative materials of the Board which oversaw operation of American Cablevision's public access channel. Also information from Ecumedia, an interfaith, nonprofit television show on Channel 30 of American Cablevision, and the Metropolitan Inter-Church Agency (MICA), a council of churches that brought the Christian community together.
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Community Woman's Club of Gideon Records, 1929-1990 (R0477)
(3 rolls of microfilm)
These are record books and scrapbooks of the Community Woman's Club of Gideon in New
Madrid County, Missouri. The record books contain minutes of meetings, membership rosters, and
treasurer's records, 1929-1975. The scrapbooks include printed material, photographs, and miscellaneous
items concerning the club's activities, 1940-1990.
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Company I, 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Portrait, ca. 1898, circa 1898 (P1029)
Company I, 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, group photograph of Spanish American War soldiers
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Compton Heights Band of St. Louis Records, 1960-2022 (S0438)
17 c.f.
This collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, photographs, negative slides, programs, flyers, scripts, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, and one vinyl record that document the band’s history and mission to play and preserve concert band music in the Compton Heights community.
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Abner Jasper Conant Letter, 1876 (C3157)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to Edward Seymour, New York, NY, from Conant, St. Louis, concerning photographs of pottery found in Missouri Indian mounds. Engravings of the photographs enclosed with letter.
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Concerned Parents of Greater St. Louis and St. Charles Collection, 1972-1973 (S0257)
0.01 cubic foot
The Concerned Citizens for St. Charles Collection contains correspondence, interview transcripts, and a term paper, primarily documenting the group's efforts, led by Laura Rogers to ban controversial textbooks from schools and establish a private Christian school in St. Charles, Missouri.
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Concord Presbyterian Church (Callaway County, Mo.) Records, 1833-1935 (C1349)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Session minutes; history of the church, whose name was changed from Seven Mile Church in 1840; ministers, elders, and deacons; membership lists; and record of infant baptisms.
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Concordia Baptist Church (Concordia, Mo.) Records, 1861-1922 (C3906)
4 folders, 1 roll of microfilm
The records of the Concordia Baptist Church consist of minute books of the congregation and the sister society, and the constitution of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.
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Concordia Project Records, 1990s (CA6099)
0.6 cubic feet
Color photographs and negatives of textiles produced by Missouri artisans for the Concordia Project. Includes crochet and tatting, cut work and embroidery, quilts and quilting, rag rugs, and weaving. Also includes miscellaneous files and audio cassette interviews.
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Concordia Theological Seminary Photographs, no date (P0363)
17 photographs
Photographs of the Concordia Theological Seminary campus in St. Louis.
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Deleta Condray Papers, 1933 (R1094)
(1 folder)
This is a letter dated March 27, 1933, from Deleta Condray of Bangert in Dent County, Missouri, to the directors of the Adams School District in Phelps County, Missouri. In the letter Condray applies for a teaching job at the school.
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Confederate Home (Higginsville, Mo.) History and Cemetery Records, no date (C3498)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of formation of the Confederate Home Association, building of the home, cost, dedication, and takeover by the state. List of inmates and list of men and women buried in the cemetery.
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Confederate Home, Higginsville, Photographs, 1904 (P1046)
Seven photographs of the Confederate Home in Higginsville, MO, ca. 1904. Includes images of the main building, barnyard, surgeon's residence, hospital reception hall, and exterior views of residences.
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Confederate Memorial List, 1897 (C3560)
1 oversize item
The collection contains an oversize poster with names and photographs of Confederate Civil War generals, and Jefferson Davis.
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Confederate Proclamation, no date (C2820)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation urging Southerners to force abolitionists and Union sympathizers out of southern towns. Issued in response to Lincoln's call for 75,000 men.
Confederate States of America Bond, 1861 (C4155)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Printed loan of $500 to "bearer," authorized by C.S.A. August 19, 1861.
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Confederate States of America Bond, 1864 (C0971)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
One-thousand-dollar bond.