Manuscripts Index

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Community Presbyterian Church (Blake, Mo.) Records, 1924-1932 (C1344)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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

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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.  

Concord Presbyterian Church (Callaway County, Mo.) Records, 1833-1935 (C1349)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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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

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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

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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.

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)

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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)

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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

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The collection contains an oversize poster with names and photographs of Confederate Civil War generals, and Jefferson Davis.

Confederate Proclamation, 1861 (C2820)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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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)

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Printed loan of $500 to "bearer," authorized by C.S.A. August 19, 1861.

Confederate States of America Bond, 1864 (C0971)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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One-thousand-dollar bond.

Confederate States of America Money, 1864 (C0466)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Twenty-dollar bill.

Confederate States of America Money, 1864 (C1950)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Fifty-dollar bill.

Confederate States of America. Army, Missouri Cavalry, Wood's Battalion, Company C, Papers, 1865 (C1846)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a muster roll and oath of allegiance and parole of honor of Captain Paul F. Thornton.

Confluence St. Louis Oral History Project, 1994-1995 (S0619)
1 cubic foot, 7 folders, 42 audio cassettes

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Confluence St. Louis purports to improve the quality of life in St. Louis through broad-based participation by interested citizens in study and action on issues of importance to the region. The collection includes fifteen oral history tapes, summaries, and consent forms, documenting the history of Confluence St. Louis.

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Confluence St. Louis Records, 1983-1995 (S0866)
3 cubic feet

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The records of Confluence St. Louis contain meeting minutes, reports, long-range plans, newsletters, cassettes, and oral history consent forms, documenting the organization's mission to promote civic cooperation in the St. Louis region.

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Congregation B'nai Jehudah Collection, 1950-2011 (K0649)
1 c.f.

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The Congregation is the oldest reform temple in Kansas City, MO. includes newsletters and publication from the Congregation.

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Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner (BIAV) Collection, 1969 (K0916)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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This collection contains a ""Grace and Blessings"" booklet and a yarmulke from the Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner Mortgage Burning Dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bettinger.

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Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner Collection, 1915-2003 (K1303)
0.3 c.f.

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he collection contains a scrapbook documenting the activities of the Giborim
Chapter of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth and other miscellaneous
materials related to local Jewish synagogues and organizations.

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Congregation Beth Shalom Records, 1917-2002 (K0602)
37.12 c.f.

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Organizational records including minutes, financial records, correspondence, commemorative booklets, brochures, speeches, photographs, VHS cassettes of rabbinical lectures, religious activities, and various school programs.

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Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood Records, 1961-2006 (K0603)
12 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Sisterhood including by-laws, committee reports, financial documents, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the year's activities including meetings, conferences, and social gatherings.

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Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection, no date (KA2607)
8 c.f.

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The Congregation Beth Shalom VHS Collection contains eight cubic feet of VHS videotapes, primarily focused on the lectures of Rabbi Morris Margolies, who served the congregation in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Congregation Ohev Shalom Collection, 1977-2007 (K0682)
0.1 c.f.

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Books commemorating the 100th and 130th anniversaries of Congregation Ohev Shalom, and video recording of program honoring Rabbi Daniel Horowitz.

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Congregation Ohev Sholom Newsletters, 1994-2008 (K1385)
0.49 c.f. (15 folders)

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Congregation Ohev Sholom Newsletters, The Briefer, 1994-2008

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Congregation Shir Chadash Collection, 1980 (K1327)
0.1 c.f.

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The Congregation Shir Chadash Collection consists of newsletters and member directories from the now inactive Kansas City synagogue.

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Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) (Columbia, Mo.) Papers, 1959-1964 (C2508)
0.5 cubic feet

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Collections contain constitutions of national and local C.O.R.E., minutes, membership lists, clippings, and correspondence. Includes information on integration in Columbia, the arrest of John D. Schopp, and projects sponsored by the national organization.

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Conley-Miller Family Papers, 1792-1977, 1983 (C3693)
5.4 cubic feet (324 folders, 6 oversize volumes)

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Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, ledgers, financial and personal records, genealogical materials, photographs, and miscellaneous material of the Conley and Miller family of Boone County, Missouri.

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Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1889-1925 (C4042)
12.8 cubic feet (413 folders)

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The collection contains business correspondence, land contracts, court appeals, share-holding certificates, payment receipts, record books, warranty deeds, and other documents produced by the Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers through their real estate transactions in Missouri and Texas.

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Conley-Myers Bank Photograph, 1920 (P0293)
1 photograph

One image of the interior of the Conley-Myers Bank in Columbia, MO, circa 1920.

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Benjamin Connaway Papers, 1817-1838 (C0247)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Promissory notes, tax receipts, accounts, and receipts.

Dennis Harper Connaway Papers, 1858-1888 (C0248)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)

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Correspondence, Civil War papers, and miscellaneous papers. County collector book of Cedar County.

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John Waldo Connaway Letter, 1944 (C1828)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Clippings from the KANSAS CITY TIMES on the death of H.S. Sturgis, Neosho newspaper publisher, and remarks by Connaway.

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John Waldo Connaway Scroll, 1937 (C1512)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Scroll presented to Connaway in recognition of his service to the University of Missouri in agricultural education and research.

John Waldo Connaway Papers, 1878-1944 (C0052)
2.2 cubic feet (111 folders)

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The papers of John W. Connaway contain personal and professional correspondence, research notes and writings, and brief personal material regarding his family. Connaway was Professor of Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine at the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station from 1888 to 1947 where he made significant findings in controlling Texas fever, hog cholera, brucellosis or Bang's disease, and other livestock disorders.

John Connaway Collection, 1785-1817 (C0250)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Promissory notes and receipts. Some are valued in dollars and cents and some in pounds and shillings.

John Connelly Papers, 1810-1888 (C0257)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)

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Patent issued under act of Congress providing relief for losses in the New Madrid earthquake; certificates of title and transfer of land originally belonging to Wilson Cummings; oath of allegiance, 1865; report of losses to a raiding band; tax receipts.

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William Elsey Connelly Letters, 1900-1911 (K0203)
0.01 c.f.

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Letters written by Connelley, noted Kansas historian, to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, journalist, author, and reformer, relating to Connelley's research into the life of John Brown and other projects. Gives his candid opinions about prominent political and literary personalities in Kansas, and some insight into Connelley's personal life.

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Connor Hotel Collection, 1908-1978 (R0136)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Connor Hotel Collection contains photocopies of an illustrated promotional booklet, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the Connor Hotel in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

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R.F. Connor Letter, 1861 (C2018)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To James Shambaugh, from Clarinda, IA, Sept. 2, 1861.

Requests ten sacks of flour.

Thomas Connor Papers, 1893-1909 (C0244)
0.3 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 volume)

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Connor's will and other papers connected with his estate. Lead and zinc ore register, 1893-1909, from Joplin, MO.

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J.V. Conran Papers, 1940-1982 (C4067)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)

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The papers of J.V. Conran, an attorney and political leader in Southeast Missouri, contain correspondence, newspapers clippings, and photographs.

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