Manuscripts Index
Anthony R. Crawford Collection, 1980-1983 (S0459)
0.4 cubic foot, 17 folders, 445 photographs
The collection includes black and white prints and negatives of downtown St. Louis buildings taken between 1980 and 1983, including prints and negatives of the 1981 Veiled Prophet Fair and Parade. The collection also includes one folder of newspaper clippings about the razing of historic buildings to redevelop the downtown St. Louis area with the Gateway Mall complex.
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Billie Crawford Papers, 1878 (R0388)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Billie Crawford Papers contain a photocopy of a typescript copy of a diary of an overland journey from St. Clair County, Missouri, to Camp Verde, Arizona, May 29 to September 17, 1878. The travelers included William “Billie” Crawford Jr., Alfred L. Gash, George Fain, their families, and a few neighbors. Related genealogical material is included with the diary.
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Curtis C. Crawford Papers, 1964-1985 (S0484)
0.25 cubic feet, 7 folders, 11 photographs
The Curtis C. Crawford Papers document his political career as the Assistant Circuit Attorney in St. Louis, 1956-1964; director of Legal Aid Society, 1966 to 1967; regional director of the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1970; chairman of the National Appeals Board and the U.S. Parole Board, 1970-1977. Crawford also ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and mayor of St. Louis. The collection contains campaign literature, correspondence, and photographs.
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Henry Clay and William H. Crawford Letters, 1857-1865 (C0239)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of letters to their family from Union soldiers operating in southwest Missouri.
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John D. Crawford Papers, 1862-1863 (R0472)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The John D. Crawford Papers contain an original and two photocopied Civil War letters written by John D. Crawford, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and likely his father, H. P. Crawford. The letters note events in Adair, Knox, Schuyler, and Scotland counties in Missouri, and the execution of prisoners by Union authorities at Palmyra, Missouri.
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Creager Family Papers, 1871-1938 (R1501)
0.25 cubic foot (6 folders)
The Creager Family Papers contain personal documents of the Creager family of Shannon County, Missouri. These materials include photographs, land records, wills, tax and insurance information.
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Benjamin H. Creamer Papers, 1890-1969 (R0476)
10 folders
These are papers of a farmer and stock raiser in Maries County, Missouri. The collection includes
family correspondence, obituaries and funeral home cards, election poll books, and records
pertaining to Creamer's work with the Maries County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service and the Maries County Highway Commission.
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Thomas Francis Creamer Papers, 1910-1941 (K1220)
1 c.f.
Creamer was a railroad fireman. Includes family photographs, correspondence, and papers relating to the Creamer family in Illinois and Missouri. Also materials related to his work with the Baltimore and Ohio/Chicago and Alton Railroad.
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Crede Family Papers, 1818-1939 (C3065)
1.6 cubic feet (93 folders, 8 volumes), 2 oversize volumes; also available on 4 rolls of microfilm
Personal correspondence, genealogical records, and business records of a German-American family living in Osage County, MO. The bulk of the collection concerns Hermann Crede; other papers pertain to his brothers, Wilhelm and Carl; all three immigrated in the 1850s. Much of the correspondence is in German; the business records are in English.
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Alfred B. Cree Papers, 1862-1863 (R0301)
0.05 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Alfred B. Cree Papers contain the letters of Capt. Alfred B. Cree of Co. F., 22nd Iowa Infantry. Cree wrote of family matters, camp life, and regimental politics from Benton Barracks at St. Louis, and from camps at Rolla, Salem, Iron Mountain, and Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1862-1863. There is also a single letter from Charlestown in what is now West Virginia, in 1864.
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Jimmy and Mary Creecy Postcard Collection, 1907 (P0383)
1 folder
Photo postcards of the Bunceton Fair.
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J.H. Creighton Letters, 1884-1888 (C0255)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from J.F. and G.A. Gross in North Carolina to Eliza Money. Receipt for a coffin and suit of clothes.
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Cresswell Family Papers, 1823-1979 (R0007)
1.25 cubic foot (51 folders, 2 oversize volumes)
The Cresswell Family Papers contain the personal, legal, and business papers of the Cresswell family of Washington County, Missouri. The papers include correspondence, land documents, legal papers, slave documents, tax receipts, account books from the furnace and store owned by the family, miscellaneous business papers, local school records, and personal papers.
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George Cresswell Letters, 1823-1860 (C3269)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of letters from England to George Cresswell of Pennsylvania and Washington County, Missouri, regarding economic conditions in England and slavery.
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Crestwood, Missouri, Invitation, 1966 (C3151)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an invitation to ceremonies marking the dedication of the Thomas Sappington house as an historic landmark.
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M. J. Crews Collection, 1885 (R1238)
(1 folder)
This is a certificate, dated October 24, 1885, for M. J. Crews as a Master Mason and member of Iron Mountain Lodge No. 430, Free and Accepted Masons, at Iron Mountain in Saint Francois County, Missouri.
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Joseph Crider Letters, 1862-1865 (C2724)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Transcripts of twenty-five letters from a Union soldier in Company I, 6th Missouri Cavalry, to his family describing heavy fighting, hardships, and battle of Vicksburg.
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John C. Crighton Collection, no date (CA2812)
16 cubic feet
Papers of a Stephens College professor consisting primarily of research notes, with other research materials, for historical publications on Columbia and Boone County, MO, Stephens College, and health services in Missouri.
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"Crime and Punishment: The Kansas City Municipal Workhouse", 1999 (CA5836)
1 video cassette
A 1999 program produced by a Kansas City television station.
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Crisis Magazine Collection, 1969-2000 (S0678)
0.25 cubic foot, 9 folders
The Crisis publication started in November 1910, when W.E.B. Du Bois arrived in New York City. He was the director of publicity and research of the reorganized National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and editor of The Crisis, its publication. The Crisis transformed the African American world as well as a large portion of the liberal white world. The Crisis Magazine collection documents publication years 1969 to 2000. Also included in the collection are also contains copies of Black Enterprise, 1989; Black Scholar, 1991; Catalyst, 1988-1994; and Sage, 1985-1991.
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C.V. Criss Papers, 1894-1920 (C0246)
0.2 cubic feet
Papers concerned with the Sedalia District Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Criss was the district superintendent.
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Robert E. and Betty Lou Crist Photograph Collection, no date (P0938)
2 photographs
Photos of John Forbes Benjamin house, Shelbina
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J. H. Criswell Handbill, circa 1902 (R0662)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This is a handbill by J. H. Criswell at Owensville in Gasconade County, Missouri, soliciting ties for the St. Louis, Kansas City, and Colorado Railroad.
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"Missouri," H.H. Crittenden, 1930 (C2096)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Poem submitted to the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW.
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John Jordon Crittenden Letters, 1820-1860 (C0973)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters pertaining to the Whig Party, particularly in Missouri. Originals in the Library of Congress.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Calling Card, 1882 (C1592)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Calling card of governor of Missouri.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Letter, 1897 (C1929)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to E.E. Blake, El Reno, OK T., from Mexico City, Mar.30, 1897, asking procedure for securing the rights of Americans.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Letter, 1896 (C1744)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to R.H. Jesse, Columbia, MO, from Mexico City, Dec. 28, 1896. Crittenden describes the Texas-Missouri football game in Mexico City and compares Mexican cadets with American students.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Letter, no date (C1514)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter written to Ben Perley Poore. It includes a list of the counties which compose the 7th Congressional District of Missouri and an autobiographical sketch of Crittenden.
Thomas Theodore Crittenden Papers, 1880-1950 (C0087)
0.4 cubic feet
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and papers of Thomas T. Crittenden, governor of Missouri, 1881-1885, and U.S. consul general in Mexico City, 1893-1897. Letter book kept while he was consul general in Mexico.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Proclamation, 1881 (C2875)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Governor's proclamation offering rewards for the arrest of express and train robbers Frank and Jesse James.
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Lelah E. Crockett Papers, 1965-1992 (C4467)
2.0 cubic feet (106 folders)
This collection is comprised of genealogical materials pertaining to the family of Lelah Crockett, and the various branches related to the Crocketts. Much of the material is photocopies of original documents either from governmental sources, books, or family papers such as a family Bible. The rest is typically correspondence about the family history.
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Madeline Crockett Photograph Collection, 1956, no date (P0064)
5 photographs
5 b/w photos of Sabbath Home United Methodist Church. Three exterior views of the Church, one of which shows the cemetery, and one interior view with alter. One b/w group photo of Primary Class during Vacation Church School, with individuals identified.
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Crockett-Richardson Family Postcards, 1908-1941 (C4460)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Picture postcard collection compiled by Bates County, Missouri, native Jessie Marie Sturgeon Wirt and her daughter Lois Marie Wirt, Lompoc, California. Includes postcards showing Missouri towns, other states, holiday greetings, jokes, landscapes, and historic sites and buildings both in the U.S. and in Europe.
John Croll Photograph Collection, 1890 (P0753)
4 photographs
Copy photos of Wabash Hospital (Moberly), N. Missouri R.R. Locomotive, Hannibal railroad yards and depot.
Robert Cronbach Collection, 1933-1992 (S0613)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains biographical material on the sculptor Robert Cronbach, collected by Ernest Stix.
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Crooked Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Crawford County, Mo.) Records, 1871-1926 (C3718)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Church record book of the Crooked Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which began in Keysville and later moved to Steelville. The church was established in 1834 by John Dunlap, Reuben Vaughn, Mr. Keys, and several others.
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S.H. Crosman Letter, 1838 (C2436)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to J.R. Campbell, St. Francisville, MO, from Keokuk, [IA], May 26, 1838, concerning land deeds he is bringing with him to St. Louis, business, and estate of Isaac Antaga.
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Alice Clark Cross Postcard Collection, 1906-1909 (P0265)
7 postcards
Seven postcards of the University of Missouri showing quadrangle, columns, birds-eye view of campus, academic hall and Broadway in Columbia during busy day.
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Asa Beebe Cross Papers, 1855-1940 (K0082)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, financial and business records of Cross, an early Kansas City architect, and his immediate family
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John N. Cross Record Book, 1871-1872 (C1086)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
A schoolteacher's record of personal expense while attending college. Records he kept at the various schools where he taught and notes on the weather and subjects taught.
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John Newton Cross Scrapbook, 1934 (C1396)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings from Missouri newspapers.
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CrossCurrents Culture Unlimited Records, 1980-2009 (K0544)
10 c.f.
Organizational records and sound recordings of a not-for-profit which produces concerts, plays and community events.
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CrossCurrents Culture Unlimited Records, 1977-1998 (KA2612)
2 c.f.
The addition contains audio cassettes, posters, flyers, performance schedules, newspaper clippings, and membership lists related to the CrossCurrents Culture Unlimited Records.
CrossCurrents is a non-profit corporation in Kansas City, Missouri, dedicated to people creating their own culture.
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Dr. Henry Crossen World War II Scrapbooks, 1936-1946 (S0672)
4 cubic feet, 40 folders
Dr. Crossen served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine and compiled the scrapbooks during World War II. The scrapbooks provide a view of the war as it was seen during the period. Topics of interest include the Battle of Britain, Japanese-American internment camps, and the Battle of Midway.
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"Crossing the Plains", 1864 (C0686)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Poem about a trip from Tipton, Missouri, into Idaho, starting April 23, 1864. Printed in 1886 by the poet’s brother, W.S. Howard.
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William Lee Crotty Papers, 1913-1919 (K0293)
0.5 c.f.
Research notes and writings of a local historian focused on the southern part of Kansas City and Jackson County, MO.
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Ben G. Crouch Photographs, no date (P0630)
3 photographs
Photos of Bethany, MO: Fairview Church, Hubbard home, John S. Allen memorial.
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Kenneth E. Crouch Papers, 1951-1960 (C2207)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous church bulletins.
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Carl Crow Letter, 1937 (C2933)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Rolph Fairchild, from Pelham, NY, Nov. 13, 1937, asking advice about which political party to join.