Manuscripts Index
Feaster Family Papers, 1840-1852 (C2139)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The Feaster Family papers contain two letters to William H. Feaster, Palmyra, Marion County, MO, from his brothers, Daniel F. and Jonathan and sister Ann L., Jefferson, Frederick County, MD. The letter from 1852 announces the death of sister Martha in childbirth. Both letters contain news of family members, weather, and crop prices in Maryland.
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Sophia Eubank Featherston Photograph Collection, no date (P0764)
6 photographs
Six photos by Miller of Moberly of the Florida, MO, area ca. 1920s. Includes photos of Mark Twain cabin and statue and the Salt River.
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Jerome Fedeli Papers, 1875-1902 (K0742)
1 c.f.
Sketches, pen and ink, most colored, of designs for murals and interior decorations by Fedeli, noted artist. Also photographs of Fedeli's work or copies of artwork used for study; various news articles about him; diplomas, certificates, his marriage record, business cards, and a list of correspondence made when Fedeli was the Italian Consul in Kansas City; and the sash and belt from his Consul uniform.
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Federal Lead Company, Mining Department Business Report Records, 1918-1921 (R0540)
25 folders
These are sets of monthly statistical reports prepared by officers of the Federal Lead Company's mines and mill at Flat River in St. Francois County, Missouri. Included are balance sheets, production data, power consumption figures, and other information concerning the company's operations.
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Federal Lead Company, Mining Department Records, 1907-1913 (R0520)
2 cubic feet (17 volumes)
These are letterbooks of outgoing correspondence maintained by Harry Adelbert Guess, general
manager of the Federal Lead Company's mine and mill at Flat River in St. Francois County,
Missouri. Topics include production, exploration, shipping, labor relations, and environmental pollution.
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Federal Mining and Smelting Company Collection, 1944 (R1158)
(1 folder)
This booklet contains the annual report for the year ending December 31, 1944 for the Federal Mining and Smelting Company, which had mines in Idaho, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. There are production statistics and profit-and-loss statements for each property.
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Federated Republican Women's Club (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1934-1969 (C3525)
0.7 cubic feet (14 folders, 3 oversize volumes)
Minutes, scrapbooks, and award of a Republican women's club organized in 1932.
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Sammie G. Feeback Film Collection, ca. 1970 (K0324)
0.5 c.f.
Motion picture films taken by Feeback, a professional television cameraman in Kansas City, MO. The subjects of the film include, Old Westport, Volker Park, WHB, KMBZ and KCMO radio.
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Feely Family Papers, 1934-1987 (S0557)
0.8 cubic foot
The Feely Family Papers primarily consist of correspondence, campaign materials, and bound St. Louis City Board of Alderman meeting minutes books documenting Edgar J. Feely's career as a St. Louis alderman who represented the 20th Ward from 1939 to 1959.
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Conrad Theodore Fehlig Diaries, 1902-1913 (S0250)
1 microfilm roll
Conrad Theodore Fehlig was a partner in the Fehlig Brother Box Manufacturing Company. His diaries reflect activities of his personal life, including passing references to the 1904 World’s Fair, a Teamsters strike and notes about the weather.
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Feingold Family Papers, 1928-1995 (K1268)
2.5 c.f.
Family papers and photographs from the families of Bertha and Morris Feingold, Elaine and Harry Feingold, and Philip Feingold. Includes yearbooks, event programs, plaques, video, and photographs.
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Leo Feingold and Ida Rose Luke Feingold Papers, 1927-2012 (K0638)
11 c.f.
Photographs, clippings, programs, scrapbooks, and books on childhood education and poetry relating to the lives, careers, and interests of the Feingolds.
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John Feldmann Account Book, 1863-1871 (C0268)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Accounts of a physician of Hermann, MO, partly in German. Lists medical services such as extractions, lancing of abscesses, vaccinations, etc. Bills were paid in such commodities as cigars, wine, sugar and potatoes.
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Felix Janis & Company Daybooks, 1854-1855 (R0451)
0.4 cubic foot (4 volumes)
The Felix Janis & Company Daybooks are from the general merchandise firm of Felix Janis & Company of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Account entries include the date, name of patron (an individual or another firm), items purchased, and the amount charged or credited.
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Felix Janis and Company Business Records, 1854-1857 (R0435)
(2 folders)
Felix Janis and Henry Janis operated a general store, styled as "Felix Janis & Co.," at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 1852-1855. Included here are a list of "metal" hauled for the Madison Iron & Mining Company, 1854-1855, and an inventory of notes and accounts due the firm at the time of Felix Janis's death and the dissolution of the firm in 1855, with payments noted through 1857.
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John N. Fellows Reports, 1890-1893 (C0318)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reports on academic performance at the University of Missouri. Also Bingham Grammar School report for Charles Hays, Jr.
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Fellowship House Association of Greater Kansas City Records, 1948-1979 (K0974)
0.12 c.f.
The purpose of the Association was to promote mutual understanding, fellowship and respect among the people of the community. Includes meeting minutes and agendas, constitution and by-laws, programs, correspondence and other materials.
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Fellowship of America's Loyal Irish Record Book, 1928-1930 (S0025)
0.25 cubic foot
The Fellowship of America’s Loyal Irish Record Book contains a constitution, by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, and membership list of a St. Louis Irish organization. The organization was founded to promote “good fellowship” amongst St. Louis Irish Americans.
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Fennell Family Papers, 1858-2014 (S0174)
0.6 cubic foot (11 folders, 2 volumes, 1 oversize folder)
This collection contains photographs, correspondence, a contract book, and a memoir pertaining to the Fennell, Carpenter, and Bland families of Maplewood, Missouri. Materials of interest include photographs of the Floyd Alonzo Fennel's landscaping business, as well as Nancy Fennell Hawkins’ memoir: I Remember When: Memories of Growing up in Maplewood, Missouri.
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Ferguson Cookbook, 1939 (S1214)
0.25 cubic foot
Some Favorite Recipes Compiled By St. Stephen's Service League, First Edition, published in Ferguson, MO 1939
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Adah Redden Ferguson Photograph Collection, 1913, no date (P0948)
2 photographs
Images of James and Lucy Ward Love.
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H. N. Ferguson Collection, 1920 (R0971)
(1 folder)
This is a real estate promotional booklet by H. N. Ferguson of Warsaw in Benton County, Missouri. Ferguson was a representative of the E. A. Strout Farm Agency. The brochure extols the virtues of Benton County's agricultural economy and describes specific farms that are for sale.
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Homer L. Ferguson Photograph Collection, no date (P0336)
4 photographs
Photos of First Christian Church of Jefferson City, ministers, and events.
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James M. Ferguson Deportment Sheet, 1861 (C0614)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Grades and general deportment of a student at the University of Missouri.
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Russell Ferguson Letters, 1855-1856 (C0316)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Transcripts of two letters to Russell Ferguson in California from his parents, James and Elizabeth Ferguson, Spring River, Lawrence County, MO, mentioning rumors of gold in the Wichita Mountains. One letter from Julia Sutton, also of Spring River. Originals in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kendall.
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Fern Leaf Study Club History, 1976 (S0104)
0.01 cubic foot
The collection includes a one-page history of the Fern Leaf Study Club, a St. Louis-area African American women’s club, written by Lillie Robinson, the club’s secretary.
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Dorothy Ferneding Diary, 1914 (S0551)
0.1 cubic foot
The Dorothy Ferneding Diary consists of 98-page diary written by St. Louis native Dorothy Ferneding (1896-1992) recounting her travel approad to Europe in 1914 during the outbreak of World War I.
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Rev. William W. Ferren Photograph Collection, 1900 (P0530)
2 photographs
Copy photos of St. John's Lutheran Church, Jefferson City, ca. 1900
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Ferrill Family Papers, 1862-1864, 1881 (CA6596)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Civil War letters written between Union soldier John B. Ferrill of Sedalia, Missouri, and his wife Martha Jane Sparks. Ferrill served in Company A of the 33rd Missouri Infantry Regiment. He died in 1863 and was buried in Jefferson Barracks. Also includes pension materials for his widow and some transcriptions.
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G.D. Ferris Contract, 1884 (C3182)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an indenture signed by G.D. Ferris, Mexico, MO, giving J.C. Huff and G.L. Ferris the right to manufacture a threshing machine for which he holds the patent. Letterhead shows Jefferson Street, Mexico, MO.
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Ferry License Form, c. 1870s (C3370)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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Charles W. Fertig Collection, 1977-2001 (K0674)
5 c.f.
Fertig was actively involved in Historic Preservation projects in St. Joseph, MO. includes surveys, reports, applications, and other documentation for St. Joseph redevelopment projects.
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Edwin Allan Fessenden Scrapbook, 1905-1913 (C4220)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Edwin Allan Fessenden contain some schoolwork and one scrapbook documenting his time at the University of Missouri in the early 1900s.
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Franklin Russell Fetté Papers, 1945-1950 (C0754)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Correspondence of managing director of the Fetté Rug Company. Information on Fetté, Communist takeover of China, and inflation in that country.
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John Titus Fetterman Papers, 1896 (K0224)
0.01 c.f.
Holograph manuscript of one of poet, bookseller, librarian Fetterman's books, Tragedies and Comedies (Street Musings), or Joe and Jane's Adventures in Three Great Centers.
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John T. Fiala Share, no date (C1861)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an unsold certificate of one share of capital stock for the publication and sale of the NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SECTIONAL MAP OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by John T. Fiala, St. Louis, MO.
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Joseph Ficklin Papers, 1851-1908 (C0100)
0.4 cubic feet (19 folders, 1 volume)
Correspondence pertaining to mathematical science, publication of mathematical books, astronomy, and personal affairs. Also an algebra copybook.
Eugene Field Verses, no date (C3169)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a typed copy of Eugene Field's first verse, autographed by Field; a New Year's Eve card to Mrs. Sampson from J. Mansell; a valentine to Frank from unknown; and miscellaneous poems and book of verses by Eugene Field.
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Eugene Field Letter, 1886 (C3295)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copy of a letter to the Missouri Alpha Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, giving a brief professional sketch of himself. Published in The Scroll, 1896.
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Gabriel Field Journal, 1819 (C1891)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Journal of a trip from Camp Missouri to Chariton kept by Gabriel Field from October 31 to November 27, 1819, for Colonel H. Atkinson. Journal includes detailed directions and observations of the area. Two maps of route.
Roswell Martin Field Photograph Collection, 1870, 1912 (P0986)
5 photographs
Images of and relating to Roswell Martin Field, taken from "Roswell Field, Poems & Biographica: His Personal Collections"
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William Hill Field V Photograph Collection, 1878, 1981, no date (P0911)
4 photographs
Images of William Hill Field I and William Hill Field IV
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Fred W. Fife Papers, circa 1940, 1999 (R0794)
(1 folder)
These are photographs and historical information regarding Fred "Spooky" Fife and Sarah Elizabeth "Liz" Fife, proprietors of the Spur Tavern on Route 66 near Leasburg in Crawford County, Missouri.
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Fifth District State Normal School Commission Photograph, 1906 (P0997)
1 photograph
Photograph of five men who were the commission that located the fifth Missouri State Normal School at Maryville
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"Fifty Years at William Jewell College, 1903-1953," John E. Davis, no date (C2708)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
An informal history of the growth and changes at William Jewell College, Liberty, MO.
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Ellie Fike Diaries, 1879-1892 (C2216)
0.26 cubic feet (3 volumes, 3 folders)
Diaries written by Miss Fike while a student at the State Normal School at Warrensburg, MO, and during her post-graduate life at home and at work.
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Henry C. Fike Diaries, 1851-1919 (C2215)
2.42 cubic feet (18 folders and 43 volumes)
Diaries written by Fike while a student in McKendree College, IL; while a soldier in the Civil War; and about his migration to and life in Warrensburg, MO, and his work in Kansas City, MO, and various cities in the West.
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Stanley R. Fike Papers, c. 1925, 1941-1985 (C3882)
6.8 cubic feet (384 folders), 2 audio cassettes
The papers contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, memoranda, and office notes of the administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Stuart Symington from 1952 until Symington's retirement in 1976. Includes material relating to various Symington campaigns, as well as Fike's personal life.
John A. Filippello Papers, 1923 (CA6703)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of John A. Filippello include three digital prints and a sketch by Mort Walker. Two of the images are of the January 5, 1923, train collision in Linn County, Missouri. The final image was taken near the likely birthplace of General John J. Pershing.
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Augustus and Samuel R. Filley Papers, 1817-1879 (C3468)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Land sale indentures, correspondence, and unsigned Civil War forms.