Manuscripts Index

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Christopher James Fleming Collection, no date (K0812)
3 c.f

Two linen subdivision maps of Kansas City, Missouri and a plat book for Kansas City.

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J. B. Fleming Business Records, 1860-1874 (R0482)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The J. B. Fleming Business Records collection is an account ledger of a saloon and general store operated by John B. Fleming at Farmington, Saint Francois County, Missouri.

Alma Olivia Fletcher Papers, 1841-1968 (C3623)
0.2 cubic feet (16 folders)

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Papers of the Fletcher family of Arcadia, Missouri. Included are two Civil War muster rolls; Missouri will and land deed; scrapbook of Alma's European tour, 1910; and detailed daily bird watching charts, 1960-1968.

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Alma Fletcher, "Library History of Iron County" Collection, 1957 (R0150)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The collection contains a photocopy of the manuscript, “Library History of Iron County,” by Alma Fletcher written in 1957.

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Thomas Clement Fletcher Letter, 1865 (C1533)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a letter to [Governor of Pennsylvania], from City of Jefferson, MO, Jan. 31, 1865. Fletcher, governor of Missouri, expressed gratitude for sympathy shown Missouri "in the hour of her trial."

Thomas Clement Fletcher Proclamation, 1865 (C1532)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a draft of the Governor of Missouri's Emancipation Proclamation; positive and negative photostats of printed proclamation are in OVERSIZE.

Thomas Clement Fletcher Statement, 1866 (C1534)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a statement by the governor and other officials stating pride that Missouri remained a free state, issued on January 27, 1866.

Thomas Clement Fletcher Letter, 1866 (K0220)
0.01 c.f.

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Letter, written by Fletcher, Governor of Missouri, to an unnamed Colonel (presumably A.F. Denny, commander of the post at Glasglow, MO). Fletcher's concern is the need to capture or kill Jim Anderson, a former member of William Clark Quantrill's bushwhackers, who was in Howard County.

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Fletcher-Brill Family Papers, 1900-2019 (SP0092)
0.2 cubic foot (5 folders, 59 photographs)

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The Fletcher-Brill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, articles, genealogy, and publications on the Fletcher and Brill families of Wright County, Missouri.

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George Flood Papers, 1900 (R0937)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter from George Flood at Golden City in Barton County, Missouri, to "Brother Knoll" dated June 10, 1900. The letter concerns Flood's attempts to market bicycles for Knoll, with the intention of moving to Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, to do so.

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Florissant Historical Society Museum Opening Photographs, 1958 (P1169)

Photographs of the Florissant Historical Society Museum, on the occasion of its opening

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Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Books Collection, 1857-1972 (S0013)
0.3 cubic foot, 9 rolls microfilm (33 volumes)

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The Florissant Missouri City Council Ordinance and Council Meeting Minute Book Collection include copies of official correspondence, council rosters, budgets, resolutions, certificates of appointments, and maps, chronicling the city's growth and development from 1857 to 1973.

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Josephine Flory Papers, 1845, 1931-1939 (C4120)
0.3 cubic feet (8 folders)

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The papers of Josephine Flory contain a large collection of programs from theatrical plays and concerts, as well as a variety of records from the University of Missouri. Within the University of Missouri records are invitations to a number of sororities, graduation certifications, and newspaper clippings regarding W.S.G.A. events. The papers also include a variety of miscellaneous documents from the 1930s.

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Mrs. H.D. Floyd Postcard Collection, 1919-1939 (P0531)
15 postcards

Postcards of Boonville area buildings, Arrow Rock Tavern, and Bagnell Dam (Lake of the Ozarks).

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Flucom, Missouri, Railroad Depot Photograph Collection, no date (R1336)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 photograph)

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This collection contains an undated, 3_" x 4 _", sepia photo is of the depot which was located at the historic town of Flucom, Jefferson County, Missouri. It is a small, square building, serving as a depot for passengers and a drop location for mail in the Flucom area.

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Flum Family Papers, 1930-2017 (S0369)
0.5 cubic foot

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The Flum Family Papers consist of program booklets, obituaries, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Paul and Nancy Flum's business and civic endeavors, including Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., the St. Louis Ballet, the United Nations Association, and Goals for Americans Foundation. Also included are photographs depicting family holidays, events, and vacations.  

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Francis Marion Flynn Papers, 1920-1975 (C3812)
1.0 cubic foot (101 folders)

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Papers of a New York City newspaper executive and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The collection has correspondence, clippings, speeches, in-house publications, pamphlets, and photographs from Flynn's tenure at the Japan Advertiser Press and the New York Daily News.

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Jane Fifield Flynn Papers, 1978-1989 (K0737)
0.2 c.f.

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Flynn was director of the Kansas City, MO Landmarks Commission, a local historian and author. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and photographs relating to work in historic preservation, particularly her efforts to save the Brookside Fire and Police Station and the General Hospital.

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Rebecca Foard Scrapbook, 1860-1880 (C3376)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, mostly of a philosophical nature, kept by a resident of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Focal Point Calendars and Newsletters, 1974-1989 (S0266)
0.01 cubic foot

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The Focal Point Calendar and Newsletters are a collection of monthly newsletters distributed by the St. Louis Folk Music Society and Focal Point, a non-profit coffeehouse for performers and fans of folk music. The calendars contain schedules of performers.

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FOCUS St. Louis Records, 1976-2014 (S0881)
134 cubic feet

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This collection contains meeting minutes, memos, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, and publications of FOCUS St. Louis, a group that works for positive community change through developing leadership and influencing public policy.

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Margaret Fogg Photographs, 1921 (S1209)
0.25 cubic foot

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This collection consists of 15 black and white photographic prints of St. Louis scenes from 1921. The photographs were taken by Margaret Fogg's father, aviator Robert Stevens Fogg (1897-1976).

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Daniel Fogle Letters, 1867 (C2613)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Six letters from Daniel Fogle to his wife while he was on an exploratory expedition to western Missouri and Kansas.

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Ellen Foley Papers, 1966-2011 (CA6454)
10 cubic feet

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The papers of a journalist who worked for several newspapers, including the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Daily News, and Wisconsin State Journal, includes articles, correspondence, school papers, and miscellaneous professional material. Foley also founded the Violence Against Women Coalition (VAWC) after the death of her sister, Mary Foley, in 1988. The collection contains records of the organization.

Folger and Associates Architectural Records, 1971-1995 (K0709)
20 c.f.

Records of a Kansas City architectural firm specializing in institutional buildings. Includes architectural drawings, specifications and job files, renderings, microfilm, and aperture cards.

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Folk Songs of American History Film, 1960 (CA6455)
1 16mm film

Introduces and defines folk music, presenting examples from important periods in American history. The film was produced by Coronet Films, an educational film company.

Joseph Wingate Folk Letter, 1903 (C1980)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Louis Wiley, New York, NY, from St. Louis, MO, Nov. 19, 1903.

Regretting his inability to address Society of the Genesee.

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Joseph Wingate Folk Papers, 1902-1952 (C0101)
0.6 cubic feet

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Unfinished biography of Folk by his sister, Mrs. James Avery Webb. Clippings pertaining to Folk's career as circuit attorney in St. Louis, 1902-1904; Democratic governor of Missouri, 1904-1909; races for Senate and failure to win election, 1918; career in Washington, D.C., 1917-1923, under President Woodrow Wilson; and death in 1923. Letters of sympathy at death, Folk-Bates genealogy, speeches by Folk, and miscellaneous material.

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Joseph Wingate Folk Speech, 1910 (C3251)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bound copy of a speech, "The Limitations of Reform," printed in the SATURDAY EVENING POST, February 12, 1910.

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Joseph Wingate Folk Portraits, no date (P0342)
2 photographs

Two mounted photographs of Governor Joseph Wingate Folk

Folklore Genre Collection, 2013 (CA6374)
0.1 cubic feet, 1 CD, 1 computer disc

Collection of folklore oral histories done by students of MU English instructor Raymond Summerville includes transcripts and audio of oral history interviews. Also included in the collection is an ethnography of the Broadway Diner, Columbia, MO.

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Folly Theater Records, 1953-1957 (K0121)
1 c.f.

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Business records for the theater when it operated primarily as a burlesque house. Information on salaries paid, utilities costs, commissions paid for securing entertainers, advertising expenses, and general operating expenses is included in the files. They do not include data on box office receipts, income, or correspondence with entertainers..

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"Footprints in the Sand," Aras B. Cox, 1900 (C3086)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Biographical and descriptive sketches of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina, by Aras B. Cox. Brief genealogies of many prominent families of the area.

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C.F. Forbes Photograph Collection, 1886 (P1005)

Panoramic photograph of George G. Vest's visit to chapel at the University of Missouri, 1886

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Karleen Forbis Scrapbook, 1940-1943 (C4636)
1940-1943

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Scrapbook kept by a student at the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri, 1940-1943.

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Ford Family Papers, 1838-2006 (C4007)
1 cubic foot (37 folders)

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The papers of the Ford, English, Cunningham, and related families include family correspondence, photographs and postcards, genealogical, school, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence contains references to World War I.

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Alfred J. Ford Papers, 1945-1980 (S0659)
0.25 cubic foot, 7 folders

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Alfred J. Ford was a well-known civic leader and entrepreneur, who owned Ford Brothers Insurance Brokers and served as vice-president of General Insurers, Inc. This collection contains pamphlets, programs, meeting of businesses, boards, and organizations to which he belonged.

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Frank Stephen Ford Photograph Collection, 1896-1912 (K0712)
2 c.f.

Negatives taken by Ford, a talented amateur photographer. His subjects included outdoor pastoral scenes, streams and rivers, including a number of views of the Missouri River east of the ASB Bridge. Also portraits of family and friends, interiors of his home at 29th and Flora and other houses and buildings, and of a black servant (including some of his home) who worked for Ford's family.

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Joe Ford Letter, 1891 (C0991)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letter giving custody of his son, Will Ford, to Mrs. Will Cunningham and Miss Scebie.

Leone Ford Collection, no date (P0498)
6 photographs

Photos of Seybold Tavern and Excelsior Springs Golf Club, Excelsior Springs, MO

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Marshall E. Ford Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0018)
0.5 cubic feet (51 folders)

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Letters and papers of a Maryville, Missouri, lawyer and Democratic delegate from the 1st Senatorial District. Papers deal largely with work of various committees on which he served, especially the Committee on the Executive Department which he chaired.

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Michael Ford Papers, 1989-1994 (S0882)
2 cubic feet

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This collection contains correspondence, newsletters, and ephemera of Michael Ford, a broadcaster for the St. Louis area gay and lesbian community.

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Richard "Dick" A. Ford Collection, 1912-2005 (S0774)
3 cubic feet, 43 folders, 10 photographs

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After more than half a century of media service, Richard "Dick" Ford retired from his position as news anchor with St. Louis' KTVI Fox 2 News. Ford was born in Turtle Creek,PA and received a bachelor of science degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He began working in the media industry in 1951. By the time Ford began working in St. Louis for KSDK News Channel 5, he had already established himself as a prominent journalist. In July 1992, he joined the KTVI Fox 2 News team. During his career, Ford earned an Emmy Award among other honors for journalistic excellence. This collection contains news features pertaining to notable events in the St. Louis area, as well as memorabilia pertaining to Ford's career as a news anchor.

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Fordney School, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1952-1958 (R0262)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Fordney School, Benton County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records for the Fordney School, School District No. 28 located in northeast Benton County, Missouri.

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Rudy Foree Papers, 1913-1997 (R1289)
(6 folders)

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These are personal papers, photographs and miscellaneous items of Rudy Foree, a resident of Washington
County, Missouri, and United States Army veteran of the Pacific campaigns of World War II. The collection contains genealogical material compiled by Esther M. Ziock Carroll of Potosi, Missouri, including Foree's birth and death certificates and a family history.

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Foreign Language Association of Missouri Records, 1921-2013 (C4662)
2.2 cubic feet (56 folders) 1 volume, 144 MB of born digital files

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Meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, financial records, membership records, conference programs, newsletters, and miscellaneous material of the association and the related Modern Language Association of Missouri and Modern Language Club of St. Louis and Vicinity.

Forest Hill Photograph, no date (P0388)
1 photograph

Photograph of Forest Hill house in Columbia, built by Eli Bass.

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Forest History Foundation Papers, 1956-1958 (C0640)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Oral interview with George W. Dulany, Jr., of LaJolla, CA, concerning lumbering in Missouri. Copies of "Forest History Newsletter" and a letter to W. Francis English of the University of Missouri.

Forest Land Use Conference Proceedings, 1961 (C2246)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Booklet of the proceedings of the Forest Land Use Conference, held in Washington, D.C.

Forest Park Forever Records, 1982-1998 (S0883)
2 cubic feet, 47 folders

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This collection contains correspondence, master plans, architectural proposals, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the revitalization of Forest Park by the community organization Forest Park Forever. Topics of interest include the Saint Louis Zoo and the St. Louis Art Museum.

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