Manuscripts Index
Margaret Fogg Photographs, 1921 (S1209)
0.25 cubic foot
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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Folklore Genre Collection, 2013 (C4737)
0.1 cubic foot (4 folders), 1.54 GB of digital files
A collection of folklore oral histories and stories gathered by students of Raymond Summerville, an instructor and Ph.D. candidate in the English Department at the University of Missouri. Includes transcripts and audio of the interviews and stories, as well as an ethnography on the Broadway Diner, Columbia, Missouri.
Folly Theater Records, 1953-1957 (K0121)
1 c.f.
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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Fontbonne University Records, 1923-2024 (S0680)
The Fontbonne University Records consists of meeting minutes, photographs, course syllabi, journals, bylaws, and correspondence pertaining to the University's 101-year history of providing undergraduate and graduate degrees to students in the St. Louis area and the United States. Founded in 1923 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Fontbonne was initially a women's college before admitting male students in the 1970s.
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"Footprints in the Sand," Aras B. Cox, 1900 (C3086)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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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Forest Park Research Files Collection, 1870-1995 (S0884)
18 cubic feet
This collection contains photographs, annual reports, file cards, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of Forest Park.
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Harold Linden Forester Papers, 1925-2007 (S0265)
2.5 cubic feet
The Harold Linden Forester Papers contain identification and travel documents, maps, illustrations, pamphlets, newsletters, postcards, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, academic materials, and military records. The materials date from 1925-2008 and pertain to Forester’s military service during World War II, his undergraduate years at the University of Southern California, his numerous jobs, his world travels, and his lifelong medical problems stemming from a wartime injury. The papers also contain information about the Forester family and Lawrence County, Missouri. Materials of interest include wartime letters from Forester to family members and friends, firsthand recollections of the Battle of Peleliu, and a scrapbook featuring photographs of the Forester family in Lawrence County, Missouri.
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Ferris Forman Letter, 1836 (C0833)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Clark Hyatt, from St. Louis, March 8, 1836. Reprint of letter describing St. Louis and Potosi.
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John Stuart Forrester Papers, 1940-2011 (S0339)
7.5 cubic feet
The John Stuart Forrester Papers includes photographs, correspondence, fliers, scrapbooks, and St. Louis area rock concert posters documenting John Stuart Forrester Sr.'s career as a rock concert promoter and owner of Backstage Galleries, a vintage rock poster store. Also included are Forrester family photographs and correspondence. Items of interest include a poster and related promotional materials for the Ozark Music Festival, held in Sedalia, Missouri, on July 19, 1974.
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Katharine Peers Forster Scrapbook Collection, 1888-1898 (R1080)
(1 volume, 1 folder)
This is a scrapbook kept by Katharine Peers Forster, who was a student at Elmwood Seminary at Farmington in St. Francois county, Missouri. Included are programs from concerts and school events, clippings, and memorabilia.
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Fort D'Orleans Photographs, 1933 (C0786)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Annotated stereoscope photos of the probable site of Fort D'Orleans. Four photos with duplicates.
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Fort Davidson Plan, no date (P0329)
Plan of Fort Davidson, Pilot Knob
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Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Letter Book, 1861-1863 (C1103)
0.08 cubic feet (1 volume)
Copies of letters written from an army post during the Civil War, August 12, 1861-June 4, 1863.
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Fort Leonard Wood Photograph, 1953 (SP0030)
0.5 cubic foot (1 oversize photograph)
The Fort Leonard Wood Photograph collection consists of an oversized image of the members of Company B, 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in 1953.
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Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Photograph Collection, circa 1941 (R1337)
0.5 cubic foot (1 photograph)
The photograph of ‘Martine’s “Gang” Painters – Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri is an image of over 100 men with assorted painting materials taken in front of buildings at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri ca. 1941.
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Fort Osage Records, 1808-1815 (K0147)
4 MR
Correspondence, reports and other documents found in the National Archives pertaining to the establishment and operation of Fort Osage, near what is now Sibley, Missouri.
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Fort Osage Restoration Records, 1808-1979 (K0155)
.5 c.f. (MR)
Correspondence relating to the reconstruction of Fort Osage by the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department in consultation with the Native Sons of Greater Kansas City. Also research on the history of the Fort; reconstruction techniques and materials; and authentic artifacts, furniture, costumes, and artillery.
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Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Works Company Collection, circa 1890 (R0350)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Works Company Collection contains a photocopy of an illustrated pamphlet advertising the automatic ore treatment machinery produced by the Fort Scott Foundry and Machine Works. It bears testimonials from mine owners and operators throughout the United States, including the Granby Smelting & Mining Company of Granby, the Desloge Lead Company of St. Francois County, and the Hazard Dressing Mill of Mine La Motte, Missouri.
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Forty-Niners, Fifties, and Old Timers Association Minutes, 1889-1892 (C1535)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proceedings and membership lists of a Boonville, Missouri, organization.
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Foster Lumber Company Records, 1889-1956 (K0435)
100 v
Financial ledgers, including trial balances, journals, cash books, purchase books, and freight books for a lumber company in Kansas City, MO.
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Al Foster Papers, 1955-1992 (CA6549)
4.4 cubic feet
The papers of a freelance photographer and conservationist from St. Louis include photographs, slides, writings, materials on Operation Stream Clean and Ranch Roy-L, and miscellaneous material.
Emory S. Foster Letter, 1864 (C3192)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an extract of a letter to Gov. Fletcher, from St. Louis, MO, Jan. 12, 1864, concerning the movement to allow African American suffrage. Also included is a penciled note on the back of the letter relating to the Dyer resolution concerning a change in the basis of representation.
Horace Miller Foster Collection, 1936-1975 (K0967)
0.25 c.f. (9 folders)
Foster was a music teacher and a bandleader. Includes photographs of school bands, individual students, and miscellaneous other school related items. also scrapbook containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other general information concerning Foster's career.
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W.T. Foster Diary, 1864-1865 (C0450)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary written during the Civil War by a Union soldier with Merrill's Cavalry. In 1864 the troops were in Arkansas pursuing Price's army, in 1865 they were in Tennessee. There are comments about officers and women.
Original in the possession of Ralph Foster.
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Fountain of Health (Harris Springs, Mo.) Advertisement, 1886 (C2880)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Advertisement of a health spa.