Manuscripts Index

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Charles Claude Guthrie Sr. Family Papers, 1896-1978 (C3549)
2.8 cubic feet (202 folders)

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The papers of Charles Claude Guthrie, Sr. contain college essays and notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous personal papers of Guthrie. The bulk of the collection is letters written between Guthrie and his mother and sisters living in Columbia and Marthasville, Missouri.

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Francis Arthur Guy Papers, 1938-1955 (K0184)
0.4 c.f.

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Legal correspondence, client files, and personal files of Guy, an attorney and officer of the J.C. Nichols Company. In addition to legal work for the Company but also carried on his private practice from his office, as well as served on a number boards, and as a councilman for Westwood Hills, KS.

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H. Levi and Company Records, 1890-1924 (K0950)
46 c.f.

The company was a gentlemen's furnishings company in Kansas City, MO. The business records includes correspondence files, customer and manufacturers' orders, credit reports, customer files, some salesmen's files, and several personal files of the company's partners, Hyman Levi, Jacob Friedman and Joseph Minda. Also included are materials concerning the Stum, Roberts, Smith and the Ruby Fern Mining Companies.

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H. Wilder and Company Records, 1856 (R0336)
(1 folder)

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These are individual accounts of drivers hauling barrels of sand for H. Wilder & Company at
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, May-November 1856. The firm may have been operated by Henry Wilder
in association with his brothers, August, Mathew, and Peter. Payments to the drivers were made
through the firm of Janis & Valle in Ste. Genevieve.

H.C. Casselman Investment Company Records, 1910 (R1483)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The H.C. Casselman Investment Company Records consists of a booklet from the H.C. Casselman Investment Company that was based in Kansas City, Missouri. The booklet includes information about the climate, soil, wildlife, and environment in Missouri. It also includes investment properties for sale and includes a road map of the Kansas City area and parts of the northwest corner of Missouri.

Ha Ha Tonka Collection, 1905-1942 (K0310)
0.3 c.f.

The estate was owned by Robert Snyder Sr. located near Camdenton, MO. Photographs of the mansion (interior and exterior) and the surrounding countryside, including the Niangua River, caves, and fish. Also correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and notes for publishing.

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R. Haarstick Photographs, 1930-1931 (P0965)
6 photographs

Aerial photos of Bagnell Dam, 1930-1931, during construction

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Hackett Family Papers, 1950s-2010s (CA6705)
1.8 cubic feet (3 audio cassettes)

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Addition of correspondence, audio cassettes, personal and school papers from the Hackett and related families. The bulk of the material contains correspondence and greeting cards sent to Norma Jean Sims from various family members.

Hackett Family Papers, 1967-1994 (C4347)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders)

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The papers contain correspondence received by Dave H. Hackett and Ellen Brooks from members of the Hackett family and personal friends. The papers also include divorce records for Norma Jean Sims, Dave H. Hackett’s mother.

Larry Hackman Papers, 1994-2010 (CA6366)
0.8 cubic feet

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The papers of Larry Hackman, an archivist who served as director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum from 1995 to 2000, include biographical information and material concerning Hackman's consulting work for the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board. Also included is material concerning Thomas F. Eagleton and their personal and professional work together on various projects.

Stuart T. Hadden Papers, 1931-1967 (C3845)
0.6 cubic feet (45 folders)

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The papers of Stuart Tracey Hadden, a chemical engineer whose research included the statistical mechanics of liquid hydrocarbons, consist of correspondence, memos, copies of reports and professional papers, some printed material, and scientific notes, graphs, lists, and tables.

Haden Family Collection, 1940-1944 (R1095)
(1 folder)

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These are two booklets concerning the Haden Family, a musical group that performed during this period on radio station KWTO at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The booklets were distributed to fans of the group.

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Haden Family Photographs, 1880, no date (P0385)
4 photographs

4 b/w photos: Two depicting C.A. and Johnny Haden respectively. One a "composite memorial card" of Abraham Lincoln (9 views). The last is the women's Drury Graduation Class of 1880, including Lucy Fullbright Hubble, a Haden relation.

Hadley Family Letters, 1838-1869 (C1997)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains letters written to Moses and Susan Hadley by Elizabeth Hadley Wyman and her husband Edward, who were teachers. The letters describe a trip from Boston to Illinois in 1839.

Herbert Spencer Hadley Papers, 1830-1943 (C0006)
15.2 cubic feet (1,062 folders), 35 oversize volumes; also available on 60 rolls of microfilm

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The papers of a Missouri Republican lawyer, politician, educator, and author. Attorney general, 1905-1909; governor, 1909-1913; professor of law, University of Colorado, 1917-1923; and Washington University chancellor, 1923-1927. Includes letterbooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, photographs, cartoons, and miscellaneous material. Originals in storage.

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Delbert James Haff Papers, 1880-1920 (K0691)
1 c.f.

Roughly 2500 personal letters collected by my great-grandmother Grace Barse Haff. The bulk of them were written to her by her husband Delbert J. Haff between the 1880s and 1920s, to and from all over the USA and Mexico. Others are addressed to them both from their children, siblings, and in-laws, including George and Rosina Barse, in either Kansas City or

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Archibald Little Hager Diary, 1844-1887 (C0896)
0.4 cubic feet (26 folders)

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Photocopy of a diary kept by a farmer in a rural community in Perry County, Missouri. Diary records daily events such as births, marriages, and deaths, the weather, social occasions, and agricultural tasks. Gaps may exist in diary.

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B.F. Hagerman Receipt, 1857 (C2440)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a receipt issued to Hagerman by American Express Company, for goods to be shipped to St. Louis, MO.

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Hagerman-Hayden Papers, 1852-1893 (C0110)
0.6 cubic feet

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Letters and papers of an Alexandria, MO, lawyer; a Keokuk, IA, student at Academy of Visitation, St. Louis, MO; and a music student in Oberlin, OH.

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Edna Housden Haggard Papers, 1905-2000 (R1379)
1.5 cubic feet (36 folders, 2 volumes)

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The papers of Edna Housden Haggard contains the personal papers, scrapbooks, and photographs of Edna Lucille Housden Haggard of Houston, Missouri.

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J. Hurley and Roberta Roland Hagood Papers, no date (CA6049)
12.1 cubic feet, 77 audio cassettes

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Subject files documenting the history of Hannibal, Missouri. Also oral history interviews with several prominent residents.

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Mary L. Hahn Photograph Collection, 1890, 1970 (P0443)
2 photographs

Copy photos of the Bollinger County Courthouse in Marble Hill, 1890 and 1970.

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Robert E. Hahn Collection, 1902 (K1154)
0.01 c.f.

Photograph of the Heads of Departments for the Kansas City Metropolitan Street Railway Company.

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Sallie Hailey Papers, 1860-1989 (C4358)
1.8 cubic feet (36 folders), 17 oversize items

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Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and political convention material of the former director of the Department of Business and Administration for the State of Missouri and Democratic National Committeewoman of Missouri.

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Mark Haim Collection, 1976-1989, 2010 (CA5796)
8 cubic feet, 1 CD, 27 oversize items

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Papers of a Missouri environmental and political activist include correspondence, financial and membership records, promotional material, newspaper clippings, background and research material, and other records of Missourians For Safe Energy. Citizens for a Radioactive Waste Policy, Missouri Energy Action and other similar state organizations. Also included is an oral history interview with Mark Haim conducted by the State Historical Society of Missouri in 2010.

Rickie Schere Haith Papers, 1940-2008 (K1151)
1 c.f.

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Haith has been a member and officer of a number of Jewish women's organizations in Kansas City including Midwest Branch of Women's league for Conservation, Beth Shalom Sisterhood, and Hadassah. Personal papers contain DVDs, photographs, booklets, and scrapbooks for these activities.

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Allean Hale Collection, 1940-1970 (P0156)
1 folder

Various images of Columbia and views of sororities and fraternities.

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Donald R. Hale Photographs, 1906-1951 (P0832)
7 postcards

Postcards depicting the exterior of KKK birthplace (Pulaski, Tenn) and exterior of Big Spring Inn (Neosho, MO). 2 color: exterior of Ben Franklin Hotel, Springfield, and levee scene, Cape Girardeau.

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Haley Family Papers, 1864-1867 (C0337)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters from Wade Hampton Haley in Oregon, to relatives in Missouri, telling hazards of Oregon travel and travel in Missouri during the Civil War and describing mill and life in small settlement around mill.

Charles Haley Letter, 1847 (C0946)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Charles Haley, Sullivan County, MO, from Dade County, MO, Aug. 12, 1847. Tells his father about the condition of the land, and crops and timber in Dade County.

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Hall Family Photograph Collection, no date (P1017)

Panoramic photograph of Columbia College, then known as Christian College

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Charles F. Hall House (Benton County, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1977 (C2852)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Measured drawings by the Historic American Buildings Survey including plans, profiles, details, elevations, and sections. House was probably built c. 1860 by Calloway G. Heath. OVERSIZE.

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Durward G. "Doc" Hall Papers, 1946-1973 (C3389)
707 rolls of microfilm

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Personal and political papers of Durward G. Hall, surgeon and U.S. Representative of the Seventh Missouri Congressional District from 1960-1972.

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Durward G. Hall Oral History Interview, 1979 (C1426)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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An interview with a former Republican Congressman who served Missouri's Seventh District from 1961 to 1973 and was a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

George Hall Papers, 1932-1994 (S0768)
2 cubic feet, 26 folders, 473 photographs

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George Hall was a journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The George H. Hall Papers contain scrapbooks, travel notes, correspondence, and photographs regarding Hall’s career. Topics of interest include Hall’s investigations for the Post-Dispatch on communism in East Asia and travel details while there.

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Gertrude Scott Hall, "History of Mine La Motte" Collection, 1939 (R0025)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This collection contains a photocopy of Gertrude Scott Hall's article, "History of Mine La Motte." Hall compiled this history using both primary and secondary sources.

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J. Robert Hall Photographs, no date (P0207)

Photographs by J. Robert Hall of Linneus, Missouri, of the laying of the cornerstone of the Laclede, Missouri high school building on May 2, 1936, including photographs of General Pershing.

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John H. Hall Account Book, 1800-1837 (C0270)
1 roll of microfilm

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Business and personal records of a resident of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Included are records of indentured servants and general methods of solving equations.

John R. Hall Collection, 1834-1966 (C1420)
0.2 cubic feet

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Correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, newspapers, and other material relating to the history of Marshall and Saline County, MO. The collection is composed of items that Hall, an employee of the Marshall DAILY DEMOCRAT NEWS, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

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John R. Hall Photograph Collection, 1901, 1968, no date (P0139)
3 photographs

Twentieth century photographs of Marshall, Missouri, including several included in Marshall Democrat-News articles.

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John Hall Abstract of Title, 1836-1876 (C1547)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Statement of transfers of land in Callaway County, MO, October 27, 1836-November 30, 1867.

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Leon Hall Photographs, no date (P0715)
2 photographs

Photos of the John L. Thomas-Leon Hall Home, Hillsboro, MO

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Leonard Hall Papers, 1946-1983 (R0408)
2.5 cubic feet (47 folders)

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These are papers of a conservationist, newspaper columnist, author, and lecturer. Prominent topics include the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, the National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and wilderness areas. There are texts and notes for many of his articles, books, and lectures, as well as scripts for several nature films.

Leonard Hall Speech, 1965 (C3257)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains "Wildlife in Missouri History," a speech given at the State Historical Society of Missouri's annual meeting, October 1965.

Ralph Douglas Hall Papers, 1917-1919 (R0415)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Ralph Douglas Hall Papers contain ten letters between Ralph Hall and his father, Douglas Hall, exchanged during Ralph’s military service in World War I. Ralph Douglas Hall is a native of California, Moniteau County, Missouri. He served with Company L, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, during World War I. The letters include brief comments on the war in France, 1917-1918, and service with the army of occupation in Germany, 1919. There is also one letter from Hall’s father with news from home.

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Robert J. Hall Papers, 1976-1993 (S1034)
4 cubic feet

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This collection contains the files of former St. Louis County Parks Director Robert J. Hall. Hall served as the County Parks director from 1996 to 2001.

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W.P. Hall Papers, 1904-1928 (C3235)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of W.P. Hall contain a letter from the South African Boer War Exhibition Company ordering 400 horses; a letter from Carl Hagenbeck regarding sale or trade of two elephants; and a contract with Barnes-Carruthers Fair Booking Association regarding two elephant acts and elephant trainers.

William H. Hall Discharge, 1865 (C2006)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Discharge from United States Army.

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Henry Wager Halleck Letter, 1862 (C2571)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To H.R. Gamble, St. Louis, MO, from Corinth, MS, July 7, 1862.

Halleck assures Gamble that the 18th Missouri Infantry has not been consolidated after the Battle of Shiloh. Also typed copy.

Wilfred Hallenbeck Photograph Collection, 1870-1961 (S0653)
0.25 cubic foot, 8 folders, 364 photographs

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The collection contains images of the Hallenbeck family, Lambert Field, Camp Irondale Boy Scout Reservation, and St. Louis landmarks.

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