Manuscripts Index
Handbills, 1972 (C3279)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Handbill from the University of Missouri Student Association, urging people to vote March 7, 1972 on Columbia, Missouri, city charter amendments, sewer bond issue, and the General Telephone Company franchise, and one handbill announcing a meeting of the Socialist Study Group on U.S. Imperialism and the Third World, April 22, 1972.
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Handley-Taylor Family Papers, 1809-1946 (S0381)
1 cubic foot, 58 folders, 5 photographs, 1 book
The Handley-Taylor Papers document the daily lives, business enterprises, and travels of the Handley and Taylor families as well as reflect 19th century social and political history of St. Louis, Missouri, and the Midwest. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, legal materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
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W. W. Handy Papers, 1973, 1985 (R0600)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The W.W. Handy Papers contain a pamphlet titled, "United Baptist Churches: Who Are They?" written by Elder W.W. Handy of Piedmont, Missouri, in 1973.
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Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Land Promotion Circular, 1860 (C0904)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains one advertisement of New England Colony located in Daviess and Caldwell Counties, Missouri. Descriptions of crops, minerals, soils, climate, lumber, and price of land.
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Hannibal Ferry Company Papers, 1858-1902 (C0576)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Bills of sale, deeds, and reports concerning the company; ferry operator's license; and minute book containing records of the directors' and stockholders' meetings.
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Hannibal Presbytery Synod of Missouri Records, 1833-1954 (C1362)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of the Hannibal Presbytery, formed in 1923 from the presbyteries of Salt River, McGee, and Kirksville. Pages 1-239 contain the records of the Salt River Presbytery; pages 240-460, of the Hannibal Presbytery.
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Hannibal Railway and Electric Company (Hannibal, Mo.) Records, 1917-1939 (C0577)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes, 1 folder)
Minutes of directors' and stockholders' meetings, 1917-1927, for an electric street railway system. Adjudged bankrupt in 1927, it operated under the Referee in Bankruptcy. The company was sold by order of the Federal Court in 1930 and ceased operation. Includes a record of loans, a scrapbook, and information on final court actions in 1931.
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Hannibal Savings Bank Records, 1869-1890 (C1243)
0.16 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Volume 1: Articles of association and minutes, 1869-1890; "Life of Constantine," part 2, by John L. Robards. Volume 2: Account book of Hannibal Savings Bank, 1872-1878; "Life of Constantine," part 1, by John L. Robards, secretary of the bank.
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Hannibal, Missouri, Minute Book, 1839-1845 (C1115)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Contains an act to incorporate the town of Hannibal, index of ordinances, minutes of board of trustees, and minutes of the city council.
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Hannibal, Missouri, Order of Provost Marshal, 1864 (C2819)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Order of the Office of Provost Marshal, 18 January 1864, legitimizing citizens arrests and seizure of bushwhackers and horse thieves.
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Hannibal, Missouri, Stereographs, 1885 (P0756)
6 photographs
Stereoscopic views of Hannibal, MO, ca. 1885
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Peter M. Hannibal Papers, 1935-1939 (C2766)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two letters in Danish to J.C. Bay from Hannibal in Dannebrog, NE, and typed translations. Also a Danish newspaper clipping.
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Sharon Kinney Hanson Papers, 1930s-2021 (CA6432)
6.2 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 2 video cassettes, 1 oversize item
The papers of a non-fiction writer and poet include her writings, correspondence with Missouri literary figures, and research material, as well as material pertaining to her work within the Missouri literary community and her efforts to establish a Missouri Poet Laureate. Also includes the papers of her husband, Richard Hanson, who worked much of his career in Missouri state government, retiring as commissioner of administration, along with Hall and Hanson family papers and genealogical material.
Wilson O. Hanson Papers, 1945-1946 (C4010)
0.4 cubic feet (19 folders)
The collection contains the World War II correspondence of Wilson O. Hanson to his wife and family in Webb City, Missouri. Hanson served with the 21st Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance) as part of the American occupation forces in Japan.
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Happy Hatters Club, Rolla, Missouri Records, 1960-1970 (R0770)
(1 folder)
These are records of the Happy Hatters Club, a women's club dedicated to hat-making in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings, membership records, and miscellaneous papers.
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Mary Matthews Happy Photograph Collection, no date (P0520)
35mm slides of historic buildings in Jefferson City and Springfield, Missouri
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Warren G. Harber Photographs, 1942-1946, 1992, 2011-2012 (CG0009)
0.2 cubic feet
The Warren G. Harber Photographs contain 124 photographs of Warren G. Harber in Texas, Oklahoma, and Italy during his service in World War II with the 42nd Infantry Division from 1942-1946. This collection also includes photographs of Harber and his wife, Jewel, from 1992 and 2011 to 2012.
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Harbinger Magazine Photographs, 1968-1973 (P0541)
0.27 linear feet
Originals from the production of Harbinger Magazine
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Hardeman Family Photographs, no date (P0842)
Photos of Hardeman family members
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Glen O. Hardeman Collection, 1777-1922 (C3655)
3.6 cubic feet (98 folders)
The papers of the Hardeman family, who moved to Howard County, Missouri, from Tennessee, developing Fruitage Farm and a botanical showplace called Hardeman’s Garden on the Missouri River include correspondence, financial records, and scrapbooks. The correspondence includes letters from Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Benton.
John Locke Hardeman Letters, 1843-1850 (C2337)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
The collection contains Photostats of eighteen letters to N[athaniel] Beverly Tucker, Williamsburg, VA, from Arrow Rock and St. Louis, MO. Hardeman acted as Tucker's agent in Saline County.
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Leona Hardeman Poem, no date (C1549)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains the poem, "For Miss Hardeman's Album," signed by Eugene, Jefferson City, July 11.
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John H. Harden Jr. Papers, 2017-2018 (CA6691)
261 MB
The papers of John H. Harden Jr., a Vietnam War veteran, include two books and a navigator's flight log. The first books detail his experience while serving in Vietnam and the second contains correspondence between Harden and his wife, Carolyn, written during his service.
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Hardin College Photograph Collection, 1900-1911 (P0677)
Photographs ca. 1900-1911 of Hardin College, a women's college and conservatory in Mexico, MO.
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Hardin College (Mexico, Mo.) Papers, 1919 (C0814)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report on the college and appeal from the alumni association president concerning the half million-dollar expansion campaign for the college.
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Charles Henry Hardin Letter, 1851 (C2079)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a form letter to the Boone County Court, Columbia, Missouri, from Hardin, Fulton, Missouri, July 16, 1851, requesting a list of the county's impoverished mentally ill residents, known at the time as the "insane poor". Hardin was secretary of the board of managers of the State Lunatic Asylum.
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Charles Henry Hardin Papers, 1842-1892 (C0111)
0.1 cubic feet (10 folders)
Hardin was a lawyer, governor of Missouri, 1874-1876, and founder of Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri. Collection includes correspondence with wife and friends, essays, speeches, unofficial reports, law notebook, legal cases in Boone, Callaway, Macon, and Randolph Counties, and diary of Mary Hardin, 1854-1856 and 1859.
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I. Hardin Collection, 1823-1857 (C2400)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Application for transfer of pension funds and original claim of Thomas Hardin, Howard County, MO, veteran of the Revolutionary War, who served in a Virginia regiment and Virginia militia, 1776-1800; also pension application papers of heirs of John Long, who served in the North Carolina militia.
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Harding And Cogswell Limestone Company Drawings, 1896-1995 (S1117)
3 cubic feet
This collection contains drawings of St. Louis area buildings from 1986 to 1995
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E. Harding Scrapbook, 1872-1888 (C1403)
0.18 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper clippings from Confederate newspapers of battle descriptions, military reports, speeches, human interest stories, Battle of Fredericksburg, and the support of the South by the British Commonwealth.
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Isaac Hardister Surety Bond, 1896 (C1912)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
$500 surety bond of Isaac Hardister, street commissioner of Huntsville, MO.
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Hardy Family Papers, 1849-1987 (S0380)
0.8 cubic feet, 164 photographs
The Hardy Family Papers contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research papers of the Hardy family, who founded a salt packing and distribution business in St. Louis in 1914. The collection primarily chronicles the life of Jane Tillman Hardy, Thomas Walter Hardy Jr., and the family’s involvement with Hardy Salt.
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Hardy Salt Company Records, 1914-1990 (S0379)
3.4 cubic feet
The Hardy Salt Company Records document the company's founding as a salt packing and distribution business, through its growth into a significant salt manufacturer and distributor in the 1930s, to its sale in 1985 to the Diamond Crystal Company. The collection primarily documents the Manistee Salt plant operations from 1931-1971. It includes Board of Directors' meeting minutes, Profit Sharing Trust meeting minutes, financial statements, articles about salt production, correspondence between Thomas Walter Hardy Jr. and his father, and photographs of the Manistee Plant.
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David R. Hardy Papers, 1965-1976 (K0319)
1 c.f.
Hardy served as chairman of the Mayor's Commission on Civil Disorder, appointed by Mayor Ilus Davis to study the city's disturbances of 1968. includes correspondence, reports, interviews and statements, clippings, and printed and published materials, the final report and recommendations.
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Lloyd Ellis Hardy Collection, circa 1911-1926 (R0642)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Lloyd Ellis Hardy Collection concerns Lloyd Ellis Hardy, a native of Tippah County, Mississippi, and later a resident of Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri. Compiled and edited by Robert G. Johnston, the collection includes photocopies of letters written during Hardy’s service in the 4th Missouri Infantry on the Mexican border and at Nevada, Missouri in 1916-1917, and with the 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division in France in 1919.
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C. G. Hare Papers, 1901 (R1124)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This is a letter and cover, dated September 11, 1901, from C. G. Hare at Lincoln in Benton County, Missouri, to the Harding Signer in Wurtsboro, New York. The letter concerns Hare's desire to place large signs on billboards and vacant houses.
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Haren Family Collection, 1831, 1968 (S0077)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection includes an 1831 farewell pamphlet for the German families of Geiger, Haren, and Von Leveling, a photocopy of Haren Family Reminiscence written by William A. Haren, and a photocopy of an excerpt from German Americans: An Informal History by Richard O’Connor.
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Ralph Roger Harkins Collection, 1930-1974 (R1407)
0.75 cubic foot (13 folders, 66 photographs)
The Ralph Roger Harkins Collection contains the papers of journalist R. Roger Harkins, dealing with his research into the oil shale industry and the United States government’s management of those lands and resources. Much of the research and writings of Harkins focuses on Ralph S. Kelley.
Andrew Jackson Harlan Scrapbook, 1857-1906 (C4100)
0.35 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
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Dorothy Cochran Harlan Photograph Collection, 1898-1902 (P0138)
28 photographs
28 b/w photos of Missouri Training School for Boys in Boonville, Cooper Co., ca. 1900. Exterior and interior views of various buildings on campus, baseball team, school room, brick yard, dormitories, laundry and bath house, and bakery.
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Dr. M.S. Harless Photograph, no date (P0573)
1 photograph
Photo of fire at the Dewey Short home, Galena, MO, ca. 1992.
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Moses Harman Papers, 1858-1984 (C3802)
0.1 cubic feet (13 folders), 1 roll of microfilm
Papers of Moses Harman, founder and publisher of Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, later the American Journal of Eugenics. He was a proponent of women’s rights and the eugenics movement during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The papers include typescript copies of speech and articles by Harman, a photograph, articles about Harman, and issues of Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, 1896-1907.
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A.D. and Zebulon Harmon Papers, 1835-1841 (C0328)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters and papers of a St. Charles, MO, mercantile firm, discussing current markets and prices.
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Harmonie Singing Society Collection, 1935-1971 (S0033)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 folder
The collection contains a manuscript, flyers, and program books relating to anniversaries and performances of the Harmonie Singing Society from 1935-1971.
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Harmony Church (Warren County, Mo.) Records, 1843-1919 (C3072)
1 roll of microfilm
The collection contains a record book of a German Lutheran Evangelical Church established in 1842. The collection includes transcriptions from other records, 1843-1881; and original records, 1881-1919, including birth, christening, confirmation, marriage, and death records.
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Harmony Mission Annual Reports, 1825-1827 (C1731)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photostat copies of annual reports sent to Secretary of War James Barbour from Nathaniel B. Dodge, superintendent, on the Native American School at Harmony Mission, Osage Nation. Reports on teachers and other personnel, number of students, amount of Missouri property, expenses, receipts, progress of students, health, and relations with the Osage Nation.
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William Augustus Harnsberger Papers, 1899-1911 (K0541)
0.21 c.f.
Letterpress volume of personal and professional correspondence of a prominent attorney in Kansas City, MO.
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H.W. Harper Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876 (C4241)
0.25 cubic feet (1 folder)
A Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876, which includes notations on weather, social life, and business in Boonville, Missouri.
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J.T. Harper Photographs, 1949, no date (P0411)
21 photographs
Photographs by J.T. Harper of the James Hicklin and James M. Dinwiddie homes, 1949, Lafayette County.