Manuscripts Index

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James B. Hassett Papers, 1845-1867 (K0647)
0.01 c.f.

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Hasett was a farmer located in Jackson County, MO and Fulton County, KY. Includes land records for a farm near Sibley, MO and a certificate concerning value of his buildings and contents burned by 4th Missouri State Cavalry during the Civil War. Also Hassett's will filed in Fulton Co., KY.

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Henry Hatch Letters, 1902, 1937 (C3426)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Transcriptions and photostatic negatives of autobiographical letters from [Henry] Hatch to his grandson, Henry Green. Letters contain information about William Henry Hatch, father of the writer, who lived in Maine in the early 1800s, and the business career of the writer in Missouri, Boston, California, Peru, and Australia.

William H. Hatch Papers, 1870-1887 (C0113)
0.2 cubic feet

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Letters to Hatch, a congressman from Hannibal, MO, about political matters. Hatch was responsible for the establishment of the agricultural experiment station at the University of Missouri in 1887.

Also a few letters to his brother George, a lawyer in Hannibal.

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Hatcher-Suggett Genealogy Collection, 1840-2014 (C4750)
0.2 cubic foot (3 folders)

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The collection consists of emails, family genealogy sheets, and histories of the families of Judson Noell Hatcher and Reverend James Suggett, two prominent people who lived in Callaway County, Missouri. Includes histories of several Baptist churches that were served by James Suggett in Callaway County.

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Allen W. Hatheway Papers, 1915-2013 (R1392)
0.25 cubic foot (11 folders, 3 VHS, 6 DVDs, 2 photographs, 10 lantern slides)

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The Allen Hatheway Papers contain correspondence, videos, and photographs concerning the Carondelet Coke Works in St. Louis, Missouri. The papers include correspondence of Hatheway, John Buchanan, and Erwin Blind, the latter two worked at the coke works. Also included are videos and photographs dealing with the history and workings of the coke works.

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Harley Haton Papers, 1951-1994 (S1095)
40 cubic feet

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The Harley Haton Papers contain correspondence, photographs, obituaries, photocopies of marriages, wills, and birth records, ancestral charts, and cassettes pertaining to Harton's (1922-1989), research on the Ehler, Fischer, Kroeschen, Nolting, and Wittrock families, who immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 19th century. 

Fred M. Hauck Papers, 1942 (R0829)
(1 folder)

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This is typewritten letter from Fred M. Hauck at Fort Lewis, Washington, to Chester Parker at Camp Haan, California. Hauck and Parker were United States Army enlisted men from Dixon in Pulaski County, Missouri.

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Hauenstein and Company Account Book, 1872-1873 (C1116)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Accounts of a general merchandise firm.

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Frederick Hauenstein Papers, 1980 (R0085)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Frederick Hauenstein Papers contains a photocopy of Frederick Hauenstein's autobiography. An engineering graduate of the Missouri School of Mines (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), he worked as a surveyor and engineer in the western United States, and was the last president of the Pine Belt Lumber Company in Oklahoma.

William Henry Hauenstein Daybook, 1881-1882 (C0289)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Daybook kept by William H. Hauenstein for his general store at Tuscumbia, MO.

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Aida Virginia Haverkamp Photographs, no date (P0736)
2 photographs

Photos of First Presbyterian Church in Troy, MO.

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Dr. Marvin Haw Jr. Slide Collection, 1972 (P0355)
10 slides

35mm color slides of buildings in Cooper, Howard, and Iron counties

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Hawkins Family Papers, 1835-1879 (C0332)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Miscellaneous letters discuss the Mormon conflict in 1838 and prices, weather, and family news from California and Texas.

William A. Hawkins Papers, 1862-1863 (R1423)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The letters of William A. Hawkins document his stay in the Gratiot prison after his capture in Shelby County, Missouri, on September 15, 1862. Hawkins was a lieutenant in Porter's Regiment (1st Northeast Missouri Cavalry). A Confederate, he remained in Gratiot prison until his parole on February 19, 1863.

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Hawkins-Timmons Family Genealogical Collection, no date (CA6073)
1 cubic foot

Consists of genealogical materials pertaining to the Hawkins, Timmons, and related families [Barron, Byrd, Pippin, Patrick, McDaniel, Shuey] of Kentucky, Missouri and Texas. Includes correspondence, census abstracts, engagement and wedding announcements, funeral notices, programs, and obituaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and family record sheets.

J.E. Hawley Letter, 1855 (C1548)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To his wife from Columbia, MO, June 10-12, 1855. Hawley, a Massachusetts physician, traveled to Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas to select a town in which to establish a practice. Trip from St. Louis to Columbia, state university, slavery, medicine in Missouri, cost of living, land prices, climate, weather, business matters, and family and friends.

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Charles Martin Hay Papers, 1919-1933 (C0039)
7 cubic feet (453 folders), 1 oversize volume

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Correspondence, legal cases, speeches, clippings, and political material of a St. Louis attorney, politician, prohibitionist, and leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Several cases concern prohibition enforcement or lead companies in southeastern Missouri. Hay was three times an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator.

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Archie Hayden Railroad Photograph, no date (P0169)
1 photograph

Copy print of a Northern Missouri Railroad locomotive.

Jacob J. Hayden Letter, 1868 (C1554)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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From Scotland County, MO, June 7, 1868. Hayden wrote an army buddy about his return home after the Civil War . His property was claimed by his brother, a Union man. Family news, marriage, birth of children, farming, county fair, crops, and Hayden family genealogy.

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Peyton R. Hayden Law Notebook, 1835-1842 (C0269)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Notes of a Boonville lawyer concerning law cases in Boone, Cole, Cooper, and Howard Counties, MO.

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Bernard Hayes Papers, 1961-1989 (S0480)
0 .4 cubic feet, 16 folders, 105 photographs, 2 audio tapes

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Bernard Hayes pioneered African-American radio in Louisiana, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco before becoming an announcer at KATZ in St. Louis in April 1965. In 1972 and 1977, he helped organize efforts to ensure that local black-owned radio stations retain their black employees and programming. He became the news director of KWMU in March 1982. The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, an oral history and a cassette and records produced or recorded by Hayes.

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Oscar Haynie Papers, 1847-1865 (C1811)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Personal accounts with various merchants.

Hays Winterbower and Company (Overton, Mo.) Ledger, 1883-1884 (C4286)
1 volume

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The ledger of Hays Winterbower & Co. contains listings of purchases and purchasers at a general store in Cooper County.

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Alden F. Hays Photographs, 1946 (P0211)
5 photographs

Snapshots of the parade for Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman's visit to Fulton, MO.

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Hazard Dressing Mill Collection, 1896 (R0028)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Hazard Dressing Mill Collection contains a photocopy of a typescript that describes the mill and milling process for lead ores at Mine La Motte.

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Rowland Hazard Papers, 1898 (R0141)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Rowland Hazard Papers contain a photocopy of a pamphlet, “Service in Remembrance of Rowland Hazard.” The pamphlet contains the text of memorial addresses for Rowland Hazard, a financier and industrialist from South Kingston, Rhode Island, who owned the Mine La Motte mining tract in Madison County, Missouri from 1870 to 1897.

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Lucy Reed Hazelton Papers, 1946-2000 (S0686)
1 cubic foot, 18 folders, 2 audio tapes

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The papers of Lucy Reed Hazelton document her career as a poet, writer, commercial, and fine artist in Webster Groves, Missouri. The collection includes awards, booklets, correspondence newspaper clippings, poems written by Lucy Reed Hazelton. Also included is an oral history interview with Ms. Hazelton, on two audio cassettes with a transcript.

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Franklin Harvey Head Note, no date (C2767)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Note by Head discussing unknown manuscript. Also a typed copy.

Ben F. Headen Letter, 1853 (C0546)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Typescript copy of a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Winchester Payne, Cass County, Missouri, from Santa Clara, California, Sept. 16, 1853. Dr. Headen tells of crops, prices, local conditions, and family affairs. Reports what some emigrants had told him about their trips to California.

W.P. Headlee Photographs, 1958 (P0703)
2 photographs

Photos of Bloomfield Military Pole Road and Great Mound near New Madrid, ca. 1958.

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Health & Welfare Council of Metropolitan St. Louis Records, 1911-1977 (S0434)
13.6 cubic feet, 308 folders

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The Health and Welfare Council (HWC) of Metropolitan St. Louis records contain reports, studies, statistical data, manuals, narratives, and histories documenting the governance and activities of the organization. Also included are histories of related charities and social service organization in the St. Louis area. 

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Health Planning Agency of St. Louis Records, 1952-1990 (S0898)
2 cubic feet

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This collection primarily consists of reports on St. Louis area hospitals and medical care.

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Heaney Desegregation Collection, 1891-2004 (S0899)
9 cubic feet

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The Heaney Desegregation Collection contains oral history interviews, newspaper articles, reports, and court files Gerald William Heaney used for his book, "Unending Struggle: The Long Road to an Equal Education in St. Louis."

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Sister Ruth Heaney Papers, 1970s-1990s (CA6138)
2.4 cubic feet

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The papers of Ruth Boylston Heaney, Benedictine sister of Our Lady of Peace Monastery in Columbia, Missouri. Widow of Larry Heaney (founder of the Milwaukee Catholic Worker) and a social activist, Heaney raised her six children on a Catholic Worker farm in Starkenburg, Missouri. She volunteered with the Benedictine sisters and eventually joined the order in 1979. Includes correspondence with prisoners, notebooks, and limited photographs.

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Clarinda and J.G. Hearn Papers, 1869-1872 (C0327)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Concerning payment of taxes on Dolle estate in Gasconade County, MO.

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Betty Cooper Hearnes Speech, 1971 (C3274)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Address at the dedication of the new bandstand in Fayette, Missouri, at Central Methodist College.

Warren E. Hearnes Papers, 1964-1972 (C3585)
127 rolls of microfilm

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Papers of Democratic governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1972.

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Warren E. Hearnes Papers, 1950-1972 (C3522)
9.0 cubic feet (686 folders), 9 rolls of microfilm (17 volumes)

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Materials determined by Hearnes, governor of Missouri, 1965-1973, to be his personal papers. Bulk of collection is correspondence regarding campaigns, legislation, and Democratic Party. Material on gubernatorial succession amendment, 1965. Arranged by topic, then chronologically within topic. Scrapbooks are on microfilm.

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Heart of America Genealogical Society (HAGS) Records, 1955-2005 (K0720)
19 c.f.

Organizational records including financial and business related materials, newsletters, minutes, membership directories, scrapbook, correspondence, and query files,incorporation and dissolution papers.

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Heart of America Jewish Historical Society Records, 1990-2005 (K0958)
0.27 c.f.

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Includes audio recording of programs at the society's meetings and oral interviews.(see also K0441 Montague)

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Heart of America Kennel Club Catalogs, 1950-2016 (K1400)
3.17 cubic feet (52 folders)

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The Heart of America Kennel Club Catalogs contain dog show catalogs dated between 1950 through 2016.

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Heart of America Kennel Club Event Documents, 1954-2016 (K1401)
0.7 cubic foot (15 folders)

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The Heart of America Kennel Club Event Documents contain premium lists and judging programs related to the Clubs all-breed dog shows, obedience trials, puppy matches, and combined specialty clubs dated from 1954 to 2016.

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Heart of America Labor Council Collection, 1921-1967 (K0839)
2 c.f.

Miscellaneous historical files including photographs, badges, minutes, and records of various unions in Kansas City.

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Heart of the Ozarks Fair and Stock Show Collection, 1962 (R1138)
(1 folder)

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This is a premium catalog for the Heart of the Ozarks Fair and Stock Show held at West Plains in Howell County, Missouri, on September 5-8, 1962. Included are rules and regulations for the exhibitions and a schedule of events.

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Jeanette Rothgeb Heaton Collection, 1899-2003 (CA6749)
0.2 c.f.

 National Historic Place certificate, New Lebanon histories, photographs, general store ads, and a New Lebanon church Sunday school records ledger book, 1926-1927.

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Hebron Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau County, Mo.) Minutes, 1829-1878 (C1311)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume, 1 folder)

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The records contain minutes of meetings of the church, including official action taken on matters brought before it and the admission and dismissal of members. Also includes a transcription of the record book.

William R. Hechler Papers, 1911, 1920 (C4639)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Letters written to a University of Missouri graduate who worked as a professor of Agriculture at Iowa State College in Ames. The letters are largely from colleagues and friends in Missouri.

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Albert Kerr Heckel Papers, 1903-1965 (C3481)
3.8 cubic feet (98 folders, 5 card file boxes)

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Heckel was an educator and dean of men at the University of Missouri, 1924-1941; a national officer of Alpha Tau Omega; and dean of the Floating University in 1926-1927. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, writings, and poems by his wife, Pearl Bash Heckel.

Friedrich Hecker Papers, 1825-1986 (S0451)
4 cubic feet, 81 folders, 7 microfilm rolls

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Friedrich Hecker led an unsuccessful revolt for a German republic in 1848; emigrated to America; aided a second Baden revolt in 1849; and settled in St. Clair County, Illinois. Hecker commanded two regiments in the American Civil War and was active in Republican party politics. The papers contain correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, and artifacts, primarily on the German revolts, the Civil War, and Republican politics. The collection is in German and English.

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Missouri River Stories, 1954 (C1117)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Stories concerning the Missouri River written by William L. "Steamboat Bill" Heckman.

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