Manuscripts Index
Henthorn-Reppert-Brown Funeral Home Records, 1918-1979 (K1356)
0.55 c.f.
The records provide biographical information about decedents and document funerals arranged by Henthorn-Reppert-Brown Funeral Home in Buckner, Missouri.
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Jean Marie Hentic Papers, 1883-1887 (C4147)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Nineteenth century family and military records.
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Helen Rowe Henze Papers, 1947-1970 (K0837)
0.3 c.f.
Newspaper clippings of reviews and poems and articles written by Henze, a Kansas City poet. Also drafts and corrections of her poetry, manuscript copies of short stories written but not published and biographical material.
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Administrative files of a major Kansas City real estate firm including leases, studies, sales records, property management records, aerial photographs, maps and drawings.
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Mary Jo Herde Photograph Collection, 1949-1970 (P0223)
21 photographs
Original photos of the "Early Freak Movement in Columbia" and Vietnam War protests.
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Lizzie M. Powell Hereford Papers, 1817-1880 (C4152)
1.3 cubic feet (10 folders, 21 items)
The papers of Lizzie M. Powell Hereford, a Confederate sympathizer from Northeast Missouri, who was imprisoned during the Civil War, include her prison diary and correspondence along with transcriptions. Also included are family photographs, miniature portraiture, jewelry, miscellaneous artifacts, family genealogy, and the papers of her daughter, Stella.
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Heritage League of Greater Kansas City, 1980-2011 (K0723)
3 c.f.
Organizational records of a consortium of historical agencies in the greater Kansas City area. Includes incorporation papers, constitution, by-laws, minutes and agendas, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, and files on special events, programs, and workshops initiated by the group.
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Heritage Trust Records, 1972-1983 (K0961)
0.15 cubic foot (10 folders, 51 photographs)
The Heritage Trust Records contain correspondence, administrative files, an inventory, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to architectural ornamentation recovered from demolished building in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Roberta Herman Sheet Music Collection, 1890s-1920s (CA6390)
0.2 cubic feet
Collection of sheet music largely from the Tin Pan Alley and early jazz eras. Also includes a few songs published by Missouri publishers and reprints in St. Louis newspapers.
Hermann, Missouri, Clippings, 1945 (C0836)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Clipping reprinting section of journal of the Reverend William A. Helffrich of the early Reformed Church, describing river trip from Pennsylvania to Hermann, Missouri, in 1848, and the social life among pioneer settlers. From the Advertiser Courier, Hermann, Missouri, 27 April 1945.
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Hermann, Missouri, Glass Plate Negatives, no date (CA6564)
85 glass plate negatives
Glass plate negatives containing images of Hermann, Missouri, and studio and wedding portraits taken by an unknown photographer, c. 1920s. The negatives were collected by Donald L. Clark.
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Herndon Family Letters, 1859-1879 (C0669)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters written from the gold fields and from Texas, describing living conditions and discussing politics.
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Archelaus Herndon Record Book, 1830-1859 (C0876)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Records of the Baptist Missionary Society of Goochland, Virginia. Genealogy of Archie Perkins family, beginning in 1760. List of individuals enslaved by James Herndon. Archelaus Herndon lived in Carrollton, Missouri.
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Booton Herndon Papers, 1950-1965 (C3355)
4.1 cubic feet, 5 audio tapes, 4 volumes, 1 audio disc
Papers of a freelance writer. Collaboration with Vic Obeck in writing volume on isometric exercises; compilation and publication of THE HUMOR OF J.F.K., a collection of Kennedy quotations; and Military Air Transport Service material used in writing OVER THE HUMP with William H. Tunner.
Heroines of Jericho, Saint Mary's Court No. 1 Collection, 1891-1903 (S0105)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains a history of the Heroines of Jericho, Saint Mary’s Court No. 1, and the meeting minutes of the Official Proceedings of the Grand Court of the Heroines of Jericho for the state of Missouri.
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Herriman Chapel Camp Collection, 1987 (R1240)
(1 folder)
This is "Herriman Chapel Camp: 60 Years of Vision," an illustrated history of a religious campground in Cedar County, Missouri, affiliated with the Church of God (Holiness). Hazel Messick conducted the historical research and Art Witt provided the photographic restoration and layout for the booklet.
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Charley Hershey Papers, 1883-1888 (R0188)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Charley Hershey Papers contain microfilm copies of diaries written by a young itinerant peddler from Jasper County, Missouri. Charley Hershey and his brothers, Austin and Sam, canvassed the mining towns of Jasper County and in Kansas. They made a journey down the White River in Arkansas in 1884, went to California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado in 1886. The collection also includes fragments of a short story, “Goldeye’s Trip to the Hills.”
Hershey-Ewart Lumber Company Field Book, 1908 (C1128)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Timber estimator's field book.
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Herstory Collection, 1956-1974 (S0820)
90 microfilm rolls
The Herstory collection consists of newspapers, journals, and newsletters relating to Women from 1956-1974. The Women’s History Library in Berkeley, California, collected the material.
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Clarence and Anna Hesse Photograph Collection, 1938-1962 (P0055)
0.21 linear feet
Photos of Hermann, MO
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Herman T. Hesse Account Book, 1855, 1881-1884 (C1119)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Financial records of a St. Louis, MO, liquor merchant.
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Hessemer's Atheneum (Marshall, Mo.) Record Books, 1882-1905 (C0865)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Scrapbooks containing theater programs, contracts with performers, clippings, and photographs.
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Cynthia Hessin Papers, 1977 (C4473)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 4 audio tapes
Recordings and transcripts of speeches from the 1977 National Women’s Conference in Houston as well as a program produced by Cynthia Hessin covering the events and her reports back to KHOW-AM Denver.
Hewitt Family Papers, no date (K0964)
1 c.f.
Photographs and other items relating to the Hewitt family in Kansas City.
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Maude Lupe Hewitt Papers, 1800-1968 (R1344)
2 cubic feet (26 folders)
The papers of Maude Lupe Hewlett contain the personal papers of Maude Lupe Hewlett and family photographs.
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Frederick Hiatt Papers, 1813 (C3139)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Affidavit recommending Hieatt as worthy of all confidence, signed by several citizens of his area; and a photo of Hieatt with his fifth wife, Elizabeth Breckenridge.
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Frederick C. Hibbard Photograph Collection, 1918-1925 (P0234)
35 photographs
Photos of and related to the works of the sculpture Frederick C. Hibbard, including several photographs of Hibbard at work.
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Ezekiel Comer Hickam Papers, 1835-1904 (C3610)
0.2 cubic feet (12 folders)
Papers of a Boone County, Missouri, farmer and mule trader, including several ledgers of mule breeding and sale records. Also contains a book of Lycurgus P. Hickam, his son, listing construction workers on a Boone County road, 1868-1869.
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Margaret Hickey Papers, 1922-1990 (S0236)
29 cubic feet, 824 folders, 763 photographs, 2 microfilm rolls, 1 videotape
The papers of Margaret A. Hickey consist of correspondence, speech files, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting her career as a lawyer, journalist, businesswoman, public servant, from the 1930s into the 1980s. An interest in women and their economic and social problems proved the motivating force behind much of her work. As a lawyer, she became conscious of the unique legal problems facing women; as a government advisor, she studied various facets of women's role in society; and as the founder and director of Miss Hickey's School for Secretaries, she helped train educated women for careers in the labor force.
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Young and John Ryland Hicklin Papers, 1876-1929 (C0115)
0.7 cubic feet
Accounts, receipts, and correspondence of members of the Hicklin family, Lexington, MO, pioneers.
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Hickman Family Papers, 1827-1890 (C1009)
0.3 cubic feet, 2 rolls of microfilm
Business accounts and receipts, tax receipts, correspondence, legal papers, deeds, and church repair pledge lists.
Hickman-Bryan Family Papers, 1796-1920 (C0045)
2.8 cubic feet (297 folders, 3 volumes; also available on 13 rolls of microfilm)
This collection contains the papers of two families named Hickman, one of Boone County, Missouri, and the other of Alexandria, Louisiana. Related by marriage, the families had business dealings in slaves, agriculture, and livestock. The papers of the Bryan family, related to the Boone County Hickmans by marriage are also in this collection.
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B.H. Hickok Papers, 1913-1926 (C3138)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of the farm advisor law and the nursery inspection law; list of donors contributing to the portrait of Henry J. Waters presented to the agriculture library, 1926; remarks of speakers at the presentation; newspaper clippings and photograph of the portrait.
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Estelle Hickok Scrapbooks, 1927-1945 (C1405)
1.05 cubic feet (12 volumes)
Clippings about Charles A. Lindbergh's career, marriage, flight to Paris, subsequent world trips, kidnapping of son, the Hauptman trial, life in England, World War II neutrality speeches, opposition to Lend-Lease Bill and involvement in various commercial and military aviation projects.
Thelma Hickok Collection, 1917, no date (P0843)
Copy prints of civil war generals. Photographic postcard of damage from the 1917 Kansas City Stockyards fire.
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Hickory County Mutual Benefit Association Records, 1928 (R0786)
(1 folder)
The Hickory County Mutual Benefit Association provided death, permanent total disability, and blindness benefits to its membership. The Association kept its principal office at Hermitage, Missouri, and adopted these bylaws on October 1, 1928.
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Hickory Grove School Records, 1896-1945 (R1233)
1 cubic foot (2 folders, 2 volumes, 2 oversize volumes, 6 photographs)
The Hickory Grove School Records contain the school records, photographs, and list of teachers for the Hickory Grove School located in southeastern Washington County, Missouri.
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Hickory Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records, 1868 (R0080)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Hickory Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records contains photocopies of a petition by members of the church to be admitted as a congregation into the Springfield, Missouri Presbytery in 1868.
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George Edward Hicks Papers, 1983-2003 (K0611)
2 c.f.
Research and other papers created and collected by Hicks, a local historian. Includes newspaper and magazines articles, correspondence, flyers, a project manual, booklets, photographs, maps, and a grant proposal related to the Pioneer Park Committee of the Westport Historical Society, and to other projects of the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.
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Hidden Valley Lake, Laclede County, Missouri Collection, no date (R1156)
(1 folder)
This is a brochure for Hidden Valley Lake, a privately managed recreation site east of Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri. The proprietors were Bill and Rhea Casner.
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James C. Higbie Photograph Collection, 1860-1961 (P0106)
32 photographs
4 b/w photos of Boonville Homes: Judge Roy D. Williams and James Higbie. 23 b/w photos of Boonville locals, especially Roy D. Williams and Family, ca. 1880s-1961. Additional unidentified portraits, 4 depicting children in the 1860s-1880s; 2 of women in 1877 and 1890.
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Barbara Higdon Papers, no date (C0717)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers contain transcribed oral interviews with Hubert Case, Arthur B. Phillips, and Elbert A. Smith concerning the Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Nelda S. Higginbotham Papers, 1952-2009 (K0578)
2 c.f.
Papers and artifacts of former Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostess. Includes hostess pins and name tags, public relations photographs, promotional items, an emergency procedures handbook, a framed award, model airplanes.
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High Hill, Missouri, School Roll Book, 1880-1881 (C0851)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains the attendance and grades of students of High Hill School and the text books used. Not completely filled.
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High School Athletic and Oratorical Association for Southeast Missouri Collection, 1926 (R0728)
(1 folder)
This 20-page booklet is the program for the twenty-first annual meet of the High School Athletic and Oratorical Association for southeast Missouri, held at Cape Girardeau, Missouri in April 1926.
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High School Meet for Southeast Missouri Collection, 1933 (R0999)
(1 folder)
This is a program booklet for the 28th annual high school meet for Southeast Missouri, held at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, on April 28-29, 1933. The meet included competitions in academic subjects, music, and debate as well as athletics. The meet was under control of the Teachers College Athletic Committee.
High Street Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1952 (R1232)
(1 folder)
This is 'Youth Trail 1952', a yearbook published by the young people of the High Street Baptist Church in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. Included are photographic portraits, snapshots, and general information about the congregation and its programs.
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Thomas R. Highbarger Papers, 1963-1974 (C4680)
0.4 cubic foot (7 folders)
The papers of Thomas R. Highbarger contain material relating to his service in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Items include correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, certificates, and miscellaneous military and personal papers.
Higher Education Consortium of Metropolitan St. Louis Records, 1963-2018 (S0901)
21 cubic feet
The Higher Education Consortium (HEC) of Metropolitan St. Louis Records contains meeting minutes, correspondence, agendas, and reports pertaining to HEC's mission to encourage cooperation among universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning in the St. Louis region.
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Lyndell Thomasson Highley Papers, 1941-1944, 1978 (C3654)
0.1 cubic feet (7 folders)
Letters from Highley to his family in Elvins, Missouri, while serving with the 375th Squadron of the 308th Heavy Bomb Group, Army Air Corps, in China and India during World War II. The papers also include an edited version of his letters by his son J. Scott Highley.