Manuscripts Index
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 (8 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.
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R.E. Highley Photograph Collection, no date (P0662)
Copy photos of sites relating to the James-Younger Gang.
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Abraham Hildebrand Promissory Note, 1835 (C1555)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Promise to pay sixty dollars or to return borrowed botany and medical books within six months to Joseph L. Craft, St. Louis, MO.
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Hill Family Papers, 1850-2012 (CA6754)
0.4 c.f.
This collection contains photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and sketches pertaining to the genealogy and history of the Hill Family. Much of the content concerns the descendants of William Eustis Hill, who moved to Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri between 1850 and 1876.
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Hill Photograph Collection, 1902 (S1151)
0.25 cubic foot
Photographs of 2 Westmoreland Place (not extant). 1902
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Adam Hill Papers, 1892-1897, 1957 (C3540)
0.25 cubic feet (6 folders), 8 oversize items
The papers contain certificates, a diploma, ephemera, and photographs pertaining to Hill's activities as a cadet at Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri, and his career as a football player for the University of Missouri Tigers.
Albert Ross Hill Papers, 1914-1930 (C0116)
0.3 cubic feet
Papers and correspondence pertaining to presidency of University of Missouri. Typed articles, committee reports, and minutes of faculty and board of curators' meetings. Clippings and correspondence pertaining to Red Cross work in Greece.
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Claibourne Hill Papers, 1840-1881 (C3082)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Claibourne Hill contain land grants, deeds, and tax receipts belonging to Claibourne Hill of Saline County, MO.
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Commodore Perry Hill Collection, 1885-1982 (R0125)
2.5 cubic foot (106 folders, 3 volumes, 91 photographs)
The Commodore Perry Hill Collection contains newspaper clippings, maps, miscellaneous items, and photographs pertaining to lead mining and related railroad development in the Old Lead Belt, principally of Saint Francois and Madison counties in southeastern Missouri. The collection is a result of a thirty-year avocational interest in the history of the Old Lead Belt by Commodore Perry Hill, Jr.
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Dr. Robert Lee Hill Papers, 1978-2015 (K1352)
23 c.f.
Sermons, correspondence, photographs, books, speeches, awards, personal records, business files, and notes relating to Hill's 30-year career, primarily with Community Christian Church, KC, MO
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Henry Edward Hill Diary, 1922-1923 (K0298)
0.1 c.f.
Diary detailing Kansas City architect Hill's work in China on the campus expansion of Beijing University. Includes details of his work, military conflicts, daily life, and descriptions of Peking and other, nearby locales.
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Mrs. Howard Hill Photographs, 1962, no date (P0797)
2 photographs
Photos of the Baber house and old Ray County Courthouse in Richmond, MO.
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Joe C. Hill Papers, 1895-1896 (R1382)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Joe C. Hill Papers contain two letter written by Joe C. Hill to his family in the United States while he was in Japan with his son Caryl.
Olive Hill Photograph Collection, no date (P1063)
Copy photos of early four-wheel drive trucks and manufacturing plants, B.J. Patrick, Mark Twain's home in Hannibal, and the Union Covered Bridge, Monroe County.
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Richard M. Hill Postcard, 2003 (P0374)
1 postcard
Photo postcard of Memorial Union Tower, University of Missouri, Columbia.
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William E. and Bettie Redding Hill Letters, 1851, 1865 (C3831)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders)
Correspondence between husband and wife concerning Civil War ravages of home and property in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri. Hill, a Southern sympathizer, returned to Keytesville to locate and rescue his property, but decided to reopen his mercantile establishment and bring his family home. Relates hazards, sectional animosity, loss of property, Reconstruction politics, friends, and neighbors.
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Jeffrey Paul Hillelson Papers, 1947-1984 (K0321)
2.3 c.f.
Scrapbooks of newspaper clipping and other materials relating to Hillelson, Kansas City city council member, U.S. Congressman, and civic leader. Also film of a local television show that Hillelson hosted while Congressman on government issues.
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Hiller Family Papers, 1785-1993 (C3856)
7.2 cubic feet (357 folders), 2 oversize volumes
Papers of a family of farmers, lawyers, bankers, doctors, and business people of Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, genealogical records, estate records, diaries, personal account books, deeds, military records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and miscellaneous material.
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"Hills of Home," Mrs. W.J. Bennett, no date (C2908)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a script of a pageant for the Bonne Terre centennial, depicting the history of Bonne Terre from before the Civil War to the 1960s.
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"The Hills of Old 'Mizzou,'" Grace Marmaduke Sharp, no date (C1252)
0.01 cubic feet (1 volume)
Typewritten poem.
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Myra Himelhoch Papers, 1926-1975 (S0688)
1 cubic foot, 29 folders
The Myra Himelhoch Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, lawsuits, a Senate bill, fiction writings, research notes, and academic writings. Together they chronicle the interests of Myra Himelhoch, who was a Sociology Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Topics of interest include mental health and the African-American community in St. Louis.
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Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company Records, 1915-1920 (R0893)
(1 folder)
These are typescript copies of letters dated November 27, 1915 and May 27, 1920 from John H. Friant, President of the Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling company at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri, to the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber company in Cape Girardeau and A. W. Wilkey at Risco in New Madrid County, Missouri.
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Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Records, circa 1906-1958 (R1259)
2 cubic feet (34 volumes, 42 folders)
These are miscellaneous records of the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber company and the Himmelberger-Harrison Manufacturing company in southeastern Missouri. Included are abstracts of land records, circa 1906-1921, and president John E. Himmelberger's correspondence subject files for 1958.
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Samuel Hinch Summons, 1810 (C3177)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Summons for Samuel Hinch to testify in the case of Henry and William Hand, defendants, vs. John H. Wright, plaintiff.
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Hinchey-Cochran Collection, 1876-1993, n.d. (CG0059)
0.4 c.f.
This is an artificially created collection of materials pulled from the Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers (R1280) which were related to the southeast area of Missouri, especially Cape Girardeau and Jackson, Missouri. Materials include photographs, excerpts of legal documents, historical preservation efforts in Cape and Jackson, three-quarters of a printed article about Kaskaskia, Illinois, and a handwritten log-book detailing roofs, fencing, and other small construction efforts at an unnamed home.
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Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers, 1790-1999 (R1280)
20 cubic feet (501 folders, 14 oversize folders, 27 volumes, 3 oversize volumes)
The Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers consisted of family papers, photographs, correspondence, and business records of the extended Hinchey family. Also included are the correspondence and sketches of William J. Hinchey.
Hinde Family Papers, 1864-1978 (C4573)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 oversize item)
Correspondence, receipts, financial documents, and miscellaneous material of the Hinde and Nelson families from Hannibal, Missouri, including Bessie Nelson Hinde and Mary Hinde, 1860s-1970s.
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Hinde Family Papers, 1844-1865 (C3668)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters received by Rodney Martin Hinde and his wife, Catherine Scholl Hinde, of Moorefield, Nicholas County, Kentucky, and Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, from Hinde and Scholl relatives in Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana, and Kentucky. Letters discuss farming and family matters.