Manuscripts Index
Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau, Glenn House Restoration Photographs, 1980 (P0345)
24 slides
35mm slides documenting the restoration of the Glenn house in Cape Girardeau, MO from 1970-1979
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"The Historical Background of Harriet Beecher Stowe's UNCLE TOM'S CABIN," James Allison, 1881 (C2796)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Article by James Allison for Evansville, IN, JOURNAL discussing the historical background of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN in Kennedy plantation, Garrard County, KY. Interview with former mistress of Lewis George Clark (George Harris).
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Historical Committee of the Verona Centennial Collection, 1968 (R0942)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet produced for the centennial celebration of Verona in Lawrence County, Missouri, on August 2-4, 1968. Included are brief illustrated histories of the town of Verona and its businesses, schools, churches, and government.
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"Historical Data on Hopewell Union Church, Washington County, Missouri," L. Emily Overstreet and Harry E. Evens, no date (C1369)
0.01 cubic feet (1 volume)
Material pertaining to the building of a nondenominational church building near Potosi, MO.
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Historical Preservation Task Force Records, 1979-1980 (S0413)
0.15 cubic foot, 5 folders
This collection documents the work of the Historic Preservation Task Force's work as one of four citizen participation task forces of the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council. Included in this collection are correspondence, minutes, agendas, by-laws, and handbook.
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“Historical Sketch of the Department of Physics, University of Missouri, 1839-1954”, 1954 (C0633)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
History of the physics department and its work, 1839-1954. Includes photographs of physics lab equipment and one image of the chancellor's home on the University of Missouri campus.
"A History and Description of Persia, Missouri," Stephen Clark, 1964 (C2897)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a history describing the location, businesses, and early settlers of Persia, MO. The collection also includes a copy of the FRANKLIN INTELLIGENCER, April 1, 1820, photographs, and maps of the town site.
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History and Origin of Order of the Eastern Star of Missouri and Jurisdiction Manuscript, 1976 (S0103)
0.01 cubic feet, 1 folder
This collection contains a manuscript titled The History and Origin of the Order of Eastern Star of Missouri and Jurisdiction 1887-1976, written by John W. Thomas. The manuscript chronicles the history of the Eastern Star of Missouri, an African American masonic temple founded in 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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History of Anniston School and Community, E.E. Bryant, no date (C2129)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a brief history of Anniston, MO, describing its founding, name changes from Shellys Ridge to Hainleys Switch to Anniston, businesses, schools, students, teachers, churches, roads, recreation, and occupations of residents. Also included are lyrics of the Anniston PTA song, Anniston school songs, and cheers.
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"History of Athletics in the University of Missouri," William Gwathmey Manly, no date (C0750)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of athletics at the University of Missouri, 1890-1898.
"History of Barry County's Home Economics Clubs," Willa Mermoud, no date (C2128)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains two histories by Willa Mermoud on the 4-H and women's clubs in Barry County, Missouri. The first is titled, "History of Barry County's Home Economics Clubs," and includes information on the organization, services rendered, and a list of extension service officers, 1928-1958. The second publication is titled, "Barry County Extension Homemakers Clubs History, 1919-1969," and describes 50 years of club work in Barry County.
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"History of Bonnots Mill, Missouri, Methodist Church", 1963 (C2176)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History, leaders, and facilities of the Bonnots Mill Methodist Church, covering 1902 to 1963.
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History of Central Baptist Church Manuscript, 1927 (S0028)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains a manuscript titled The History of Central Baptist Church, showing her influence upon her times by Reverend George E. Stevens. Reverend Stevens wrote the manuscript in 1927 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Central Baptist Church, an African American Baptist Church founded in 1846 in St. Louis City.
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"History of Christian College 'Old Main' Building, 1851-1967," Judith Payne, 1967 (C2527)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an architectural history of the original building of Christian Female College (later Christian College, then Columbia College), Columbia, MO.
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"History of Company C," Albert D. Hampshire, 1946 (C1114)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
History of Company C, 23rd Missouri Infantry, Volunteers, organized August 26, 1861, and mustered out July 18, 1865. The author's father, William W. Hampshire, and two uncles, Henry C. and Francis M. Selsor, served in the company.
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"History of Frankford, Missouri", 1913 (C3509)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A history of Frankford, written by Louisa Milburn, a descendant of Solomon Fisher, who owned the land on which this Pike County town was built in 1819.
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"History of Freemasonry", no date (C3492)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
"History of Hawk Point," C.A. Harper, no date (C2814)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief history of Hawk Point, Missouri.
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"History of Henry County, Missouri," A. Loyd Collins, no date (C2086)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Unpublished manuscript of Henry County history within the broader context of Missouri and American history. Biographies of outstanding residents and an historical calendar to county events from pioneer settlement to 1937.
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"History of Jackson, Missouri, Presbyterian Church," William J. Gammon, no date (C3015)
1 roll of microfilm
History of the Jackson, MO, Presbyterian Church. Includes biographies and photographs of church pastors, elders, and deacons, and information on organizations within the church.
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"History of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri," Harry E. Mitchell, 1921 (C1186)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
History of Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis County, MO, beginning in 1826. Includes biographies of commanders.
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"History of Kahoka, Missouri", 1936 (C3532)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A history of settlement, early houses, businesses, schools, churches, and social customs of Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri.
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"History of Mill Creek Church," George B. Smiley, 1927 (C1323)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Excerpt from Smiley's church history, listing early members, ministers, and people ordained from the congregation, and describing the two buildings which housed the church. Also lists the Baptist associations to which the church belonged.
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"The History of My Family", 1962 (C3587)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains descriptions of homesteading in Jackson County, Missouri, and Stratton, Colorado; wagon trains; Baptist churches; Civil War battle and aftermath in Jackson County; and Flanery and McQueary family genealogies.
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"History of Nursing in Missouri," Louise Irby Trenholme, [1925] (C1274)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)
Written ca. 1925, the manuscript covers the history of nursing and nursing education. First published by Missouri State Nurses' Association in 1926.
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"History of Sappington," Sappington Junior High School History Club, 1936 (C3094)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Gives history of Sappington including early settlers, religious and educational growth, and life of U.S. Grant when he resided there from 1848 to 1859.
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History of the 138 Field Hospital, no date (C3544)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection consists of a history written by a former member of World War I unit, the 138 or 2nd Missouri Field Hospital Company, organized June 23, 1917, in Chamois, Missouri. Gives the company’s movements in the U.S. and France until discharge in 1919.
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"The History of the Cherry Valley School District", no date (C3689)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a typescript history of an area in Carroll County, Missouri, which included Cherry Valley School near the town of Miles Point.
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History of the Church Federation in St. Louis Manuscript , 1984 (S0185)
0.02 cubic foot
The History of the Church Federation in St. Louis Manuscript contains a 268-page manuscript titled Thy Kingdom Come: The History of the Church Federation in St. Louis 1909-1969, chronicling the founding and evolution of the Metropolitan Church Federation.
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"A History of the First 20 Years of the Resident Wives Club, 1941-1961" , no date (C3534)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A history of the organization including its founding, membership, projects, and social functions. The club was comprised of wives of the agricultural resident faculty of the University of Missouri.
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"History of the First Apple Creek Presbyterian Church", 1933 (C2912)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a history of the church, its members, ladies’ group, cemetery, and Sunday school, with a list of ministers, elders, and deacons.
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History of the Lives of Jack and Bess Sokolov, (KA2609)
.05 c.f.
“History of the Lives of Jack and Bess Sokolov” is a composition written by Jack Sokolov concerning the genealogy of the Sokolov family.
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"The History of the Mann Cemetery," Ernest M. Funk, no date (C2942)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief account of how the Mann Cemetery originated and of the history of the area.
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"History of the Memorial Presbyterian Church & the Experiment Farm of Napton, MO," Thomas B. Hall, 1944 (C0771)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains one pamphlet giving history of the T.A. Smith family and farm in Saline County, the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Napton, Missouri, and other hamlets in Saline County.
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"History of the Missouri Press Association," Floyd C. Shoemaker, no date (C1255)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
History of the Press Association, 1867-1916.
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History of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 1953 (S0410)
0.01 cubic foot
The collection consists of a 90-page history of the first 23 years of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, an African American fraternity.
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"History of the West View School, Moniteau County, Missouri," Ilene Sims Yarnell, no date (C3149)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a family genealogy compiled for the West View School homecoming. Fulks, Newkirk, Thixton, Bowen, Hays, Loganbill, Lehman, Grinstead, Welty, Schaffter, Baxter, Kasper, Ratzliff, and Foley family histories in Moniteau County, MO are included.
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"[History of Waverly, Missouri]," J.M. Motte, no date (C0777)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A short history of Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri.
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History Senior Seminar Papers Collection, 1992-1993 (S0723)
0.25 cubic foot, 12 folders
This collection contains the academic papers of 12 students of the 1992 and 1993 History Senior Seminar 393, taught by Dr. Gerda Ray of the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Topics vary from broad historical perspectives to studies of specific St. Louis ethnic communities.
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HistorySpeaks Oral History Collection, 2000-2002 (K0400)
10 c.f.
Video oral history interviews of individuals whose experiences highlight past events that have shaped Kansas City.
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Jennie Hite Letter, 1863 (C2442)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To her brother, from Cave Spring, Sept. 13, 1863.
Concerning his lack of writing, family, health, crops, and a fair.
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William Y. Hitt Santa Fe Trail Memories, no date (C0698)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Journey by Hitt's father, probably after 1831, from the Franklin-St. Joseph area to Taos, NM, and back to Topeka, KS, and St. Joseph. Number of wagons, people, and detailed account of hardships encountered.
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"Some Episodes in the Early History of the Santa Fe Railroad," William C. Hoad, 1951 (C2419)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Paper read at the Dunworkin Club concerning the early organization and construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Discusses difficulties, race to Colorado state line, federal land grant, campaign to colonize land, and Kansas.
Dan B. Hoagland Music Collection, no date (CA6418)
0.2 cubic feet, 1 audio tape
Music collection of Dan B. Hoagland consisting of spiral notebooks and musical scores composed by Hoagland, including "Black and Gold" and "Bengal Bandsman." Also includes an audio recording of "The Norseman" by the Hickman High School Band, 1970.
Dan B. Hoagland Photographs, 1983, no date (P0150)
0.58 linear feet
580+ photos of mid-Missouri towns, including many small and abandoned locales, and Boone County churches, ca. 1983.
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Fannie P. Hobbs Student Notebook, 1900 (C2478)
0.10 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains notes made in the teacher training class of Miss McCullough in Bonne Terre in 1900. The notes discuss the methodology of kindergarten teaching according to Frederick Froebel, probably copied from a Froebel text.
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Myrene Houchen Hobbs Photograph Collection, 1940-1945, no date (P0533)
6 photographs
Photos of Cole County homes, buildings, and monuments.
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Hoch-Vickery Family Photograph Collection, 1937-1948 (P1039)
A collection of photos and scrapbooks primarily relating to the Arthur Hoch family of Sedalia, MO, ca. 1940s-1950s
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Hochstatter School, Washington County, Missouri Records, 1879-1897 (R0226)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Hochstatter School, Washington County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of a district clerk’s record book and attendance register for School District No. 3, Hochstatter School in Washington County, Missouri. The rural school district was located south of Potosi.
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"The Hockaday House", 1963 (C3497)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of a house built in Fulton, Missouri, in the 1860s, and occupied until 1963 by the Hockaday family.