Manuscripts Index
Jonathan Mubride Kemper Collection, 1989-2001 (K0752)
7 c.f.
News clippings from area newspapers concerning Midwest banking and materials from the Kansas City Downtown Council of which Kemper, a banker and civic leader, was a member..
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Mary Lee Kemper Photograph Collection, no date (P0875)
4 photographs
Copy photos of Robinson family members.
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Harry L. Kempster Papers, 1916-1960 (C3404)
4.7 cubic feet
Kempster established the poultry husbandry department at the University of Missouri in 1911 and served as its chairman from 1911 until his retirement in 1954. Papers contain correspondence related to poultry husbandry in Missouri and U.S. as well as to academic courses, jobs, and research in poultry-related areas. Some brochures on poultry incubators.
Harry L. Kempster Papers, no date (CA5050)
0.2 cubic feet
Addition to papers of former chairman of poultry husbandry department at the University of Missouri. Includes articles written by Kempster and images used in various publications. See also C3404.
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M. Slade Kendrick Papers, 1951-1973 (C0628)
0.2 cubic feet (9 folders)
Letters written to a professor of public finance at Cornell University by his friend, the poet John G. Neihardt (1884-1973), and related items.
W.H. Kennan Papers, 1901-1907 (C0350)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter, speech, and journal of a Mexico, MO, lawyer who was the son-in-law of Charles H. Hardin.
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Kennedy Family Photograph, no date (P0397)
1 photograph
Photo of Marshall Kennedy (Nov. 1912 - ) and John W. Kennedy, Jr. (1908 - ), sons of Wallace Kennedy (1913?)
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Elizabeth Kennedy Photograph Collection, 1901-1940 (P0325)
13 photographs
Six photographs of Joe Tapley of Bowling Green and groups he was involved with at the University of Missouri, including Zeta Chi fraternity, Mechanical Engineering, and ROTC.
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Jack Kennedy Photograph Collection, 1939-1975 (P0396)
1 folder
Postcards of 1926 5th District Normal School (Northwest Missouri State Teachers College) football players, and 2 portraits of women: L. Fugate and unidentified. Group portrait of Missouri Power and Light Company 25-Year Club, 1958, Boonville.
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John Kennedy Will, 1781 (C2443)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
John Kennedy's will, made February 22, 1781, in Bedford County, VA, particularly concerning lands in Virginia and Kentucky. This is a copy made April 20, 1815.
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Lyle Kennedy Papers, 1885-1983 (K0050)
6 c.f.
Research notes and papers, maps, books, newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides related to local historian Kennedy's studies of Kansas City history.
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Wayne Coburn Kennedy Papers, 1960-1994 (S0909)
34 cubic feet
The Wayne Coburn Kennedy Papers contains photographs and subject files relating to Kennedy's tenure as director of the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation from 1962 to 1991. Materials of interest include files on planning for parks in Creve Coeur, Spanish Lake Park, and historic sites surveys.
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Kenneth Balk and Associates, Inc. Records , 1959-2000 (S0309)
4.02 cubic feet
The Kenneth Balk and Associates (KBA), Inc. Records contain photographs, slides, newsletters, and reports pertaining to the company's mission to provide structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering and architectural, interior, and landscape design services to companies.
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Kenneth E. Corbin, "The Family Line of William Marion Fulbright" Collection, 1976 (R0327)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Kenneth E. Corbin, “The Family Line of William Marion Fulbright” Collection contains a photocopy of the family line of William Marion Fulbright of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, compiled by Kenneth E. and Ella Dee Wampler Corbin in 1976.
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F.B. Kennett Letter, 1914 (C3096)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a photocopy of a letter to William G. Boyce, Plattin, MO, from Mammoth Spring, AR, Oct. 14, 1914, concerning the genealogy of the Kennett family in Washington County, MO, and the history of purchases of the Kennett property.
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Reverend Marguerite Shirley Kenney Papers, 1965-1981 (S0229)
1.6 cubic feet, 47 folders
Reverend Marguerite Shirley Kenney was ordained on February 25, 1978, by Bishop Walker of the Washington Diocese and is one of the first women priests in the Episcopal Church of the United States. Prior to January 1, 1977, the ordination of women to the priesthood was not permitted. The Papers document her decision and struggle to become a priest in the Episcopal Church and reflect the Episcopal Church's changing attitudes. The bulk of the material dates from 1972-1978. Contents include poetry, correspondence, notebooks, sermons, speeches, applications, school papers and exams, photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, and resource material.
Thomas Henry Kenny Papers, 1816-1997 (C4131)
5 cubic feet
The papers of a real estate broker, author, artist, treasure hunter, researcher, entrepreneur, and overall Renaissance man include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, publications, photographs, postcards, newspaper articles, and artistic material.
Kensinger Family Papers, 1856-1920 (C3712)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers largely contain correspondence between members of an Ohio family that began settling in western Missouri in the early 1850s. The collection also includes property tax receipts and miscellaneous family papers.
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Faye R. Kensinger Photograph Collection, 1930 (P1187)
Photographs of Harry S. Truman, Col. John Williams, Major Rolf Raynor (a riding instructor at Stephens College), and the Missouri National Guard 128th Field Artillery firing a cannon.
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Joseph Steven Kenton Papers, 1985-1990 (K0756)
4 c.f.
Correspondence, audiotapes, Missouri Legislature committee notes, reports, and other material relating to the Kansas City, Missouri School District desegregation case from Kenton, a Missouri State Representative.
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Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power Company Industrial Survey of Rolla Records, 1931 (R0661)
(1 roll of microfilm, 26 photographs)
This is a survey of Rolla, Missouri, by the Industrial Development Department of the Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power Company of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The report contains narrative and statistical information on businesses, professional services, civic organizations, schools, and public buildings in Rolla, as well as natural attractions of the surrounding area in Phelps County. Photographs of many of the sites are tipped in.
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Phineas Kenyon Power of Attorney, 1850 (C1578)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a document giving power of attorney to Robert Kenyon, Boone County, MO, for Phineas Kenyon, June 1, 1850.
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Keith Kerby Photograph Collection, 1870-1976 (P0229)
0.42 linear feet
Various images of Glenwood and Lancaster, Missouri including street scenes, churches, schools, train wrecks, and gatherings.
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Diane Kerckhoff Papers, 1842-2023 (S0499)
4.2 cubic feet
The Diane Kerckhoff papers contain correspondence, newsletters, photographs, police reports, and training manuals documenting Kerckhoff’s involvement in crime prevention in Missouri, including her work with the St. Louis Crusade Against Crime, the St. Louis County Justice Commission, the Missouri Crime Prevention Association, and the Attorney General’s Crime Commission. Also included in the collection are policy and procedures manuals Kerckhoff co-wrote for small police departments as co-founder of Policy Inc.
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Susan Kerckhoff Papers, 1900-2014 (S0290)
4.15 cubic feet
The collection primarily consists of Susan Kerckhoff and her mother, Ruth Kerckhoff's diaries. Ruth Kerckhoff's diaries recounted Susan Kerckhoff's marriage to John Mulligan on June 27, 1959; the death of her husband, Otto Alexander Kerchkhoff, whose family founded Pevely Farms, on April 21, 1966; and social outings, including her service as a matron at Veiled Prophet Ball in 1959. Other items of interest include a scrapbook documenting Susan Kerckhoff's experiences as a maid of honor for the Veiled Prophet Ball in 1956.
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Kerl Family Photographs, 1899-1929 (P0686)
Photographs of the Kerl family of Osage County, MO.
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Mary Banks Kermack Photograph Collection, 1876, no date (P0939)
2 photographs
Photos of University of Missouri faculty
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Frank Kern Letters, 1930-1940 (C0959)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters pertain to the renting and selling of land in the Missouri Ozarks during the Great Depression years.
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Lalla R. Kern Diary, 1904 (S0149)
0.01 cubic foot
Photocopies of a diary of Lalla R. Kern documenting her eight visits to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in May and June of 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri. Kern provides descriptions of exhibits, buildings, show, and grounds.
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Maximilian Gottlieb Kern Lecture Notes, 1842-1843 (C3129)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Botany lecture notes, in German, taken by Kern at the University of Tubingen in the classes of Hugo Mohl and Dr. Maerklin. Kern was later on the botany faculty of the University of Missouri.
Kesler and Lytle Families Papers, 1861-1869 (R0448)
(2 folders)
These are papers of the Kesler and Lytle families of Champaign, Illinois. The collection consists primarily of the Civil War letters of William H. Kesler, written during his service in the 3rd Missouri Cavalry, January 13, 1862 – June 12, 1865. There are also four letters from the papers of Alexander M. Lytle, September 10, 1861 – April 10, 1869. Genealogical information on the Kesler and Lytle families is included.
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George Edward Kessler Papers, 1886-1923 (K0355)
1 c.f.
Personal and business papers of George Kessler, noted landscape and city planning architect who among many national and international projects designed the Kansas City, Missouri, park and boulevard system. (Microfilm from the Missouri History Museum.)
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Ketterlin-Sommerhauser Family Papers, c. 1915-1982 (CA6662)
1 folder
The papers of a family from Tipton, Missouri, contain German song lyrics, a biographical sketch of Sister Mary Fedelis (Josepha Sommerhauser), autobiographical writings by Pauline Sommerhauser Ketterlin, a transcribed letter from Joseph Sommerhauser, and a booklet commemmorating the 25th anniversary of the St. Andrew's Catholic Church Benevolent Society.
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Willard Keyes Journal, 1817-1855 (C2748)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Travel to Wisconsin and Illinois from Newfane, Windham County, VT, 1817-1820; occupations and experiences on frontier; description of Indians, wilderness, logging operations on Mississippi and Black Rivers; travel from Quincy, IL, to New England by stage, boat, and train with itemized account of expenses, 1852.
Keystone View Company Photograph Collection, circa 1914 (R1099)
(1 folder)
This is a stereoscopic photographic view of apple harvesting in the Ozark region of Missouri published by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
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James Keyte Collection, 1818-1876 (C1011)
0.8 cubic feet (12 folders, 13 volumtes); also available on 2 rolls of microfilm
Land records, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of James Keyte, a Methodist preacher, merchant, and founder of Brunswick and Keytesville in Chariton County.
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Joseph T. Keyte Papers, 1865 (C4422)
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)
Civil War diary, memoir, and miscellaneous papers of Joseph T. Keyte of Brunswick, Missouri. A Union soldier, Keyte served with the 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Sketches are included in the diary.
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John Kiefner Collection, 1819-1912 (C0352)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The collection contains photostats of a miscellany of Perry County documents; legal papers concerning real estate; training and apprehension of enslaved persons, taxes, Civil War, loyalty of public officials; politics, 1850, 1896-1912; Missouri military orders during the Civil War.
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Moray Loring Kiehl Sheet Music Collection, 1920s-1960s (CA6185)
2.8 cubic feet
Approximately 400 pieces of sheet music and 18 songbooks.
Ralph E. Kiene Jr. Architectural Records, 1950-1992 (K1137)
21 c.f.
Architectural drawings of buildings and houses in the greater Kansas City area designed by Kiene and his associates.
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Debbie Kilgore Photograph Collection, 1993-2002 (P0155)
52 photographs
Approximately 52 35mm color negatives and prints showing scenes around Macon, Missouri during the mid 1990s. Additional photo album, assembled by Ken Fryer, DOT district manager, showing the 1993 Missouri River flood in Cole, Carroll, Howard, Saline, and Livingston counties.
Randall F. Kilgore Photograph, no date (P0583)
1 photograph
Stained glass at Missouri United Methodist, Columbia, MO.
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Deanna Killeen Photograph Collection, 1900 (P0239)
2 folders
Three unidentified photos, possibly Greene County area. Winter scenes, picnic, church group and buildings.
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Joseph C. and Charles A. Killian Papers, 1821-1935 (C0124)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)
Legal papers and letters of J.C. Killian and his son, Perry County, MO, lawyers. Diary of J.C. Killian describes people of Perryville. Also material on early German immigration.
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Charles Newton Kimball Papers, 1911-1991 (K0055)
44 c.f.
Personal and professional papers of a scientist, civic leader, and president of the Midwest Research Institute encompassing a range of economic and community development activities regionally and nationally.
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Amy Kimmel Collection, no date (P0718)
4 photographs
Copy photos of drawings/paintings of 17th-19th century members of the Kimmel family.
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Cyrus T. Kimmel Diary, 1865-1870 (C1131)
0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)
Primarily 1865 entries during Civil War service, recorded at Ironton, Whitewater, Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Bowling Green, and St. Louis, MO, and Millers Station, AR. Scattered entries for 1866-1870. Also invitation to New Year's Union Ball, Brunswick, MO, December 30, 1865, and poem. Kimmel served as an assistant surgeon in the 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry.
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Warren Kimsey Papers, 1915-1934 (C3747)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of Warren Kimsey contain correspondence, stories, press releases, and histories of a Missouri-born short story writer.