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Coleman Family Papers, 1862-1865 (R0619)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Coleman Family Papers contain original and photocopies of letters written to Elizabeth C. Coleman and her parents during the Civil War, by relatives and friends in the 6th Missouri Infantry. Included are letters from Otterville and Rolla, Missouri, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, one from Washington, D.C., in 1865, and two from Pilot Knob, Missouri. The letters contain camp news and information on mutual friends. The letters from Pilot Knob concern postwar employment.
Collapse of the Women's Prison at 15th and Grand Collection, 1863-1956 (K0349)
0.12 c.f.
Research correspondence and typed transcripts of historical documents, and Photostats of original documents from the National Archives concerning the event in Kansas City, MO on August 13, 1863.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1938-1939 (C1391)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper clippings on the history of Missouri, including activities of Spanish explorers, Civil War, temperance movement, George Caleb Bingham, growth of churches, Pony Express, Charles E. Kearney, James brothers, and educational institutions.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1938 (C1392)
0.35 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper and magazine articles on the history of Missouri: Champ Clark, Kansas City in 1830, Westport in 1855, John J. Pershing, Platte City, Santa Fe Trail, John Mason Peck, Civil War Battle of Westport, land grant to Evan B. Blair in 1844.
Andy Collins Photograph Collection, 1884, 1985 (P0658)
11 photographs
20th century photographs of Civil War sites and monuments in Missouri, Pilot Knob area.
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Colman-Hayter Family Papers, 1839-1900 (C0084)
0.2 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous material of a northwest Missouri family. Includes letters from family members while in the Mexican War, in Oregon, traveling down the Mississippi River, and serving in the Confederate Army.
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Committee for Historic Preservation Collection, 1983-1985 (R1380)
0.25 cubic foot (7 folders)
The Committee for Historic Preservation Papers documents the projects of a committee that makes up part of the Phelps County Historical Society. Detailed records of meetings and projects, including a two-year long fight to save a railroad depot, are included in the collection.
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Confederate Home (Higginsville, Mo.) History and Cemetery Records, no date (C3498)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of formation of the Confederate Home Association, building of the home, cost, dedication, and takeover by the state. List of inmates and list of men and women buried in the cemetery.
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Confederate Memorial List, 1897 (C3560)
1 oversize item
The collection contains an oversize poster with names and photographs of Confederate Civil War generals, and Jefferson Davis.
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Confederate Proclamation, no date (C2820)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation urging Southerners to force abolitionists and Union sympathizers out of southern towns. Issued in response to Lincoln's call for 75,000 men.
Confederate States of America Bond, 1861 (C4155)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Printed loan of $500 to "bearer," authorized by C.S.A. August 19, 1861.
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Confederate States of America Bond, 1864 (C0971)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
One-thousand-dollar bond.
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Confederate States of America Money, 1864 (C1950)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Fifty-dollar bill.
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Confederate States of America Money, 1864 (C0466)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Twenty-dollar bill.
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Confederate States of America. Army, Missouri Cavalry, Wood's Battalion, Company C, Papers, 1865 (C1846)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster roll and oath of allegiance and parole of honor of Captain Paul F. Thornton.
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Dennis Harper Connaway Papers, 1858-1888 (C0248)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Correspondence, Civil War papers, and miscellaneous papers. County collector book of Cedar County.
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Warren Cook Collection, 1782-1978 (R0043)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Warren Cook Collection contains photocopies of papers of the Smith, Havins, Roseberry, and Cook families of southwestern Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. The collection includes correspondence, estate papers, and genealogical records. Also included are two farm diaries from 1875-1876.
Cooper County, Missouri, Papers, 1819-1905 (C1034)
1.25 cubic feet
The papers contain oaths of loyalty, 1862-1866, and miscellaneous papers, 1819-1905.
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Corder-Thomas Family Papers, 1867-1961 (C3697)
11 rolls of microfilm (9 folders, 56 volumes), 1 oversize item
The Corder-Thomas Family Papers consist of the diaries of Leslie Walker Corder, a Waverly, Missouri, farmer and civic leader; his wife Nellie Perry Buck Corder; and her aunt Susan Buck Cooper Thomas. The diaries contain routine entries about life in Waverly; weather statistics; farm and rental accounts; expense records; genealogies; and comments on building roads and railroads. The papers also include family letters, news clippings, and miscellaneous items.
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J.B. Courts et al. Letter, 1862 (C1749)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Charles Sterne, Carroll County, MO, from camp near Holly Springs, MS, No. 1, 1862. Six members of Lt. John Sterne's company relate the details of his death to his father. Lt. Sterne was mortally wounded in the Battle of Corinth, 4 October 1862, and died 17 October 1862.
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Henry Clay and William H. Crawford Letters, 1857-1865 (C0239)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of letters to their family from Union soldiers operating in southwest Missouri.
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John D. Crawford Papers, 1862-1863 (R0472)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The John D. Crawford Papers contain an original and two photocopied Civil War letters written by John D. Crawford, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and likely his father, H. P. Crawford. The letters note events in Adair, Knox, Schuyler, and Scotland counties in Missouri, and the execution of prisoners by Union authorities at Palmyra, Missouri.
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Crede Family Papers, 1818-1939 (C3065)
1.6 cubic feet (93 folders, 8 volumes), 2 oversize volumes; also available on 4 rolls of microfilm
Personal correspondence, genealogical records, and business records of a German-American family living in Osage County, MO. The bulk of the collection concerns Hermann Crede; other papers pertain to his brothers, Wilhelm and Carl; all three immigrated in the 1850s. Much of the correspondence is in German; the business records are in English.
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Alfred B. Cree Papers, 1862-1863 (R0301)
0.05 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Alfred B. Cree Papers contain the letters of Capt. Alfred B. Cree of Co. F., 22nd Iowa Infantry. Cree wrote of family matters, camp life, and regimental politics from Benton Barracks at St. Louis, and from camps at Rolla, Salem, Iron Mountain, and Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1862-1863. There is also a single letter from Charlestown in what is now West Virginia, in 1864.
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Joseph Crider Letters, 1862-1865 (C2724)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Twenty-five letters from a Union soldier in Company I, 6th Missouri Cavalry, to his family describing heavy fighting, hardships, and battle of Vicksburg.
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Cullimore Family Collection, 1878-2020 (R1090)
10.5 cubic feet (276 of folders, 8 CDs, 2 cassette tapes, 828 photographs, 217 negatives, 1 45 record)
The Cullimore Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Donald B. and Lee M. Cullimore and their father Donald G. Cullimore. The papers include personal correspondence, diaries, articles, family research and genealogy, photographs, and local history research. a larger portion of the collection is dedicated to genealogical materials for the family of Lee Cullimore and his wife, Marcia Craddock Cullimore’s family.
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Samuel W. Cunningham Letters, 1861-1863 (C3006)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters written by Cunningham to his wife, Nancy, during the Civil War. Cunningham was a private in the 22nd Illinois Infantry.
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T. J. Dalton Records, circa 1863-1865 (R0323)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Thomas J. Dalton Papers contain a photocopy of the Civil War memoranda book of Thomas J. Dalton, a resident of Mississippi County, Missouri, and non-commissioned officer of Company E, 8th Missouri Cavalry (CSA). The miscellaneous entries include a roster of Company E, notes on arms and accouterments issued to the company and matters of personal finance. An indexed typescript is available.
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Burdett Leroy Daniel Diary, 1865 (C3427)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Fragment of diary written while in the Missouri Volunteers, January 11-April 25, 1865. Describes searches for food, swampy marches, diseases, guard and picket duty, and scouting. Writes about the daily weather and names friends with whom he corresponded.
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Henry Clay Daniel Papers, 1846-1920 (C1002)
0.6 cubic feet (43 folders)
Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, Civil War claims, printed materials, and account books.
Arretta Davidson Papers, 1862-1867 (C2653)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Five letters to Mrs. Davidson from her family. Four Civil War letters containing mostly family news; one letter concerning the death of Stout B. Davidson.
Wesley S. Davidson Papers, 1858-1984 (K0167)
0.08 c.f. (6 folders)
Photocopied genealogical research concerning Wesley S. Davidson and his family. It includes Davidson's civil war documents, some correspondence, records pertaining to family members and research correspondence.
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A.F. Davis Letter, 1862 (C0561)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To F.D. Davis, from Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee, April 21, 1862. Describes the Battle of Shiloh.
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Beverly A. Davis Papers, 1865 (R0204)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Beverly A. Davis Papers contain a Civil War letter written by a member of the 32nd Missouri Infantry at Rouse’s Plantation, North Carolina, to his niece, Ellen, at Steelville, Missouri. Davis commented on the capture of Richmond, Virginia, and the prospects for peace.
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James J. Davis Pension File, 1879 (C3271)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Military and pension records from U.S. Adjutant General’s Office. Davis enrolled in the Missouri State Militia at Cameron, Missouri, in 1862.
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Jefferson Davis Letter, 1889 (C2183)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To [Lynn] Samuels, [Sugar Tree, Carroll County, MO], from Beauvoir, MS, Apr. 10, 1889.
Answers Samuel's inquiries about why he opposed a Confederate pursuit at the Battle of Bull Run and why he was not tried for treason. Also typed copy in collection 995, Vol. XXVI, 711.
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Davis-Vandiver Family Letters, 1864-1872 (C0299)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Typed copies of letters from Clay and Ray Counties, MO, discussing family affairs, trouble with bushwhackers, and politics in 1872.
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David Lewis Day Papers, 1762-1885 (K0114)
0.3 c.f.
Letters, diary, account books, poems and newspaper clippings belonging to Day, a Civil War veteran from Milford, MA. Much of the material deals with the Civil War or with veterans' organizations such as the Grand Army of the Republic.
Joseph M. Day Loyalty Oath, 1866 (C1618)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Day was a 2nd lieutenant in Company F of the Missouri 77th Regiment.
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John G. Deatherage Memoir, 1916 (C3268)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Civil War reminiscences of a Union soldier who went with men from his neighborhood at Talbert Ferry on White River to Salem, Arkansas, to fight with Colonel Marshall of the 1st Illinois Cavalry.
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William H. Dennis Letter, 1861 (K0533)
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Letter from a private in the Illinois 7th Cavalry from Camp Butler, IL and camp live and news.
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Franklin Spilman Denny Papers, 1853-1917 (R0548)
0.1 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Franklin Spilman Denny Papers contain photocopies and typescripts of family correspondence, a Civil War diary, and military service and pension records of Franklin Spilman Denny of Company C, 1st Missouri Cavalry.
Mary Stakes Dines Diary, 1849-1931 (S0524)
0.2 cubic foot, 2 folders
The Mary Stakes Dines Collection contains a photocopy of a diary written by Mary Stakes Dines, the wife of Reverend Tyson Dines, a Confederate sympathizer Also included in the collection are photocopies of the history of the Stratton family and a C ivil W ar parole of Reverend Tyson Dines.
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Ben F. Dixon Papers, 1941-1958 (C3749)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Ben F. Dixon contain press releases detailing the events which led to the Battle of Athens, Missouri, on 5 August 1861; the battle itself; and the aftermath. The papers also include biographical sketches of the leaders of the opposing forces. The articles were written in the 1940s on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the battle.
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Dodge-Melick Family Papers, 1838-1922 (C0096)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Papers of Leonard Dodge of Bates County, Missouri, primarily pertaining to land. Copies of his will. Also papers of Wesley Melick of Horton, Missouri, a son-in-law of Dodge who was an army surgeon during the Civil War.
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Alexander W. Doniphan Letter, 1861 (C1935)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to Doniphan's nephew John, from Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 1861. The letter discusses Lincoln, the state of the union, and the position of border states. Also included is a negative photostat of the letter.
Blanche O. Dorman Photograph Collection, 1863, no date (P0833)
15 photographs
Carte de visite of civil war military officers and important figures
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C.E. Dornbusch Missouri Civil War Bibliography, no date (C2126)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains annotated bibliographies of published materials available in the New York Public Library on Missouri and the Civil War.
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Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection, 1851-1939 (C3830)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders, 1 oversize volume)
The Dorsey-Fuqua Family Collection consists of correspondence and legal papers concerning Jerre S. Dorsey during the Civil War. Also includes memorabilia of Columbia, Missouri; the University of Missouri; a souvenir of Mark Twain’s 70th birthday at Delmonico’s in 1905; and an illustrated atlas of Boone County, Missouri, from 1876, with handwritten notations.
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W.M. Dotson Letter, 1864 (C0972)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Background on the prisoner George Ring, arrested in connection with cotton smuggling. Explains where his belongings can be found.