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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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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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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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Eleanor Ann King Papers, 1856-1898 (C1862)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Eleanor Ann King contain letters written to Eleanor Ann King after she was arrested as a Confederate Spy, and imprisoned in the Female Prison at St. Louis, MO. The collection also contains photographs of Eleanor Ann, her first and second husbands--J.M. King and William Pennington Ferrell--and her children.
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Lilburn A. Kingsbury Collection, 1816-1983 (C3724)
9.2 cubic feet (528 folders), 16 oversize volumes, 6 card files, 4 rolls of microfilm
The personal papers and collected materials of Lilburn A. Kingsbury of Howard County, Missouri. Kingsbury was an insurance agent, farmer, orchardist, bank clerk, local historian, writer, genealogist, musician, and antique collector.
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Kingsville, Missouri, Massacre Account, 1865 (C3516)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Description by an unknown author of robbing, killing, and burning by guerrillas in the Johnson County town of Kingsville, Missouri, near the close of the Civil War.
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James M. Kirby Civil War Material, 1862-1896 (C0203)
1 roll of microfilm
Union army muster roll, 1862, Dade County, MO; solicitation by G.A.R. Department of Missouri for membership, 1886; certificate of service in the Union army issued by Adjutant General's office, 1896; and ordnance inventory, 1864.
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Henry Klinge Papers, 1859-1915 (C4323)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
Civil War diary, photograph, pension papers, marriage certificate, and passport of Henry Klinge. Also includes a history of the 49th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
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Louis O. Kloeckner Papers, 1864-1965 (C1797)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photographs and awards regarding Kloeckner's career as a pharmacist. Also Civil War military service and pension records of his father, who had the same name. Part of the German Heritage Archives.
Curtis F. Knight Certificate, 1864 (C1873)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Certificate of appreciation presented to Knight for his service in the Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 47th Regiment, Company C, during the Civil War. Printed form includes signatures of Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton.
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Gilbert Knipmeyer Papers, 1861-1968 (C4196)
3 cubic feet (196 folders)
The papers of a former State Archivist for the Secretary of State in Jefferson City, Missouri, and amateur Civil War historian. The papers contain correspondence, research material, newspaper clippings and some photographs. The majority of the collection consists of Civil War research material.
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Konenszewski Family Papers, 1816-1862 (R0208)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Konenszewski Family Papers contains photocopies of baptismal and educational certificates, medical records, and immigration papers of Johann Konenszewski and his sons, Ladislaus and Edmund. There is also a Civil War letter by Lieutenant Edmund Konenszewski, November 1861, and a diary by Major Ladislaus Konenszewski, February-July 1862. Both men served in the 26th Missouri Infantry in General John Pope’s Army of the Mississippi.
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Henry Kuck Letters, 1861-1865 (S0242)
0.15 cubic foot, 5 folders
This collection consists of letters written by Henry Kuck to his wife, Metta Kuck, while he served in Company G, 31st Missouri Volunteers, during the Civil War. In the letters, Kuck describes the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Atlanta, and military actions in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.
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Frederick August Kullman Papers, 1855-1980 (R0120)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Frederick August Kullman Papers contain photocopies of the miscellaneous papers and Civil War diary of Frederick A. Kullman, a resident of Cole Camp, Benton County, Missouri, and a soldier in the 13th Missouri Cavalry. His papers include confirmation and emigration certificates from Bavaria, military service records, correspondence, photographs, and genealogical information on the Kullman family. The wartime diary covers service at Rolla and Licking, Missouri in 1865.
Edward A. Kutzner Special Order, 1863 (C1508)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Special Order No. 42 to discharge William O. Bartrum, a private in Company A, 2nd Provisional Regiment, E.M.M., by order of Col. Kutzner, Commander.
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Asa V. Ladd Papers, 1864-2012 (C2710)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to wife when under sentence of death, and from Chaplain Philip McKim telling of the execution. Letter from Ladd to his father with postscript from chaplain. See St. Louis Democrat, October 31, 1864, for biographical information. Also includes a brief history and map of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Slides of these documents are included.
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Otto Lademann Commission, 1862 (C1857)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains Lademann's commission as 2nd lieutenant, Company F, 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry, signed by H.R. Gamble.
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Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri Record Books, 1898-1937 (C1143)
0.2 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Records of the group from the time of its organization in 1898, including meeting minutes, reports from committees and proceedings of department conventions.
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri Secretary's Book, 1898-1910 (C1144)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of Department of Missouri, beginning with its organization in 1898.
Ladies' Union Aid Society Reports, 1862-1863 (C1936)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reports of visits to wards 1 and 2, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO, with notations of items distributed.
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Lafayette County, Missouri, Board Proceedings, 1862 (C1145)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Proceedings of the county board, which convened on the order of the Military Department to investigate the murder of loyal citizens, 14 August-22 October 1862.
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J. Sam Lail Papers, 1839-1911 (C0700)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reminiscences of Civil War days and historical sketch of the Christian Church at Liberty, Missouri. Lail lived in Shamrock, Callaway County, Missouri.
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Alfred Avery Lamkin Papers, 1853-1872 (R0443)
5 folders
These are diaries of Alfred Avery Lamkin, a soldier in the 25th Ohio Infantry and a civilian employee of
the army during the Civil War, who moved to Jasper County, Missouri, in 1866. His diaries cover antebellum
employment in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, military service in Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky, and
postwar activities in Ohio and Missouri.
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Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1860s, 1956-1962 (C3877)
0.4 cubic feet (23 folders)
Minutes, resolutions, maps, reports, and legal documents concerning the urban redevelopment project in Columbia, Missouri, for the area known as Flat Branch and/or the Douglass School Urban Renewal Area.
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Richard Hundley Landrum Papers, 1865-1929 (R1328)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
These are letters written to Richard H. Landrum of Mount Vernon in Lawrence County, Missouri, from family and friends in Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, and Texas. They touch on politics, land, crops, Civil War and family matters.
Moses Lax Service Record, 1866 (R0023)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Moses Lax Papers contains photocopies of Moses Lax's service record. Lax served in the 62nd Regiment, United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War.
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Bazel F. Lazear Papers, 1851-1904 (C1014)
0.31 cubic feet (15 folders)
Letters to wife from California gold fields and while on duty with Missouri State Militia during the Civil War, describing encounters with guerrilla forces, battles, and personal relations with fellow soldiers; letters about his dismissal from job with Railway Mail Service and about his Civil War pension claim.
John Miller Leach Diary, 1861-1863 (R1147)
0.25 cubic foot (2 folders)
The John Miller Leach Diary contains a typescript copy of the diary written by John Miller Leach, a member of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, 8th Division, Missouri State Guard, and the 6th Missouri Infantry (CS). The diary begins on September 2, 1861 and continues through July 29, 1863. It describes operations around Pea Ridge, Arkansas; Corinth Mississippi; and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Leasburg Community Club Collection, 1959-1975 (R0848)
(1 folder)
These are booklets published for community centennial, homecoming, and Civil War centennial, and homecoming, celebrations at Leasburg in Crawford County, Missouri.
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Robert E. Lee Letter, 1866 (C1580)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Emma S. Ringo, Mexico, MO, from Lexington, VA, June 23, 1866. In answer to question, "What point in the South would a few thousand dollars do the most good?" Lee said the southern cities were in greater distress, and to contact Mrs. Benjamin Howard, president of Southern Aid Society.
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William Fitzhugh Lee Papers, 1861-1863 (C0471)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From Edwin J. Lee, aide-de-camp of Stonewall Jackson, to his aunt, November 1861. Description of the Battle of Manassas, Wm. F. Lee being wounded, and his subsequent death.
From J.E.B. Stuart, to Wm. F. Lee's widow, 1863. Expresses friendship, concern for her welfare, and confidence in a confederate victory.
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Nathaniel Leonard Papers, 1800-1896, 1927 (C2525)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 2 rolls of microfilm
The papers of Nathaniel Leonard, a stock breeder and farmer from Cooper County, Missouri, and his family consist of land papers, account and other record books, correspondence, Civil War papers, an 1824 fur memorandum, and an 1875 diary of Lon V. Stephens.
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Lesieur Family Papers, 1795-1866 (C3449)
0.15 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
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"Let Us Discuss a Man," Dan Saults, 1962 (C2133)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a speech about John Newman Edwards (1839-1889). Edwards was a Missouri Confederate, newspaper editor, author, and friend of Joseph Shelby, Quantrill, and the James Brothers. Saults discusses Edwards' friendship with Shelby, their Civil War experiences, the fiasco in Mexico after the war, and Edwards' newspaper career and drinking problems.
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Lewis Family Papers, 1838-1888 (C4059)
0.3 cubic feet (13 folders)
The papers of the Lewis family consist of family records, legal documents, financial documents, correspondence, and miscellaneous material of a family from Osceola, Missouri.
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William Emmerson Lewis Civil War Letters, 1862-1863 (C1150)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Letters written to his wife and children while serving in Company I, 26th Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, during the Civil War. Edited by William T. Miller.
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"The Life of Mary Anne Phelps Montgomery, 1846-1943," Margaret Montgomery Zogbaum, 1967 (C2114)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reminiscences of Mary Anne Phelps Montgomery, daughter of John Smith Phelps, Missouri congressman and governor. Recorded by her daughter, the reminiscences cover Montgomery's childhood on a plantation near Springfield, MO; her marriage to James Montgomery, a railroad entrepreneur and early Portland, OR, settler; her travels in Europe; and her friendship with Ulysses S. Grant.
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Lindsay Family Papers, 1858-circa 1980 (R0352)
0.02 cuibc foot (1 folder)
The Lindsay Family Papers consists of photocopies of correspondence, biographical material, and miscellaneous material regarding James Lindsay of Ironton, Missouri, and his sons, Joseph F. Lindsay and Robert L. Lindsay. The Lindsays were prominent early residents of Iron County and were Union veterans of the Civil War.
John W. Lindsey Diary, 1863-1865 (C0453)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Lindsey was a member of Company K, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, during the Civil War. Account of camp life in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama; a few skirmishes; and his trip back to Illinois after being mustered out.
Also pictures, paper currency, and other miscellaneous items.
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Linton Family Scrapbook, 1860-1872 (C4429)
0.31 cubic feet (1 volume)
Scrapbook primarily consists of newspaper clippings, often written by Linton himself, that reflect his political views. The contents of this scrapbook display a strong sympathy to the Union and often argue against the Missouri Constitution of 1865.
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Lions Club, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1929 (R1231)
(1 folder)
This is "'Ozarks' A Booklet Sponsored by the Lions Club," published in 1929 to promote Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, and the surrounding area. Edited by Lon Scott, the illustrated booklet includes articles on natural history, transportation, the Civil War, and agriculture.
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John W. Lister Papers, 1818-1911 (S0830)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders
The papers of John W. Lister contain photocopies of his memoirs as a Captain in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Lister served in the Mississippi River Brigade as a carpenter and recounted his experiences in the Siege of Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign.
"A Little Dab of History Without Embellishment," William H. Gregg, 1906 (C1113)
0.35 cubic feet (1 volume; also available on 1 roll of microfilm)
Reminiscences of service under William Clarke Quantrill until the winter of 1863-1864.
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Thomas Little Invoice, 1863 (C1510)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Invoice of transportation listing horses, mules, harness and wagon, given to Captain John D. Meredith, Company A, 2nd Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia.
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Charles Gustavus Loesch Collection, 1862-1996 (C3931)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Newspaper clippings, photographs, and a memoir of Missouri Civil War veteran Charles G. (Gus) Loesch.
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John A. Logan Letter, 1865 (C2198)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a letter to the Officers and Soldiers of the 15th Army Corps congratulating them on the close of the successful march to the sea during the Civil War. The letter discusses the battles at Resaca, Atlanta, Marietta, Nickajack Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, and Jonesboro.
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John Lomax Papers, 1862-1865 (C2635)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of John Lomax contain Civil War letters and letters regarding family genealogy.
Meron G. Mayhew Lonsdale Papers, 1847-1927 (C0130)
0.2 cubic feet
Family letters; bills; Boone County tax receipts for the Civil War period; Missouri University commencement programs, 1880-1881; Christian College catalogue; and newspaper clippings pertaining to family.