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Harris & Janis Records, 1874-1884 (R0467)
1.4 cubic feet (10 folders, 1 volume, 2 oversize volmumes)
The Harris & Janis Records are account books and draft stubs for Harris & Janis, a “banking house” in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Oliver D. Harris and Jules F. Janis were the proprietors.
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Harris and Janis Ledger, 1874-1876 (R0006)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Harris and Janis Business Ledger is a standard banking ledger of individual accounts from a firm at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Credits and debits are enumerated and dated, with the earliest being in 1874 and the latest in 1876. Also included are nineteen Harris and Janis printed checks signed by Janis and Cox.
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Harris and Janis Records, 1874-1882 (R0434)
(2 volumes)
These are two letter press volumes, 1874-1875 and 1881-1882, for "Harris & Janis, Bankers
and Exchange Dealers," of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The letters are copies of routine outgoing correspondence, usually to other financial institutions, often written to accompany bank drafts and
other financial instruments. There are alphabetical and chronological lists of addressees for each
volume.
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Harris Family Papers, 1914-1959 (K0300)
0.5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and other personal materials of the Harris Family which includes printed and published material concerning Lebanese/Syrian-American societies locally and nationally.
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Nancy Whitnell Harris Papers, 1925-1988 (K0245)
0.1 c.f.
Newspaper clippings, research notes, and Harris's Master's Thesis, "The Development of Educational and Cultural Center in Kansas City's Brush Creek Valley".
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Harrison and Hooker Store Records, 1853-1854 (R0099)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Harrison and Hooker Store Records contain a microfilm copy of a daybook/journal from one of the earliest general stores in Lebanon, Missouri. The proprietors were John B. Harrison and Joseph Thomas Hooker.
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Charles Lewis Harrison Papers, 1901-1913 (C0112)
0.3 cubic feet
Papers of a New York City consulting engineer, horse breeder, and club member. Harrison assisted in the construction of the East River tunnels and the Cheesman Dam, Denver, CO.
Jack S. Harrison Papers, 1874-1943 (C0048)
6 cubic feet (311 folders)
Papers of an Equine Research Specialist on the staff of the Missouri State Museum and former horse breeder. The papers consist of research materials gathered for a history of Missouri livestock, the bulk of which concern horses. A small quantity of personal papers is included.
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Harrison, Marr and Company (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1867-1869 (C2323)
0.54 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Ledgers kept by a flour manufacturing business. John Harrison was president and Thomas H. Marr was secretary.
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Thomas Harrison Papers, 1860-1894 (C0329)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
General account and stud book, 1860-1873; stud book, 1876-1894; weight certificate, 1889; check, 1890; and three miscellaneous items.
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Harry S. Truman National Historic Site Report, no date (K0822)
1 v
Historic Structures Report on the Truman Home in Independence, MO.
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E.H. Hart Papers, 1880-1907 (C0937)
2 volumes
The papers contain records of fruit shipped from Federal Point, Florida, between 1880 and 1896. Also a mailing list dated 1907.
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Harvey Family Collection, 1860 (R1369)
0.25 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Harvey Family Collection is a photocopy of ""The Lily or Ladies' Manual Pocket Book for 1855"". Amy Lloyd presented the book to Chrysea Harvey in the 1850s. The writing in the book is from a decade later. The book's content consists of family member's birthdays and descriptions of a sea voyage from England to New York.
Harvey Family Ledger, c. 1850s, 1940s (C4158)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 computer disc
Ledger kept by the Thomas Harvey family of Saline County, Missouri, c. 1850s, 1940s. A patron use copy is available on computer disc.
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Harvey J. Schmelzer/Charles J. Schmelzer II Papers/Schmelzer Realty Co. Records, 1925-1987 (K0622)
39 c.f.
Administrative files of the Realty Company and some personal files of Charles J. Schmelzer II. Includes appraisals and property management of specific buildings and general background information on buildings and streetscapes in Kansas City, MO. Some files contain photographs.
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Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company Records, 1903-1908 (K0956)
11 c.f.
Business records consists primarily of customer files and receipts.
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Hauenstein and Company Account Book, 1872-1873 (C1116)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Accounts of a general merchandise firm.
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Frederick Hauenstein Papers, 1980 (R0085)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Frederick Hauenstein Papers contains a photocopy of Frederick Hauenstein's autobiography. An engineering graduate of the Missouri School of Mines (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), he worked as a surveyor and engineer in the western United States, and was the last president of the Pine Belt Lumber Company in Oklahoma.
William Henry Hauenstein Daybook, 1881-1882 (C0289)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Daybook kept by William H. Hauenstein for his general store at Tuscumbia, MO.
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Oscar Haynie Papers, 1847-1865 (C1811)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Personal accounts with various merchants.
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Hays Winterbower and Company (Overton, Mo.) Ledger, 1883-1884 (C4286)
1 volume
The ledger of Hays Winterbower & Co. contains listings of purchases and purchasers at a general store in Cooper County.
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Hazard Dressing Mill Collection, 1896 (R0028)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Hazard Dressing Mill Collection contains a photocopy of a typescript that describes the mill and milling process for lead ores at Mine La Motte.
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Rowland Hazard Papers, 1898 (R0141)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Rowland Hazard Papers contain a photocopy of a pamphlet, “Service in Remembrance of Rowland Hazard.” The pamphlet contains the text of memorial addresses for Rowland Hazard, a financier and industrialist from South Kingston, Rhode Island, who owned the Mine La Motte mining tract in Madison County, Missouri from 1870 to 1897.
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Heart of America Labor Council Collection, 1921-1967 (K0839)
2 c.f.
Miscellaneous historical files including photographs, badges, minutes, and records of various unions in Kansas City.
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Jeanette Rothgeb Heaton Collection, 1899-2003 (CA6749)
0.2 c.f.
National Historic Place certificate, New Lebanon histories, photographs, general store ads, and a New Lebanon church Sunday school records ledger book, 1926-1927.
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Fred V. Heinkel Papers, 1914-1988 (C4105)
28.4 cubic feet (1,442 folders)
The papers of Fred V. Heinkel contain materials documenting the political and business activities of a former long-time president of the Missouri Farmers Association (MFA). A small amount of personal material is also included.
John B. Helm Papers, 1818-1868 (C0589)
0.5 cubic feet (45 folders)
The papers of a merchant, lawyer, judge, and builder in Kentucky and Hannibal, Missouri, consist of correspondence relating mainly to business interests; financial and legal documents such as receipts, promissory notes, contracts, and legal briefs; and account books.
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Russell Henderson Papers, 1945-1948 (C4342)
0.25 cubic feet (3 folders)
The notebooks of a horticulturalist for the Fulton State Hospital in Fulton, Missouri. Please note that these are purely notes pertaining to the business of horticulture. There is no material on the state institution.
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A.J. Henley, et al. Deed of Trust, 1880 (C3740)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain a deed concerning the purchase of band instruments by A.J. Henley and eight associates, all of Boone County, Missouri, on a monthly installment plan, from James F. Hurt.
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Henry Tobias Brewers and Maltsters Union #6 Collection, 1873-1990 (S0615)
16.2 cubic feet, 314 folders, 2 records, 1 reel tape, 556 photographs
The Brewers and Maltsters Local #6 is the oldest labor union in continuous operation in the city of St. Louis. This collection documents the changes that the Maltsters Union #6 underwent over the years as well as the everyday details of a labor union. The collection also contains material that Henry Tobias collected on the history of brewing and St. Louis breweries. Included are materials from the Dancing Masters of America and the Dancing Teacher's Association of St. Louis.
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Henthorn-Reppert-Brown Funeral Home Records, 1918-1979 (K1356)
0.55 c.f.
The records provide biographical information about decedents and document funerals arranged by Henthorn-Reppert-Brown Funeral Home in Buckner, Missouri.
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Administrative files of a major Kansas City real estate firm including leases, studies, sales records, property management records, aerial photographs, maps and drawings.
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Heritage Trust Records, 1972-1983 (K0961)
0.15 cubic foot (10 folders, 51 photographs)
The Heritage Trust Records contain correspondence, administrative files, an inventory, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to architectural ornamentation recovered from demolished building in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Charley Hershey Papers, 1883-1888 (R0188)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Charley Hershey Papers contain microfilm copies of diaries written by a young itinerant peddler from Jasper County, Missouri. Charley Hershey and his brothers, Austin and Sam, canvassed the mining towns of Jasper County and in Kansas. They made a journey down the White River in Arkansas in 1884, went to California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado in 1886. The collection also includes fragments of a short story, “Goldeye’s Trip to the Hills.”
Hershey-Ewart Lumber Company Field Book, 1908 (C1128)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Timber estimator's field book.
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Herman T. Hesse Account Book, 1855, 1881-1884 (C1119)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Financial records of a St. Louis, MO, liquor merchant.
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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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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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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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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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Henry Edward Hill Diary, 1922-1923 (K0298)
0.1 c.f.
Diary detailing Kansas City architect Hill's work inChina on the campus expansion of Biejing University. Includes details of his work, military conflicts, daily life, and descriptions of Peking and other, nearby locales.
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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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Charles F. Hinrichs Papers, 1862-1902 (C0335)
2 rolls of microfilm
Papers and records of a German American who lived in Cape Girardeau and Butler Counties in Missouri. Records concern Hinrich's Civil War service in Company L, 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. Other papers document his agricultural interests, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and his efforts to establish a German colony at Carola, Butler County, Missouri.
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Hinton and Walker Records, 1855-1856 (K0212)
0.01 c.f.
Bills of lading for shipments of various goods by steamboat. Gives name of the boat, its master, the name of the receiver of the shipment, a description of the goods and the cost of freight are indicated on the form.
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Hinton Funeral Home Records, 1992-1995 (K1359)
0.1 c.f.
The records contain a book providing biographical information on decedents and documenting funerals arranged by Hinton Funeral Home.
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Charles Hipsh Family Papers, 1925-1963 (K0965)
0.5 c.f.
Yearbooks, photographs, pamphlets and booklet concerning Hipsh, Jewish community leader, businessman and banker. Also video of Hipsh family.
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Historic Inventory of Columbia, Missouri Photographs, 1978-1979 (P0052)
0.33 linear feet
Survey of downtown Columbia architecture, conducted in 1978. Includes negatives and listing of locations/businesses.
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Historic Kansas City Foundation Records, 1974-1995 (K0207)
65 c.f.
Operational records and programming and research materials for a historic preservation agency in Kansas City, MO.