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Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1928, 1934 (R1060)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The collection consists of a booklet and a pamphlet promoting Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, as a location for industry, agriculture, and residence.
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Lecoma Mill Company Records, 1882 (R0129)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Lecoma Mill Company Records contain a microfilm copy of individual accounts and records of cash received by the Lecoma Mill Company at Lecoma at Dent County, Missouri.
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Samuel Ledgerwood Papers, circa 1851-1853 (R0401)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Samuel Ledgerwood Papers contains a photocopy of a memoranda book belong to Samuel Ledgerwood, an early resident of Relfe in southern Phelps County, Missouri. The entries concern the operations of a general store and mill.
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Leggett & Platt, Inc., Photographs, 1939 (P0712)
9 photographs
Photos of Leggett & Platt, Inc., Carthage, MO, Manufacturers of Bedsprings and Innerspring Mattresses
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Leggett and Platt Manufacturing Company Records, 1896-1932 (R0250)
(8 rolls)
These are business records of a manufacturing firm in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, now doing business as Leggett & Platt, Inc. Included are shipping and sales records, journals, expense records, balance sheets, and account ledgers.
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Lehman and Miller (Glasgow, Mo.) Ledger, 1884 (C2315)
0.10 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains the ledger of a general store, called Lehman Brothers prior to 1881.
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Lehman Brothers (Glasgow, Mo.) Record Book, 1874-1884 (C2311)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)
Daybook of a general store owned by Henry, Monte and William Lehman.
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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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Leo and Helen Edelbaum Lesky Papers, 1960-2007 (K0959)
0.09 c.f.
The Leo and Helen Edelbaum Lesky Papers include Leo Lesky's obituary, a sales book from Lesky's dry-cleaning business, and a CD of family videos of the Lesky family and their friends.
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Chris R. Lester Papers, 1970-1999 (K0912)
15 c.f.
Lester was an investigative reporter for the Kansas City Star. Includes Lester's research materials for his Star series on banker Frank Morgan, Kansas City sprawl, and other articles.
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Robert Ridenour Lester Papers, 1874-1997 (K1158)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and some printed and published material related to Lester and the Ridenour Family. Seventeen scrapbook volumes depict travel in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Lester's involvement in France in WWI.
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A.A. Lesueur Scrapbook, 1889-1892 (C1408)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Clippings about Missouri business and politics.
Charles P. Leverich Papers, 1836-1846 (C2298)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Charles P. Leverich contain three letters to Leverich from New Orleans, concerning business, sugar market, frost, and the shipment and insurance of liquors.
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Lexington, Missouri Business Records, 1831-1869 (C4311)
2.15 cubic feet (12 folders, 1 oversize volume)
The records of banks and other businesses in Lexington, Missouri, contain account books, day books, letter books, statement books, protest of payment books, copy books, minute books, and bills of lading.
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Liberty Memorial Association Records, 1917-1933 (K0022)
0.08 c.f. (1 folder)
Microfilmed copies of drawings for the construction of the Liberty Memorial. Also included are specifications for the project
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Grace Lichtenstein Papers, 1960s-1986; bulk dates 1970-1986 (C4666)
1.5 cubic feet (24 folders) 28 audio cassettes
The papers of a journalist and writer. The collection consists of research material, interview notes, transcripts, and tapes, books and articles Lichtenstein wrote on early women Olympians, professional women tennis players, women artists in the Southwest, and an unfinished project on women entrepreneurs.
Harrison J. Liebrum Papers, 1928-1972 (S0049)
0.01 cubic foot
The collection contains correspondence, labor agreements, union identification cards, ballots, and programs of Harrison J. Liebrum. Liebrum was an employee of Laclede Gas Company from 1925 to 1971, and a charter member of the Gas House Workers Union, Local 18799.
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Jasper B. Liebstadter Family Papers, 1890-1960 (K0755)
4 c.f.
Personal papers of Liebstadter, a realtor and property manager in Kansas City, his father Bernard Liebstadter (1839-1911), head of a prominent milliner business, and his mother, Mary Edna (Mollie) Loffland Liebstadter (1866-1960) who was a genealogist. Includes correspondence, scrapbooks, genealogies, family memorabilia, and real estate business files.
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John H. Liesveld Papers, 1934-1975 (K0749)
5 c.f.
Scrapbooks documenting Liesveld's Plaza floral shop and other professional activities. Includes correspondence, awards, photographs, clippings, greeting cards, business cards, advertisements, and Jewel Ball and other programs.
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Alfred Hart Lighton Collection, 1924-1992 (K0867)
4.75 c.f.
Business and financial records of Woolford Farm and Stables, owned by Herbert M. Woolf; financial records of Woolford Realty Company; and materials concerning Woolf Brothers and members of the Woolf and Lighton families.
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J.F. Limerick Letter, 1890 (C3276)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To G.C. Broadhead, Columbia, MO, from Alma, KS, Feb. 15, 1890. Concerns coal mining in Kansas.
William Limrick Papers, 1840-1860, 1876 (C4610)
0.63 cubic feet (7 oversize volumes)
Business records of banker and merchant William Limrick of Lexington, Missouri, 1840-1860, 1876. Included in one of the volumes are the records of Wiley & Lee, 1842-1844.
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Lincoln War Production Bulletin Newsletters, 1943-1944 (S0793)
0.4 cubic feet
This collection contains World War II era employee newsletters of the Lincoln Engineering Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
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William Lindsay Papers, 1893-1898 (C2352)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of William Lindsay contain miscellaneous business records including receipts, accounts, and letter concerning rental property.
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Linn Creek Community Club Collection, 1926 (R1059)
(1 folder)
This is a promotional pamphlet issued by the Linn Creek Community Club to encourage economic developoment in Linn Creek and Camden County, Missouri.
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Linscott Haylett Wheat Architectural Records, 1953-2009 (K0780)
91 c.f.
Architectural drawings, job files, administrative records, and photographs created by the firm whose diversified practice included a broad spectrum of building types, both new construction and renovation work.
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Linwood Theater Records, 1940-1970 (K0491)
1 c.f.
Publicity, photographs, newsletters, and other documents relating to the Movie Theater at 31st and Prospect, Kansas City, MO. Much of the materials compiled by Leo R. Davis, manager.
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Alex Liosnoff Papers, 1936-2002 (C4361)
1 cubic foot (48 folders)
Biographical material, newspapers, newsletters, radio broadcasting material, and plain language program in business forms material of a 1941 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Liosnoff was a newspaper reporter, editor and radio editor and writer, as well as a Director of Public Affairs management for the U.S. High Commissioners and U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryuku Islands. He was also head of the Plain Language Program though the Bank of America.
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Adolph Lipsey Papers, 1962 (K0481)
1 reel
Motion picture film of the groundbreaking for the synagogue for Congregation Beth Shalom at 95th Street and Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO.
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Litherbury/Beck Family Letters, 1857-1964 (K0781)
0.3 c.f.
Letters written among the members of a farm family in Atchison County, MO concerning family matters such as farming, activities of children, the weather, and news of extended family. Some letters are from family men to home while they were in the military during war. Also genealogy and family history files.
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Little Rock Landing Records, 1854-1856 (R0438)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)
This daybook was kept at Little Rock landing on the Mississippi River just north of Sainte
Genevieve, Missouri, from 5 January 1854 to 22 March 1856. Listings include the person or firm
and amount charged, commodities brought ashore or shipped, and the name of the steamboat. The
proprietor might have been Francis Claude Rozier. Large quantities of iron and lead were shipped
from the landing.
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Lock Brothers Milling Company Papers, 1861-1935 (C3630)
3 rolls of microfilm (3 folders, 14 volumes)
Daybooks, ledgers, and payroll records of a family-owned milling company in Loose Creek, Osage County, Missouri. Operations included a sawmill, winery and flour mill. Most of the mill's business was done with local German immigrant farmers and their descendants. Early records are in German shorthand script and there are some gaps.
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Lock Brothers Milling Company Photographs, 1900, 1961 (P0776)
4 photographs
Photos of the Lock Brothers Milling Company in Loose Creek/Luystown
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William Lofinck Papers, 1896-1901 (K0405)
0.25 c.f.
Correspondence to Gustave Andriano in St. Joseph, MO, from his brother-in-law, Lofinck, a merchant in Marysville, KS, who was involved with gold mining in New Mexico. The letters are articulately written and provide interesting insight into mining in the waning years of the Gold Rush. Some letters written in German.
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Robert Logsdon Papers, 1939-1992 (S1070)
0.25 cubic foot
The Robert Logsdon Papers contain newspaper clippings and photographs relating to Logsdon's labor activism as a candidate for the governor of Missouri in 1948 and a member of the executive board of the Union District 8.
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Long Brothers Account Books, 1856-1881 (C2495)
0.52 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Account books of the general stores of Alfred Long, Cadet, Missouri, and John and William Long, Bellfountain, MO.
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Loughlin Studios Architectural Records, 1976-2019 (K1398)
4.09 c.f.
Loughlin Studios paper drawings and AutoCAD files dated 1976 to 2019.
Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad Certificate, 1871 (C3155)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Blank stock certificate in the South Branch of the railroad.
Louisiana Central Lumber Company (Clarks, La.) Records, 1901-1956 (C3660)
72.0 cubic feet (3836 folders), 156 rolls of microfilm (268 volumes)
Records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company and associated companies. Includes correspondence, financial records, company reports, maps, photographs, and other materials related to the southern lumber industry.
William O. Lowman Papers, 1841-1898 (C3136)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Correspondence regarding sale of Harris Mineral Springs and advertising the Erie Medical Company.
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Ralph F. Lozier Papers, 1855-1945 (C2655)
65.75 cubic feet, 5 volumes
Correspondence, pamphlets, speeches, and newsclippings related to Lozier's legal, agricultural, and political careers. Research notes for and copies of Lozier's two historical novels (check contract if publication request occurs). Campaign papers of Lue C. Lozier.
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Lumber Company Price Lists, 1869-1894 (C0590)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains price lists of G.C. Hixon & Company, of Hannibal, Missouri, 1869 and 1879; Judson Lyon, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1881; and I.M. Howell & Company, Atchison, Kansas, 1881. Also includes a statement of lumber shipments in 1894 and logging costs to various towns on the Mississippi River.
Lumber Yard Photograph, no date (P0988)
1 photograph
Photograph of lumber yard and buildings
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Gus Lumpe Papers, 1966-1990 (S1041)
1 cubic foot
This collection contains materials on the Missouri Teamsters and Ernest Calloway.
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Lynch Company Proposal, ca. 1919 (C0722)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains comments on a plan submitted by Lynch Company to revamp an unidentified business by instituting a centralized order department.
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M. P. Cayce and Sons Records, 1873-1874 (R0531)
(1 volume)
This is a daybook from a general store operated by Milton Pleasant Cayce and family at Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. Entries begin April 21, 1873 and continue through April 17, 1874.
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M.D. Heltzell & Company (St. Louis, Mo.) Market Report, 1874 (C2806)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
"St. Louis Daily Market Reporter," 24 June 1874, giving prices for cotton, baling stuffs, hemp, tobacco, lead, produce, meats, etc. in St. Louis and volume of exports and receipts.
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John Machir Papers, 1791-1899 (C2893)
0.6 cubic feet (27 folders)
The papers of John Machir, a businessman and landowner who lived in St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri, consist of the legal papers of his father, Henry Machir, business correspondence, bills of sale for enslaved people, deeds, tax bills, surveys, personal correspondence, and account books.
Macke Store Records, 1835-1972 (C0043)
26 rolls of microfilm (2,192 folders, 24 volumes on microfilm)
The business records of a Gordonville, Missouri, dry goods store, which grew into a general merchandise and farm service operation, follow this family-owned business from Vicksburg, Mississippi, through its move to Cape Girardeau County in 1840 and trace its development there into the 1970s.
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Madison Cooperative Manufacturing Company (Fredericktown, Mo.) Account Book, 1878-1879 (C3027)
1 roll of microfilm
Account book of an iron works company that lists sales for 1878-1879.