Business and Industry

McDonnell-Douglas Corporation Photographs, 1980 (P0074)
20 photographs

20 color prints; eight of pilot in a flight simulator, twelve of planes/jets either in flight or on flight decks (F/A-18 Hornet, AV-8B Harrier II, F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagles, MD-80 passenger, DC-10 passenger).

S.E. McGraw Account Book, 1874-1877 (C0581)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Accounts of a harness and machine repairman, probably near Clinton, Missouri. The name of Warren Bronaugh appears throughout the book.

M.T. and R. McGuthrie Receipt, 1856 (C2016)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a receipt for gold bullion deposited by Wells Fargo and Company for the McGuthries at the U.S. Assay Office, New York.

Paul B. McKay Collection, 1931-1951 (C4396)
0.4 cubic feet (18 folders) 2oversize items

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University of Missouri football programs from 1941 to 1951 and miscellaneous material pertaining to Don Faurot and Hickman High School. Materials regarding McKay Chevrolet Company in Columbia, Missouri.

John Elmer McKinzie Business Ledgers, 1922-1940 (CG0029)
0.9 c.f.

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Three business ledgers from the farming and saw mill business of John Elmer McKinzie of Marquand, Missouri, from 1922-1940.

Jesse McMahan Account Book, 1850-1860 (C2272)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains an account book of an Arrow Rock, MO, grocery and dry goods merchant. The book also contains recipes and newspaper clippings regarding weddings and deaths of prominent Saline County citizens, 1881-1904.

John Morgan McMichael Account Book, 1850-1867 (C1154)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Account book of John Morgan McMichael, Plattsburg, MO. Includes inventory of merchandise; accounts due Thomas M. McMichael notes due and description of land owned by Thomas McMichael, September 1867.

Elaine Hydeman McNabney Papers, 1973-1991 (K0702)
1 c.f.

Materials gathered by McNabney, a former nurse, concerning the old General Hospital of Kansas City. She was very involved with the "Save the General Hospital" campaign.

Mechanics' Bank, Warsaw Branch Checks, 1860 (C2395)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Two checks on a Warsaw, MO, bank.

Joseph C. Meisner Papers, c. 1960s-1970s (CA4340)
15.7 cubic feet

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Research data for dissertation and correspondence of former professor of agricultural economics active in extension work at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Pierre Menard Sr. Collection, 1805-1905 (K0275)
0.5 c.f.

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Microfilm of the Menard incoming and outgoing personal and professional correspondence in the Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois Historical Survey. Letters deal with Menard's involvement in the fur trade and other businesses. Of particular interest are the letters from his daughter Berenice and her husband Francois Chouteau from their home at the mouth of the Kansas River.

Menorah Medical Center Records, 1919-2004 (K1077)
43 c.f.

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Records relating to the Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary, to land transactions of the Medical Center, and to the history and public relation of Menorah Hospital, established by the Jewish community in in 1930.

Mercantile Bancorporation Records, 1859-1999 (S1242)
45.5 cubic feet

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This collection contains meeting minutes, property appraisal cards, annual reports, VHS tapes, and photographs pertaining to the Mercantile Bancorporation’s mission to provide financial services to customers in the Midwest. Materials of interest include property appraisal cards for residential homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region. The cards contain information about the lot size, construction material, and estimated value for each individual property. The materials in this collection date from 1936 to 1999.

Merchant and Staples Tobacco Company Account Books, 1874-1878 (C0582)
0.04 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Account books of a Chariton County, Missouri, tobacco company, with offices at Brunswick and Triplett, giving amounts of shipments, accounts payable to tobacco growers, and financial accounts of the company.

Merchants' Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records, 1859-1862 (R0462)
0.5 cubic foot (2 volumes)

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The Merchants’ Bank of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri Records contain a “General Ledger” and “Individual Ledger” of the “branch of the Merchants’ Bank of St. Louis, at St. Genevieve,” 1859-1872. Controlled largely by the Rozier family, this institution appears to have been succeeded in 1865 by the Ste. Genevieve Savings Association. The “Individual Ledger” is indexed.

Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records, 1879-1953 (S0331)
3 microfilm rolls

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The Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records were loaned for microfilming and document the founding and early development of the company and the personal lives of members of the Mesker family. The records include correspondence, company licenses, shares and checks, catalogues, a patent, an account book and publications relating to the building trades. The collection contains early correspondence between Frank and Ben Mesker from 1882-1886, biographical information, birth and graduation announcements, obituaries, and news clippings regarding members of the Mesker family.

Metro St. Louis Women's Federal Credit Union Records, 1978-1984 (S0978)
0.25 cubic foot

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The Metro St. Louis Women's Federal Credit Union Records contain bylaws, a charter, newsletters, and news clippings pertaining to the group's mission to provide economic self-sufficiency for women living the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Lynn Meyer Photograph Collection, 1890-1956 (P0225)
0.54 linear feet, 1 volume

Photographs relating to Southwestern Bell Telephone and of several Missouri locations, including the state capitol, St. Louis, Unity Farms, and Forsyth Dam.

Jack F. Meyers Family Collection, 1948-1960 (K1163)
0.02 c.f.

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Meyers owned the Midtown Snack Shop (specializing in creamy malts and sandwiches) and Arctic Ice Cream in Kansas City, MO. Includes photographs of Meyers' stores and the Meyers family. Also photographs of the Alex Stolov family.

Meyn and Fennel Architectural Records, 1954-1982 (K0366)
1 c.f.

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Renderings and photographs of buildings designed by Meyn and Fennel in Kansas City MO and KS. Also includes microfilm of plans and specs.

MFA/Shelter Insurance Scrapbooks, 1971-1983 (C4691)
1.0 cubic foot (6 volumes)

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Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, 1971-1983, pertaining to the employees and business activities of MFA and Shelter Insurance companies.

Miami Savings Bank Record Book, 1874-1923 (C1164)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Includes articles of association, bylaws, minutes of board meetings, transfers, and minutes of stockholders' meetings.

Mid-America Grocers Association Records, 1948-2003 (S0260)
9.75 cubic feet

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The Mid-America Grocers Association (MAGA) records contain the organization’s photographs, slides, correspondence, constitution and by-laws, and in-house publications. Founded in 1905, MAGA’s mission was to promote the interests of food industry retailers through its involvement in legislative affairs, labor relations, scholarship programs, and continuing education. (MAGA was formerly known as the Metropolitan Retail Food Dealer Association). Materials of interest include photographs depicting grocery store grand openings, product shows, awards dinners, and social outings.

Mid-America Regional Council Records, 1958-1994 (K1079)
7 c.f.

Reports by MARC and other planners relative to planning and planning issues in the Greater Kansas City area.

Mid-Missouri Angus Association Collection, 1967 (R1213)
(1 folder)

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This collection contains a booklet published for the Mid-Missouri Angus Association's show and sale of Aberdeen-Angus cattle at the fairgrounds near Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri, on September 16, 1967. Forty-eight head of registered cattle were offered, with Nick Iman serving as the auctioneer.

Midco Mercantile Company Records, circa 1920 (R0306)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Midco Mercantile Company Collection contains an unused coupon book from the general store at Midco, two miles north of Fremont in Carter County, Missouri. The business was owned by the Mid-Continent Iron Company, which operated an iron furnace and chemical plant at Midco until 1921.

Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment Records, 1977-2019 (S0935)
22.6 cubic feet

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The Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment (MCRI) Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, studies, and subject files on genetically modified organisms, Monsanto, Boeing, and nuclear power. MCRI is a St. Louis area faith-based organization dedicated to investing in major corporations and using their power as shareholders to influence companies to become more socially responsible and transparent.

Milgram Food Stores, Inc. Annual Reports, 1972-1989 (K1402)
0.06 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Milgram Food Stores, Inc. Annual Reports contains six annual reports of the former supermarket chain dated between 1972 and 1989.

Milgram Food Stores, Inc. Collection, ca. 1912-1996 (K0325)
4.5 c.f.

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The Records, heavy with photographs, document the business and activities of the company and the Milgram family. Among the many topics are the American Royal, Jazz, the Ban Johnson League and other amateur sport.

A. M. Millard Papers, 1886 (R1216)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter of October 2, 1886 from A. M. and C. R. Millard, dealers in dry goods at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri to Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Georgia. The letter concerns an order for cotton yarn.

Miller County Exchange Bank (Olean, Mo.) Records, 1914-1944 (CA4949)
1 cubic foot

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Minutes, correspondence, monthly reports, financial statements, and similar records of the bank.

Miller's Shoes Account Book, 1905-1924 (C1104)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Account book, Miller's Shoes, Columbia, MO, 1905-1924. Monthly cash and credit sales. No names.

Edwin L. Miller Papers, 1852-1897 (C0367)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Price list of L. and I.J. White Company, a Buffalo, NY, firm making edge tools and planes; letter; and miscellaneous clippings, including article on reelection of Francis M. Cockrell for fifth term, inauguration of William McKinley, obituaries, poems and other items.

George Miller Papers, 1910-1964 (K0715)
4 c.f.

Miller was in real estate business and a builder in Kansas City, MO who with his partner, Guy McCanless, built a number of the prominent apartments in the County Club Plaza area. Includes photographs, ledgers, scrapbooks, notebooks, and architectural drawings connected with the Miller's career and real estate in Kansas City.

Cydney Millstein Papers, 1990-2022 (K0543)
40 c.f.

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Research and business records related to Ms. Millstein's work as an architectural historian. Includes notes, clippings, surveys, maps, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Mine La Motte Company Collection, 1916 (R0930)
(1 folder)

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This is a report to the stockholders of the Mine La Motte Company from president A. J. Meier, dated March 31, 1916, the report presents in favorable terms the conditions and prospects of the company's mining and other operations in Madison and Saint Francois Counties in Missouri.

Mine La Motte Estate (Madison County, Mo.) Records, 1875-1897 (C1260)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Miners' register including two sets of mining rules and regulations and the signatures of miners employed.

Mine La Motte Records, 1840-1929 (R1347)
0.25 cubic foot (4 folders)

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The Mine La Motte records document mining history in Mine La Motte, a town in Missouri's Old Lead Belt. The papers include maps, letters, and stock certificates.

Mine La Motte, Missouri Collection, 1839 (R0034)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Mine La Motte, Missouri Collection contains a photocopy of a pamphlet published by the proprietors of Mine La Motte to publicize to potential capitalist interested in investing. Also included are excerpts from a speech given to the citizens of Fredericktown, Missouri by Thomas Green Clemson, geologist and mineralogist.

Mine La Motte, Missouri Land Records, circa 1922 (R0027)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Mine La Motte, Missouri Land Records contains a photocopy of a typescript compilation of the abstract of tile to the property at Mine La Motte in Madison County, Missouri. The abstract was excerpted from the official records of Madison County.

Miners Bank (Joplin, Mo.) Records, 1877-1915 (C0280)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Incorporation papers, notice of meetings, resolutions, 1915 report, and correspondence.

Minkin Real Estate Company Records, 1974-2007 (K0624)
105 c.f.

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Administrative records of a long standing real estate company in Kansas City area. Includes transaction files; surveys; floor plans; sketches; aerial photographs; correspondence; marketing materials, primarily printed advertising brochures of various properties offered by the Company; and real estate listings of various brokers.

Miscellaneous Stone Company Records, 1959-1996 (K1320)
6 c.f.

rolled drawings for Missouri projects of the several stone companys. Projects include Carthage Marble Corporation's work on the Miller Nichols Library at UMKC

Missouri & Illinois Mineral & Land Company Records, 1834-1900 (R0058)
0.75 cubic foot (9 folders, 2 oversize folders

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These are records of the acquisition and disposition of lands in a speculative industrial development scheme in Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Cape Girardeau, and Madison Counties in Missouri.

Missouri and Associated Rivers Coalition (MOARC) Records, 1935-1984 (K1087)
21 c.f.

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Records of the organization involved in flood control and better water management in the Missouri River Valley.

Missouri Architectural Collection, 1903-2003 (K0009)
48.53 c.f.

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Architectural drawings and other items from various donors relating to buildings designed by Kansas City architects and/or in the Kansas City area.

Missouri Association of Architects (MAA) Records, 1944-1984 (K0099)
0.24 c.f.

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Correspondence, meeting records, by-laws, and publications of the MAA, as well as those of the American Institute of Architects. Also included is a brief history of the Missouri Council of Architects and its predecessor organizations and the establishment of a registration law for the architectural professions in Missouri.

The Missouri Collection, 1771-2024 (C3982)
18.6 cubic feet (850 folders, 892 photographs), 32 oversize items, 9 audio cassettes, 7 audio discs, 9 CDs, 1 computer disc, 1 film, 6 film strips, 9 DVDs, 3 video cassettes, 583 MB of digital files

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The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.

Missouri Equine & Equestrian Collection of Photographs, 1856-1938 (P0993)

Photographs of mules, horses, and equestrians. Many of the photographs were taken in mid-Missouri, but images of notable race horses of the early to mid-20th century are also included. Broadacres Farm in Liberty, Missouri, is heavily featured. Shows included are the National Belgian Horse Show, the International Livestock Exposition,

Missouri Farm Bureau Federation Reports, 1915-1922 (C0135)
0.6 cubic feet

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Reports of county and home demonstration agents. Some describe the beginnings of the farm bureau and county agent in a given county. Some contain summaries of individual farmers' work to further the cause of the Allies in World War I.