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William Volker and Company Records, 1893-1964 (K0059)
14 c.f.
The William Volker Company provided William Volker with the means to become a major philanthropist in Kansas City, Missouri. Included is limited correspondence, Company records pertaining to sales, accounts, employee policies, and photographs of employees. Also included are requests for financial assistance from the William Volker Fund.
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Williams Family Papers, circa 1861-2000s (R1308)
(10 folders, 121 photographs)
These are photographs, business papers, genealogical materials, and other items from the Williams, Sturgeon, Watson and allied families of Phelps County, Missouri. Included are papers concerning pyrite mining in Phelps County and a rare view of the village of Beulah around 1906.
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Abraham J. Williams Receipt, 1820 (C1734)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Transfer of title to Thomas A. Smith from Williams, 4 May 1820.
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C.C. Williams Papers, 1897 (C1530)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain a quitclaim deed to Williams of Pettis County, MO, from the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company and the Merchants Insurance Company, under the name of Rhode Island Underwriters Association.
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E. L. Williams Mining Papers, 1912 (R0741)
(1 folder)
This is a mining lease between E. L. Williams, the lessee, and Harriet E. Etheridge, the lessor, for property in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. The ten-year lease stipulated a 10% royalty on the value of lead and zinc mined from the site.
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William B. Williams Ledger, 1837-1878 (R0103)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The William B. Williams Records contains a microfilm copy of an account ledger for Dr. William B. Williams, a physician in Farmington, Missouri. The entries include the names of patients, the nature of services rendered, and payments received in cash and kind.
William B. Williams Records, 1837-1888 (R0113)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The William B. Williams Records contains a microfilm copy of daybooks and a ledger with records for a physician in Farmington, Saint Francois County, Missouri.
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Willow Springs, Missouri Postcard Collection, circa 1930s (R0328)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Willow Springs, Missouri Collection contains two postcard views of the business district of Willow Springs in Howell County, Missouri. The cards were published by the Willow Springs News and marketed by Ferguson Drug.
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Elizabeth Kreps Wilson Dissertation, 1944 (K0159)
0.1 c.f.
Doctoral dissertation entitled "A Cooperative Study of Occupations in the Greater Kansas City Area." Wilson was Director of High School Counseling in the Kansas City, Missouri, School District, and directed an occupational study in the Greater Kansas City area.
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Laurel E. Wilson Papers, 1860-2008 (K0594)
1 c.f.
Research files of Wilson, Professor Emerita and former curator of the Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection-University of Missouri-Columbia, concerning the history of the Kansas City Garment Industry.
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Thomas Earl Wilson Papers, 1928-1965 (C4164)
0.2 cubic feet
Journal of a Holt County, Missouri, farmer spanning the years 1928-1965. Entries detail family life and farm operation. Includes two photographs and a preface written by his grandson, Thomas Soapes, in 2012.
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Anne Winter and Kurt von Schlemmer Collection, 1980-1990 (K0606)
1 c.f.
Collected materials gathered or produced by Recycled Sounds, a Westport MO phonograph record store owned by Winters and Schlemmer. Includes "Recycled Sounds" magazine issues, newspaper articles; and a few photographs, and posters handbills and promotional materials of various rock bands and venues in the Kansas City area, and materials concerning the Greater Kansas City Coalition against Censorship.
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Winterbower-Wooldridge Family Papers, 1836-1926 (C3046)
2 rolls of microfilm
Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and miscellaneous items of the Winterbowers and Wooldridges, prominent Cooper County, Missouri, families.
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L. L. Wittich, "Joplin News Herald’s Zinc and Lead Handbook" Collection, 1916 (R0275)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The L. L. Wittich, “Joplin News Herald’s Zinc and Lead Handbook” Collection contains a pamphlet concerning the zinc and lead industries and mineral production in the Joplin District of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Included are production figures for mines and mining companies in the Joplin District, and statistics on the international production, pricing, and consumption of zinc and lead.
Melbern E. Wiyninger Papers, 1950-1980 (K0464)
4 c.f.
Wiyninger was a mechanic with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Includes photographs, training and maintenance manuals and catalogs relating to aircraft engines
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Woermann Construction, Architectural Drawings Collection, 1916-1979 (S0681)
195 cubic feet
This collection contains blueprints, building specifications, and contracts for St. Louis area buildings built by Woermann Construction from 1916 to 1979. Materials of interest include plans for Optimist International Headquarters in St. Louis.
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Minutes of meetings, by-laws, membership records and scrapbooks related to the activities of the Club.
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Wood & Huston Bank (Marshall, Mo.) Records, 1881-1913 (C4539)
0.4 cubic feet (2 oversize volumes)
The records of the bank consist of a remittance ledger (1881-1902) and a loan book (1881-1913).
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Robert Patterson Woods Papers, 1870-1963 (K0788)
11 c.f.
Personal and professional life of Woods, civil engineer, and former Kansas City Street Railway Commissioner. Includes correspondence, project notebooks, newspaper clippings, residential inventories, genealogical files, and photographs. Also files pertaining to the history and growth of Research Hospital.
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Daniel Woodson Papers, 1855-1857 (K0472)
0.01 c.f.
Miscellaneous items relating to Woodson, Secretary of the Kansas Territory, and for a five-time acting Governor.
R. R. Woodward Papers, 1909 (R0931)
(1 folder)
This is a form letter dated February 15, 1909 from R. R. Woodward at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, to Ralph V. Callaway at Atlanta, Illinois. In the letter Woodward encouraged Callaway to invest in real estate in Missouri.
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Woolf Brothers Collection, 1880-1980 (K0410)
12 cubic feet
Business ledgers, historical business papers, stock certificate booklets, and business titles from Woolf Brothers department store dated 1880-1980
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Woolf Brothers Company Records, 1910-1990 (K0282)
92 c.f.
Woolf Brothers was a premier men's clothing store, which also produced some item under their own label, located in Kansas City, MO. Includes orders, patterns, advertisements and other financial, legal, and sore related data. Known for the innovative use of advertising, the Woolf Brothers Company maintained a collection of scrapbooks of their newspaper ads which have been microfilmed.
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Wright Family Record Book, 1834-1854 (C1807)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record book of the Wright family, including stud records, coal sales, and the register for a Columbia, Missouri tavern operated by Peter Wright.
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Clarence Boyce Wright Papers, 1912-1926 (R0236)
(5 rolls of microfilm)
The Clarence Boyce Wright Papers contain microfilm copies of the diaries of Clarence Boyce Wright, a native of Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri, and an employee of Anchor Milling Company. Wright worked in the mill at Tuscumbia and as a clerk aboard the company towboat Ruth. The diary entries note events in Miller County and along the Osage River, weather and river conditions, and the milling company business.
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Herbert Perry Wright Papers, 1896-1945 (K0013)
5 c.f.; 16 (MR)
Scrapbooks compiled by H.P. Wright, a Kansas City banker, pertaining to friends, institutions, and events in which Wright was interested.
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William S. Wright Records, 1881-1882 (R0117)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The William S. Wright Records contain photocopies of an account ledger for a general store operated by William S. Wright on the North Fork River in Ozark County, Missouri.
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Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Store Company Collection, 1919 (R1020)
(1 folder)
This is a form letter dated April 4, 1919 and sent to businesses in the lumber trade by the Wright-Dalton-Bell-Anchor Store Company at Poplar Bluff in Butler County, Missouri. The letter solicits business for Nicholson and Simonds brand files and saws.
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"The Wythe Lead Mines," H.A. Buehler, 1917 (C2092)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Manuscript submitted to MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW. History of Wythe Lead Mines in Ivanhoe, Wythe County, VA, 1750-1812. Biographical sketches of the men who owned or operated the mines: John Chiswell, Moses and Stephen Austin, Thomas Jackson, James Newell, Daniel Sheffey, and David Pierce.
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Yerington and Company Account Books, 1872-1876 (C2749)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Handwritten account book of orders on Yerington and Company and account book of Yerington and Company with the Agency of the Bank of California, Virginia, and Nevada.
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Young Store (Alton, Mo.) Records, 1891-1952 (C2963)
16 rolls of microfilm
The records of the Young Store contain daybooks, cashbooks, and ledgers from a store in Oregon County, MO. No information is available on the establishment or dissolution of store.
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C.W. Young Papers, 1918-1923 (C0444)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters and shares of stock in Perfection Tire and Rubber Company (1918); Detrich Oil Company (1919); Living Springs Oil and Gas Company (1920); and Eurekero and Refining Company (1920). Abstract of title to lot in Shelbina, MO (1923), dating back to 1838.
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Raymond A. Young Papers, 1971-1985 (CA4510)
15 cubic feet
Personal and professional papers of an officer of the Missouri Farmers Association.
Raymond A. Young Scrapbooks, c. 1940-1981 (C3076)
1 roll of microfilm
Scrapbooks of a Columbia, Missouri, oil company executive and community leader. Material on the development and growth of Missouri Farmers Association.
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Theodore Mansfield Young Papers, 1935-1938 (R1373)
0.25 cubic feet (4 folders)
The Theodore Mansfield Young Papers contain information regarding Young's mining company, Paramount Mining-Milling-Smelting and Refining Corporation. The company operated in the West. It owned many subsidiaries that operated mines. The collection contains many pieces of correspondence with Young, the business history of Paramount Mining, maps of claims and mines, and records of the company's claims.
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James R. Zachry Architectural Records, 1961-1988 (K0736)
36 c.f.
Architectural drawings, job files, specifications, and other office files for Zachry, a Kansas City architect who specialized primarily in hospital and nursing home design.
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Glenn R. Zander Papers, 1991-2019 (K1384)
.4 c.f.
The Glenn R. Zander Papers contain information related to the CFO/Co-chairman of Trans World Airlines (TWA) from 1990 to 1994. Materials in the collection relate to the monetary hardships encountered by TWA, including filing for bankruptcy in 1992.
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Zeigler, McCurdy and Company Letter, 1867 (C2004)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To H.G. Lewelling, from Chicago, IL, May 6, 1867. Letter offering Lewelling an agency for sale of "The American Farmer's Horse Book."
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Christine I. Zelinsky Photograph Collection, 1967-1969 (K0678)
0.5 c.f.
Zelinsky is an artist and freelance graphics designer who was hired by the City of Kansas City to establish a design program for the city. Includes slide transparencies depicting Kansas City architecture and the various activities at City Hall.
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Zeta Land and Mining Company Collection, 1902 (R1016)
(1 folder)
This is a certificate for 150 shares of stock in the Zeta Land and Mining company of Independence in Jackson County, Missouri. The certificate was issued to John P. Jackson, who was the president of the firm. The company owned mineral land and mines in Newton County, Missouri.
Ziegler and Company Records, 1843-1853 (R0185)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Ziegler and Company Records contains a microfilm copy of an account book of a freight transfer and storage firm in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri.
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John Ziegler Papers, 1847 (R1055)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
This is a letter dated October 21, 1847 from John Ziegler (for S. Ziegler) at Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, to James Harrison at Iron Mountain in St. Francois County, Missouri. It concerns shipments of iron ore and "pigs" from Iron Mountain to steamboats on the Mississippi river at Sainte Genevieve.
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Lewis Ziegler Records, 1839-1841 (R0211)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Lewis Ziegler Records contain a microfilm copy of a daybook from a tavern operated by Lewis Ziegler, or, possibly, Sebastian Ziegler, at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Entries begin on April 21, 1839 and continue through July 13, 1841.
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Zinc Milling and Manufacturing Company Collection, 1911 (R0869)
(1 folder)
This is a certificate number 224 for 500 shares of capital stock in the Zinc Milling and Manufacturing Company of Joplin in Jasper County Missouri. The certificate was registered to Paul F. Vose.