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Carpenters' Local No. 5 Financial Books, 1885-1888, 1904-1913 (S0160)
1 roll microfilm, 2 volumes

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The Carpenters’ Local No. 5’s Financial Books contain meeting minutes, financial ledgers, and rosters documenting weekly meetings of Carpenters’ Local No. 5 from 1885 to 1888 and 1904 to 1913.

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Carpenters' Local No. 5 Records, 1886-1948 (S0161)
4 microfilm rolls

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The Carpenters’ Local No. 5 Records contains meeting minutes, rosters, treasurer reports, and ledgers documenting Carpenters Local No. 5’s effort to improve working conditions and increase wages for carpenters in St. Louis from 1886 to 1948.

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Carper Casket Company History, 1975 (S0027)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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This collection contains a handwritten history of the Carper Casket Company, an African American-owned casket firm founded by George A. Carper in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1932.

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John C. Carr Papers, 1914-1920 (C0082)
0.5 cubic feet

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Papers of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad claim agent located in Cameron, MO, concerned with injury claims and law cases.

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George Carson Daybook, 1856 (C1066)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Record of a general store located in Fayette, MO.

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Carthage Horse Railway Company Records, 1883-1891 (R0734)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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This volume contains corporate minutes of the Carthage Horse Railway Company and a predecessor firm, the Carthage Railway Company. The company operated a horse-drawn transit system in Carthage in Japser County, Missouri.

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Carthage Loan and Investment Company Records, 1912-1927 (R0692)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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This is the record book of an investment company located at Carthage in Jasper county, Missouri. Allen McReynolds and the president of the firm.

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Carthage, Missouri Funeral Home Records, 1887-1938 (R0695)
(3 folders)

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These are photocopies of the record books of what is now in the Weng Mortuary in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. Entries include genealogical data, the cost of caskets, clothing, and other funeral expenses, and payments on accounts. There are records for 1887-1893, and 1900-1938.

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Case Store Records, 1905-1913 (R0130)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Case Store Records contain a microfilm copy of a ledger and daybook of a general store operated by Walter Harvey Case at Olive in southwestern Dallas County, Missouri.

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Terence W. Cassidy Collection, 1879-1991 (K0302)
95 c.f.

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Collected materials of Cassidy, librarian and historian, concerning the history of street railway systems, interurbans, and buses in the Midwest, particularly the Kansas City area. Includes Cassidy's personal and research files: printed materials, publications, articles, and photographs. Also administrative records of the Kansas City Street Railway Company, the Kansas City Public Service Company, and the Kansas City Area Transit Authority.

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Cassville Commercial Club Collection, 1934 (R0814)
(1 folder)

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This brochure promotes the town of Cassville in Barry County, Missouri, as a desirable location for agriculture, industry, recreation, and residence.

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Cattle Feeders of Missouri Book, 1900 (C0859)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Lists of leading cattle feeders in Missouri. Counties listed are Barry, Barton, Benton, Bollinger, Cole, Henry, Lawrence, Mercer, Miller, Moniteau, St. Clair, and Vernon. Lists were compiled with a view to securing results of an experiment in steer feeding.

Xenophon Caverno Papers, 1917-1941 (C0059)
1.4 cubic feet

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Personal correspondence and information and correspondence about cotton organizations, farm organizations, and transactions concerning his plantation and plantation store. General expenses of the plantation, purchase of cotton seed, and records of accounts.

Cayce Family Papers, 1827-1914 (R1319)
0.5 cubic foot (18 folders)

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The Cayce Family Papers contain correspondence to and from members of the Cayce family of St. Francois County, Missouri. Most of the items are addressed to or written by Ellis P. Cayce. The papers contain information on family members, family businesses, and Ellis's courtship of Emma Dupuy.

Milton P. Cayce Sr. Daybook, 1856 (C1068)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Record of a Farmington, MO, merchant.

Milton Pleasant Cayce Records, circa 1870 (R1039)
(1 oversize volume)

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This is a bound volume containing information about land parcels in Madison, Reynolds, Wayne, Iron, and Sainte Genevieve Counties in Missouri, and miscellaneous clippings on such subjects as horticulture and cholera. The item has been attributed to Milton P. Cayce because his name occurs most often therein.

A.W. Cearnal Account Books, 1834-1837 (C1069)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Records of a Spring Garden, Miller County, MO, merchant.

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Cedar County, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1890-1910 (R0282)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 5 35mm slides)

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The Cedar County, Missouri Photograph Collection contains copied photographs of the Messick and H. W. Evans general stores, Cedar Springs Band, a picnic of Camp 171 of the Woodmen of the World at Cedar Springs, and a view of the Balm baseball team.

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Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE) Records, 1986-1998 (K0907)
0.11 c.f.

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Organization records for the Center to engage children and families in understanding and appreciating architecture and the built environment. Includes by-laws, newsletters, curriculum, and articles about CUBE.

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Central Hotel (New Florence, Mo.) Register, 1899-1903 (C1190)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Register giving hotel guests and weather notations by W.R. Hollingsworth.

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Central Industrial District Records, 1920-2000 (K0671)
17 c.f.

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Organizational records of the business association for Kansas City's industrial district in the West Bottoms. Includes minutes, membership information, studies, reports, and research data relating to the District and Kansas City generally. Also included are documents relating to historic preservation.

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Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company Account, 1861 (C2002)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Account with D.A. Constable for purchase of merchandise.

Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company Contract, 1860 (C1869)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Contract between the company and the citizens of St. Joseph, MO, by which the citizens of St. Joseph provide offices and lands to the express company as part of the agreement for mail services.

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Central Plank Road Company Collection, 1855 (R0991)
(1 folder)

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This is a cancelled six-month promissory note due on September 1, 1855 and issued by the Central Plank Road Company of St. Louis County, Missouri. The note was signed by Treasurer, Charles L. Hunt and endorsed by George R. Harrington.

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Chadwell and Leavenworth Families Papers, 1837-1944 (R0883)
(5 folders)

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These are photocopies of the correspondence and business papers of the Chadwell and Leavenworth famlies of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The papers concern family news and buisness matters, and include the Civil War letters of Alexander H. Chadwell, a Confederate soldier, and Joseph H. Leavenworth and N. H. Leavenworth regarding the lumber buisness in Mississippi in the 1870s and 1880s.

J. D. Champlin Papers, 1867 (R0952)
(1 folder)

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This is a letter dated September 15, 1867 from J. D. Champlin of Champlin, Balch and Company, railroad contractors, in St. Louis, Missouri, to his son, John. The letter concerns construction of the Iowa Central Railroad and some family matters.

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Octave Chanute Papers, 1860-1890 (K0292)
0.2 c.f.

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Selected microfilm of the Papers of Octave Chanute from the Library of Congress covering the periods when Chanute, renowned engineer and bridge builder, was active in Kansas City. Correspondence, family papers, articles, patents, photographs, sketches, kite diagrams, plans for Chanute's railroad bridge across the Missouri River (Kansas City Bridge), and clippings.

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Alan Jay Chapman Papers, 1953-1969 (K0859)
0.1 c.f.

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The Alan Jay Chapman Papers contains issues of the Milgram "Hi Neighbor! News," newspaper clippings featuring Milgram ads, and a guestbook for the All American Food Fair.

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John A.J. Chapman Records, 1845-1863 (C2987)
1 roll of microfilm

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Account book and ledger for mining and smelting operations at Rose Camp and for mercantile operations at Independence, Wayne City, and St. Joseph, MO. Memoranda of personal accounts, medical remedies and farming; surveys; plats; and maps. Notes about the Civil War and jayhawking on the Missouri-Kansas border.

Chariton County Exchange Bank Papers, 1819-1922 (C0067)
1.5 cubic feet

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Bank accounts; documents; pamphlets; letters and bills having to do with the tobacco industry in Chariton and Carroll Counties and Chariton County Wool Growers Association; miscellaneous clippings. Account book of bank includes bills and receipts from various business concerns.

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Charles Golterman and Sons Mill and Machinery Company Records, 1866-1928 (C3491)
0.4 cubic feet

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Ledgers, daybooks and papers pertaining to operation of a farm, grist and saw mill and steam threshing and agricultural implement business by Golterman and his nine sons in St. Charles County, MO.

George W. Chase Letters, 1841-1843 (C0260)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Business letters and letter from Boonville mentioning completion of survey and social life.

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Chesmore Seed Company (St. Joseph, Mo.) Records, 1895-1998 (C4045)
2.2 cubic feet (74 folders)

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The Chesmore Seed Company was founded in 1878 by Alfred M. Chesmore as a seed, farm implement, wagon, and buggy business in St. Joseph, Missouri. The collection contains historical documents, business papers, company correspondence, seed catalogs, advertisements and price lists, sales receipts, and photographs of the Chesmore Seed Company as well as photographs and personal items of the Chesmore family.

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Chester, Perryville, Sainte Genevieve and Farmington Railroad Company Collection, 1894 (R0861)
(1 folder)

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This is a numbered, blank, stock certificate for the Chester, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve & Farmington Railroad Company. Organized in 1894, the company was part of Louis Houck's railroad network in southeasten Missouri.

Chez Coffeehouse (Columbia, Mo.) Collection, 1969-2006 (CA6306)
0.3 cubic feet, 7 computer discs, 2 audio discs, 3 oversize items

Materials collected by Lyn Wolz surrounding the Chez Coffeehouse reunion in 2006 include a binder with publications, articles about the coffeehouse, photographs, and reminiscences. Also included are computer discs with photographs, audio remembrances, and audio from the 2006 concert, as well as two copies of "Joint Effort," an album created by patrons of the Chez in 1969.

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Theodore F. Childs Papers, 1866-1872 (C2001)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters and receipts pertaining to claim of Blair, Curd & Company against the government.

Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad Company Stock Certificates, 1868-1880 (C2121)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Certificates for three $50 shares issued to George W. Moberly, and transfer of one share to James Burrows.

Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Photographs, 1843-1937 (P0084)
0.75 linear feet

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Photographs of Chillicothe, MO, and Livingston County, including area businesses, farming activity, schools, clubs, homes, and churches.

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F.M. Chilton Account Book, 1897-1899 (C2363)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Records of customers' accounts with a drugstore in Eminence, MO.

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Eugene Chinn Account Book, 1845-1882 (C0862)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Scattered personal accounts, 1845-1847 and 1878-1882, probably kept by a Howard County, Missouri, farmer.

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Cyprian Chouteau Land Deed, 1835 (K0799)
0.01 c.f.

Land registrar procurement for 80 acres in T50 R33, s.w. corner of Sect.27, dated 4 Nov. 1835.

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Citizens Bank of Bucklin (Mo.) Records, 1915-1937 (C4309)
0.4 cubic feet (11 folders)

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The records of the Citizens Bank of Bucklin, Missouri, contain the meeting minutes of the bank's Board of Directors.

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Citizens Bank of New Franklin (Mo.) Minute Book, 1920-1927 (C0274)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Minute book of the meetings of the board of directors of a New Franklin, MO, bank.

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Citizens State Bank of Vichy Records, 1913-1921 (R0511)
0.3 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Citizens State Bank of Vichy Records are photocopies of the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders of the Citizens State Bank of Vichy in Maries County, Missouri.

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City Hotel (Boonville, Mo.) Registers, 1843-1844, 1851-1852 (C1052)
0.2 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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Hotel registers listing names of guests, their residence, destination and remarks about those registering.

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City of Kansas Auditors Land Tax Register, 1880-1881 (K0372)
0.13 c.f.

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Register listing names and amounts of tax on land transactions in Kansas City, MO.

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City of Kansas Public Works Account Journal, 1872-1874 (K0369)
0.1 c.f.

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Account book for Kansas City, MO Public Works including the Engineers, Public Repairs, Public Improvements and Sewer Departments.

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Charles Edward Clark Papers, 1930-2006 (K0673)
6 c.f.

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Research materials of a former Regional Director of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Includes newspaper clippings, journals, magazines, brochures, flyers, newsletters, and audio cassettes.

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Christopher Jackson Clark Papers, 1941-2014 (K0555)
11 cubic feet (333 folders, 1 CD, 1 DVD, 142 photographs, 67 slides, 17 items)

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The Christopher Jackson Clark Papers consist of correspondence, training and operation materials, publications, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to his career with Trans World Airlines, his contribution redefining retirement within the organization, and his involvement with Save-A-Connie.

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