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City of Kansas Public Works Account Journal, 1872-1874 (K0369)
0.1 c.f.
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.
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)
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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Dave P. Clark Architectural Records, 1927-1986 (C4461)
3.0 cubic feet (161 folders, 18 oversize folders)
Sketches, blueprints, project files, and office papers of architect Dave P. Clark, including materials from the firms of Berry McAlester, Harry Satterlee Bill, and Deering and Clark.
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Clarkson Family Papers, 1810-1870 (C1705)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders)
This collection contains Clarkson family correspondence primarily between Colonel Charles S. Clarkson, his wife, Charlotte, and their children, originating from Ohio, Kentucky, St. Louis, and other locations, concerning family news and business matters. Correspondence from friends and extended family members is also included.
Clay Family Papers, 1838 (C2434)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of the Clay family contain two letters, one from Henry Clay to J.S. Snead and one from his son to an unknown person concerning the sale of cattle.
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Clear Boggy Oil and Gas Company Record, 1892-1930 (K0311)
0.25 c.f.
Minutes, contacts/leases, correspondence, and maps for an oil and coal company which operated in Coal County, OK. Kansas City realtor Newton Booth Childs (1849-1925) was an officer of the company.
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Edwin McKaig Clendening Papers, 1887-1929 (K0262)
8 c.f.
Correspondence, speeches, programs and brochures, meeting minutes, clippings, and photographs, of Edwin Clendening, businessman and Secretary of the Commercial Club, forerunner of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Correspondence deals with a wide range of topics, both personal and relating to the work of the Chamber.
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James Weldon Click Papers, 1933-1963 (S0507)
13 cubic feet, 503 folders, 4 photographs, 1 16mm film
The James Weldon Click papers primarily document his efforts to rid United Electrical Local 1102 of Communist influence and establish the new International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America-CIO, (IUERNWA). The collection contains meeting minutes, convention materials, correspondence, labor agreements, photographs, and a scrapbook.
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Jessie Alice Cline Papers, 1920-1991 (C4459)
8.0 cubic feet (156 folders), 7 oversize items
The papers of a restaurant owner and operator and Professor of Home Economics at the University of Missouri, include correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbook material, and research materials concerning the restaurant industry and food preparation.
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Clinton & Great Western Nurseries Records, circa 1900-1919 (R0626)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Clinton & Great Western Nurseries Collection contains a business card from Clinton & Great Western Nurseries.
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Coalition of Labor Union Women, St. Louis Records, 1973-2000 (S0106)
2.4 cubic feet, 39 folders, 1 plaque
The Coalition of Labor Union Women, St. Louis Chapter was founded in October 1974 in an effort to try to help women attain their rights as workers. The records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, press releases, and membership lists pertaining to the group’s mission to assist unionized women in obtaining their rights as workers.
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Coates House Management Company Records, 1890-1900 (K0197)
0.1 c.f.
Articles of Incorporation for the capital stock company, as well as the minutes of the annual meetings of the stockholders for the purpose of operating the Coates House as a hotel.
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Coates House Restoration Records, 1886-1982 (K0214)
0.3 c.f.
Relate to the purchase and subsequent resale of the Coates House, a historic hotel in Kansas City, MO by The Historic Kansas City Foundation. includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, Coates House Task Force minutes, contracts, fundraising efforts, and handwritten notes.
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W. J. Cochran Construction Company Records, 1870-1982 (C4469)
13.8 cubic feet (323 folders, 6 oversize folders), 7 audio cassettes
Architectural project files, blueprints, correspondence, estimates, and oral histories from a Boonville, Missouri, construction company that was in existence for over one hundred years from 1870-1981. Includes plans for schools, businesses, residences, post offices, and other public buildings in mid-Missouri counties.
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Coffin-Weld Company Papers, 1843-1850 (C1005)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Business correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Coffin and Weld, merchants in Boston, Massachusetts. Most letters are from the Franklin and Perry mercantile firm in St. Louis.
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Jerome S. Cohen Papers, 1953-1996 (K0741)
20 c.f.
Personal and professional papers of the civic and business leader, including materials related to the American Humanics Foundation; H. Roe Bartle; the Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund; and the Kansas City Zoo. Also includes Ray Morgan's notes and drafts for Cohen's biography.
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Leslie D. Cohn Collection, 1985-2005 (K1053)
0.2 c.f.
Newspaper clippings, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle commemorative issues, and a Jewish Community Campus program
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O.T. Coleman Papers, 1946-1961 (C2266)
0.19 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers of O.T. Coleman contain speeches and articles by a soil specialist with the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Missouri and director of Missouri county soil testing laboratories.
W. S. Coleman Collection, no date (R1012)
(1 folder)
These are labels for cans of "Rosan" blackberries and "Pal-O-Mine" green beans, packed by W. S. Coleman at his cannery at Willow Springs in Howell County, Missouri.
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Elise Guignon Collins Collection, 1861-1986 (K0704)
0.25 cf
Clippings, correspondence, photographs, and papers concerning the history of Kansas City, the area around Visitation Church at 52nd and Main, researched by Collins; and pamphlets, newspaper clippings, regarding the Guignon and Boussier families.
Columbia Brick and Tile Company (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1907-1986 (C3854)
12.8 cubic feet (771 folders, 9 volumes)
Business, financial, and manufacturing records of the Edwards Brick and Tile Company (1927-1930), the Edwards-Conley Brick and Tile Company (1930-1946), and the Columbia Brick and Tile Company (1947-1986). The collection covers such subjects as industrial health and safety, natural gas supply regulation, legislation, energy and environmental concerns. Includes advertising literature, blueprints, correspondence, photographs, maps and plats, books, and miscellaneous material.
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Columbia Daily Tribune Photographs, 1940-1952 (P0006)
26 photographs
Twenty-six photographs of Columbia, Missouri in the 1950s.
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Columbia, Missouri Real Estate Papers, 1899-1927 (C0571)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Plans and descriptive material pertaining to new additions for sale: Garth, 1899; Guitar, 1903; Beasely, 1904; Fyfer, 1907; Stewart, 1910; Westwood, 1916; Park Hill, 1927; and others. Financial report of Water and Light Company, 1904-1906, and a picture of John Belcher's store on Broadway in the 1880s.
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Columbia, Missouri Telephone Exchange Directories, 1906-1909 (C0594)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Directories of February 1906, February 1907, October 1907, October 1908, and April 1909. There is some advertising on the covers.
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Combination Bridge Company Collection, 1890-1896 (K0200)
0.02 c.f.
The Combination Bridge Company Collection contains photographic reproductions detailing the construction of the Combination Bridge over the Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Commercial Club of Joplin Collection, 1913 (R0900)
(1 folder)
This is "Joplin Missouri: the City of Wealth Industry and Opportunity", a promotional booklet published by the Commercial Club of Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. The text extols Joplin's economic infrastructure, and there are many photographic illustrations of the city's major public facilities, commercial buildings, and primary industries.
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Commercial Club of Kansas City Scrapbooks, 1886-1913 (K0264)
0.2 c.f.
Scrapbooks of media coverage for the activities of the Club (forerunner of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce), as well as many of Kansas City's civic events.
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Commercial Club (West Plains, Mo.) Minutes, 1900-1901 (C1886)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of meetings, July 10, 1900-December 10, 1901.
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Commonwealth Land Company Collection, 1906 (R0790)
(1 folder)
This is a letter dated October 1, 1906, from J. P. Allen in Muskogee, Indian Territory, to J. C. Smock & Co. in Eufaula, I. T. Allen was president of the Commonwealth Land Company, whose home office was in Windsor, Henry County, Missouri.
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Communications Workers of America Records, 1983-2009 (S0864)
25 cubic feet
The records of the Communication Workers of American contain Grievance files, correspondence, contract books, and arbitration awards pertaining to the union's mission to advocate workers in the telecommunications and information technology industries.
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Community Builder: The Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols Collection, 2005-2007 (K0915)
3 c.f.
Audiovisual materials gathered while researching a documentary film on Nichols, footage from the film, and copies of the finished film. Includes video tapes, CD's, DVD's, and a production binder.
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Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1889-1925 (C4042)
12.8 cubic feet (413 folders)
The collection contains business correspondence, land contracts, court appeals, share-holding certificates, payment receipts, record books, warranty deeds, and other documents produced by the Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers through their real estate transactions in Missouri and Texas.
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Conley-Myers Bank Photograph, 1920 (P0293)
1 photograph
One image of the interior of the Conley-Myers Bank in Columbia, MO, circa 1920.
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Benjamin Connaway Papers, 1817-1838 (C0247)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Promissory notes, tax receipts, accounts, and receipts.
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John Connaway Collection, 1785-1817 (C0250)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Promissory notes and receipts. Some are valued in dollars and cents and some in pounds and shillings.
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Connor Hotel Collection, 1908-1978 (R0136)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Connor Hotel Collection contains photocopies of an illustrated promotional booklet, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the Connor Hotel in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.
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Thomas Connor Papers, 1893-1909 (C0244)
0.3 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 volume)
Connor's will and other papers connected with his estate. Lead and zinc ore register, 1893-1909, from Joplin, MO.
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Consolidated Copper Creek Mining Company Records, 1906-1909 (R1030)
(1 folder)
This is material concerning the Consolidated Copper Creek Mining Company, which owned mines in Arizona and Colorado but had corporate offices in Kansas City, Missouri. Included are promotional materials and receipts for shares of stock from the company's financial agent, Isaac W. Dumm.
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Consolidated Jack Mines Company Collection, 1905 (R1100)
(1 folder)
This is a certificate for 150 shares of stock in the Consolidated Jack Mines Company, a Washington, D.C., Corporation with operations at Duenweg in Jasper County, Missouri. The certificate was dated March 18, 1905 and issued to A. M. Van Dyke. Frank Mattes, president, and E. A. Mattes, treasurer, signed the certificate.
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Construction and General Laborers Local Union No. 264 Photograph Collection, 1957-1958 (K0684)
0.25 c.f.
Photographs of construction and demolition activities, both residential and commercial, presumably by union members of Local #264. Includes Longview Farm, Municipal Auditorium, and other buildings and grain elevators in the general Kansas City area. Also a small amount of correspondence from Theodore L. Irving, President of the Local.
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Thomas W. Conyers Papers, 1817-1903 (C0755)
0.2 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
Papers of a Monroe County, MO, landowner, merchant, soldier, and politician. Included are diaries, an account book, genealogical materials on the Conyers family, and miscellany regarding the daily activities of the Conyers family and their slaves. Particular emphasis is given to everyday farming operations and accounts.
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Kenneth E. Coombs Papers, 1960s-1970s (CA5865)
5 cubic feet
Project files of a Kansas City architect related to historic restoration projects in Missouri. Includes correspondence, photographs, survey material, planning documents, financial records, and architectural drawings.
Copeland Store Records, 1857-1860 (R0163)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Copeland Store Records contain a microfilm copy of an account ledger of a general store operated by William Copeland at Logan Creek in Reynolds County, Missouri. The area, also known as Barnesville, was renamed Ellington in 1877.
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Coral Gables Trust Indenture, 1929 (C0651)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Mortgage and trust indenture between Coral Gables, Inc., Coral Gables Properties, Inc., and the City Trust Company of Miami, FL.
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Ovid H. Corbin Papers, 1848-1863 (K0129)
0.12 c.f. (4 folders)
Account book of the wagonmaker and wheelwright business, Stone and Umbarger, and its descendent companies which operated in Liberty, Missouri. Also included are personal financial records of Ovid H. Corbin, one of the owners of the company.
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Corby Family Papers, 1804-1905 (C0086)
0.8 cubic feet
Papers of a pioneer St. Joseph, MO, family: deeds, bills of sale for slaves, tax receipts, legal papers, stock certificates, Pony Express bills; and material on early St. Louis area. Record book of the Mercantile Company, 1856; bank book, 1861-1869; volume of clippings concerning St. Joseph, 1881-1903.
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Corder-Thomas Family Papers, 1867-1961 (C3697)
11 rolls of microfilm (9 folders, 56 volumes), 1 oversize item
The Corder-Thomas Family Papers consist of the diaries of Leslie Walker Corder, a Waverly, Missouri, farmer and civic leader; his wife Nellie Perry Buck Corder; and her aunt Susan Buck Cooper Thomas. The diaries contain routine entries about life in Waverly; weather statistics; farm and rental accounts; expense records; genealogies; and comments on building roads and railroads. The papers also include family letters, news clippings, and miscellaneous items.