Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife
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Lewis Stoerker Papers, 1965-2007 (CA6423)
1.2 cubic feet, 2 oversize items
Papers of a theatre professor at the University of Missouri largely concern his efforts to establish the Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.
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Strawn-Neate Dry Goods Company (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1901-1931 (C4171)
0.6 cubic feet (17 folders), 2 volumes
The records contain correspondence, receipts, Boone County and City of Columbia tax statements, customer account books, and ephemera pertaining to the Strawn-Neate Dry Goods Company. The receipts include the names of various local Columbia, Missouri, businesses, and often indicate where they were located.
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W. Stuart Symington Papers, 1918-1995 (C3874)
316.25 cubic feet (6937 folders, 321 boxes), 86 ephemera items, 41 audio discs, 11 audio cassettes, 64 audio tapes, 32 reels of 16mm film, 2reels of 35mm film, 3 video tapes, 2 video cassettes, 2 CDs, 5 DVDs
The papers of William Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator from Missouri (1953-1976), include constituent correspondence, family and personal correspondence, limited genealogical and family materials, appointment books and calendars, audio and video recordings, campaign materials, editorial cartoons, select invitations and itineraries, limited pre-senatorial materials, photographs, photographic negatives and slides, press files, scrapbooks, selected Congressional testimonies, speeches, staff memoranda, voting records, and miscellaneous ephemera.
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Ruth Brent Tofle Papers, 1930-2008 (C4188)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The papers of a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Campus Planning Committee for Facilities and Grounds. The material includes correspondence and reports. There are also two folders containing both personal and professional correspondence of the Belcher and Troxell families.
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Tom's Monkey Jungle Collection, no date (R0764)
(1 folder)
This is a brochure for Tom's Monkey Jungle, a roadside zoo located near Eldon in Miller County, Missouri.
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Charles Trefts Photographs, 1903-1963 (P0034)
3690 photographs
This collection contains images from 1900 to 1963 depicting St. Louis City and County people, public buildings, riverfront scenes, bridges, churches, catastrophes, houses and parks. Trefts photographed many historic events such as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition; the 1934 World Series; and aviation in St. Louis including the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field in 1908 and Charles Lindbergh's return from Paris in 1927. A number of images focus on Crawford and Iron Counties and the Lake of the Ozarks region in the early 1930s.
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Tri-State Mining Superfund Site, 1945-2018 (SP0019)
1 c.f.
The Tri-State Mining Superfund Site records contain the research of Shanen Givone into the environmental impact of nuclear contamination and mining in the Joplin area and into Kansas.
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"A Trip Down The River," Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, no date (C2184)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of Montauk Springs and the Current River by the former caretakers of the Montauk State Park.
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William Turner Collection, n.d. (CA6593)
1.4 cubic feet
Research material collected by Turner for the book Voices of Missouri's Rivers.
Twin Lakes Duck Hunting Camp (Chariton County, Mo.) Records, 1945-1989 (C3968)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 2 rolls of microfilm
Hunting logs, photographs, and related materials of a private hunting camp in north central Missouri.
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University of Missouri, Department of Botany Records, 1894-1956 (C3453)
28.8 cubic feet
Materials related to departmental courses, university committees, job placement, and research, as well as to cooperative efforts among university state and federal agencies to control plant and crop diseases, establish conservation groups, and expand agricultural facilities and programs in Missouri.
University of Missouri, Department of Forestry Records, 1904-1921 (C3349)
0.6 cubic feet
Correspondence, leases, maps, and miscellaneous material regarding the sale and leasing of land owned by the Department of Forestry at the time the Department was part of the College of Agriculture.
University of Missouri, Fisheries and Wildlife Photographs, c. 1930s-1940s (CA5009)
2 cubic feet
Photographs and negatives of early Missouri forestry and wildlife conservation projects. Includes some views from other states.
University of Missouri, School of Forestry Records, 1936-1968 (C3359)
4.4 cubic feet
Primarily correspondence, retained in original filing system of six major sections: Extension, Forestry School Administration, Personnel, Research, Teaching, and University Administration.
Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission, Missouri Commissioner's Records, 1973-1982 (S0159)
2 cubic feet, 41 folders
The Upper Missouri River Basin Commission was established by presidential order in March 1972 at the request of the governors of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri to coordinate water resources management for the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The resulting organization of federal and state agencies became known as the Great River Resources Management Study (GREAT). The bulk of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission, Missouri Commissioner's Records are from 1980 to 1983, with some correspondence with railroads from 1973. The records primarily document the master plan developed by the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission in 1981 to respond to needs identified by the GREAT studies and to resolve competing interests in the development of the river system. The records contain public statements, reports (including GREAT I, II, III, 1974-1983), studies, testimony, literature, memoranda, meeting minutes, drafts, and the final version of the commission's master plan.
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Video Collection, 1990-2011 (S0832)
1 cubic foot, 34 videotapes
The Video Collection consists of VHS tapes, DVDs and other video formats of recordings pertaining to St. Louis history. Topics of interest include the Gateway Arch, Fran Landesman, Pruitt-Igoe, and the Saint Louis Zoo. Also included in this collection are oral histories staff members conducted with Judith Styx, James Neal Primm, and Irene Cortinovis.
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Harold L. Volkmer Papers, 1960-1996 (C4022)
16 cubic feet
The papers of Harold L. Volkmer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 9th District, include correspondence, bills and resolutions, press releases, hearings, subcommittee briefs and reports, research and studies, pamphlets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, speeches, and amendments and testimonials. Also included is material on the McClure-Volkmer Bill (also known as the Firearm Owner's Protection Act), the 1993 flood disaster, dioxin contamination, hazardous and radioactive waste material at Weldon Spring, Missouri, and farmer's claims resulting from the Cannon Dam Flood in 1982.
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Ward Parkway Estates Garden Club Records, 1957-1992 (K0331)
0.5 c.f.
Organizational records of a now disbanded Garden Club in Kansas City, MO. Includes board and regular meeting minutes, financial records, attendance lists, a small amount of correspondence, yearbooks, and photographs.
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Webster Groves Nature Study Society Bulletins, 1996-1998 (S1010)
1 cubic foot
This collection consists of Issues of Nature Notes, the Bulletin of the Webster Groves Nature Society, Vol. 68, No. 6-Vol. 70, December 1998.
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Wessel/Donnan Papers, 1956-2005 (S0787)
2 cubic feet, 30 folders, 72 photographs
This collection primarily consists of business ledgers, financial statements, and photographs relating to Wessel Stables while under the management of Dwight and Gloria Donnan. This collection also contains artifacts of the Donnans' participation with the Mariner Gam, a civic club affiliated with the United Church of Christ of Lockwood in Webster Groves, MO. The club was similar to the Girl Scouts but offered only water-based sporting activities. The couple was involved with Mariner Gam for approximately 20 years, ending in the mid-1980s.
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Ruthford H. Westveld Papers, 1956-1965 (C2416)
2.9 cubic feet
Papers relating to the background, passage and enforcement of the McIntire-Stennis Act for Cooperative Forestry Research. Correspondence of state forestry officials, representatives and senators, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other concerned people and agencies. Westveld was a leading advocate of forestry research.
George O. White Collection, 1915-1960 (CA6515)
0.5 cubic feet, 10 8mm films, 7 oversize items
Collection of photographs, films, awards, clippings, and miscellaneous material of the first State Forester of Missouri.
James R. Whitley Papers, 1940s-2010s (CA6255)
8.5 cubic feet
Papers of a wildlife scientist whose studies focused on water quality in Missouri. Whitley worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation in the water quality branch of the fisheries research section and published many articles, most notably, "Water Plants for Missouri Ponds."
Donald R. Whitman Collection, 1874-2008 (SP0079)
2.5 cubic feet (42 folders, 50 photographs, 4 VHS tapes, 5 oversize items)
The Donald R. Whitman Collection contains the personal papers of Donald Ray Whitman, including correspondence, genealogical records, and photographs. The collection also documents Whitman’s service in the United States Air Force and his work in the Marshall Islands during Operation Ivy in 1952, as well as his career with the National Weather Service in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Otto Widmann Collection, 1898-1965 (C4001)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders)
The collection contains correspondence, notes, publications, and miscellaneous material compiled by Daniel McKinley for a biography of Otto Widmann, an ornithologist from St. Louis, Missouri.
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Endangered Wolf Center Records, 1946-1992 (S0535)
15 cubic feet, 463 photographs, 5 audio tapes, 9 videotapes
The records of the Endangered Wolf Center (formerly the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center), chronicle its establishment, growth, and administration. Founded by Carol and Marlin Perkins in 1971, WSRC bred wolves for reintroduction into the wild and fought for other conservation issues. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, articles, publications, legal documents, wolf studies, veterinary reports, conference proceedings, and government legislation.
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Paul Eugene Williams Papers, 1967-1995 (K0844)
2 c.f.
Book reviews, articles, research notes, explanatory notes, interviews, clippings, and correspondence of Williams, a Kansas City poet and author. Also material from various wildlife organizations, newsletters, biographical material and an anthology of poetry by the Russian poet, Marina Cvetaeva compiled by Williams.
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Betty Wilson Papers, 1957-1990 (S1015)
13 cubic feet
The Betty Wilson Papers contain correspondence, conference proceedings, position papers, reports, studies, and newspaper clippings regarding clean water and water conservation in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, as well as Dioxin pollution in Missouri.
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William Henry Wilson Papers, 1909-1963 (K0046)
2.5 c.f.
Personal incoming and outgoing correspondence of a historian and educator, including that related to Wilson's work on the Kansas City History Project, proposals for a history of the J.C. Nichols Company, and progress on his dissertation on the City Beautiful Movement. Also included are research notecards and early printed material related to the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company.
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Arthur Witt Jr. Papers, 1913-1995 (C4632)
2.6 cubic feet (73 folders, 32 oversize items)
The Arthur Witt Jr. papers document the life of a WWII pilot who served from 1942-1947. After the war, Witt became a zoology professor at the University of Missouri and ended his career as a professor of Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, retiring in 1983. The papers include military papers and ephemera, aeronautical maps of Asia and the United States, forestry projects, military training manuals, and some correspondence.
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Duane and Judith Woltjen Meramec Dam Collection, 1952-1984 (S0210)
0.4 cubic feet
The collection contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and bumper stickers documenting Duane and Judith Woltjen's involvement with the Sierra Club, Ozark Chapter's efforts to prevent the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to dam the Meramec River near Sullivan, Missouri, in Franklin County.
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Yoest Postcard Collection, 1981, no date (P0120)
1 folder
Postcards of Missouri historic sites printed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Mary Ann Younk Photograph Collection, 1927 (P0008)
15 photographs
15 original photos showing damage to houses and buildings after F4 tornado hit St. Louis, September 29, 1927.