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Rogers-Hagar Family Deeds, 1875-1912 (C3256)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains four deeds, all entered in Randolph County, Missouri. Some holders are George Rogers, William Rogers, James T. Halliburton, and George Hagar.
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Mary Ann Creason Rohde Photograph Collection, 1900-1990 (P0999)
1 folder
Photographs of the Mohney, Creason, and related families; includes photographs of tombstones of family members at Riffe and South Point cemeteries
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Rohlfing Family Postcard Collection, 1890s-1980s (CA6722)
0.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
Postcards sent between members of the Rohlfing family from Gasconade County, Missouri. The bulk of the postcards were sent to Christina Rohlfing, Sabina Humburg Rohlfing, and Lydia Rohlfing Hoerstkamp. Also includes one scrapbook with postcards.
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Laura Effie Roland Diary, 1883-1889 (C4102)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders)
The collection contains the original diary of Laura E. Roland along with a transcription, from the age of sixteen in 1883 up to and including her marriage at the age of twenty-two in 1889, all of which took place in or around Hannibal, Missouri, in Ralls County.
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Roller Family Papers, 1866-1871 (R0310)
0.04 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Roller Family Papers contain photocopies and typescripts of papers, mostly correspondence, of the Roller family of Christian and Douglas counties in Missouri and Scott County, Virginia. With one exception the letters are addressed to Jacob Roller, in Virginia, from his relatives in Missouri. The exception is a letter from General R. Johnson, an in-law to the Rollers, of Douglas County, to his mother, Sarah (Bowen) Johnson.
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James Sidney Rollins Record Book, 1834-1868 (C2150)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)
Rollins, a Boone County, MO, lawyer, businessman, and politician, was influential in securing the location of the University of Missouri at Columbia. Record book contains personal and business accounts.
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Zygmund Przemyslaw Rondomanski Papers, 1933-1988 (K0261)
1.25 c.f.
Original musical scores, compositions, and arrangements for the cello and other instruments by Rondomanski, a composer and music teacher. Also included is a scrapbook of letters, clippings, programs, and photographs relating to Rondomanski's life and career and recordings of his work.
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Mark H. Rose Papers, 1975-1991 (K1063)
15 c.f.
Professional papers of Rose, Ph.D. in History, with specialties in cities, technology, business, and public policy. Includes correspondence; subject files concerned with conferences, meetings and symposium; the writing, publishing and presentation of articles and papers; and special projects; and grant applications he was asked to evaluate.
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Golda Svea Rosen Biography, 1999 (K0505)
0.08 cubic foot (1 folder)
The collection contains a book detailing the life of Golda Svea Rosen. The book is a compilation of family pictures, documents, and information pertaining to Golda's life as she raised a family, worked as a social worker, and became a leading figure in various social work and Jewish community groups in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Rosenthal Genealogy Collection, 2010 (K1168)
0.1 c.f.
An historical account of Rosenthal, Loeffler, Cohen, Ziman, Greenberg and Wedeles families within the Kansas City Jewish Community created by Michael Rosenthal.
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Dorothy Shubart Rosenwald Papers, 1913-2001 (K0628)
30 c.f.
Personal papers of civic leader, educator, and an active member of the Jewish Community in Kansas City. Includes correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, information, booklets, papers on organizations with which Rosenwald was involved such as the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), UNESCO, Missouri Association for Social Welfare, and Conference on Families. Rosenwald was prolific traveler and included is material she gathered from across the globe over their many decades.
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Russell J. Rosier Papers, 1910-1990 (C4376)
3 cubic feet (104 folders)
Correspondence, photographs, genealogical, and other miscellaneous personal papers , and assorted organizational material of a secretary of the Missouri Farmer's Association (MFA), Columbia, Missouri, and his wife, Bessie Rosier, and related family.
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Ross Family Letters, 1869-1885 (C3143)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
The collection contains letters written to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ross and F. Gail Ross in Pennsylvania from relatives in Nebraska.
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Rountree Family Papers, circa 1819-1956 (R0325)
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Rountree Family Papers contain photocopies of extracts from the diary of Joseph Rountree, 1819-1831, and the autobiography of William J. Rountree, circa 1910. There are also notes on the Rountree family by Frank Rountree, 1911-1912, Ruth Fowler Sherwood, 1947, and Joseph G. Rountree, 1956, with obituaries and birth-death records of family members.
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Burford Leon Royston Collection, 1899-1995 (CA6685)
0.45 cubic feet
The collection contains color slides taken by Burford Leon Royston. Royston worked as a mail carrier in southwest Howard County, Missouri, from 1950-1985. The bulk of the slides were taken by Royston along his routes, and include residents, dwellings, commercial and agricultural structures, natural events, and recreational activities. Also included are slides of the Royston family, photographs and personal papers of the Rawlins, Cox, and Watts families.
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Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier Papers, 1906-1995 (C4348)
0.6 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 volume
The papers contain materials collected throughout Elizabeth McReynolds Rozier's lifetime. This includes correspondence and research related to programming for the Tuesday Club in Jefferson City, Missouri. The papers also contain published materials relating to historical preservation in Carthage, Missouri. Finally, the papers contain photographs and a scrapbook featuring images and memorabilia from Rozier's youth.
Firmin A. Rozier Letter, 1883 (C2782)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From Ste. Genevieve, MO, Aug. 22, 1883. Letter mentioning business partnership of his father, Ferdinand Rozier, and John James Audubon; dissolution of the partnership; and Audubon's move to Kentucky.
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Francis Claude Rozier Financial Records, 1875-1891 (R0465)
0.2 cubic foot (1 volume)
The Francis Claude Rozier Financial Records contain financial journal kept by Francis Claude Rozier (1816-1879) of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, and after Francis Rozier’s death, by his son, Henry Louis Rozier (1849-1927). It provides periodic summaries of personal financial affairs, including lists of assets, expenses, and other financial transactions.
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Francis Claude Rozier Records, 1871-1919 (R0461)
0.5 cubic foot (1 oversize volume)
The Francis Claude Rozier Records contains a ledger with lists of real estate owned by Francis Claude Rozier of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The listings are for properties in Missouri, Iowa, and Texas. Also included in the records are assessments of the real, personal, and intangible property owned by Rozier, his widow and his estate.
Jack and Sarah Harris Ruben Papers, 1944-1992 (K1093)
0.04 c.f.
News clippings and memorabilia relating to Congregation Kehilath Israel to which the Rubens belonged and were leaders.
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Charles W. Rubey Papers, 1857-1914 (R0200)
0.25 cubic foot (15 folders, 2 rolls of microfilm)
The Charles W. Rubey Papers contain the personal, business, and military papers of Charles W. Rubey, a businessman and militia officer from Lebanon, Missouri. Included are personal, family, and business papers, and records from militia organizations raised in Laclede County during the Civil War. The military records include correspondence, orders, equipment, and ordinance returns, certificates of enrollment and exemption, and muster rolls.
Rucker Family Papers, 1886-2013 (R1429)
1.5 cubic feet (20 folders)
The Rucker Family Papers contain correspondence and newspapers relating to family history, significant events, and architecture in Rolla, Missouri's history.
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John Rufi Papers, 1940s-1983 (CA3919)
22.5 cubic feet, 2 audio discs
The papers of a professor of education at the University of Missouri include correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous professional material.
Siegfried "Fred" Ruschin Papers, 1920-2008 (K1193)
4 c.f.
Personal records of Ruschin and his family, particularly relating to applications for restitution for losses in German under the Nazis; writings and other materials relating to Ruschin career as a librarian at Linda Hall Library; his volunteer work; and other interests, research, writing that he did.
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Russell Family Papers, 1837-1938 (R0330)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Russell Family Papers include correspondence, legal papers, tax receipts, lists of household purchases, and miscellaneous papers of Cyrus Russell (1795-1860), and his sons Cyrus Russell (1819-1905) and Theodore Pease Russell (1827-1889) of Arcadia in Iron County, Missouri.
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Rustemeyer Family Papers, 1884-1953 (C4017)
0.3 cubic feet (14 folders), 1 computer disc
The Rustemeyer Family papers contain correspondence written to Bernard Rustemeyer by friends and family in Germany after his immigration to America in 1882. The collection also includes newspaper clippings and photographs of the Rustemeyer, Alteköster, Stöckbrand, and Giese families, and Rustemeyer’s hometown, Körbecke, Germany.
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Ryan Family Papers, circa 1890s-2000 (C2561)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Papers of a family from Wright County, Missouri, include photographs as well as correspondence and educational, military, and political material concerning H. Eugene Ryan, a lawyer from Mountain Grove who later moved to Ohio.
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George P. Ryan Papers, 1908 (R1172)
(1 folder)
This is a letter dated December 17, 1908 from George P. Ryan, principal of Jerico Springs High School in Cedar County, Missouri, to Carola C. Ward of El Dorado Springs, Missouri. The letter concerns Ward's application for a position in the Cedar County schools.
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Howard Frederic Sachs Papers, 1960-1981 (K0550)
4 c.f.
Personal, family and professional papers of Federal Judge with the Western Missouri District Court. Also research and writings on the history of the Jewish community in Kansas City, MO.
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Sailer Family Papers, 1833-1939 (R1405)
0.04 cubic foot (4 folders, 25 negatives)
The Sailer Family Papers contain copies of the personal papers and photographs of the Sailer family of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This collection includes images of the Sailer family and extended family, correspondence, newspaper articles, land records, birth records, and local history research for Cape Girardeau and Rolla, Missouri.
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Sailer-Holmes Family Papers, 1865-2006 (CG0069)
0.2 c.f.
The Sailer-Holmes Family Papers contains personal papers, correspondence, and photographs collected by three generations of the family mainly in the cities of Cape Girardeau and Rolla, Missouri.
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Saint Mary's Jesuit Mission and College Records, 1832-1967 (K0330)
0.02 c.f.
Records of the Jesuit mission to the Potawatomi Indians located in present Linn County, KS, which moved to present Pottawatomie County, KS and became St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, KS.). Mission and college records, reports sent to superiors, and priests' diaries. Includes early missionary records of births, deaths and marriages in Buchanan, Clay, and Jackson Counties, MO.
Salisbury Diary, 1887 (C0458)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
An eight weeks' diary kept by a sixteen-year-old boy named Salisbury on a train trip from the East to Topeka, KS. He spent most of the time visiting relatives in Salisbury, Kansas City, Glasgow, Keytesville, and St. Louis.
Philander Salisbury Papers, 1843-1880 (S0527)
0.25 cubic foot, 8 folders
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Francis Asbury Sampson Papers, 1909 (C1450)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from J.W. Connaway, A.P. Barton, and Susie O. Shelby. Biographical information on David Barton (1783-1837), Missouri politician and statesman. Barton family genealogy.
John K. Samuel Collection, 1839-1981 (K0081)
0.3 c.f. (12 folders)
Photocopied scrapbooks of photographs, newspaper clippings, reminiscences and some copies of original material related to the history of Barry, Clay County, Missouri, the Chevis-Samuel Tavern, and Missouri Town-1855. Also material related to the Chevis and Samuel families of Barry, Missouri.
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John A. Sanborn Diaries, 1899-1908 (C1242)
0.15 cubic feet (10 volumes)
The collection contains the diaries of a Mound City, Missouri, farmer who sold his farm and moved to Corning, Kansas, in 1902. He sold his Kansas farm and moved to Macon, Missouri, in 1903. Diaries include cash accounts and memoranda for the ten-year period 1899-1908.
August Sander Papers, 1907 (R0063)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The August Sander Papers contain a photocopy of the last will and testament of August Sanders of Bollinger County, Missouri.
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Karen Sands Photograph Collection, 1910s-1980s (CA6726)
0.75 cubic feet, 4 oversize items
Photographs collected by Karen Sands include the Finkie, Graue, Pietzschke, and related families, 1910s-1980s. Also included are items from Warrenton High School, 1951, and newspaper clippings, 1953, n.d.
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Harold David "Hal" Sandy and Wilda Barmore Sandy Collection, 1974-1995 (K0718)
3 c.f.
Research notes, photographs, draft manuscripts for various local history writings by the Sandys. Includes Articles, promotional materials, working drafts, photographs, slides and talks concerning their book, "Here Lies Kansas City," articles, correspondence, taskforce report, notes, and resolutions relating to various historic preservation projects.
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Sapp Family Papers, (CA6707)
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family include a birth registration, marriage certificate, court documents, death certificates, wills, and stock records.
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Sappington and Breathitt Family Scrapbooks, 1830s-1970s (CA6742)
2 oversize volumes, 1 folder
The collection contains two scrapbooks and a manuscript on the Hall and related families. The first scrapbook contains material on the family of Dr. John Sappington and his wife, Jane Breathitt Sappington. The second scrapbook contains materials on the Breathitt and allied families. The material was compiled by C. Lester Hall, Jr.
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Sappington Family Land Records, 1905-2020 (CA6656)
1 folder
Abstracts of title and deeds for land in Saline County, Missouri, once owned by Dr. John Sappington. Includes information on the Arrow Rock Cannel Coal Mining Company and a land auction booklet for the sale of the "Pilot Hickory" Historic Farm.
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Sappington Family Papers, 1819-1895 (C0159)
0.8 cubic feet
Papers of Dr. John Sappington of Arrow Rock, MO, and his family. Business letters about Sappington's pills and book for the treatment of malaria. Letters and papers from family and friends; supplies; notes. Legal case of Coffee & Blacke vs. Sappington & Sons. Miscellaneous personal record and account book.
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Sappington Family Papers, 1831-1939 (C2889)
0.5 cubic feet
The papers contain documents pertaining to Dr. John Sappington and his family. These papers deal with the financial accounts of Dr. Sappington, financial business for W.B. Sappington, and a variety of receipts and business papers. Another portion of this collection contains correspondence and essays written by W.B. Sappington. There is also a small collection of newspaper clippings.
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John Sappington Papers, 1803-1887 (C1027)
1.8 cubic feet (96 folders, 12 volumes)
The papers of John Sappington consist of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, largely concentrating on Sappington’s anti-fever medicine business. The collection also includes correspondence and papers of William B. Sappington, Erasmus D. Sappington, and Claiborne Fox Jackson.
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William B. Sappington Papers, 1830-1874 (C1421)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Correspondence between members of a Saline County, MO, family, in addition to letters from friends and other relatives. Also included are essays and compositions by Sappington, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous family papers.
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David Blake Sasse Collection, 1940s-1990s (CA6736)
1.2 cubic feet
Addition of letters written by Louis Donald Sasse during World War II. Also includes miscellaneous notes and correspondence relating to the history of small towns in Chariton County.
Saucier Family Genealogy Papers, 1969 (R0012)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Saucier Family Genealogy Collection contains a photocopy of "A List of Descent from Marie Jeanne Saucier by Her Marriages to Antoine Decelle Duclos and Jean Baptiste du (des) Martin," compiled in part by Walter J. Saucier. The compilation includes all of the Duclos/Declue family of Washington County, Missouri through the nineteenth century.
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Saunders Family Papers, 1877-1973 (C4248)
0.1 cubic feet (13 folders), 2 oversize items
The Saunders family papers contains family photographs, correspondence to and from Eva Pearl and Ed Saunders and other documents related to the Saunders and Danner families of Cass County, Missouri.