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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 .1 cubic foot, 8 folders
This collection consists of correspondence between St. Louisan Philander Salisbury, a captain in the Mexican-American War, and his wife Mary, describing preparations for the invasion of Mexico, as well as letters between Ralph and Sephronia Coatsworth from 1855 to 1868.
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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 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, 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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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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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.
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Saville Family Books, 1853, 1886 (C2661)
2 volumes
Engineers and mechanics pocketbook, 1853, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1886.
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Sawyer Family Papers, 1934-1944 (R1313)
(1 folder)
The collection consists of eleven school report cards for the children of Thomas M. and Elsie D. Sawyer. The children attended Rogersville Public School at Rogersville in Greene County, Missouri, and Green Hill School, in Webster County, Missouri for elementary education.
Charles W. Scarritt Papers, 1870-1937 (K0675)
0.5 c.f.
Scarritt, of the prominent Kansas City Scarritt family, was a Methodist pastor, businessman, realtor, and civic leader. Includes letters written to Charles by members of his family, Mrs. Calvin (Grace) Coolidge, and poet Grace Noll Crowell. Also family photographs and other family memorabilia and papers.
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Nathan Scarritt Family Papers, 1839-1962 (K0248)
1 c.f.
Newspaper clippings, articles, announcements, correspondence, and publication relating to the Scarritt and Chick families, two early families in Kansas City. Deeds and leases concerning the property owned by Scarritt and his estate. Also are family histories and a diary and autobiography of Nathan Scarritt, Methodist minister and missionary and early city builder.
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Scarritt-Royster-Swinney Family Papers, 1818-1989 (K0632)
71 c.f.
Family papers of three prominent families of Kansas City and Glasgow, MO. Includes a wide variety of materials including letters, postcards, speeches, newspaper articles, poetry, photographs, family items, business and personal papers, tributes to various individuals and historical papers and recollections.
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Schaeperkoetter Family Papers, 1940s-1980s (CA6735)
0.3 cubic feet
The Schaeperkoetter family papers include photographs of Alvin Schaeperkoetter during his service in the United States Army during World War II. Also included in this collection are records from the Optimist International club and miscellaneous family records.
Dorothy Fulbright Schaper Genealogical Papers, 1905-1999 (CG0031)
2.0 c.f.
Genealogy family charts, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to the Fulbright family of Cape Girardeau County.
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Robert F. Scheef Papers, 1980s-1990s (CA6719)
0.6 cubic feet
The papers of Robert F. Scheef include drafts of his manuscript on Missouri wineries titled, “Vintage Missouri,” and research material on various Missouri wineries. Included in the research materials are Scheef’s notes while touring wineries, copies of the “Missouri Wine Country Journal,” wine labels, photographs, and other miscellaneous research materials.
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Peter Voorhees Schenck Papers, 1859-1964 (C2214)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
Biographical sketches of Schenck and John S. McCune. Letter to Anna McCune proposing marriage. Schenck's resignation as superintendent of the Female Hospital, St. Louis. Scrapbook of McCune-Schenck clippings and family photographs.
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John Freeman Schermerhorn Papers, 1809-1909 (C0160)
0.4 cubic feet
Letters and papers of Schermerhorn and his heirs, located in New York (1809-1840), Indiana (1840-1858), and Missouri (1858-1909). Schermerhorn was a frontier preacher, peacemaker with the Indians, and landowner.
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William H. Schlosberg and Marjorie E. Schlosberg Papers, 1985 (K0810)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 2 photographs)
This collection consists of two photographs of David Schlosberg and friends in preschool and as teenagers.
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Harold S. and Linda Donowitz Schlozman Papers, 1971 (K1051)
0.04 c.f.
Program of service entitled Weekday Evening Service, a service honoring Rabbi Gershon Hadas on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
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Vera Moore Schmitt Papers, 1970-1988 (K0450)
2 c.f.
Genealogical research of extensive correspondence and information gathered by Schmitt on various Missouri families. Also clippings, pamphlets, books, and photographs.
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Shirley Putnam Schneerer Scrapbook, 1905-1909 (CA6063)
1 volume
While living in Columbia during 1905-1909, Shirley Putnam Schneerer compiled a scrapbook of pictures and post cards of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her father, Dr. James W. Putnam, taught in the School of Business Administration at UMC from 1906 to 1909. Also includes images of the St. Patrick Day celebrations by the School of Engineering; Columbia and the surrounding central Missouri area; and Stephens College. There are limited images of the Putnam family and family home.
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Irvin Edwin Schnell Papers, 1918-1978 (CA6729)
0.8 cubic feet
The papers of Irvin Edwin Schnell, a greenhouse owner and florist from Fayette, Missouri, include daily diaries, 1918-1978; a financial ledger, 1925-1974; The Valley Farmer, v. 6 and 8, 1954, 1956; and miscellaneous papers.
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J. Milton Shockley Collection, circa 1940-1959 (R0643)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The J. Milton Shockley Collection contains photocopies of “What They Said,” a compilation of stories and anecdotes regarding residents of Maries County, Missouri, by Dr. J. Milton Shockley, a local historian and past president of the Maries County Historical Society.
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Adolph Schoenherr Papers, 1906-1919 (R0615)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Adolph Schoenherr Papers contain the business and personal papers of Adolph Schoenherr, a businessman and mine operator in Jasper County, Missouri. The papers concern lead and zinc mines around Webb City and Carterville, and the operations of the Schoenherr-Walton and Reliance mining companies. There are also papers concerning a proposed adoption of a child by Adolph and Beulah Schoenherr.
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Schofield Family Photographs, 1864-1931 (P0855)
0.18 linear feet
Photographs of members of the Schofield family of Lewiston and Newark, MO.
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Marion Kaylor Schofield Papers, 1915-1918 (C3753)
2 oversize items
The papers of Marion Kaylor Schofield contain a high school diploma from LaBelle, Missouri, and a commission as first lieutenant in the Home Guard.
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Schopp Family Collection, 1864-1957 (S1217)
0.01 cubic foot
The Schopp Family Collection contains photographs, probate records, pension and marriage certificates, as well as Musicians’ Club and Musicians’ Mutual Benefit Association membership cards of Valentine and Victor Schopp.