Geography and Maps
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SHSMO-KC Map Collection, no date (K0162)
2 c.f.
An artificial collection of maps from various sources.
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Smithon, Missouri, Papers, 1818 (C1654)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Smithton, Missouri, contain a contract to purchase land for the town site of Smithton and directions for laying off the town, signed by the trustees, Gerard Robinson, Thos. Duley, and R. Gentry. Smithton is now called Columbia, MO.
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Counties
Smithville and Longview Dam and Reservoir (Missouri) Projects Records, 1978-1979 (C2519)
0.4 cubic feet
The records of the Smith and Longview Dam and Reservoir contain National Architectural and Engineering Record/Historic American Buildings Survey photographs, field records, historical and descriptive data, maps, and drawings of historic architectural structures at the Smithville and Longview Lakes, MO. Included are Longview Farm, Rockford School, James Poff and Sophia Rollins residences, Reuben Ross barn, and Waddell "A" truss bridge.
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Counties
"Some Spanish Land Grants in the St. Charles District," Lillian H. Oliver, 1965 (C2904)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Brief biographies of some of the earliest holders of Spanish land grants in the St. Charles District. Included are the Boone, Callaway, Howell, Zumwalt, Hays, and Darst families. Also a general highway map of St. Charles County, 1965, showing locations of land grants.
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The Southeast Missouri Collection, 1820-2016 (CG0001)
0.8 c.f.
The Southeast Missouri Collection is a combination of small acquisitions to the State Historical Society related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.
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Southern and Central Missouri Map Collection, 1874-2011, bulk 1930-2005 (R1466)
6 cubic feet (30 oversize folders, 145 maps)
The Southern and Central Missouri Map Collection contains highway, railroad, geological, topographical, mining, tourist, city, county, and state maps. The maps focus on the southern and central counties in Missouri including Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Howell, Iron, Jefferson, Laclede, Madison, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, Pulaski, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Sainte Genevieve, Texas, Washington, and Wright counties.
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Southwest Missouri Map Collection, 1833-2000 (SP0047)
14 maps
The Southwest Missouri Map Collection contains city, county, highway, geographical, topographical, and mining maps. The maps focus on the southern and western counties in Missouri including Greene, Henry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, and Newton counties.
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Spring Valley Park Abstract, 1838-1893 (K0216)
0.01 c.f.
Abstract of land transactions for the tract located in the N1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 sec. 16, T. 49N, R. 33W that became a park in Kansas City's park system. Does not deal with the condemnation actions undertaken by the city.
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St. John, Missouri, Survey, 1857 (C3171)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a typed copy of the original survey of St. John, MO, giving owners of each lot; also plat map naming owners of outlying farms.
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Counties
St. Joseph Lead Mining Company Papers, 1800, 1892 (C0574)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The St. Joseph Lead Mining Company Papers consist of a positive photostat of a Spanish land grant for an area that was later purchased by St. Joseph Lead Mining Company. Also included is an illustrated booklet, compiled by J. Wyman Jones, detailing history of the company.
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Counties
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Map Collection, 1917-1962 (R1486)
1 cubic foot (3 folders, 5 maps)
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Maps contain six maps featuring St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company land, railroad lines, stations, and buildings, located in Fort Leonard Wood, Lebanon, Newburg, and Rolla, Missouri.
State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection, 1814-1962 (C0995)
14 rolls of microfilm
The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.
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- African Americans
- Agriculture
- Business and Industry
- Culture
- Education
- Engineering
- Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife
- Family and Personal Papers
- Folklore and Folklife
- Frontier and Pioneer Life
- Genealogy
- Geography and Maps
- Government and Politics
- Language
- Literature
- Media
- Military
- Railroads and Railways
- Religion
- Social and Fraternal Organizations
- Social Reform and Welfare
- Transportation
- Travel and Description
- University of Missouri
- Women
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Papers, 1759-1876 (C2075)
0.53 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The collection contains records of the town of Ste. Genevieve. Vol. 1, the Ste. Genevieve church register, includes vital statistics records, 1759-1840. Vol. 2, the Ste. Genevieve archives, includes deeds, 1766-1876; Indian affairs, 1766-1804; and New Madrid archives, 1802-1803. Two copies. Translated from the French by A. Loyd Collins.
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George Stein Travel Report, 1881 (C3287)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains an account of the George Stein family migration to America in the fall of 1881 aboard the SS NECKER, and their settlement in Clark County, MO.
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"A Story of an Emigrant People," Grant Leazenby, no date (C0747)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Reminiscences of the author's boyhood in Cainsville, Harrison County, MO. Recounts the lives of prominent Czechoslovakian immigrants in the community, describing their history as a people, their country, and the area they finally settled in.
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Counties
Survey of Christian Glanz Estate by A. M. Allen, 1852 (K0351)
0.01 c.f.
This collection contains a survey for a sub-division of six acres of land in Westport, Missouri, belonging to the estate of Christian Glanz. The Survey was hand-drawn by A. M. Allen.
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Counties
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Irene B. Taeuber Papers, 1912-1981 (C2158)
63 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm
Irene B. Taeuber, a research demographer, was best known for her work on the population of Asia, especially Japan and China. Collection includes correspondence with leading demographers, sociologists, and Asian specialists; publications and manuscripts; research notes and data; bibliographic card files; and photographs and slides of her travels.
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Taney County, Missouri Map, no date (C3766)
1 oversize item
Blueprint sectional map of Taney County showing location of mines, schools, towns, post offices, stores, and roads. Undated but done prior to building of dams on the White River. Scale: 1 inch = 1 mile.
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Counties
John L. Thomas Notebooks, no date (C1272)
0.43 cubic feet (30 volumes)
Notes on the geology and history of Missouri, which the compiler had planned to use in making an historical atlas.
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G.S. Townsend Letter, 1838 (C2516)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a photostat of a letter to C.A. Harris, Bureau of Indian Affairs, from Cherokee Agency East, Jan. 25, 1838. Townsend describes his journey as attending physician to a band of emigrant Cherokees from Cherokee Agency East to Cherokee Nation West, a distance of 800 miles.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Survey Collection, 1870s-1890s (CA5998)
1.7 cubic feet, oversize material
Log books and maps from U.S. Corps of Engineers survey of the Missouri River. Log books include observations of topography, hand drawn maps, and notes documenting the journeys and dredging operations along the river. The bulk of the collection relates to the upper Missouri River.
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U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Missouri River Photographs, 1928-1931 (C0647)
0.31 cubic feet (15 folders)
Photographs of highways and railroad bridges across the Missouri River, with maps and basic engineering facts. Also pictures of boats and construction for river control.
U.S. Army, Specialized Training Program, Foreign Area and Language Study, University of Missouri Papers, 1943-1944 (C0057)
2.25 cubic feet (167 folders)
Correspondence, army directives, student records, and other material pertaining to the program and staff of the ASTP Unit at the University of Missouri. Also includes material concerning a study of ASTPs made by Thomas A. Brady for the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Van Meter Family Papers, 1834-1968 (C3242)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, and account books of a Saline County, MO, family. The papers deal, for the most part, with the family business, primarily accounts for goods and food sold. There is some material dealing with family matters, including a diary of a trip taken to Montana in 1865 by Abel J. Van Meter.
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Nicholas Biddle Van Zandt Papers, 1853 (C2787)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from Van Zandt to Colonel James Taylor, Newport, KY, arranging survey and division of land, and a copy of Taylor's reply. Also typed copies.
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Maurice E. Votaw Papers, 1909-1978 (C3672)
1.2 cubic feet (55 folders)
The papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism primarily pertain to his years as a professor of journalism at St. John’s University, Shanghai, China, and an adviser to the Nationalist Chinese Ministry of Information. Included are transcripts of oral interviews, correspondence, literary productions, minutes, printed materials, maps, lists, photographs, and books. Topics include Votaw’s life; writers, missionaries, political and military leaders, and events in China (1922-1977); U.S. China policy; Chinese and American journalism and newspapers; the Shanghai Short Story Club; and St. John’s University and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Western Missouri Land-O-Lakes Association Collection, circa 1962-1965 (R0823)
(1 folder)
These are two map brochures published by the Western Missouri Land-O-Lakes Association, to promote tourism in the area including the "Upper Arm" of the Lake of the Ozarks, Pomme de Terre Lake, and the planned Stockton Lake and Kaysinger Bluff (later Harry S. Truman) Reservoir.
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John Young Record Book, 1865 (C1294)
0.03 cubic feet (1 volume)
Wagon master's record book containing printed rules, regulations, and instructions. Accounts for 1865 drive or merchandise train, including accounts of drivers, loading of wagons, list of expenses, and statement of profit.
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Theodore Mansfield Young Papers, 1935-1938 (R1373)
0.25 cubic feet (4 folders)
The Theodore Mansfield Young Papers contain information regarding Young's mining company, Paramount Mining-Milling-Smelting and Refining Corporation. The company operated in the West. It owned many subsidiaries that operated mines. The collection contains many pieces of correspondence with Young, the business history of Paramount Mining, maps of claims and mines, and records of the company's claims.