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Mary Eugina Hamilton Collection, 1885-1897 (C2810)
0.6 cubic feet (11 folders)
The collection contains pamphlets, brochures, and letters advertising organs, sewing machines, pills, electric belts, and various items of medical quackery. Items are primarily from the Pulvermacher Galvanic Company, the German Electric Agency, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, and the Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute. Also included are probate and business documents, genealogical material, farm records, a Mississippi River hydrography survey, medicinal treatments, a day book, and scrapbooks.
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James McComb Papers, 1852-1926 (R0238)
(1 roll of mircofilm)
These are papers of Dr. James McComb, an early physician of Laclede County, Missouri. The papers include medical notebooks and treatment records, Civil War papers, McComb's autobiography, and family correspondence following his death.
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Douglas E. McDowell, "The Ginseng Garden", 1909 (R1062)
(1 folder)
This is the issue for August 1909 of 'The Ginseng Garden', edited by Charles E. McDowell at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. This quarterly publication promoted the cultivation and marketing of ginseng, a medicinal root.
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Elaine Hydeman McNabney Papers, 1973-1991 (K0702)
1 c.f.
Materials gathered by McNabney, a former nurse, concerning the old General Hospital of Kansas City. She was very involved with the "Save the General Hospital" campaign.
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Medicine in the Jungle Web Exhibit Collection, 1959-2002 (S0651)
0.4 cubic foot, 8 folders, 3 CDs
This collection is a compilation of material gathered by Sonya McDonald during her research and creation of the web exhibit "Medicine in the Jungle: Dr. Thomas Dooley and Earl Rhine in Laos," using the Earl Rhine Papers and the Thomas A. Dooley Papers. Included in this collection are correspondence, articles, newsletters, web exhibit script, CD of the web exhibit, oral history interviews, and artifacts.
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Edwin P. Meiners Collection, 1825-1960 (C3722)
7.1 cubic feet (407 folders)
The papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist include personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners's insect collection and collections of correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.
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Menorah Legacy Foundation Collection, 1999-2009 (K1075)
0.1 cubic foot (5 folders)
This collection contains materials related to the history of Menorah Medical Center. Newspaper clippings, reports, and photocopies of documents detail the development of the hospital along with the Arthur Mag Distinguished Leadership Award, named after one of the hospital's earliest directors.
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Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary Directory, 1994-1996 (K1391)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary Directory contains a 1994-1996 membership directory book for the Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary.
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Menorah Medical Center Records, 1919-2004 (K1077)
43 c.f.
Records relating to the Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary, to land transactions of the Medical Center, and to the history and public relation of Menorah Hospital, established by the Jewish community in in 1930.
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Midland Ophthalmological Society Minute Book, 1896-1899 (C0272)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Constitution, bylaws regulating membership, officers, and funds of Society; meeting in Kansas City for Midwestern states and territories; minutes kept by secretaries H.D. Jeramitz, J.F. Wood, J.W. Sherer, and F.T. Reyling, giving actions of Society and accounts of medical problems discussed; paper on recurrent keratitis; letter from Dr. J.W. Banister, 1898.
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Seth Millington Account, 1815-1817 (C1796)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a bill of Doctor Millington against the estate of John Scott for the amount of $72.25 due for visits and medicines.
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The Missouri Collection, 1771-2024 (C3982)
18.6 cubic feet (854 folders, 893 photographs), 37 oversize items, 9 audio cassettes, 7 audio discs, 9 CDs, 1 computer disc, 1 film, 6 film strips, 9 DVDs, 3 video cassettes, 583 MB of digital files
The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.
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- African Americans
- Agriculture
- Business and Industry
- Children and Youth
- Civic Affairs
- Education
- Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife
- Family and Personal Papers
- Frontier and Pioneer Life
- Genealogy
- German Americans
- Government and Politics
- Health and Medicine
- Law and Judiciary
- Military
- Photographs
- Religion
- Social Reform and Welfare
- Travel and Description
- University of Missouri
- Women
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- Atchison
- Audrain
- Barry
- Boone
- Butler
- Callaway
- Camden
- Carroll
- Cedar
- Clay
- Clinton
- Cole
- Cooper
- Daviess
- Franklin
- Greene
- Grundy
- Harrison
- Henry
- Holt
- Howard
- Howell
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Johnson
- Laclede
- Lafayette
- Linn
- Macon
- Miller
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Nodaway
- Osage
- Pemiscot
- Pettis
- Pike
- Platte
- Ralls
- Randolph
- Ray
- Reynolds
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Francois
- Saint Louis
- Sainte Genevieve
- Saline
- Shelby
- Stone
- Taney
- Vernon
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
Missouri League for Nursing Records, 1919-1980s (CA4598)
18.9 cubic feet
The records of a professional organization concerned with nursing and nursing education include minutes, reports, state review board materials, workshop materials, programs and evaluations, convention materials, and miscellaneous material.
Missouri Nurses Association Records, 1902-1993 (CA4451)
95 cubic feet
The records of a professional organization include correspondence, insurance records, convention materials, reports, committee material, legislative files, membership records, publications, and miscellaneous materials.
Missouri Public Health Association Records, 1926, 1940s-2000 (CA5862)
10 cubic feet, 2 video cassettes
Minutes of Board of Directors meetings, newsletters, conference material, and miscellaneous organizational records.
Missouri Regional Medical Program Records, 1966-1980 (CA4109)
108 cubic feet, 8 films, 2 audio tapes
The records include material on medical care, economics, and state Medicare; correspondence; project files; annual reports; committee meetings, agendas, and minutes; publications; material on the Kidney Foundation; and miscellaneous material.
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Missouri Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights Records, 1958-1988 (S0805)
0.5 cubic feet, 15 folders
The Missouri Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (MO/RCAR) was a nonprofit corporation that connected people to abortion, family planning, and counseling service providers and educated the public about reproductive rights. The collection primarily contains pro-choice flyers, brochures, and fact sheets MO/RCAR collected and distributed to the public. Also included in this collection is correspondence from and relating to the Missouri Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, the national Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, and other pro-choice organizations.
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Missouri Veterinary Medical Foundation Oral History Project Records, 1975-1976 (C4606)
0.15 cubic feet (4 folders, 25 audio cassettes)
Records of an oral history project to document veterinary medicine in Missouri, consisting of interviewee biographical information and interviews.
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Missouri. Hospital No. 1, Fulton, History, 1914 (C2713)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
An informal history of the state mental hospital, 1847-1912.
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Missouri. Infantry, 45th Regiment, Volunteers, Company I Sick Report, 1864-1865 (C3860)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Sick report kept by Sgt. Richard B. Corson, listing soldiers in General Hospitals in Jefferson City and Nashville, Tennessee, or confined to quarters.
J.W. Morgan Ledger, 1875-1877 (C0295)
1 oversize volume
Ledger of the mercantile firm and medical practice of J.W. Morgan, Graham, Nodaway County, Missouri. Includes names of customers, items purchased, and prices.
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W.I.I. Morrow Papers, 1839, 1852 (C2051)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Positive Photostat copy of a day by day account of the journey of Morrow, attending physician to a party of Cherokee Indians, during the forced migration between c. 20 February-24 March 1839. Two typescript copies of a diary also included. Copy of 1852 letter from Morrow regarding use of liquor among Seneca Indians near Enterprise, Missouri.
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Nathaniel Chapman Medical Lectures, 1831-1833 (K0111)
0.3 c.f.
Lecture notes of medical classes taught by Nathaniel Chapman at the Medical Institute of Philadelphia, the first post-graduate medical school in the United States. Such notes were handed down from student to student as textbooks.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers, Rolla Circle Records, 1927-1930 (R0492)
1 volume
This is a minute book of the Rolla chapter of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Within the volume the chapter refers to itself as the "Rolla Parent-Teacher Association" and similar
variants. Included are minutes of meetings from 1 April 1927 through 13 May 1930.
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Neurological Hospital Association of Kansas City, Records, 1935-1974 (K0800)
8 c.f.
Organizational records of the neurological hospital, formally known as the Robinson Sanitarium or Clinic. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, public relations, the Robinson Memorial Fund, personnel, and legal other records.
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Newton County Health Unit, Neosho, Missouri Collection, 1944 (R0801)
(1 folder)
This is "Your Health Department," the third annual report for the Newton County Health Unit of Neosho, Missouri. It includes summaries of public health efforts and community health services in Newton County, Missouri.
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Nodaway County Medical Society Papers, 1928-1933 (C1610)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Announcements of Nodaway County Medical Society meetings and lectures and staff meetings of St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, MO, 1928-1933. Dr. Charles D. Humberd was secretary of the Society.
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"Notes on the JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY, 1894-1964," Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery, 1964 (C2177)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History and purpose of the JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.
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Nursing Heritage Foundation Collection, 1890s-1994 (K0247)
107 c.f.
Newsletters, journals, printed materials, organizational records, and other items concerning various national, state, and local nursing associations. Also regarding nursing education, continuing education, historical associations, and affiliated interest groups, as well as personal papers of Laura Linebach, historian for the Foundation.
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O'Reilly General Hospital Collection, 1942, 1945 (R1054)
0.2 cubic foot (2 folders, 2 items)
The O'Reilly General Hospital Records contain menu and roster booklets from Christmas 1942 and 1945 for the United States Army's O'Reilly General Hospital at Springfield, Missouri. Included are the menu for Christmas dinner and an every-name roster of personnel.
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Paul Paquin Papers, 1889-1892 (C1024)
0.33 cubic feet (16 folders)
Correspondence and papers of Paul Paquin, Missouri state veterinarian and founder of the pathology and hygiene laboratories in the Missouri State University before the main building burned in 1892. Includes letters to and from his assistants, stock-raisers, and business acquaintances.
James W. Parker Records, 1851-1872 (K0148)
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Financial, medical journals (listing patient name, ailment, treatment and charge for the service), and other records of Parker, a physician in Westport, MO prior to the Civil War. The records also include information on the overland trade in which Parker invested, both in Westport and in Nebraska City, NE.
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John C. Parrish Papers, 1877-1954 (C0034)
5.4 cubic feet (515 folders, 8 volumes)
Correspondence, business papers, and account books of Dr. John C. Parrish of Vandalia, Missouri. He was a member of the board of curators of the University of Missouri, 1905-1917; held interests in the lead and zinc mining industry in Missouri and Oklahoma; and was active in the Republican Party in Missouri.
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John F. Patton Collection, 1847-1937 (C4176)
0.8 cubic feet (15 folders)
Account books of Dr. William S. Campbell of Albany, Missouri; medical student's notebook, University of Louisville, 1855-1856; two volumes of Physician's Record of Prescriptions, concerning prescribing intoxicating liquors, 1924-1925; Physician's Daily Visiting List and Record, 1927; Jenkins P. Robertson's personal account book, 1847; D.A.R. correspondence, diplomas, and miscellany, 1930-1932.
James Perkins Papers, 1864 (R1265)
(1 folder)
This is a report of death of Private James Perkins of Company G, Ninth Missouri State Militia Cavalry. Perkins died November 3, 1864 of acute bronchitis at the United States Army General Hospital at Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri.
Eugene Pernot Medical Records, 1848-1853 (R0215)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Eugene Pernot Medical Records contain a microfilm copy of a daybook of a physician at Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The daily entries list the patients treated and medicines prescribed from July 1848 through December 1853.
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James Harvey Petty Day Book, 1863-1872 (C3421)
0.04 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 volume)
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James Harvey Petty Family Papers, 1871-1939 (C4252)
0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of a medical doctor in Jacksonville, Missouri, consist of two ledgers. One is a commercial ledger, listing individuals and amounts of merchandise in Jacksonville, Missouri, 1871. The other lists patients and services kept by Dr. Petty from 1881-1888, along with accounts for Petty and Co., 1930-1939.
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Phelps County Memorial Hospital Scrapbook Collection, 1949-1950 (R1293)
(1 oversize volume)
The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and black and white photographs documenting construction of the Phelps County Memorial Hospital in Rolla, Missouri, 1949-1950. Newspaper accounts include coverage of the ground breaking ceremony on July 1, 1949 and completion of the building's exterior in October 1950. The bulk of the scrapbook consists of over a hundred "Kodak" views prints showing sesquential progression of showing site preparation and completion of the hospital's exterior.
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Phelps County Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Records, 1950-2015 (R1262)
7 cubic feet (15 folders, 37 volumes, 1 oversize volume)
The Phelps County Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Records contain meeting minutes, printed newsletters, and scrapbooks of the Phelps County Regional Medical Center
Auxiliary (now Phelps Health Auxiliary and Volunteer Services) at Rolla, Missouri. Organized in 1950 as a women’s auxiliary to the Phelps County Memorial Hospital (now Phelps Health), the Auxiliary grew to coordinate a number of programs including volunteer services, fundraising, programs for youths, and nursing scholarships.
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Phelps County, Missouri Hospital Collection, 1946 (R0337)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Phelps County, Missouri Hospital Collection contains a leaflet promoting a bond issue for construction of a public hospital in Phelps County, Missouri. The proposition was accepted by voters in the general election of 5 November 1946. The Phelps County Memorial Hospital opened at Rolla in 1951. In the 1980’s the name was changed to Phelps County Regional Medical Center, and in 2019 the name was changed again to Phelps Health.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility Records, 1977-1993 (S0660)
7 cubic feet, 211 folders, 9 cassette tapes
Physicians for Social Responsibility is a national non-profit organization of doctors and concerned citizens committed to public education on the medical dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. The organizers created symposia to present lectures on nuclear hazards that included noted authorities such as Robert Jay Lifton, Helen Caldicott, and H. Jack Geiger, as well as such media figures as Carl Sagan and Benjamin Spock. The records include resource kits, newsletters, subject files, and cassette tapes.
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Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri Collection, 1981-1995 (CA6294)
7 cubic feet, 43 oversize items
The collection includes newspaper clippings mostly from Missouri newspapers regarding all aspects of the abortion issue in America, including politics, protests, sexual health, women's health, legislation, Supreme Court cases, population control, and birth control. Also included is a small amount of printed material and informational posters on the AIDS crisis.
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri Records, 1930-1990 (S0195)
6 cubic feet, 109 folders, 22 photographs, 13 scrapbooks, 2 audio tapes, 2 16mm films, 2 45 RPM records, 5 microfilm rolls
The Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri Records document the group's founding in 1932 as the Maternal Health Association of Missouri, its transformation to Planned Parenthood Association of Missouri in 1943, and growth in the post-war period. The collection contains annual reports, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, and two reel-to-reel tapes.
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Janet Gale Price Papers, 1996-2002 (K0806)
0.11 cubic foot (6 folders)
This collection includes materials related to Janet Gale Price and her family. The collection also includes materials related to Mucolipidosis Type IV, a genetic disease prevalent among Jewish families.
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William Price Account Books, 1837-1855 (C2480)
0.75 cubic feet (3 volumes)
The collection contains business records of Dr. William Price.
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Queen of the World Hospital Collection, 1951-1965 (K1132)
1 c.f.
Hospital was begun by Catholic Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara in Kansas City, MO. includes scrapbooks concerning the hospital containing minutes of meetings and the historian's yearly reports.
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Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel Papers, 1884-1958 (C0578)
1.7 cubic feet (108 folders), 1 card file
The papers of a bacteriologist and teacher, including correspondence, notes, and other material. Information on disease research, health organizations, other scientists, World War I army life, the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and the effects of World War II on Columbia, Missouri.
Rediscover Mental Health Services Records, 1969-1995 (K0511)
41 c.f.
Administrative records, board minutes, legislation on federal and state levels, community contact and involvement, funding and programs offered and administered by Rediscover and its predecessors.
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Sherwood Reese Papers, 1878-1891 (R0380)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Sherwood Reese Papers contain photocopies of miscellaneous papers and family history of Dr. Sherwood Reese, a physician at Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri.