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Missouri Veterans Oral History Project, 2006-2019 (C4020)
0.4 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 32 CDs, 1 DVD
Interviews with Missourians who served in the armed forces. The collection includes compact discs, audio cassettes, DVDs, and transcripts of the interviews, as well as biographical information on the interviewees.
Missouri World War II Ephemera, 1941-1948 (C3530)
1.2 cubic feet (79 folders)
Data on Missouri industries’ and civilian and military participation in World War II, collected by the State Historical Society and used for a series of articles in the Missouri Historical Review entitled “Missouri in the War.”
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Independence, Missouri, Notebook, 1961 (C2192)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a notebook compiled by the citizenship classes of Mrs. Ruby Akers Gerrard and William Chrisman, Division II, Independence, MO, on Civil War history of Independence and Jackson County, MO.
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Missouri, Vernon County. World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 (CA6357)
0.5 cubic feet
World War I service record cards for soldiers from Vernon County, Missouri.
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Missouri, Wayne County Collection, 1985 (C4673)
2 audio cassettes
Audio recordings of Wayne County, Missouri, residents concerning the settlement, education, business, transportation, religion, Civil War, and other aspects of the history of the county.
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Missouri-Iowa Border Dispute Collection, 1815-1862 (R1374)
(1 folder)
The Missouri-Iowa Border Dispute records collect 23 miscellaneous documents relating to the disputed Missouri-Iowa border. The collection contains documents in French, English, and Spanish that pertain to the underlying causes of the conflict and the eventual resolution. The collection consists of letters, land deeds, and proclamations that deal with the background and events of the conflict.
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Missouri. Confederate Artillery, King's Battery, Historic Roll, no date (C1498)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains photostats of a historic roll of Captain Houston King's Battery, originally known as the Clark Battery, 2nd Missouri Artillery, Little's Division. An abstract of information in the roll is also included. The original of roll is in the Missouri Adjutant General's office.
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Missouri. Artillery, 2nd Regiment Company B Order Book, 1862-1869 (C1167)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains Civil War orders for the 2nd Regiment, Company B.
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Missouri. Artillery, 2nd Regiment Order Book, 1861-1862 (C1166)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Civil War order book for southwestern district headquarters, under the command of General Samuel R. Curtis.
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Missouri. Cavalry 10th Regiment Volunteers Morning Reports, 1864-1865 (C1169)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains Civil War morning reports written from Memphis, Tennessee, by M.H. Lusk, Commander.
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Missouri. Cavalry. 1st Battalion. United States Reserve Corps Record Books, 1861-1865 (C2493)
0.22 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Vol. 1 Company orders, 1 March 1862-1 February 1863.
Vol. 2 Company clothing, 1 September 1861-1 October 1865.
Three companies of the 1st Battalion, USRC, consolidated with other troops to form the 5th Missouri Cavalry in 1862.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Missouri State Militia, Company K Reports, 1864-1865 (C2069)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Morning reports and remarks.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 1st Regiment. Company K Records, 1856-1887 (C1022)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)
Records created by the Captain and 1st lieutenant, including invoices of ordnance or equipment, reports of quartermaster's property received or lost, special requisitions and legal papers issued to and by Company K of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 2nd Regiment, Volunteers, Missouri State Militia, Company L, Papers, 1865 (C2871)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The muster-out roll of Company L, and a brief history of Civil War service of that company. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 4th Regiment, Missouri State Militia, Company K, Muster-Out Roll, 1865 (C2706)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll and payroll for this company.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 8th Regiment, Volunteers, Company L, Muster-Out Roll, 1863 (C2872)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Cavalry, 9th Regiment, Volunteers, Mo. State Militia, Company F, Muster-Out Roll, 1865 (C2736)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a Civil War muster-out roll of Winfield S. Wood's Company.
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Confederate Home (Higginsville, Mo.) Records, 1897-1944 (C0066)
2.6 cubic feet, 12 oversize volumes; also available on 7 rolls of microfilm
Financial material, correspondence, contracts, minutes and reports, blueprints, and photographs. Volumes include journals, ledgers, farm accounts, voucher register, cash book, and general records.
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Missouri. Council of Defense Papers, 1917-1919 (C0575)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of the Missouri State Council of Defense contain reports on the organization and activities of the Council on relief, home defense, aliens, industry, labor, engineering, publicity, and supply and conservation of food. There are copies of correspondence and bulletins published by the Council. Topics discussed are recruits, farm labor, food, Patriotic Day, crops, loans and war funds, collecting waste junk, insurance, and posters.
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Missouri. General Assembly (Confederate) Archives, 1861 (C2722)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Bills, resolutions and amendments for the Confederate General Assembly, November 1861, under the governorship of Claiborne Fox Jackson. Includes a letter from C.F. Jackson, the act withdrawing Missouri from the Union, an act to provide for electing representatives to the Confederate States of America Congress, and other acts.
Missouri. General Assembly (Confederate) Journal, 1861 (C2502)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders, 1 volume)
Journal of the Rebel House, sitting at Neosho, 21 October 1861, in pursuance of the proclamation of Governor C.F. Jackson calling for secession. Also a printed copy of the Journal of the State session dealing with the same proclamation.
United States. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 18th Papers, 1861-1865 (C2616)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Official correspondence; lists of missing after the battle of Shiloh; request for change from infantry regiment to cavalry. The unit was also known as Morgan's Rangers and in 1864 was changed to the 18th Regiment, Veteran Volunteers.
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Missouri. Infantry (Confederate), Levin M. Lewis' Regiment (16th Mo.) Co. C Muster Roll, 1863 (C1920)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster roll, August 31, 1863, for Captain Samuel Smith's company of Lewis' Regiment.
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Missouri. Infantry, 17th Regiment, Volunteers, Company G, Muster-Out Roll, 1864 (C2869)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll of Company G, Missouri 17th Volunteer Infantry, or Western Turner Rifle Regiment; mustered 25 September 1861 and discharged 27 September 1864. OVERSIZE.
Missouri. Infantry, 1st Regiment, Volunteers, Rifle Battalion, Companies A & B Muster Roll, 1861 (C1964)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster roll of Missouri Volunteer Infantry, 1st Regiment, Rifle Battalion, Companies A and B.
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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers Papers, 1861-1969 (C4255)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders)
The papers contain copies of pension records, military records, and memoirs of members of the Missouri Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, and other material pertaining to Civil War soldiers.
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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, Company C, Muster-Out Roll, 1862 (C2870)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll of Company C, which was mustered into service 1 February 1862 by Lt. E.A. Moore. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, Company D, Muster-Out Roll, 1863 (C2873)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Civil War muster-out roll of Missouri Infantry, 21st Regiment, Volunteers, Company D. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Infantry 2nd Regiment Volunteers Order Book, 1859-1869 (C1173)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Orders and equipment issued at headquarters to members of the regiment, 1859-1869.
Also contains sales book of William Sicher, 1867-1869.
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Missouri. Infantry, 39th Regiment, Volunteers, Company D, Muster-Out Roll, 1864 (C2868)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Civil War muster roll of Company D, 39th Infantry Regiment, Missouri Volunteers. OVERSIZE.
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Missouri. Infantry, 39th Regiment Volunteers, Company E, Muster-out Roll, 1865 (C1503)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster-out roll of a detachment of Lieutenant Colonel S[amuel] M. Wirt's company, organized September 1864, commanded by Lieutenant G.W. Weldy, and mustered-out at Macon, MO, by Captain B. Sharp.
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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.
Missouri. Infantry Regiment, 49th. Company G, Muster-Out Roll, 1865 (C2632)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll of company organized at Warrenton, MO, September 23, 1864, and discharged at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, August 2, 1865.
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Missouri. Infantry, 5th Regiment, Volunteers, Company I, Reunion Papers, 1946-1958 (C2647)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Lists of members and their activities, issued annually by John E. Norton.
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Missouri. Militia, 26th Regiment Fine Assessment Book, 1824-1830 (C1174)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Annual records of the court for the assessment of fines for the Missouri Militia, 26th Regiment. Also contains a membership list of the Magnolia Literary Society, 1874, and recipes.
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Missouri. Militia, 2nd Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. A, Muster Roll, 1863 (C1499)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster roll of Captain John B. Meredith's Company, 1-April-30 June 1863.
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Missouri. Militia, 2nd Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. A., Muster Roll, 1863 (C1500)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster roll of Captain John B. Meredith's Company.
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Missouri. Militia, 2nd Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. A, Muster-In Roll, 1863 (C1496)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster-in roll of Captain John D. Meredith's company.
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Missouri. Militia, 4th Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, Co. D, Muster Roll, 1863 (C1504)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster roll of David P. Whitmer's company, 2 May-30 June 1863.
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Missouri. Militia, 50th Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, Company D, Muster Roll, 1862-1863 (C1501)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster roll of Captain Charles McQuoid's company, 9 August 1862-30 April 1863. Colonel Samuel M. Wirt, inspector and mustering officer.
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Missouri. Militia, 51st Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, Company F, Muster-In Roll, 1862 (C1506)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-in roll of Captain David P. Whitmer's company, 29 July-25 December 1862.
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Missouri. Militia, 82nd Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, Company L, Muster-Out Roll, 1863 (C2714)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster-out roll of regiment commanded by Captain Robert P. Clark. Organized 20 October 1863 at Platte City, MO.
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Missouri. Militia, 9th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry Reunion Notice, 1900 (C3266)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Notice of a reunion of the 9th Missouri Cavalry to be held at Moberly, September 13-14, 1900. Signed by Odon Guitar.
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Missouri. Militia, Boone County, General Order No. 1, 1862 (C2879)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
General Order No. 1 requiring all persons subject to military duty in Boone County to report for enrollment.
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Missouri Militia, Enrolled Missouri Militia, 4th Military District Order Book, 1862-1863 (C1099)
0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)
Order book, Enrolled Missouri Militia, 4th Military District, Springfield, MO, General C.B. Holland, commanding officer. Includes genealogical index compiled by Justus R. Moll.
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Missouri Mounted Volunteers 3rd Regiment, Company D Muster Roll, 1847-1848 (C1684)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Mexican War muster roll and letter from Lewis M. Means, Adjutant General, 10 May 1939, listing biographical information on Augustus Jones. Original in the Missouri Adjutant General's files.
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Mitchell Family Papers, circa 1917-1980 (R0151)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Mitchell Family Collection contains photocopies of reminiscences, newspaper clippings, and genealogical material concerning various members of the Mitchell family at Licking in Texas County, Missouri.
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Mixer Family Papers, 1935-1959 (C3989)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders), 4 oversize items
The papers consist of correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, certificates, and military insignias relating to Tech. Sgt. John J. Mixer's military service in World War II, his death in Germany and burial in the Netherlands in 1945, and the subsequent adoption of his grave by a Dutch family.
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Justus R. Moll Maps, 1870, 1915 (C3211)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Negative photostat of a map of Greene County, MO, showing roads, Indian trails, villages and mounds, and narrative regarding Indians in Greene County, 1915. Also a copy of a map of the battlefield at Lexington, MO, September 1861, as drawn during court of inquiry in the 1870s.
Rusty Monhollon Oral History Collection, 2001 (C4652)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders), 8 audio cassettes
Audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by students for a University of Missouri course on post-1945 U.S. history.