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George Moore Civil War Discharge, 1865 (C3535)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Honorable discharge to George Moore, private, Missouri Cavalry, 15th Regiment, Volunteers, Company H.
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Lafayette Moore Papers, 1930s (CA2607)
18 cubic feet
Correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs, and miscellany primarily concerned with Moore's role in establishing the General John J. Pershing Memorial State Park in Laclede, Missouri.
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Meredith Tarlton Moore Papers, 1906-1908 (K0202)
0.1 c.f.
Notes and transcript reports from interviews with Meredith Tarlton Moore, a soldier in the Mexican War and a trader on the California Trail
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Shirley Rae Tranin Morantz and Stanley Aaron Morantz Papers, 1922-2010 (K0648)
4 c.f.
Personal papers of Shirley Morantz, Administrative Secretary for the National Office of the Panel of American Women, and Stanley Morantz, board member of numerous religious and civic groups. Also programs, clippings, military papers, speeches and writings by and organizational publications and awards received Stanley Morantz.
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Morisse Family Papers, 1854-2023 (S0269)
22.3 cubic feet
The Morisse Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, reel-to-reel tapes, and citizenship papers of the Morisse, Zimmerman, Walter, and Rosenthal families of St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as Quincy, Illinois. Materials of interest include photograph albums compiled by Herbert Ernest Morisse, documenting the Morisse families' involvement with Boy Scout Troop 21 of the Ethical Society of St. Louis and their outings at Herb Ella cabin along the Black River. The albums also contain photographs chronicling Herbert Ernest Walter Morisse's years as a student at Washington University in the early 1930s. Other materials of interest include correspondence between Marian Morisse and her brothers, Walter and Henry Hoener, during World War II.
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Morrow and Johnson Families Papers, 1915-2021 (R1521)
3 cubic feet (85 folders, 1 oversize folder, 1,386 photographs)
The Morrow and Johnson Families Papers contain the personal and family papers for Jennings and Lois Johnson Morrow, their parents, and their siblings. The papers include family photographs, travel diaries, newspaper clippings, World War II training books and photographs, academic papers, correspondence, and architectural drawings.
Howard Ramon Morrow Papers, 1914, 1918-1935 (CG0039)
0.2 c. f.
The Howard Ramon Morrow Papers includes World War I correspondence to and his parents in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, from 1918 to 1919. This collection also includes six issues of the 320th Infantry's newsletter "The Battalion" Review" from January to February 1919.
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Frank Luther and Vera I. Mott Papers, 1775-1987 (C2344)
44.75 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm
Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES; and his wife.
Frederick B. Mumford Papers, 1893-1947 (C0040)
2 cubic feet (164 folders)
The papers of Frederick B. Mumford, instructor and dean of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, include correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, and statistics concerning the College of Agriculture, Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Missouri Council of Defense, U.S. Food Administration, and Mission Americaine de Rapproachment to France.
Munday-Henderson Family Papers, 1827-1891, 1946 (C0144)
0.2 cubic feet
Personal letters, business papers, and newspaper clippings pertaining to members of the Munday family. Letters to David P. Henderson about the ministry, the Civil War, and Christian University at Canton, MO, which he founded in 1856.
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Matthew Murphy Letter, 1862 (C3948)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Murphy writes a short, February 1862 letter from New York City to a friend and Union prisoner of war relaying news of family and friends, the possibility of a prisoner exchange, and mentioning recent Federal victories and the prospect of England supporting the South.
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Thomas Murray Papers, 1862-1867 (R0522)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Thomas Murray Papers are original and typescript letters addressed to and from Thomas Murray of Davenport, Iowa, by relatives serving in the Union army during the Civil War.
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"My Lark", 1911 (C0702)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Description by James M. Pyne, a volunteer infantryman, of his part in subduing the insurrection on the Philippine Islands, his fights against disease, and his experiences as he worked his way around the world as a seaman.
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Elsa Louise Nagel Papers, 1905-1973 (C3910)
0.8 cubic feet
Papers of an associate professor of German, University of Missouri, 1926-1966. Includes correspondence with family, friends, and soldiers during World War I and World War II. Also present are newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items related to the Nagel and Meusch families.
Charles H. and Chester V. Neighbors Papers, 1917-1919 (C3614)
0.6 cubic feet (33 folders)
Correspondence of two brothers, their parents, and other relatives while the brothers were in military service during World War I.
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Alfred N. Nelson Letter, 1861 (R0311)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Alfred N. Nelson Papers contain a photocopy of a letter written on November 25, 1861, by Alfred N. Nelson of Company F, 10th Iowa Infantry, at Birds Point in Mississippi County, Missouri. Nelson mentioned camp sickness and operations in southeastern Missouri.
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Charles Orville Nelson Letters, 1943-1945 (C2031)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to his grandmother from New Guinea and the Philippines.
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Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1862-1945 (C0148)
0.2 cubic feet
Two Civil War letters; World War II letters; miscellaneous correspondence of Nelson family; speeches by Nelson on U.S. Constitution, history of Sullivan County, and proposal of new Missouri constitution; University of Missouri Law School Foundation bulletin; notes; and other miscellaneous material.
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Jacob F. Newbrandt Papers, 1863-1905 (C3685)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Jacob F. Newbrandt contain documents of a former Union soldier concerning money lawfully due him for twenty-one months imprisonment by the Confederates.
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James O. Newlee Commission, 1862 (C1616)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Commission as Second Lieutenant, Company C, Ninth Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia.
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Newton County, Missouri Military Service Records, ca. 1946 (R1162)
(1 folder)
This volume lists residents of Newton County, Missouri, who served in the military during World War II. Included for each veteran are a photographic portrait, rank, names of parents and spouse, education, a summary of service, and the date of discharge.
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John T. Nichols Papers, 1862-1865, 1964 (C4392)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
Civil War diary (3 April 1863-10 May 1865) written in poetry form by a Confederate soldier from Boone County who served with Company I, 2nd Volunteers, 6th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Nichols was assigned to hospital duty in the Meridian, Mississippi, area. Collection also includes a partial transcription of the diary and copies of a photograph of Nichols and his military papers.
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N.L. Norton Letters, 1864-1865 (C3236)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Correspondence between Confederate Colonel N.L. Norton and Confederate Army officers and a friend.
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S. Claude Null Family Papers, 1840-1992 (R1390)
1.75 cubic feet (57 folders, 3 volumes, 203 photographs)
The S. Claude Null Family Papers contain the personal and family papers for Claude Null of Rolla, Missouri. These papers include personal correspondence, genealogy research, and photographs for the Null, Harrison, Headrick/Hedrick, and connected families.
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John O'Donnell Papers, 1945 (C0902)
1 oversize volume
The papers contain copies of his sports column, which was written in the form of letters to servicemen and women during World War II. O'Donnell also printed letters from them.
Paul J. O'Gorman Papers, c. 1911-1919 (C1057)
0.1 cubic feet
Papers of Paul J. O'Gorman who served in the 128th Missouri Field Artillery, Battery B, 60th Brigade, 35th Division during World War I. The papers consist of correspondence, a pocket diary, a paybook, and a 1919 photograph of O'Gorman.
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Kate Richards O'Hare Letters, 1919-1920 (C3118)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders), 2 oversize volumes
Kate O’Hare’s letters to her family, April 20, 1919, to April 8, 1920, published in newspapers, and reproduced in book form April 14, 1920. O’Hare, a Socialist reformer, wrote the letters from the Missouri State Penitentiary, where she served a 14-month term for opposing the draft for World War I. They acknowledge gifts and letters, and discuss the Socialist movement, diseases, prison food, heat and ventilation, and mental disturbances of inmates.
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Lawrence Leroy O'Kelley Papers, 1918-1919 (SP0020)
.2 cubic foot (4 folders, 1 cd)
The Lawrence Leroy O’Kelley Papers document O’Kelley’s experiences in France during WWI from April 1918 to October 1918. The collection also contains postcards, a cd of unidentified family photographs, and a certificate awarded to O’Kelley in 1919 for wounds he received in the war.
Frank Joseph O'Leary Papers, 1911-1974 (K0976)
7 c.f.
O'Leary was an attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes appointment books, lecture and class notes, financial records, case files, family photographs, and correspondence. Also letters written prior and during World War I to O'Leary's future wife, Edna.
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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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Edmund C. Oakes Papers, 1943-1987 (S0593)
0.25 cubic foot, 11 folders
This collection consists of correspondence and military papers of Illinois native Edmund C. Oakes (1916-1986) who served in the US Army at the Battle of the Bulge, where he received disabling wounds. He later became Illinois state commander of Disabled American Veterans. The papers include an emergency war-time teaching certificate of his wife Catherine Oakes and correspondence with political figures Otto Kerner and John F. Kennedy.
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Oaths of Loyalty, 1861-1862 (C1958)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Loyalty oaths of James M. Collins, 1861, Robert Wilson, 1862, and James M. Parsons, 1861, Holt County, MO.
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Office of Civilian Defense Collection, 1942-1944 (K0343)
0.01 c.f.
Personnel directory, daily log, general orders, calendars for the Kansas City World War II era civil defense operation.
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Office of District Provost Marshal, Columbus, Kentucky Records, 1862-1863 (R1362)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Office of District Provost Marshal, Columbus, Kentucky, Records are copies from a book of military orders issued by military personnel of the Union Army and the Treasury Department. The orders are signed by the Major and Provost Marshal General for the District of Columbus, which was headquartered in Columbus, Kantucky. Orders issued directly from the Provost Marshal General also bear the name of a Brigadier General from the district. The book was found while demolishing an old house in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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"Oh Yes, Some Called Him 'Black Jack'," Victor W. Lomax, no date (C3078)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains recollections of John J. Pershing by a native of Laclede, MO, Pershing's home town.
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Ohio. Cavalry, 5th Independent Battalion Volunteers Return, 1863 (C1502)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a return of Major John F. Ijams' battery, October 1863. The return is signed by Ijams, 2 November 1863. Michael Holm, W[illia]m H. Garrett, John N. Cherry, and James B. Rusk, company commanders.
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Oliver and Oliver Law Firm Records, 1760-2004 (CG0010)
296 cubic feet
The Oliver and Oliver Law Firm Papers contain case files and correspondence of the firm from the 1880s to 1980s. This collection also includes the genealogy of the Oliver and Watkins families, family correspondence, and civic involvements with the Boy Scouts of America, Rotary Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and Presbyterian Church. In addition, this collection contains material related to the Little River Drainage District, Oliver Land and Development Company, and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Agriculture
- Banking
- Business and Industry
- Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife
- Family and Personal Papers
- Geography and Maps
- Government and Politics
- Governors
- Korean War
- Labor
- Law and Judiciary
- Military
- Militia and National Guard
- Photographs
- Railroads and Railways
- Religion
- Social and Fraternal Organizations
- Social Customs and Daily Life
- Transportation
- University of Missouri
- US Representatives
- US Senators
- Womens Societies
- World War I
- World War II
Oral Histories of the Japanese American Community in St. Louis Collection, 1906-1988 (S0682)
7 cubic feet, 68 folders, 1134 photographs, 21 cassette tapes, 8 books, 6 scrapbooks
The Oral Histories of the Japanese American Community in St. Louis Collection documents the experience of Japanese Americans relocation into internment camps and to what life was like for Japanese Americans post-relocation. It includes tapes and transcripts of the oral history interviews conducted as part of Herm Smith's documentation project, which began in 1984. Also included in the collection are the records of the St. Louis Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen League (JACL), which Smith collected during the project. The JACL materials date from the 1950s to the 1970s, and consist of newsletters, newspaper clippings, financial ledgers, meeting minutes, and correspondence, which document the group’s efforts to protect the civil rights of Japanese Americans.
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"An Ozark Childhood", no date (C3819)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Autobiographical writings covering the childhood of Clara Smith Steichen in the Ozark region of Missouri. The work delves into the Civil War, family life, and the regions idiosyncrasies such as “feuding.”
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H.D. Palmer Letter, 1862 (C0512)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Isaac Feback from Independence, Missouri, December 20, 1862. Letter from a Unionist telling of the distrust between North and South.
Palmer-McCauley Family Papers, 1858-1915 (C3952)
0.2 cubic feet
Papers of the Palmer-McCauley family of Missouri. The papers consist of Civil War correspondence, a daguerreotype, and miscellaneous tax, financial, and other family documents.
Henry E. Parberry Papers, 1829-1865 (C3147)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Henry E. Parberry contain copies of a receipt for sale of an enslaved woman and child to James Parberry, 1829; Civil War letters concerning conditions in prison camps in New York and Maryland; and other miscellaneous letters and letter fragments.
George W. Parker Papers, 1962-2000s (CA5963)
115 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes, 176 audio cassettes, 9 audio discs, 47 audio tapes, 10 video cassettes, 3 CDs, 6 oversize items
Papers of a World War II bomber pilot and Republican State Representative from Boone County, Missouri, who founded the Pachyderm Club.
Col. H.P. Parker Fort Leavenworth Photographs, 1880, 1956 (P0316)
2 photographs
Views of Fort Leavenworth, KS, ca. 1880 and 1956
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William E. Parmenter Papers, 1944-1946 (R1334)
(1 folder)
The photocopied journal is the writings of William ""Ted"" E. Parmenter from May 1944 to January 1946 during his tour of duty in the United States Navy.
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W.E. Patterson Civil War Memoir, no date (C3292)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The memoir relates activities of the 38th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company K, from 27 July 1861, when it was mustered into service at Newton, Jasper County, IL, to its mustering out at Chattanooga, TN, 15 September 1864.
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Dale Thomas Patton Papers, 1944-1994 (K1309)
0.25 c. f.
The collection contains the personal papers of Dale Thomas Patton, former Deputy Director of the Regional Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for the U.S. Department of Labor in Kansas City, Missouri. Included in this collection are letters of recommendation on behalf of Mr. Patton for the position of Deputy Director, correspondence, certificates, a military photograph of Dale Thomas Patton, travel expenses, employee records, pamphlets, a memoir of a World War II combat diver written by William J. Donath, and a 1944 U.S. Naval Aviation yearbook.
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Patton-Scott Family Papers, 1836-1983 (C3710)
1.2 cubic feet
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, genealogy, poetry, prose, and miscellaneous volumes of the Patton and Scott families. Describes agriculture, economic conditions, overland travel, daily life, family activities, and tragedies. Firsthand accounts of the Civil War's influence on civilian life in Missouri, Mississippi, and Indiana.
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John H. Pattrick Papers, 1885-1962 (C1291)
24.5 cubic feet, 5 oversize volumes, 1 audio cassette, 1 oversize item
The John H. Pattrick Papers include photographs and miscellaneous material related to Pattrick's experiences while stationed in France during World War I, as well as correspondence and scrapbooks documenting his life and the lives of his family before and after the war. An extensive postcard and greeting card collection, which belonged to his daughter, is also included.
William McClung Paxton Papers, 1760-1915 (C1025)
1 cubic foot (72 folders)
Business and personal correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and genealogical material.