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United Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederate Dames Chapter Records, 1918-1990s (CA2986)
1.4 cubic feet
Records of a chapter in St. Louis consisting of minutes of chapter and board meetings, 1918-1988; state annual convention programs; by-laws, 1980s; membership lists, 1980s-1990s; HISTORY OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, 1894-1955; and miscellaneous publications concerning the Civil War.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, John S. Marmaduke Chapter Scrapbook, 1935-1936 (C1431)
0.63 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous articles depicting Missouri history, Civil War, Robert E. Lee, Confederate veterans, history of Columbia, University of Missouri, Stephens and Christian Colleges, and other miscellaneous topics collected by Mrs. G.F. Troxell, historian of the chapter.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy, John S. Marmaduke Chapter Scrapbooks, 1927-1929 (C2996)
2 volumes
The collection contains newspaper articles regarding events of the Civil War and members and activities of the chapter.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division Records, no date (C3188)
9.2 cubic feet; also available on 33 rolls of microfilm
Records of Missouri Confederate veterans, compiled for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, by local chapters. Records include four page record forms of biographical and historical data, arranged alphabetically by veteran's names; copies of rosters and muster rolls; and miscellaneous lists and records.
United Service Organizations Club, Malden, Missouri Collection, 1943 (R0753)
(1 folder)
This is the program for the grand opening of the USO Club at Malden in Dunklin County, Missouri, on August 11, 1943. Captain Olin Brigman was the club director.
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United Service Organizations Club, Rolla, Missouri Collection, 1943 (R1084)
(1 folder)
This is a dance card booklet for the First Anniversary Military Ball held at the USO Club at Rolla in Phleps County, Missouri, on February 6, 1943. Included are the names of the club's managers, the staff, and the officers of the Hostess Corps.
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United Spanish War Veterans, Deptartment of Missouri Collection, 1940 (R1096)
(1 folder)
This is a souvenir program booklet for the 36th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Missouri, held at Neosho in Newton County, Missouri, on June 16-19, 1940.
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This collection consists of a twenty-five page booklet, "Flight Lines," that recorded the graduates of Class 44F from Primary Flying Training at Chester Army Air Field in McBride, Missouri published on February 12, 1944.
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United States Army Air Forces, Flying Training Detachment, 73rd Collection, 1943 (R0944)
(1 folder)
This is a single issue of 'Cape Cadet' (Volume 1, Number 37, December 4, 1943), the newsletter of the 73rd Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment. This unit was stationed at Harris field in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The commanding officer was Captain Clarke Simonds.
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United States Army Air Forces, Observation Squadron Photograph Collection, 1942 (R1036)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder, 5 photographs)
These are five black-and-white photographic prints concerning the the 14th Observation Squadron (later the 14th Liaison Squadron) and its training base at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. There are two aerial views of the camp and training field, a view of the main building, and two views of a formal dance held at the Rolla USO in August 1942.
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United States Army Mothers National Association Records, 1941-1989 (K0260)
13 c.f.
World War II era organization of mothers of men in the U.S. Army established to provide social support for each other and their sons. Scrapbooks, financial ledgers, post reports and minutes, photographs, yearly convention material, newsletters, correspondence, by-laws, roll books, various paraphernalia, and many other items relating to its everyday operation.
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University of Missouri, Department of History Records, 1916-1965 (C3307)
8.0 cubic feet (571 folders)
The records of the University of Missouri Department of History contain administrative, interdepartmental, and personal correspondence; minutes of meetings; administrative records; graduate files; applications for positions; federal relief programs, military training programs; university committees; Alpha Pi Zeta; Social Studies Council; and records of the semi-centennial dinner.
University of Missouri, Missouri State Military School Records, 1889-1965 (C3554)
7.7 cubic feet (49 folders, 40 volumes)
Photographs; military manuals and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; letterbook; records of marksmanship, merits and demerits, cadet appointments, cadet rosters, orders, and company morning reports; and scrapbook of newspaper articles and photographs of military training program at the University of Missouri.
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University of Missouri, U.S. Naval V-12 Program Papers, 1943-1945 (C0964)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Memoranda and correspondence concerning the establishment of the naval V-12 program at the University of Missouri during World War II.
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University of Missouri-Columbia Campus Ephemera, 1967-1978 (C3628)
0.4 cubic feet (35 folders)
Papers produced by various anti-war, political, religious, student, and community groups for distribution on the UMC campus: newspapers, newsletters, broadsides, petitions, flyers, handbills, pamphlets, posters, circular letters, reprints, programs, announcements, and position papers.
Phoebe Eloise Unterman Papers, 2009 (K1130)
0.05 cubic foot (1 folder)
This collection contains the children's picture book Through Eva's Eyes written by Phoebe Eloise Unterman, based on the true story of her grandmother Eva's experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
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USS Schley Oral History Project Records, 1997-1998 (C4068)
0.1 cubic feet (6 folders), 7 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 1 computer disc
The records of USS Schley Oral History Project contain the audio files and transcripts of interviews with four veterans of the USS Schley. The crew of the USS Schley consisted largely of Missourians. Also included is related documentation on the USS Schley.
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Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers, 1845-2003 (SP0096)
7 cubic feet (294 folders, 1 video cassette, 21 audio cassettes, 2,271 photographs, 2,607 negatives, 327 slides)
The Kathleen Van Buskirk Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, research, genealogy, cemetery records, publications, and photographs from Kathleen Van Buskirk, a journalist and regional historian who spent most of her career writing about the people, culture, and history of the Ozarks and White River Valley.
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Earl Van Dorn Papers, 1862 (C2456)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Special orders issued by Major General Van Dorn, Headquarters, Army of the West, concerning Confederate forces. March on enemy, rations, artillery, preparedness to fight and orders by officers.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn Papers, 1855-1907 (C1032)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
The papers of Robert Thompson Van Horn contain correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a Kansas City journalist who served as a lieutenant colonel with the 25th Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, as mayor of Kansas City, and as a U.S. congressman.
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Charles Van Ravenswaay Collection, 1820-1971 (C2668)
1.2 cubic feet
Material relating to the Trigg family of Boonville, MO; the papers of Harvey Bunce, Cooper County civic leader and vice-president of the Tebo and Neosho Railroad; and Charles Van Ravenswaay's correspondence and research notes on various families, institutions, historic sites and events in Cooper and Howard Counties, and miscellaneous material related primarily to Boonville, MO.
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Charles Van Ravenswaay Papers, 1841-1990 (C3873)
21.8 cubic feet (1,359 folders), 1 audio cassette
Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and literary manuscripts of historian and author Charles van Ravenswaay, former director of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts; and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware.
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- Andrew
- Audrain
- Barton
- Bollinger
- Callaway
- Cape Girardeau
- Chariton
- Clay
- Cole
- Cooper
- Franklin
- Gasconade
- Howard
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lafayette
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Marion
- McDonald
- Moniteau
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- New Madrid
- Osage
- Ozark
- Perry
- Platte
- Ralls
- Saint Charles
- Saint Clair
- Saint Francois
- Saint Louis
- Sainte Genevieve
- Saline
- Scotland
- Shelby
- Warren
- Washington
- Wright
Gilbert Van Zandt Papers, 1865-1956 (C4163)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of Gilbert Van Zandt contain personal correspondence, biographical information, newspaper clippings and photographs. Van Zandt became notorious as the youngest member of the Union Army.
Vandivort Family Papers, 1910, 1939-1948, 1963-1965 (CG0025)
0.6 c. f.
This collection contains correspondence from Arthur Clayton Vandivort from 1941-1945. Work related correspondence and membership cards for Leon Vandivort from 1910 and 1943-1944. Also includes genealogical information, graduation announcements, and high school basketball tournament brackets for members of the Vandivort family.
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Vanmeter Family Papers, 1836-1948 (C0414)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Business papers, tax receipts, real estate documents, and World War I letters of a Saline County, MO, family.
Farm record books kept by A.J. Vanmeter, 1859-1871; bank checkbook; and travel diary of a motor trip from Missouri to California and back in 1922.
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Cassius and Obadiah Varney Letters, 1862-1865 (C1960)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to their family from brothers in the Union army who spent time in Washington, D.C., and North Carolina.
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Veterans History Project (Cass County, Mo.) Collection, 2002-2005 (C4569)
0.6 cubic feet (38 folders, 42 audio cassettes)
Oral history interviews and transcripts of Missouri veterans conducted as part of the Library of Congress, Veterans History Project in Cass County, Missouri. Collection also includes transcriptions, miscellaneous photocopied military papers, and some photographs.
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Veterans Newsletters Collection, 2000-2002 (S1005)
2 cubic feet
This collection contains local, state and national newsletters published by veterans' groups.
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Vietnam War Moratorium Papers, 1969 (C3325)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain pamphlets and newspapers gathered during student strike and anti-war moratorium at University of Missouri-Columbia, October 15, 1969. Materials present various views and positions regarding U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia and student attitudes toward this involvement.
Vietnam War Photographs, 1968 (C3324)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Photographs of Vietnamese villages, Marine artillery, and water buffalo.
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Henry Voelkner Letters, 1861-1862 (C0436)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters written in German by a Union soldier fighting in Missouri during the Civil War, including description of the battle of Sugar Creek. Also typed translations.
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Harry Anton Voight Papers, 1918-1951 (R1166)
1 cubic foot (26 folders, 419 photographs)
The Harry Anton Voight Papers contain the photocopies and original papers of a marine engineer, steamboat inspector, and Coast Guard officer who spent most of his career working on the Ohio River. Included are applications for federal positions, papers concerning service in the Marine Inspection Service and Coast Guard, photographs of the Ohio River flood of 1945, and personal papers.
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Benjamin Von Phul Letter, 1891 (C3265)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To William P. Barlow, St. Louis, Missouri, from St. Louis, Missouri, November 5, 1891. Regards lieutenants in Von Phul’s Battery, Missouri Artillery, Confederate States of America.
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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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Charles A. Wade Papers, 1854-1920 (C3237)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Charles A. Wade contain letters, commissions, and miscellaneous material of a captain in Company C, 25th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, who was killed at the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, April 10, 1862. The letters urge his wife to sell out and join him.
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Henry Wadsworth Papers, 1849-1864 (C1916)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from relatives in Maryland and Illinois regarding collection of debts, scarcity of money, politics and war.
Irwin M. Wahlers Papers, 1918 (R0155)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Irwin Wahlers Papers contain photocopies of a letter written by Wahlers during his service in World War I while stationed in France.
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Fred H. Walden Letter, 1791 (C0909)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To a friend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Stockholm, Sweden, April 12, 1791. Description of a naval battle in which the Swedish fleet was victorious over Russian ships.
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Charles P. Walker, Daily Express Collection, 1861 (R0649)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Charles P. Walker, Daily Express Collection contains Volume 1, No. 29 of the Daily Express, published December 11, 1861 at Rolla in Phelps County, Missouri. Charles P. Walker, editor of the weekly Rolla Express, published the daily sheet for the military market during the Civil War. It contains an address to Congress by President Lincoln, camp news, and official notices.
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M. E. Walker, Jr. Papers, 1918 (K0785)
0.1 c.f.
The collection of M. E. Walker Jr. contains a training notebook and notes concerning information about weapons and ammunition, patrols, and military organization and procedures. A hand drawn sketch of a woman, presumably by Walker, is also included.
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Gene Ray Wallace Letters, 1946-1947 (C0421)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawman Wallace, Bogard, MO. By a platoon sergeant in Tokyo, Japan. The letters tell of his activities as a military policeman attached to the war criminals trials. Mention of Tojo.
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Martin Walsh Papers, 1904-2005 (S0834)
0.8 cubic foot, 25 folders
The Walsh Papers Collection consists of brochures, books, photographs, booklets, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets, relating to the history of St. Louis, earthquakes, and the space program.
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Robert Emmett Walton Papers, 1928-1974 (K0973)
4 c.f.
Walton, a Catholic priest, was an army chaplain during World War II, parish priest and pastor in Kansas City, a missionary in Bolivia, and a priest on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Includes yearbooks, magazines, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and newsletters, and photographs, slides, and negatives chronicling Walton's adventurous life.
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Frederick Marion Wanger World War One Collection, 1917-1970 (K0587)
1 c.f.
Personal papers of Wanger of St. Joseph, MO who served as Company Clerk of Company "A", 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division in World War I. Includes letters, photographs, a manuscript and printed history of Company "A, artifacts and other documents relation to Company "A", its service in the War and after, its reunions, and the American Legion.
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War of 1812 Muster Roll, 1814 (C1582)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster roll of a company of mounted volunteers commanded by Sarshel Cooper. Includes names in company, rank, length of service, general remarks, and numbers of horses, arms, and equipment.
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War of 1812 Scrapbook, 1812-1815 (C2160)
0.14 cubic feet (1 volume, 1 photograph)
The collection contains newspaper clippings from American newspapers and reprints from British and Canadian newspapers relating to the War of 1812. A group photograph of a woman with three little girls, c. 1910, was included inside the back cover.
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War Time Recipes, 1917 (SP0034)
.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The War Time Recipes Cookbook collection consists of a cookbook, featuring meals that conserve wheat, meat, sugar, and fats because of World War I rationing. The cookbook also features a display of advertisements for local companies and public service announcements made by the United States Government.
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D.K. Ward Check, 1871 (C1507)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Ward's check for $400 to C.O. Godfrey, on the First National Bank of Hannibal, MO, April 3, 1871.
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James Warren Papers, 1917-1933 (C4407)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)
Correspondence, genealogy, and family photographs of a World War I veteran. Correspondence reflects upon James Warren's experiences as a soldier during World War I, written to various family members, including his sister Ella Proctor. Family photographs are mostly of unknown family members.
Washburne Family Papers, 1825-1900 (C4047)
0.6 cubic feet (17 folders)
The papers of the Washburne family consist of personal and business correspondence concerning their wool business in Lockhart, Texas, advertisements, receipts, and account information. The correspondence deals extensively with family affairs, slavery, the Civil War, and politics. The collection also includes several bills of sale for enslaved persons.