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William Bourke Cockran Papers, 1895-1915 (C2524)
1 roll of microfilm
The papers of William Bourke Cockran primarily contain letters to Congressman William Bourke Cockran from Moreton Frewen, Irish member of Parliament, concerning politics in Ireland and the U.S., 1895-1915, and the first years of World War I. Also included are newspaper articles about Irish politics.
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F.M. Cockrell Papers, 1889 (R1367)
(1 folder)
The F.M. Cockrell Papers contain a photocopy and typescript of a letter sent by Francis Marion Cockrell to N.B. Allen in 1889. The letter discusses a claim for reimbursement for property taken by the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Francis Marion Cockrell Letter, 1907 (C3181)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Mr. Mudd, from Spring Lake Beach, NJ, Aug. 17, 1907. Regards the military campaigns of Thomas Jackson during the Civil War.
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Monroe F. Cockrell Collection, 1864-1907 (P0297)
3 photographs
b/w drawing of New Palace Hotel, Fulton, MO, 1907. b/w photo of Cockrell Family, 1890. b/w photo with negatives of General Cockrell, Confederate Army, Civil War.
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James L. Coghill Letters, 1861-1862 (C0245)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Written to his wife Molley in Virginia by a Confederate soldier stationed in Tennessee and Kentucky with Floyd's Brigade, 50th Regiment, Company F. Describe camp life, army movements, officers, and health.
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Abraham Cole Muster Roll and Report, 1864 (C2136)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Muster role of Captain Cole's vigilante company that patrolled Hickory and St. Clair Counties during the Civil War. The company was composed of St. Clair County citizens.
Report by Cole to the commander at Warrensburg about the Citizen Guards and their efforts to combat bushwhackers.
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Coleman Family Papers, 1862-1865 (R0619)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Coleman Family Papers contain original and photocopies of letters written to Elizabeth C. Coleman and her parents during the Civil War, by relatives and friends in the 6th Missouri Infantry. Included are letters from Otterville and Rolla, Missouri, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, one from Washington, D.C., in 1865, and two from Pilot Knob, Missouri. The letters contain camp news and information on mutual friends. The letters from Pilot Knob concern postwar employment.
O.T. Coleman Papers, 1917-1960 (C0976)
0.4 cubic feet
The papers of O.T. Coleman contain his World War I correspondence from Camp Funston, KS; England; France; and Germany. The collection also includes clippings and pictorial images regarding World War I and Coleman's diaries as a soil extension agent at the University of Missouri.
Collapse of the Women's Prison at 15th and Grand Collection, 1863-1956 (K0349)
0.12 c.f.
Research correspondence and typed transcripts of historical documents, and Photostats of original documents from the National Archives concerning the event in Kansas City, MO on August 13, 1863.
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A. Lloyd Collins Diary, 1943 (C2622)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Personal experiences in Red Cross work at Jefferson Barracks, MO, army camp.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1938-1939 (C1391)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper clippings on the history of Missouri, including activities of Spanish explorers, Civil War, temperance movement, George Caleb Bingham, growth of churches, Pony Express, Charles E. Kearney, James brothers, and educational institutions.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1938 (C1392)
0.35 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper and magazine articles on the history of Missouri: Champ Clark, Kansas City in 1830, Westport in 1855, John J. Pershing, Platte City, Santa Fe Trail, John Mason Peck, Civil War Battle of Westport, land grant to Evan B. Blair in 1844.
Andy Collins Photograph Collection, 1884, 1985 (P0658)
11 photographs
20th century photographs of Civil War sites and monuments in Missouri, Pilot Knob area.
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Lewis H. Collins Papers, 1861-1915 (C2522)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Records of Collins' service in the 2nd regiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Merrill's Horse, Company E. There are also applications of Collins and his wife Emily C. Collins for Civil War pensions.
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Colman-Hayter Family Papers, 1839-1900 (C0084)
0.2 cubic feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous material of a northwest Missouri family. Includes letters from family members while in the Mexican War, in Oregon, traveling down the Mississippi River, and serving in the Confederate Army.
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Columbia Lyceum Petition, 1847 (C1505)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Petition requesting use of the Boone County Courtroom as a meeting place for the Columbia Lyceum.
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Columbia Military Service Center (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1970s-2000s (CA6313)
0.2 cubic feet
Board minutes, correspondence, and articles of incorporation of a Columbia, Missouri, servicemen's center.
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Charles Colville, Jr. Papers, 1917-1919 (K0044)
1 v
Diary of Charles Colville, Jr., member of United States Navy during World War I and with the Navy in the Pacific and Siberia following World War I.
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Committee for Historic Preservation Collection, 1983-1985 (R1380)
0.25 cubic foot (7 folders)
The Committee for Historic Preservation Papers documents the projects of a committee that makes up part of the Phelps County Historical Society. Detailed records of meetings and projects, including a two-year long fight to save a railroad depot, are included in the collection.
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Confederate Home (Higginsville, Mo.) History and Cemetery Records, no date (C3498)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of formation of the Confederate Home Association, building of the home, cost, dedication, and takeover by the state. List of inmates and list of men and women buried in the cemetery.
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Confederate Memorial List, 1897 (C3560)
1 oversize item
The collection contains an oversize poster with names and photographs of Confederate Civil War generals, and Jefferson Davis.
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Confederate Proclamation, no date (C2820)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation urging Southerners to force abolitionists and Union sympathizers out of southern towns. Issued in response to Lincoln's call for 75,000 men.
Confederate States of America Bond, 1861 (C4155)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Printed loan of $500 to "bearer," authorized by C.S.A. August 19, 1861.
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Confederate States of America Bond, 1864 (C0971)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
One-thousand-dollar bond.
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Confederate States of America Money, 1864 (C0466)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Twenty-dollar bill.
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Confederate States of America Money, 1864 (C1950)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Fifty-dollar bill.
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Confederate States of America. Army, Missouri Cavalry, Wood's Battalion, Company C, Papers, 1865 (C1846)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a muster roll and oath of allegiance and parole of honor of Captain Paul F. Thornton.
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Dennis Harper Connaway Papers, 1858-1888 (C0248)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Correspondence, Civil War papers, and miscellaneous papers. County collector book of Cedar County.
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James E. Conway Letters, 1946-1947 (C4614)
0.1cubic feet (3 folders, 51.5 MB of digital files)
Letters written by a U.S. Army soldier from Boonville, Missouri, to his parents. Conway was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Osaka, Japan. Also includes digital scans of letters.
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Warren Cook Collection, 1782-1978 (R0043)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)
The Warren Cook Collection contains photocopies of papers of the Smith, Havins, Roseberry, and Cook families of southwestern Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. The collection includes correspondence, estate papers, and genealogical records. Also included are two farm diaries from 1875-1876.
Cooper County, Missouri, Papers, 1819-1905 (C1034)
1.25 cubic feet
The papers contain oaths of loyalty, 1862-1866, and miscellaneous papers, 1819-1905.
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Copher and Stidham Family Papers, 1784-1974 (C4290)
0.2 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records of the Copher and Stidham families contain dates of births, deaths, and marriages, wills, and military records. The volume contains both original records and transcriptions created by J.H. Stidham.
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Corder-Thomas Family Papers, 1867-1961 (C3697)
11 rolls of microfilm (9 folders, 56 volumes), 1 oversize item
The Corder-Thomas Family Papers consist of the diaries of Leslie Walker Corder, a Waverly, Missouri, farmer and civic leader; his wife Nellie Perry Buck Corder; and her aunt Susan Buck Cooper Thomas. The diaries contain routine entries about life in Waverly; weather statistics; farm and rental accounts; expense records; genealogies; and comments on building roads and railroads. The papers also include family letters, news clippings, and miscellaneous items.
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Almont Burton Cotton Papers, 1917-1918 (K1381)
.1 c.f.
The Almont Burton Cotton Papers contain materials related to Cotton's WWI military service with the Army's 10th Engineers.
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J.B. Courts et al. Letter, 1862 (C1749)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Charles Sterne, Carroll County, MO, from camp near Holly Springs, MS, No. 1, 1862. Six members of Lt. John Sterne's company relate the details of his death to his father. Lt. Sterne was mortally wounded in the Battle of Corinth, 4 October 1862, and died 17 October 1862.
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Donald O. Cowgill Papers, 1940s-1980s (CA4791)
25.8 cubic feet
The papers of a former professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia include correspondence, professional papers, student materials, research, photographs, speeches, personal material, and miscellany.
Harry Craghead Letter, 1918 (C0480)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Mrs. Harris Wells, Bachelor, MO, from France, Oct. 20, 1918.
Written to his cousin by an infantryman during World War I, the letter describes one of his battle experiences.
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Henry Clay and William H. Crawford Letters, 1857-1865 (C0239)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Copies of letters to their family from Union soldiers operating in southwest Missouri.
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John D. Crawford Papers, 1862-1863 (R0472)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The John D. Crawford Papers contain an original and two photocopied Civil War letters written by John D. Crawford, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and likely his father, H. P. Crawford. The letters note events in Adair, Knox, Schuyler, and Scotland counties in Missouri, and the execution of prisoners by Union authorities at Palmyra, Missouri.
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Crede Family Papers, 1818-1939 (C3065)
1.6 cubic feet (93 folders, 8 volumes), 2 oversize volumes; also available on 4 rolls of microfilm
Personal correspondence, genealogical records, and business records of a German-American family living in Osage County, MO. The bulk of the collection concerns Hermann Crede; other papers pertain to his brothers, Wilhelm and Carl; all three immigrated in the 1850s. Much of the correspondence is in German; the business records are in English.
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Alfred B. Cree Papers, 1862-1863 (R0301)
0.05 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Alfred B. Cree Papers contain the letters of Capt. Alfred B. Cree of Co. F., 22nd Iowa Infantry. Cree wrote of family matters, camp life, and regimental politics from Benton Barracks at St. Louis, and from camps at Rolla, Salem, Iron Mountain, and Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1862-1863. There is also a single letter from Charlestown in what is now West Virginia, in 1864.
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Joseph Crider Letters, 1862-1865 (C2724)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Twenty-five letters from a Union soldier in Company I, 6th Missouri Cavalry, to his family describing heavy fighting, hardships, and battle of Vicksburg.
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Dr. Henry Crossen World War II Scrapbooks, 1936-1946 (S0672)
4 cubic feet, 40 folders
Dr. Crossen served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine and compiled the scrapbooks during World War II. The scrapbooks provide a view of the war as it was seen during the period. Topics of interest include the Battle of Britain, Japanese-American internment camps, and the Battle of Midway.
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Carl Crow Papers, 1913-1945 (C0041)
6 cubic feet (354 folders, 22 volumes), 6 oversize volumes
Bills, accounts, speeches, notes, correspondence and book and article manuscripts on a wide range of subjects. Crow was a resident of China for a number of years and most of his writing was about China or related subjects. The collection includes a diary of a trip over the Burma Road, the diary of a Japanese soldier, and notes and articles on the Japanese opium trade.
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Enoch H. Crowder Papers, 1884-1942 (C1046)
27 cubic feet (2045 folders, 7 volumes); also available on 51 rolls of microfilm
Correspondence and other papers of judge advocate general who administered Selective Service in World War I, served as ambassador to Cuba, and, after his retirement from public life, advised sugar interests.
Romulus E. Culver Papers, 1846-1886 (C2612)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Romulus E. Culver contain letters from Culver, who marched with Doniphan in the Mexican War, from the New Mexico Territory, and from individuals gathering information about Culver's death at the hands of Mexican insurgents in Mora, NM. Also included are miscellaneous documents, an interview with William Matney, and receipts.
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Samuel W. Cunningham Letters, 1861-1863 (C3006)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters written by Cunningham to his wife, Nancy, during the Civil War. Cunningham was a private in the 22nd Illinois Infantry.
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Thomas B. Curtis Papers, 1950-1969 (C3300)
906 rolls of microfilm
Constituent correspondence and committee files from Curtis's service as a Republican Congressman from Missouri. Bulk of committee material pertains to Ways and Means and Joint Economic Committees. Filed chronologically by topic within each year. Originals discarded.
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Wallace K. Daetwyler Papers, 1942-1945 (C3998)
0.4 cubic feet (18 folders)
The papers contain the World War II correspondence of Wallace “Wally” Daetwyler of Lamar, Missouri, to his wife, Ruth A. Daetwyler. Wallace Daetwyler served as an information technician with the U.S. Army Medical Corps in the European Theatre from 1943 to1945.
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E.L. Dale Interview, 1965 (C3396)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Tape and transcription of interview with editor of CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS. Topics include Dale's background, role of news, editor, government role in news media, civil rights, and contemporary issues in U.S. and Missouri.