Photographs

Charles A. Morgenthaler Papers, no date (CA6444)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

Addition of photographs, largely of airplanes and trains. See also C3004.

William Howard Morman Photograph Collection, 1871 (P0770)
3 photographs

Photos of the Greer family home, spring, and mill, near Alton in Oregon County.

Leona Morris Collection, 1900-1986 (P0404)
0.125 linear feet

Yarrow Mill, Macon County, MO; postcards and photographs of historic sites across Missouri.

William Dale Morrison Postcard Collection, no date (P0372)
10 postcards

10 postcards of Springfield, MO, Lake Taneycomo (Ozarks), Meramac Caverns, and the Meramec River

Morrison-Fuller Family Photographs, 1885-1960 (P0589)

Photos of Morrison-Fuller family, Fuller-Connell apartment in Chicago, and Morrison Observatory. Portrait of Enoch Crowder.

Morrow and Johnson Families Papers, 1915-2021 (R1521)
3 cubic feet (85 folders, 1 oversize folder, 1,386 photographs)

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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.

Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers, 1843-1995 (R1520)
3 cubic feet (109 folders, 1,139 photographs, 75 negatives, 5 tin types)

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The Morrow and Skaggs Families Papers contain materials related to the Morrow and Skaggs families predominantly of Miller County, Missouri. The bulk of the materials is an expansion of Joe Morrow’s genealogical compilation, Ancestors and Descendents [sic] of George & Ethel (Skaggs) Morrow, privately printed, June 1980. The materials include correspondence, family trees, photographs, certificates, and personal documents.

Morrow Family Collection, 1947-2020 (R1522)
2 cubic feet (60 folders, 1,164 photographs, 552 negatives, 113 slides)

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The Morrow Family Collection contains the personal and family papers for Jennings C. and Lois Johnson Morrow and their children. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, academic papers, and personal papers.

Lynn Morrow Papers, 1804-2015 (R1000)
24 cubic feet (1051 folders, 5 oversize folders, 11,170 photographs, 852 negatives)

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The Lynn Morrow papers contain correspondence and research papers, with an additional significant collection of late twentieth-century promotional and advertising items. The papers reflect major areas of Morrow’s research on the southwest Missouri region; Iron, Shannon, and Washington counties; Theodore Pease Russell and his writings; and the writings of Silas C. Turnbo. The collection also includes a large selection of promotional publications and ephemera associated with late 20th century tourism in Missouri and Arkansas.

Lynn Morrow Photograph Collection, 1865-1952 (P0183)
8 photographs

Photos of the Draper and McClurg families, Linn Creek School, Missouri United Methodist Church, and Schmidt's Mount Park.

Mary Morse Photograph Collection, no date (P1176)

Photos of Limestone Valley Farm, near Smithton, Missouri.

D.D. Moss Photograph Collection, 1880-1920 (P0042)
6 photographs

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Photographs of the early Columbia area, ca. 1885 - 1920, including views of the downtown area ca. 1885, Rockbridge, and Bonne Femme bridge.

Rosa McCune Mott Postcard Collection, 1907-1965 (SP0070)
0.5 cubic feet

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The Rosa McCune Mott Postcard Collection includes postcards from various cities in Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas, as well as several United States landmarks. The collection also contains postcards sent to Rosa for holidays, birthdays, and general greeting cards.

Mabel M. Mottag Photographs, no date (P0789)
3 photographs

Photos of the Alias Black Hotel, Waynesville, and the first Pulaski County Courthouse.

Moulder Family Papers, 1873-1987 (CG0012)
0.2 c.f.

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Photographs, papers, and letters from the Thomas Valentine Moulder, Wilbur J. Moulder, and Frances Valentine Moulder family from Scott County, Missouri.

Nellie Moulder Collection, 1960, no date (P0685)
3 photographs

Postcards of Ha Ha Tonka. Photograph of Wet Auglaize Camp Ground Church.

M. Kathryn Mudd Photograph Collection, no date (P0405)
1 folder

Copy photos of Sarah Crow and Mary McRorie Putnam

James E. Mueller Collection, 1877-2002 (SP0103)
16 cubic feet (444 folders, 719 photographs, 10,397 slides, 13 glass plate negatives)

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The James E. Mueller Collection contains personal and professional photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Joplin, Missouri, photographer James Evans Mueller. The collection also includes Mueller’s personal papers.

Frederic B. Mumford Photograph Collection, 1904-1936 (P0960)

Photographs collected by Frederic B. Mumford, primarily related to his career in agriculture

Murphy Family Papers, 1885-1918, 2002 (SP0129)
0.05 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Murphy Family Papers contain materials related to the Murphy family of Greene County, Missouri, including genealogical research and photocopies of the family scrapbook.

Ralph W. Murphy Collection of Photographs, 1884-1966 (P0767)
9 photographs

Photos of Newton County by Murphy's Studio, including the Ritchey Mansion in Newtonia, Newtonia Battlefield, the Herman Jaeger property near Neosho, and Jolly Mill near Granby.

Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, Photographs, 1951 (P0828)
2 photographs

Photo postcards of Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood.

Marion and Nola Musgrove Photograph Collection, no date (P1011)

Early 1900s Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado images, collected by a family that lived in Douglas County, Missouri, prior to 1920.

Nahm-Mueller Family Photographs, 1880s-1920 (C1798)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Photocopies and 35mm negatives of fifteen photographs of a Hermann, Missouri, family. Part of the German Heritage Archives.

National Audubon Society Four Seasons Chapter Records, 1982-2000 (CG0038)
0.8 c. f.

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The Four Seasons Audubon Society was a chapter of the National Audubon Society that encompased members of southeast Missouri. The records include meeting minutes, financials, correspondence, and newsletters from 1982-2003.

Native Sons of Kansas City Photograph Collection, 1855-1955 (K0528)
3 cubic feet (147 folders, 771 photographs, 66 postcards, 159 stereograph cards, 47 glass plate negatives)

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This is an artificial collection of photographs from a variety of sources collected by the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City. It includes photos of famous Kansas City buildings, street views, arts and culture, commerce and industry, damage from natural disasters, and notable Kansas Citians. The collection primarily contains materials from the 1870s to the 1920s, although there are both earlier and later photographs included in the collection.

Benton Naylor Papers, 1989-2006 (CA6599)
3.1 cubic feet, 1 DVD, 1 video cassette

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The papers of a farmer and hobbyist photographer from Chariton County, Missouri, largely contain photographs, including photographs taken during his involvement with the Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow program and for the funeral of a Civil War veteran.

Neef Family St. Louis World's Fair Negative Album, 1904 (CA6582)
74 negatives

Negatives taken by the Neef family during a visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.

Adolph Nejdl Photograph Collection, 1940-1960s (C0184)
0.4 cubic feet

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Primarily black and white 8x10 promotional photographs of burlesque and exotic dancers.

Nelson Family Papers, 1879-1973 (R0252)
(1 roll of microfilm, 104 negatives)

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These are scrapbooks, miscellaneous papers, and photographs of the Nelson family of Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. Absolom, Arthur T., and Frank R. Nelson operated a commercial apple orchard and a tavern and motel along Uunited States Highway 66. Arthur T. Nelson served on various Missouri state commissions and boards. The photographs in the collection have been copied on 35mm negatives and slides.

Neuer Brothers Picnic Panorama Photograph, 1930 (K1118)
1 f

Photograph of the Meat Company's annual employees and families picnic at Twin Springs.

New Madrid Photograph Collection, 1974-1998, no date (CG0066)
0.2 cubic feet

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This collection consists of 58 photographs taken in New Madrid, Missouri, during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The photographs depict agriculture, industry, commercial buildings, homes, a historical reenactment, natural features, the New Madrid airport, and the port. These photos were found in 2025 while the old Chamber of Commerce building in New Madrid was being cleaned.

Newburg, Missouri Photograph Collection, circa 1870s-1910s (R1203)
0.05 cubic foot (41 negatives)

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These are negative copies of stereoviews, photographs, and postcards from the collection of the William H. Harris family, proprietors of railroad hotels at Dixon in Pulaski County, and Newburg in Phelps County, Missouri. Included are views of hotels, businesses, street scenes, and Frisco railroad roundhouses and turntables at Dixon and Newburg.

Newburg, Missouri School Photograph Collection, 1928-1937 (R0998)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 5 photographs)

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These are five black and white photographs of grade and high school classes at Newburg in Phelps County, Missouri. Included are views of the 1st grade (1928), 2nd grade (1929) 3rd grade (1930), 8th grade (1935) and High school (1937) classes. Students and teachers are identified on the backs of the photographs.

George Nathan Newman Stereograph Collection, 1870-1915 (P0017)
35 stereographs

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Stereoscopic views of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, plus several other views of St. Louis and agricultural scenes.

Dorothy Richardson Nichols Collection, 1923-1937 (K0320)
0.3 c.f.

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Photographs and motion film of Carl Kay (1901-1945) in his role as musician and photographer depicting big bands, KMBC radio musicians, and the Kansas City places.

Thomas S. Nichols Photograph Collection, 1875-1897, no date (P0105)
23 photographs

Collection primarily of portraits, including images of: Bud Atchison, Mrs. E.P. Bell, Carr Family (14, photos and cabinet cards); E.C and R.J. Lackland, Mrs. Gratz Moses, Celestine Pommerel, Florence Powell, and A.S. Robertson.

Nickell Family Papers, 1920s-1940s (C4118)
0.25 cubic feet

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The Nickell Family Papers contain family photographs taken from the 1920s through the 1940s. Many of the photographs are of a young L.A. Nickell, Jr. The collection also contains a depreciation summary report for the Columbia Ice Plant compiled in 1927.

Elbert Louis "Bert" Nickerson Photographs, 1906-1980 (P1040)

Photographs by Elbert Louis Nickerson, better known as "Bert", of Bucklin and Brookfield, MO. Bert worked for the newspaper in Brookfield. This collection also includes his family photographs.

Rev. Frederic Niedner Photograph Collection, 1880 (P0917)
3 photographs

Wedding portraits of Richard Bartholdt and Eugenia Niedner, photo of Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Louis

Nodaway County, Missouri, Photographs, 1900-1903 (P1048)

Twenty-seven photographs of Nodaway County, ca. 1900-1903. Includes images of Maryville, farms, and Burlington Junction Mineral Springs Company and Hotel.

North Central Missouri Region Photograph Collection, 1897-1964 (P1111)

An artificial collection of photographs of the North Central Missouri region, including Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy, Daviess, Livingston, and Linn counties.

Northeast High School Photographs, 1939-1959 (K1380)
.4 c.f.

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The Northeast High School Photographs contains four portraits and two composite photographs depicting school administrators and athletic teams at Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri.

Northeast Missouri State University Collection, no date (P0695)
22 photographs

Photos of bandstands, pavilions, and similar park structures in Ironton, St. Louis, Lewiston, and Hermann.

Northeast Missouri Photograph Collection, 1830-1944 (P1117)

An artificial collection of photographs of Missouri's northeastern most counties: Schuyler, Knox, Scotland, Clark, and Lewis.

Northwest Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1831-1997 (P1124)

An artificial collection of photographs from Missouri's northwestern counties: Atchison, Holt, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, Gentry, and DeKalb.

Chester M. Nunn Collection, 1906-1923 (P0100)
38 photographs

20 leather postcards, ca. 1907, with 8 picture postcards of Louisiana MO and environs; Tintypes of W and Sarah McLoed; eight photos of international Air Races at St. Louis, 1923

Charles Nutter Photograph Collection, 1776-1803 (P0872)

Portraits, submitted for use in Missouri Historical Review articles.

William Bryan O’Berry Collection, 1919 (K1403)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 photograph)

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The William Bryan O’Berry Collection contains a letter and photograph sent by O’Berry from Kansas City, Missouri, to his sisters Ruth and Ruby in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1919.

Dick O'Connor Photographs, 1884, 1948 (P0623)
7 photographs

Photos relating to Nathan Boone and Nathaniel Lyon monuments and O'Connor's Museum, Wilson's Creek, ca. 1950.