Professional Organizations
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Missouri Postmasters Association Papers, 1910-1928 (C3019)
0.1 cubic feet
Programs, minutes, and proceedings of an organization of postmasters.
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Missouri Press Association Records, 1880s-2015 (CA6189)
54.6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 5 oversize items, 84 DVDs, 20 video, 89 CDs cassette,
Addition of bulletins, clippings, convention and board of directors meeting materials, directories, correspondence, photographs, subject files, and miscellaneous records of an organization founded in 1867. Includes files of executive directors Bill Bray and Doug Crews.
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Missouri Press Association Records, 1882-1982, 2024 (C3714)
1.8 cubic (60 folders), 10 rolls of microfilm, 9.4 GB of digital files
The records of an organization of editors, publishers, and employees of publishing establishments contain histories, correspondence, minutes, annual meeting programs, newsletters, clippings, and photographs. The records also include information on regional associations and the Missouri Press Association confidential bulletins from 1930 to 1982. The bulletins are on microfilm.
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Missouri Press Photographers Association Photographs, 1988 (CA4989)
0.6 cubic feet
Photographs used in an exhibit and MPPA’s “Pictures of the Year” contest.
Missouri Public Health Association Records, 1926, 1940s-2000 (CA5862)
10 cubic feet, 2 video cassettes
Minutes of Board of Directors meetings, newsletters, conference material, and miscellaneous organizational records.
Missouri Retired Teachers Association, Boone County Unit Records, 1998, 2006-2023 (CA6572)
1.2 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes, 2 DVDs, 855 MB of digital files
The records of the organization include directories, board meeting materials, a scrapbook, audiovisual material, and miscellaneous administrative material.
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Missouri Society for Sociology and Anthropology Papers, 1953-1964 (C2269)
0.5 cubic feet
The papers of the Missouri Society for Sociology and Anthropology contain correspondence, newsletters, and programs concerning the formal organization of the Society and its annual meetings.
Missouri Society of American Foresters Records, 1900-1991 (C4185)
4 cubic feet (172 folders)
The records of the Missouri Chapter of the Ozark Section of the Society of American Foresters contain meeting material, minutes, newsletters, reports, correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous material. The objectives of the Society are to advance the science, technology, teaching and practice of professional forestry in America, and to use the knowledge and skills of the profession to benefit society.
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Missouri State Teachers Association Records, 1837-1997 (CA6123)
10.5 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
Records and official papers of the Missouri State Teachers Association. In May 1856, teachers met in St. Louis and established the first U.S. professional organization for state educators. The records include newsletters and other publications, historical materials, committee reports, and oversize scrapbooks.
Missouri State Teachers Association Programs, 1883 (C0630)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Programs of meetings of the association, one dated 23 July 1883 and one undated.
Missouri Women in Natural Resources Records, 1957-2018 (C4438)
0.8 cubic feet (43 folders)
Records of an organization that worked to develop a network for advice, support, and social interaction for women working in natural resources in Missouri.
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Missouri Women's Press Club Treasurer's Records, 1937-1964 (C2660)
1 volume
Financial records, including receipts and disbursements. Members' names given upon receipt of dues.
Missouri Writers' Guild Records, 1915-2011 (C3657)
4.0 cubic feet (76 folders, 3 volumes, 4 video cassettes)
Records of a professional writer’s organization that include administrative files, correspondence, event and membership information, and newsletters. The collection also contains information on select local affiliate chapters.
Missouri Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Records, 1945-1999, 2005 (C4561)
3.2 cubic feet (85 folders)
The records of an organization devoted to full-time or part-time farm management, rural appraisal, and other field activities related to farm management and appraisal include correspondence, meeting minutes, annual conference material, financial records, and membership directories.
Modern Foreign Language Association of Missouri Records, no date (CA4929)
1 volume
Scrapbook containing petitions recommending foreign language instruction in Missouri high schools.
Modern Jeweler [journal], 1901-1981 (K0524)
10 c.f.
Jewelers' trade journal published in Kansas City, MO.
Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 4219 (Sapp, Mo.) Records, 1915-1923 (CA5871)
2 volumes
Financial and membership records, 1915-1923.
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Modern Woodmen of America, Ozark Camp No. 5111, Ozark, Missouri Records, 1913-1920 (R1002)
(1 roll of microfilm)
This is the record book of the Modern Woodmen of America camp at Ozark in Christian County, Missouri. The volume includes minutes of meetings, 1913-1919, and a record of benefit certificates issued to members.
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Mount Olive Grange No. 859, Webster County, Missouri Records, 1873-1879 (R1152)
(1 folder)
These are records of Mount Olive Grange No. 859, a local chapter of the Patrons of Husbandry, or National Grange, in Webster County, Missouri. Indcluded are minutes of meetings, a cash account book, and membership rolls.
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Murray/Goede Collection, 1927-1968 (S0802)
0.4 cubic foot, 4 folders, 159 photographs
The Murray/Goede Collection contains photographs of the St. Louis County area between 1927 and 1975, including photos of the 1927 flood in Fenton, Missouri.
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Music Teachers National Association, West Central Division Papers, 1939-1966 (C3577)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Minutes, correspondence, reports, convention programs, and history of a branch of the Music Teachers National Association which included Missouri music teachers.
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National Cosmetology Association of Missouri Records, 1944-1990s (C4180)
1.85 cubic feet (17 folders, 4 oversize volumes), 1 oversize item
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National Farmers & Laborers Union of America, Hazle Mound Union #1046 in the State of Missouri Charter, 1890 (C3681)
1 oversize item
Charter granted to a branch of the National Farmers and Laborers Union of America.
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National Federation of Press Women Records, 1945-2020 (CA6205)
6.4 cubic feet, 9 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 3 computer discs, 3 rolls of microfilm, 2 video cassettes, 4 DVDs, 540 MB of digital files
Addition of publications, conference materials, meeting minutes, membership rosters, and other records of an organization founded in 1937 that promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes transcripts and audio recordings of oral history interviews with past presidents.
National Federation of Press Women Records, 1910-1998 (C3973)
5.0 cubic feet, 16 audio cassettes, 3 rolls of microfilm
Records of an organization consisting of affiliated state professional associations of press women, which promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes correspondence of officers, annual convention materials, histories of the organization and its members, publications, and affiliate information.
Nodaway County Medical Society Papers, 1928-1933 (C1610)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Announcements of Nodaway County Medical Society meetings and lectures and staff meetings of St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, MO, 1928-1933. Dr. Charles D. Humberd was secretary of the Society.
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Nursing Heritage Foundation Collection, 1890s-1994 (K0247)
107 c.f.
Newsletters, journals, printed materials, organizational records, and other items concerning various national, state, and local nursing associations. Also regarding nursing education, continuing education, historical associations, and affiliated interest groups, as well as personal papers of Laura Linebach, historian for the Foundation.
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Sara A. Parker Papers, 1970s-2000s (CA6104)
13.7 cubic feet, 2 oversize items, 4 audio cassettes, 31 video cassettes
Professional papers of the Missouri State Librarian who served from 1995 through 2005. During a career spanning 43 years, Parker also served as Pennsylvania and Montana state librarian and held other librarian positions in Colorado and Springfield and Monett, Missouri.
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Eugene Joseph Peltier Papers, 1934-1991 (K0417)
19 c.f.
Rear Admiral Peltier Chief of Civil Engineers of the U.S. Navy and prominent Public Works civil engineer. Includes scrapbooks, photographs, personal and professional correspondence and related papers.
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Phi Delta Kappa, Gamma Chapter Papers, 1909-1957 (C3362)
7.1 cubic feet (426 folders)
The papers contain correspondence and financial records including correspondence about the election of and the personal histories of members of the chapter.
Phi Delta Kappa, Gamma Chapter Records, 1913-1965 (C3601)
3.2 cubic feet (189 folders)
Minutes, business and financial records of the chapter of a national professional fraternity for men in education located at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Includes personal histories, newsletters, correspondence and proceedings of meetings of national councils.
Margaret E. Pierce Papers, 1917-1972 (K0328)
0.25 c.f.
Minutes and membership records of the Cora Lyman Chapter, Past Presidents Assembly of the National Federation of Music Clubs; Curriculum for music classes in the Kansas City, KS Public Schools and the Wichita Public Schools; the Kansas City Musical Club Bulletin; and various programs, directories and other items relating to music in Kansas City area.
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Professional Secretaries International, Missouri Division, University Chapter (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1980s (CA6206)
2 cubic feet
Records of a Columbia, Missouri, chapter of an organization for the advancement of the secretarial/administrative support profession. Professional Secretaries International changed its name to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) in 1998.
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The Readers (Columbia, Mo.) Papers, 1925-2012 (C3638)
0.8 cubic feet (23 folders)
The origins, history, minutes, and memorials of The Readers, a Columbia, Missouri, club for women started in 1925. The club’s emphasis is the reading and discussion of books. Profiles of women from this club give a useful comment on the concerns of educated women in the early twentieth century.
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Renfrow Retirement Scrapbook, 1918, 1945-1958 (CG0067)
0.5 c.f.
A scrapbook created by Louis H. Renfrow with various documents related to the retirement of Renfrow from his position as the civilian Deputy Director of the Selective Service. The scrapbook contains correspondence from friends and colleagues discussing his retirement. Additionally, there are photographs from colleges and special events. There is additional documentation of Renfrow’s career in the form of newspaper and magazine articles.
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Thomas Caute Reynolds Papers, 1862-1866 (C2459)
1 roll of microfilm
Official and private correspondence, diary, and memorandum of Confederate lieutenant-governor of Missouri, concerning military and political affairs of Missouri and of the Confederacy in the southwestern, trans-Mississippi area. 998 pages.
Originals in the Library of Congress.
Russell J. Rosier Papers, 1910-1990 (C4376)
3 cubic feet (104 folders)
Correspondence, photographs, genealogical, and other miscellaneous personal papers , and assorted organizational material of a secretary of the Missouri Farmer's Association (MFA), Columbia, Missouri, and his wife, Bessie Rosier, and related family.
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Rural Sociological Society of America Records, 1919-2010 (CA5646)
39.75 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 1 audio disc, 2 video cassettes
Addition of research project files; committee files; presidential papers; secretarial papers; annual meeting records; publications; audiovisual material; photographs; program and conference materials; administrative records; and miscellaneous material.
Rural Sociological Society of America Records, 1910-1973 (C3305)
9.6 cubic feet (784 folders, 6 volumes, 244 slides), 2 oversize volumes, 2 audio tapes, 27 rolls of microfilm
The records of the Rural Sociological Society of America contain presidential and committee correspondence and include accounts of how some of the first rural sociologists became interested in the profession. Microfilm is available for Rural Sociology, the official quarterly.
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Saint Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association Collection, 1891 (R1273)
(1 folder)
This is a booklet containing the program, premium list, and regulations of the twentieth annual fair of the St. François county Agricultural and Mechanical Association, held September 8-11, 1891 at Farmington, Missouri.
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H.E. Slusher Papers, 1936-1980 (C3077)
17 cubic feet
Papers of H.E. Slusher during the period he served as president of Missouri Farm Bureau Federation. Also includes some materials from period following his retirement in 1958.
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Soil Conservation Society of America, Show-Me Chapter Records, 1950-1985 (C4516)
1.0 cubic feet (29 folders)
Records of the Missouri arm of the Soil Conservation Society of America, formed as the Alfalfa-Brome Chapter in 1950 and then reorganized as the Show-Me Chapter in 1955.
Southeast Missouri Drummers' Association Collection, 1913 (R1271)
(1 folder)
This is the souvenir program of the seventeenth annual meeting of the Southeast Missouri Drummer's Association, held in Festus and Crystal City in Jefferson County, Missouri, May 22-24, 1913. The program features a schedule of events, photographs of officers and members of the association, description of prominent Jefferson County businesses, and view of businesses, residences, and public buildings in Festus and Crystal City.
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Southeast Missouri Drummers' Association Souvenir Programs Collection, 1918 (R1183)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are souvenir programs for the twelfth and twenty-second annual meetings of the Southeast Missouri drummers' association, held at Sainte Genevieve in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. The programs feature schedules of events, descriptions of Sainte Genevieve, its prominent citizens and local businesses, photographs of members of the association, its officers and city officials, and views of public buildings, businesses, and residences.
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Southeast Missouri Medical Association Records, 1877-1967 (CG0003)
0.5 cubic feet
The Southeast Missouri Medical Society Records include a minute book ledger from 1877-1896, issues of the Cape County Journal, an anniversary booklet for the Southeast Missouri Hospital, advertising materials, publication n the history of medicine in Southeast Missouri, and various papers from 1877-1967.
Southeast Missouri Press Association Minute Book, 1893-1981 (C3646)
1 roll of microfilm (1 volume)
Annual meeting minutes of organization of newspaper publishers. Minutes reflect concern about advertising rates, postal rate and freedom of the press legislation, and contemporary issues. Includes list of organization's presidents.
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Southeast Missouri Teachers Association Collection, 1942 (R0761)
(1 folder)
This is the victory program for the 67th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association, held at Cape Girardeau, Missouri on October 22-23, 1942.
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Southwest Missouri Library Service, Inc., Records, 1957-1982 (SP0084)
1.5 cubic feet (37 folders, 2 photographs)
The Southwest Missouri Library Service, Inc., Records contain the by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, and membership papers of Southwest Missouri Library Service, Inc., headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri.
Southwest Missouri Library Services, Inc. Records, no date (CA4526)
3 cubic feet
Correspondence and records of the organization.
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Southwest Missouri Teachers' Association Collection, 1941 (R1135)
(1 folder)
This is an official program booklet for the annual meeting of the Southwest Missouri Teachers' Association, held on October 22-24, 1941 at Jasper County, Missouri. R.W. Anderson of Neosho served as president of the organization.