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Bethel Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau County, Mo.) Minutes, 1811 (C1298)
0.01 cubic feet (1 volume)
Excerpt from church minute book showing Baptist opposition to Freemasonry. Church member excluded for joining a Masonic lodge.
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Bethel Baptist Church (New London, Mo.) Records, 1840-1867 (C3032)
1 roll of microfilm
Record book of Bethel Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes and member lists.
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"Bethel Church Book: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Bethel Church, 1806-1867," U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri, 1940 (C1300)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Brief history of early Baptist settlers in the area, organization of the first church, constitution, rules of decorum, and record of the proceedings of the church. Church located in Cape Girardeau County, MO.
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"Bethel Church Minutes," "Early Days with the Churches," and "Supplement to Bethel Church Minutes," U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri, 1941 (C1305)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Brief history of early Baptist churches in Missouri, after the Louisiana Purchase. Index to members and churches mentioned in Bethel Church book. List of tombstone inscriptions in Old Bethel Church cemetery. Church located in Cape Girardeau County, MO.
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Bethel Presbyterian Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Records, 1868-1980 (C4650)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Typed copies of the minutes of church meetings. Includes organization information, membership records, and records of the day-to-day business of the church.
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Bethlehem Baptist Church (Morgan County, Mo.) Records, 1877-1997 (C3701)
2 rolls of microfilm
Records of the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Florence, Morgan County, Missouri, consisting of membership lists, minutes of meetings, association letters, and miscellaneous records.
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"Bethlehem Church Observes Centennial with Homecoming, October 3, 1946", no date (C1301)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Excerpts of article appearing in the Versailles STATESMAN on the history and centennial celebration of the Bethlehem Church, Morgan County, MO.
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1875-1963 (R0547)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records are records of Bethlehem Lutheran (“Nolting”) Church in Morgan County, Missouri.
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BIBLE EXPOSITOR, 1860 (C0707)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
One issue (August 24, 1860) of a religious bulletin published in Seneca Falls, NY.
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Big Bottom Baptist Church (Saline County, Mo.) Records, 1818-1829 (C2839)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Church record book, 5 September 1818-19 September 1829. Includes list of church members divided by sex and race, and information on building a meeting house; choosing delegates to attend association meetings; receiving, dismissing, excluding, and reprimanding members; and adopting a new "Articles of Faith." Typescript at top of each page.
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Big Buffalo United Baptist Church, Benton County, Missouri Records, 1869-1894 (R0417)
1 volume
This is a record book of the Big Buffalo United Baptist Church in southeastern Benton County,
Missouri. The volume includes the declaration of faith and rules of church order, minutes of church
business meetings, 1 August 1869 -- 29 April 1894, and membership records.
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Big Piney Regular Baptist Church Records, 1834-1891 (R1352)
(1 volume)
This Big Piney Regular Baptist Church minute record book contains membership rolls, articles of faith, rules of decorum, and minutes of meetings May 10, 1834-April 6, 1861. The bulk of the record book is from May 1834 to April 1861 with one additional entry October 31, 1891.
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Big Rock Primitive Baptist Church, Versailles, Missouri Records, 1827-1968 (R0416)
4 volumes microfilmed
These are records of the Big Rock Primitive Baptist Church and its predecessor, Bethlehem
Baptist Church, near Versailles in Morgan County, Missouri. The records include minutes of church
business meetings and membership rosters, 1827-1942, and a history of Big Rock Church, 1968.
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Leon Milton Birkhead Papers, 1893-1980 (K0280)
5 c.f.
Papers of Birkhead, popular, progressive figure in religious and civic affairs documenting his professional and public career. Birkhead was pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church in Kansas City from 1917 until 1939 when he resigned to begin the Friends of Democracy, an "anti-propaganda" organization.
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Bittersweet Papers, 1973-1983 (R0669)
27 cubic feet (761 folders)
These are papers of "Bittersweet: The Ozark Quarterly," a journal of Ozark culture published by Ellen Gray Massey and her English classes at Lebanon High School. Included are tape recordings, transcripts, and photographs of interviews. Subjects include fiddling, making railroad ties, one-room rural schools, social customs and more, the African-American experince, and handicrafts.
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Sue Moshontz Blackman and David Blackman Collection, 1916-1984 (K1208)
2 c.f.
The Blackmans were members of the Beth Shalom Synagogue of Kansas City, MO. Includes Wengrover family photographs, prayer books in Hebrew and English, and other items relating to the Synagogue.
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John A. Blackwell Papers, 1852-1940 (C3732)
2.3 cubic feet (59 folders)
Contains the correspondence, diaries, writings, Civil War papers, and medical practice records of a doctor from Bedford, Indiana, who later lived in Foristell and Wellsville, Missouri. Also included are family letters, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union records, and a history of the Clover family.
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Blount Family Papers, 1861-1947 (C0047)
4 cubic feet (246 folders, 82 volumes), 15 oversize volumes
Business papers recording farming, mining, and mercantile activities in southeast Missouri, particularly Potosi and Washington County. The collection contains family correspondence, legal and financial records, as well as medical notebooks from Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.
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Blue River Baptist Association Record Book, 1834-1850 (C1303)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of the Blue River Baptist Association of Jackson, Johnson, and Lafayette Counties, MO, with abstract of principles, form of government, rules of decorum, and minutes of meetings of the association, including statistical records of members, evangelists' reports, and executive committee minutes.
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Michael A. and Jenifer Smith Blum Collection, 1996-1998 (K1009)
0.1 c.f.
Publications, music and program information for the rededication celebration of Congregation Beth Torah and dedication of their first permanent house of worship.
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The Reverend Blumhardt Notebook, 1844 (C1455)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account, in German, of the illness of Gottliebin Ditus, dictated to the Reverend W.F. Bek by Blumhardt, a noted faith-cure advocate.
Bode Family Papers, 1754-2010 (C3999)
7.0 cubic feet (228 folders), 1 audio cassette, 2 audio tapes
The collection contains the personal and professional papers of four generations of the Bode family, many of whom were ministers in the Evangelical Church Society of the West (Evangelischer Kirchen Verein des Westens), now the United Church of Christ. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, sermons, publications, and publicity clippings.
Ashleigh P. Boles Papers, 1886-1960 (C2431)
10 cubic feet
The papers of Ashleigh P. Boles contain correspondence, photographs, and publications of horticultural agent and director of Agricultural Development Department of the Missouri Pacific Lines. The collection also contains similar materials relative to his participation in short courses on railroad transportation of agricultural products; and membership in Friends of the Land Society, Civitan Club, and American Railway Development Association.
Bolivar Ministerial Alliance, "Polk County Churches: An Historical Perspective", 1985 (R0778)
(1 folder)
This is an historical survey of religious congregations in Polk County, Missouri, published by the Bolivar Ministrerial Alliance upon request from the Polk County Historical Society.
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Boone County Black Archives Collection, 1867-2014 (C4057)
0.6 cubic feet (38 folders), 1 video cassette, 4 compact discs, 1 computer disc, 1 DVD
The Boone County Black Archives Collection is an artificial collection documenting the lives of Blacks living in Boone County, Missouri. The materials include photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, news clippings, booklets, and other ephemera.
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Boonville Presbyterian Church (Boonville, Mo.) Records, 1838-1947 (C2981)
2 rolls of microfilm
The records of the Boonville Presbyterian Church contain minutes of session meetings of ruling elders and membership and financial information of the Old School Presbyterian Church of Boonville. The collection includes lists of ministers, elders, deacons, clerks of session, members, communicants, and baptisms.
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Bertha Booth Papers, 1837-1953 (C3195)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
Papers of John Boon; plat map and notes concerning Far West, MO; typed copies of evidence given in Joseph Smith's trial, and "Mormon Names in Caldwell County and Salt Lake," article written by Bertha Booth, n.d.
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Bosworth Memorial Library Bulletins, 1956 (C0740)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
"A Supplementary Listing of the Theses Presented for Degrees from the College of the Bible [Lexington, KY] now in the Bosworth Memorial Library," and two copies of "A Listing of the Contents and Indexes of the Papers of Isaac Tipton, Reneau, Disciple Evangelist, Physician, Book Salesman, 1805-1885, now in the Bosworth Memorial Library."
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Botts-Lewis Family Letters, 1837-1877 (C0213)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Letters from the Botts and Lewis families in Virginia to the Peyton and James Botts families in Missouri. Farm crops, operations, land conditions, prayer meetings, collection of debts, slave prices, family matters, and other miscellaneous topics.
Charles E. Boulson Papers, 1928-1990 (R0404)
2.5 cubic feet (55 folders, 2 oversize folders, 3 VHS)
The Charles E. Boulson Papers contain the personal and professional papers of an electrical engineer in Missouri. Boulson was the general manager of the Sho-Me Power Corporation from 1954 to 1974 and a member of the Board of Directors of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, professional and historical writings, speeches on rural electrification in Missouri and corporate manuals and annual reports of Sho-Me Power Corporation and Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Bourbois Baptist Association Records, 1877 (R0221)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Bourbois Baptist Association Records contains photocopies of the annual report of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Bourbois Baptist Association. The Association included rural churches in Phelps, Crawford, Maries, and Osage counties. The minutes include statistics from the constituent churches.
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Thomas A. Brady Papers, 1947-1964 (C2273)
1.0 cubic feet (26 folders)
Papers of University of Missouri administrator Thomas A. Brady, including copies of speeches, programs from speaking engagements, and correspondence regarding such events.
Raymond B. Bragg Papers, 1901-2000 (K0468)
9.4 c.f.
Bragg was minister of the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Kansas City, MO and Executive Director of the American Unitarian Association's Unitarian Service Committee. Includes sermons, aspirations or prayers, printed programs of church sponsored public forums and services, publications, news clippings, minutes, photos, pamphlets, notes, memos, contracts, financial information and correspondence to, from, or mentioning Bragg.
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Brazeau Presbyterian Church Collection, 1970 (R0976)
(1 folder)
This is "A History of the Brazeau Presbyterian Church, Brazeau, Missouri, 1819-1970." Brazeau is a small community in Perry County, Missouri.
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Breckenridge Family Papers, 1750-1960 (C2530)
8.0 cubic feet
Primarily of genealogical interest, the collection contains genealogical correspondence and information about the Breckenridges (Breckinridges) and related families, documents, pamphlets, letters, deeds, and photos. The papers were compiled by James M. Breckenridge between 1900 and 1950. See f. 1 for detailed inventory of collection.
Clarence Edward Breckenridge Papers, 1897-1960 (C1037)
0.2 cubic feet
Family correspondence, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous typed notes on Breckenridge genealogy and the Breckenridges' historic role in early American and Missouri history. Related families, Presbyterian Church history. Majority of correspondence between Adella B. Moore, Herman F. Harris, and James M. Breckenridge.
Brenneman Family Letters, 1849-1888 (C0220)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters written by members of a Mennonite family. Family news, trip from Rocking County, Virginia, to Jasper County, Missouri, news of the community and rules for church converts.
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"A Brief History of the Tebo Association, 1855-1892," Peter Brown, 1855-1892 (C1325)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
History of the Tebo Baptist Association, including names of the congregations belonging to it, minutes of meetings, and financial records.
Dwight H. Brown Letters, 1937-1940 (C0080)
0.3 cubic feet
Correspondence, official and personal, of a Missouri secretary of state, regarding politics at all governmental levels, routine affairs of his office, events around his hometown of Poplar Bluff, MO, and religious activities. Collection is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. See also collection C2529.
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Dwight H. Brown Papers, 1928-1944 (C2529)
9.8 cubic feet
The collection contains the papers of Dwight H. Brown, Missouri secretary of state, 1932-1944. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topics.
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Joseph Brown Marriages Records, 1886-1920 (R0168)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Joseph Brown Marriages Records contain photocopies of records of marriages performed by an itinerant Baptist minister. Most of the marriages recorded took place at Newburg in Phelps County, Missouri, and involved residents of Phelps, Pulaski, and Dent counties.
Peter Brown Memoirs, no date (C1930)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The collection contains Brown's memoirs of pioneer work in the Baptist ministry of Missouri. Topics include church associations, missionary work, preaching, conversions, and other Baptist ministers.
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Warren Browne Papers, 1892-1957 (C3454)
0.2 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume
The papers of Warren Browne contain original manuscript of TITAN VS. TABOO: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BENJAMIN SMITH and letters and materials used by Browne in writing his book about Smith, mathematician, philosopher, poet and Biblical critic.
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Bruhl Family Photographs, 1902-1984, 1994-1996 (CG0037)
0.2 c. f.
The Bruhl Family Photographs include individual and family portraits of this family and the related families of Ritzenthaler, Caldwell, and Anderson from 1902-1984.
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Brush Creek Presbyterian Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1849-1944 (C1346)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes of sessions; registers of baptisms; marriages and deaths; financial records; registers of elders and deacons; roll of communicants; and names from cemetery. The name of the church was changed from Bear Creek to Brush Creek in 1855.
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Christy C. Bulkeley Papers, 1884-2009 (C4082)
8.1 cubic feet (214 folders), 1 oversize volume, 4 video cassettes, 33.9 MB of digital files
The papers of Christy C. Bulkeley, one of the first women publishers for a Gannett newspaper, contain correspondence, news clippings, speeches, writings, subject files, photographs, and a variety of miscellaneous professional and personal material.
S.G. Bundy Autobiography, 1912 (C2985)
1 roll of microfilm
The collection contains an autobiography of a farmer, pioneer, rural school teacher, Union soldier, and Methodist missionary and minister.
Reverend David V. Bush Papers, 1917-1957 (S0782)
0.25 cubic foot, 7 folders
Reverend David V. Bush presided over the Memorial Congressional Church in St. Louis between 1917 and 1921. The church, known as the church with the "revolving, flaming cross" fixed on top of the building, was located at the corner of Victoria and Graham. According to a field report from 1918, the average congregation attendance was 121 people. Most of this collection contains correspondence from dated from 1917 to 1921 regarding everyday congregational matters, such as finances and the church community.
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Caldwell-Steele Family Letters, 1823-1841 (C0243)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three letters and one bill of sale for property. Letters concern the Caldwell family of Green County, Kentucky, and their relatives, the Steele family of Callaway County, Missouri. Letters discuss education, politics, religion, and local and personal news.
Callao Methodist Church (Callao, Mo.) Centennial History, 1959 (C2915)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of the church with list of pastors and prominent members, an account of some of the activities of the church, and a program of the centennial service, May 3, 1959.