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Illinois Pure Water Committee Inc. Records, 1944-1985 (S0538)
0.8 cubic foot, 53 folders
The records of the Illinois Pure Water Committee, Inc., document the efforts of Gladys Caldwell and the Committee in their legal fight against fluoridation, including their efforts to educate the public about the hazards of fluoridation. The materials in the collection consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publications, brochures, and flyers.
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Frank James Letter, 1915 (C2377)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To [Ernest] Lowney, Excelsior Springs, MO, from Kearney, MO, Feb. 8, 1915. Frank James discusses his health and requests a prescription from Dr. Lowney. He died ten days later.
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Kanardy L. Taylor Collection on J. Christian Bay, 1922-1959 (C4507)
0.8 cubic feet (18 folders)
Correspondence, photographs, and books written or edited by Jens Christian Bay, a Danish-American writer and librarian. Most were sent as gifts to Kanardy L. Taylor.
Maximilian Gottlieb Kern Lecture Notes, 1842-1843 (C3129)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Botany lecture notes, in German, taken by Kern at the University of Tubingen in the classes of Hugo Mohl and Dr. Maerklin. Kern was later on the botany faculty of the University of Missouri.
Charles Newton Kimball Papers, 1911-1991 (K0055)
44 c.f.
Personal and professional papers of a scientist, civic leader, and president of the Midwest Research Institute encompassing a range of economic and community development activities regionally and nationally.
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George E. Ladd Papers, 1890s-1939 (R1493)
0.5 cubic foot (5 volumes)
The George E. Ladd Papers include photograph albums containing images and engineering reports of landslides and property destruction caused by soil erosion including images of failed railroad lines and train wrecks in Missouri, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, California, Tennessee, New York, Ohio, and southern Italy.
John E. Lankford Papers, 1934-2018 (CA5175)
12.1 cubic feet
The professional and personal papers of a history professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia include correspondence, publications, research and teaching materials, biographical information, photographs, poetry, financial records, and miscellaneous material.
Harold H. and Dorothy V. Leake Papers, 1841-1990 (C4011)
40.25 cubic feet (2288 folders), 4 card files, 9 audio discs, 8 video cassettes
The papers of Harold H. Leake, music teacher, radio broadcaster, and Episcopal priest, and Dorothy V. Leake, educator and biologist, consist of correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, diaries, subject files, and other materials relating to the personal and professional lives of the Leakes and their family.
Meriwether Lewis Astronomy Notebook, 1805 (C1074)
1 volume
Set of formulae prepared by Robert Patterson of Philadelphia for Lewis to use in determining geographical locations by astronomical observation. Also includes a "sketch given us by Yallept, the principal chief of the Wollah-wollah nation," and a drawing, probably by Lewis, Microfilm copy available for loan.
Thomas D. Luckey Papers, 1946-1966 (C3119)
3.5 cubic feet
The papers contain correspondence and miscellaneous reprints of a biochemist of the University of Missouri Medical School, whose fields of research included nutrition and metabolism of germ-free vertebrates, folic acid and related compounds in chick nutrition, and nutrition of zoo animals.
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Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter Records, 1923-1983 (C4512)
3.7 cubic feet (63 folders, 1 roll of microfilm)
Drafts of the Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter--a publication of reports by maize geneticists started at Cornell University in 1929--plus correspondence and distribution information from 1923-1983.
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Papers, 1798-1981 (S0452)
25 cubic fet, 1321 folders, 268 photographs, 39 glass slides, 17 volumes
Edward Mallinckrodt was an Industrialist, scientist, and philanthropist in St. Louis. He Served as Mallinckrodt Chemical Works director (1901-1965), vice-president (1918-1928), and board chairman (1928-1965). The collection Documents family and business history, Mallinckrodt’s contributions to medicine, conservation, and education. Included in the collection are correspondence, reports, biographies, speeches, notes, scrapbooks, publications, blueprints, patents, and photographs.
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Curtis Fletcher Marbut Papers, 1852-1983 (C3720)
6.8 cubic feet (250 folders)
The personal and professional papers of C. F. Marbut, a geology professor at the University of Missouri, 1895-1910, and soil scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1910-1935, includes correspondence, estate and financial records, photographs, publications, manuscripts, and maps. The personal correspondence received by Louise Marbut Moomaw and a short series of Civil War letters are also included in the papers.
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Virginia Lee McClelland Ehwa, ca. 1919-1980 (K0333)
0.3 c.f.
Correspondence from William Clyde McClelland, a dentist and was a maker of dental prosthetics to his wife, Flossie, and daughter Virginia during his business travels. Also family photographs, clippings, publications, and ephemera.
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McDonnell Airscoop Newsletters, 1963-1966 (S0758)
0.015 cubic foot, 1 microfilm roll
This collection contains 31 issues of the Airscoop newsletter of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis. These newsletters date from 1963 to 1966 and have articles on the production of space craft, jet fighters, and announcements about company events and employees.
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McDonnell Space Program In St. Louis Collection, 1957-2008 (S0759)
3 cubic feet, 125 photographs, 2 CDs, 16 miniDV tapes, 3 DVDs, HTML files
The McDonnell Space Program in St. Louis Collection documents the role of St. Louisans in NASA’s Project Mercury (1959-1963) and Project Gemini (1961-1966). The collection consists of video and audio interviews with eleven former McDonnell Aircraft Corporation employees and accompanying materials including photographs, documents, and digital materials.
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Cyrus A. Mead Papers, 1861 (R0166)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Cyrus A. Mead Papers contain photocopies of a letter written by Cyrus A. Mead during the Civil War to his sister in Eaton, Ohio. Serving with the 42nd Ohio Infantry in Camp Chase, Ohio, Mead noted the sickness in the regiment and remarked on the regimental officers, including Colonel James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States.
Edwin P. Meiners Collection, 1825-1960 (C3722)
7.1 cubic feet (407 folders)
The papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist include personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners's insect collection and collections of correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.
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Menorah Medical Center Auxiliary Collection, 1981-2004 (K1076)
0.5 c.f.
Photographs of various events and activities; newsletter; certificates.
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Meramec Basin Association Records, 1965-1978 (S0362)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders
The Meramec Basin Association Records contain brochures, maps, position papers, reprints concerning the proposed Meramec Dam near Sullivan, Missouri, on the Meramec River. This organization favored construction and worked to convince the public of its advantages.
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Meteorite Postcard Collection, 1909 (R1365)
(1 folder)
The Meteorite Postcard Collection consists of a postcard written by Dr. Samuel B. Rowe to Dr. C.A. Peterson. The postcard concerns fragments of a meteorite in Rowe's possession.
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Frederick A. Middlebush Papers, 1932-1962 (C3302)
35.3 cubic feet (1687 folders, 32 volumes)
The papers of Frederick A. Middlebush contain material pertaining to his position as president of the University of Missouri, including correspondence, press releases, memos, reports, articles, and pamphlets, as well as personal papers. In addition, there are papers regarding his activities as a member of the Commission on the Financing of Higher Education, Navy Civilian Advisory Board, and Committee on the Present Danger, the Presbyterian Church, the National Science Board, and the National Science Foundation.
Missouri Academy of Science Records, 1937, 1960s-1990s (CA5714)
61.3 cubic feet
The records of an organization founded to increase and diffuse scientific knowledge include publications; correspondence; meeting minutes; reports; financial records; committee materials; membership records; annual meeting files; and miscellaneous administrative material.
Missouri Archaeological Society Records, no date (CA4759)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Correspondence, minutes, reports and archaeological site surveys of the Big Bend Archaeological Society of Marshall, Missouri. See also C0780.
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Missouri Innovation & Exploration Oral History Project Records, 2018 (C4352)
0.4 cubic feet (17 folders), 32 CDs
The collection consists of interviews with Missourians who have been involved with projects related to innovation and exploration in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The collection includes digitally recorded interviews and transcripts of the interviews.
Missouri Lumber & Mining Company Records, 1888-1918 (R0140)
7 volumes, 2 folders microfilmed
These are papers of Dr. Alexander Johnston, Chief Surgeon of the Missouri Lumber and Mining
Company at Grandin, Carter County, Missouri. The collection consists primarily of records of
the Employees Hospital Association of the lumber company, with miscellaneous material from the
Congregational Church at Grandin
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Wilson C. Morris Papers, no date (CA5205)
0.2 cubic feet
Papers of a physics professor at State Normal School at Warrensburg, MO. Includes a typed manuscript of "Physics in the Secondary Schools" and State Normal School Bulletin of 1915-1916.
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Wilson C. Morris Papers, 1915 (C4646)
0.3 cubic feet (7 folders)
Papers of a physics professor at State Normal School at Warrensburg, MO. Includes a typed manuscript of "Physics in the Secondary Schools" and State Normal School Bulletin of 1915-1916.
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Moulder Family Papers, 1873-1987 (CG0012)
0.2 c.f.
Photographs, papers, and letters from the Thomas Valentine Moulder, Wilbur J. Moulder, and Frances Valentine Moulder family from Scott County, Missouri.
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NASA Skylab Collection, 1965-1979 (S0831)
1 cubic foot, 24 folders, 459 photographs
The NASA Skylab Collection contains 459 photographs documenting the construction of Skylab, specifically its Airlock Module and Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) at the McDonnel Douglas plant in Saint Louis. Also included in this collection are books and pamphlets documenting the history of Skylab.
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Helen Nash Oral History Collection, 1999 (S0945)
0.25 cubic foot
This collection contains an oral history interview of Helen Nash, MD, interviewed by Marion Hunt, on April 20, 1999. Nash was a pediatrician who worked at Homer G. Phillips Hospital and the Saint Louis Children's Hospital. She was best known for providing youth with sex education and reducing instances of infant deaths at Homer G. Phillips Hospital.
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Ernest Jesse Palmer Papers, 1891-1962 (C3405)
7.0 cubic feet (499 folders)
The papers of Ernest Jesse Palmer contain correspondence between Palmer and his associates in fields of botany, geology, and archaeology. Most of collection deals with identification of plant species, especially the hawthorn (Crataegus). Also included is correspondence with his family in Webb City, Missouri, and W.D. Rush, a life-long friend.
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Charles Pettit Papers, 1737, 1859-1964 (C0385)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 5 oversize items)
Indenture between Theobold, Earl of Carlingford, and Charles Brett, 1737; letter to French poet Alphonse de Lamartine and his reply, 1859; and patent materials.
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Pritchett College Board of Trustees' Proceedings, 1868-1926 (C1209)
0.4 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Articles of association; certificate of incorporation; charter granted by secretary of state of Missouri; by-laws; and reports of the president and treasurer and the director of Morrison Observatory, as incorporated in the minutes of the meetings of the board of trustees of the Pritchett School Institute (later Pritchett College) in Glasgow, MO.
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Pritchett College Journal, 1877-1918 (C1208)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
Records of Pritchett College and Morrison Observatory. Salary, endowment, tuition, and real estate records are included.
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Pritchett Family Papers, 1753-1984 (C4013)
0.6 cubic feet (15 folders)
The papers consist of correspondence, published volumes, genealogical information, legal documents, and miscellaneous materials of Carr Waller Pritchett, Henry Smith Pritchett, and Ida Pritchett.
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Pritchett School Institute (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1868-1906 (C0603)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
The records of the Pritchett School Institute contain yearly reports, correspondence concerning scholarships and hiring of teachers, expense accounts, and material relative to the Morrison Observatory.
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Project Cavern Report Records, 1951 (R1437)
0.2 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Project Cavern Report Records contains the evaluation and survey of voids within a fifty-mile radius of Rolla, Missouri, for use as a jet propulsion laboratory or industrial and civilian defense use.
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Walther Rathenau Letter, 1919 (C3761)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from Rathenau, head of Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft (General Electric Company) of Berlin, to James Taft Hatfield setting up an appointment with him in Rathenau's office at AEG on June 27, 1919.
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Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel Papers, 1884-1958 (C0578)
1.7 cubic feet (108 folders), 1 card file
The papers of a bacteriologist and teacher, including correspondence, notes, and other material. Information on disease research, health organizations, other scientists, World War I army life, the University of Wisconsin in 1914, and the effects of World War II on Columbia, Missouri.
Alice Cary Risley Papers, 1857-1991, bulk 1863-1939 (R0478)
(1 roll of microfilm)
This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Alice Cary Risley, a volunteer nurse for the Union army in New Orleans during the Civil War, and a postwar resident of West Plains, Missouri. Risley was active in the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. She corresponded with members of these organizations and with former soldiers.
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Mark H. Rose Papers, 1975-1991 (K1063)
15 c.f.
Professional papers of Rose, Ph.D. in History, with specialties in cities, technology, business, and public policy. Includes correspondence; subject files concerned with conferences, meetings and symposia; the writing, publishing and presentation of articles and papers; and special projects; and grant applications he was asked to evaluate.
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Ralph Rosen Papers, 1924-1982 (S0143)
3 cubic feet, 132 folders, 2 photographs
The Ralph Rosen papers document the fluoridation controversy in St. Louis and Missouri from the late 1940s through the early 1980s, and in particular, the actions of Rosen to convince others of its merits. Also included in the collection are pro and anti-fluoridation literature from throughout the United States.
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Rotoscope Collection, 1938-1981 (R1499)
11 cubic feet (23 folders, 50 reels 35mm film)
The Rotoscope Collection contains the personal papers of Rowe Carney Jr., photographs, patents, schematics and design materials, promotional material, and 35mm reels of film related to the Rotoscope. Invented by Rowe Carney Jr. of Rolla, Missouri, and Tom Smith of Urbana, Missouri, the Rotoscope is a single camera, single projection system capable of taking and projecting a scope of 180 degrees on one reel of film. The collection also includes film scripts written by Rowe 'Doc' Carney and correspondence related to the production of two of his films.
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Siegfried "Fred" Ruschin Papers, 1920-2008 (K1193)
4 c.f.
Personal records of Ruschin and his family, particularly relating to applications for restitution for losses in German under the Nazis; writings and other materials relating to Ruschin career as a librarian at Linda Hall Library; his volunteer work; and other interests, research, writing that he did.
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Francis T. Russell Botanical Specimens, 1850-1891 (C2334)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a volume of botanical specimens. Russell, a Columbia, MO, attorney and curator of the University of Missouri, collected most of the specimens on a trip to California and return via the Isthmus in 1850.
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Saint Louis Zoo Records, 1910-2014 (S0194)
30 cubic feet
The Saint Louis Zoo Records document the evolution of Zoo's philosophy from providing entertainment to educating the public and preserving animal species. The collection contains annual reports, meeting minutes, photographs, films, and scrapbooks. Topics of interest include animal acquisitions, as well as birth and deaths, and construction of new zoo buildings.
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Sappington Family Papers, 1831-1939 (C2889)
0.5 cubic feet
The papers contain documents pertaining to Dr. John Sappington and his family. These papers deal with the financial accounts of Dr. Sappington, financial business for W.B. Sappington, and a variety of receipts and business papers. Another portion of this collection contains correspondence and essays written by W.B. Sappington. There is also a small collection of newspaper clippings.
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John Sappington Papers, 1803-1887 (C1027)
1.8 cubic feet (96 folders, 12 volumes)
The papers of John Sappington consist of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, largely concentrating on Sappington’s anti-fever medicine business. The collection also includes correspondence and papers of William B. Sappington, Erasmus D. Sappington, and Claiborne Fox Jackson.
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Herman Schlundt Papers, 1913-1941 (C0015)
12.5 cubic feet (1,069 folders)
Files from the University of Missouri chemistry department. Includes some of Schlundt's personal correspondence and papers as well as departmental and personal correspondence of Mary Violette Dover, D.H. Dolley, Henry D. Bent, and Allen E. Stern. Papers contain research notes for Schlundt's work on radioactivity and Dover's work on lubricants.