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Dorothy Ferneding Diary, 1914 (S0551)
0.1 cubic foot
The Dorothy Ferneding Diary consists of 98-page diary written by St. Louis native Dorothy Ferneding (1896-1992) recounting her travel approad to Europe in 1914 during the outbreak of World War I.
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Gabriel Field Journal, 1819 (C1891)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Journal of a trip from Camp Missouri to Chariton kept by Gabriel Field from October 31 to November 27, 1819, for Colonel H. Atkinson. Journal includes detailed directions and observations of the area. Two maps of route.
Susan H. Findley Papers, 1953-2010 (R1317)
3 cubic feet (50 folders)
The Findley papers consist of the correspondence and personal papers of Susan Hancock Findley and her husband, Marshall E. Findley; including his years in Rolla as an associate professor of chemical engineering, correspondence and papers as his time as a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) guest professor in South Vietnam, letters from Vietnam and Malaysia. Findleys wrote of living and traveling in Asia, working in the USAID program, politics, and the course of the war in Vietnam.
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Pauline Stolov Fish and Sam Fish Papers, 1920-2007 (K1363)
4.5 c.f.
Materials related to the lives and family history of Pauline Stolov Fish and Sam Fish of Kansas City, Mo., consisting primarily of photo albums of their wedding, family and travels, in addition to local school annuals, and other printed materials
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Paul Flam and Marion Doris Lichtor Flam Papers, 1910-2006 (K1121)
12 c.f.
Family papers and records relating to a Kansas City based tour service and various community activities of the Flams. Also family papers for the Lichtor family. Includes letters and postcards, journals, certificates, scripts, pilgrimage brochures, Beth Shalom programs/newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and VHS cassettes.
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Henry Beeson Flanner Papers, 1856, circa 1936 (R0139)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The Henry Beeson Flanner Collection contains photocopies of a typescript diary by Henry Beeson Flanner describing his travels between Mount Pleasant, Ohio and Lake Spring in Dent County, Missouri, where he purchased land. Also included is a pamphlet by Anna Flanner Buchanan concerning the Flanner family.
Alma Olivia Fletcher Papers, 1841-1968 (C3623)
0.2 cubic feet (16 folders)
Papers of the Fletcher family of Arcadia, Missouri. Included are two Civil War muster rolls; Missouri will and land deed; scrapbook of Alma's European tour, 1910; and detailed daily bird watching charts, 1960-1968.
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Ferris Forman Letter, 1836 (C0833)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Clark Hyatt, from St. Louis, March 8, 1836. Reprint of letter describing St. Louis and Potosi.
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France-McDonald Family Papers, 1884-1996 (C4419)
0.8 cubic feet (15 folders)
Papers of a St. Joseph, Missouri, family, the France-McDonalds, and their descendants, including correspondence of Charles B. France (1900-1928) with Gladys, Albert, and Sara France.
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Douglas R. Frazee Photographs, 1880-1985 (P0072)
0.25 linear feet
Photographs of the Missouri River and life on the towboat Brownville, 1963-1985 by Frazee, an engineer on the vessel. Photos of Marshall, MO, 1948-1950, and Marthasville, MO, area in the early 1900s. Aerial photographs of Saline County, Marshall, Brookfield, and Pettis County, 1946-1949. Aerial photographs of farms and buildings along Highways 20, 24, 41 in Saline and Lafayette Counties, ca. 1947. Also include a variety of images of Missouri scenes and Missourians.
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Gallaher Journal Photographs, no date (P0906)
4 photographs
Copy photos of William Gallaher and individuals mentioned in his journal, as published in the Missouri Historical Review, January 1963.
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William Houston Gallaher Journal, 1865 (C3924)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The 1865 journal of William H. Gallaher, kept during his journey from St. Charles, MO, up the Missouri River to Montana Territory, and while living in southeast Montana.
Martin A. Gauldin Diary, 1845 (C0696)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Trip to Austin, TX, from Marshall, MO, November and December 1845.
Remarks on campsites, towns and settlements, fertility of soil, and variety and condition of timber seen enroute.
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Daniel M. Geary Letter, 1915 (K0350)
0.01 c.f.
Reminiscence of Kansas City written to Dr. W.L. Campbell, by Geary, early settler, real estate agent and former City Clerk of Kansas City, MO.
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Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1803-2002 (C4058)
17.5 cubic feet (355 folders)
Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1840s-2011 (CA6433)
2.5 cubic feet, 13 computer discs, 780 MB of digital files, 1 oversize item
Addition of family photographs and slides. Locations include Missouri, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, India, Thailand, and Europe. Includes World War II Navy photographs. Also includes scans of most images along with descriptions, publications, and personal and professional material of Louis G. Geiger and Mark Geiger.
G. Houston George Photographs, 1913-1918 (P0073)
1 folder
10 photos related to car trip in 1917 from Flint, Michigan to Odessa, MO. Photo album of trip to pick up automobiles in Flint, Michigan and drive them back to Missouri.
Mrs. Vincent George Papers, 1941 (R0808)
(1 folder)
This collection consists of three letters to Mrs. Vincent George of Lynn, Massachusetts, from her newlywed daughter, Mary, who was on her honeymoon road trip to the Grand Canyon. One letter was written from Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri.
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Gillespie-Judy Family Papers, 1877-1878 (C4580)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters from Sarah “Sallie” Judy to her family describing her and her husband’s journey from Olney (Ill.) through Missouri to Belle Plaine (Kan.) in the summer of 1877 and adjusting to their new life there throughout 1878. Includes transcriptions.
Charles Gills Papers, 1891-1973 (R1451)
2 rolls (2 volumes)
The collection of Charles Gill contains diaries, writings, travelogues, magazine/newspaper articles, letters, expense records, photographs/post-cards, and many miscellaneous articles written or collected by Charles Gill.
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Carol J. M. Goggin Collection, 1844-2015 (CG0053)
0.2 c.f.
This collection covers a range of items, including brochures for many of the points of interest and historical sites in and around Southeast Missouri. There is also information on local history of Leeper, a small community in Wayne County, Missouri, including a written document on the history and the people from the point of view of Carol J. (Marler) Goggin. There is a notary book for Wayne County, 1915-1938. Various photos of trains, train workers and teachers. Cecil Brown adds a personal account of the first post office and railroad in Leeper. A list of residents and their nicknames as well as a list of Marriages in Ripley County and the book “Cemetery inscriptions of Wayne County Mo”
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Mildred Griffen Scrapbooks, no date (C1402)
0.75 cubic feet (4 oversize volumes)
Newspaper and magazine clippings of pictures and articles of Missouri scenes, the Ozarks, and Hannibal. Volume 4 contains souvenir postcards.
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Hadley Family Letters, 1838-1869 (C1997)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains letters written to Moses and Susan Hadley by Elizabeth Hadley Wyman and her husband Edward, who were teachers. The letters describe a trip from Boston to Illinois in 1839.
Harvey Family Collection, 1860 (R1369)
0.25 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Harvey Family Collection is a photocopy of ""The Lily or Ladies' Manual Pocket Book for 1855"". Amy Lloyd presented the book to Chrysea Harvey in the 1850s. The writing in the book is from a decade later. The book's content consists of family member's birthdays and descriptions of a sea voyage from England to New York.
J.E. Hawley Letter, 1855 (C1548)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To his wife from Columbia, MO, June 10-12, 1855. Hawley, a Massachusetts physician, traveled to Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas to select a town in which to establish a practice. Trip from St. Louis to Columbia, state university, slavery, medicine in Missouri, cost of living, land prices, climate, weather, business matters, and family and friends.
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Hermann, Missouri, Clippings, 1945 (C0836)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Clipping reprinting section of journal of the Reverend William A. Helffrich of the early Reformed Church, describing river trip from Pennsylvania to Hermann, Missouri, in 1848, and the social life among pioneer settlers. From the Advertiser Courier, Hermann, Missouri, 27 April 1945.
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Charley Hershey Papers, 1883-1888 (R0188)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Charley Hershey Papers contain microfilm copies of diaries written by a young itinerant peddler from Jasper County, Missouri. Charley Hershey and his brothers, Austin and Sam, canvassed the mining towns of Jasper County and in Kansas. They made a journey down the White River in Arkansas in 1884, went to California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado in 1886. The collection also includes fragments of a short story, “Goldeye’s Trip to the Hills.”
Henry Edward Hill Diary, 1922-1923 (K0298)
0.1 c.f.
Diary detailing Kansas City architect Hill's work inChina on the campus expansion of Biejing University. Includes details of his work, military conflicts, daily life, and descriptions of Peking and other, nearby locales.
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Russell A. and Bernadine M. How Collection, 1927-1989 (C4023)
5.0 cubic feet (125 folders), 4 card files
The Russell and Bernadine How collection contains photographs, maps, printed materials, and notes on grist mills in the Ozarks region of Missouri and Arkansas. The collection also includes materials related to Missouri tourism.
Gregory L. and Mary Folse Hutchison Collection, 1900s-2010 (CA5861)
13.4 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes
The collection contains material from two University of Missouri-Columbia alumni, United States veterans, and federal employees. Mary Folse Hutchison was in the first class of WAVES officers at the start of World War II, and later a CIA staff officer for twenty-five years. Includes a scrapbook related to theater and other activities at the University of Missouri in the 1930s, correspondence, diaries, photographs, travel materials, writings, and miscellaneous items.
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Johnson Family Collection, 1880-1971 (SP0085)
15 cubic feet (12 folders, 24 volumes)
The Johnson Family Collection consists of photographs, postcards, personal papers, and scrapbooks related to the Johnson and Wood families of Greene and Taney counties. The scrapbooks contain materials related to development sites in southwest Missouri, including the Powersite Dam, the James River Power Station, and the town of Hollister.
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"Journey of the Stephanites from Saxony to St. Louis, 1838, and settlement in Perry County, 1839," C. Heinrich pub., no date (C2085)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Journey of the Stephanites from Saxony to St. Louis, 1838, and settlement in Perry County, 1839. Difficulties of ocean voyage to New Orleans and riverboat travel to St. Louis. Economic conditions, prices, religious beliefs, organization of colony, and impressions of Martin Stephan.
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Kansas City Expo '92 Records, 1987-1992 (K1036)
1 c.f.
Organizational records for the Kansas City exhibit at the last World's Fair of the 20th century in Seville, Spain (Kansas City's sister city). Includes planning documents, correspondence, committee minutes and reports, promotional material, brochures, and newspaper and magazine clippings,
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Beverly Kees Papers, 1941-2004 (C4025)
27.75 cubic feet (954 folders), 2 volumes, 1 video cassette
The papers of Beverly Kees, a journalist, editor, and journalism instructor in Minneapolis, North Dakota, Indiana, and California; the first female executive editor at a Knight-Ridder newspaper; and editor and programs director for the Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center. The collection contains both personal and professional material, including office files, clippings, editorials, correspondence, photographs, reports, resources, and handbooks.
Thomas Henry Kenny Papers, 1816-1997 (C4131)
5 cubic feet
The papers of a real estate broker, author, artist, treasure hunter, researcher, entrepreneur, and overall Renaissance man include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, publications, photographs, postcards, newspaper articles, and artistic material.
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Lake of the Ozarks Association Collection, 1956, no date (R1086)
(1 folder)
These are a brochure and a booklet published by the Lake of the Ozarks Association, Inc., at Lake Ozark in Miller County, Missouri, to promote tourism and recreation in the Lake of the Ozarks area.
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Lake Taneycomo and White River Valley County Brochure Collection, circa 1945 (R1447)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The brochure of Lake Taneycomo and the White River Country contains advertisements and descriptions of popular tourist attractions, businesses, and organizations in Taney County, Missouri.
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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.
Robert Ridenour Lester Papers, 1874-1997 (K1158)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and some printed and published material related to Lester and the Ridenour Family. Seventeen scrapbook volumes depict travel in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Lester's involvement in France in WWI.
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"Letters of a Missourian Who Died in the Gold Rush," Charles H. Philpott ed., no date (C0387)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Synopsis of letters written between 1848 and 1850 by Alexander M. Philpott, the editor's uncle. A.M. Philpott was a medical student in Jefferson City when he left for the gold fields. He died in Sacramento, 1850. Also genealogical information.
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.
John Leyden Papers, 1800 (C0893)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Biography of the life of John Leyden, including short accounts of incidents and short letters of Leyden's describing his work; and journal of a trip through Scotland, describing the country, people, and institutions. The journal covers July to October 1800. Original journal and typed copy are in the collection.
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Edgar Allison Linton Photographs, 1910-1973 (K0490)
0.3 c.f.
Travel photographs by Linton, photographer and teacher, taken during his various journeys around the world.
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William C. Lobenstine Diary, 1852-1858 (C0525)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Photocopy of privately printed edition of diary kept while traveling to California to mine gold in 1852. Includes scattered entries for years Lobenstine was in Volcano and Camp Secco, California, as a miner and, later, a merchant. Entries from April 20 to July 1, 1858, describe his return to the East via the Isthmus of Panama and his intent to settle in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Milton Fletcher Mahin Memoirs, 1933 (C0701)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Reminiscences of the son of a Methodist minister. The family moved from Indiana to Nebraska, and to Kansas before the Civil War. Mahin recalls the antebellum period, various important events in his life, and his travels to all sections of the United States.
Amahia Mallea Papers, 2003 (C4165)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders, 96 photographs)
Journal of a doctoral student in history who traveled over 2,000 miles through nine states by bicycle in the summer of 2003. Her travels began in Columbia, Missouri, and ended at her family’s farm in Minnesota. Includes photographs.
Marionville, Missouri Promotional Booklet Collection, 1968 (R1441)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Marionville, Missouri Promotional Booklet contains information about the city of Marionville, Missouri.
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Mariska Pugsley Marker Papers, 1813-2008 (K0500)
8 c.f.
Family papers of descendants of John Campbell of Kansas City, in particular the Frederic and Charlotte Pugsley family and their daughter Mariska.
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Maude Williams Martin Papers, 1896-1989 (C3909)
3 cubic feet
The papers of Maude Williams Martin, a collector of Missouri folk songs and ballads, and a writer of short stories and poetry; include correspondence, school lecture notes and papers, poems, short stories, essays, and travel material. Also included is material regarding the Missouri Folk-Lore Society, and published book of Martin's poems entitled, SELECTED POEMS.
Gerald R. Massie Photographs, 1860-1980 (P0016)
0.83 linear feet
Photographs of scenes across Missouri, many taken as part of Massie's work as Missouri's state photographer. Events highlighted include Winston Churchill's visit to Fulton, Governor Hearnes' inaugural celebrations in 1965 and 1969, and the Battle of Pilot Knob Centennial commemoration in 1964. The collection includes extensive coverage of the Missouri State Capitol building. Geographically, the collection covers much of Missouri, with particular focus on tourist destinations: St. Louis, Kansas City, Hannibal, Ste. Genevieve, and the Ozarks.