State Historical Society of Missouri, Typescript Collection (C0995)

774 items on 14 rolls of microfilm

MICROFILM
RESTRICTED

INTRODUCTION

The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.

DONOR INFORMATION

The 774 items in the typescript collection were donated between the years 1922 to 1962. Consult the reference staff for more information.

RESTRICTIONS

Consult the reference staff about the restriction on this collection

SCOPE AND CONTENT

These typescripts were originally bound into volumes. They were later microfilmed and the volume number appears in the lower right hand corner of each frame. A brief description precedes each item on the microfilm. Since the volume number is no longer used it is necessary to find an item by locating its description.

ITEM LIST

Item # 1Kuhl, Jacob, "Armistice Day and the Unknown Soldier: St. Louis' Observance of the Day," 1936 (Script of KSD radio program commemorating Armistice Day, November 11, 1936. Parade, church services, American Legion luncheon, and history of Arlington and the Unknown Soldier.)
Item # 2Dienst, Alex, Moses Austin and his son, Stephen F. Austin, 1937 (Address before the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Texas Agricultural Workers' Association, Temple, Texas. History of the Austin family; Austin's pewter, lead, and shot businesses; biographical sketch of Stephen F. Austin, colonization of Texas, the Mexican War, and the Alamo.)
Item # 3Avalon Academy Articles of Incorporation, 1869 (Petition and articles of incorporation of the Avalon Academy, Livingston County, Missouri, established by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, August 13, 1869. The location, name and purpose of the Academy.)
Item # 4Basye, Lisbon (1818-1863), Diary, 1852 (Diary of round-trip journey from Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri, to "Center Creek Diggins," Jasper County, Missouri. Description of weather, soil, countryside, roads, resources, personal health, route traveled. Itemized expenses of the trip. Brief introduction and biography of Lisbon Basye by Otto Basye.)
Item # 5Whitehead, Andrew Jackson (1860-    ), Affadavit, 1932 (Testimony about the public hanging of the bald knobbers Captain Bill Walker, Bill Walker, Jr., and John Matthews at Ozark, Missouri, in May 1889. Whitehead was a guard at the execution.)
Item # 6Benton, Richard Higgins (1841-    ), Autobiography, 1912 (Genealogical information on the Benton and Chinn families. Benton's early life in Kentucky and Missouri, his education, Civil War experiences as a Confederate soldier, battles in Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas, Union prisons, return home and life after the war.)
Item # 7McGregor, W.B., Address to the Benton Democratic Club of Marceline on the Life of Thomas Hart Benton (Speech giving biographical sketch of Thomas Hart Benton, and praising his abilities and accomplishments.)
Item # 8Bingham, George J.R., Letter, 1935 (Enumeration of articles about George Caleb Bingham, exhibits which used Bingham paintings, map of the seige of Maguire's Castle at Inishkellin, 1593-1594, and genealogy of the Bingham family by George J.R. Bingham, Recorder, The Bingham Association.)
Item # 9Darby, Ada Claire, "Sons and Daughters of the Platte Purchase Country," 1938 (Address given at the Platte Purchase Centennial, St. Joseph, Missouri, August 18-20, 1938. Discusses derivation of the name Platte, history of the country, early settlers, and prominent citizens and their achievements.)
Item # 10Collins, A. Loyd, Henry County Chronology (Calendar of important dates and events in Henry County history.)
Item # 11Malone, Edward E., "Building on Bristle Ridge," 1938 (Script of a four-act play about the purchase and settlement of the Platte Purchase, from which Buchanan, Andrew, Holt, Atchison, and Nodaway Counties were formed, including the founding of St. Joseph and Conception, Missouri.)
Item # 12Keil, William (1811-1877), et al., Letters, 1855-1870 (A German immigrant, religious enthusiast and medical practitoner, Keil founded communities in Bethel, Missouri, in 1844 and in Aurora, Oregon, 1855. Letters to the Bethel community from Keil, Samuel Miller and John Giesy, translated from German by William Godfrey Bek.)
Item # 13Gilbert, E.G., Papers, 1859-1960 (W.D. Benson and D.H. Wright, Boonville photographers, describe decline of Boonville businesses, the waning railroad excitement, prices, milling and distilling, photography equipment, family health and activities, and music.)
Item # 14McMillen, A.T., "Blackfoot," 1934 (History of Blackfoot in northwestern Boone County, Missouri.)
Item # 15Blair, John Milton (1823-1875), Letters, 1849-1851 (Letters to his brother, Morris W. Blair of Yellow Spring, IA, about an 1849 journey to the California gold fields. Wagon train, route, weather, provisions, Indians, California, the gold rush, prices, wages, process of digging and panning for gold, climate, people. Introduction by Cora Barns.)
Item # 16Emmons, Ben L., Letter, 1926 (To Nettie H. Beauregard, St. Louis, Missouri, from St. Charles, Missouri, [1926] History of land granted Daniel Boone, Daniel Morgan Boone, and Nathan Boone in Missouri, genealogy of Boone, Shobe, and Matson families, and Daniel Boone's life in Missouri after 1813.)
Item # 17Boone, Daniel Morgan, and Sara Griffin Lewis, Marriage Record, 1800 (Marriage record from St. Charles of the Missouri Parish.)
Item # 18Hosman, R.L., "Family History of Nathan Boone and His Daughter, Mary Hosman," n.d. (Detailed biographical sketches of Daniel Boone, Nathan Boone, and Mary Boone Hosman. Genealogy of Boone and Hosman families.)
Item # 19East, Ernest E., Papers, 1938 (Correspondence with Lydia M. Brickey concerning her grandfather, John S. Brickey; copy of letter from John S. Brickey to J.T. Lindsay, December 8, 1850, describing the building of Fort Clark at Peoria in 1813.)
Item # 20Bronson, S.E., "A Dog Speech By a Friend of the Dog," 1915 (Excerpt from address by Senator S.E. Bronson of Ozark, Christian County, Missouri, opposing S.B. 237, 48th General Assembly, 1915, which called for the licensing of dogs.)
Item # 21Browning, S.A., Speech, 1933 (Speech read on radio station WOS by representative of Livingston County in the 57th General Assembly, giving a brief history of Livingston County, its towns and inhabitants.)
Item # 22Missouri Territory, Cape Girardeau District, Landowners, 1806 (List of landowners in Cape Girardeau District antedating August 10, 1806.)
Item # 23Mulcaster, John C., "The Removal of the Cherokee Indians in 1838," n.d. (An essay describing the forced migration of the Cherokee Nation, taken largely from James Mooney's Myths Of The Cherokee.)
Item # 24Holland, C.B., Letter, 1863 (To W.D. Wood, St. Louis, Missouri, from Springfield, Missouri, Jan. 11, 1863. Letter reports the details of the battle at Springfield, January 8, 1863, and includes a list of the killed and wounded.)
Item # 25Bumgardner, James, Jr. (1835-    ), Reminiscences (Reminiscences of youth in Clinton County, Missouri, especially of the James Bumgardner and James H. Birch families. Description of pioneer life.)
Item # 26Stewart, William W., Civil War Notes, 1864 (The names and addresses of Confederate officers imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Lake Erie during the Civil War.)
Item # 27Crittenden, John Jordon (1787-1863), Letter, 1856 (To Wm. E. Dunscomb, from Washington, D.C., Apr. 22, 1856. Letter about Crittenden's lands in Missouri, which were sold for taxes and which he instructs his agent to redeem.)
Item # 28Redd, Mrs. Jewett M., "History of Dover Christian Church," n.d. (A brief history of the Christian Church at Dover, Missouri, from its beginnings in 1824 until about 1937.)
Item # 29Dresser, Jessie, Will, 1863 (Copy of will in the form of a letter written in Vicksburg, MS, and addressed to M.H. Cushion, to whom all back pay and bounty are consigned in the event that Dresser does not return from the war.)
Item # 30Cannon, Lucius H., Letter, 1935 (To Mr. Wood, from St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1935. Letter about the Easton family of New York and Missouri.)
Item # 31Bryan, William Smith (1846-1940), Papers, 1919-1935 (Correspondence, 1919-1920, and 1934-1935, concerning Robert Rose and William S. Bryan, authors of A History Of Pioneer Families Of Missouri, including eight letters from Bryan and a sketch of his life.)
Item # 32Emmons, Ben L., Papers, 1936 (Letters from Ben L. Emmons from Fred Graham about the Old State House in St. Charles; also a short article on the subject.)
Item # 33Fayollat, R., Letter, 1918 (To Ben L. Emmons, St. Charles, Missouri, from France, [1918]. Letter from a French priest to Emmons regarding his son, Wallis Kirk Emmons, who was serving with a hospital unit in France. The letter, sponsored by the YMCA, was undoubtedly sent to many parents of young men fighting in France.)
Item # 34Field, Eugene (1850-1895), Letter, 1878 (To Alex. Phipps, from St. Louis, Missouri, Feb. 24, 1878. Letter expressing sympathy to Phipps and wishing him a speedy recovery.)
Item # 35Missionary Society of Connecticut, Papers, 1814-1822 (Letters written by Salmon Giddings and Timothy Flint to the Reverend Able Flint of the Missionary Society of Connecticut concerning their missionary work in the West, particularly the St. Louis and St. Charles areas.)
Item # 36Gentry, Richard, Letters, 1830 (Richard Gentry to his wife, Columbia, Missouri, from Santa Fe, July 4, 1830, and to his father, Richmond, Kentucky, from Columbia, Missouri, November 4, 1830. Both letters describe his trip to Santa Fe for the purpose of trading.)
Item # 37Gill, McCune, Address, 1938 (Speech given at the Camp Jackson Dinner of Mid Town Club, May 10, 1938, concerning the taking of Camp Jackson by St. Louis militia, May 10, 1861.)
Item # 38Gass, John Patrick, Letter, 1904 (To F.A. Sampson, Columbia, Missouri, from Sedalia, Missouri, June 10, 1904. Letter concerns Patrick Gass, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who kept a journal which was printed in 1807 or 1808.)
Item # 39Graham, Fred R., "Mississippi River Parkway Report," n.d. (A short history of the discovery and development of the Mississippi River in Missouri and a survey of the points of interest along the river, written by Graham for the Missouri State Planning Board.)
Item # 40Missouri, Greene County, Papers, 1833-1862 (Early Greene County officials, copied in 1933 from an old record book which was prepared after a fire in 1837. Lists such officials as circuit and county court clerks, sheriff, collector, and justices of the peace.)
Item # 41U.S. General Land Office, Letter, 1932 (To Justus R. Moll, Springfield, Missouri, from Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 1932. Letter outlines treaties with various Indian tribes by which the land in Greene County, Missouri, was opened to settlement.)
Item # 42Missouri, Greene County. Circuit Court Minute Book, 1854 (Roll of attorneys copied from the daybook of the Greene County Circuit Court, 1854, by Justus R. Moll in 1932.)
Item # 43Moore, Adella Breckenridge, "The Story the Washington County, Missouri, Records Tell of the Hearst Family" (Various records concerning the John Hearst family to be found in the Washington County record books such as the B Probate file, the county court record book and the circuit court record book.)
Item # 44Hazen, William G., Letter, 1864 (To Alexander R. Hazen, from Camp Cabell, Dec. 21, 1864. Describes the Battle of Pilot Knob and the long, difficult Confederate retreat across Indian territory to the white settlement.)
Item # 45Barrett, Mrs. J.M., Cemetery Records of Burial Grounds in Saline County, Missouri, 1784-1927 (Records of Bethel, Bingham, Memorial Church, Steve Smith, Marshall, Davis, Clark, Hancock, Hill Family, Hurt Family, Heath Creek, High Hill, Hunt Family, and Zoar burial grounds and cemeteries.)
Item # 46Hogan, John, Papers, 1855 (Speech delivered by Hogan at the laying of the cornerstone of the first Jewish synagogue west of the Mississippi, B'nai Temple, at Sixth and Cerre Streets, St. Louis. Letter from Lawrence Boogher, Hogan's grandson, regarding the speech.)
Item # 47Hunter, Abraham, Letter, 1859 (To Lyman C. Draper, Madison, WI, from Pleasant Plains, Missouri, 1859. Letter giving information about Joseph Hunter (1762-1825), who lived with Clark's settlement at Fort Jefferson, was an Indian hunter during the Revolutionary War, and served six years on the legislative council for the Territory of Upper Louisiana.)
Item # 48Iffrig, F.J., Speech, 1933 (Speech read on radio station WOS by the representative of St. Charles County in the 57th General Assembly, giving a brief history of St. Charles County, its towns and industry.)
Item # 49Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Letter, 1916 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 1916. Letter listing those Indian tribes native to Missouri and their location toward the close of the 17th century.)
Item # 50Thomas, John L., Speech, 1876 (Speech read at the Jefferson County Celebration of July 4, 1876, outlining the history of the area included in Jefferson County from discovery and imperial rule by France and Spain, through acquisition by the U.S. to its contemporary status as Jefferson County, Missouri, including a list of all the circuit judges, 1819-1876.)
Item # 51Kenney, Mildred A., "The Early History of Missouri," n.d. (A brief historical sketch of Missouri as the "Mother of the West.")
Item # 52Kingsley, Mrs. George, "Some Historic Spots in Missouri," 1935 (A short address mentioning points of historic interest in Missouri, read by Mrs. Kingsley in Kansas City in 1935.)
Item # 53Espy, James C., Research Notes, n.d. (Copies of articles and items appearing in the Missouri Republican, March 14 to May 9, 1825, in connection with the visit to St. Louis of the Marquis de Lafayette, April 29, 1825.)
Item # 54Bush, A.C., The Liberty Methodist Church, 1860- 1890 (Historical sketch of the Liberty Methodist Church at Liberty, Missouri, taken from a record book in the possession of Judge Sandusky.)
Item # 55Spanish Documents, 1788-1789 (Copies of Spanish documents related to the Louisiana Province and the terms of settlement therein.)
Item # 56Mackay, James, Papers, 1821 (Will of James Mackay, drawn 7 November 1821, and letter from Mackay to his son, John Zeno Mackay, in a Lord Chesterfield vein, ca. 1821.)
Item # 57Major, Elliott W. (1864-1949), Statement, 1917 (Statement, signed and sealed, that the Governor's Message to the 49th General Assembly, 2 January 1917, was the first official act performed in the new capitol building.)
Item # 58University of Missouri, Mark Twain Centennial Committee, Report, 1935 (Final report of the committee to President Frederick A. Middlebush, outlining the activities staged for the Mark Twain centennial celebration.)
Item # 59Sampson, F[rancis] A[sbury] (1842-1918), "A List of Missouri Authors," n.d. (A list of Missouri writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.)
Item # 60Smoke, Margaret, "Missouri Women in Journalism," 1931 (Term paper submitted in the school of journalism.)
Item # 61Shannon, Joseph B., Speech, 1935 (Speech of Missouri congressman Joseph B. Shannon before the Women's Jackson Democratic Club, Independence.)
Item # 62Moll, Justus R., Moll Genealogy, 1931 (A list of the names, addresses, and family lines of those interested in Moll genealogy.)
Item # 63Dickey, Harris B., Montgomery County Cemeteries, 1932 (Inscriptions on gravestones in the Harris and Oliver Cemeteries in Montgomery County, Missouri.)
Item # 64Muldrow, William, and Company, Charter of Incorportation, 1849 (Charter of incorporation establishing William Muldrow and Company, a "joint stock assocation," for the purpose of an expedition to California to prospect for gold. Signed in Marion County, Missouri, 28 January 1849.)
Item # 65Missouri. Militia, Volunteers, Payrolls, 1837 (Copies of payrolls of various companies of Missouri militia mustered into service during 1837 to repel invasion of the frontier by the Osage Indians. Copied from the originals in the Adjutant General's Office by Justus R. Moll.)
Item # 66Layne, Lottie, "Facts About Otterville," n.d. (Historical sketch of Otterville, Missouri, known as Elkton until 1948.)
Item # 67Owen, W.E. (1860-    ), "Pioneer Days in Clinton and Henry County," n.d. (Historical sketch of Clinton and Henry Counties, including recollections of the wildlife that abounded before the end of the century.)
Item # 68Pacific Railroad, Celebration Pass, 1855 (Copy of a pass issued to Dr. G.B. Winston. Good for a trip from St. Louis to Jefferson City and return to participate in the celebration of the opening of the Pacific Railroad to Jefferson City.)
Item # 69Zuber, W.P., "Biographical Sketches of Martin Parmer, East Texas Pioneer," 1902 (Reminiscences of Zuber and others abvout the life of Martin Parmer, Texas pioneer. Included are stories of Indian fighting in Missouri and fighting for the independence of Texas.)
Item # 70Pershing, John J. (1860-1948), Statement of Military Service, 1917 (Statement of the military service of John J. Pershing.)
Item # 71Hollister, George, "History of Pleasant Park Methodist Episcopal Church, South," 1932 (History prepared for the 95th anniversary of the church.)
Item # 72Wiles, Edmond R., Survey, 1933 (A survey of Confederate pensions showing conditions in all pension-paying states, and reflecting the changes since 1931. Compiled by past commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.)
Item # 73U.S. War Department, Questionnaire, 1917 (Questionnaire sent to persons claiming exemption or deferment from military service in World War I.)
Item # 74Quayle, William A., "The Ozarks," n.d. (Description of the natural beauty of the Ozarks taken from Out-Of-Doors With Jesus by Bishop William A. Quayle.)
Item # 75Dye, W. Earle, The Union Side of the Civil War, 1915 (Historical sketch of the Union side of the Civil War in Ray County, Missouri.)
Item # 76Dye, W. Earle, Some Bits of Ray County History (Historical information extracted from James W. Black's History Of Ray County, Missouri (1877).)
Item # 77Henderson, Paul, "Names on Register Cliff," n.d. (List of the names carved on Register Cliff, situated on the old Oregon Trail twelve miles west of Old Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Also names carved on cliffs adjacent to Register Cliff.)
Item # 78Rollins, James Sidney (1812-1888), Letter, 1880 (RESTRICTED. To Carl Schurz from Columbia, Missouri, Dec. 1, 1880. Letter supporting General Joseph B. Douglas for the position of postmaster in Columbia.)
Item # 79Muntsch, Albert, "Indians of Missouri," n.d. (Essay on the culture of the Illinois and Sioux Indians in Missouri before the coming of European settlers.)
Item # 80Shoemaker, Floyd C. (1886-1972), "American Valley of the Nile Pictured in Missouri's Fields," 1925 (Article on the beauties of Missouri, published in the Christian Science Monitor.)
Item # 81Kibby, George, Emancipation Contract, 1853 (Contract between Henry C. Hart, St. Louis, and George Kibby, a free Negro, guaranteeing the emancipation of Susan upon payment within a specified time of $800.)
Item # 82Soulard, Antoine, Letter, 1806 (To Board of Commissioners of the U.S. for the Examination of Land Titles in the Territory of Louisiana, from St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1806. Letter defending Soulard's actions as surveyor of Upper Louisiana under the previous governments.)
Item # 83Gregg, Kate, "Spencer Family of St. Charles County," 1933 (Genealogical essay on the Spencer family of England and America, taken from copies of letters and papers of George Stovin Spencer.)
Item # 84Stark, William, Letter, 1853 (To Benjamin H. Watts, St. Louis, from Louisiana, Missouri, Feb. 8, 1853. Letter concerns the publication of a journal of the route to Oregon, kept by John M. Watts.)
Item # 85Moore, Adella Breckenridge, Notes, 1936 (Notes on the men who signed a memorial for Missouri statehood, 1817. Information about the signers gathered from Washington County court records.)
Item # 86Taylor, Jay L.B., "Missouri's Southwest Corner- Stone," n.d. (Essay about the stone marking the point where Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma meet.)
Item # 87Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly, Letter, 1827 (Paragraph excerpted from a letter by Tucker to an unamed recipient, March 25, 1827, giving the judge's opinion of Edward Bates.)
Item # 88Espy, James C., "Story of the Enduring Friendship between Sen. George C. Vest and Adolphus Busch" (Story told to the author by Aleck S. Vest and Mollie Vest Jackson, children of Senator Vest.)
Item # 89Wagner, Hugh K., "Sugar Tree Club History, 1914-1929," n.d. (Historical sketch of the Sugar Tree Club, a camp in Phelps County, Missouri, seven miles below Arlington on the Gasconade River.)
Item # 90DeVilemont, Don Carlos, Papers, 1811-1832 (Copies of papers concerning DeVilemont's claims to land in the Arkansas Territory granted him by Spain for services rendered between 1794 and 1802.)
Item # 91Wardlow vs. Gaty's Heirs, 1839 (Copy of depositions of witnesses in Wardlow vs. Gaty's Heirs, taken on March 20, 1840, at the St. Charles courthouse. The case is about land claims in St. Charles County.)
Item # 92Espy, James C., "Daniel Webster's Visit to St. Louis," 1934 (Annotated typescript of articles from Missouri Republican, 1-16 June 1837, about the visit of Daniel Webster and his family to St. Louis and the celebrations staged in consequence.)
Item # 93Weeks, R.P., Speech, 1933 (Radio speech delivered over WOS, Jefferson City, Missouri, on the subject of the depression and economy in government.)
Item # 94Westbrook Family Genealogy, 1687-1937 (Notes on Westbrook genealogy.)
Item # 95Doerschuk, Albert N., Westport, Missouri, Postmasters, 1832-1900 (List of postmasters of Westport (called Shawnee until 1834), Jackson County, Missouri.)
Item # 96Wiley, Benjamin Ladd (1821-1890), Mexican War Diary, 1847 (Day-by-day account of the 1st Regiment, Illinois Volunteers' march from Ft. Leavenworth to Santa Fe, 11 July-27 December 1847. Transcribed by Ben W. Leib.)
Item # 97Wilson, Robert P.C., Letter, n.d. (To Nicholas M. Bell, St. Louis, Missouri, from Jefferson City, Missouri, n.d. Wilson recalls the exciting Reconsruction years in the state capital, when he and Bell became friends as freshman members of the legislature.)
Item # 98Burns, D. Dennis, William Wilson, A Missouri Guerrilla (Historical sketch of William Wilson, bushwhacker in south central Missouri during the Civil War.)
Item # 99Churchill, Winston (1871-1947), Letter, 1935 (To Irving Dilliard, from Maitland, FL, Mar. 20, 1935. Letter in regard to the life and character of James E. Yeatman (1818-1901), St. Louis banker and philanthropist.)
Item # 100Younger, Edward F., Speech, 1936 (Younger's radio speech on his selection of the body of America's unknown soldier from a group of war dead in Chalons-sur-Maine, France.)
Item # 101Watson, Goah, Memoirs, n.d. (Judge Watson's autobiography, including accounts of the settlement of New Madrid, the growth of New Orleans, and Indian trade between Detroit and New Orleans.)
Item # 102Contributions of the South to the Civilization of Missouri (Essay on southern influences on the population, culture, and politics of Missouri. Author unknown.)
Item # 103Ferris, Alice Moss, "History of Laddonia School District," 1923 (Historical sketch of the Laddonia School District, 1856-1923.)
Item # 104Viles, Jonas (1875-1948), & Jesse E. Wrench (1882-1958), A Guide to the Study of Local History, 1921 (That portion of the guide reprinted by the Extension Division of the University of Missouri.)
Item # 105Philips, John F., Papers, 1915 (Oration delivered at the funeral of Francis Marion Cockrell at Warrensburg, Missouri, December 1915, and made part of the Congressional Record, June 6, 1917. Also a sketch of Cockrell's life, written by Judge Philips.)
Item # 106deSoto, Hernando, Voyages (Essays concerning the journeys of Hernando deSoto, written in Portuguese by the "Gentleman of Elvas.")
Item # 107Kochtitzky, John S., "Removal of the Cherokee Indians in 1838-1839," 1935 (Essay on the life and culture of the Cherokee Indians in Georgia, and their forced migration westward in 1838-1839.)
Item # 108Stokes, Charles E., Letter, 1937 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Los Angeles, California, Jul. 14, 1937. Letter regarding an article in the Missouri Historical Review (April 1937) entitled "The Plank Roads of Missouri.")
Item # 109Missouri, Pemiscot County, Essay, 1937 (An essay entitled "Pemiscot County Converts Swamps into Farms," describing the drainage system begun in 1901 which turned swamps into farm land.)
Item # 110Missouri, Pemiscot County, History, n.d. (Historical sketch of Pemiscot County, 1786-1936.)
Item # 111Duggins, Thomas C., Letter, 1840 (To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, Batesville, Virginia, from Columbia, Missouri, June 12, 1840. Duggins, who surveyed a large part of the Platte Purchase, describes the newly acquired lands, the Indians who live there, and the white settlements.)
Item # 112Missouri, Greene County, Officials, 1822-1845 (Lists of commissioners, judges, and justices of the peace of Greene County, Missouri, 1822-1845. Copied from records in vault of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri.)
Item # 113Shannon Family of Texas, n.d. (Genealogical information gathered by Samuel E. Asbury about the Shannon Family of Texas, primarily through correspondence with descendants.)
Item # 114Moll, Justus R., "Organization of Missouri Counties," n.d. (List of Missouri counties and description of their boundaries, organized chronologically according to date of formation.)
Item # 115Pritchett, Henry S., "Higher Education in Missouri," 1934 (Short survey of the offerings of the colleges and universities of Missouri.)
Item # 116Haswell, A.M., "The Man Who Arrested Wild Bill," 1933 (A story about Wild Bill Hickok in Springfield, Missouri, 1871.)
Item # 117Kansas. Highway Commission, Reports, 1935 (A series of articles on cross-state highways in Kansas.)
Item # 118Missouri as an Educational Factor, n.d. (Essay discussing the state of public education in Missouri, with special reference to the Russell Sage Foundation reports of 1912 and 1919-1920.)
Item # 119Moll, Justus R., "Evolution of Greene County, Missouri," 1932 (Chronology of major events in the history of Greene County, Missouri.)
Item # 120Moll, Justus R., "Warren H. Graves," 1936 (List of important dates in the life of Warren H. Graves.)
Item # 121Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Herbert V. Wiley (1891-1954), "Who was Born for Adventure" 1960 (Biographical sketch of a naval officer who flew dirigibles in the 1920s and commanded the WEST VIRGINIA in World War II.)
Item # 122Violette, E[ugene] M[orrow] (1873-1940), "The Study of State Hist. in the High Sch. of Missouri," 1922 (Paper on the extent and nature of the study of state history in the high schools of Missouri, over 200 questionnaires returned from first-class Missouri high schools, and about 30 letters from school superintendents in other midwestern states answering the subject of the study.)
Item # 123Dailey, Harold, "The Old Communistic Colony at Bethel," 1927 (Historical sketch of the Bethel Colony, Bethel, Missouri. Founded by William Keil in 1845, it was one of the more successful nineteenth century utopian communities.)
Item # 124Sweeny, Mary, "Teaching of History in Missouri High Schools," 1910 (Summary and interpretation of questionnaires on the teaching of history in the high schools of Missouri; questionnaires distributed by Howard A. Gass, 15 October 1909, and answered by principals of Missouri high schools.)
Item # 125Evans, William P., Questionnaires, 1914 (Questionnaires on the teaching of history in the grade schools of Missouri, answered by grade school superintendents.)
Item # 126Thompson, Cyrus (1844-    ), "Reminiscences of Official Life in Jefferson City, 1865-1875," 1928 (Through his position in the State Auditor's Office, Thompson made the acquaintance of many figures in state government about whom he reminisces 53 years later.)
Item # 127Clay, Martha Ingram, "Soldiers of the War of 1812 Who Became Eminent Missourians," 1931 (Term paper which sketches the careers of men like the Boones, Thomas H. Benton, William Beaumont and others who participated in the War of 1812 and later gained prominence in Missouri.)
Item # 128California Historical Society Letter, 1938 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from San Francisco, California, July 20, 1938. Letter enclosing biographical sketches of James Thompson Farley, Caius T. Ryland, William H. Workman, T.H. Wells, and other Missourians who emigrated to California.)
Item # 129Pipes, Nellie B., Letter, 1938 (To Floyd Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Portland, Oregon, July 18, 1938. Letter from a librarian of the Oregon Historical Society giving brief biographies of Benjamin F. Burch, John Burnett, John Kelsay, James McBride, Reuben S. Strahan, John Whiteaker, George Lemuel Woods, and other Missourians who emigrated to Oregon.)
Item # 130Redd, T.P., Letter, 1933 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 10, 1933. Letter contains a biographical sketch of Joel Harris Haden (1788-1862), well-known preacher, who established numerous Christian churches in southwest Missouri, particularly Howard and Greene Counties.)
Item # 131Edmonds, Albert Sydney, Daisia Lipke Wrightsman, [1887-1930] (Obituary of a Kansas City artist who specialized in oils and pen work.)
Item # 132Jones, Jane (1763-1838), Obituary, 1838 (Copy of obituary and of tombstone inscriptions of Jane and David Jones (1761-1838), who moved to Cooper County in 1811.)
Item # 133Stokes, Charles E., Augusta Stokes Chambers, "A Pioneer Missouri School Teacher," n.d. (Biographical sketch of one of the first women school teachers in Missouri, who grew up in Cape Girardeau.)
Item # 134Morrow, Glenn R., Letter, 1936 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, May 8, 1936. Letter giving biographical information about James Henderson Bronaugh (1839-1920), Confederate officer in the Civil War and for many years a physician in Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri.)
Item # 135Campbell, Simon, Death Notice, 1838 (Copy of death notice in the Western Herald, Sandwich, Upper Canada, September 4, 1838. Campbell was an early inhabitant of St. Louis and fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.)
Item # 136Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce Association Papers, 1932 (Documentation of the efforts of the Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce to establish a memorial to Nelson Kneass, composer of the melody to "Ben Bolt," who was placed in an unmarked grave in 1868.)
Item # 137Thayer, William W., Reminiscences, 1888 (Thayer's reminiscences of his career in newspaper work in Missouri between 1861 and 1879. He worked on such newspapers as the Hannibal Evening Courier, the St. Joseph Union, the Missouri Democrat and later the Globe-Democrat.)
Item # 138Armstrong, C.J., In Memoriam: George A. Mahan, 1936 (Address delivered on December 18, 1936, by C.J. Armstrong, pastor of the First Christian Church, Hannibal, Missouri, in memory of George A. Mahan (1851-1936), creator of the Mahan Awards at the University of Missouri and former president of the State Historical Society.)
Item # 139Disney Family, Affidavits Concerning, 1959-1960 (Affidavits by eight residents of Marceline, Missouri, who were friends and neighbors of the Elias Disney family.)
Item # 140Howard, Goldena B., "Faith of Our Fathers," 1958 (A pageant written for the centennial celebration of the Ralls County Courthouse. Also biographical sketches of Green C. DeWitt, first sheriff of Ralls County, and Col. John Ralls.)
Item # 141Randall, James J., Genealogical Materials, n.d. (Sketch of the life of Lucinda Kennedy; genealogies of the Armes, Haley, Calton, Pannell, McKinney, and Eagle families; and residents of Tom Town, Barry County, Missouri.)
Item # 142Turner, Edith, "The Penn School," 1961 (Historical sketch of the Penn School, provided for black Americans by Westport, Missouri, (after 1899, Kansas City). A second sketch by Mrs. Marguerite B. Smith, the daughter of Penn School students and herself a teacher there, is appended.)
Item # 143Stephens, Hugh, "Restoration of the Old Tavern, Arrow Rock, Missouri," 1927 (Chairman of the restoration committee tells of the work done by the Daughters of the American Revolution to bring about the restoration of the Old Tavern at Arrow Rock, Missouri.)
Item # 144Pyle, Homer, "A History of Allendale, Missouri," n.d. (Historical sketch of the founding and early growth of Allendale, Missouri, and its ten outstanding settlers.)
Item # 145Cape Girardeau County Historical Society, Civil War Data (Information about the federal occupancy and fortification of Cape Girardeau, 10 July 1861.)
Item # 146Roy, Nancy Rebecca, "Early Remembrances of Edgerton Junction," 1954 (Remembrances of a little village in Platte County, Missouri, which no longer exists.)
Item # 147Long, Lula C., "References on the Austin Family," n.d. (Major events in the life of Stephen Austin and his family.)
Item # 148Big Rock Baptist Church Records, 1858-1905 (Excerpts from the records of the Big Rock Baptist Church, including minutes, membership lists, and subscription lists for new meeting house.)
Item # 149Pompey, Sherman Lee, "Nancie (Granny) Gore," 1960 (Biographical sketch of Granny Gore, early Ozark settler widely known for her folk medicine, who died in 1917 at the age of 96.)
Item # 150Lakenan, Mary E., "The Bill Anderson Massacre," n.d. (The story of the Bill Anderson massacre, September 27, 1864, as told to Theodore J. Lakenan by an escapee who believed himself the only survivor, and written down from memory by Lakenan's daughter. The massacre took place near Auxvasse, Callaway County, Missouri.)
Item # 151Bethlehem Church Records, 1824-1849 (Excerpts from the record book of Bethlehem Church in Morgan County, Missouri, and Bowling Green, Missouri, 1824-1849, primarily of members received and dismissed.)
Item # 152Nelson, Donald M. (1888-1959), Papers, 1959 (Memoranda concerning family and possible heirs of Donald M. Nelson. Photostat of marriage license of Nelson and Eleanore Schunzel, 1959. Two printed articles about Nelson. Photostat of Quincy Nelson's death certificate.)
Item # 153Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "The Beautification of America," n.d. (Essay outlining a beautification program based on local initiative supported by appropriate state agencies.)
Item # 154Birbeck, Robert, Island City Christian Church, 1960 (Essay on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the Island City Christian Church, sketching the history of the congregation.)
Item # 155Bogy, Cornelia McKnight, History of Joseph Bogy's Family (A genealogy of Joseph Bogy's family, copied from handwritten papers compiled by Cornelia M. Bogy.)
Item # 156Hearst, George, and Phebe E. [Apperson], Marriage Contract, 1862 (Copy of original contract in Crawford County recorder's office, Steelville. Also information about graves of George Hearst's mother and sister (1 page).)
Item # 157Weaver, Mike, "History of Frankford," n.d. (Historical sketch of Frankford, Missouri, read before the Pike County Historical Society.)
Item # 158Becknell, Mary, Papers, 1858-1867 (Fragment of will of Mary Becknell; fragment of letter from Mary Becknell to Hannah M. Evans discussing causes of the Civil War.)
Item # 159Simpson, Lewis A.W., "Oregon County, 1845-1871," 1960 (Historical sketch of Oregon County, together with copies of documents in support of text.)
Item # 160Pringle, Margaret, "History of Shiloh Methodist Church, 1839-1957," n.d. (Historical sketch of Shiloh Methodist Church, Warren County, Missouri (4.5 miles south of Foristell).)
Item # 161Pruett, Edna, compiler, "Gravestone Inscriptions in Providence Hill Cemetery," n.d. (Gravestone inscriptions in Providence Hill Cemetery, two miles north of New Bloomfield, compiled by Edna Pruett and Fannie F. Edgell.)
Item # 162Loomis, Daniel H., (1841-    ), Letters, 1862-1865 (Letters to his parents and cousins. Loomis was in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, Company E. Some letters touch briefly on battles with Confederate forces in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.)
Item # 163Darch, Robert R., " 'Blind' Boone, A Sensational Missourian Forgotten," 1960 (Biographical sketch by a musician and student of ragtime music, of John William "Blind" Boone (1864-1927), an early ragtime musician.)
Item # 164Williamson, Hugh P., "The Laughlins of Illinois, a Saga of the Civil War," 1960 (Story based on letters from brothers in the Union army to their family.)
Item # 165Missouri Association Program, 1938 (Program of the Missouri Association basket dinner, held at Pocatello, ID, 28 August 1938.)
Item # 166Blackwell, James Shannon (1844-1923), Biographical Sketch (Biographical sketch of James Shannon Blackwell, linguist and philologist, who had a long teaching career at many colleges including the University of Missouri.)
Item # 167The Southern Wagon, n.d. (Lyrics of a Civil War song.)
Item # 168Clark, Elmer T., Early Methodism in Missouri (Historical account of Methodism in Missouri and of the task of the circuit rider.)
Item # 169Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1960 (Speech given at the dedication of the U.S. Post Office at Thayer, Missouri, 25 June 1960.)
Item # 170Gauldin, Martin A., Diary, 1845 (Trip to Austin, Texas, from Marshall, Missouri, November and December 1845. Remarks on campsites, towns and settlements, fertility of soil, and variety and condition of timber seen enroute.)
Item # 171Anderson, Marguerite S., Stephens Massieque, 1938 (Genealogical chart of the Stephens and Massie lines.)
Item # 172St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, Historic Sites Committee, Papers, n.d. (Maps and descriptions of twelve points of interest along the Historic Sites Trail, prepared by the Young Men's Division of the committee. Two copies.)
Item # 173Gentry, North Todd (1866-1944), "John DeWilton Robinson, a Boone County Lawyer," 1937 (Brief biographical sketch.)
Item # 174Talbert, Mrs. T.J., Papers, 1937 (Letter to Floyd C. Shoemaker enclosing typed copies of two newspaper articles, one from the Missouri Intelligencer, August 11, 1821 (an obituary) for Colonel Samuel Williams); the other from the Missouri Statesman, February 1, 1878 (an obituary for Mrs. Eliza Williams Overall).)
Item # 175Doerschuk, Albert N., Major John Campbell, Proprietor of the Town Westport (Essay, based on county records, showing that John Campbell established the trading post town of Westport on the site of present-day Kansas City.)
Item # 176McCain, William D., The Papers of the Food Administration for Missouri, 1917-1919, in the National Archives, 1937 (Historical sketch of the United States Food Administration in Missouri, based on records in the National Archives.)
Item # 177Robinson, Herbert G., Letters, 1937 (Genealogical information about Colonel Calvin W. Marsh (1825-1873).)
Item # 178Arnold, Oren, The Dalton Boys' Last Raid, 1937 (Essay about the Dalton Gang, especially the raid at Coffeyville, Kansas, published in Real Detective Magazine, May 1937. Remarks about the James and Younger Brothers by Harvey C. "Harry" Hoffman.)
Item # 179Karr, W.H., "Alanthus Grove, Missouri, and Wilson Township," 1959 (Historical sketch of Alanthus Grove and Wilson Township, including lists of postmasters, merchants, teachers, millers, and others.)
Item # 180Joe Bowers, n.d. (Copy of song, "Joe Bowers" with additional stanza written by Isaac A. Hedges.)
Item # 181Joe Bowers, n.d. (Words and music to the song "Joe Bowers," taken from Connelly's Doniphan's Expedition.)
Item # 182Edmonds, Albert Sydney, George Robert Edmonds [1834-1930] (Biographical sketch of a Civil War veteran and newspaper publisher, written by his son. Also an obituary from the Kansas City Star. May 30, 1930.)
Item # 183Edmonds, Albert Sydney, The Edmonds of Fauquier County, Virginia and Their Descendants (Genealogical sketch of the Edmonds Family of Virginia.)
Item # 184Brief History of St. Joseph (Historical sketch of St. Joseph, Missouri. Four copies.)
Item # 185Mills, R. Walter (1877-1924), Biographical Materials, 1936 (News clippings and letters from Edwin Mills and H.W. Soper in regard to R. Walter Mills and the Mills family. R.W. Mills pioneered the use of the X-ray and died in consequence.)
Item # 186Bryan, William Smith (1846-1940), Papers, 1934 (Correspondence between Bryan and Floyd C. Shoemaker regarding information about Daniel Boone published in Niles Weekly Register, June 15, 1816.)
Item # 187Wellenkamp, Henry, Diary, 1850 (Diary of a trip from Washington, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, April-August 1850.)
Item # 188U.S. Adjutant General's Office, Statement of Military Service of Nathan Boone, 1932 (Description of Boone's service.)
Item # 189Warin, Sr. Mary Eulalia, Correspondence, 1956 (Correspondence concerning General James Shields, particularly the conflict between his Roman Catholic faith and membership in the Masons.)
Item # 190Boone, E.F., Letter, 1921 (To "Bra," from Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 2, 1921. Letter including genealogical information about the Boone family.)
Item # 191St. Joseph, Missouri, Today, n.d. (Essay about St. Joseph, Missouri, its size, industries, and culture.)
Item # 192The Story of the Pony Express, n.d. (Essay on the establishment of the Pony Express at St. Joseph, Missouri, April 3, 1860. 3 copies.)
Item # 193Workman, Mims Thornburgh, "Shorelines," 1954 (A poem entitled "Shorelines (A Personal Experience of Ecology).")
Item # 194Ratterman, John, "The Kansas City Boys' Orphan Home," 1937 (Historical sketch of the home, based on clippings from The Catholic Register.)
Item # 195Bryan, William Smith (1846-1940), List of German Families in Missouri (A list of German names extracted from A History Of Pioneer Families Of Missouri by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, with corrections and additions by Benjamin L. Emmons.)
Item # 196Harper, C.A., Papers, 1904-1914 (Historical sketch of the Hawk Point Christian Church and biographical sketches of Thomas A. Abbot by C.A. Harper and W.F. Richardson.)
Item # 197Hensley, Mary E., "Retrospection," 1936 (Essay concerning career of her husband, T.F. Hensley, as publisher of The People's Press, Princeton, Missouri, 1880-1888; with the pension office in Washington; and as politician in the Oklahoma Territory.)
Item # 198Yarnell Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions, n.d. (Tombstone inscriptions in Yarnell Cemetery, located six miles south of California, Missouri, compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution.)
Item # 199Phillips, V.E., "Notes on Early History of Northern St. Clair County and Chloe, Missouri," 1959 (Historical sketch.)
Item # 200Pritchard, J.A., "Diary of a Journey from Kentucky to California in 1849," 1849 (Description of the flora and fauna, relations among the emigrants, and travel conditions.)
Item # 201Hamacher, Samuel Bassett, compiler, Pioneer and Civil War Letters, 1849-1863 (Copies of two letters concerning pioneer life in Missouri and four letters written by Confederates giving information about the Battle of Wilson's Creek and wartime conditions in Lexington, Missouri.)
Item # 202Troxell, Belle Alexander, "Memorial to Mrs. Camilla Switzler Branham," 1945 (Address given to the Tuesday Club by Mrs. Troxell in memory of the founder and long-time member of the Columbia, Missouri, women's club.)
Item # 203Troxell, Belle Alexander, Tuesday Club Founders' Day Speech, 1946 (Speech given at the 48th Founders' Day banquet of the Tuesday Club about ten past presidents of the Columbia, Missouri, women's club.)
Item # 204Young Men's Education Club of Missouri, Papers, 1918-1919 (Constitution, minutes, and membership lists, 1918-1919.)
Item # 205Tombstone Inscriptions, n.d. (Tombstone inscriptions gathered by the Missouri Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Kewanee, Shaver, Douglas, Beam, and Matthews Cemeteries.)
Item # 206Tombstone Inscriptions, Vernon County, Missouri, n.d. (Tombstone inscriptions gathered by the Elizabeth Carey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Nevada, Missouri.)
Item # 207Missouri, Versailles, History, 1926 (Historical sketch of Versailles, Missouri, which appeared in the Versailles High School yearbook The Mirrow.)
Item # 208Stones, Ross E., "The Gun That Didn't Win the West (Or Anything Else)," n.d. (Anecdotal account of an incident that happened to Homer Stones and his family as they made their way west to Kansas in 1872. Photograph of a pistol.)
Item # 209Conway, Dorothy, Biography of Joseph Conway, 1763-1830, 1959 (Biographical sketch of Joseph Conway, soldier in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and early settler of Missouri, delivered by the author at the dedication of a memorial to Conway in St. Louis County, September 20, 1959.)
Item # 210State Historical Society of Missouri, Annual Meeting Program, 1959 (Biographical sketches which appeared on the program of the 1959 meeting of the State Historical Society.)
Item # 211Pyle, Carl Homer (1898-    ), Essays, n.d. (Essays entitled "Dawson City, Missouri," "Gem City, Missouri," and "Jimtown, Missouri," giving brief historical sketches of the three towns.)
Item # 212Bynum, Gray, Letter, 1814 (To William Clark, from Boone's Station Settlement, July 28, 1814. Copy of Bynum's letter as it appeared in the Jefferson City Metropolitan, May 27, 1851. The letter concerns Indian troubles in the area.)
Item # 213Hard, Emma Natalie, "Centennial of the Macon Presbyterian Church," 1958 (Historical sketch of the Macon Presbyterian Church, 1858-1958, including lists of ministers, descriptions of the successive church buildings, clubs, attendance, and obituary of S.M. Campbell.)
Item # 214Alexander, William C., Letter, 1939 (Letter asking for information about General Augustus Jones.)
Item # 215Kuhl, Jacob, "The 56th U.S. Colored Infantry, 1866," 1939 (Information gathered by Kuhl about the cholera epidemic that wiped out the 56th Colored Infantry in St. Louis in 1866.)
Item # 216Magill, William Lorenzo (1899-    ), Papers, n.d. (A poem, "In the Store," written by Magill in memory of his wife, photo of Mrs. Magill, and political pamphlet urging Magill's election as state representative.)
Item # 217Magill, Arthur Clay, "The Magill Family History," 1950 (Genealogical history of the Magill Family in Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S.)
Item # 218Tenth Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Dedication [of] Law Office [of] John Marshall Clemens, 1959 (Transcript of the dedication service of the law office of John Marshall Clemens, father of Mark Twain, April 30, 1959. Lieutenant Governor Edward V. Long gave the address.)
Item # 219Missouri. General Assembly, 70th, House Resolution, 1959 (Resolution commending the citizens of Carthage for their Civil War commemoration plan.)
Item # 220The Chouteau Manuscripts, 1901 (Article concerning the Chouteau manuscripts, including August Chouteau's journal.)
Item # 221Polsgrove, Willard, Letter, 1936 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Campbell, Missouri, Aug. 30, 1936. Gives information about the Battle at Chalk Bluff in southeast Missouri, 1863.)
Item # 222Warin, Sr. Mary Eulalia, Essays, 1958 ("Sisters of the Humility of Mary, Residents of Ottumwa, Iowa, Over Eighty Years," gives historical sketch of the order. "A Story of indomitable Spirit and of Christian Charity," describes fire which destroyed their facilities, and community effort to rebuild. Pamphlet on New Ottumwa Heights College.)
Item # 223Young, Garner, "Haying Time," n.d. (Essay describing haying time before the advent of mechanized farming.)
Item # 224Fulk, Billy Mary, "Blue-Grass Mecca," 1956 (Essay about author's experiences in writing Blue-Grass Mecca, a history of Maitland and Clay Township, Missouri.)
Item # 225Rogers, E.F., "Death of Bill Anderson," 1903 (Account of the death of Bill Anderson and his band of bushwhackers at the hands of General James Craig and his troops of Enrolled Missouri Militia, as told to E.F. Rogers by General Craig.)
Item # 226Crabbs, Mary Scott, "Sweet Springs of Yesteryear," 1957 (Paper describing the summer society at Sweet Springs at the end of the 19th century, read at the annual picnic of the Saline County Historical Society, 1957. Published at Marshall, Missouri, in the Daily Democrat News, June 24, 1957.)
Item # 227Andrus, Charles E., Presbyterianism in Missouri before 1866, 1957 (Address delivered October 1, 1957, at the 125th anniversary of the Synod of Missouri at School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri.)
Item # 228Burnett, Peter H., Letters, 1843-1847 (Letters regarding his migration to and settlement in the Oregon Territory, which were printed in the Jefferson Inquirer, 1844-1845, and Liberty Weekly Tribune, 1848.)
Item # 229Cooper, Nan P., "Mother's Trip Across the Plains," 1901 (Account of a journey by wagon train from Lawrence County, Missouri, to Oregon in 1863, told by Arvazena Angeline Cooper.)
Item # 230Sweet, Mrs. A.T., et al., "History of Neosho Presbyterian Church, 1867-1957," n.d. (Brief history of the church.)
Item # 231Persinger, James B., Travel Diary, 1850 (A chapter from the diary of Persinger, who joined the gold rush to California in 1850, traveling with a wagon train from Columbia, Missouri. This chapter takes the train just beyond Fort Kearney.)
Item # 232Carnegie Institute, Dept. of Historical Research, Calendar of Paris Archives Concerning Missouri (Copied from the Carnegie Institute calendar of manuscripts in Paris archives and libraries relating to the Upper Mississippi Valley to 1803.)
Item # 233Missouri. Militia, Enrolled Missouri Militia, Muster-In Roll, n.d. (Muster-in roll of Captain Charles B. Owen's company, a regiment of the Enrolled Missouri Militia out of Wilson Township.)
Item # 234Shelton, Ruth W., Genealogies, n.d. (Genealogies of some of the early settlers of Dent, Texas, Phelps and Crawford Counties, Missouri, including the Franzier-Mankin line, the Joshua Jones family, and the Robert Vale line.)
Item # 235Motley, Katherine, Letters, 1955 (Correspondence between Motley and the State Historical Society of Missouri regarding Rear Admiral William Reynolds Purnell; also a biographical sketch of Purnell.)
Item # 236Darneal, Louise, Highlights of Ray County History, 1953 (Historical sketch of Ray County, originally published in the Richmond News.)
Item # 237Diemer, George Willis, Announcement, 1955 (Announcement of his retirement from academic life by the president of Central Missouri State College.)
Item # 238Gallatin, John M., "One Hundred Years of Masonry," 1947 (Historical sketch of Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe, Missouri, written for centennial celebration.)
Item # 239Burk, C. Dean, Hematite Methodist Cemetery Inscriptions, 1957 (List of cemetery inscriptions in the Hematite Methodist Cemetery, Hematite, Jefferson County, Missouri, compiled by Burk.)
Item # 240St. Joseph Bar Association Resolutions, 1958 (Memorial to Charles H. Mayer (1876-1958), a Buchanan County lawyer, by his colleagues in the St. Joseph Bar Association.)
Item # 241Johnson, Glenn I., "Epoch From His Pills, or, The Legacy of Dr. John Sappington," 1958 (Biography of Sappington, originally delivered as a speech at Marshall, Missouri.)
Item # 242Stidham, J.H., "History of Dripping Spring Church," 1958 (Historical sketch of the Dripping Spring Christian Church, Boone County, Missouri, 1858-1958, written for the centennial celebration.)
Item # 243Missouri. General Assembly, 70th, House Resolution No. 162, 1959 (Resolution congratulating the citizens of Doniphan, Missouri, on the city's centennial anniversary.)
Item # 244Townsend, Mrs. Robert S., "Profile of Hans Schwieger," 1957 (Biographical sketch of Hans Schwieger, musical director of the Kansas City Philharmonic, first published in the Lee's Summit Journal, in 1957.)
Item # 245Bible College of Missouri, 60th Anniversary Program, 1956 (Program of the events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Bible College of Missouri, October 29, 1956, and typed copy and outline of the major addresses given at the noon and evening banquets.)
Item # 246Gee, Bonnie Blue, "The Auxvasse Church," n.d. (Historical sketch of a Presbyterian church near Auxvasse, Missouri, 1823-1959.)
Item # 247Cordry, Robert Dudley, A Condensed History, 1932 (Historical sketch of the New Lebanon Presbyterian Church and New Lebanon settlement in Cooper County, Missouri, 1820-1840.)
Item # 248Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speeches, 1944-1947 (Seven short speeches given on various occasions by commandant of the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky.)
Item # 249Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Armistice Day Speeches, 1943, 1945, 1950 (Three Armistice Day speeches delivered by General Robinett.)
Item # 250Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "George Washington and Leadership," 1959 (Speech given at the joint meeting of patriotic societies at Stetson University, 16 February 1959.)
Item # 251Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Civilian Command of the Military," 1958 (Essay on civilian command of the military and the possible dangers thereof.)
Item # 252Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "The Strategical Role of Armor," 1944 (A paper presented at a series of conferences of senior commanders at the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 10-14 July 1944.)
Item # 253Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "The U.S. Army--Protector of Our Liberties," 1957 (Speech presented to the Reserve Officers, Military District of Columbia, 31 January 1957.)
Item # 254Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Military Affairs in the English Colonies in North America, 1956 (Historical sketch of British military operations in North America, presented to the District of Columbia Society of the Colonial Wars, 4 December 1956.)
Item # 255Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Combat Leadership," 1956 (Lecture on combat leadership delivered at the Armored School, 23 October 1956.)
Item # 256Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1958 (Speech delivered at an American Legion Memorial Day service, Mountain Grove, Missouri, 30 May 1958.)
Item # 257Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Report on Military History, 1956 (Description of the functions of the Special Studies Division, Office of the Chief of Military History, established in 1948.)
Item # 258Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Foreign Military Studies, 1956 (Report on foreign military studies, specifically works from German and Japanese source material, prepared for a briefing of the French military attache with members of the Foreign Studies Branch, 23 May 1956.)
Item # 259Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "The Armored Combat Command," 1956 (Lecture presented at the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 13 April 1956.)
Item # 260Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Study of Military History," 1956 (Lecture presented at Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 6 April 1956.)
Item # 261Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Armored Warfare," 1944 (Lecture presented to senior commanders at the Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, Spring and Summer 1944.)
Item # 262Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Army Day," 1949 (Speech delivered on Army Day, 6 April 1949, at Springfield, Missouri.)
Item # 263Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "High Twelve of Missouri," 1952 (Speech delivered to the Freemasons at Columbia, Missouri, 10 May 1952.)
Item # 264Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "World War II Summary," n.d. (Some of the major events of World War II.)
Item # 265Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1953 (Speech commemorating the end of World War I, delivered to the George S. Patton, Jr., Post 19, American Legion, District of Columbia, 11 November 1953.)
Item # 266Halder, Franz, Letter, 1956 (To P.M. Robinett, Washington, D.C., from Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec. 4, 1956. Translation of letter sending Christmas wishes to General Robinett from the German officers involved in the history of World War II project.)
Item # 267The Burton Family (Genealogical chart of the Burton family.)
Item # 268Point de Sable, Jean Baptiste (    -1818), Burial Record, 1818 (Copy of the burial record of Jean Baptiste Point de Sable, taken from the records of St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Missouri.)
Item # 269Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Essay, 1913 (Historical sketch of the class of 1913, Mountain Grove High School, Mountain Grove, Missouri.)
Item # 270Spivey, George W., Letter, 1855 (To William Spivey from St. Joseph, Missouri, Jan. 22, 1855. Letter giving information about St. Joseph, Missouri, and Lawrence, Kansas, as well as personal matters.)
Item # 271Bradshaw, William L. (1896-1964), Remarks on Dean Isidor Loeb, 1958 (Eulogy of Isidor Loeb given at the ceremony naming dining and residence halls, November 22, 1958.)
Item # 272Edmonds, Albert Sydney, George Steptoe Edmonds, 1958 (Biographical sketch of George Steptoe Edmonds (1803-1875), pioneer Missouri schoolmaster.)
Item # 273Franklin Railroad Lottery Papers, 1833-1898 (Franklin Railroad lottery ticket, April 1833. Historical sketch of the Franklin lottery in the Columbia Missouri Herald, July 8, 1898.)
Item # 274Hunt, Eva C., "Melrose Church," 1936 (Historical sketch of Melrose Church, Kansas City, Kansas, 1888-1889.)
Item # 275George, B. James (1896-1975), Papers, 1958-1959 (Correspondence concerning Quantrill and his guerrillas and the books written about them.)
Item # 276Price, Eliza Dyer, "Recollections of My Father, Samuel Dyer," 1905 (Written as a letter to her children, the recollections describe her father's migration to Missouri in 1822 and his establishment of a home and the town of Fulton.)
Item # 277Guitar, Sarah (1892-1963), "Dent County," 1928 (Historical sketch of Dent County.)
Item # 278McKee, George A. (1845-1923), Boyhood Impressions of the Lexington, Missouri, Area, 1858-1863 (Reminiscences of boyhood in the Civil War-torn area around Lexington, Missouri. Published in the Missouri Historical Review, October 1957.)
Item # 279Jeffersonian Republican, 1838 (Copy of a newspaper article, 3 December 1838, reporting the debate in the Missouri legislature about the controversy between Colonel Taylor and the Missouri Volunteers in the Seminole War, in which Colonel Richard Gentry was killed.)
Item # 280Creel, Virginia F. (1845-1937), Diary, 1864 (Diary of a wagon train journey from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Salt Lake City, Utah, May 19-July 28, 1864, told from a woman's point of view. Also biographical sketch of Virginia Creel by her sons.)
Item # 281Hague, William, and William B. Barnett, Letter, 1841 (To Captain Sutter or Mr. Marsh, from Weston, Platte County, Missouri, May 18, 1841. Letter requests information about conditions in California with a view to emigrating there with a number of Platte County families.)
Item # 282George, B. James (1896-1975), Notes, 1956 (Notes made from newspaper articles in the Oak Grove Banner and National Archives records, 1898-1907, dealing primarily with members of the George family who fought in the Civil War with Quantrill, Shelby, and others.)
Item # 283Oak Grove Banner, 1898-1907 (Copies of newspaper articles from the Oak Grove Banner dealing primarily with members of the George family who fought in the Civil War with Quantrill, General Shelby, and others.)
Item # 284Levy, Samuel (1833-    ), "A Little Sketch of S. Levy's Life....[1857-1870]," n.d. (Autobiographical sketch describing his sea voyage from Europe to America, 2 August-7 October, 1857, and his migration to Missouri.)
Item # 285Selby, Ella, "The Early Churches of Adair County," n.d. (Historical sketch of churches established in Adair County, 1840-1900.)
Item # 286Gentry, North Todd (1866-1944), Letter, 1928 (To William R. Painter, Carrollton, Missouri, from Jefferson City, Missouri, May 2, 1928. Letter concerns proposed road bond issue and the attorney general's inability to answer questions concerning it before the election, and then only if questions come through official channels.)
Item # 287Missouri State Teachers' Association Papers, 1919 (Papers concerning the creation and adoption of a new constitution.)
Item # 288Weathers Family Cemetery, Pettis County, Missouri, Inscriptions, n.d. (Cemetery inscriptions found in the Weathers family burial plot in Heaths Creek Township.)
Item # 289Missouri High School Debating League Papers, 1913-1926 (Miscellaneous papers of the League; annual debate programs, 1916, 1919-1929.)
Item # 290Ward, James Alexander (1826-    ), Autobiography (Excerpts from the Autobiography Of J.A. Ward, M.D. pioneer doctor in Troy and Chillicothe, Missouri. The complete account of Dr. Ward can be found in collection 3890.)
Item # 291Brown, Andy J., Our Country Farm and Home (Four articles on the county home for indigent old people in Lincoln County, Missouri.)
Item # 292Roland, Christine Lucke, "Historical Sketch of Eastwood Memorial Church S. & Caruthersville," n.d. (Historical sketch of the church and city, 1840-1900.)
Item # 293University of Missouri, Class Fight of 1898, Papers (Correspondence between Franklin Miller, Bob Hill, and Charles E. Dewey about the class fight of 1898 in which they took part. Franklin's description of the events published in the Missouri Alumnus, 1938.)
Item # 294Bundschu, Henry A., Segregation in Missouri, 1957 (Essay on segregation in Missouri with primary reference to Younger Vs. Judah, decided in the Missouri Supreme Court in 1898. Printed in abridged form in the Kansas City Star, December 12, 1957.)
Item # 295Muench, Friedrich (1799-1881), "Monism and Dualism," n.d. (An essay taken from the Gesammelte Schriften Von Friedrich Muench, St. Louis, 1902, and translated by Ralph Gregory.)
Item # 296Muench, Friedrich (1799-1881), "Last Words," 1881 (Essay on social conditions taken from the Gesammelte Schriften, St. Louis, 1902. Written originally for Die Washingtoner Post, Washington, Missouri, 1881. Translated by Ralph Gregory.)
Item # 297Muench, Julius T., et al., Foreword to the Gesammelte Schriften, 1902 (Foreward to the Gesammelte Schriften Von Friedrich Muench written by his sons Julius, Ferdinand, and Hugo Muench, 28 February 1902.)
Item # 298No item due to an error in numbering.
Item # 299Missouri, Clay County. Circuit Court Proceedings, 1958 (Proceedings in dedication of the courtroom for Division II of the Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri, at Liberty, November 17, 1958.)
Item # 300Miller, Hunter, "History of McLain's Chapel Methodist Church," n.d. (Historical sketch of McLain's Chapel, Cape Girardeau County.)
Item # 301Williams, Mrs. Ira, compiler, Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (Inscriptions in Holst and Ivy Cemeteries, Morgan County, Missouri.)
Item # 302Miller, Clarence E., "History of the St. Louis Mercantile Library and Association," n.d. (Historical sketch of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, 1846-1887.)
Item # 303Bay, J. Christian, A Handful Of Western Books, 1935 (Copy of the book which was printed privately for the friends of Walter M. Hill, Christmas 1935. Discusses 120 old books on midwestern travel and culture.)
Item # 304Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Survey of the Land Routes into the USSR," 1954 (Military survey of the strategic land routes into the USSR and discussion of invasion possibilities along each.)
Item # 305Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Military History--A Course for the ROTC," 1955 (A set of lectures on military history; includes summary questions and bibliography.)
Item # 306Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Historical Background of the U.S. Army, 1775-1955," n.d. (A history of the U.S. Army put out by the Department of Defense, Office of Public Information. Includes bibliography.)
Item # 307McCollough, E. Spears, "John Kirkpatrick of East Tennessee," 1938 (Biographical sketch of a Revolutionary War soldier and Kentucky pioneer, read at the dedication of a memorial to him. Also genealogical information about David Kirkpatrick.)
Item # 308Quinley, Pete, History of "Sligo Furnace," 1955 (Historical sketch of the Sligo Furnace at Sligo, Dent County, Missouri, 1876-1920.)
Item # 309Missouri. General Assembly, 59th, House Resolution No. 72, 1937 (Resolution on the death of George A. Mahan, adopted 24 February 1937.)
Item # 310Keil, William (1811-1877), Letters, 1855-1870 (Letters describing the overland trip from Bethel community in Missouri to Oregon, conditions in Oregon, and internal conditions in Bethel, Missouri.)
Item # 311Wood, Dean Earl, "The Westport Branch of the Oregon Trail," 1953 (Historical sketch.)
Item # 312Overstreet, Oliver (    -1857), "A Confession," 1848 (Copy of Overstreet's confession, 21 October 1848, that he accepted a $500 bribe from Brigham Young to impersonate Oliver Cowdery, the first witness to the Book of Mormon, to consolidate Young's control over the Mormon congregation.)
Item # 313Burton, Maud Bell, Recollections (Four essay's on Mrs. Burton's girlhood memories of school days and her experience as a young teacher in a rural school near Macon, Missouri.)
Item # 314Yarnell, Ilene Sims, compiler, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1961 (Rural cemetery records from Old Linn Creek, Cape Galena, and Osage Township, Morgan County, Missouri.)
Item # 315Deskin, Nora McKinsey, "Stage Coaches and the Plank Road" (Reminiscences of the days of stagecoaches and plank roads in Huntsville and near Moberly, Missouri.)
Item # 316Campbell, Mrs. Charles, Compiler, Cemetery Inscriptions (Inscriptions on the stones in the French Family cemetery outside Versailles in Morgan County, Missouri.)
Item # 317Buford, Joseph L., Pageant, 1941 (Pageant entitled "Turn Back the Clock," presented at Scotland County centennial in Memphis, Missouri, September 1941, and representing various episodes in the county's history.)
Item # 318Yarnell, Ilene Sims, compiler, Genealogies, n.d. (Bible records of Morgan County, Missouri, families.)
Item # 319Jones, William C., Speech Fragment, n.d. (Address to the people of the 22nd senatorial district of Missouri by candidate to represent that district in the state convention of 1845.)
Item # 320St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Commissioners, 1904 (List of commissioners from foreign countries to the St. Louis world's fair.)
Item # 321University of Missouri, Conference Agenda, 1904 (List of suggested topics for discussion at the 3rd Conference of the Presidents of the State Universities of the North Central States, University of Missouri, 26-28 April 1904.)
Item # 322Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), Address, 1904 (Address delivered at the jubilee at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, June 8, 1904 on the history of state universities.)
Item # 323Cotrell and Leonard, The Academic Cap (Miscellaneous information regarding the academic cap.)
Item # 324Jackman, Georgia, "One Hundred Years of Christian Service," 1956 (Historical sketch of the First Christian Church, Troy, Missouri, 1856-1956.)
Item # 325Reid, Mary Elizabeth, et al., History of Mt. Zion Assoc. Reformed Presby. ...Lincoln County, Missouri (Historical sketch covering the period 1825-1934, by Mary E. Reid, Nellie Reid, and Mrs. Stanley Miller.)
Item # 326Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), "Co-Education as it has been tested in State Universities," n.d. (Essay affirming the superiority of coeducation.)
Item # 327Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), Objects and.... Physical Training in Colleges & Universities (Athletics and physical education in a university setting.)
Item # 328Association of American Medical Colleges, Application (Blank application for membership in Association of American Medical Colleges.)
Item # 329Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), The Leadership of the Federal Government in Public Education (Essay giving an historical sketch of federal involvement in education.)
Item # 330Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), The Most....of Chapel Worship in the Universities & Colleges, 1904 (Two drafts of essay, full title of which is "The Most Effective Method of Chapel Worship in the Universities and Colleges and the Expediency of Appointin a Professor with such a staff of Assistants as he may need to Conduct this Service and Have Charge of the Religious Life of the Institution.")
Item # 331Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), "On Religious Life in the University of Missouri," 1904 (Remarks on religuous life at the university and in Columbia in general.)
Item # 332Long, John Dudley, Genealogies, n.d. (Genealogies of the Burr and Owsley families.)
Item # 333Whitecotton, James H. (1854-1944), "Stage Coach Days," 1940 (Reminiscences of his boyhood days in Ralls County, Missouri, as told to his daughter at Paris, Missouri, in 1940.)
Item # 334Strong, Julia Bernard, Letters, 1836-1839 (Letters from Missouri by the young wife of a Presbyterian missionary working in Missouri and Illinois for the Tract Society.)
Item # 335Moll, Justus R., Ledbetter Genealogy, n.d. (Genealogical chart of the Arthur Ledbetter family.)
Item # 336Missouri, Gentry County, Rural Mail Carriers, 1959 (Names and addresses of rural mail carriers who have rendered service in Gentry County, Missouri, since rural free delivery service was established in the county. Compiled by William H. Karr.)
Item # 337Cochran, John W., Compiler, Boone County Cemetery Inscriptions (Cemetery inscriptions in several family cemeteries in Boone County, Missouri. Names include Cochran, Ellington, Challes, Elliot, Rice, and Kock.)
Item # 338Shoemaker, Harriett, "Reynolds Family Genealogy," n.d. (Genealogical sketch of the Reynolds familty of Virginia and Missouri.)
Item # 339Connell, George W., Letters, 1857-1858 (Letters from Connell to the La Grange Bulletin, describing his journey from LaGrange, Missouri, to southern Texas. Connell was a Lewis County physician.)
Item # 340Youngblood, Bonnie, "A Testimony of Grace," n.d. (The story of Powell and George Youngblood, the first holiness ministers in the Ozarks, by the daughter of George Youngblood.)
Item # 341Linn, Lewis F. (1796-1843), "Cholera Remedies," 1833 (Page from the Missouri Intelligencer, 29 June 1833, containing an article on cholera remedies. Positive and negative photostatic copies.)
Item # 342Green Ridge Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (List of cemetery inscriptions from the Green Ridge, Missouri, cemetery of people who died prior to 1900.)
Item # 343University of Missouri, Office of Public Information, Press Release, 1954 (Press release upon award of Doctor of Laws degree to Floyd C. Shoemaker.)
Item # 344Moore, Adella Breckenridge, "A Rock Was Found," n.d. (Biographical and genealogical sketch of Andrew Henry, Missouri fur trader.)
Item # 345Dunaway, Margaret Fowler, "The Ballad of Alphonso Whetmore" (Ballad about the life of Alphonso Whetmore of Franklin, Missouri.)
Item # 346Pompey, Sherman Lee, compiler, "Versions of Barbara Allen," n.d. (An American Negro version of "Barbara Allen" and variations found in the Ozarks.)
Item # 347Basey, Dewitt Clinton (1837-    ), "My Early Recollections of Brunswick," 1911 (Autobiographical sketch of Dewitt C. Basey and description of his hometown, Brunswick, Missouri.)
Item # 348Bate, W.N., Bedford, Missouri (Notes on the origin of the name, Bedford, Missouri.)
Item # 349Collins, Troy Young, Collins-Murphy-Hoge Genealogy, 1961 (Genealogy of the Collins family and collateral Murphy and Hoge lines.)
Item # 350Garber, Clark M., "Genealogy of Jacob Garber, St. Louis Attorney," n.d. (Genealogy of Jacob Garber and copy of letter by him containing an autobiographical sketch.)
Item # 351Blythe, Lucy, Witcher, The Early Settlers of Missouri (Story of the emigration of the author's grandparents from Kentucky to Missouri.)
Item # 352Templeton, S.W., Papers, 1961 (Correspondence with Monroe F. Cockrell, Francis M. Cockrell, and others attempting to establish a connection between Jeremiah Cockrell (1834-1915) and Thomas Long "Peg Leg" Smith.)
Item # 353Craig, Mrs. Malin, Speech, ca. 1936 (Speech before the Society of the Daughters of the U.S. Army about experiences in the Philippines in 1902.)
Item # 354Skelly, James William (1873-    ), Biographical Sketch, n.d. (Biographic sketch of a civil engineer with the Corps of Engineers in St. Louis who was also secretary of the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies in St. Louis, 1923-1953.)
Item # 355Campbell, S. Brunson, A Silver Half-Dollar and the 'Ragtime Kid' (Historical sketch of ragtime music in Sedalia, Missouri, 1897.)
Item # 356Darby, William, and Theodore Dwight, A New Gazeteer Of The United States Of America, 1833 (Copies of pages of the Gazeteer relating to Missouri and the Ozark Mountains.)
Item # 357Woodbridge, William C., and Emma Willard, Universal Geography, 1824 (Copies of pages 75, 76, 265, and 266, relating to Missouri and the Ozark Mountains.)
Item # 358Collier, George and Sarah Ann, Deed of Sale, 1845 (Sale of land by the Colliers to the Presbyterian Church in Troy, Missouri. Copied from the records of Lincoln County, Missouri.)
Item # 359Mitchell, Spencer H., Letter, 1863 (To his parents, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Jan. 30, 1863. Letter of a Confederate soldier describing the battle of Prairie Grove.)
Item # 360Daughters of the American Revolution, K.City Chapter, Lists of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1918-1954 (List of names of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Missouri, compiled in 1918 and added to in 1954, for inclusion on plaques in the state capitol.)
Item # 361Palmer, John, Journal Of Travels In The United States Of North America In 1817, 1818 (Copy of pages 421-439 from Palmer's Journal, relating to the Missouri Territory. Journal was published in London.)
Item # 362Skinner, Mary H., Deed of Sale, 1868 (Sale of land by Mary Skinner to the Presbyterian Church, Troy, Missouri. Copied from Recorder of Deeds Office, Lincoln County, Missouri.)
Item # 363Martin, William H., Deed of Sale, 1868 (Copy of deed of sale of land by William H. Martin to the Presbyterian Church in Troy, Missouri, April 4, 1868. Copied from Book V, p. 19, Recorder of Deeds Office, Lincoln County, Missouri.)
Item # 364Hilliker, Margaret, "The Blow Family," 1955 (Address read before the Carondelet Women's Club.)
Item # 365Gentry, William Richard, Jr., "Ann Hawkins Gentry," 1960 (Remarks at dedication of the Ann Hawkins Gentry Roadside Park in Gentry County, Missouri, June 5, 1960.)
Item # 366Pennewell, Almer, "John Scripps--Circuit Rider," n.d. (Biographical sketch of John Scripps (1785-1865), Methodist circuit rider in Missouri from 1813 to 1824.)
Item # 367Missouri. General Assembly, 68th, Committee on Legislative Research, Memorandum 336, 1956 (A digest of Missouri laws on delinquent children and juvenile courts.)
Item # 368Eichenberger, Mrs. J.A., Cruikshank Family Genealogy (Genealogical information on the descendants of John Joseph and Martha Ledlie Cruikshank, Hannibal, Missouri.)
Item # 369Dial, Marshall, Bootheel Swamp Struggle (Historical sketch of the events of the Civil War in southeast Missouri, especially in the New Madrid area.)
Item # 370Missouri, Oregon County, History, n.d. (Historical sketch of Oregon County used for public information by the Alton public library.)
Item # 371Woods, James M., Letters, 1850 (Letters from James M. Woods to his wife and brother concerning his journey to California in 1850.)
Item # 372Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Book Review, n.d. (A review of Major L.F. Ellis' The War In France And Flanders, 1939-1940 (London, 1953) for Military Affairs.)
Item # 373Headman, Mary Hoss, Papers, n.d. (Biographical sketches of Sarah Hawkins Sevier and Catherine Sherrill Sevier, the two wives of John Sevier, first governor of Tennessee.)
Item # 374Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Military Intelligence," 1954 (Essay defining the nature and functions of military intelligence.)
Item # 375Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "Heroes in Captivity," 1954 (Essay on preparation of soldiers to face possibile captivity and torture in communist prison camps.)
Item # 376Smith, Elizabeth C., Mexican War Service Papers, 1848 (Copies of papers supplied by the Veterans Administration concerning the Mexican War service of Elizabeth C. Smith, alias Bill Newcom; copy of an act of Congress, March 1, 1854, granting Mrs. Smith pay and 160 acres of land for her service.)
Item # 377Fisher, Mary, Letters, 1926 (Two letters written by an American authoress discussing her works, especially The Journal Of A Recluse (1909).)
Item # 378Stayton, Edward M. (1874-1954), In Memoriam, 1954 (Memorial address to General Stayton written by Israel Alexander Smith, reviewing his career in the army and as a civil engineer.)
Item # 379Wellenkamp, Henry, Autobiography, n.d. (Autobiography of a German-American, his childhood in Osnabruck and migration in 1839 to Washington, Missouri.)
Item # 380Missouri, Washington, Historical Sketch, n.d. (Historical sketch of Washington, Missouri, compiled by the historical committee for the Washington centennial.)
Item # 381Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910), Letters, 1894-1906 (Copies of two Mark Twain letters, one to the postmaster at New York, the other to John Grenell discussing Christian Science and Mrs. Eddy.)
Item # 382Wauchope, George A[rmstrong] (1862-1943), "Old Missouri," 1895 (Corespondence concerning the school song of the University, "Old Missouri," written by Wauchope in 1895.)
Item # 383Finley, Mrs. Walter Jackson, "Strode Genealogy," n.d. (Strode Family Bible records in possession of Inez Strode Thompson of Blue Springs, Missouri, published in the Kansas City Genealogist, May 1, 1960.)
Item # 384Paxton, Matthew White, "My Two Geniuses," n.d. (Essay telling of author's connection with two men he considered geniuses, Thorstein Veblen and H.L. Mencken.)
Item # 385Blow, Susan Elizabeth, Letter, 1892 (To William T. Harris from Cazenovia, July 9, 1892. Autobiographical information. Original in Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. See also Item #364.)
Item # 386Shelton, William A., "Pioneer Talks with Putnam's Eminent Men," n.d. (Essays about the Putnam County militia in the Civil War and about the Shelton family of Missouri.)
Item # 387Umphraville, Angus, "Missourian Lays and Other Western Ditties," 1821 (Title page of a book of ballads.)
Item # 388Dearing, Mrs. F.H., Cemetery Inscriptions (Tombstone inscriptions in the Christopher-Ferguson Cemetery, Blackwell, Missouri)
Item # 389Dulany, George W., The Dulany Family (A genealogical essay about the Dulany family of Missouri, and involvement in the lumber industry.)
Item # 390Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Report, 1955 (A summary of the activities of the Special Studies Division of the Office of the Chief of Military History for the year 1954-1955.)
Item # 391No item due to an error in numbering.
Item # 392Shepard, Paul H., Essay, 1955 (Essay entitled "The Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Missouri," an historical sketch of the station by its director.)
Item # 393Thompson, Henry C., Speech, 1953 (Speech made at the dedication of the Austin-Pitcairn roadside park, giving a biographical sketch of Moses Austin and of John Pitcairn.)

Item # 394Terre Haute Tribune, "Memories of the Civil War," 1912 (Civil War sketches extracted from a series in the Terre Haute Tribune, June 2, 1912, dealing with the battles in southeast Missouri and with Noble Harvey Rogers.)
Item # 395Stites, T.J., Papers, 1862-1913 (Day-by-day account of a journey by ox team from Putnam County, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon, in 1862. Also autobiographical sketch of Stite's career from 1839 to 1894, written in 1913.)
Item # 396Coulter, William Selmon, Autobiography (Autobiographical sketch by a Macon, Missouri, farmer and plumber during the years 1852-1933.)
Item # 397Montgomery, Mary Phelps, Letters, 1936-1939 (Copies of letters from Mary Phelps Montgomery giving information about her father, Governor John S. Phelps of Missouri, and about the family plantation.)
Item # 398Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1953 (Speech commemorating the end of World War I and birthday of General George S. Patton.)
Item # 399Brink, J.R., Letter, 1931 (To A.E. Sheldon, Lincoln, Nebraska, from Maryville, Missouri, Sept. 23, 1931. Letter discussing Isaac Hogan of Nodaway County, Missouri, who was skinned alive by Indians (1850), and article enclosed discussing the settlement of Nodaway County.)
Item # 400Pritchett, Carr Waller (1823-1910), Memorabilia, 1904 (Autobiographical sketch of Pritchett who with his parents migrated from Virginia to Missouri in 1835 and became a preacher, teacher, astronomer, and founder of Pritchett College. Tells of his early life in Virginia and the struggles of his first years in Missouri.)
Item # 401Gentry, William Richard, "How to Rebury a Revolutionary Ancestor," n.d. (Essay describing the location, removal, and reburial of a Gentry Revolutionary War ancestor in a military grave in St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 402Barry, J. Neilson, "New Light on Colter's Hell," 1950 (Article about incorporation of John Colter's map of Yellowstone into the Lewis and Clark map of the West in 1814.)
Item # 403White, Allen C., Essays, n.d. (Essay about "Rivercene," the mansion built by steamboat fleet owner Captain Kinney. Essay about the Randolph County, Missouri, National Guard in World War I.)
Item # 404White, Augusta E., Letter, 1949 (To University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, from Fairfax, Missouri, July 5, 1949. Letter concerning the first trench silo in the U.S., which author claims her father had in Atchison County, Missouri, in 1881.)
Item # 405Lamine River Association of Regular Baptists, Minutes, 1846-1888 (Excerpts from the minutes of the annual meetings of the association for five years, listing those churches represented and their messengers. Compiled by the DAR.)
Item # 406St. Louis Daily Democrat, 1857 (Account of a grand banquet held in St. Louis for the governor, congressmen, and judiciary of Missouri.)
Item # 407Scarritt, Nathan (1821-1890), Papers, n.d. (Copies of Scarritt's autobiography and diary of his honeymoon trip; and travel account by his brother-in-law of a trip to Missouri in 1822.)
Item # 408Brown, John Henry, Family Register, 1734-1853 (Family register of the Brown-Kerr-Jones family, with brief collateral tables. Prepared by John Henry Brown, Indianola, Texas.)
Item # 409Jackson, Martha Elizabeth Peeler (1863-    ), Autobiography, 1953 (Autobiographical sketch including brief sketches of her husband Judge Wade M. Jackson, and her father-in-law.)
Item # 410Missouri, Hayti, History, n.d. (Historical sketch of Hayti, Pemiscot County, Missouri.)
Item # 411Missouri, Huntsville, Postal Routes, 1830s (Information from the records of the Post Office Department in the National Archives, about star routes serving Huntsville.)
Item # 412Missouri, Higginsville, Description, 1941 (Information about Higginsville, Missouri, compiled by the Higginsville Chamber of Commerce in 1941.)
Item # 413Missouri, Stockton, History, n.d. (Historical sketch of the county seat of Cedar County.)
Item # 414Dye, Russell V., Robert Hugh Miller, 1952 (Extract of a talk presented before the Clay County Historical Society, giving biographical information about Robert H. Miller (1826-1911), editor of the Liberty Tribune, 1846-1886.)
Item # 415Helmick, Guy D., "The Hannibal Cement Plant Story," 1952 (Historical sketch of the cement plant in Hannibal, Missouri. Photo of "Lovers Leap," Hannibal.)
Item # 416Nelson, Edgar C., Letter, 1947 (To F.C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Jefferson City, Missouri, July 23, 1947. Letter concerning the original great seal of Missouri and the correspondence between Thomas C. Reynolds and Governor J.W. McClurg in 1869 concerning its return to the capitol.)
Item # 417Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1953 (Speech given on the occasion of the retirement of Major General Orlando Ward, 30 January 1953.)
Item # 418Collins, A. Loyd, A Century of Freemasonry at Osceola, Missouri, 1841-1941 (Historical sketch of Masonic organizations in Osceola.)
Item # 419Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1946 ("A Memorial to the Men of Missouri University Who Have Given Their Lives For Our Country," delivered April 27, 1946.)
Item # 420Nicholson, Robert Livingston, Letter, 1950 (Letter describing David Morgan Edgerton's railroading activities in Wyandotte, Kansas.)
Item # 421McMurry, William Fletcher, Letter, 1952 (To J. Andy Zenge, Canton, Missouri, from St. Charles, Missouri, Sept. 16, 1952. Letter giving information about the Green family of Virginia and Missouri, taken from his book on that subject.)
Item # 422Jones, Lemuel, Letters, 1853 (Two letters to the editor of the Jefferson Inquirer, May 6, 1853, stating the author's opposition to the nullifiers and support of senator Benton.)
Item # 423Bill, Florence Harrison, and Mrs. Harry Satterlee Bill, Papers (Nine anecdotal essays by Florence H. Bill, one genealogical essay, "Our Harrisons," and eleven genealogies.)
Item # 424Missouri Pioneer Letters, 1822-1836 (Copies of letters sent by the Dodge, Modrel, and Ball families to relatives in Vermont from Harmony Mission and Independence, Missouri.)
Item # 425Ellis, Merrill, Index of Compositions, 1952 (Index of orchestral, band, choral, and chamber works and songs composed by Ellis between 1942 and 1952.)
Item # 426Simpson, Lewis A.W., "Early Days in Northeast Oregon County, Missouri," 1934 (Historical sketch of the settlement of Oregon County, first published in the Alton South Missourian Democrat, March 15, 1934.)
Item # 427Settle Family Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (Cemetery inscriptions from the family cemetery on the Ray Settle Farm, Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri.)
Item # 428Travel Accounts, 1858 (Series of articles entitled "Rambles in the Southwest," by J.W.M., originally published in the Oquawka Spectator, Oquawka, Illinois, August-September 1858.)
Item # 429Election Returns, 1836, 1840 (Missouri presidential election returns for 1836 and 1840, copied from the Whig Almanac And Politician's Register, 1838-1844, and American Almanac, 1878.)
Item # 430Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), "The Role of Intelligence Officers," 1951 (Commencement address made at Fort Riley, Kansas, 17 March 1951.)
Item # 431Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1952 (Speech made at the 1st Armored Division Memorial Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 30 August 1952.)
Item # 432Dickey, Walter S., Photos, 1921 (Photos taken on the occasion of the purchase of the Kansas City Journal, April 30, 1921, by Walter S. Dickey; also brief indentifications of the photos by Kenneth McM. Dickey.)
Item # 433Gross, Mrs. Durwood, Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (Inscriptions from Milan Chapel Church cemetery, Macon County, Missouri.)
Item # 434Bollinger, George Fredrich (1772-1842), Tombstone Inscription, 1842 (Inscription on the tombstone of George Fredrich Bollinger, early settler in Cape Girardeau County.)
Item # 435Hockaday, Isaac, Civil War Letters, 1861 (Letters from a Lexington, Missouri, farmer to his mother, describing the battle of Lexington, September 1861.)
Item # 436Langdon, Mrs. Fred, Compiler, Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (Tombstone inscriptions in Allen and Culbertson cemeteries near Collins, Missouri.)
Item # 437Owen, William B., Letter, 1857 (To Harvey Owen, Illinois, from Leroy, Kansas, Jan. 11, 1857. Letter tells of trouble in Kansas and migration from Missouri to LeRoy in 1857.)
Item # 438Weaver, Mike, "History of Frankford, Missouri," n.d. (Historical sketch of Frankford, Missouri, 1816-1960.)
Item # 439Schoppenhorst, Frank, Letter, 1953 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Marthasville, Missouri, Feb. 19, 1953. Tombstone inscriptions in the Lamme burial plot near Marthasville.)
Item # 440Spitz, Louis W., Sr., "The Trails to Colorado in 1858-1859," n.d. (Historical sketch of the settlement of Colorado after the discovery of gold at Pike's Peak.)
Item # 441Sullivan, John L., "History of the Strike in the Lead Belt in 1948," 1954 (Sketch of the strikes in Flat river and Herculaneum, Missouri.)
Item # 442Missouri, Carrollton, Local History Project Papers, 1955 (Plans for the study of Carroll County history, including data and questions, used by the Carrollton High School.)
Item # 443Alley, Elwood, Ten Years of Methodism in Chaffee, Missouri, 1905-1915 (Historical sketch of the founding of Chaffee, Missouri, and of the Methodist Church there.)
Item # 444Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), "Historic Sites," 1959 (A partial list of historic sites in Phelps County, Missouri, compiled by Mann and the Phelps County Historical Society.)
Item # 445Steines, Frederick, Letters, 1834-1840 (Letters in German, describing life in Missouri during this period.)
Item # 446Mantor, Rowland S.H. (    -1863), Papers, 1861-1863 (Mantor's Civil War letters to his family and letters written to him by a friend, David P. Bond. Footnotes added by Raymond W. Settle.)
Item # 447Schoolcraft, Henry R., Papers, 1819-1822, 1848 (Schoolcraft's correspondence with Stephen F. Austin, Moses Austin, Thomas H. Benton, Rufus Pettibone, and others. Originals in the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institution.)
Item # 448Sibley, George C. (1782-1863), Papers, 1825-1837 (Typewritten copies of letters and documents relating to George C. Sibley and his effort to establish a road from western Missouri to New Mexico--the Santa Fe Trail.)
Item # 449Creel, George, Letter, 1939 (To James Mock, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 1939. Elaborates on matters of censorship and what he calls "atrocious stuff" in the press.)
Item # 450Dunklin Family, Papers, 1776-1845 (Will of Joseph Dunklin, grandfather of Missouri Governor Daniel Dunklin, and various papers pertaining to Dunklin genealogy.)
Item # 451Coleman Family Genealogy, 1953 (History of the Coleman family, prepared by E. Curran McCormack.)
Item # 452Missouri, Clark County. Clerk, Certificate, 1875 (Certificate stating that David McKee is a member of the Clark County Missouri Aid Society. S.F. Sacket, clerk of county court.)
Item # 453Rice, Herb, Papers, 1944-1945 (Description of Dwight Brown's funeral and of changes in Missouri state government after new constitution went into effect.)
Item # 454Louisville Christian Church History, 1961 (History of Louisville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Lincoln County, Missouri.)
Item # 455Shake Rag Cemetery, Macon County, Missouri, Records, n.d. (Tombstone records compiled by Enterprise 4-H Club.)
Item # 456Fisher, Ruth Ralls, "Offspring of the Rivers," n.d. (Review of Missouri history read at showing of dolls representing Governor and Mrs. Alexander McNair.)
Item # 457Van Osdell, T.H., Letter, 1868 (To G.L. Robinson, Graham, Missouri, from Greenfield, Missouri, Mar. 18, 1868. Describing soil, climate and prices in Dade County.)
Item # 458Missouri, Mine la Motte, Documents, 1800-1825 (Documents relating to grant of Mine la Motte.)
Item # 459Hinrichs, A.L., "About Missouri's Historical Pole," n.d. (Description of a "totem" pole carved by Hinrichs depicting Missouri history.)
Item # 460Kaufman, Kenneth C., Story, n.d. (Account of duel between Confederate generals John S. Marmaduke and L.M. Walker, September 6, 1863.)
Item # 461Rasmusson, R.D., Notes, 1953 (Officers of Companies K and M, 12th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, at Fort McPherson, Nebraska, 1865 and 1866, as taken from records in the National Archives.)
Item # 462Lachtrup, C.L., "History of the Singing Societies of St. Louis," 1953 (Brief history of German Gesangvereine from 1846 until 1930s.)
Item # 463Ashton, John, DeSoto Offering Roast Pork to the Chickasaw Indians, 1938 (Play in one act and three scenes.)
Item # 464Shouse, Thomas Riley, "My Father and Jesse James," 1939 (Published in the Richmond Missourian, January 9, 16, and 23, 1939.)
Item # 465Rodner, Audrey, "Thixton Family Cemetery Records," n.d. (Tombstone records of a Moniteau County cemetery.)
Item # 466Emmons, Ben L., Papers, 1922 (Material pertaining to title to commons in St. Charles, Missouri.)
Item # 467Truman, Harry S (1884-1972), Speech, 1937 (Radio speech of 21 December 1937 over KFUO concerning railroads and Senate subcommittee investigating railroad financing.)
Item # 468Dolan, Georgianna M., Statement, 1930 (Statement pertaining to essay prepared in 1875, and claim that George Frederick Burckhartt designed the Missouri seal.)
Item # 469Mumford, Frederick Blackmar (1868-1946), Speech, 1937 (Address of Mumford at 51st convention of Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities on "Colonel William H. Hatch, Author of the Original Agricultural Experiment Station Bill.")
Item # 470Butler, Joe Beaty, Local Road Administration in Missouri, 1938 (Speech by a professor at the University of Missouri School of Mines at Rolla before annual meeting of Highway Engineers' Association of Missouri. Appendix and excerpts compiled in preparation of speech.)
Item # 471Butler, Joe Beaty, Local Road Administration in Missouri, 1938 (Speech by a professor at the University of Missouri School of Mines at Rolla before annual meeting of Highway Engineers' Association of Missouri. Appendix and excerpts compiled in preparation of speech.)
Item # 472Wiebke, Mrs. F., Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Records, n.d. (Tombstone records of a cemetery at Pyrmont, Missouri.)
Item # 473Walsh, Jerome (1902-    ), Speech, 1953 (Speech read before the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York City, 4 May 1953, concerning Irish settlement in the Trans-Mississippi Region.)
Item # 474Carman Family Genealogy (Descendants of Thomas C. Carman of Bordentown, NJ.)
Item # 475Yarnell, Ilene Sims, Tombstone Inscriptions of Alley Family Cemetery, n.d. (Inscriptions from a cemetery three miles southeast of Alleyton, Colorado County, Texas.)
Item # 476Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1953 (Speech before the Missouri State Senate, 12 May 1953.)
Item # 477Becknell, Mary, Estate Papers, 1862-1871 (Will petitions judgment in settlement of estate. Copied in the office of the district clerk, Red River County, Clarksville, Texas, in 1955.)
Item # 478Becknell, William, Deposition, 1853 (Description of transactions in which he gave note for $2000 in 1843 to Dr. John Sappington for 1000 boxes of Sappington's liver pills.)
Item # 479Becknell, William, Estate Inventory, 1857 (Inventory and appraisal of value of estate.)
Item # 480Bowers, E.W., Letters, 1955 (Correspondence attempting to locate grave of William Becknell and other Becknell information. See also correspondence found with Item #477-479.)
Item # 481Webb, Mabelle Brown, "On the Centennial of Arrow Rock Tavern," 1930 (Poem by the honorary poet laureate of the Missouri State D.A.R., and unidentified notes.)
Item # 482Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery, Florence, Missouri, Inscriptions (Tombstone inscriptions from a Florence, Missouri, cemetery.)
Item # 483Pugh, Belle, Compiler, Tombstone Records, 1953 (Inscriptions from Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery, both in Lewis County, Missouri, and of Concord Cemetery, Shelby County, Missouri.)
Item # 484Missouri, Morgan County, Cemetery Records, 1812-1892 (Inscriptions in cemetery 1/2 mile south of Self Chapel School, copied by Hilma Lee Lampton Hull in 1955.)
Item # 485Yarnell, Ilene Sims, Hazel Grove Church Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (Tombstone records of a Saline County cemetery.)
Item # 486Yarnell, Ilene Sims, Tombstone Records, n.d. (Tombstone records of cemeteries in Cooper County, Missouri.)
Item # 487Yarnell, Ilene Sims, Union Cemetery Records, n.d. (Tombstone records of Union Cemetery, Miller County, Missouri.)
Item # 488Yarnell, Ilene Sims, "Drake Family," n.d. (Drake family of Morgan County, Missouri.)
Item # 489Chase, Charles Monroe (1829-1902), Letters, 1861 (Chase organized a band and accompanied the 13th Illinois Infantry on contract. Description of camp life near Rolla and of divisions within families in Missouri between Union and Confederate. Letters bound out of chronological order.)
Item # 490Lyman, William A. (1843-1932), Diary, 1864-1865, and Reminiscences, 1931 (Diary of a Union soldier in Company G, 7th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, who served in Missouri, and follow-up written later.)
Item # 491Missouri, Washington County, Report, 1941 (Report, probably prepared in office of State Extension Service, analyzing economic needs of the county.)
Item # 492Fowle, Frank F., Papers, n.d. (Material compiled on George Boardman Boomer, Lucius Bolles Boomer, and Andros B. Stone, engineers.)
Item # 493Kaldor, C., "What the Hungarians Have Done for America," 1919 (Speech delivered at Hungarian Night of St. Louis Arts and Crafts Exposition under the auspices of the Women's Chamber of Commerce Americanization Department.)
Item # 494Bond Cemetery, Morgan County, Missouri, Tombstone Records (Tombstone records compiled by Louetta Williams Pace.)
Item # 495March, Susan Louise, "James Buchanan Eads, 1820- 1887, His Accomplishment," n.d. (Poem.)
Item # 496Pommer, Sibyl, Poems, n.d. (Seven poems.)
Item # 497Missouri, Chaffee, Religious Census, 1901 (Name, address, church membership, and church preference of inhabitants of Chaffee, Missouri.)
Item # 498Hamilton, Mrs. Henry W., "Notes from the Diaries of Thomas Humphreys, Saline County, Missouri," 1961 (Notes with some quotations from diary.)
Item # 499Symmes, John Cleves, Notes (Material copied from DeWitt Clinton Manuscripts, Columbia University.)
Item # 500Perry, Henry, and O.J. Miller, Conversation, 1961 (Reminiscences of Cape Girardeau and Oklahoma, recorded by Clarence N. Fultz.)
Item # 501Beauregard, P.G.T. (1818-1893), General Order No. 44, 1862 (Order quoting order of Butler to be read on dress parade. Original owned by Perry Storts, Marshall, Missouri, 1939.)
Item # 502Stanley, Mrs. Homer, et al., "Short History of the First Baptist Church, Carthage, Missouri," n.d. (History was taken from a church minute book.)
Item # 503Missouri, St. Louis, Historic Markers, 1939 (Information concerning markers placed by the Young Men's Division of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce.)
Item # 504Moll, Justus R., List, 1939 (List of names which appear in "Register--Cape Girardeau District Land Concessions Made by Spain," 20 October 1803-1 May 1804. Index prepared by Moll.)
Item # 505McReynolds, J.C., Notes, 1939 (Data collected on Benjamin H. Reeves and Chrittenden Reeves.)
Item # 506Howard, Wade, Journal, 1864 (Journal of trip from Tipton, Missouri, to Virginia City, Montana Territory, April-September, [1864]. Also copy of poem, "Crossing the Plains.")
Item # 507Crandall, Thomas Harriman (1858-    ), Autobiography, 1938 (Memoirs of Crandall, a native of Scotland County, Missouri, relating his experiences in various Missouri locations.)
Item # 508Woods, Weightstill, Letter, 1953 (Article concerning Douglas Monument In Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.)
Item # 509Daughters of the American Revolution, Arrow Rock Chapter Data, 1927 (Data on which Arrow Rock bases its claim for "Pioneer Mother" memorial.)
Item # 510Kelley, Katharyn, "The History of the University of Missouri," n.d. (Short history of the University.)
Item # 511Missouri. General Assembly, 67th, House Resolution No. 116, 1953 (Resolution on retirement of Jesse E. Wrench, professor of history, University of Missouri.)
Item # 512Gentry, William Richard, Jr., Speech, 1939 (Speech on Colonel Richard Gentry at the unveiling of a marker at the site of the Battle of Okeechobee, FL.)
Item # 513Oak Grove Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, n.d. (Copied by NYA workers under the direction of Vance Julian.)
Item # 514Caldwell, Samuel B., Biographical Sketch (Copied from E. Polk Johnson's History Of Kentucky And Kentuckians.)
Item # 515Noah, W.L., Report, 1935 (Report on the holdup and robbery of a mail truck, 2 April 1923, St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 516Bentzoni, Charles, Report, 1866 (List of members of the 56th U.S. Colored Infantry who died of cholera, August 1866.)
Item # 517Cresswell, George, Papers, 1824-1858 (Letter from his brother and sister in England, and bill of sale for lead.)
Item # 518Williams, W.S., Report, 1900 (Report on precise land work from Baton Rouge, LA, to north of South Pass in 1897-1898; and from Fort Adams, MS, to Baton Rouge and New Orleans to Biloxi in 1900.)
Item # 519Freat, John B., Letter, 1805 (To Henry Dearborn, from Arkansas, Nov. 15, 1805. Describing Indians and the Arkansas River.)
Item # 520Missouri, Lexington, Battle Committee, "Reenactment of Battle of Lexington," 1961 (Scenario performed 18 May 1961 at centennial celebration.)
Item # 521Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1952 ("Washington: A Man of Character" delivered 22 February 1952 before St. Louis Sons of the Revolution.)
Item # 522Missouri. Museum, Chronology, 1930 (Interesting dates relating to transportation in Missouri compiled for Covered Wagon Centennial, 1930.)
Item # 523Turner, James Milton, Notes on, 1930-1932 (Inquiries, clippings, etc., on the life and career of James Milton Turner. Compiled by the State Historical Society.)
Item # 524Stevens, Flora E., "The James Boys Did Not Kill Capt. Shutz of Gallatin, Missouri," n.d. (Account given by Magdalena Shutz, widow of Captain Shutz.)
Item # 525Bellevue Collegiate Institute List (Students at Bellevue Collegiate Institute, Caledonia, Missouri.)
Item # 526Godsey, Townsend, Collection, n.d. (Folk songs collected by Godsey.)
Item # 527Missouri, Aurora, Prospectus, n.d. (For east side addition to town of Aurora, Missouri. Includes maps.)
Item # 528Reyburn, A.V., "Little Sisters of the Poor," 1912 (History of a religious order in St. Louis.)
Item # 529Niccum, H. Norman, "The Niccum-Nickum Family in America," n.d. (Genealogical material.)
Item # 530Bay, Mansfield Cantrell, Historic Claverack (Genealogical writing on Bay family.)
Item # 531Affidavits, 1855-1869 (List of affidavits filed by Missouri judges giving their birth dates.)
Item # 532Crabbs, Leo B., Jr., Major General John A. Harris (Short biography of adjutant general of Missouri.)
Item # 533Missouri, Dade County, Cemetery Records, 1950 (List of soldiers buried in Dade County cemeteries.)
Item # 534Heidbrink, William, "City of Overland," 1949 (History of area and of Lackland-Baker house.)
Item # 535Missouri. Capitol Commission Board Papers, 1913-1922 (Contracts and bonds for construction and decoration of state capitol at Jefferson City.)
Item # 536Missouri, Chariton County, Marriage Records, 1820-1852 (Marriage records.)
Item # 537Orr Family Records, n.d. (Census records of Sample Orr, David Orr, Sr., and David Orr, Pendleton District, SC, 1820.)
Item # 538Missouri Historical Society Reports, 1937 (Description of manuscripts in the Society, as reported on Manuscript Collection Form of WPA Historical Records Survey.)
Item # 539U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri, 1940 (Reports of records at Jackson, Missouri, as compiled by A. Loyd Collins.)
Item # 540Jones, Alfred B., "Travels Across the Plains," 1937 (Account of journey to Montana in 1865 and return to western Missouri in 1867 by Daniel Jones and his three sons, Fielding, Alfred B., and Albert.)
Item # 541Burchkardt, J. Fred (1875-   ), "A Historical Narrative of the Old Bethel Colony," 1950 (Account of Bethel Society and move to Willapa, WA, and Aurora Hills, Oregon. Brief account of lives of parents and grandparents.)
Item # 542Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, 1946 (Speech at Community Birthday Party, Mountain Grove, Missouri, on one hundredth birthday of James C. Clouse.)
Item # 543Robinett, Paul McDonald (1893-1975), Speech, [1946] (Address to Missouri Senate upon Robinett's return from World War II.)
Item # 544Gist, William H.H., Letters, 1847-1852 (Letters from Santa Fe describing service in the Mexican War, 1847, and from Fort Jones, California, 1852.)
Item # 545Brown, Wilson (1804-1855), Journal, 1827-1828 (Account of trip from Anne Arundel County, MD, to Missouri.)
Item # 546Bevier, Robert S., List of Survivors of the First & Second Missouri Confederate Brigades, 1861-1879 (Appendix to Bevier's History Of The First And Second Missouri Confederate Brigades, 1861-1865 (St. Louis, 1879).)
Item # 547Moore, L.F., Letter, 1950 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Laclede, Missouri, Sept. 14, 1950. Reminiscences.)
Item # 548Estes, Melinda Houston, "Old Memories," 1901 (Memoirs taken down by D.C. Allen and published in Liberty Advance.)
Item # 549Garner, Stephen T., Letter, 1838 (To John C. Garner, Winchester County, Kentucky, from Fayette, Missouri, Mar. 30, 1838. Letter to his brother, copied and annotated by his great-granddaughter Susan Duval Hauser.)
Item # 550Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), "My Rendezvous with God at Mill Creek," 1947 (Account of fishing trip.)
Item # 551Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), "Nature's Master Painter....Riffles of Gasconade River," 1947 (Ramblings on the Gasconade.)
Item # 552Bennett, Marion Tinsley (1914-    ), Hist. & Biographical Summary.....Congressional District, 1948 (Birth, death, burial, professional and other data on 6th District congressmen.)
Item # 553Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), Papers, 1947 (Material pertaining to Scool of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla.)
Item # 554Patrick, Pearl Haley, Article, 1940 (Story about Annie Taylor Fisher and life in Kansas City in the 1850s and 1860s. Fragment.)
Item # 555Post, Mrs. Walter U., "The Old Normal School," n.d. (Article about building at Southeast Missouri State Normal School at Cape Girardeau.)
Item # 556Post, Mrs. Walter U., "Lucius H. Cheney," n.d. (Article on early presidents of normal school at Cape Girardeau.)
Item # 557Post, Mrs. Walter U., "Richard Chapman Norton," n.d. (Article on president of normal school at Cape Girardeau, 1880-1893.)
Item # 558Graham, Fred R., "Missouri State Park System," 1938 (History of Missouri Park Board.)
Item # 559Post, Mrs. Walter U., "Washington Strother Dearmont," n.d. (President of normal school at Cape Girardeau, 1899-1921.)
Item # 560Rice, Henry E., Jr., Notes, n.d. (From St. Louis probate court records (court file 497, Manuel Lisa, deceased) consisting of calendar of documents and financial account of estate of Manuel Lisa.)
Item # 561Peterson, Charles E., "Old Rock House," 1940 (Historical data on a house located at the southeast corner of Chestnut and Levee Streets, St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 562Emmons, Ben L., "Chronological History of Benjamin Emmons III," 1940 (Founder of the First Masonic Lodge at St. Charles, Missouri.)
Item # 563U.S. Post Office, Kansas City to Carthage Highway Post Office, Inaugural Trip Scrapbook, 1950 (Correspondence, clippings, booklets, and photographs about first trip of Highway Post Office.)
Item # 564Schauffler, Robert McE., "Elsie T. Schauffler, Dramatist," 1937 (Biographical sketch of a Kansas City playwright, and author of "Parnell.")
Item # 565Coon, Walter A., Papers, 1951 (Correspondence between Coon and Floyd C. Shoemaker about Judge Harrison White's version of "I'm From Missouri - you will have to show me.")
Item # 566Sweet, Benjamin F., Memoir, 1907 (Memoir of Civil War service from August 20, 1861 to July 1865. Recounts his capture, parole and exchange. Served in Missouri during the winter of 1861-1862; at Island No. 10; at Battle of Corinth, MS; with Grant in Tennessee; and with Sherman's march to the sea.)
Item # 567Missouri, Ralls County, Rejected Voters in Election of 1866, 1867 (List of rejected voters, compiled from registration books of clerk of Ralls County court.)
Item # 568Smoot, W.L., Letter, 1951 (To Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson City, Missouri, from Memphis, Missouri, July 3, 1951. Concerning Smoot and Downing family cemetery in Scotland County, Missouri.)
Item # 569Grabill, Lee R., Memoir, 1948 (Memoirs of a mining engineer in Colorado who was later employed as a civil engineer.)
Item # 570Crissey, William E., "A Romance of the Civil War: Uncle Matt Houx" (Account of arrest of Matthias Houx and subsequent alibi by Col. James D. Eads, as told to Crissey by A.C. Griggs.)
Item # 571McElwee, Pinckney G., "McElwee Family History," 1951 (Sketches of various ancestors and relatives.)
Item # 572Boder, Bartlett, Great Floods, 1951 (Speech to St. Joseph Historical Society meeting, August 13, 1951, about Missouri and Mississippi River floods.)
Item # 573Ferris, Ruth, "Betty Ragland at Adelphai College, Boonville, Missouri, 1854-1855" (Betty Ragland was first a student then a teacher at the college. Upon its sudden closing, she was befriended by townspeople.)
Item # 574Morgan, George, Handbill, 1789 (Issued to advertise his projected expedition to New Madrid, Missouri. Issued at Philadelphia.)
Item # 575Arkins, W.M., Letter, 1951 (To Mr. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Los Angeles, California, Aug. 14, 1951. Sketch of Thomas Arkins.)
Item # 576Gordon, Mary Gentry Clark, Letter, 1864 (To Jane Gentry Hudnall, from Columbia, Missouri, Oct. 7, 1864. Letter describing Civil War incidents in the vicinity.)
Item # 577Downer, S.M., Letter, 1940 (To William Ray Denslow, Trenton, Missouri, from Glassboro, NJ, Apr. 8, 1940. Account of the burial of William Dale Stepp of Trenton, Missouri, in World War I.)
Item # 578Lawlor, Margaret M., Report, 1951 (Report on Catholic Tribune of St. Joseph, Missouri, prepared for Catholic University library.)
Item # 579Brown, Mrs. Albert, Anecdote, 1951 (Account of Harrison family's participation in the battle of Athens in the Civil War.)
Item # 580Hendricks, Omer, "History of Duncan Bridge Bridges," n.d. (History of bridges over Salt River at Leesburg.)
Item # 581Ferguson, Mrs. Arthur D., Callaway County Cemetery Inscriptions, n.d. (Inscriptions from Smith Cemetery at Mokane and Mt. Zion Cemetery near Mokane.)
Item # 582Missouri and U.S. Federal Security Agency Agreement, 1951 (Agreement between Missouri and Federal Security Administrator providing for social security coverage of all state officers and employees.)
Item # 583Hunter, Stephen B. (1871-1961), Collection, n.d., 1924 (Memoir by Amanda Beckwith Medley of life in the South during the Civil War. Paper by a Dr. Semones on Andrew Taylor Still (1828-1917), the founder of osteopathy.)
Item # 584McElwee, Pinckney G., Genealogical Papers, 1951 (Genealogical information on descendants of John Glasgow and Rosanna Patterson Glasgow and on descendants of James Breckenridge Alcorn and Elizabeth Smiley Alcorn.)
Item # 585Seever, William J., "A Korean Water Hammer in Missour," n.d. (Description of an old water mill in Reynolds County, called "Slow Boy.")
Item # 586Etheridge, William C., "The Mystery of Mother Vineyard," n.d. (History of vineyard on Roanoke, Island, NC.)
Item # 587Spreen, J.O. (1898-    ), Papers, 1936-1952 (Material pertaining to erection of markers at various buildings and areas in St. Louis by the Historic Sites Committee of the Young Men's Division, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce.)
Item # 588Adair, Joseph, Papers (Letters and affidavits substantiating the claims that Joseph Adair was the first white child born in Jackson County.)
Item # 589St. Louis Amusement Company vs. County of St. Louis, n.d. (Opinion given by Judge James M. Douglas in case.)
Item # 590Bundschu, Henry A., Some Famous Visitors in Independence, 1950 (Mention of visitors to Independence.)
Item # 591Berryman, J.C., Letter, 1852 (To the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Star-of-the-West Lodge, from Arcadia, Missouri, July 10, 1852. Terms for gift of lot. Original owned by Clarice Andrews, 1940.)
Item # 592Veale, Carl W., "Patterson-Piggott Family of St. Louis County, Missouri," 1947 (Descendants of William and Assinath Pigott Patterson.)
Item # 593Bacon, Robert W., Index (Name index to abstracts of letters and legal documents of R.B. Bacon and allied families.)
Item # 594Missouri, Crawford County and District, Index to 1830 Census, n.d. (Indexed by names of head of family.)
Item # 595Milligan, Maurice M. (1885-1959), Report, 1941 (Report of investigation of federal election laws violations in 1940 campaign.)
Item # 596Byrd, Edward, Biographical Sketch, 1937 (Early settler of Midlothian, Texas.)
Item # 597Stephens, Hugh, Speech, 1941 ("Drifting with an Obsolete Highway Program," address delivered to Missouri Highway Engineers' Association, St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 598Dickson, James, A History (History of Dickson and Martin families, who settled in Perry County, Missouri.)
Item # 599Hunter, Stephen B., Letters, 1923-1929 (Suggestion of legislation to prevent bank failures, and open letter regarding Little River Drainage District.)
Item # 600Clark, Albert M., "Freemasons Who Became Judges of the Missouri Supreme Court" (Biographical data on Masons who became judges.)
Item # 601Collins, A. Loyd, Narrative Report of the Activities of the Missouri Historical Records Survey-1940, 1941 (Report of year's activities.)
Item # 602Todhunter, Emory, Papers, n.d. (Remarks at the 1940 U.D.C. convention concerning memorializing Confederate generals. Leaflets, "Visit Historic Lexington," and "Proposed Confederate Shrine.")
Item # 603St. Louis Central River Front Improvement Corporation Papers, 1933-1940 (Organization for improvement of riverfront, preservation of historical sites and traditions, and development of Jefferson Memorial.)
Item # 604Hoslett, Schuyler, "Administrative Control at a Quartermaster Depot," 1944 (Description of duties at a supply depot, published in Advanced Management, 8 (1943), 143-146.)
Item # 605Chappell, Phil E., Discovery of the Missouri River by the Jesuit Explorers...Tribes Along the River, 1904 (Speech made before State Historical Society in December 1904.)
Item # 606Boone Family Material (Notes and copies of documents pertaining to Daniel Boone, Daniel Morgan Boone and Nathan Boone, made by Mary J. McElhiney.)
Item # 607The Clay Industries of St. Louis (Description of exhibit at old St. Louis courthouse, 1944.)
Item # 608Glover, John, Diary, 1826 (Diary of a trip from Shawnee Run, Mercer County, Kentucky, to Clay and Jackson Counties, Missouri, and return.)
Item # 609Norton, Margaret A., "Novels and Guide Books of the Forty-Eight States," n.d. (List of a few books pertaining to each of the 48 states.)
Item # 610Hawley Family Genealogy, n.d. (Descendants of Joseph Hawley (1603-1690), of Stratford, CT.)
Item # 611Bruner, Martha Dryer, The Rimbeys in Missouri (Brief family history and genealogy.)
Item # 612Fisher, Ruth Ralls, "Record of the Haley Family in Missouri," n.d. (Account of the lives of Charles and Rachel Thomas Haley and their children in Missouri.)
Item # 613Transportation Tokens List, n.d. (List of tokens used on various kinds of public transportation in Missouri.)
Item # 614Missouri. Infantry (Confederate), 1st Regiment, Volunteers, List, n.d. (Members who participated in the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 6-7 April 1862.)
Item # 615Harris, William Woodson, "Sketches of William Warren and Eleanor McCoy Harris," n.d. (Sketch of lives of two early residents of western Missouri.)
Item # 616Merrill, Joseph Henry, Diary, 1849 (Journey from Massachusetts to the California gold fields.)
Item # 617Mayes, Jewell (1873-1944), Letter, 1941 (To John Mann, Jefferson City, Missouri, from Jefferson City, Missouri, Jan. 10, 1941. Enclosing letter from Gilbert Grosvenor concerning origin of word Algoa.)
Item # 618Chesney, Jesse Portman, "Digest of a Story of the Chesney Family," 1878 (Information concerning a Kentucky family.)
Item # 619Desjardins, G.T., Hard Stages (Account of movement of Confederate troops under General Francis M. Cockrell from Looxapalila to Etowah, AL, in May 1864.)
Item # 620Bowlin, Jesse, Will, 1793 (Will of resident of Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Bowlin was grandfather of James Butler Bowlin (1804-1874), congressman from Missouri, 1843-1851.)
Item # 621The Mann Gazette, 1946 (Issues of family newspaper edited by Clair V. Mann containing family news and list of family members in service.)
Item # 622Swekosky, William G., Papers, n.d., 1944 (Short histories of Melanie Christy house and Washington Brewery, Hall, and Beer Garden in St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 623Swekosky, William G., "History of Andrew Christy Home," n.d. (History of property at 215 South 3rd Street, St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 624Northwest Missouri Press Association Minutes, 1951 (Minutes of 61st annual meeting, St. Joseph, Missouri, 5-6 January 1951.)
Item # 625Dunnica Family Material (Material pertaining to William Franklin Dunnica and the Dunnica family.)
Item # 626Miller, Mrs. John G., Collection, 1846-1900 (1846 letter from Lewis Jones while serving under Alexander Doniphan; 1877 letter from Albert G. Boone correcting account of Daniel Boone's death; 1879 letter from Boone recounting his life; and 1900 letter from W.F. Jones inquiring about Daniel Boone's burial place.)
Item # 627Hughes, Langston (1902-1967), Bibliography, n.d. (Biographical and bibliographical information.)
Item # 628Edwards, G.D., Letters, 1922 (Reports and letters about his trip to and stay at the American School of Archaeology, Jerusalem, while on leave from the Bible College of Missouri.)
Item # 629Missouri, Warren County, Deeds, n.d. (Copies of pages 120 and 123 of Book A, Deed Records, Warren County.)
Item # 630Gentry, North Todd (1866-1944), Papers, 1927 (Opinion on charter of Laclede Gas Company, speech on function of attorney general, opinions on taxation of Central College and on State Of Missouri Vs. Paul Day, Et Al.)
Item # 631U.S. National Archives, Letter, 1948 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 1948. Answer to a request for information on Augustus Storrs.)
Item # 632Nicholson, Robert Livingston, Papers, n.d. (Memories of early west side of Kansas City and of David M. Edgerton.)
Item # 633United Confederate Veterans, Camp No. 684, Carrollton, Missouri, Membership List, 1908 (Partial list of members of United Confederate Veterans in Carrollton, Missouri.)
Item # 634Coppage, Arthur Maxim, Jr., Queen Mary Diary, 1942 (Account of a trip on a troopship, the converted Queen Mary, from Boston to Sydney, Australia, via South Africa, February 17-March 27, 1942.)
Item # 635Carver, Paul E., Collection, 1876-1936 (1936 paper by Carver on history of Neosho, Missouri, and 1876-1881 history of Newton County, Missouri, compiled by J.M. Ritchey, George Hubbert, and N.H. Dale, supplement by John M. Sherwood.)
Item # 636Emmons, Ben L., "David Barton," n.d. (Biographical sketch of Barton.)
Item # 637Hammers, Clyde C., "Truman's Inauguration," n.d. (Sketch of the seven other vice presidents who became "accidental presidents," and comparisons with Truman.)
Item # 638Nelson, Edgar C., "Sidelights on The History of Howard County, [Missouri]," n.d. (Early history of Howard County.)
Item # 639Missouri. Seal, n.d. (Impression of an old seal found in the capitol basement.)
Item # 640Beauvais-Robidoux Family, Papers (History of two early French families and French settlements in Missouri.)
Item # 641Groomer, Robert Woodson (1855-1941), Obituary, 1941 (Obituary written by his son-in-law, W.B. Rollins.)
Item # 642Cravens, R.O., Letter, 1850 (From [near Fort Kearney, Nebraska], to John Cravens, Gallatin, Missouri, 1850. Account of travels, illness and treatment, and large number of emigrants.)
Item # 643Ravenel, Samuel W., "Howard County--The Mother of Counties," n.d. (Brief history of Howard County, Missouri.)
Item # 644Hodges, T.L. and Mrs. T.L., "Facts Relating to the Palmyra Massacre," 1946 (Account of finding skull believed to be that of Andrew Allsman.)
Item # 645Burch, John T., Letter (To William Townshend, Prince George County, MD, from Chariton, Missouri. Urging uncle to move, and giving advantages of Missouri over Maryland.)
Item # 646Lovejoy, Elijah P., and Celia Ann French, Marriage Record, 1835 (Copy of record from St. Charles County, Missouri, recorder's office.)
Item # 647Brashear, Margaret M. (1874-1963), Speech, 1947 ("President Blanton and Education Standards at Normal No. 1," dedicatory address at unveiling of portrait of Joseph Blanton.)
Item # 648Purteet, Bryan, "The Descendants of James E. Davis as Revised this Date," 1946 (Descendants of James Erastus and Nancy Jane Fulton Davis.)
Item # 649Purteet, Bryan, "History of the Purteets," 1946 (Miscellaneous information concerning the Purteet family.)
Item # 650Callaway, Flanders, Will, 1824 (Copied from deed records of Warren County, Missouri. Will disposes of land and slaves.)
Item # 651Forbes, John Ripley, Letter, 1940 (To Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia, Missouri, from Kansas City, Missouri, Feb. 20, 1940. Information on Kansas City Museum, due to open in April 1940.)
Item # 652Howard Gray Memorial Library Dedication, 1941 (Proceedings of the dedication services held by the Jasper County Bar Association, Carthage, Missouri, June 2, 1941.)
Item # 653Cooper, Stephen (1797-1890), Biographical Material, 1890-1946 (Information from National Archives and other sources about Cooper, who moved from Kentucky to Missouri to California.)
Item # 654Steamboat Notes, n.d. ("Stonewall's Fast Trip Up the Missouri" and "Mountain Trade of 1869 Departures," apparently copied from a newsletter.)
Item # 655Michel, Stella, "Historic Trees of Missouri," 1941 (Account of famous trees of Missouri.)
Item # 656Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), Biographical Sketch, 1940 (Sketch of member of staff of School of Mines and Metallurgy.)
Item # 657Missouri. Auditor, Press Release, 1941 (Information on record book of first Missouri auditor.)
Item # 658Missouri, Edina. Public School, Missouri History Class, "History of Missouri," 1941 (Play written and produced by class, depicting history of Missouri in fifteen episodes.)
Item # 659Junior Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis, Missouri, Historic Sites, 1944 (Information and photographs placed at site of City University in St. Louis and mimeographed volume listing historic sites marked by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in and around the city.)
Item # 660Missouri, Washington County, Report, 1941 (Report, probably prepared in office of State Extension Service, analyzing economic needs of the county.)
Item # 661Breckenridge, James M., Casper Salathiel, Memoir (Memoir of native Missourian, editor of editorial page of St. Louis Globe Democrat.)
Item # 662Spreen, J.O., "Chris Von Der Ahe's Building," n.d. (Information about and pictures of a building at the northwest corner of Grand and St. Louis, the cradle of St. Louis professional baseball. Also information on the World Series of 1944.)
Item # 663Walton Family, Papers, n.d. (Wills of Robert and George Walton, together with other estate papers.)
Item # 664Missouri, St. Louis, Union Station, Papers, 1944 (Articles, brochures and clippings pertaining to the fiftieth anniversary of St. Louis Union Station.)
Item # 665St. Joseph Daily Gazette, 1868 (Copy of the April 3 edition, which was sent by the first Pony Express.)
Item # 666Guild, John M., Papers, n.d. (Data on formation of Missouri Chamber of Commerce.)
Item # 667Clifford, Charles V., "The Clarksville of Yesterday," 1932 (History of a Missouri town on the Mississippi River.)
Item # 668LaMascotte Sinking Account, n.d. (Account of sinking of steamer LaMascotte, with a heavy loss of life.)
Item # 669Shapiro, Flora, "History of the Jewish Social Service Bureau of St. Louis," n.d. (History of Jewish charitable services in St. Louis.)
Item # 670Cole Camp "Yesterday and Today," 1939 (Script for pageant at Cole Camp, Missouri, centennial celebration, October 1939.)
Item # 671Breckenridge, William Clark, John Lee (Short sketch of John Lee, author of "The Emigrant.")
Item # 672Hubbell, Richard M., "Personal Reminiscences," 1910 (Memoirs of a Confederate soldier who served with Price, Van Dorn, and Ferguson.)
Item # 673Logan, Charles W., "Roster & Battles of Company A, 10th Missouri Confederate States Infantry," 1942 (Lists of members and battles.)
Item # 674Missouri, Ralls County, Courthouse Papers, 1857 (Contract and specifications for Ralls County courthouse at New London.)
Item # 675Breckenridge, William Clark, Reverend John Monteith (Biographical sketch of author of "Parson Brooks.")
Item # 676Early Lutheranism in Missouri, 1899 (Copy of article from the Theological Quarterly.)
Item # 677Lorimier, Louis, Biographical Information, 1942 (Letters to Floyd Shoemaker from Canadian archivists, responding to inquiries for information on Louis de Lorimier.)
Item # 678Rossi, Nancy Tabitha, Statement, 1942 (Statement concerning origin of name of Indian Creek in Morgan County.)
Item # 679Brazzile, Mrs. W.T., Letter, 1941 (To Charles T. Kemper, Independence, Missouri, from Cardin, OK, Dec. 1941. Memories of Bridger and and Carroll families.)
Item # 680Collins, A. Loyd, A Hundred Years of Clinton Masonry, 1844-1944 (Speech delivered at centennial celebration.)
Item # 681Shannon, George "Peg-Leg," Marker Dedication Program, 1935 (Program for unveiling of marker for Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition.)
Item # 682The Philadelphian, 1835 (Issues of May 28 and July 9 and 16, 1835, pertaining to founding and activities of Marion College.)
Item # 683Missouri Poster Stamps, n.d. (Tourist travel series, published and distributed by the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce.)
Item # 684Brooks, Robert B., Speech, 1940 (Speech given at dedication of Daniel Boone Highway,with introductory statement by E.L. Preston.)
Item # 685King, Mrs. Lloyd W., "Historical Sidelights of Missouri History," 1941 (Listing of facts linking Confederates with Missouri.)
Item # 686Colter, John, Sale Bill, 1813 (Sale bill of personal property of member of Lewis and Clark expedition. Two copies.)
Item # 687Grimsley, Thornton, Proclamation, 1851 (Programs, in German, of the order and arrangement of parade celebrating ground breaking for the Pacific Railroad, July 4, 1851. Also typed translation.)
Item # 688Missouri, St. Louis, Tour Guides, n.d. (Guides to tours of historic sites prepared by the National Park Service during the 1940s.)
Item # 689Morrison Observatory, Glasgow, Missouri, Broadside, 1877 (Information about the observatory.)
Item # 690Dale Family Data (Information on a Missouri family.)
Item # 691Swekosky, William G., Letters, 1942 (Information on St. Louis historic sites and Dr. George Engelmann.)
Item # 692Spreen, J.O., Papers, n.d. (Notes and clippings on St. Louis historic sites.)
Item # 693Wierbach, Eugene S., Collection, n.d. (Cemetery inscriptions, Medsker genealogical information, and typed copies of two James C. Medsker letters regarding land purchases in Kansas City.)
Item # 694Lyon, Nathaniel (1818-1861), Letter, 1854 (To [George B. Patrick] from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Apr. 14, 1854. News of friends and description of conditions at Jefferson Barracks.)
Item # 695Holmes, John M., "Historical Review of the Judicial System of Missouri," n.d. (History of Missouri courts.)
Item # 696Brown, Dwight H. (1887-1944), Tabulation of Constitutional Amendments (Tabulation of amendments proposed to Missouri Constitution of 1875, including 21 proposed by Constitutional Convention of 1922-1923, and proposed initiated laws and referred measures.)
Item # 697Missouri. Constitutional Convention, 1924, Special Committee on....Financial Statement, 1924 (Expenditures of the Committee.)
Item # 698Samuel, John M., Letter, 1885 (To Robert L. Todd, Columbia, Missouri, from Washington, D.C., Mar. 1, 1885. Commenting on conditions in Washington prior to Cleveland's inauguration.)
Item # 699Napton, William Barclay, Letter, 1907 (To W.E. Connelly, Topeka, Kansas, from Marshall, Missouri, Oct. 14, 1907. Reminscences about Missourians, particularly Alexander Doniphan.)
Item # 700Thorp, James T., "The Banks of Miami, Missouri," 1955 (History of banks in Miami, Missouri.)
Item # 701Lawlor, Margaret M., "History of a Branch of the Famous Daniel Boone Family from 10/1717-6/1950," (Descendants of Susannah Boone Hays, oldest daughter of Daniel Boone.)
Item # 702The Covered Wagon (Poem or lyrics.)
Item # 703Carroll, M.V., and Clark H. Sampson, Letter, 1898 (To Missouri Trust Co., Sedalia, Missouri, from St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 21, 1898. Description of work of Missouri Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Commission, written by president and secretary.)
Item # 704Breckenridge, James M., Henry Wilcox, 1942 (Biography of Wilcox and listing of descendants.)
Item # 705Schuman, Elizabeth D., "A Cultural 'Light That Failed,'" n.d. (Story of Marionville Collegiate Institute at Marionville, Missouri.)
Item # 706Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), Speech, 1942 (Delivered at awards ceremony of the William James prizes and scholarships, School of Mines and Metallurgy.)
Item # 707Hoflander, Henry, "History of the Chouteau Family," n.d. (History of a Kansas City family.)
Item # 708Nash, William, Diary, 1823-1840 (Record of marriages and deaths, copied from a photostatic copy in Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.)
Item # 709Holloway, William Lawson, Biographical Sketch, 1921 (From Stout's History Of Montana, 1921.)
Item # 710Battle of Manila Bay, 1942 (Script for drama presented on radio station KMOX, St. Louis, 1 May 1942. Battle occurred 1 May 1898.)
Item # 711Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889), Letter, 1889 (To L. Samuels, Sugar Tree, Carroll County, Missouri, from Beauvoir, MS, Apr. 10, 1889. Anser to Samuels' questions about Battle of Bull Run and why Davis was not tried for treason. See collection 2183 for original.)
Item # 712California State Library Notes (Information on Lilburn W. Boggs (1769-1860), governor of Missouri.)
Item # 713Missouri. Commissioners of Public Printing, Directive, 1942 (Instructions to use less expensive paper and curtail use.)
Item # 714Gunn, Mrs. P.O., "Randolph County Marriage Records, 1829-1832," n.d. (Compiled from unknown sources.)
Item # 715A Short Sketch of the History of Trinity Parish, n.d. (History of Hannibal, Missouri, church and parish.)
Item # 716U.S. Marine Corps, Recruitment Script, n.d. (Script telling story of Ira L. Kimes, USMC, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.)
Item # 717Reed, Ira F., Report, 1918 (Report on Farm Help Volunteers of Missouri, giving counties, organization activity and other data.)
Item # 718Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Inc., Press Release, 1940 (Information on restoration of Philadelphia's Old Custom House.)
Item # 719St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, Papers, n.d. (List of historic sites in and around St. Louis, Missouri.)
Item # 720Clough, Norman, Log House Days in Missouri (Study of early houses and farm buildings in Missouri.)
Item # 721KMOX, the Voice of St. Louis, n.d. (History of radio station KMOX from its organization in 1925 to ca. 1940.)
Item # 722Mexican War Veterans Association of Missouri, Petition, 1905 (Petition to U.S. Congress for increase in the pension for Mexican War veterans.)
Item # 723Bryan, John A., "The Riverfront at St. Louis, Gateway to the West," 1942 (History and description of riverfront area. Photographs.)
Item # 724Public Forum of the Ozarks, Institute of Democracy Program, 1940 (Invitation, program, and questions to be discussed at Institute of Democracy.)
Item # 725Forsythe, Fern, Notes, 1948 (Notes on Jennie Mulford Greenwood, teacher of the Thursday Bible Class at St. Louis Y.W.C.A.)
Item # 726Morgan, J. Lorenzo, Letters, n.d. (From Glasgow, Missouri, tobacco agent concerning conditions during the Civil War and family news.)
Item # 727Sullivan, John L.,"William Perry Burns Family," n.d. (History and genealogy of a Flat River, Missouri, family.)
Item # 728Goodnough, Myfanwy Thomas, "Frank Grouard, Scout," 1931 (Story of an Indian scout who served with General Crook.)
Item # 729Preston, E.L., "About Missouri," 1939 (Miscellaneous information about Missouri.)
Item # 730Collins, A. Loyd, Freemasonry Articles (Articles on Freemasonry in Missouri.)
Item # 731Pritchett, Henry S., Letter, 1934 (To Berenice Morrison-Fuller, St. Louis, Missouri, from New York, NY, Dec. 6, 1934. Concerning Morrison Observatory and moving it to Fayette, Missouri.)
Item # 732Wright, H.P., Memorandum, 1943 (Memorandum concerning the New Madrid earthquake, 1811.)
Item # 733Robidoux, Louis (1796-1868), Notes on, 1943 (Material on Robidoux obtained by the State Historical Society of Missouri from California.)
Item #734Missouri, Phelps County Historical Society, Collection, n.d. (Miscellaneous material pertaining to the Pioneer Day Picnic, July 14, 1940)
Item # 735Missouri, Ste. Genevieve. Census, 1752 (Copied from Vaudreuil manuscript.)
Item # 736Collins, A. Loyd, A Remarkable Masonic Family (History of Hall family of Urich, Missouri.)
Item # 737Mordecai Family History, n.d. (History of family of Moses Mordecai.)
Item # 738Tuck, Clyde Edwin, "Hawthorne Blossoms," n.d. (Poem written to Missouri state flower.)
Item # 739Breckenridge, James Malcolm, Memorial to Casper S. Yost, 1943 (Memorial to Yost given at meeting of the Missouri Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.)
Item # 740Hurt, Cora Kinney, "Jefferson City," n.d. (Incident during the Civil War concerning Captain Joseph Kinney and his boat.)
Item # 741Collins, A. Loyd, Chronology of Missouri Masonic History Previous to 1835 (Significant Masonic events listed chronologically.)
Item # 742Andrews, F.M., Letter, 1942 (Thank you note.)
Item # 743Lacy, Dan, Papers, 1943 (Correspondence with Justus R. Moll concerning original copy of 1820 Missouri constitution.)
Item # 744Ripley Family, Papers, n.d. (Memento of Lathrop Ripley and letters of condolence on his death. Memoir of Tessie Lathrop Ripley, daughter of the president of Missouri University.)
Item # 745Norton, Nell Downing, "Downing Genealogy," 1942 (Descendants of John Downing (    -1777), John Downing's will, and Ezekial Downing's marriage bond.)
Item # 746Norton, Nell Downing, Maindort Doodes, "The Progenitor of the Minor Family of Virginia," 1942 (Genealogy of Minor family and copy of will of Maindort Doodes.)
Item # 747St. Louis Junior Chamber of Commerce, Papers, 1944 (List of sites marked by Junior Chamber of Commerce in St. Louis and vicinity.)
Item # 748Mohler, James Monroe, "Fifty Years with the Barton County Mutual," 1943 (History of Mutual Insurance Company.)
Item # 749Cross, John Newton (1850-    ), My Life Story, 1942 (Reminiscences and excerpts from diaries and letters of a resident of Missouri, Oklahoma, and California.)
Item # 750Missouri. State Planning Board, "Scenic, Scientific and Historical Data," 1938 (Lists of various archaelogical sites, structures, and natural features in Missouri.)
Item # 751Collins, A. Loyd, Anti-Masonry in Early Missouri, 1944 (History of Masonry in Missouri and opposition to it.)
Item # 752Missouri, St. Louis, Historic Sites, n.d. (Information on historic houses, churches, and parks in St. Louis.)
Item # 753Moore, Joe L., "Keeping Up With the Joneses," 1944 (Poem.)
Item # 754Hunt, Bernard C., "Highlights of Columbia Chapter No. 17," 1942 (History of Columbia Chapter of Masonic Lodge.)
Item # 755Browning, Joyse Josephine, Bentoniana, 1943 (Lecture delivered by guide at Missouri Capitol building on Benton murals.)
Item # 756Collins, A. Loyd, A Missouri Lodge Which Worked in the French Language (History of Orient Francais Lodge in St. Louis.)
Item # 757Collins, A. Loyd, A Century of Freemasonry at Clinton, Missouri (Story of a pioneer lodge.)
Item # 758Till, Thomas [A.], Memoir, n.d. (Concerning George Washington Carver's birth date and parentage.)
Item # 759Peck, James H. (1790-1836), Portrait Presentation Speeches, 1932 (Speeches of Judge Charles B. Faris and John S. Leahy.)
Item # 760Ayres, Samuel Matthias (1825-1850), Letters, 1850 (Letters of a Pettis County, Missouri, doctor who went overland to California in 1850, describing trip, particularly his medical practice en route.)
Item # 761Davis, Inez Smith, and A.S. Burgess, Notes (Effort to establish location of the Colesville Settlement (sometimes called Whitmer Settlement) in or near Kansas City. Settlement was established by the Latter Day Saints.)
Item # 762Oliver, Robert Burett (1850-1934), Letter, 1933 (To W. Rufus Jackson, St. Louis, Missouri, from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, July 6, 1933. Reminiscences of prominent Democrats in southeast Missouri.)
Item # 763Lammers, Ben H., Papers, 1929-1943 (Information on Lammers family's connection with mutual insurance. Two letters from Mary Phelps Montgomery concerning homes of John Phelps, Missouri governor. Wilson's Creek battle account.)
Item # 764Lucy, Thomas Elmore, "Birth of Missouri," 1922 (Poem written for Missouri Day at the University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, 1922.)
Item # 765Spreen, J.O., Papers, 1944 (Material pertaining to erection of markers at the Second Baptist Church, the Polytechnic Building and the original home of Charles D. Drake.)
Item # 766Blines, Jasper, General William Harrison, Famous Pioneer (Stories of Harrison and Indians in and around Clark County, Missouri. One photograph.)
Item # 767Grissom, Daniel M., Papers, n.d. (Personal recollections of distinguished Missourians. Articles on Camp Jackson and Charles D. Drake. Account of activities in Missouri during the Civil War.)
Item # 768Bek, William G. (1873-1948), The Followers of Duden (Part of translation by Goebels that was not printed by the State Historical Society. See note bottom of first page.)
Item # 769Harris, R.W., "The Burning of the Steamer Stonewall,' n.d. (Account of burning of the steamboat Stonewall near Neeley's Landing, Missouri.)
Item # 770Collins, A. Loyd, With the Boys in the Service (Chaplain's duties in army camps.)
Item # 771Asbury, Samuel E., Papers (The sets of tables and a map chart based on 1850 census.)
Item # 772Spreen, J.O., Papers, n.d. (Historic sites in St. Louis.)
Item # 773Test Oath, Notes on, n.d. (Comments on test oath in Missouri during the Civil War.)
Item # 774Hesse, Nicholas, "The Western North America," 1838 (Translation by William G. Bek in 1944 of account prepared by a German immigrant to Missouri.)

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