Barnes, Charles Merlin (1873-1966), Papers, 1892-1965 (C2802)

8 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The Charles M. Barnes Papers consist of the diaries, correspondence, photographs, financial records, and miscellaneous material of a Marston, Missouri, businessman and University of Missouri graduate. The Barnes family owned and operated a series of successful business enterprises in southeastern Missouri during the early twentieth century.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Barnes Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Charles, Seth, and Asa Barnes on 5 April 1967 (Accession No. 3708).

Barnes Gin. From collection C2802 folder 103M. For information about obtaining copies of images contact whmc@umsystem.edu.
Barnes Gin. From collection C2802 folder 103M. For information
about obtaining copies of images contact whmc@umsystem.edu.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Charles Merlin Barnes was born in New Madrid, Missouri, on July 19, 1873, to Seth S. Barnes and Laura Marston Barnes, for whom Marston, Missouri, was named. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1898 and served as a 1st Lieutenant with Company H of the 4th Missouri Volunteers during the Spanish-American War. The unit was largely composed of students from the University of Missouri. While the unit never left the states, Barnes remained an active member of the United Spanish-American War Veterans organization for much of his life. In 1899 he married Emma Atkins and they had three sons: Asa, Charles M., and Seth. The couple divorced in 1919 with Emma moving to Cape Girardeau with the boys. Though separated from his children, C.M. Barnes remained close to them. Two sons, Seth and Asa, became physicians, and Charles M. Barnes, Jr. was a successful businessman. All three served as officers in the European Theatre during World War II.

The Barnes family owned a series of successful businesses, including a cotton gin, railroad, lumberyard, and mercantile store, in Marston, Missouri, though by the 1920s they lost almost everything. C.M. Barnes assisted his father, Seth S. Barnes, for many years in the daily operation of the family enterprises.

Active in politics, he campaigned for the Progressive Party in Missouri during the 1910s, served on the State Board of Agriculture from 1911 to 1914, and ran for the state legislature in 1924. He also served one term as mayor and briefly as the postmaster for Marston. He also owned and operated a general store and gas station. In later years he worked as a notary public.

Barnes died on August 26, 1966, and is buried in the Mounds Cemetery in New Madrid, Missouri.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Barnes Papers document the life, both personal and professional, of a New Madrid County businessman and family. This collection is divided into ten series:

FOLDER LIST

Diaries Series

This series is arranged chronologically and covers the years 1892-1965. The diaries, especially the later years, include detailed, daily entries on personal matters, family, business, and world and national events. In many instances, Barnes often recorded his personal life and thoughts, often mentioning his relationship with sons, ex-wife, friends, and members of the community. Some folders contain ticket stubs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items.

f. 1-41892-1897.Miscellaneous notes kept while a student at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Includes book lists, course lists, study notes, and addresses.
f. 5-81897-1900.Comments on volunteering for the Army, the Spanish-American War, return home, and marriage.
f. 91904.Description of growth and development of Marston, publication of Marston Bulletin, organization of New Hope Cemetery Association, St. Louis Fair, operation of cotton gin and general store, and family affairs.
f. 10-151905-1910.Operation of saw mill, hoop factory, Barnes Store Company; investing in cotton futures, financing and construction of school building, and family affairs.
f. 16-181911-1913.Appointment to State Board of Agriculture, establishment of experimental cotton farm, Progressive Party politics, economic conditions, and family affairs.
f. 19-231914-1918.Comments on: economic effects of World War I on agriculture, Liberty Bond fund raising, outbreak of smallpox and diphtheria, and family affairs.
f. 24-251919-1920.Comments on: possibility of industrializing Marston, cotton futures investment, decline of market, flu epidemic, establishment of Marston High School, and family affairs.
f. 26-291921-1925.Radio entertainment, agricultural depression, loss of lands, Ku Klux Klan activities, description of U.S. Naval Academy, student life at the University of Missouri, and family affairs.
f. 301926-1927.Economic conditions in agriculture, attempts to sell land to potential immigrants, comments on flights to cities, description of Washington, D.C., flood in New Madrid, bank closings, and family affairs.
f. 31-331928-1933.Discussion of causes of Depression, presidential election, student life in medical school, operation of general store, economic conditions, Red Cross relief, description of New Orleans, genealogical record of Barnes family, operation of newsstand and gas station, and family affairs.
f. 34-351934-1937.Discussion of New Deal policies, Gold Reserve Act, operation of gas station, Reichstag fire, medical intern life, construction of school gymnasium, farm management, notary public work, floods, Philippine and Cuban policies, German rearmament, N.R.A., death of Walter Williams, invasion of Ethiopia, backward glance at World War I, presidential election, U.S. vs. Butler, flood control work, Spanish Civil War, Japan-China conflict, appointment of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court, Public Health Service, liberal religious philosophy, and family affairs.
f. 361938-1939.Comments on: Axis Pact, German invasion of Austria, Sino-Japanese conflict, Missouri Public Health work, sharecropper's protest movement, Missouri ex Rel. Gaines vs. Canada, Spanish War veterans encampment, Russo-Finnish War, and family affairs. Folder includes a history of New Madrid and incomplete biography of Otto Rochtitzky.
f. 371940-1941.Comments on: school lunch programs, state Republican politics, presidential election campaign, war in Europe, question of U.S. involvement in World War II, description of Detroit, Battle of Britain, New Deal policies, Missouri gubernatorial election, Defense Bond program, army life, coal strike, entrance of U.S. into war, and family affairs.
f. 381942-1943.Comments on: race riot, World War II news, rationing, economic conditions and projections, coal strike, V-mail, Mississippi River flood, Spanish-American War veterans encampment, description of New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, and Tehran Conference.
f. 391944-1945.Comments on: Masonic work, allied invasion of Europe, Battle of the Bulge, German POWs in Marston, Dumbarton Oaks Conference, invasion of the Philippines, death of Roosevelt, organization of United Nations, V-E Day, Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, Atom Bomb, civil war in China, and description of Cincinnati.
f. 40-411946-1948.Comments on: labor conflicts, Red Cross activities, United Nations, independence of the Philippines, polio epidemic in San Francisco, off-year elections, Truman Doctrine, Moscow Conference, Black-White relationships, television, inflation, Progressive Party, presidential election, Olympic Games, bus trip through the Southwest and Pacific Coast, and growth of the University of Missouri.
f. 421949-1950.Comments on: Chinese civil war, NATO, Berlin blockade, automobile industry strike, U.S.-U.S.S.R. relationship, race relations, Truman's domestic policies, Korean War, and description of New Orleans and Atlantic City.
f. 431951-1952.Comments on: progress of Korean War, Mexican farm labor, Kefauver Crime Commission, Mississippi floods, 22nd Amendment, presidential campaign, explosion of hydrogen bomb, and Masonic and Spanish-American War Veteran activities.
f. 44-451953-1956.Comments on: death of Stalin, close of Korean War, power struggle in U.S.S.R., Harry Dexter case, urbanization, Joseph McCarthy, unification of AFL and CIO, appointment of Elmer Ellis as University of Missouri president, Salk vaccine, presidential election, Hungarian uprising, invasion of Suez Canal, Olympic games, and description of Cleveland, Ohio, and Yellowstone National Park.
f. 46-471957-1961.Comments on: Suez Crisis, school integration, Russian space feats, U.S. space program, expansion of the University of Missouri-Columbia campus, entrance of Hawaii as 50th state, civil rights work, and condition of health.
f. 48-491962-1965.Comments on: John Glenn's space mission, civil rights, assassination of John F. Kennedy, and Vietnam.

Correspondence Series

This series is arranged chronologically and consists of the personal and professional correspondence of Barnes. Correspondents include his three sons, business partners, and various Missouri politicians. As a member of the Progressive Party from 1912-1916, Barnes corresponded with national figures Gifford Pinchot and Harold L. Ickes on elections and the future of the party. Much of the material pertains to his involvement with the Scottish Rite Masonic Order, New Madrid Lodge #429, and the United Spanish-American War Veterans. The correspondence illustrates the strong relationship with his three sons and documents their lives, education, and careers. Of note is the extensive correspondence while all three served in the armed forces during World War II. Some folders may contain miscellaneous materials such as receipts, bills, and items collected during a given year. Additional correspondence from his time as a student at the University of Missouri can be found in folders 113-117.

f. 49a-49h1897-1915.Family news, Progressive Party information, and campaign literature.
f. 49i1916.Organization of the Progressive Party in Missouri and reflections on the election results.
f. 49j-49k1917-1918.Harold L. Ickes and the Progressive Party, family letters, and receipts.
f. 49l-49m 1919.Gifford Pinchot and the future of the Progressive Party, Marston election notice, election of Marston schools superintendent, effect of Daylight Savings Time on farmers, proposal to erect a Memorial Tower at the University of Missouri, and Roosevelt Memorial Association fundraising drive.
f. 49n-49o1920.Sympathy letters at death of father, Harold L. Ickes on possibility of holding conference of Progressives, settlement of father's estate, discussion on Universal Military Training, invitation for membership in National Conservation Association, economic conditions in agriculture, and family news.
f. 49p-49r1921-1923.Request for support of Dr. W.S. Dearmont's retention at M.U., attempts to fill Marston's postmastership, paving the streets of Marston, crop reduction pledge, family news.
f. 50-591923-1934.Financial and business affairs, Masonic activities, family affairs, Spanish War pension claim, student life at medical school, copy of speech given by Ralph Lozier on loans for relief of drainage districts, 1932 presidential election, corn prices, cotton farming, and family affairs.
f. 60-651935-1939.Tenant farming, student life, Masonic activities, World War II and possible consequences for U.S., and family affairs.
f. 66-731940-1945.Masonic and United Spanish War Veterans activities, educational reform, cotton culture, lynching incident, black education, construction of airfield in Marston, war news, gas rationing, economic conditions, description of English countryside, family genealogy, description of Rome, drought in southeast Missouri, state and national election (1944), tenant farming, Public Health in Missouri, black market, end of WWII, description of post-war Germany, and family affairs.
f. 74-801946-1949.Coal strike, comments on General Patton, Red Cross blood program, 50th class reunion, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1948 presidential campaign and election, and family affairs.
f. 81-921850-1964.Reasons for the need to expand the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School, social security, request for rural mail service in Marston, cotton farming, Masonic and United Spanish War Veterans affairs, and family affairs.
f. 93Army discharge papers, notary public appointments, insurance agent appointment, roster, maps of New Madrid County, 1898 plat of New Madrid, and news clippings.

Financial Records Series

Included in the series are bank statements, tax returns, receipts, and a notary public record book.

f. 94-99Financial records, 1950-1964
f. 100Notary public record book, 1957-1961

Photographs Series

The series contain images of the University of Missouri, Spanish-American War troops and drills, towns in New Madrid County, and various members of the Barnes family. Many of the photos are not labeled or dated.

f. 101-103nPhotographs

University Series

The series include class lecture notes, school announcements, correspondence, and miscellaneous material compiled while a student at the University of Missouri, 1894-1898.

f. 104-110Lecture notes, 1894-1898. Classes included are Biology, Ethics, Sociology, Psychology, Finance, Religion, Astronomy, History of Education, and Latin.
f. 111-112School announcements and addresses for the class of 1898
f. 113-117Student correspondence, 1897-1898

Marston Area History and Geography Series

The series includes maps, historical sketches, New Madrid County funeral notices, directories for various Marston clubs and organizations, and miscellaneous material.

f. 118Marston-New Madrid Area School Petition, n.d.
f. 119Ladies Aid Society of Marston Record Book, 1907-1916
f. 120Homemaker's Club of Marston, secretary's book, 1914
f. 121Post Office record book, 1912-1914
f. 122Postal Carriers' Route Directory, 1916-1921
f. 123Funeral notices, New Madrid County, 1920-1956
f. 124History of New Madrid County Masonic Lodges
f. 125Historical sketch of Marston-Point Pleasant area and the arrival of Seth S. Barnes in Missouri
f. 126Map of portion of New Madrid County
f. 127Map of Little River Drainage District

Picture Postcard Series

This series consists of postcards bearing images from Missouri, the United States, and various counties, including Japan. Many of the postcards are blank with no correspondence.

f. 128-130Picture Postcard Collection

Notary Public Record Series

The series contains record books, driver license applications, and copies of papers that were notarized by Barnes, who worked as a notary public in Marston, Missouri.

f. 131-133Notary Public Record Books, 1947-1964
f. 134Copies of Chattel Mortgages, 1962-1964
f. 135-136Miscellaneous papers notarized by C.M. Barnes, 1951-1965
f. 137-139Drivers license applications and forms for Marston area residents
f. 140List of driver license names and numbers

Genealogy Series

Information on Marston area families is located in the series, arranged alphabetically by surname.

f. 141Genealogical material, surnames, A-B
f. 142Genealogical material, surnames, C
f. 143Genealogical material, surnames, D
f. 144Genealogical material, surnames, E-F
f. 145Genealogical material, surnames, G-H
f. 146Genealogical material, surnames, I-K
f. 147Genealogical material, surnames, L-P
f. 148Genealogical material, surnames, R-T
f. 149Genealogical material, surnames, U-W

Business Series

The series consists of legal documents, title abstracts, contracts, deeds, correspondence, receipts, financial statements, maps, and a brief history of the railroad. Much of the material pertains to the business dealings of C.M. Barnes and his father, Seth Barnes. Also included are the records of the St. Louis and Memphis Railroad, which was owned and operated by the Barnes family from 1899-1901.

f. 150-161 St. Louis and Memphis Railroad, 1898-1904
f. 162Marston Telephone Company, n.d., 1901, 1913
f. 163-166Settlement of the estate of J.H. Stanley and Albert Maynard, 1900-1903
f. 167Blueprints for cotton gin, 1895, 1899, 1912
f. 168-169Continental Gin Company and miscellaneous, 1902
f. 170-172Fire insurance policies, 1912-1923
f. 173Corporate income tax forms, 1912, 1914-1917
f. 174Cotton Loan Fund, 1914
f. 175-176Inventories and affidavits, 1912, 1916-1918
f. 177-183Barnes Store Company, 1900-1925
f. 184Marston Building and Loan Association, 1913
f. 185-193Marston Realty Company, 1922-1928
f. 194Map, southeastern New Madrid County, n.d.
f. 195Map of Hayti, Missouri, and articles of agreement, 1913
f. 196Sharecropping contracts, 1917-1925
f. 197Land use notes and diagrams, 1925
f. 198Chattel Mortgage Agreements, 1944
f. 199Correspondence, loans and mortgages, 1924
f. 200Note Register, 1919-1922
f. 201Duplicate receipt book, 1944-1964
f. 202-207S.S. Barnes miscellaneous material, 1901-1933
f. 208-216S.S. Barnes and C.M. Barnes business correspondence, 1902-1903
f. 217Commodity market transactions, 1917-1919
f. 218-222H.W. Baker, Jr. v. Barnes Store Company, et al., 1908
f. 223Seth S. Barnes v. Laura M. Oates, et al., 1909
f. 224Wilbur Lewis v. R.U. Kendall, Sarah C. Kendall, and Seth S. Barnes, 1912
f. 225State et rel C.R. Pierce v. Hayti Development Company, et al., 1913
f. 226Court Records, 1929
f. 227Court Records, 1949

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Adams, Sherman (1899- )
  • Aeronautics
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1938
  • Agriculture--Government policy, 1930s
  • Agriculture--Missouri, Southeast
  • Akins, Thomas J.
  • Alaska
  • Aldridge, Robert
  • American Cotton Association
  • American Legion
  • American Red Cross
  • American Republican College League
  • Ankershiel, Cora Barnes
  • Anti-Semitism
  • Art--Study and teaching
  • Asher, John W.
  • Atkins, John
  • Atomic Bomb
  • Automobiles--Service stations, 1930s
  • Automobiles--Service stations, 1940s
  • Babler, Jacob L. (1872-1945)
  • Bailey, Ralph
  • Bank of Marston, Marston, Missouri
  • Barkley, Alben William (1877-1956)
  • Barnes, Asa (1904-1986)
  • Barnes, Asa Jr. (1933- )
  • Barnes, Charles Merlin (1873-1965)
  • Barnes, Charles Merlin, III (1929- )
  • Barnes, Charles Merlin, Jr. (1902-1968)
  • Barnes, Cora
  • Barnes, Emma Atkins (1879- )
  • Barnes, Frederick B.
  • Barnes, John Carroll (1932- )
  • Barnes, Laura Marston (1848-1933)
  • Barnes, Mabel
  • Barnes, S. S. (1906-1982)
  • Barnes, Seth Stephen Appleton (1845-1920)
  • Barnes, Store Company, Marston, Missouri
  • Barnes, W. A.
  • Barnes, William Arthur (1869-1936)
  • Barrett, Jesse W. (1884-1953)
  • Bilbo, Theodore G. (1877-1947)
  • Biology--Study and teaching, 1890s
  • Black Freemasons
  • Black schools
  • Black, Hugo LaFayette (1886-1971)
  • Blacks, Attitudes Toward, Missouri, 1900s
  • Blacks--Employment, 1940s
  • Blacks--Social Conditions
  • Bootlegging
  • Borah, William E. (1865-1940)
  • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
  • Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)
  • California, San Francisco--Description, 1948
  • Case, John F.
  • Catholic Church
  • Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)
  • Chicago "Century of Progress" Fair
  • China--Civil War
  • Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
  • Civil rights
  • Columbia Missouri Herald
  • Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • Conservation
  • Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
  • Cotton--Missouri
  • Crow, Charles A. (1873-1938)
  • Cuban missile crisis, 1962
  • Czechoslovakia, Fall of
  • Daylight Saving Time
  • Defoe, Luther M. (1860-1933)
  • DeGaulle, Charles (1890-1970)
  • Depressions, Economic, 1930s
  • Dewey, Thomas E. (1902-1971)
  • Diaries--Missouri, 1892-1965
  • Dickmann, Bernard F. (1888-1971)
  • Dien Bien Phu, Fall of
  • Divorce, 1919
  • D'Lisle, Alphonse
  • Donnell, Forrest C. (1884-1980)
  • Donnelly, Phil M. (1891-1961)
  • Droughts--Missouri, 1930s
  • Dumbarton Oaks Conference
  • Earthquakes--New Madrid, 1812
  • Economics--Study and teaching, 1890s
  • Education--Missouri, Southeast, c. 1890-1900
  • Election, 1916, General
  • Election, 1920, Presidential
  • Election, 1928, Presidential
  • Election, 1932, Presidential
  • Election, 1936, Presidential
  • Election, 1940, Presidential
  • Election, 1944--Presidential
  • Election, 1948--Presidential
  • Election, 1952, Presidential
  • Election, 1956, Presidential
  • Electric power distribution
  • Ellis, Elmer
  • English literature--Study and teaching
  • Ethics--Study and teaching
  • Farm tenancy
  • Flood Control, Mississippi River
  • Folk, Joseph Wingate (1869-1923)
  • Forrestal, James B.
  • Freemasons, Lodge No. 429, New Madrid, Missouri
  • Freemasons, Scottish Rite, Gravel Lodge, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Freemasons, Sojourners of America
  • Gentry, Nick H.
  • Germany--History--1933-1945
  • Gold Reserve Act of 1934
  • Grain--Marketing, 1900s
  • Guitar, Odon
  • Hadley, Herbert Spencer (1872-1927)
  • Hanna, Marcus A. "Mark" (1837-1904)
  • Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)
  • Hays, Edward D.
  • Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. (1903-1960)
  • Hess, Rudolph
  • Hindenburg (Airship)
  • Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
  • Holt, Ivan Lee (1886-1967)
  • Hoover Dam
  • Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
  • Hubbard, Elbert (1859-1915)
  • Hughes, Charles Evans (1862-1948)
  • Hyde, Arthur Mastick (1877-1947)
  • Hydrogen Bomb
  • Ickes, Harold LeClaire (1874-1952)
  • Immigration and emigration--Law and legislation
  • Influenza, 1918
  • Influenza, 1920
  • Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
  • Jeffries, Sam B.
  • Johnson, Calvena
  • Johnson, Calvena
  • Johnson, J. V.
  • Jones, James M.
  • Kaufman, Maritz "Max"
  • Kem, James Preston (1890-1965)
  • Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)
  • Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (1894-1971)
  • Knott, Charles
  • Knox, Frank
  • Kochtitsky, John Shidler
  • Kochtitsky, Otto
  • Korean War , 1950-1953
  • Ku Klux Klan, Missouri
  • La Guardia Fiorella H. (1882-1947)
  • Labor disputes
  • Labor disputes, 1940s
  • Labor-Management Relations Act
  • Landon, Alfred Mossman (1887-1987)
  • Latimer, Emma Atkins
  • League of Nations
  • Lee, Hardie
  • Lend-Lease
  • Lewis, John L. (1880-1969)
  • Lindbergh, Charles A. (1902-1974)
  • Little River Drainage District
  • Long, Huey P. (1893-1935)
  • Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903-1904
  • Louisiana, New Orleans
  • Lozier, Ralph F. (1866-1945)
  • MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1964)
  • Mardi Gras, New Orleans, LA
  • Marshall, George C. (1880-1959)
  • Marston Building & Loan Company, Marston, MO
  • Marston Bulletin, Marston, MO
  • Marston Cooperage Company, Marston, MO
  • Marston Custom Gin Company, Marston, MO
  • Marston Lumber Company, Marston, MO
  • Marston Realty Company, Marston, MO
  • Marston Telephone Company, Marston, MO
  • Maynard, Albert
  • McCarthy, Joseph R. (1909-1957)
  • McKinley, William (1843-1901)
  • McNary, Charles L. (1874-1944)
  • McNary-Haugen Bill
  • Medicine--Practice, 1930s
  • Medicine--Study & teaching
  • Meyer, Max F. (1873- )
  • Middle East, 1956-1957
  • Migrant labor
  • Military service, Compulsory
  • Mississippi River, Floods
  • Missouri Bankers Association
  • Missouri Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
  • Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
  • Missouri, Columbia
  • Missouri, Hayti
  • Missouri, Kansas City, 1890s
  • Missouri, Marley
  • Missouri, Marston
  • Missouri, Marston. School Board District No. 29
  • Missouri, New Madrid
  • Missouri, New Madrid County Historical Society
  • Missouri, New Madrid County. Court, Records, 1908-1913
  • Missouri, Point Pleasant
  • Missouri, Portageville
  • Missouri, Southeast, Economic conditions
  • Missouri, Springfield
  • Missouri. Board of Health
  • Missouri--Economic conditions
  • Modern Woodmen of America, Insurance
  • Morrow, Dwight W. (1873-1931)
  • Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945)
  • Nelson, Donald M. (1888-1959)
  • Neutrality, Law & legislation, 1930s
  • New Deal, Opposition to
  • New Hope Cemetery, Marston, MO
  • New Hope School House, New Madrid County, MO
  • New Madrid Land Owner's Convention
  • Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Nortoni, Albert G.
  • Nuclear power
  • Odd Fellows, Independent Order of, Marston Lodge No. 719, Marston, Missouri
  • Oliver, Robert Burett (1850-1934)
  • Olympic Games, 1948
  • Oshergard, Martin J.
  • Pan American Cotton Congress
  • Park, Guy Brasfield (1872-1946)
  • Patman Bonus Bill
  • Patronage, 1921
  • Pendergast, Thomas J. (1872-1945)
  • Pentecostal Church
  • Perkins, George W.
  • Peron, Juan (1895-1974)
  • Pickard, John W.
  • Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946)
  • Postcards
  • Progressive Party, 1912-1916
  • Progressive Party, 1948
  • Psychology, Study & teaching, 1890s
  • Race relations, Missouri
  • Radio, 1920s
  • Radio, 1930s
  • Republican National Convention, 1928
  • Republican Party, Missouri
  • Republican Party, Missouri, Marston
  • Roosevelt Memorial Association
  • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
  • Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
  • Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940
  • Ruth, George Herman "Babe" (1894-1948)
  • School children, Food
  • School integration
  • Scopes Trial
  • Sharecropper's Strike, 1939
  • Sharp, Edward Floyd
  • Sharp, Mabel Barnes (1878-1953)
  • Short, Dewey (1898-1979)
  • Sino-Japanese conflict, 1937-1945
  • Skelly, James M.
  • Smith, Alfred E. (1873-1944)
  • Smith, Forrest (1886-1962)
  • Sociology, Study & teaching
  • Soviet-German Non-Agression Pact, 1939
  • Spain, History, 1936-1939, Civil War
  • Spain, Politics & government
  • Spanish American War
  • Spanish American War Pension Claim
  • Spencer, Selden Palmer (1862-1925)
  • Stacy, William L.
  • Stalin, Joseph (1879-1953)
  • Stanley, J. H.
  • Stark, Lloyd Crow (1886-1972)
  • Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1890s
  • Stimson, Henry M.
  • Stock exchange
  • Strikes & lockouts, Coal miners, 1910s
  • Strikes & lockouts, Great Britain, 1926
  • Swanzer, John E.
  • Television, 1947-1950
  • Thompson, Guy A. (1875-1958)
  • Truman, Harry S (1884-1972)
  • Tuast, Thelma Hall
  • U.S. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
  • U.S. Congress, 81st, Senate, Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce
  • U.S. Constitution, 18th Amendment
  • U.S. Constitution, 21st Amendment
  • U.S. Constitution, 22nd Amendment
  • U.S. Federal Civil Works Administration
  • U.S. Federal Housing Administration
  • U.S. Foreign relations, 1939-1941
  • U.S. Highway 61, Missouri, Construction & Development
  • U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1926-1927
  • U.S. Post Office Department
  • U.S. Public Health Service
  • U.S. Supreme Court, Gold Cases, 1935
  • U.S. Veterans Administration
  • U.S. War Production Board
  • U.S. Work Projects Administration
  • Unitarianism
  • United Nations
  • United Spanish War Veterans
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Missouri--Baseball, 1898
  • Urbanization
  • Utility Store Company, Marston, MO
  • Volstead Act
  • Von Hindenburg, Paul
  • Wallace, Henry A.
  • Washington Everett, 1904
  • Wheat--Missouri
  • White, Harry Dexter
  • Williams, Walter
  • Willkie, Wendell L.
  • Wilson, Charles E.
  • Wilson, Woodrow
  • Women--Suffrage
  • World politics, 1945-1965
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945--Aerial Operations
  • World War, 1939-1945--France
  • World War, 1939-1945--Hawaiian Islands, Pearl Harbor
  • World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations
  • World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Theatre of Operations
  • World War, 1939-1945--Preparedness, U. S.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
  • World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union
  • Yellow fever, Missouri, 1897
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Zimmerman, Orville