Lenoir-Nifong Family, Papers, 1813-1955 (C3656)
1.6 linear feet
INTRODUCTION
The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina, include correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.
DONOR INFORMATION
The Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by the City of Columbia in August 1977 (SHS Accession No. 2103). Additions to the papers were made by Virginia M. Botts on 11 July 1979, 22 and 25 September 1980 (SHS Accession No. 2250) and on 24 November 1980 (SHS Accession No. 2345).
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Frank G. Nifong was born on January 19, 1867. He grew up in Madison County and went to Missouri Medical College in 1887 in St. Louis. In 1900 he married Lavinia Lenoir of Columbia, Missouri. Following an active business and social life in St. Louis, the young couple moved in 1905 to the Lenoir Farm, "Maplewood," on the southeast edge of Columbia.
The Lenoirs were Missouri pioneers. Walter Raleigh Lenoir came from North Carolina to Missouri in 1834. Walter Lenoir's son, Slater, married Margaret Ann Bradford of Columbia. Their first child was Lavinia.
Frank Nifong was a leader in his community and profession. He worked with Dr. A. W. McAlester in developing the University of Missouri Medical School. He was also instrumental in the establishment of a system of county hospitals in Missouri and the building of Boone County Hospital.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers are arranged by type of material and include correspondence, genealogical material, the business papers of Dr. Nifong, printed material, photographs, and day books.
FOLDER LIST
Family Correspondence
| f. 1 | Bouchelle-Gordon-Lenoir letters, 1813, 1815 |
| f. 2 | Letters from cousins in North Carolina and from relatives who traveled to California to seek gold, 1849-1853 |
| f. 3 | Correspondence between Margaret "Mag" Bradford and Slater E. Lenoir, 1858 |
| f. 4 | Letters to his wife, Margaret Bradford Lenoir, from Slater E. Lenoir from Colorado, 1881 |
Genealogy
| f. 5 | Thomas Felix Hickerson, "Happy Valley." Photocopy of excerpts from a history of Lenoirs and related families who settled in a section of North Carolina called "Happy Valley." |
| f. 6 | Lenoir genealogical tree and miscellaneous notes on Lenoir ancestors |
Miscellaneous
| f. 7 | Wedding announcements and funeral notices |
| f. 8-9 | Souvenir programs and memorabilia kept by Lavinia Bradford Lenoir Nifong |
Frank G. Nifong, Medical and Business Papers
Includes Dr. Nifong's writings encouraging legislation to make county hospitals possible in Missouri.
| f. 10 | Clinical record of Cora Kennedy |
| f. 11 | List of alumnae of the University School of Nursing, and information about most of them as of 1933 |
| f. 12 | Architect's plans for a building in St. Louis for Dr. Nifong |
| f. 13 | Receipts and farm income figures |
Pamphlets, Catalogues, Printed Matter
| f. 14 | Almanacs, 1866-1876 |
| f. 15 | John Locke, Jr., University of Missouri toxicology lecture, 1854 |
| f. 16 | First Christian Church, Columbia, Missouri, directories, 1906, 1910; miscellaneous items about First Christian Church |
| f. 17 | Railroad timetables, 1875 |
| f. 18 | North Carolina |
| f. 19 | St. Louis |
| f. 20 | Newspaper clippings |
Photographs
| f. 21 | Mr. and Mrs. Slater E. Lenoir |
| f. 22 | John Frazier, Julia E. Lenoir Church, Margaret Hume (Mrs. George), Lenoir-Nifong family members and animals |
| f. 23 | Views of Transylvania University |
| f. 24 | Dr. and Mrs. Nifong on vacation, place unknown |
| f. 25 | Locations in St. Louis |
| f. 26 | Aerial photo of view of business district of Columbia, Missouri |
Account Books, Day Books, Ledgers
| f. 27 | Slater E. Lenoir's school notebook, n.d.; Slater E. Lenoir's farm accounts, 1890-1903 |
| f. 28-30 | Lecture notes written by Frank G. Nifong while he was a medical student, 1888-1889 |
| f. 31-39 | Daybooks noting charges for treating patients of Dr. Nifong in St. Louis, Missouri, 1893-1905 |
| f. 40-44 | Daybooks noting charges for treating patients of Dr. Nifong in Columbia, Missouri, 1910-1916 |
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.
- Allison, Millie
- Almanacs, 1866-1876
- Bennett, Doctor
- Bingham, Robert
- Bouchell, Polly Elvira
- Bouchelle, Eva
- Bouchelle, Finley
- Bouchelle, John
- Bouchelle, Mary Ellen
- Bouchelle, Sammie
- Bouchelle, Thomas
- Bradford, Alexander
- Bradford, Austin
- Bradford, Estelle
- Bradford, George
- Brown, Allen
- Brown, Sarah
- Bryant, George S.
- Cabinet cards
- Campbell, Alexander (1786-1866)
- Carriages and carts
- Chappel, Sarah Drucilla
- Christian College, Columbia, Missouri
- Church, Carrie Lape (1856-1935)
- Church, Julia Ellena Lenoir (1823-1919)
- Church, Samuel Sanford (1852-1938)
- Church, Susan Campbell (1856-1932)
- Church, Walter LeNoir (1847-1931)
- Clark, Eva Ballentine Church (1854-1896)
- Coffey, Polly
- Coffey, Sophia
- Confederate States of America. Army--Officers
- Confederate States of America. Navy--Officers
- Costume, 1890s
- de la Haye, Anne
- Dentistry
- Early, Tom
- Facial hair
- Fairs--Missouri, St. Louis, 1876
- Farar, Laura Henry
- First Christian Church, Columbia, Missouri
- Fisher, Annie
- Frazier, John
- Gold Mines and Mining--California, 1850s
- Gordon family
- Gordon, Ann B.
- Gray, Sarah
- Gwyn family
- Gwyn, James
- Harris, Garland
- Hart, Henry N.
- Hats
- Hays, Edward
- Hickerson, Thomas Felix
- Houses--Missouri, St. Louis
- Hubbell, Marion Russell
- Hume, Margaret
- Interior decoration
- Jewell, Ann Eliza Lenoir (1821- )
- Jewell, Boyle
- Jewell, Malissa Jarvis
- Jewell, William (1789-1852)
- Jewell, William B. (1844-1865)
- Jones, Edmond
- Jones, Ellena M. B.
- Kurtz, Lula Russell
- Le Noir family
- Le Noir, Guy
- Le Noir, Philippe
- Lenoir family
- Lenoir, Cornelia Christian
- Lenoir, Evalina Bouchelle
- Lenoir, Frank
- Lenoir, Margaret Ann Bradford (1833-1928)
- Lenoir, Mary Elvira
- Lenoir, Rufus
- Lenoir, Sarah Drucilla Chappell (1821-1911)
- Lenoir, Sarah Evelina Bouchelle (1798-1877)
- Lenoir, Slater Ensir (1833-1929)
- Lenoir, Thomas
- Lenoir, Walter Raleigh (1786-1843)
- Lenoir, Walter Thomas (1827-1919)
- Lenoir, William
- Lenoir, William Bouchelle (1817-1874)
- Lenoir-Nifong family
- Locke, John, Jr.
- Martin, Matilda
- Masten, William
- Men--Costume, 1890s
- Missouri, Columbia
- Missouri, St. Louis
- Nifong family
- Nifong, Frank G. (1867-1955)
- Nifong, Lavinia Lenoir (1868-1959)
- North Carolina, Edgemont, Mountain Home Club
- Norwood family
- Norwood, James H.
- Norwood, Laura
- Orear, Robert
- Overland travel, 1849-1850
- Parker, Joe
- Patterson, Caroline
- Patterson, Rufus
- Perkins, Andrew ( -1854)
- Perkins, Bob, Mrs.
- Persinger, James ( -1850)
- Pickens, Israel Leonidas (1820-1888)
- Pickens, Martha Lenoir
- Railroad timetables, 1875
- Russell, Caroline
- Russell, Frances Lenoir
- Russell, Franklin
- Russell, Louisa Mathews
- Russell, Lula
- Russell, Marian
- Russell, Minnie Louisa
- Sampson, Thomas
- Shannon, James (1799-1859)
- Sincon, Ann
- Spence, Riley
- Spence, Robert
- Steamer, Colonel Fremont
- Steamer, McKim
- Stephens, James
- Stokes family
- Stokes, Camilla
- Stokes, Montford Sidney
- Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
- Watson, Clara Ward
- Welborn, Franklin, Mrs.
- Welborn, Montgomery
- Welborn, Rebecca
- Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis Report, 1863
- Wilson, Eva
- Wilson, Wat
- Woodland College, Independence, MO
- Young, Fred
- Young, Mary Hardin Church
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