Conley-Miller Family, Papers, 1792-1967 (C3693)

5.2 linear feet, 3 oversize volumes

INTRODUCTION

Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, ledgers, financial and personal records, genealogical materials, photographs, and miscellaneous items of the Conleys and Millers, prominent Boone County, Missouri, families.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Conley-Miller Family Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by George C. Miller on 19 July 1978 (Accession No. 4183) He made additions to the papers on 19 May 1981 (Accession No. 4342) and 16 February 1984 (Accession No. 4557). Material was transferred from the State Historical Society of Missouri on 8 September 1981 (Accession No. 4365).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Kate Singleton Conley (1850-1931) was born at Savannah, Missouri, 15 February 1850, daughter of Helen Steele and Milton Robards Singleton. A graduate of Christian College, she married Sanford F. Conley at Liberty, Missouri, in 1866. They were the parents of prominent Columbians: Dr. Dudley S. Conley, Sanford F. Conley, William T. Conley, Milton Robards Conley, and Helen Singelton Conley. Kate was a member of Colonial Dames, War Mothers, Daughters of 1812, and was one of the oldest members of the Presbyterian Church in Columbia. Thomas Lewis Singleton, Kate’s brother, was a Confederate veteran and Indian fighter.

Sanford F. Conley (1838-1890) and John C. Conley (1832-1896) were sons of Benjamin Conley, prosperous Boone County framer. Sanford F. was a leading Columbia businessman and financier. He served as an officer in the Home Guard during the Civil War and was one of the founders of the Boone County Milling Company. He married Kate Singleton in 1866. John C. was a wealthy Columbia businessman, merchant, farmer, and trader. He never married.

Dudley Steele Conley, surgeon and dean of the University of Missouri School of Medicine, was born in Columbia, Missouri, 26 January 1878. He received a B.L., University of Missouri, 1899, and an M.D. from Columbia University, New York, 1905. He married Sidney A. Boales on 2 January 1915. While practicing surgery in New York, 1909-1918, he also served as an instructor in surgery at Columbia, 1912-1918, and attended postgraduate medical school, 1916-1918. He was a professor of surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1919-1933; and was appointed dean in 1933. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Reserve Medical Corps, 1917-1919. Memberships included the American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, and Missouri State Medical Association, vice president, 1935, and president, 1937.

Sanford F. Conley (1871-1948) was a California businessman, investor, and teacher; and Columbia civic leader, school board member, and city councilman. He married Gertrude Broadhead. William Thompson Conley became a New York stockbroker and financier. He married Elsie McCloud.

Milton Robards Conley (1873-1918) was a news reporter; teacher in Arizona, 1896, and at the University Academy, Columbia; and a Columbia attorney with Gillespy and Conley.

Helen Singleton Conley Miller (1882-1976) was a graduate of Christian College, Washington College, and the University Academy. She married Charles Ballentine Miller, 9 June 1903. They had three children: Charles Dudley, George C., and Helen Katherine “Kitty”.

Charles Ballentine Miller (1866-1924) was born in Springfield, Ohio. He moved to Joplin with his family when he was four. At the age of twelve, his family moved to Columbia. He attended Columbia schools and the University before going into business at eighteen as a shoe store clerk. He formed a partnership with R.L. Dorsey, which was dissolved in 1890 and became a well-known retail shoe dealer in central Missouri. Millers’ Shoes was situated on 8th and Broadway in Columbia. He married Helen Singleton Conley in 1903. Miller was a member of the Retail Merchants’ Association, Round Table Club, Elks, Country Club, Commercial Club, and Rotary. He served on the board of education, was a director of Boone County National Bank, and was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church.

Charles Dudley Miller (1906-1967), son of Charles Ballentine and Helen Singleton Conley Miller, was a graduate of the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School. He married Emaly Pemberton on 15 September 1932 in Black Mountain, North Caroline. He lived in Chapel Hill and was employed by Fraternity Supervision Service.

George C. Miller (1916- ), son of Charles Ballentine and Helen Singleton Conley Miller, is a Columbia lawyer and businessman. He attended Le Rosey School, Switzerland; Columbia public schools; Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; and Harvard.

Helen Katherine “Kitty” Miller (1909- ) was the daughter of Charles Ballentine and Helen Singleton Conley Miller.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Conley-Miller Family papers are arranged into the following series:

More complete descriptions of the series can be found in the folder list that follows.

FOLDER LIST

Kate Singleton Conley (1850-1931).

Letters to Kate Singleton Conley from her children Sanford F., William T., Milton Robards, Dudley S., and Helen Singleton Conley; her sister, Alice Kemper; her parents, Milton Robards Singleton and Helen Elizabeth Steele Singleton; grandchildren; relatives; and friends. Accounts, receipts, and miscellaneous items.

Correspondence, n.d., 1868, 1887-1928.

f. 1Letters and letter fragments from Kate's father and mother [1880s]; others. Jouett Shouse letter.
f. 2-3Helen's letters to her mother in Los Angeles [1919-1920] and Columbia. Family affairs, trips, servants, social activities, diphtheria and flu epidemics, Missouri University football games described.
f. 4-6n.d. Letters from Kate's son Dudley S. while a medical student at Columbia College, New York, and a practicing surgeon in New York and Columbia, Missouri. New York boarding houses, his medical career, World War I, and his marriage to Sidney Boales described. Letters from Sidney.
f. 7-9n.d. Letters and letter fragments to Kate from her sons M.R., Sanford F. and his wife Gertrude, and William T. and his wife Elsie. M.R. describes the state of his health. Sanford F. refers to confidential business matters, politics, his mother's will, the teaching profession in California as compared with the Midwest, and his views on education. Gertrude describes family affairs and her servant. William T. writes from New York regarding the coal shortage, stock market, politics, death of C.P. Huntington, and riots. His letter from Pennsylvania describes a Republican political gathering for gubernatorial candidate Pennypacker and contrasts it with Midwestern and Missouri Republican gatherings.
f. 10n.d. Letters from Kate's grandchildren, Garland Conley and Kitty Miller, while students at the University of Missouri, describing humorous family situations and Columbia social life. Sanford Conley describes skunk hunting in McBaine.
f. 11n.d. Letters from Kate's sister Alice Kemper in St. Joseph [1881-1885], St. Louis [1884-1886], and California [1887- ]. Family, death of Uncle Lewis Singleton and brother Tom Singleton, diphtheria, and black servants, including those from Centralia and the Boone County area, are described.
f. 12-17n.d. Letters to Kate from her parents in Bolckow and St. Joseph; her sister Alice Kemper; her sons, M.R. and W.T.; grandchildren and others. Family matters including disputes, health, children's schools, child rearing, deaths, the Steele family, servants, clothing and fashion, and other topics.
f. 12n.d., 1868. Letters from Kat's parents concerning recent marriages; events in Fulton, Macon, and St. Joseph; Kemper family and other relatives; Bolckow farm crop failure, trouble in the church.
f. 171887-1889. Letters describing attitude toward death of a black child, California real estate investments of William Singleton, farming and Los Angeles area. M.R. and W.T. describe work in Conley's saw mill.
f. 181890. Letters from Alice Kemper regarding killing of a man by her cousin D. Arnold and the death of Kate's husband Sanford F. Conley. Sanford F. Conley [Kate's son] letters from St. Louis on his eye condition, finances, work and banking job opportunities.
f. 191891. Letters from Alice Kemper and Sanford F. Conley, Los Angeles, concerning the death of Mrs. M.R. Singleton and settlement of the estate, financial advice regarding the Conley house in Columbia, Kate's boarders, farming and business affairs of Singleton Kemper and Sanford F. Conley. M.R. "Rob" Conley letters regarding his military physical and his mother's boarders.
f. 20-211892-1893. Letters from Sanford F. Conley, Los Angeles and Westminster, California, concerning Kate's parents' estate including the Bolckow farm, escort for Helen Kemper to fraternity dances in Columbia, financial advice, his California business affairs, teaching position, views on education and the teaching profession, his eye condition, and Rob Conley's education.
f. 201892. People's Party convention and female speaker described. Letter from Helen Conley.
f. 211893. Possibilities for starting a new newspaper in Columbia. John L. Robards letter and newsclippings on Robards genealogy.
f. 22-231894. Letters from Alice Kemper, Los Angeles, regarding family matters, Uncle Dud's financial failure, servants, equality of men and women, entrapment of men by women, and other topics; from M.R. Conley, St. Louis, mentioning his news stories and concerning his living expenses and his mother's finances. Ben Anderson, lobbyist, is mentioned. M.F. Singleton letter regarding her family.
f. 241895. Letters from Sanford F. Conley, Los Angeles and Westminster, and from Rob Conley, Los Angeles, while looking for employment as a student at Westminster. Earthquake and religious reactions of residents described.
f. 25-271896. Letters from M.R. Conley, California and Show Low, Arizona, pertaining to family members, his health, and his school teaching position in Arizona. Descriptions of his travel in a brickboard; towns and people of Holbrook and Show Low, Arizona; Apache Indians; Mexican children; trade goods; dances and fiestas; intermarriage; comparisons of western and eastern girls; other topics. Letters from Sanford F. Conley, California, regarding the Bolckow farm, Rob and Will Conley's careers as teachers, views of teaching and education, financial and investment advice, and family matters.
f. 28-291897. Letters to Kate from her sons Sanford F., California; W.T., New York; M.R., Hot Springs; and Dudley S., Los Angeles, concerning family business matters, the Kemper family, S.F.'s views on education and his current girl friend, cost of living in California, and the state of their health. Letter from Thomas A. Russell, St. Louis attorney, regarding purchase price for the store.
f. 30-341898-1899. Helen Conley letters from Washington College Boarding School for Young Ladies. Descriptions of her friends, gentleman callers, balls, clothing, church services, theater performances, and other social activities. W.T. Conley letters from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Los Angeles. Attitudes toward the war. Description of Sampson's fleet and W.T.'s travels in Los Angeles. S.F. Conley letters regarding his business affairs and girl friend.
f. 33Description of White House reception, Senator Charles Fremont Cockran, and tour of Congress.
f. 34M.R. "Rob" Conley describes sightseeing in New York and Boston, his college and studies. Fleet Gignilliat letter regarding her family and Frank Conley's approaching marriage.
f. 35-381900. Letters to Kate from her sons M.R. and W.T. and her daughter Helen.
f. 35Descriptions of M.R.'s college days and activities as a Harvard law student, the Presbyterian Church and predestination. W.T. describes Galveston, Texas, his work at a New York brokerage, New Yorkers' reactions to William Jennings Bryan's candidacy, mood on Wall Street, his lodgings and social life.
f. 36W.T.'s letters from New York regarding his living quarters, his cook, roommates, cast of living, Helen and Minnie's visit, success in the business world.
f. 36-38Helen's letters from aboard ship and aboard with her cousin Minnie Wheeler.
f. 38Lithographs of English and European hotels. Letters from Helen in St. Joseph, Missouri.
f. 391901. Letters from William T. Conley, New York, concerning his stock market profits, Wall Street, the Prewitt family, New York girls' attitudes toward marriage, actress Jeanne Caskie, family matters. Letters from Helen Singleton Conley and Molly Prewitt related to Lucile Prewitt's upcoming wedding, St. Joseph social activities, and Helen's clothes.
f. 40-411902. Letters from William T. Conley, New York, concerning his health, views on participation in society affairs, Presbyterian Church, Exchange Bank in Columbia, cancellation of fraternity balls at the University of Missouri, scarlet fever in Columbia, Briscoe family of Virginia, stock market, and labor unions. Letters from Helen, Charlotte, North Carolina; Augusta, Georgia; and Cape Girardeau regarding clothes, parties, wedding gifts, and her gentleman friends.
f. 41Alice Kemper letter mentions General Guitar. Letters from Dudley S. Conley at Columbia University, describing New York boarding houses and Missouri students at Columbia.
f. 421903. Letters from Dudley S. and William T. Conley, Alice Kemper, Thomas Lewis Singleton, Helen and Minnie Wheeler and others regarding Helen's approaching marriage to C.B. Miller. Helen's letter describes her life as a newly-wed in Colorado.
f. 431903. Alice Kemper and Thomas Lewis Singleton letters concerning settlement of the Steele estate in St. Joseph. Description of Alice's black servant. Letters from Dudley S. Conley, Columbia Medical School, New York. Theater and performers described.
f. 44-461904-1905. Letters from Alice Kemper, Los Angeles; Dudley S. Conley, New York; Helen and C.B. Miller, Quincy, Illinois, and Hot Springs, Arkansas; John L. Robards, Hannibal.
f. 44Alice describes D.A.R. gatherings, Steele estate, the Rollins family. Helen's letters from Quincy include instructions for her servants in Columbia.
f. 45Descriptions of Hot Springs hotels, social activities, and fire; Frank Conley's mayoral candidacy; Los Angeles D.A.R.
f. 46Robards genealogy.
f. 47-481906. Letters from Alice Kemper, Los Angeles; Helen Miller, St. Joseph; Dudley S. Conley, New York, Copenhagen, Germany, London; William T. Conley, Colorado Springs; John Lewis Robards, Hannibal.
f. 47Descriptions of San Francisco earthquake, Helen's servants in Columbia, Dudley's graduation from Columbia University Medical School, his appointment to Belleview Hospital, and his trip abroad. Comparisons of American and European medical facilities.
f. 48Lithograph of Hotel Roter Hahn Munchen. Robards genealogy.
f. 491907. Letters from Alice Kemper, Los Angeles; Dudley S. Conley, New York; William T. Conley, Philadelphia. Description of Dudley's work as a doctor at Belleview Hospital.
f. 501908. William T. Conley letter from York, Nebraska, concerning his wedding. M.R. Conley letters describing his court cases in Columbia, new streets for Sanford Avenue, and Sanford F. Conley's candidacy for public administrator.
f. 511909. Letters from Helen Miller, Macatawa Bay, Michigan. Alice Kemper letters mention the Japanese and her husband's attitude toward President Theodore Roosevelt. Letters from William T. and Elsie Conley, York, Nebraska, and Dudley S. Conley, New York.
f. 521910. Letters from Alice Kemper, Dudley S. Conley, the Colonial Dames, and Tom Singleton.
f. 531911. Letters from nieces and nephews and her brother Tom Singleton. M.R. Singleton letter from Nashville concerning his financial affairs and family.
f. 541912. Letters from Captain Dudley S. Conley, U.S. Army, and his wife Sidney. Cousin Helen Wheeler letter from Johannesburg describes the diamond mines and her travels. Alice Kemper letters describe Champ Clark's popularity with California women voters, presidential election results, family political affiliations.
f. 551913. Letters from Alice Kemper regarding Los Angeles news, family affairs, divorce, war with Mexico, suffragette kind of women, Tom Singleton's family. Colonial Dames letters.
f. 561914-1915. D. Singleton letter concerning death of his father, Thomas Lewis Singleton. Post card from Rome. Letters from nieces and Alice Kemper.
f. 571916. Helen Conley Miller Letters from California describing the Pamona floods, Will Kemper's wedding, and her son Dudley's interracial school. Lithograph of the San Diego Hotel. Letters from Dudley S. Conley, New York; Mrs. J.A. Hudson, Hallsville, concerning quilts she is making for Kate; Alice O. McFarland related to genealogy and Columbia social and D.A.R. events.
f. 581917. Letters and postcards from Helen and C.B. Miller in California. The war, rash of enlistments, family, and social activities described. Illness of Jesse Hill in Columbia mentioned.
f. 591918. Postcard of First National Bank Building, York, Nebraska. Letter from Shannon Mountjoy, Arkansas Democrat, concerning Bob Conley's death and their youthful days together.
f. 60-621919. Postcards and letters from Helen Conley Miller and her children on vacation in Minnesota and Colorado. Letters to Kate on vacation in California from her family regarding Columbia news, Stephens College and Christian College fund drives, servants, coal and sugar shortage, her finances, Margaret Rollins' wedding. D. Singleton letter concerning Willie Kemper's business failure in Los Angeles. Letters from Mrs. B.A. Watson; Daisy, the Miller's servant; T.J.J. see and others.
f. 63-641920. Letters to Kate in California from her family and friends. Servants, Willis Knight touring car, bridge parties and other Columbia social affairs described. Kate L. Guitar letter. Financial statement. Lydia Row letter describes her work in the House Communications part of the Red Cross at Bourges, France, in 1918. Katherine Conley describes her suitors and fraternity dances.
f. 64Alice Kemper describes her family's reactions to the women's suffrage election and Los Angeles suffragettes.
f. 651921. Alice Kemper letter from Los Angeles.
f. 661926. Letter from Kate's niece Beth in California.
f. 671927. Letter from Kate's nephew Milton Singleton describes the old Singleton home in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Letters from Kitty Miller, Kate's granddaughter, from Smith College; other family members and friends.
f. 681928. Mary Lydia Rowe letter concerning her family and work as an occupational therapist in Oak Terrace, Minnesota. Alice Kemper mentions the Columbia Daily Tribune and describes dissent in her Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.

Miscellaneous

f. 69Funeral notices, obituaries, and newspaper biographies for John C. Conley, 1896; Mr. and Mrs. M.R. Singleton of Andrew County, 1891; Sanford F. Conley (1838-1890); and John Conley (1811- ). Wedding invitations. S.F. Conley's grade cards from Columbia public schools, 1883-1884; commission as fourth ward city councilman, 1904; editorial regarding his mayoral candidacy. Photographs of children. Newsclippings. Letters.
f. 70-73Grocery account books, n.d. Accounts and receipts from Columbia merchants, grocers, and individuals, n.d., 1900-1928.
f. 74Newspaper obituary of Kate Singleton Conley, 1931. Miscellaneous items.

Dudley Steele Conley (1878-1955).

Personal letters from family members, Phi Delta Theta fraternity brothers, and friends, 1895-1902. Business letters, account books and related material concerning Charles Mathews Mercantile Company and Bihr, Watson, and Conley Shoe Company, Columbia, 1900-1901. Bills and receipts, 1897-1901. Newspaper clippings. Miscellaneous items.

Correspondence, n.d., 1896-1903, 1931-1936

f. 75-76n.d., 1896-1897. Letters to Dudley while a student at the University Missouri concerning fraternity parties; pinnings; girl friends; jobs; Columbia news; social life in Columbia, St. Joseph, and Mexico; family matters, and other topics. Correspondents include Robert Brown, Carrollton, Gail Allee, Olean; J.P. McBaine, Centralia; S.L. "Laws" Watson, St. Louis; Jouette Shouse; Harry B. Broadhead; his mother; his sister Helen and others.
f. 77-851897-1898. Letters to Dudley residing in Los Angeles with his Kemper relatives and brother S.F. Conley. Correspondents include his sister Helen, a Christian College student; his mother Kate; J.P. McBaine; Harry Broadhead; Laws Watson; Elmer Peper; Mary Lee Reed; and others. Descriptions of Phi Delta Theta fraternity activities; girls; Columbia social, University, and college life; family news; shoe business.
f. 771897. Camp meeting described.
f. 781897. Descriptions of Episcopal Church cake walk and whites impersonating blacks; Christian College girls.
f. 791897. Letters of Harry Broadhead, Laws Watson and others, relating to fraternity pledges and girls. Costs of sending Helen to Berlin for music lessons and her popularity described by her mother. Helen describes the Tiger football team and Christian College girls.
f. 801897. J. Patterson McBaine letter describing Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota. Laws Watson letters. Helen's letters describing parties, dances, concerts, and other social activities in Columbia.
f. 811897. Laws Watson letter about Dudley's future in the shoe business. Fraternity dances. Columbia news.
f. 821897. Descriptions of parties, including a progressive love party; Christmas presents. Harry Broadhead letter concerning the shoe business in Columbia.
f. 831898. Descriptions of student and fraternity antics, confrontation with local police, and disciplinary dismissals and suspensions; races and jubilees in Mexico, Missouri; Episcopal Church fire in Columbia; serenades. J.P. McBaine letters from Shattuck School, Minnesota.
f. 841898. Minnie Wheeler describes St. Joseph social life. Minor York letters from Texas. Mary Lee Reed letters.
f. 851898. Letters from Helen, Washington College, and Minnie Wheeler, Dobbs Ferry School, New York. Stage plays, friends, school and social activities, Episcopal Church, and sightseeing described.
f. 861899. Helen Conley and Minnie Wheeler letters concerning their schools and activities. Mary Lee Reed letter from Fort Smith, Arkansas, describing social activities.
f. 871899. W.F. Wilson letter regarding his dry goods in St. Louis, fraternity brothers, success, and Dudley's future. Elmer C. "Dutch" Peper letters. Jouett Shouse letter. Mary Lee Reed letters from Paul's Valley, Indian Territory, where she teaches. Minor York letter concerning his marriage, Phi Delta Theta friendship, and fraternity pin. Louise Bryant, Marshall, Missouri, mentions typhoid fever.
f. 881899. Jouette H. Shouse letter concerning possible partnership in purchase of the Republican daily The Journal in Peoria, Illinois.
f. 89-931900. Business letters to Dudley while manager of the shoe department, Charles Matthews Mercantile Company, Columbia. Letters from lady friends in Warrenton, Orrick, and Marshall. S.L. "Laws" Watson letters, St. Joseph and Columbia, concerning business partnership, the shoe business, girls, and personal matters. Letters from family members and friends.
f. 89George L. Belcher letter concerning shoe store potential in Carrollton. Blind Boone performance in Logan, Iowa, described by Mary Lee Reed. Harry Jacks, Montgomery City, describes the charms of young ladies and his published stories. Jouett Shouse letter, Lexington, Kentucky.
f. 94-971901-1903. Letters from former Phi Delta Theta fraternity brothers concerning their jobs, the future, investment opportunities, and other topics. Correspondents include Jouett Shouse, Morning Herald, Lexington, Kentucky; Laws Watson; Harry J. Jacks, publisher, Montgomery Standard; E.C. Peper, St. Louis; and others. Letters related to sale of Dudley's shoe business. Letters from White and Belcher cousins; his brother, William T., New York; his mother and sister; and lady friends.
f. 981931-1936. Garland Conley letter from Heidelberg, Germany, 1931, to his aunt Sidney Conley. 1936 letter concerning legal proceedings against the Gates family in Mississippi and Arkansas. Letters from Dudley Miller about his forthcoming marriage to Emaly Pemberton.

Shoe Business, 1890s-1901

f. 99Itemized shoe accounts. Accounts of Dudley's sales and commissions, 2900, Charles Matthews Mercantile Company.
f. 100Bihr, Watson and Conley Shoe Company merchant's license, accounts, receipts, and correspondence, 1901.
f. 101Miscellaneous shoe business items including lists of Missouri towns, shoe dealers and buyers; account books, n.d., 1901; and descriptive shoe sample lists.

Miscellaneous

f. 102Bills and receipts, 1897-1901, from Columbia bakeries, stables, laundries, and other businesses.
f. 103Report cards from the University of Missouri, 1896, 1897, 1902; from Christian College, 1890. Promissory notes, 1897-1900. Bank account books, 1899. List of class of '99. 1900 personal tax receipt.
f. 104-105Fraternity and Sorority invitations and dance programs. Chapter rolls, chaperones, and types of dances listed. Private dance invitations from various Columbia ladies and families, 1896-1902.
f. 1061907 surgery notes from College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
f. 107Newsclippings of Dudley's marriage and surgical honors.

Conley Family

Letters to various members of the Conley family, and miscellaneous items.

f. 108Garland Conley, son of Sanford F. and Gertrude Broadhead Conley. Letter from his Ant Helen, 1900; his father, 1908. Newsclippings.
f. 109-109aJohn C. Conley (1832-1896). Financial records, 1870-1876, and account book of money loaned, 1870-1890.
f. 110-111Milton Robards Conley. Letters, n.d., 1891-1900, from his brothers Sanford F., Los Angeles; W.T., New York; his sister Helen, London and Amsterdam; his niece Kitty Miller, and others. Sanford F. mentions student fights and suspensions at the University, and offers opinions on the 1896 election, the teaching profession, and financial and business opportunities. John W. Wilkinson letter regarding sale of his position at the University Academy, Columbia; salary and expenses. Bills and receipts, 1910. Newsclippings. Memorials.
f. 112Sallie Conley (1841-1918). Letter from her niece Helen in Germany, 1900, and her nephew Dudley S. in New York, 1903. Newspaper obituary.
f. 113Sanford Francis Conley (1838-1890), leading Columbia businessman and financier. Newspaper obituaries and estate administration notice.
f. 114-118Sanford F. Conley. Letters to Sanford in Los Angeles, 1897-1898, and Columbia, 1918-1941, from family members and friends. Election certificates, newsclippings and miscellaneous items.
f. 114n.d., 1897. Kate's letters to her sons Dudley and Frank concerning Columbia and family news, her finances and business dealings, ownership dispute with the city over Conley Street property her boarders.
f. 1151898-1924. Letters from Kate, William T., and Helen. Dudley S. Conley letter concerning going overseas with his medical unit, 1918. Deaths of M.R. Conley, 1918, and C.B. Miller, 1924.
f. 1161931-1941. Death of Kate Singleton Conley. Letter from Garland in Germany, 1931.
f. 117-118Miscellaneous.
f. 119William Thompson Conley. Letter from his brother Sanford F., Los Angeles, 1891. Letter of introduction from Amanda Caskie, 1901. Newspaper clippings. School merit rewards, [1890s].

Helen Singleton Conley (1882-1976).

Letters to Helen Singleton Conley while a student at Christian College, Washington College, and the University Academy; on trip abroad with Helen and Minnie Wheeler; in St. Joseph, Columbia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Lexington, Kentucky; up to her marriage to C.B. Miller in 1903. Correspondents include her mother, Kate Singleton Conley; her brothers Sanford F., William T., Milton Robards, and Dudley S. Conley; her cousin, Minnie Wheeler; gentleman friends; Kemper relatives; and others. Scrapbooks, 1870-1903. Miscellaneous items related to Helen's school and college days.

Correspondence, n.d.1890s-1903

f. 120n.d.
f. 1211890s-1894. Social activities in St. Joseph described by John Barrow Motter.
f. 1221895. Minnie Wheeler, St. Joseph, describes her school courses, a baptism in the Catholic convent, her family's new home, and travel in South Dakota. M.R. Conley, Westminster, California, describes earthquake.
f. 123-1241896. Lucy Knapp describes Christmas in St. Louis and mission work. M.R. Conley letters from Show Low, Arizona, offer helpful hints on writing essays, describe calf and bull roping, his teaching and exhibition, and western girls. University Academy mentioned in Conley brothers' letters. Minnie Wheeler describes bicycle parade in St. Joseph. Letters form girl friends. Marion Burruss letter regarding outings in Carrollton.
f. 1251897. S.F. Conley letter, Los Angeles. Letters from Minnie Wheeler and girl friends relating to St. Joseph coaching parties, social life, boys, and the new country club.
f. 1261898. Description of curriculum, school and social life at Dobbs Ferry School, New York.
f. 127-1301899. Letters to Helen at Washington College and in St. Joseph and Columbia from her brothers W.T. and M.R.; gentleman friends including T.J.J. See, U.S. Naval Observatory; Sewell T. Watts, Boston; college friends. Descriptions of college life at Washington College, Harvard, Vassar, and Dobbs Ferry; football; Boston celebrations in honor of Dewey and the Olympia; travel in Canada.
f. 131-1401900. Letters to Helen in Columbia; New York; abroad with Minnie and Helen Wheeler, May-September, St. Joseph in December. Correspondents include M.R. Conley, Harvard, with humorous descriptions of college life; Fred Dearing (in French); Virginia Dyas, Vassar; Minnie Wheeler, St. Joseph and Dobbs Ferry; St. Joseph friends; gentleman friends; and others.
f. 131Virginia Dyas describes New York plays and entertainments.
f. 132Augusta Herald society newsclippings.
f. 133Virginia Dyas describes ball at Vassar and distinguished guests, social activities. Plays and actors described by M.R. Conley. Helen's smallpox mentioned.
f. 134Descriptions of M.R. Conley's boarding house and student neighbors, Presbyterians in New England and their grave inscriptions, Harvard sports. Descriptions of Minnie Wheeler's activities at Dobbs Ferry School including a cakewalk and "blacking up".
f. 135Minnie Wheeler, Dobbs Ferry, describes hairstyles, clothing and dress, and theater. M.R. Conley compares Harvard fraternities with those in Columbia; describes initiations and pledging. W.T. Conley letters from Newark and New York describe his work on Wall Street.
f. 136-139Letters to Helen abroad Atlantic steamships and abroad with Helen and Minnie Wheeler. Columbia news, fraternities, dances and parties, train rides and Columbia's Wabash train depot are described.
f. 136Vassar campus life and social activities described by Virginia Dyas.
f. 138Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house remodeling described by Arthur G. Black.
f. 139Diary of observations aboard the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Steamship menu. M.R. Conley describes one of his Columbia law cases involving the cook of his brother, Sanford F. Conley.
f. 140Letters to Helen in Columbia and St. Joseph from Arthur G. Black, Columbia; T.J.J. See, U.S. Naval Observatory; John Lincoln, St. Louis; and "Ike".
f. 141-1461901. Letters to Helen in Columbia and St. Joseph. Correspondents include T.J.J. See, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.; Arthur Geiger Black, Kansas City, Chicago, Minnesota, Sioux Falls, and Columbia; John C. Hall, Colorado, Sedalia, and Kansas City; John Lincoln, St. Louis; her brother William T. Conley, New York.
f. 141T. J. J. See mentions Carrie Nation, fire and opera house in Columbia; describes presidential inauguration, his White House connections, the Naval Observatory, the University of Missouri and Mr. Bishop; other topics. John Lincoln letters.
f. 142-143Arthur Geiger Black letters concerning his future, Columbia fraternity dances, his traveling salesman's job and related travels, including his impressions of the Scandinavians in Minnesota. Letters from John C. Hall, William T. Conley and T. J. J. See.
f. 144Arthur Geiger Black letters from Minnesota, South Dakota and Kansas City describe his sales techniques and women's reactions, his father's Kansas farm and Kansas City properties, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity rushing. John C. Hall letter concerning his law practice in Kansas City.
f. 145John C. Hall letters related to his law practice, entertainment and social events in Kansas City. T.J.J. See letters regarding the death of his astronomer friend George K. Lawton, See's publications, the death of President McKinley. Arthur Geiger Black letter, Columbia.
f. 146Arthur Geiger Black letters, Columbia and Kansas City. T. J. J. See letter.
f. 147-1541902. Letters to Helen from Arthur Geiger Black, St. Louis and Kansas City; T. J. J. See, U.S. Naval Observatory; C.B. Miller, Columbia and abroad; Jouett Shouse, Lexington, Kentucky; William Guppert, St. Joseph; John W. Walker, Georgia; others.
f. 147Letters to Helen in Columbia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Lexington, Kentucky. William T. Conley letter related to Phi Delta Thetas in New York. Love letter. St. Joseph news.
f. 148-149St. Joseph news. Arthur Geiger Black letters concerning his exams and his future. Jouett Shouse letters regarding the illness of Mary Shouse.
f. 150Jouett Shouse letter mentions his plans for The Herald, Lexington, Kentucky.
f. 151Arthur Geiger Black describes Kansas City society. T.J.J. See bemoans the "evils of fame." C. B. Miller describes Venice, Lucerne, and voyage on the R.M.S. Campania. Coronation dinner menu and program of entertainment in aid of the Seamen's Charities.
f. 152C. B. Miller letters from Geneva, Paris, and London. Jouett Shouse describes Mexico, Missouri. T.J.J. See mentions political climate in Washington. St. Joseph flower parade and festivities described by William Guppert.
f. 153Jouett Shouse letters concerning his father's typhoid fever, The Herald, and society functions in Kentucky. Letters from Arthur Geiger Black, C.B. Miller, and others. Society news photo of Helen.
f. 154Descriptions of cotillions and dances, St. Joseph robbery, and social events.
f. 155-1591903. Letters to Helen in Columbia, St. Louis, and St. Joseph from gentleman friends including Arthur Geiger Black, Kansas City and St. Louis; William Guppert, St. Joseph; Jouett Shouse, Lexington, Kentucky; C.B. Miller, and others; her brothers Dudley S. and William T.; cousins; friends. Letters and telegrams concerning Helen's engagement and marriage to C.B. Miller, 9 June 1903.
f. 155Descriptions of parties and social events in St. Joseph.
f. 156Dudley S. Conley letter, Columbia University, New York. Travel diary letter from William A. Wilson abroad the S.S. Moltke includes descriptions of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and war ships and soldiers; ruins of St. Pierre following the volcanic disaster of 1902 and interview with lone survivor, a French Negro.
f. 157W.T. Conley letter regarding Wall Street, J.P. Morgan and others. C.B. Miller letters concerning the wedding, his farm and shoe business, Columbia news and social events.
f. 159Description of Kansas City flood and General Relief storehouse.

Scrapbooks, 1870-1903

f. 1601870-1903. Newspaper clippings. Funeral notices and obituaries for Conley and Singleton family members. Christian College, University Academy, and Washington College items. Photographs.
f. 161-1621898-1899. Washington College scrapbook containing theater programs, menus, photographs, letters, handwritten notations, miscellaneous items. S.C. Hunt letter mentions meeting with Congressman Cooney. College President F. Menefee's letters. Pictures of teachers.

Miscellaneous, [1890s].

f. 163-166Invitations. Fraternity dance programs, one with "ode to Helen Conley." Report cards, essays, papers, and related items from Helen's school and college days at Christian College, the University Academy, and Washington College. College of St. Joseph items. Miscellaneous items.
f. 167Papers read by Helen at sessions of the Philomathean Society for young ladies, University Academy, 1896, including the Academy Bumblebee, with descriptions of the Society, the men's debating club, Academy anecdotes, Halloween night encounter with sheep thieves by Ben Turner and Tom Barnes. Salutatory address, Christian College class of '98.
f. 168 1873. Spencerian Penmanship Manuals.
f. 169Poems. German items. Miscellaneous.
f. 167Papers read by Helen at sessions of the Philomathean Society for young ladies, University Academy, 1896, including the Academy Bumblebee, with descriptions of the Society, the men's debating club, Academy anecdotes, Halloween night encounter with sheep thieves by Ben Turner and Tom Barnes. Salutatory address, Christian College class of '98.
f. 1681873. Spencerian Penmanship Manuals.
f. 169Poems. German items. Miscellaneous.

Helen Singleton Conley Miller (1882-1976)

Correspondence, n.d., 1903-1967.

Letters to Helen Singleton Conley Miller from her husband C.B., sons Dudley and George, daughter Kitty, brother Dudley S. Conley, relatives and friends. Letters concern the Miller Shoe Store; deaths of C.B. Miller and Kate Singleton Conley; her children's school and college days at the Barstow School in Kansas City, Smith College and Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, Le Rosey School in Switzerland, and Harvard; family's European tour, 1932-1933; George's trip to Germany, 1936. Descriptions and sketches of current fashions, social activities, sorority and fraternity life, the depression, Dudley's engagement and wedding. Miscellaneous related items.

f. 170n.d., 1903. Dudley S. Conley letters, Columbia Medical School, New York. Letters concerning the birth of her son. Letters from her daughter Kitty, her husband C.B., and her cousin Minnie Wheeler Farish.
f. 1711905-1907. Dudley S. Conley letters from Belleview Hospital, New York, and aboard the C.F. Tietgen. Description of steamer cutting sailboat in two, and his hospital duties.
f. 1731917-1919. Minnie's letters from Watkins Glenn, New York, regarding her mother's health, family and St. Joseph news.
f. 1741924. Letter and photographs from friend in Los Angeles.
f. 175-1791924. Letters of sympathy on the death of Helen's husband Charles Ballentine Miller. Arranged alphabetically by sender.
f. 1801924. W.H. Griffith letters concerning the shoe business and his opinion of Mrs. Miller running the shoe store. Letters regarding C.B. Miller's interest in the Hiller-Helhake Shoe Company, Quincy.
f. 1811926. Letters from Kitty, Barstow School, Kansas City, concerning her classes and dinner parties.
f. 182-1841927-1930. Letters from Kitty at Barstow School, Kansas City, and Smith College, Northampton, concerning clothes, parties, fraternity dances, classes, and friends. Charles Dudley Miller's letters from New York, concerning his job, the Graf Zeppelin, and application to Harvard. Smith College letters.
f. 185-1891931. Letters and telegrams offering sympathy on the occasion of Kate Singleton Conley's death. Letters from Kitty and Dudley, Smith College and Harvard, regarding clothing, shoe bills, dances, Fowler Hamilton, trip to Europe, Kitty's new car, Smith commencement activities and Dudley's grades and exams.
f. 1901932. Correspondence regarding Mrs. Miller's appointment as a University delegate to attend the fifth centenary celebration of the University of Caen, France. Letters from friends and relatives concerning her upcoming European tour with her children, Kitty and George. Letters from Mrs. Barry McAlester, Columbia, and cousin Marion, Pamona, California, concerning their families. Edith Geery Calvert and Ethel Hockaday letters regarding France and pension addresses in Paris and Florence. Lists of alumni and former students in Europe and England.Newport News steamer statement. Letters to Mrs. Miller aboard the S.S. Newport News and abroad in Paris, Geneva, and Florence, from family and friends.
f. 1911932. Letters from Garland Conley; Dudley Miller, Chapel Hill; Nancy Brown, the Miller's cook; Fred Morris Dearing, American Embassy, Lima. George Miller letters written from his Swiss school, LeRosey; items from school pageant.
f. 1921932. Letters regarding engagement and wedding of Dudley Miller and Emaly Pemberton. Items from George's Macjannet Camp pageant, Switzerland.
f. 1931932. Letters to Mrs. Miller in Florence from Emaly Miller; cousin Marion, Pamona, California; Anna Fairchild and other friends regarding Columbia and family news including Rhodes candidates, football, effects of the depression, politics and the gubernatorial election. Letters from George Miller, LeRosey School, Switzerland, Columbia newsclippings.
f. 194-1971933-1934. Letters from George in school in Switzerland and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, to his mother in Paris, Italy, and at home, concerning his studies and grades, college board exams, his finances, Academy life. Descriptions of sports events, movies, Carl Sandburg lecture.
f. 194Letters from Mr. Pemberton and Dudley Miller concerning the depression and Dudley's job, travel costs. Anna Fairchild letter, London. Phillips Academy letters.
f. 196Letter from Charles Dudley and Emaly Miller regarding the birth of their son, Dudley. Letter concerning Barstow School's anniversary
f. 1981936. George Miller letters while a student at Harvard concerning his allowance and expenses, courses and grades, student gambling, girl friends, war possibilities, upcoming trip to Europe and travel costs. Descriptions of Robert Frost lecture; Marshall Field, Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and the tutoring school.
f. 1991936. George's letters from Germany and England. Description of voyage on the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, his traveling companion Bud Lucas, pensions, sightseeing, war possibilities.
f. 2001937-1939. Christmas greetings. Letter from Kitty, Washington D.C., 1939. Kitty and Fowler's baby daughter Helen and Mrs. Roosevelt and the D.A.R. mentioned.
f. 2011945. Boone County cancer campaign letter.
f. 2021967. Christmas greetings.

Financial and Personal Records

f. 2041924. Description of farm and related property near Harrisburg, tenant's work.
f. 2051927. Warranty deed, Magdalene Lohrer to Helen Miller for property in Westwood addition.
f. 2061932-1933. Statement of farm expenditures.
f. 2081936. Expense statements for Alps and Woodside plantations in Mississippi. Quit claim deeds. Description of trip to the plantation, road conditions, crop distribution, black tenants and housing, soil analysis, county agent, taxes, general observations about the state.
f. 2091925-1946. House leases for house on South Garth. Lease for house on Sanford Place.
f. 210-231Bills and receipts, 1924, 1932-1936, 1939, 1942 and 1961, to Helen Miller, S.F. Conley, the Miller Building Company, and Knight Drug Building, from various Columbia merchants, contractors, construction companies, insurance companies, groceries, utilities, and others. Tax receipts. Scale book receipts for crops.

Charles Ballentine Miller (1866-1924)

f. 232Promissory notes, 1888-1903.
f. 233Miller Shoe Company, 1890s-1910s. Inventories. Financial statements. Letter from W.S. Darnaby regarding money he owed the Quincy branch store and ledger entries, 1911.
f. 234Daybook, 1900-1901. Tom Hickman, clerk. Books, frames, stationery, and related items.
f. 235Account book, 1918-1923. Included are accounts for various buildings in Columbia, stocks and bonds, country club, home place and household expenses, insurance, discount and interest, Helen C. Miller, taxes, Stockadaub farm, and Pannell house.
f. 236Family expense record, 1918.
f. 237-239Insurance records, 1925-1934, for various Columbia buildings.
f. 240Letters regarding superintendent of schools, J.E. McPherson, 1920. 1922 pocket calendar with notations. Rhymes about prominent Columbians including Miller, Frank Conley, Mr. Barth, Walter Williams, Doctors Loeb and Diggs, and others. Photographs. Newsclippings.
f. 241Letters to Frank Bihr and the Miller Shoe Company concerning the death of C.B. Miller, May 18, 1924. Related items. Photograph of Miller's grave, Columbia cemetery.
f. 242Estate receipts and vouchers. 1924 rental cards. Property inventory. Related items, 1920-1932.
f. 243Will of C.B. Miller.

Charles Dudley Miller

f. 244-249Letters and Miscellaneous, n.d., 1923-1933. Letters to Charles Dudley Miller, son of C.B. and Helen Singleton Conley Miller, from Edwin Moss Williams, Sanford F. Conley, family, and college friends. Descriptions of military training camps at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Letters concerning Phi Delta Theta fraternity, College life, death of his father.
f. 244-246Edwin Moss Williams describes his trip to the Orient, 1924, including Kyoto, Shanghai, Tokyo, Peking, Manchuria, the Peking Club, time spent with various notables including Percy Noel, correspondent; Japanese police; Russians in Keyo.
f. 249Miscellaneous items, including class notes, test papers, Harvard grades.

Daisy and George Miller

f. 2501924. Correspondence of Daisy Miller with Professor F.W. Smithpeter concerning a teaching position in Green Ridge, Missouri.
f. 2511924-1936. Letters to George Conley Miller, son of C.B. and Helen Singleton Conley Miller, from his sister Kitty, Smith College, 1927; Bud [Draper], Kemper Military Academy, 1933-1934, to George at Phillips Academy. Miscellaneous items.

Helen Katherine "Kitty" Miller

f. 252-252c1922. Photo album, includes pictures of family, friends, doll collection, family homes, vacations.
f. 2531924. Letters concerning her father's death.
f. 2541925-1926
f. 2551927. Letters describing sorority parties in Columbia. Love letters. Sketch of Kitty's commencement dress.
f. 2571928. Letters and telegrams from boy friends. Smith College items.
f. 2591929. Kitty's investments and financial holdings. Dates. Receipts. Amherst play bills.
f. 260[1929].The Morning Evening, Amherst.
f. 2621930-1932. Elliott Nonquist letter. Smith College play bill and related newsclippings.
f. 2631933. Letters to Kitty while on European tour with her mother and brother George. French medical prescriptions and laboratory report.
f. 264Wedding invitation of Kitty and Milo Fowler Hamilton. Newsclippings related to Hamilton.

DAR Worksheets and Genealogical Items

f. 265-272Letters of genealogical research. Transcribed letters of the Robards family. DAR worksheets, certificates, yearbooks for Columbia chapter. Transcriptions of Boone County court and circuit court records. Wills including will and codicil of Helen Conley Miller. Miscellaneous genealogical items.
f. 266Conley family coat of arms.

Miscellaneous

f. 273-276n.d. Newspaper clippings, recipes, and Columbia High School commencement roll.
f. 277Boone County plat book, 1822-1908. Renumbered as volume 1. Folder is empty.
f. 278n.d., 1866-1897 Presbyterian religious pamphlets.
f. 2791890-1891 Notebook of Lucy Singleton.
f. 2821898 Boone County Agricultural and Mechanical Society pamphlet.
f. 2831893-1894 Lithographs of American and European Hotels.
f. 2861902-1903 Items concerning Columbia.
f. 289Account book has been renumbered as volume 3. Folder is empty.
f. 2901906 J.P. McBaine account books.
f. 2911907.The Columbia Club of Columbia, Missouri. Includes pictures of the clubhouse, corner of 9th and Elm.
f. 2921909-1914. Items concerning Columbia, including 1909 issues of Playground Weekly; programs; statement of Phi Delta Theta club, 1912, in connection with purchase of a chapter house.
f. 295[1918]. Gibson girl postcards.
f. 2981920. Time book. List of truck drivers. Entries for labor, gas and oil, truck numbers, and chauffeurs.
f. 3001924. "Paprica Sauce," official publication of the Rotary Club, Columbia, May 29.
f. 302-3031930. Round Table Club items, Columbia. Photographs of members.
f. 3041930.The Dawn, "Let There Be Light," Tiger Town, January 6.
f. 3051933-1938. Charcoal drawings of Kitty Miller from the 1933 world's fair. Memorial to Clara Thompson Jones, 1936. Christmas programs, 1937, 1938.
f. 306-3071939-1953

Photographs.

Photographs of members of the Conley and Miller families, relatives, and friends, n.d., 1890s-1950s.

f. 308Kate Singleton Conley, Milton Robards and Dudley Steele Conley, Conley family.
f. 309Helen Singleton Conley, Millie Wheeler, and friends at Tellsplatte and on European tour, [1900].
f. 310McBaine house party: Helen Singleton and Dudley Steele Conley, Ethel Davidson, and friends, 1901.
f. 311Children's portraits.
f. 312Conley home on Sanford Avenue. Adobe house in New Mexico, 1917.
f. 313-315Relatives and friends. Includes picture of Virginia Dyas in horse and buggy driven by Millers' servant Emmett Williams.
f. 316Charles Dudley Miller in a child's wagon and on wicker furniture outside Conley home on Sanford; University power plant stack, portion of Jesse Hall and Conley Avenue homes in the background, [1908].
f. 317George Conley Miller, 1917. Charles Ballentine Miller.
f. 318Kitty, Dudley, and George Miller. Kitty's friends. Picture of airplane [1920s].
f. 319Kitty Miller's 1929 trip to Bermuda. Kitty and friends, [1932].

Volumes.

v. 1Boone County, Missouri, plat book, 1822-1908.
v. 2Ledger, 1903-1917. Statements of sales and loans made to and for various individuals in Columbia and Boone County.
v. 3Ledger, 1905-1918. Rent, loan and building accounts in Columbia.
v. 4-6Account books, 1897-1920. Sanford F. Conley personal account books, including cash expenditures, rents and real estate investments, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and summaries for the years included.

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.

  • Account books, 1870-1890
  • Account books, 1905-1918
  • Account books, 1912-1914
  • Account books, 1918-1923
  • Account books--Personal
  • Accounts, 1900-1928
  • Accounts, 1930s
  • Accounts, 1942
  • Accounts--Blacksmithing, 1930s
  • Accounts--Building, 1905-1918
  • Accounts--Grocery
  • Accounts--Grocery, 1933-1936
  • Accounts--Grocery, 1942
  • Accounts--Grocery, 1961
  • Accounts--Hardware, 1933
  • Accounts--Household, 1918-1922
  • Accounts--Real estate, 1903-1917
  • Accounts--Rent, 1905-1918
  • Accounts--Shoes, 1900-1901
  • Accounts--Shoes, 1933-1936
  • Actions and defenses
  • Actors and actresses
  • Adams, William M.
  • Advertising, 1890s-1900s, Missouri, Columbia
  • Agricultural and Mechanical Societies, 1898
  • Agriculture, 1930s
  • Airplanes, 1920s
  • Albert, Sam
  • Alexander, Campbell ( -1897)
  • Aliens--Public opinion, 1920s
  • Allee, Gail D.
  • Allen family
  • Alps, France
  • Altman, Anita
  • Ambrotypes
  • Amusements, 1900s
  • Anderson, Ben
  • Anecdotes, 1909
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Arizona, 1896
  • Arkansas, Fort Smith, 1899
  • Arkansas, Hot Springs, 1905
  • Arthur, Paul H.
  • Ashley, Elizabeth
  • Astronomers, 1900-1901
  • Aultman, Anita
  • Automobiles, 1909
  • Automobiles, 1910s
  • Automobiles, 1920s
  • Automobiles, 1920s
  • Automobiles, 1930s
  • Automobiles, 1931
  • Bank buildings, Missouri
  • Bank buildings, Nebraska, York
  • Barnes, Lakeman
  • Barnes, Tom
  • Barns, James
  • Barr, Robert
  • Barstow School, Kansas City, Missouri, 1920s-1930s
  • Bass, Peter
  • Beaches
  • Beasley, Rebecca Jane
  • Beatie, Samuel
  • Bedspreads
  • Belcher, Frank
  • Belcher, George L.
  • Belleview Hospital, New York, 1906-1907
  • Bennett, James
  • Benson, James H.
  • Bermuda, 1920s
  • Berry, Taylor
  • Beta Theta Pi
  • Bicycle racing, 1890s
  • Bicycles and bicycling, 1920s
  • Bihr, Frank
  • Bihr, S.W.
  • Bihr, Watson, and Conley Shoe Company, Columbia, Missouri
  • Black children, 1920s
  • Black children, Attitudes Toward, 1889
  • Black children, Missouri, Columbia, [1890s]
  • Black servants--California, Los Angeles, 1903
  • Black servants--Missouri, Columbia
  • Black, Arthur Geiger
  • Black, Arthur Geiger
  • Blacks, 1890s
  • Blacks, Attitudes Toward, 1920s
  • Blacks--Employment
  • Blacks--Housing--Missouri, Columbia
  • Blacks--Missouri, Columbia
  • Blacks--Missouri, Columbia
  • Blacksmithing
  • Blackwell Building, Columbia, Missouri
  • Blair, Jesse
  • Boales, Sidney A.
  • Boarding houses
  • Boggs, Lilburn W. (1792-1860)
  • Bonfoy family
  • Bonfoy family
  • Boone County Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Boone County, Missouri,
  • Boone County National Bank, Columbia, Missouri, 1924
  • Boone, Daniel, Jr.
  • Boone, John William "Blind" (1864-1927)
  • Bowling, Laura Gail
  • Bradley, Mai
  • Bridges, New York, 1900s
  • Broadhead family
  • Broadhead, Garland C., Jr.
  • Broadhead, Garland Carr (1827-1912)
  • Broadhead, Gertrude
  • Broadhead, Gertrude
  • Broadhead, Harry B.
  • Broadsides, 1900s
  • Broodson, Thomas
  • Brown, Albert
  • Brown, Nancy
  • Brown, Robert
  • Bryant, Louise M.
  • Buchhartt, Nicholas S.
  • Budgets, Household, 1918-1922
  • Building--Missouri, Columbia, 1930s
  • Burnam, Caroline F.
  • Burnam, John F.
  • Burruss, Marion
  • Burruss, Will B.
  • Burruss, Will B.
  • Burton, Sam
  • Business, 1890s
  • Business, 1900
  • Butts (Photographer)
  • Byarlay (Photographer)
  • Byars, William W.
  • Cabell, Anna M.
  • Cabell, Edward C.
  • Caine, Hall
  • Cakewalk
  • Calendars
  • California, 1890s
  • California, 1910s
  • California, 1920s
  • California, Los Angeles, 1880s-1910s
  • California, Pamona
  • California, Stone Corral
  • California--Foreign population, 1909
  • Calvert, Edith Geery
  • Camp meetings, 1897
  • Camps, 1930s
  • Canada--Description and travel, 1890s
  • Canada--Description and travel, 1899
  • Carriages and carts
  • Cartoons and caricatures
  • Caski, Amanda
  • Caski, Jeanne
  • Caskie, John
  • Caskie, Mattie
  • Casteel Brothers
  • Catarrh
  • Catholic Church--Arizona
  • Cave, Henry
  • Cave, Richard
  • Cemeteries--Inscriptions--New England
  • Cemeteries--Missouri, Columbia
  • Chairs
  • Chang Tso-lin
  • Children
  • Children [1890s]
  • Children, 1880s
  • Children, 1880s
  • Children, 1890s
  • Children, 1900s
  • Children, 1910s
  • Children, 1920s
  • Children, 1930s
  • Children--Missouri, Columbia, 1920s
  • Children's clothing
  • Children's clothing, 1880s
  • Children's clothing, 1890s
  • Children's clothing, 1900s
  • Children's clothing, 1910s
  • Children's clothing, 1920s
  • China, Peking, 1924
  • Chinese Americans--California, Los Angeles, 1880s
  • Cholera, 1833
  • Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, 1890s
  • Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, 1890s
  • Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, 1903
  • Christian College, Columbia, Missouri--Plat
  • Christmas entertainments, 1930s
  • Churches, Missouri, Columbia, 1890
  • Circus, 1890s
  • Clark, Champ (1850-1921)
  • Clergy
  • Clothing and dress, 1880s
  • Clothing and dress, 1890s
  • Clothing and dress, 1900s
  • Clothing and dress, 1917
  • Clothing and dress, 1920s
  • Clothing and dress--Prices, 1930s
  • Clubs--Missouri, Columbia
  • Coal
  • Coates Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, 1899
  • Cockran, Charles Fremont (1846-1906)
  • College and school journalism
  • College of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1895
  • College students
  • College students, 1890s
  • College students, 1900s
  • College students, 1920s
  • College students, 1930s
  • College students, Women, 1890s
  • Collins, John
  • Colonial Dames of America, Missouri, 1910-1913
  • Colorado, 1917
  • Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri
  • Columbia Club of Columbia, Missouri
  • Columbia Club of Columbia, Missouri, 1907
  • Columbia College, New York City, Medical School
  • Columbia Country Club, Columbia, Missouri, 1920s
  • Columbia Country Club, Columbia, Missouri, Swimming Pool, 1920s
  • Columbia University, New York, 1902-1904
  • Confederate veterans
  • Conley Bank, Columbia, Missouri
  • Conley family
  • Conley family
  • Conley Family--Genealogy
  • Conley House, Columbia, Missouri
  • Conley Poor Fund, Columbia, Missouri
  • Conley, Dudley Steele (1878-1955)
  • Conley, Dudley Steele (1878-1955)
  • Conley, Elsie
  • Conley, Flora
  • Conley, Flora Katherine
  • Conley, Frank
  • Conley, Garland
  • Conley, Gertrude
  • Conley, Gertrude
  • Conley, Helen
  • Conley, Helen
  • Conley, Helen Singleton
  • Conley, Helen Singleton (1882-1976)
  • Conley, James
  • Conley, John
  • Conley, John ( -1870)
  • Conley, John (1811- )
  • Conley, John C. (1832-1896)
  • Conley, Kate Singleton (1850-1931)
  • Conley, Kate Singleton (1850-1931)
  • Conley, Katherine
  • Conley, Katherine Singleton
  • Conley, Mary
  • Conley, Mary
  • Conley, Milton R.
  • Conley, Milton Robards (1873-1918)
  • Conley, Milton Robards (1873-1918)
  • Conley, Sallie (1841-1918)
  • Conley, Sanford F.
  • Conley, Sanford Francis (1838-1890)
  • Conley, Sanford Francis (1871-1948)
  • Conley, Sarah
  • Conley, Sarah
  • Conley, Sidney A.
  • Conley, Sidney A.
  • Conley, William Thompson
  • Conley, William Thompson
  • Conley-Miller House, Columbia, Missouri
  • Conley-Myers Bank, Columbia, Missouri
  • Conway, James S.
  • Cooney, James
  • Cost of living, 1890s
  • Cost of living, New York, 1900
  • Costume, 1860s
  • Costume, 1890s
  • Costume, 1900s
  • Costume, 1910s
  • Costume, 1920s
  • Costume, 1930s
  • Cotton, Mable
  • Country and western songs, 1896
  • Cowhands, 1890s
  • Craig family
  • Crime--Missouri, St. Joseph, 1902
  • Crist, George
  • Crittenden, Elizabeth
  • Crittenden, John J.
  • Cromwell, Richard
  • Cromwell, William Nelson
  • Croswaite family
  • Croswhite, Mary
  • Croswhite, Rachel
  • Crump, Hillyard (1824-1892)
  • Dairying
  • Dams--Ohio
  • Dance Programs, n.d., 1898-1902
  • Dancing, 1890s-1900s
  • Dancing, 1927
  • Danforth, Grace D.
  • Daniel, Robert
  • Dating (Social customs), 1890s
  • Dating (Social customs), 1900s
  • Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, Columbian Chapter, Columbia, Missouri
  • Davidson, Ethel
  • Davidson, Ethel
  • Davis, George Marion (1840-1914)
  • Dearing, Fred Morris (1897-1963)
  • Death, 1880s
  • Death--Attitudes toward
  • Deeds, Mississippi, 1936
  • Deeds--Missouri, Boone County
  • Delaval Cream Separators Building, 1922
  • Depots--Missouri, Columbia
  • Depressions, Economic, 1930s
  • Desnoyers Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Dewey, George (1837-1917)
  • Diaries--Travel, 1903
  • Diggs, Francis
  • Dingley, Nelson (1832-1899)
  • Diptheria
  • Diseases, 1880s-1890s
  • Diseases, 1900s
  • Divorce, 1913
  • Dobbs Ferry School, New York, 1898-1899
  • Dobbs Ferry School, New York, 1926
  • Dockery, Alexander Monroe (1845-1926)
  • Dolls
  • Dorsey, Nell
  • Dougherty, Rebecker
  • Douglass, Joseph L., Columbia, Missouri (Photographer)
  • Dragons
  • Draper, Bud
  • Duly, Thomas
  • Dunlop, Dudley
  • Dyas, Virginia
  • Earthquakes, California
  • Earthquakes, California, San Francisco, 1906
  • Education
  • Education, 1890-1902
  • Education, 1920s
  • Education, 1930s
  • Education--Curricula
  • Election, 1896
  • Election, 1900, Presidential
  • Elliot, Nannie
  • Elvira Building, Columbia, Missouri
  • Elwang, William Wilson (1865-1938)
  • Embezzlement, 1911
  • Employment, 1890s
  • Empress (Boat)
  • England, London, 1900s
  • England, London, 1933
  • England, Paignton, 1930s
  • England, Stratford-on-Avon, 1900s
  • England--Description and travel, 1900s
  • Epidemics--Missouri, Columbia
  • Episcopal Church--Missouri, Columbia, 1890s
  • Erie Railroad
  • Estate inventories, 1830s
  • Estate inventories, 1920s
  • Estate management
  • Estill, Wallis
  • Euchre Club, Columbia, Missouri
  • Europe, 1930s
  • Europe--Description and travel, 1900s
  • Europe--Description and travel, 1930s
  • Europe--Description and travel--Views, 1900s
  • Exchange National Bank, Columbia, Missouri
  • Factories--Iowa
  • Factories--Michigan, 1900s
  • Factories--Missouri, 1900s
  • Factories--Missouri, St. Joseph
  • Factories--Missouri, St. Louis
  • Factories--New York
  • Factories--Ohio
  • Fairchild, Anna
  • Family--Religious life
  • Far East, 1920s
  • Farm buildings, 1900s
  • Farrish, Charles
  • Farrish, Helen Wheeler
  • Farrish, Minnie
  • Fashion, 1890s
  • Fashion, 1900s
  • Fashion, 1910s
  • Fashion, 1920s
  • Fashion, 1930s
  • Finance, 1890s
  • Finance, 1900s
  • Finance, Personal, 1918-1923
  • First Baptist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Plat, 1899
  • Fish culture, 1920s
  • Fleet, J. Sedden
  • Floods, 1892
  • Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, 1900-1901
  • Florence Hotel, Carrollton, Missouri
  • Folk art, American, 1910s
  • Folk medicine
  • Football, 1899
  • Football, University of Missouri
  • Football, University of Missouri, 1932
  • Fortnightly Club, Columbia, Missouri, 1936
  • Foster, John T.
  • France, 1932
  • France, Paris, 1900
  • France, Paris, 1900s
  • Franklin McVeagh and Company
  • Fraternities and sororities, 1910s
  • Fraternities and sororities, 1920s-1930s
  • Fraternities and sororities--University of Missouri
  • Fredendalls, Columbia, Missouri, 1936
  • Freemasons--Twilight Lodge No. 114 A.F. and A.M., Columbia, Missouri
  • Friendship
  • Furniture
  • Gambling, 1936
  • Garth, W.W.
  • Gates family
  • Genealogy
  • Gentry, Reuben E.
  • Gentry, Richard
  • Gentry, Sarah
  • Gentry, Todd
  • George, B.Y.
  • Georgia, Augusta, 1902
  • German drama, [1890s]
  • Germany, 1930s
  • Germany, Oberammergau, 1900
  • Germany--Description and travel, 1906
  • Germany--Description and travel--Views
  • Gibson Girl Postcards
  • Gieschen-D'Oench-Hays Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1897-1902
  • Gignilliat, Minnie Fleet
  • Gillespy and Conley
  • Gillespy, James C.
  • Ginn, Rosemary Lucas (1912-2003)
  • Goodloe, Harriet
  • Goodson, Katie
  • Goodson, Repps
  • Gordon, David
  • Gordon, Fleet
  • Gordon, Marshall
  • Gordon, Mrs. Turner S.
  • Gould, J.R.
  • Graf Zeppelin
  • Graves, John
  • Grayson, William
  • Greeting cards
  • Greeting cards--Valentine, 1899
  • Grocery trade--Missouri, Columbia
  • Guitar family
  • Guitar, Ed
  • Guitar, Emily
  • Guitar, Hallie (Mrs. Odell)
  • Guitar, John
  • Guitar, Kate Leonard (1844- )
  • Guitar, Odon (1825-1908)
  • Guppert, William
  • Guthrie, John Lewis
  • H. Pauk and Sons, Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Haden Building, Columbia, Missouri, 1905
  • Haden Opera House, Columbia, Missouri
  • Haines, A. S.
  • Haines, Cora
  • Hair and hairdressing, 1900
  • Hall, John C.
  • Hamilton, Brown Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Hamilton, Fowler (1911-1984)
  • Hamilton, Helen Katherine Miller "Kitty" (1910- )
  • Handicapped--Attitudes toward
  • Handwriting
  • Harbors, California, 1890s
  • Hardan, Albert S.
  • Hardin, Charles
  • Harris, Christopher
  • Harris, Out
  • Harrison, Carter
  • Harrison, George
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1899-1900
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1929-1936
  • Hatch, William S.
  • Hauff, Bud
  • Head, Alfred R.
  • Heath, John
  • Heath, Robert O.
  • Heddens, Maiski
  • Hedings, Daws
  • Henderson Shock and Company
  • Henderson, John
  • Henninger, Dick
  • Heraldry
  • Hetzler, Jack
  • Hickman, Tom
  • Hill, Jesse
  • Hinton, Ned
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Columbia
  • Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
  • Hockaday, Ethel Davidson
  • Holy Rollers, Missouri, Columbia, 1923
  • Hopper and Moody, Columbia, Missouri, 1907
  • Hotel Baltimore, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Hotel Jefferson, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Hotel Metropole, St. Joseph, Missouri
  • Hotel Savoy, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Hotels, American, 1895-1907
  • Hotels, Arkansas, 1900s
  • Hotels, California, 1910s
  • Hotels, California, 1916-1917
  • Hotels, England, 1900s
  • Hotels, Europe, 1900-1906
  • Hotels, Europe, 1933
  • Hotels, France, Paris
  • Hotels, Germany, 1900s
  • Hotels, Germany, 1906
  • Hotels, Illinois
  • Hotels, Illinois, Chicago
  • Hotels, Indiana
  • Hotels, Italy
  • Hotels, Kansas
  • Hotels, Minnesota
  • Hotels, Missouri
  • Hotels, Missouri, Kansas City
  • Hotels, Missouri, St. Louis
  • Hotels, Monte Carlo
  • Hotels, Nebraska
  • Hotels, New York
  • Hotels, Pennsylvania
  • Hotels, Switzerland, Geneva
  • Hotels, Texas
  • Hotels, Virginia
  • Hotels, Wisconsin
  • Household employees
  • Household employees, 1920s
  • Houses, 1890s
  • Houses, 1900s
  • Houses, Adobe, 1917
  • Houses--Missouri, Columbia
  • Houses--Nebraska
  • Houx, John F.
  • Houx, Mrs. George
  • Hunt, O. Stark
  • Hunt, Sanford Conley (1867-1931)
  • Hunter, Oak (1877-1958)
  • Huntington, C. P. (1871-1919)
  • Ike and Otto (Photographers)
  • Illinois, Chicago, 1920
  • Illinois, Peoria, 1899
  • Illinois, Quincy
  • Indian Territory, Pauls Valley, 1899
  • Indians, Apache
  • Indians, Arizona, 1896
  • Infants
  • Interior decoration, 1890s
  • Intermarriage, 1896
  • Investments
  • Investments, 1929
  • Iowa, Denison, 1897
  • Iowa, Keokuk
  • Iowa, Logan, 1900
  • Italy, Florence, 1930s
  • Italy, Pisa, 1900
  • Italy, Rome, 1910s
  • Italy, Verona, 1900s
  • Italy--Description and travel
  • Italy--Description and travel--Views
  • Jacks, Harry [S.]
  • Japan, 1920s
  • Japan--Description and travel,Views
  • Jesse, Bredelle
  • Jewell, William
  • Johnson, Alfonzo
  • Johnson, Henry
  • Johnson, Quinn and Conley
  • Jones, Clara Thompson ( -1936)
  • Jordan, Lewis [M.]
  • Jordon, David
  • Joseffy, Rafael
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma
  • Kavenaugh, Nicholas S.
  • Kemper family
  • Kemper Military Academy, Boonville, Missouri
  • Kemper, Alice
  • Kemper, Bill
  • Kemper, Charles
  • Kemper, Frankie
  • Kemper, Helen
  • Kemper, Katherine "Katie"
  • Kemper, Mrs. James
  • Kemper, Singleton T.
  • Kemper, William B.
  • Kemper, Willie
  • Kentucky
  • Kentucky Society, 1902-1903
  • Keyser family
  • Kinetoscope and Phonograph Parlor
  • Klemich, Louis
  • Knapp, Lucie
  • Knight Drug Building, Columbia, Missouri
  • Kuhlman, Katherine
  • La Prelle-Williams Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Labor and laboring classes
  • Labor unions, 1902
  • Lake Andrews, Alexandria, MN
  • Lamme, Forrest
  • Lamson Studio (Photographers)
  • Lancaster family
  • Lancaster, Joannah
  • Lancaster, Richard
  • Lancaster, Susannah
  • Land, Missouri, Boone County, 1924
  • Lanham, Angus S.
  • Lathrop, John Hiram (1799-1866)
  • Lawton family
  • Lawton, George K. (1873-1901)
  • Lawyers, 1901
  • Lawyers, Missouri, Columbia, 1908
  • Le Rosey School, Rolle, Switzerland, 1932-1933
  • Ledgers, 1903-1918
  • Leisure, 1920s
  • Lemard, Flora
  • Lenoir, S.E.
  • Levy, Simon H.
  • Lewis family
  • Lewis Family Genealogy
  • Lewis, Joseph
  • Lientz, William
  • Liety, William
  • Lincoln family
  • Lincoln, John
  • Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Lintz, William
  • Literary societies, 1890
  • Livestock
  • Loans
  • Loeb, Isidor (1868-1954)
  • Longham, Angus L.
  • Looker, Lois
  • Love letters
  • Lozier and Morris, Attorneys, Carrollton, Missouri
  • Lucas family
  • Lucas, Bud
  • Lumber and lumbering, 1920s
  • Lyon, Harris Merton (1883-1916)
  • Machinery
  • Madison House, Jefferson City, MO , 1901
  • Manchuria, 1920s
  • Manners & customs, 1890s
  • Manners & customs, 1900s
  • Manners & customs--Missouri, Columbia
  • Manners & customs--Missouri, St. Joseph, 1890s
  • Maps, Missouri, Boone County, 1822-1908
  • Marr, Sally
  • Marriage, 1903
  • Martin, Frank
  • Martin, Martha Ann
  • Massachusetts, Andover, 1934
  • Massachusetts, Boston, 1899
  • Matthews, Milton S. ( -1875)
  • Maupin, Amanda F.
  • Maupin, Thomas C.
  • McAlester, Bernice
  • McAlester, Virginia
  • McAlester, Virginia Dyas
  • McBaine family
  • McBaine Family Genealogy
  • McBaine Land Company
  • McBaine, Ann
  • McBaine, Anne
  • McBaine, B.J.
  • McBaine, Dick
  • McBaine, James Patterson
  • McBaine, James Thomas (1824- )
  • McBaine, Mildred
  • McBaine, Philip ( -1908)
  • McBaine, Richard Hiram (1883-1915)
  • McBaine, Susan
  • McBaine, Turner
  • McCaskie, Helen Farrish
  • McCloud family
  • McCloud, Elsie
  • McCord, Susan
  • McDaniel, Absolom
  • McDonald, Emma
  • McDonald, Henry Buford (1844- )
  • McElroy-Sloan Shoe Company Factories, St. Louis, MO
  • McFarlane, Alice O.
  • McFarlane, Mrs. George B.
  • McKelway, Alexander J.
  • McKelway, Andrew J.
  • McKelway, Isabella
  • McKelway, John
  • McKelway, Mary Ann
  • McKinley, Andrew
  • McKinley, Mary
  • McKinley, William (1843-1901)
  • Mecord, Edah
  • Medicine, 1898
  • Medicine--France, 1930s
  • Medicine--Germany, 1906
  • Medicine--Study & teaching, 1900s
  • Menefee, F.
  • Menefee, Mrs. F.
  • Men's clothing, 1860s
  • Men's clothing, 1890s
  • Men's clothing, 1900s
  • Men's clothing, 1920s
  • Men's clothing, 1930s
  • Menus
  • Merchants--Missouri, Columbia, 1889-1898
  • Merchants--Missouri, Columbia, 1900-1928
  • Merchants--Missouri, Columbia, 1930s
  • Merchants--Missouri, Columbia, 1942
  • Mestizos
  • Midland Hotel, Kansas City, MO
  • Military education
  • Military training camps, 1920s
  • Miller & Dorsey, 1888-1891
  • Miller Building, Columbia, MO, 1924-1933
  • Miller family
  • Miller House, Columbia, MO
  • Miller Shoe Company, Columbia, MO
  • Miller Shoe company, Quincy, IL
  • Miller, Charles B[allentine] (1866-1924)
  • Miller, Charles Dudley (1906-1967)
  • Miller, Conley "Re-Re"
  • Miller, Daisy
  • Miller, Dudley (1934- )
  • Miller, Emaly
  • Miller, George Conley (1916-1987)
  • Miller, Helen Katherine "Kitty" (1910- )
  • Miller, Helen Singleton Conley (1882-1976)
  • Miller, Katherine
  • Mills & millwork
  • Mills, Molly
  • Minnesota, 1901
  • Minor family
  • Mississippi, 1936
  • Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, 1885
  • Missouri, Andrew County
  • Missouri, Ashland, 1892
  • Missouri, Bolckow
  • Missouri, Boone County
  • Missouri, Carrollton, 1896-1901
  • Missouri, Centralia
  • Missouri, Columbia
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1822-1908
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1870s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1880s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1890s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1900-1928
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1900s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1910s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1920s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1930s
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1942
  • Missouri, Columbia, 1952-1953
  • Missouri, Columbia, Conley Avenue
  • Missouri, Columbia, Conley Avenue, 1897
  • Missouri, Columbia. Board of Education, 1920
  • Missouri, Columbia--Buildings
  • Missouri, Description & travel, Views
  • Missouri, Elsberry, 1902
  • Missouri, Excelsior Springs, 1906
  • Missouri, Fulton, 1868
  • Missouri, Howard County, 1818
  • Missouri, Kansas City, 1890s
  • Missouri, Kansas City, 1899-1902
  • Missouri, Kansas City, 1900s
  • Missouri, Kansas City, 1927
  • Missouri, Kansas City, Floods, 1903
  • Missouri, Macon, 1868
  • Missouri, Marshall, 1899
  • Missouri, McBaine
  • Missouri, Mexico, 1892-1902
  • Missouri, Midway, 1900
  • Missouri, Olean, 1897
  • Missouri, Rocheport, 1892
  • Missouri, St. Joseph
  • Missouri, St. Joseph, 1890s
  • Missouri, St. Joseph, 1900s
  • Missouri, St. Joseph, 1917
  • Missouri, St. Joseph, 1927
  • Missouri, St. Louis, 1890s
  • Missouri, St. Louis, 1900
  • Missouri, Woodlandville, 1892
  • Mitchell, Pearl
  • Mitchum family
  • Mitchum, Albert
  • Mitchum, Susan
  • Monarch Rubber Company, St. Louis, MO
  • Moore, H. (Photographer)
  • Moore, Mrs. W.T.
  • Moore, W.K.
  • Morgan, J. Pierpont (1837-1913)
  • Morris, T.J.
  • Moss, James W.
  • Moss, Mason
  • Motter, John Barrow
  • Murillo, Columbia, MO, (Photographer)
  • Music, 1890s
  • Music, 1914
  • Music, Popular (Songs, etc.), 1914
  • Nation, Carry Amelia Moore (1846-1911)
  • National Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, MO, 1890
  • Nave, Will
  • Nebraska, York
  • Nebraska, York, 1908-1918
  • Needlework, 1910s
  • Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1900s
  • New York, 1900s
  • New York, 1937-1938
  • New York, NY, 1890s
  • New York, Politics & government, 1900
  • New York, Rochester, 1900s
  • Newbrough, Joshua
  • Nifong, Doctor
  • Noel, Percy
  • Norquist, Elliot
  • Noyes, Jack
  • Noyes, Norman & Company, St. Joseph, MO
  • Ocean travel, 1900s
  • Ohio, Description & travel, views
  • Old Trails Road Association, 1915
  • Oppenheimer, Ely
  • Orear, Sallie A.
  • Palaces, Italy, Rome
  • Palaces, Japan
  • Park, Guy Brasfield (1872-1946)
  • Parry, Mary
  • Parties, 1900s
  • Payne Building, Columbia, MO
  • Payne, W.W.
  • Peking Club, 1924
  • Pemberton family
  • Pemberton, Emaly
  • Pendergast Machine
  • Peniston, Francis
  • Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker (1843-1916)
  • Peoples Party Convention, 1892, Los Angeles
  • Peper, Elmer C. "Dutch"
  • Peters Shoe Company, St. Louis, MO
  • Pets
  • Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
  • Phi Delta Theta Mothers, 1932
  • Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1933-1934
  • Philomathaen Society, 1890s
  • Photograph albums, 1922
  • Photographers, California, Los Angeles
  • Photographers, California, Santa Monica
  • Photographers, Missouri, Columbia
  • Photographers, Missouri, Joplin
  • Photographers, Missouri, Kirksville
  • Photographers, Missouri, St. Joseph
  • Photographers, New Jersey, Trenton
  • Photographers, Washington, D.C.
  • Physicians
  • Pi Beta Phi Sorority
  • Pierce, Neil
  • Plantation life, Mississippi, 1936
  • Plats, Missouri, Boone County, 1822-1908
  • Plats, Missouri, Hartsburg
  • Plats, Missouri, Huntsdale
  • Plats, Missouri, Huntsville
  • Plats, Missouri, McBaine
  • Plats, Missouri, Sturgeon
  • Platt, Mary Elizabeth Tucker
  • Play, 1920s
  • Playbills
  • Playground Weekly, Columbia, MO, 1909
  • Plays, 1890s
  • Plays, 1900s
  • Plumbing, Accounts
  • Politics, Missouri, 1932
  • Powers, Lizzie W.
  • Powers, Susan C.
  • Powers, Thomas E.
  • Pratt, J. Keiser
  • Predestination
  • Presbyterian Church, 1900
  • Presbyterian Church, Columbia, MO
  • Presbyterian Church, Pamphlets, 1886-1897
  • President Jackson (Ship)
  • Prewitt, Lucile
  • Prewitt, Molly
  • Price, R.B.
  • Private schools
  • Proctor, Martha
  • Proctor, Uriah
  • Promissory Notes
  • Puerto Rico, San Juan, 1903
  • Quinn and Conley
  • Quinn, Conley and Dobson
  • Quinn, M.G.
  • Racism, 1890s
  • Racism, 1910s
  • Railroad travel, 1900
  • Railroads, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
  • Raney, Spencer Nave
  • Rea, Katharine
  • Read, Mary Lee
  • Real Estate Business, California, 1890s
  • Receipts, 20th century
  • Recipes
  • Red Cross, France, Bourges, 1918
  • Reed, Albert
  • Remley, Ed. A.
  • Rent Accounts, Missouri, Columbia, 1905-1918
  • Reporters & reporting, China, 1924
  • Revivals, Missouri, Columbia, 1900
  • Rhodes, Helen
  • Ridge, Searcy
  • Roads, 1920s
  • Robards family
  • Robards Family Genealogy
  • Robards, George
  • Robards, John Lewis (1838-1925)
  • Robards, Scott
  • Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company, St. Louis, MO
  • Robinson, Gerard
  • Robnett, Dudley A. (1895-1948)
  • Rodgers family
  • Rohrer, Julia
  • Rollins family
  • Rollins, Frank
  • Rollins, Jane
  • Rollins, Margaret
  • Rotary Club, Columbia, MO, 1924
  • Round Table Club, Columbia, MO
  • Rowe, Lydia (Mrs. M.L.)
  • Royce, Charlie
  • Sampson's Fleet, 1898
  • Sawmills--Missouri, Columbia, 1889
  • Scandinavia, Description & travel, 1900
  • Scandinavian-Americans, Minnesota, 1901
  • Scarlatina
  • Schools, 1890s
  • Schools, Arizona, 1896
  • Schools, Switzerland
  • See, Lucy
  • See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866-1962)
  • Serenades, 1898
  • Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota, 1897-1898
  • Sheet music, 1950
  • Shoes & shoe industry
  • Shoes & shoe industry, Ohio
  • Shoes & shoe industry--Missouri
  • Shouse, Jouett (1879-1968)
  • Shouse, Mary
  • Shrader, Joseph (Photographer)
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1900-1901
  • Sigma Nu Fraternity, 1890-1902
  • Sigma Nu Fraternity, 1916
  • Simon H. Levy, Boots & Shoes, Columbia, MO, 1897-1901
  • Single parent family
  • Singleton family
  • Singleton Family Genealogy
  • Singleton, Alice
  • Singleton, D.
  • Singleton, Daniel
  • Singleton, Edmond
  • Singleton, George
  • Singleton, Harper
  • Singleton, Helen Steele (1820-1891)
  • Singleton, Kate (1850-1931)
  • Singleton, Lewis
  • Singleton, Lucy
  • Singleton, M.R.
  • Singleton, Mason
  • Singleton, Milton Robards (1817-1891)
  • Singleton, Minoah
  • Singleton, Mollie
  • Singleton, Mrs. Milton Robards (1820-1891)
  • Singleton, Otho
  • Singleton, Thomas Lewis
  • Singleton, Walter
  • Smallpox, 1900
  • Smiley, Harry H.
  • Smith & Buck (Photographers)
  • Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1927-1931
  • Smith, Kate S.
  • Snell, Robert
  • Social classes
  • Social Club, Columbia, MO 1907
  • Soldiers, 1890s
  • Songs
  • South Africa, Johannesburg, 1912
  • South Dakota, Hot Springs, 1890s
  • Spanish American War
  • St. Clair, Mrs. L.W.
  • St. Louis Exposition, 1885
  • St. Pierre Volcano Disaster, 1902-1903
  • Stables, Missouri, Columbia, 1910
  • Steamboat, De Haven
  • Steamboat, St. Paul
  • Steamboats
  • Steamer, Charles Macalester
  • Steamer, Newport News
  • Steamship, C.F. Tietgen, 1906
  • Steamship, Campania, 1902
  • Steamship, Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse
  • Steamship, Lucania
  • Steamship, Moltke, 1903
  • Steamships, 1900s
  • Steele family
  • Steele Family Genealogy
  • Steele, Dudley
  • Steele, John
  • Steele, John M.
  • Steepleton, George
  • Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1919
  • Stephens, Ed
  • Stephens, Frank
  • Stephens, Lon Vest (1858-1923)
  • Stephens, Mrs. Sid
  • Stevens, John S.
  • Stickaub Farm
  • Stine, Dan G.
  • Stock exchange
  • Stockton, Mildred
  • Stone Corral, California, Colusa County
  • Stone family
  • Stone, Edward
  • Stone, Henory
  • Stone, James
  • Stone, John
  • Stone, Kinze
  • Stone, Sally
  • Stone, Thomas
  • Story, Thomas
  • Stuck, William Harper
  • Student life, 1890s
  • Students, 1890s
  • Students, 1900s
  • Students, 1930s
  • Surgery, 1900s
  • Swimming pools, 1920s
  • Switzerland, 1930s
  • Switzler, William F. (1819-1906)
  • Tayler, Jane
  • Teachers, 1890s
  • Teachers, 1924
  • Teachers, Missouri, Columbia, 1883-1884
  • Teaching
  • Teaching, 1890s
  • Tennent, Stribling Shoe Company, St. Louis, MO
  • Tennett Shoe Company, St. Louis, MO
  • Texas, Dallas, 1920s
  • The Maccabees Home & Relief Association
  • The Maples, Excelsior Springs, MO
  • The Pan-Hellenic, Columbia, MO, 1890
  • Theater Programs, 1898-1899
  • Theater, 1900s
  • Theater, New York, 1898-1899
  • Theaters, Washington, D.C.
  • Theta Delta Chi, Stanford University, 1911
  • Thomas, Frank (Photographer)
  • Thompson, Breton
  • Thompson, Burton
  • Thompson, Kitty
  • Thompson, Mrs. Burton
  • Thorne (Photographer)
  • Thornton, John
  • Times Building, Columbia, MO
  • Tintypes, 1890s
  • Tobias, H., Columbia, MO (photographer)
  • Tompkins, George
  • Tootle, Wheeler and Motter Mercantile Company, St. Joseph, MO
  • Tornadoes, Missouri, Boone County, 1891
  • Toys, 1900s
  • Trans-Mississippi International Exposition
  • Transportation, 1896
  • Travel costs, 1930s
  • Travel, 1896
  • Travel, 1900
  • Travel, 1912
  • Travel, 1930s
  • Traveling salesmen, 1901
  • Trimbell, George W.
  • Trimble, James
  • Tucker, Mary Elizabeth
  • Turner family
  • Turner, Ben
  • Turner, Elizabeth
  • Turner, Fulton
  • Twilight Lodge No. 114 A.F. and A.M., Columbia, MO, 1896
  • Typhoid fever
  • U.S. Congress, 55th
  • U.S. Daughters of 1812, Constitution, 1913
  • U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., 1899-1901
  • Uhlman (Photographer)
  • Uniforms, Military, 1910s
  • University Academy, Columbia, MO, 1896-1897
  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1924
  • University of Missouri, 1890s
  • University of Missouri, 1900s
  • University of Missouri, 1920s
  • University of Missouri, 1930s
  • University of Missouri, Football Team, 1897
  • University of Missouri, Grade Cards, 1896-1902
  • University of Missouri, Jesse Hall, 1890
  • University of Missouri, Plat, 1887
  • University of Missouri, Power Plant, 1920s
  • University of Missouri, Student Riot, 1898
  • Upper classes
  • Upper classes, children
  • Upper classes, Missouri, Columbia
  • Vacations, 1890s
  • Vacations, 1920s
  • Vanswearingen, Thomas
  • Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1899-1900
  • Venereal Disease, 1897
  • Victor Building, Columbia, MO
  • Virginia, Old Point Comfort
  • Volcano Disaster, St. Pierre,1902
  • Voyages & travels
  • Wagon Trains
  • Walker, Besse
  • Walker, Georgia M.
  • Walker, John W.
  • Wall Street, New York, NY, 1900s
  • Walmesley, J. Fletcher
  • Walsh, F.J. (Photographer)
  • War, Threat of, 1936
  • Warner, Lucy Yarliss
  • Washington College, Chestertown, MD, 1898-1899
  • Washington D.C., 1898-1899
  • Washington D.C., 1901
  • Watson, Ed
  • Watson, Mrs. B.A.
  • Watson, S.L.
  • Watts, Sewell T.
  • Wealth, 1920s
  • Wealth, Ethics of
  • Wealth, Leisure Class
  • Webb, Richard C.
  • Weddings
  • Weir and Masters
  • Wheeler, Helen
  • Wheeler, Minnie Steele
  • Wheeler, Samuel
  • Wheeler, W.W.
  • White House Reception, 1899
  • White, Eugenia
  • Wilburn, Charles C.
  • Wilcox, Anne Maria
  • Wilcox, Daniel P.
  • Wilcox, Elizabeth
  • Wilcox, Lazarus
  • Wilkinson, John W.
  • Williams, Edwin Moss
  • Williams, Emmett
  • Williams, Helen
  • Williams, Horace
  • Williams, John
  • Williams, Walter
  • Willis family
  • Willis, John G.
  • Wills
  • Wilson, Nathaniel W.
  • Wilson, W.A.
  • Wilson, W.F.
  • Wilson, William A.
  • Windsor Hotel, Mexico, MO
  • Wolfolk, Mary
  • Women and Finance, 1897
  • Women in Business, 1924
  • Women in the West, 1896
  • Women, 1860s
  • Women, 1880s
  • Women, 1890s
  • Women, 1900s
  • Women, 1920s
  • Women, 1930s
  • Women, Attitudes Toward, 1890s
  • Women, Attitudes Toward, 1900s
  • Women, Attitudes Toward, 1913
  • Women, Attitudes Toward, 1920
  • Women, Attitudes Toward, 1930s
  • Women, Legal rights of, 1893
  • Women--Education, 1890s
  • Women--Education, 1920s
  • Women--Political activity
  • Women's clothing, 1860s
  • Women's clothing, 1890s
  • Women's clothing, 1900s
  • Women's clothing, 1910s
  • Women's clothing, 1920s
  • Women's clothing, 1930s
  • Women's clothing, 1930s
  • Women--Suffrage
  • Women--Suffrage, 1920
  • Wood, Elizabeth
  • Woods, Anderson
  • Woodson Family Genealogy
  • Word Puzzles
  • Work Accounts, 1905-1917
  • Work, 1901
  • Work, 1922
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Wright, Peter
  • Writing
  • Yeazell, Emma
  • Yeazell, Leona
  • York, Minor
  • Young, Mary
  • Zeta Phi, 1890