Business Collection Descriptions
Papers of business men and women and corporate leaders; records of business organizations such as Chambers of Commerce; and records of banks, stores, lumber companies, and various other types of businesses. Researchers may also want to consider the business related holdings of the Western Historical Manuscript Collections in Kansas City, Rolla, and St. Louis.
Central Dairy, Columbia, MO. From collection C3982 - J. Vernon Luck Photographs. Back to the Subject Guide
A.B. Hirsch Drug Store, Boonville, Missouri, Records, 1904-1963, n.d., (C4032)
3.4 linear feet
The collection contains a sampling of prescription records from the A.B. Hirsch Drug Store, Boonville, Missouri. Also included are papers pertaining to Vico Salve, which was developed and sold by Hirsch.A.E. Jones and Company, Green City, Missouri, Records, 1895-1903, (C0346)
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8 volume(s)
Daybooks and ledger for a lumber and building supply business. The accounts show the sale of lumber, windows, shingles, line, hair, cement, plaster, paint, and numerous other items. Quantities purchased, prices, amount and type of payment, and disbursements are shown. Disbursements also indicate freight charges and employees' salaries.Account Book, 1807-1821, (C0283)
1 folder(s)
General merchandise accounts, 1807-1809 (164 pp.); subscribers to CHRISTIAN JOURNAL magazine, 1817-1821 (288 pp.). Probably from New York State.Account Book, 1814-1814, (C0907)
1 volume(s)
Unidentified record book listing amounts received from boarders, November 15, 1813 - March 9, 1814, St. Louis. Reference to Colonel William H. Ashley.Account Books, 1857-1883, (C0287)
3 folder(s)
Accounts of a store, apparently dealing in lumber, grain and general merchandise in or near Caledonia, Missouri, and accounts of a Caledonia mill for sales of bran, wheat and flour.Adams, Benjamin Cullen (1880-1960), Papers, 1906-1951, (C2161)
0.25 linear feet
Correspondence with his mother, 1906-1914, about Adams' work for Ellis & Company of London in Brazil. Biographical material on his father, Congressman Henry Cullen Adams. Material on Gas Service Company Group, Kansas City, of which Adams was president and general manager.Alderman, Irving and Company Records, 1888-1892, (C3478)
0.4 linear feet
Papers of a Kansas City, MO investment firm active in Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and Mexico. Business correspondence and papers pertaining to investments in mineral and mining lands, farm and ranch lands, and small manufacture. Examples of letterheads, business cards and commercial advertising flyers.Alfred M. and David S. Koontz Store, Boonville, Missouri, Records, 1876-1924, (C0290)
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Daybooks, ledger, and 1880 invoices of a general merchandising firm. Seven daybooks cover the period from 1876 to 1881; ledger is for 1883 to 1889. Volume 9 is a register of entries in the art department of the Second Annual Cooper County Roundup, 9-11 October 1924.American Business Women's Association, Show-Me State Chapter, Records, 1965-1996, (C4016)
2.7 linear feet
The records of the Show-Me State Chapter of the American Business Women's Association include meeting minutes, membership rosters, correspondence, memos and announcements, photographs, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material.Ames Plow Company Price List, (C0728)
1 folder(s)
Ice tools of the Ames Plow Company, Massachusetts.Anchor Milling Company Records, 1882-1937, (C3351)
18.5 linear feet
32 volume(s)
Limited correspondence, invoices, cancelled checks, bank deposit slips, sales receipt books, time books, cash books, order books, day books, and ledgers of the Anchor Milling Company, Tuscumbia, MO.Anchor Milling Company, Papers, (WUNP4785)
17.02 linear feet
INVENTORY. Journals, ledgers and other business records of the company.Arrow Rock Tavern Register, 1859-1861, (C1090)
1 volume(s)
Register of guests at the Arrow Rock Tavern and index of names in alphabetical order. Copied from original by Elizabeth Benton Chapter, D.A.R., Kansas City, MO.Ashbrook and Harris Account Book, 1865-1868, (C1092)
1 volume(s)
Obadiah Ashbrook of St. Louis, MO, and James P. Harris of Boone County, MO, established a stock dealers' firm August 8, 1865. The partnership was dissolved January 1, 1868.Athens Hotel, Columbia, Missouri, Record Books, 1903-1918, (C3984)
0.4 linear feet
Two financial ledger books of the Athens Hotel, Columbia, Missouri, listing the names of roomers and diners at the hotel; also cash expenditures and receipts.Atlantic, Lake and Mississippi Telegraph Company Stock Certificate, 1848, (C3191)
1 folder(s)
Certifies that Arthur Wolcott holds one $50 share in the telegraph company.Aufrichtig, Alois, Papers, 1888-1912, (C0284)
2 folder(s)
Records of the owner of a St. Louis company specializing in brewery equipment. Correspondence, patent, and orders and accounts.Aull Family Business Records, 1830-1862, (C3038)
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3 linear feet
Business record books of James and Robert Aull, early businessmen of Lexington, MO.Aull Family Business Records, 1839-1869, (C3039)
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Record books of Robert Aull and John Aull, two early businessmen of Lexington, MO. Records of Robert Aull's store in Lexington, 1839-1840; his personal finances and banking operations, 1842-1858. Books from John Aull's general store in Lexington, 1854-1869.Aull Family, Business Papers, 1841-1843, (C0592)
1 folder(s)
List of merchandise bought from James Aull by Woodson Manion, 1837-1842. Article of agreement on the sale of land signed by Robert Aull, Samuel Owens, I.S. Allen, Wm. H. Russell, S.W. Waddell and Alexander M. Ramsey. I.O.U. blanks. A deed of Robert Aull, 1841.Aull, James ( -1847), Daybook, 1841-1842, (C3043)
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1 folder(s)
Entries on merchandise received and sold in James Aull's store in Lexington, MO. Related collections include 592; 3001; 3038; and 3039.Bacon & Hyde Company Price List, 1845, (C0221)
1 folder(s)
Price list of a St. Louis firm selling drugs, paints, dyestuffs, surgical instruments, glassware, spices, and paper.Bain, George Clark, Scrapbook, (C2496)
1 volume(s)
Bain was a commission and forwarding merchant in Lexington, KY. Book of bills of lading, which was used as a scrapbook and contains poems and stories cut from newspapers.Baker, Henry, Papers, 1889-1949, (C0217)
1 folder(s)
Correspondence about loans and receipts for loan and account payments.Baldwin, Royal, Account Book, 1858-1877, (C0225)
1 folder(s)
Record of a general merchandise firm in Kennekuk, KS. Baldwin was manager of the Kickapoo Indian Agency in 1858. Cancelled checks, letters, and miscellaneous papers.Bank of Miller, Miller, Missouri, Records, 1914-1928, (C0279)
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1 folder(s)
Records of a bank in southwest Missouri. Folder contains papers concerning the election of bank officials in 1920 and 1921. The incomplete series of volumes covers the years from 1914 to 1928.Bank of Missouri Note, 1817, (C2081)
1 folder(s)
Three-dollar bank note payable to G. Hales, signed by Aug. Chouteau, president, and Lilburn W. Boggs, cashier, of a St. Louis bank, April 22, 1817.Bank of Moberly, Moberly, Missouri, Records, 1914-1935, (C0278)
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Minute book, account registers, and ledgers of a bank in Moberly, MO. Also contains a record book of special assessments for the paving and graveling of roads and for sewer construction in the city from 1924 through 1934.Bard Drug Store Prescription Book, 1867, (C0580)
1 folder(s)
Records of the W.E. Bard Drug Store in Sedalia, MO.Barnes, Charles Merlin (1873-1966), Papers, 1892-1965, (C2802)
8 linear feet
The 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.Behrens, E.T., Papers, 1896-1947, (C2413)
0.9 linear feet
3 volume(s)
Photographs, financial records, scrapbooks, correspondence, bills, receipts, and tax forms of Sedalia cigar-maker. Accounting records relate to Sedalia Independent Company and Behrens Cigar Manufacturers. Scrapbooks are collection of information preparing for 1921 Missouri centennial.Belwood, James I., Account Book, 1856-1892, (C2482)
1 volume(s)
Account book of a saddler in Arrow Rock, MO, including the accounts of his hired hands.Benecke Family, Papers, 1816-1989, (C3825)
90.8 linear feet
18 volume(s)
Correspondence, business and law firm records, civic, political, legislative, and personal papers of a German American family of Brunswick, MO. Civil War and military claim agents' records. Records of military and veterans' organizations; the State Federal Soldiers' Home; immigration; the Constitutional Convention, 1943-1944; the Constitutional Convention Association; and U.S. Commissioners. Church and cemetery records. Maps, photographs and glass plate negativesBenson Telephone Company, Linn County, Missouri, Records, 1899-1956, (SUNP2913)
0.4 linear feet
Minutes of shareholder's annual meetings and Executive Committee meetings, ledger of accounts, constitution and by-laws, articles of agreements, and miscellaneous documents; and several legal documents of the Bucklin Telephone Exchange, Bucklin, MO.Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858), Papers, 1804-1811, (C1458)
1 folder(s)
Copy of letter to Jno. and N.P. Hardeman, Franklin, TN, requesting the Hardemans, merchants, to send him specific books, personal items and, periodically, a statement of his account. Benton's memorandum book of Tennessee legal cases, 1810-1811.Berthoud, A.N., Papers, 1850-1851, (C1464)
1 folder(s)
Letter to John Johnson, 1850, about winter coal mine operations and delivery of coal to the statehouse in Jefferson City. Account for coal delivered to the statehouse.Big Creek Mill, Records, (WUNP5941)
Daybooks and ledgers of Schroeder's Lumber and Grist Mill, located in southern Lincoln County, MissouriBirch, Earickson & Company Books, 1861-1885, (C2309)
4 volume(s)
Daybooks, journal, and letter book of a Glasgow, MO, banking house.Bircher, Rudolph (1809-1879) and Charles (1842-1895), Papers, 1851-1924, (C0583)
4 folder(s)
Business records of owners of the Laclede-Bircher Hotel and farms in St. Louis, MO. Record of school funds, 1851-1852; account of City of St. Louis fire department, 1866-1867; account in German Savings Institution, 1891-1893; account in German American Bank, 1888-1894; and other personal records.Bird, Greenup, Statement, 1866, (C1957)
1 folder(s)
Bank robbery committed in Liberty, MO, February 13, 1866, and statement of the bank's financial condition after the robbery.Blackstone, R.D., Papers, 1857-1858, (C1462)
1 folder(s)
Invoices of household goods purchased by Blackstone from J.T. Johnson and Company and from Orrick, Brent, and Thompson, both Boonville, MO, firms.Blodgett, Wells Howard (1838-1929), Letter, 1916, (C1586)
1 folder(s)
To [Benjamin McAllister] Anderson, [Columbia, MO], from St. Louis, MO, March 3, 1916. Blodgett sent Anderson a copy of the "Act to incorporate the Louisiana and Columbia Railroad," approved January 27, 1837.Blount Family, Papers, 1861-1947, (C0047)
4 linear feet
15 volume(s)
Family correspondence and legal and financial records. Business papers recording farming, mining, and mercantile activities in southeast Missouri, particularly Potosi and Washington County. Medical notebooks.Boatmen's Savings Bank History, 1937, (C0756)
1 folder(s)
History of the Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis, MO, 1847-1937.Boney and Goddard Ledger, 1857-1859, (C1050)
1 volume(s)
W.G. Boney and I.O. Goddard were dealers in hardware, tinware, stoves, and harness and farm implements in Jacksonville, Randolph County, MO.Boone County Home Mutual Insurance Company Policy, 1859, (C0797)
1 folder(s)
Policy issued to Mary L. Parker, Columbia, MO. Includes charter and by-laws of company.Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway Company, Certificates of Registration, 1918-1919, (C0530)
1 folder(s)
Two certificates registering the company in the office of the Secretary of State of State of Missouri, dated 20 July 1918 and 10 July 1919.Bower Brothers Store, Bethel, Missouri, Records, 1890-1924, (C2988)
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Journals of the general store in Bethel, MO, owned by Theodore L. Bower, 1890-1902, and records of Walter C. Bower and the Bower family, 1895-1909 and 1919-1924. Accounts, names of customers and purchases are listed in the store records. The family records include those of the George Bower estate, collections of promissory notes and family expenses.Bradshaw, James Daniels, Papers, 1904-1946, (C3225)
1 linear feet
Ledgers, daybooks and inventory lists from the Bradshaw and Proctor Company, Barnett, MO, and the Leeton Lumber and Hardware Company, Leeton, MO. James Bradshaw was a partner in both firms. Other items are deposit slips, freight bills, and miscellaneous correspondence.Brady, Durward Belmont, Papers, 1909-1932, (C0076)
0.1 linear feet
2 volume(s)
Family letters, letters from Thomas A. Brady and Joseph A. Serena, prohibition campaign expense lists and political propaganda, Richmond and Ray County civic and political materials, and Durward B. Brady & Son Real Estate, Insurance and Loan Company records.Brinkerhoff and Smith Land Agency and Loan Company Papers, 1867-1878, (C0055)
2.7 linear feet
Correspondence of Brinkerhoff and Vial, land agents in Clinton, Henry County, MO, later Brinkerhoff and Smith Land Agency. Renting and selling land; paying taxes on property for non-resident owners and checking titles; loans on property in southwestern Missouri, particularly Henry County.Brookfield, Dutton (1917-1979), Papers, 1844-1979, (C2732)
72.4 linear feet
Business, political and personal papers and photographs of Kansas City, MO, community leader. President of Unitog Company (1953-1979), mayoral candidates (1963, 1971), and on boards of numerous corporations and educational and civic organizations. Family papers include letters from the Civil War, World War I and II, and Vietnam.Bross, Theodore, Ledgers, (SUNP0495)
1 volume(s)
Theodore Bross, General Blacksmith, Flint Hill, MO, his business ledgers.Brown Drug Store, Hannibal, Missouri, Prescription Book, 1858-1860, (C0579)
1 volume(s)
Prescriptions, as received from doctors, filled by J.B. Brown and Company, Hannibal, MO.Byrd, Abraham, Letter, 1800, (C2012)
1 folder(s)
To Charles Dehault DeLassus, St. Louis, from Cape Girardeau, Jan. 13, 1800. Request to lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana for grant of land to establish a flour mill. Typed translation by J.A. Roldan is included.C.C. Bell & Brothers Invoice Book, 1875-1877, (C1048)
1 volume(s)
Invoice book of a general store in Austin, TX. One unidentified photograph of a farm scene.C.C. Bell & Brothers Letter Book, 1880-1883, (C1049)
1 volume(s)
Correspondence of a general store in Boonville, MO.Cahoon, Benjamin Benson (1846-1923), Papers, 1842-1889, (C0081)
0.8 linear feet
Papers and correspondence of a Fredericktown, MO, lawyer dealing primarily with his business as a land agent. He paid taxes, made collections, sold land and furnished abstracts of title. Also a few cases involving collection of debts for merchants.Cameron Trust Company, Cameron, Missouri, Collection, 1883-1939, (C0053)
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5.5 linear feet
Files relating to banking, insurance, education, land speculation, and politics in northwest Missouri. Includes material on the trust company, the Mutual Benefit Savings and Loan Association, Althouse & Williams, city of Cameron, MO, Wesleyan College, and other business ventures in which A.J. Althouse and J.E. Williams were involved. Volumes 24-45 are on microfilm.Cantwell Aircraft Company, Bucklin, MO, Records, 1921-1924, (C3797)
4 folder(s)
Records of an aircraft parts distribution firm. Includes correspondence, invoices, price lists, and other materials concerning the purchase and sale of aircraft parts. Also includes publicity material and contracts pertaining to the company's involvement in staging aerobatic demonstrations. Arranged chronologically.Capitol Brewery Company Papers, (SUNP6144)
0.1 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Business ledger of the Capitol Brewery Company of Jefferson City, Missouri, founded in 1898 by the Moerschel family of St. Charles and Jefferson City. Also includes Moerschel family postcards.Carr, John C., Papers, 1914-1920, (C0082)
0.5 linear feet
Papers of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad claim agent located in Cameron, MO, concerned with injury claims and law cases.Carson, George, Daybook, 1856, (C1066)
1 volume(s)
Record of a general store located in Fayette, MO.Catherwood, Mary Hartwell (1847-1902), Poem, (C2760)
1 folder(s)
A farewell poem addressed to Roswell Field by M.C.H. Typewritten copy included.Cayce, Milton P., Sr., Daybook, 1856, (C1068)
1 volume(s)
Record of a Farmington, MO, merchant.Cearnal, A.W. (1820- ), Account Books, 1834-1837, (C1069)
3 folder(s)
Records of a Spring Garden, Miller County, MO, merchant.Central Hotel, New Florence, Missouri, Register, 1899-1903, (C1190)
1 volume(s)
Register giving hotel guests and weather notations by W.R. Hollingsworth.Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company Account, 1861, (C2002)
1 folder(s)
Account with D.A. Constable for purchase of merchandise.Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company Contract, 1860, (C1869)
1 folder(s)
Contract between the company and the citizens of St. Joseph, MO, by which the citizens of St. Joseph provide offices and lands to the express company as part of the agreement for mail services.Chapman, John A.J., Records, 1845-1863, (C2987)
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Account book and ledger for mining and smelting operations at Rose Camp and for mercantile operations at Independence, Wayne City, and St. Joseph, MO. Memoranda of personal accounts, medical remedies and farming; surveys; plats; and maps. Notes about the Civil War and jayhawking on the Missouri-Kansas border.Chariton County Exchange Bank Papers, 1819-1922, (C0067)
1.5 linear feet
Bank accounts; documents; pamphlets; letters and bills having to do with the tobacco industry in Chariton and Carroll Counties and Chariton County Wool Growers Association; miscellaneous clippings. Account book of bank includes bills and receipts from various business concerns.Charles Golterman and Sons Mill and Machinery Company Records, 1866-1928, (C3491)
0.4 linear feet
Ledgers, daybooks and papers pertaining to operation of a farm, grist and saw mill and steam threshing and agricultural implement business by Golterman and his nine sons in St. Charles County, MO.Chesmore Seed Company, St. Joseph, Missouri, Records, (SUNP6199)
2.8 linear feet
Business records of a seed company founded in 1878. The collection includes seed catalogs and price lists, financial and legal documents, marketing material, and personal papers and photogrpahs of the Chesmore family.Childs, Theodore F., Papers, 1866-1872, (C2001)
1 folder(s)
Letters and receipts pertaining to claim of Blair, Curd & Company against the government.Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad Company Stock Certificates, 1868-1880, (C2121)
1 folder(s)
Certificates for three $50 shares issued to George W. Moberly, and transfer of one share to James Burrows.Chilton, F.M., Account Book, 1897-1899, (C2363)
1 folder(s)
Records of customers' accounts with a drugstore in Eminence, MO.Citizens Bank of Bucklin, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2356)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of board of directors.Citizens Bank of New Franklin, Minute Book, 1920-1927, (C0274)
1 folder(s)
Minute book of the meetings of the board of directors of a New Franklin, MO, bank.City Hotel, Boonville, Missouri, Register, 1843-1844, (C1052)
1 volume(s)
Hotel register listing names, residence, destination and remarks about those registering.Cochran Construction Company, Boonville, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5108)
2 volume(s)
An addition of oral histories by Jesse Cochran. Includes information about the company, Boonville, and various buildings. Addition of day book, 1870s-1880s, and financial notebook, 1880s-1890s.Coffin-Weld Company Papers, 1843-1850, (C1005)
3 folder(s)
Business correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Coffin and Weld, merchants in Boston, MA. Most letters are from the Franklin and Perry mercantile firm in St. Louis.Columbia Brick and Tile Company, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1907-1986, (C3854)
12.8 linear feet
Business, financial, and manufacturing records. Correspondence, advertising literature, blueprints, photographs, maps and plats, books, miscellaneous material. Occupational health and safety and natural gas supply materials.Commercial Club, West Plains, Missouri, Minutes, 1900-1901, (C1886)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of meetings, July 10, 1900-December 10, 1901.Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1893-1925, (C4042)
12.8 linear feet
The collection contains business correspondence, land contracts, court appeals, share-holding certificates, payment receipts, record books, warranty deeds, and other documents produced by the Conley-Myers Bank and Gillespy & Conley Lawyers through their real estate transactions in Missouri and Texas.Connaway, Benjamin (1790-1843), Papers, 1817-1838, (C0247)
3 folder(s)
Promissory notes, tax receipts, accounts and receipts.Connaway, John, Papers, 1785-1817, (C0250)
2 folder(s)
Promissory notes and receipts. Some are valued in dollars and cents and some in pounds and shillings.Coral Gables Trust Indenture, 1929, (C0651)
1 folder(s)
Mortgage and trust indenture between Coral Gables, Inc., Coral Gables Properties, Inc., and the City Trust Company of Miami, FL.Corby Family, Papers, 1804-1905, (C0086)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of a pioneer St. Joseph, MO, family: deeds, bills of sale for slaves, tax receipts, legal papers, stock certificates, Pony Express bills; and material on early St. Louis area. Record book of the Mercantile Company, 1856; bank book, 1861-1869; volume of clippings concerning St. Joseph, 1881-1903.Cracken, N.M., Freight Bill, 1859, (C2435)
1 folder(s)
Bill of lading for goods shipped on the SKY LARK by Simmons and Leadbetter, St. Louis, MO, to Cracken, Leavenworth City, KS, July 22, 1859.Cruzen, Nathaniel Greene, Account Book, 1831, (C1088)
1 volume(s)
Accounts of a general merchandise store in Utica, MO.Daniel, Reuben A., Papers, 1885-1922, (C0300)
5 folder(s)
Papers of a hardware dealer and realtor of Audrain and Boone Counties, MO, including deeds, promissory notes, three pieces of currency, and material on Rosebud Reservation, Bonesteel, SD, in 1904.DeKay Family, Papers, 1873-1889, (C1938)
1 folder(s)
Papers concerning investment in bonds of LaGrange Iron and Steel Rolling Mill Company, LaGrange, MO.Doniphan, Alexander W. (1808-1887), Letter, 1856, (C1942)
1 folder(s)
To "John," from Liberty, MO, Dec. 15, 1856. To his nephew concerning business and banking opportunities in Liberty, Weston, and St. Joseph.Drew-Stiff Lumber Company Order List, 1890, (C0730)
1 folder(s)
List of stock and prices for a lumber company of Willow Springs, MO.Dulany, George W., Papers, 1900-1949, (C0310)
1 folder(s)
Copies of family biographies and letters concerning history of Dulany family and lumber industry in Hannibal and Middle West.Dun, R.G., Letters, 1871-1874, (C0981)
1 folder(s)
Correspondence with William James concerning the Meramec Iron Works and other ore deposits in Missouri in which James was buying stock. The originals are in the files of Dun and Bradstreet, New York.Dunlap Family, Papers, 1780-2002, (C4004)
1.9 linear feet
The papers of the Dunlap family include genealogical records, a Civil War journal, photographs, maps and land surveys, and other research materials compiled to produce histories of the Dunlap and Kofahl families of Licking, Missouri.Dwyer, Huntington and Company Letter Book, 1887, (C0645)
1 folder(s)
Orders for supplies, dynamite, tools, clothing, and food. Reports on progress and financial problems of a construction company doing work for the Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul Railroads.E.M. Wright Dry Goods Store, Marshall, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2589)
3.2 linear feet
Ledgers, cashbooks, inventories.E.M. Wright Dry Goods Store, Marshall, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2600)
0.4 linear feet
Addition. Five volumes: Three journals (1919, 1920, 1921) and two cash books (9/19/1937 to 1/26/1938 and 1/27/1938 to 11/4/1938.Early, T.R., Store Journal, 1896, (C3194)
1 folder(s)
Pages from the records of a dealer in lumber and hardware in Lexington, MO, dealing with Albert Young's account.Economic Opportunity Corporation of Greater St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5583)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Administrative procedures, audit, performance evaluation, and board member materials. Board materials include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial statements, and miscellaneous.Edward Cornet Grocer Company, St. Louis, Missouri, Catalogue, 1907, (C0726)
1 folder(s)
Monthly wholesale price list.Eisenmayer Milling Company, Springfield, Missouri, Records, 1890-1902, (C2326)
5 volume(s)
Books recording railroad freight rates, grain prices, shipping records and wheat purchases. Vol. 1 Cash book, 1890-1893. Vol. 2 Purchase book, 1892-1899. Vol. 3 Sales book, 1894. Vol. 4 Shipping and sales book, 1896-1899. Vol. 5 Shipping and sales book, 1899-1902.Emmons, Benjamin, Certification, 1840, (C1695)
1 folder(s)
Certification of contracted street work completed by Henry Bangs for the city of St. Charles, MO.Eugene State Bank, Eugene, Missouri, Papers, 1927-1939, (C0275)
4 folder(s)
Notices of meetings of directors and stockholders. Notes of transfer to Eugene State Bank by Farmers Bank, 1927. Letter about purchase by Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1934. Also State Bank minute book, 1927-1934, containing contacts of transfer to Eugene State Bank and minutes of the directors' meetings.Everts, Wilson and Company Letter, 1857, (C0506)
1 folder(s)
To H.C. Lennox from St. Louis, MO, Jan. 25, 1857. Concerning deposit of funds with Everts, Wilson and Company by R.P. Knapp in his own name for Frank M. Hathorn, claims on funds by Knapp's creditors, and request for money from Hathorn.Faml and Gray Freight Bill, 1861, (C2439)
1 folder(s)
Bill of lading issued to Faml and Gray for livestock shipped on the steamer PRINCE OF WALES from Vidalia, LA.Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Institution, St. Joseph, Missouri, Stock Certificates, 1858-1861, (C1985)
1 folder(s)
Shares of stock in a St. Joseph institution.Farmers Bank, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, Papers, 1844-1931, (C0044)
5 linear feet
28 volume(s)
Records of a bank organized in 1890 and liquidated in 1930. Also records of local businesses and schools.Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Howard County, Missouri, Papers, 1893-1899, (C0597)
4 folder(s)
Affidavits of loss, policies, treasurer's reports, constitution and by-laws, and receipts.Fayette Bank, Fayette, Missouri, Minute Book, 1870-1938, (C0276)
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Minutes of meetings of board of directors of the Fayette Bank which was called the Payne and Williams Bank prior to 1907. Some items such as financial statements, reports of bank examiners, and newspaper notices of board meetings have been tipped into the volume.Ferris, G.D., Contract, 1884, (C3182)
1 folder(s)
Indenture signed by G.D. Ferris, Mexico, MO, giving J.C. Huff and G.L. Ferris the right to manufacture a threshing machine for which he holds the patent. Letterhead shows Jefferson Street, Mexico, MO.Fiala, John T., Share, n.d., (C1861)
1 folder(s)
Unsold certificate of one share of capital stock for the publication and sale of the NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SECTIONAL MAP OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by John T. Fiala, St. Louis, MO.Franklin, John Eddy, Papers, 1946-1954, (C0319)
1 folder(s)
Recollections of life in southeast Missouri and Franklin's part in bank, land, and railroad development during the 1880s and 1890s. Poem and article by Alice Franklin Bryant; THE LAND OF CORN, about Franklin's southeast Missouri plantation, by J.E. Wood; 2 letters; and newspaper clippings.Franklin, May and Company, New Florence, Missouri, Ledger, 1864, (C3156)
1 folder(s)
Copy of page from the ledger of a general store, covering William F. Windsor's account for July-October, 1864.Frewen, Moreton (1853-1922), Papers, 1823-1922, (C0879)
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Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems. Originals in the Library of Congress.Frick Refrigerating and Ice-Making Machinery Catalogue, n.d., (C0729)
1 folder(s)
Equipment manufactured by the Frick Company of Waynesboro, PA.Fry, Kellar, Ledger, 1842-1866, (C1887)
1 folder(s)
Merchant's ledger of rents and accounts settled.Fuchs, Carl E., Trade Letter, 1888, (C2025)
1 folder(s)
Advertisement of wine and liquor dealer.Funkhouser, Abraham and George, Ledger, 1860-1875, (C1107)
1 volume(s)
Ledger for 1860, portions of which have been covered over with invoices, 1872-1875, of C.W. Shepherd and Brothers, Plattsburg, MO, a general merchandise firm.G. C. Higgenbothem Butcher Shop Records, 1909-1910, (C0727)
1 folder(s)
Sales records of shop in Mountain Home, AR.G.P. Sanders, New Bloomfield, MO, Records, 1900-1937, (C0339)
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Invoices and receipts from a general merchandising store located in New Bloomfield, MO. Underwent several name changes: Sanders Brothers, Sappington and Sanders, and G.P. Sanders. No information is available on establishment or dissolution of the store.Gally and Johnston Company Papers, 1858-1900, (C0322)
2 folder(s)
Papers of Toledo, IA, merchants. Promissory notes, tax receipts, general receipts, miscellaneous papers and letters, mortgages, bills of sale and labor, abstract of title for construction of Johnston's house, and Mexican land grant. 50 items.Garriott, George W., Papers, 1838-1850, (C0104)
0.4 linear feet
Papers pertaining to Garriott's milling and mercantile business in St. Charles, MO. Wheat prices and markets, shipping conditions, and cholera epidemic. Account book lists sales.Gauldin, M.A., Papers, 1879, 1899, (C1724)
1 folder(s)
Certificate of one share common stock in the Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicago Railroad Company to M.A. Gauldin, July 17, 1879, and stock transfer to M.A. Gauldin, January 14, 1899.Gentry, O.H.P., Receipt, 1832, (C1650)
1 folder(s)
Receipt of three dollars for postage from Roger N. Todd.George B. Cole, Commission and Forwarding Merchant, Selma, Missouri, Record Book, 1854-1856, (C2976)
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Shipping records showing date, sender, recipient, type of freight, and name of steamboat on which freight was shipped. Freight includes lead, hides, grains and fruit, and personal possessions.George, Todd M. (1879- ), Papers, 1890-1968, (C3770)
0.5 linear feet
Correspondence, newspaper articles, book manuscript, and photographs of a realtor from Lee's Summit, MO, who was an authority on the history of Jackson County and the Civil War. The typescript deals with George's memories of life in Jackson County, while the correspondence concerns primarily his business and family.German Bank of Wooster, Ohio, Scrip, 1815, (C1561)
1 folder(s)
Three-dollar scrip issued by the bank.German Savings Institution, St. Louis, Missouri, Minute Book, 1853-1868, (C2329)
1 volume(s)
Act of incorporation, list of subscribers, election of directors, periodic examination of assets and other transactions involving purchase of bonds, stocks and notes. Correspondence and papers in book pocket relate to stockholders' meeting, tax exemption of bank, and by-laws. M. Robert Barth was president.Gibson Store Account Books, 1871-1874, (C0288)
2 folder(s)
Day book and ledger from a general merchandise firm in Lamine, MO.Gillaspy, James C., (1841-1925), Papers, 1843-1889, (C0918)
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14 folder(s)
Account, tax and assessor record books of a Boone County, MO, farmer, lawyer, deputy sheriff, tax collector, sheriff, treasurer, representative, and Columbia mayor. Also includes the account book (1855-1858), of Thomas J. Gillaspy, constable of Jefferson Township, Monroe County, MO.Glasgow Insurance Company, Glasgow, Missouri, Books, 1855-1870, (C2313)
2 volume(s)
Weston Birch was secretary and Thomas Shackelford was president of the company. Volume 1, Steamboat cargo book, 1855-1856, also includes Tatum and Hutchinson general store records, 1868-1870. Volume 2, Record book: cargo, insurance, destination and names of steamers. Later used by Weston F. Birch & Son banking house, 1868-1869.Glasgow Merchant's Ledger, 1895-1897, (C2325)
1 volume(s)
Ledger of an unidentified Glasgow, MO, mercantile company.Glasgow Savings Bank, Glasgow, Missouri, Records, 1865-1920, (C2554)
106 volume(s)
Records of an early Missouri bank.Glasgow Savings Bank, Glasgow, Missouri, Records, 1872-1908, (C2312)
11 volume(s)
Records of an early Missouri bank.Glenn Family, Papers, 1845-1930, (C0107)
3.8 linear feet
6 volume(s)
The personal and business papers of John H. Glenn and his sons Addison N. Glenn and Robert C. Glenn include account books of the Mound City, Missouri, general merchandise, furniture, and drug stores run by John and Robert Glenn and the farm implement store managed by Addison Glenn for the McKeeson & Rinker Company in Falls City, Nebraska. The collection also includes correspondence between family members, wedding invitations, the Glenns' lending library circulation records, and a minute book for the Mound City G.A.R. post.Granville General Store, Monroe County, Missouri, Record Book, 1855-1856, (C2989)
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Day book of the Granville General Store, Monroe County, MO, with accounts from March 20, 1855 to September 2, 1856. All types of merchandise are listed in the accounts: indigo, shirts, tobacco, stone ware, candy, and straw hats, to name a few.Green, A.P. (1875-1956), Letter, 1917, (C3589)
1 folder(s)
To Joseph A. Glandon, Mexico, MO, from Miami, FL, Feb. 20, 1917. Discusses business and expansion plans of the A.P. Green Fire Brick Company in Mexico, MO.Green, A.P. (1875-1956), Papers, 1926-1958, (C2960)
29 linear feet
Business and personal papers of a Mexico, MO, fire brick manufacturer. Correspondence with family members; business associates in Europe, and South America; as trustee of Westminster College and member of Board of Visitors of the University of Missouri; and with miscellaneous business and charitable organizations.Green, F.B., Collection, 1832-1897, (C0430)
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2 volume(s)
Account books of L.A. Snider and Company, Pike Creek, MO. Census record of Carter Township, Carter County, MO, 1860. Interspersed through account books are tax registers, notes on the weather, marriage records, estate records, medical accounts, and a personal diary.Gruner Lumber Company, St. Louis, Missouri, Ledger, 1864-1876, (C2328)
1 volume(s)
Record book of company owned by Philip Gruner, Jr.Guitar Building, Columbia, Missouri, Account Book, 1914-1961, (C3060)
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Account book detailing rental of office space, maintenance, and taxes for a building located in the downtown business district. Clearly enumerated are tenants, rental fees, operating expenses, assets and liabilities.Guitar, John, Record Books, 1813-1847, (C1008)
2 volume(s)
Ledger and account books.Hagerman, B.F., Receipt, 1857, (C2440)
1 folder(s)
Receipt issued to Hagerman by American Express Company, for goods to be shipped to St. Louis, MO.Hall, W.P., Papers, 1904-1928, (C3235)
1 folder(s)
Letter from South African Boer War Exhibition Company ordering 400 horses; letter from Carl Hagenbeck regarding sale or trade of two elephants; contract with Barnes-Carruthers Fair Booking Association regarding two elephant acts and elephant trainers.Hannibal Ferry Company Papers, 1858-1902, (C0576)
3 folder(s)
Bills of sale, deeds, and reports concerning the company; ferry operator's license; and minute book containing records of the directors' and stockholders' meetings.Hannibal Railway and Electric Company, Hannibal, Missouri, Records, 1917-1939, (C0577)
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1 folder(s)
Minutes of directors and stockholders meetings, 1917-1927, for an electric street railway system. Adjudged bankrupt in 1927, it operated under the Referee in Bankruptcy. The company was sold by order of the Federal Court in 1930 and ceased operation. Includes a record of loans, a scrapbook, and information on final court actions in 1931.Hannibal Savings Bank, Hannibal, Missouri, Records, 1869-1890, (C1243)
2 volume(s)
Volume 1: Articles of association and minutes, 1869-1890; "Life of Constantine," part 2, by John L. Robards. Volume 2: Account book of Hannibal Savings Bank, 1872-1878; "Life of Constantine," part 1, by John L. Robards. Robards was secretary of the bank.Harmon, A.D. and Zebulon, Papers, 1835-1841, (C0328)
2 folder(s)
Letters and papers of a St. Charles, MO, mercantile firm, discussing current markets and prices.Harper, C.A., "History of Hawk Point," n.d., (C2814)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of Hawk Point, MO.Harrison, Marr and Company, Glasgow, Missouri, Records, 1867-1869, (C2323)
2 volume(s)
Ledgers kept by a flour manufacturing business. John Harrison was president and Thomas H. Marr was secretary.Hart, E.H., Papers, 1880-1907, (C0937)
2 volume(s)
Records of fruit shipped from Federal Point, FL, between 1880 and 1896. Also a mailing list dated 1907.Hauenstein and Company, Tuscumbia, Missouri, Account Book, 1872-1873, (C1116)
1 volume(s)
Accounts of a general merchandise firm.Hauenstein, William Henry, Daybook, 1881-1882, (C0289)
1 folder(s)
Daybook kept by William H. Hauenstein for his general store at Tuscumbia, MO.Haynie, Oscar, Papers, 1847-1865, (C1811)
1 folder(s)
Personal accounts with various merchants.Hays Winterbower and Company, Overton, Missouri, Ledger, 1883-1884, (SUNP2170)
1 volume(s)
Bound book, 719 pp. Listings of purchases and purchasers at a general store in Cooper County.Hearn, Clarinda and J.G., Papers, 1869-1872, (C0327)
1 folder(s)
Concerning payment of taxes on Dolle estate in Gasconade County, MO.Helm, John B. (1797-1872), Papers, 1818-1868, (C0589)
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Papers of a merchant, lawyer, judge, and builder in Kentucky and Hannibal, MO. Consists of correspondence relating mainly to business interests; financial and legal documents such as receipts, promissory notes, contracts and legal briefs; and account books. See also collection C3434.Henley, A.J., et al., Deed of Trust, 1880, (C3740)
1 folder(s)
Deed concerning the purchase of band instruments by A.J. Henley and eight associates, all of Boone County, MO, on a monthly installment plan, from James F. Hurt.Hesse, Herman T., Account Book, 1855, 1881-1884, (C1119)
1 volume(s)
Financial records of a St. Louis, MO, liquor merchant.Hildebrand, Abraham, Promissory Note, 1835, (C1555)
1 folder(s)
Promise to pay sixty dollars or to return borrowed botany and medical books within six months to Joseph L. Craft, St. Louis, MO.Hooper, William J. Nath., Certificate, 1810, (C2771)
1 folder(s)
Certificate of inspection of 126 gallons of Catalonia red wine, imported by Hooper to Port of Marblehead, District of Massachusetts.Hornbeak, William C. (1835- ), Papers, 1860-1873, (C0118)
0.3 linear feet
Business correspondence, bills, receipts, ledger, daybook and account book of Springfield, MO, general merchant.Horne and Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Catalogue, 1897-1898, (C0724)
1 folder(s)
Clothing and household furnishings.Houck and Brickey, Potosi, Missouri, Ledger, 1829-1830, (C1122)
1 volume(s)
Financial records of mercantile business of Solomon Houck and John C. Brickey.Houck, Louis (1840-1925), Scrapbook, c. 1859-1876, (C0847)
1 folder(s)
Scrapbook of business cards from lawyers and other businessmen, primarily from eastern Missouri.Houston, William N., Receipts, 1858-1870, (C2034)
1 folder(s)
Tax receipts from Monroe and Audrain Counties, MO, and from U.S. Express Company.Howard County Bank, Glasgow, Missouri, Books, 1877-1897, (C2314)
2 volume(s)
Vol. 1 Discount register, 1877-1897 Vol. 2 Ledger, 1881-1883Hughes, Bela M., Letter, 1885, (C0520)
1 folder(s)
To Wells-Fargo Company, from Denver, July 1885. Introducing George A. Hughes of Richmond, MO.Hunter, Ben F., Account Book, 1871-1891, (C1124)
1 volume(s)
Accounts of a Sikeston, MO, general store.Hunter, Stephen B., Papers, 1805-1848, (C3159)
1 folder(s)
Miscellaneous deeds, accounts, letters, and notes of Abraham Bird, Abraham Hunter, and others, largely concerning transfers of real estate in Cape Girardeau County.Hushy-Ewart Lumber Company Field Book, 1908, (C1128)
1 volume(s)
Timber estimator's field book.Hutchinson, F.M., Account Books, 1868-1874, (C1129)
2 volume(s)
Account books of a manufacturer of corn and rye whiskeys, Missouri City, MO.Insurance Company of North America, Policy Register, 1882-1889, (C2319)
1 volume(s)
Records of Glasgow, MO, agency, of which James S. Thomson was agent.J.J. Cruikshank Lumber Company Books, 1885-1893, (C2322)
2 volume(s)
Records of a Hannibal, MO, lumber company.J.N. Rupe and Sons, Edgerton, Missouri, Account Book, 1887-1903, (C2474)
1 volume(s)
Rupe was a general store owner and physician; both types of accounts are entered in the book.J.S. Hughes and Company, Richmond, Missouri, Banking House Books, 1854-1930, (C0277)
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10 volume(s)
Five books of a Richmond, MO, bank, earlier called Branch of Union Bank of Missouri, 1859-1903. Three mercantile books, 1854-1865. Index to account book, 1849. Map book of Richmond, MO, 1909. Vol. 1 also on microfilm.J.W. Haynie and Company Account Book, 1872-1874, (C2745)
1 folder(s)
Account book of J.W. Haynie Company with Wells, Fargo & Company, and one loose check.J.W. Strawn Dry Goods Company, Columbia, Missouri, Store Ledgers, 1901-1902, (SUNP2280)
2 volume(s)
Customers' accounts listed in two ledgers. Firm later became Neates.James, Lucy Wortham, Collection, 1801-1895, (C0001)
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23 linear feet
234 volume(s)
Records of the Maramec Iron Works in St. James, Missouri, and papers of the James family. Correspondence discusses hiring of slaves, prices, banking and financial conditions, transportation costs and railroads, political conditions, immigration, and the Civil War. Volumes have been microfilmed; originals are in storage.Janis, Henry, Daybook, 1836-1840, (C3017)
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Daybook from Henry Janis's general store in Fredericktown, MO.Jellum, Lee, Papers, 1924-1961, (SUNP2288)
2 folder(s)
Letters, cards, and account books of a photographer of Ludlow, MO.Johnson, W.R., Account Book, 1859-1862, (C2152)
1 volume(s)
Account book of a general storekeeper in the Fulton, MO, area.Johnson, Waldo Porter (1817-1885), Papers, 1878-1884, (C0586)
1 folder(s)
Leases of a coal mine, the Hoover Bank, to D.W. Coonce in 1881, to Richard W. Perrin in 1884, and to James A. Paisley in 1878. Contract for rebuilding a barn and a lease for a farm with Richard Bught. Also a list of law books ordered by Johnson in 1880.Jones and Bacon Bill of Lading, 1833, (C2030)
1 folder(s)
Bill for the shipment of a box of books via steamboat CHIAN to E.S. Murray, Richmond, MO.Jopling Family, Papers, 1810-1991, (C3927)
0.5 linear feet
1 folder(s)
Papers of the Jopling family from Pettis County, MO. The papers consist of personal and business records and correspondence, including genealogical information, financial and legal papers, cattle records, patent records, and medical recipes.Joseph Byrne Fur and Wool Company, Records, 1902-1918, (SUNP2814)
53 volume(s)
INVENTORY. Fifty-three record books of a St. Louis Company, 1902-1918. Includes purchase books, sales books, ledgers, cash books and stock books.Kansas City, Galveston & Lake Superior Railroad Company Note, n.d., (C1906)
1 folder(s)
Blank stock note.King General Store, Oak Grove, Missouri, Account Book, 1888-1893, (SUNP2431)
1 volume(s)
Records of a general store owned by John and Abigail King. Accounts kept by their son, Herbert King.Kleinschmidt, C.G., Account Books, 1882-1889, (C0291)
5 folder(s)
Five account books of a hardware store in Corder, Missouri. Household utensils, farm implements, and building supplies are listed.Knife and Fork Club, Kansas City, Missouri, Papers, 1899-1926, (C0127)
0.4 linear feet
Programs, clippings, and miscellaneous items of a Kansas City dinner club. Guest speakers included governors, diplomats, educators, ministers, and scientists, among others.Krekel, A., Post Card, n.d., (C1579)
1 folder(s)
To F.S. Arnold, Sedalia, MO, from Jefferson City, MO. Inquiry about the Grosbeck and Ph. sale arrangements. Krekel will approve or reject sale.Kuemmel, William (1842- ), Daybook, 1856-1860, (C1141)
1 volume(s)
Owner of a general merchandise firm in St. Louis, Kuemmel emigrated to the U.S. from Germany.L.B. Ely and Brother Account, 1877, (C0723)
1 folder(s)
Account of Mrs. Austin with a general merchandise store in Carrollton, Missouri.Lawton, J.F., Diary, 1877-1879, (C1149)
1 volume(s)
Diary of a mill owner in Carrollton, Carroll County, MO. Also a photograph of Wild Moss Mills.Lead Mining Companies, Washington County, Missouri, Records, 1809-1954, (C3893)
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This collection contains business records of lead mining companies and company stores in Washington County, MO. The companies include R. Smith and Company; Stone Manning and Company; Manning, Smith and Company; the Missouri and Pennsylvania Lead Company; the Palmer Lead Company; and the Renault Lead Company.League, William T., Papers, 1843-1866, (C1015)
4 folder(s)
Correspondence, bills, accounts, and business and legal papers about the printing and newspaper business in Missouri.Ledger, General Store, Arrow Rock, Missouri, 1859-1882, (SUNP2760)
1 volume(s)
Ledger of a dry good and general merchandising business owned by Benjamin F. Townsend. The store was located on the northeast corner of 5th and Main in Arrow Rock, MO.Lehman and Miller, Glasgow, Missouri, Ledger, 1884, (C2315)
1 volume(s)
Ledger of a general store, called Lehman Brothers prior to 1881.Lehman Brothers, Glasgow, Missouri, Record Book, 1874-1884, (C2311)
1 volume(s)
Daybook of a general store owned by Henry, Monte and William Lehman.Lesueur, A.A. (1842-1924), Scrapbook, 1889-1892, (C1408)
1 volume(s)
Clippings about Missouri business and politics.Leverich, Charles P., Papers, 1836-1846, (C2298)
1 folder(s)
Three letters to Leverich from New Orleans, concerning business, sugar market, frost, and the shipment and insurance of liquors.Lexington Business Records, Lexington, Missouri, 1831-1841, 1849-1862, 1868-1869, (SUNP2393)
12 volume(s)
Records of Collins and Shields, Shields & Duncan (Salem, MO), Branch Bank of the Bank of the State of Missouri, Banking House of William Limrick, Agricultural and Mechanical Fair, Port of Lexington and tobacco accounts of unknown farmer.Lichtenstein, Grace, Papers, (WUNP6198)
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Papers of a journalist and writer. The collection consists of research material, interview notes, transcripts, and tapes, books and articles Lichtenstein wrote on early women Olympians, professional women tennis players, women artists in the Southwest, and an unfinished project on women entrepreneurs.Limrick, William, Papers, (SUNP3018)
10 volume(s)
Business records of banker and merchant William Limrick of Lexington, MO, 1840s-1860s, includes correspondence and financial records.Lindsay, William, Papers, 1893-1898, (C2352)
1 folder(s)
Miscellaneous business records including receipts, accounts, and letter concerning rental property.Lock Brothers Milling Company Papers, 1861-1935, (C3630)
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Daybooks, ledgers, and payroll records of a family-owned milling company in Loose Creek, Osage County, MO. Operations included a sawmill, winery and flour mill. Most of the mill's business was done with local German immigrant farmers and their descendants. Early records are in German shorthand script and there are some gaps.Long Brothers Account Books, 1856-1881, (C2495)
5 volume(s)
Account books of the general stores of Alfred Long, Cadet, Missouri, and John and William Long, Bellfountain, MO.Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad, Certificate, 1871, (C3155)
1 folder(s)
Blank stock certificate in the South Branch of the railroad.Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Clarks, Louisiana, Records, 1901-1956, (C3660)
72 linear feet
268 volume(s)
Records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company and associated companies. Include correspondence, 1901-1945, financial records, company reports, maps, photographs, and other materials related to the southern lumber industry.Lowman, William O., Papers, 1841-1898, (C3136)
1 folder(s)
Correspondence regarding sale of Harris Mineral Springs and advertising the Erie Medical Company.Lumber Company Price Lists, 1869-1894, (C0590)
1 folder(s)
Price lists of G.C. Hixon & Company, Hannibal, MO, 1869 and 1879; Judson Lyon, St. Joseph, MO, 1881; and I.M. Howell & Company, Atchison, KS, 1881. Statement of lumber shipments in 1894 and logging costs to various towns on the Mississippi River.Lynch Company Proposal, ca. 1919, (C0722)
1 folder(s)
Comments on plan submitted by Lynch Company to revamp and unidentified business by instituting a centralized order department.M.D. Heltzell & Company, St. Louis, Missouri, Market Report, 1874, (C2806)
1 folder(s)
"St. Louis Daily Market Reporter," 24 June 1874, giving prices for cotton, baling stuffs, hemp, tobacco, lead, produce, meats, etc. in St. Louis and volume of exports and receipts.Machir, John, Papers, 1791-1899, (C2893)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of a Missouri businessman and landowner. Includes legal documents belonging to his father, Henry Machir, a Kentucky lawyer, business correspondence, surveys, insurance policies, receipts, deeds, tax bills, slave bills of sale, account books, and personal correspondence.Macke Store, Records, 1835-1972, (C0043)
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Business records of a Gordonville dry goods store which grew into a general merchandise and farm service operation. They follow this family-owned business from Vicksburg, MS, through its move to Cape Girardeau County in 1840 and trace its development there into the 1970s. 1835-1932 and 1957-1972 records are primarily accounting books. Other years are represented by canceled checks, invoices, and sales receipts.Madison Cooperative Manufacturing Company, Fredericktown, Missouri, Account Book, 1878-1879, (C3027)
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Account book of an iron works company that lists sales for 1878-1879.Manchester Fire Insurance Company of England, Record Book, 1894-1903, (C2317)
1 volume(s)
Record book of a Glasgow, MO, agency, George B. Harrison, Jr., agent.Mann, Clair V. (1884-1974), Collection, 1821-1973, (C3556)
12.4 linear feet
5 volume(s)
Papers pertaining to the Meramec Iron Works, James family, Frisco Railroad, School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, engineering education, testing of students, and other subjects of interest to Mann as an historian and engineer.Maramec Iron Works, St. James, Missouri, Scrip, 1869, (C1515)
1 folder(s)
Ten cent merchandise certificate No. 1463 issued by the Maramec Iron Works, 1 February 1869.Marion City Company, Account Book, 1836, (C3031)
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Account book of the Marion City Company. Records work done by woodcutters and laborers on buildings in 1836.Marmaduke, Meredith Miles (1791-1864), Papers, 1823-1886, (C1021)
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0.6 linear feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous personal and business papers of a Saline County, Missouri, farmer, businessman, lieutenant governor, and governor of Missouri.Marshall General Merchandise Store, Cash Book, 1881-1885, (C2166)
1 folder(s)
Cash accounts of Marshall General Merchandise Store. Location of store unknown.Marshall, J.L., Accounts, 1854-1878, (C1541)
1 folder(s)
Itemized drug accounts of J.L. Marshall, J.S. Moffatt & Company, J.T. Cunningham, and W.C. Bolin with the following companies: Z.F. Wetzell & Company, Henry Blaksley, Richardson & Company, and Meyer Brothers & Company all of St. Louis, MO, and William P. Troth & Company, Philadelphia, PA.Martin, James W., & Jerry J. Presley, Ozark Land & Lumber..Organization & Operations, 1887-1923, (C0958)
1 folder(s)
Paper prepared for Professor R.C. Smith of the School of Forestry, University of Missouri. Includes photographs.Matthews, Sherman, Papers, 1923-1930, (SUNP2082)
0.4 linear feet
Miscellaneous papers and receipts concerning Matthews and H.M. Jopling, employees of the Kansas City Bridge Company. Jopling and Matthews worked in Nelson, MO. Also, includes Jopling's physics experiment lessons at Nelson High School.Maxwell and Johnson, Alexandria, Missouri, Account Book, 1861-1862, (C1163)
1 volume(s)
Accounts of a general merchandise firm, Alexandria, MO.McConnell, Jasper S., Insurance Policies, 1886-1917, (C2212)
1 folder(s)
Tornado policy on house for Archibald McLemone with the Home Insurance Company, New York, 1886-1891. Fire and lightning insurance for Jasper S. McConnell on horses, mules, and dwelling house with the Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Dade County, MO, 1910-1915, 1917-1922.McDonald and Cole, St. Charles, Missouri, Papers, 1849-1850, (C0374)
1 folder(s)
Bills of sale, accounts, and correspondence of flour milling company.McGraw, S.E., Account Book, 1874-1877, (C0581)
1 folder(s)
Accounts of a harness and machine repairman, probably near Clinton, MO. The name of Warren Bronaugh appears throughout the book.McGuthrie, M.T. and R., Receipt, 1856, (C2016)
1 folder(s)
Receipt for gold bullion deposited by Wells Fargo and Company for the McGuthries at the U.S. Assay Office, New York.McMahan, Jesse (1813-1894), Account Book, 1850-1860, (C2272)
1 volume(s)
Account book of an Arrow Rock, MO, grocery and dry goods merchant. Book also contains recipes and newspaper clippings regarding weddings and deaths of prominent Saline County citizens, 1881-1904.McMichael, John Morgan, Account Book, 1850-1867, (C1154)
1 volume(s)
Account book of John Morgan McMichael, Plattsburg, MO. Includes inventory of merchandise; accounts due Thomas M. McMichael notes due and description of land owned by Thomas McMichael, September 1867.Mechanics' Bank, Warsaw Branch, Checks, 1860, (C2395)
1 folder(s)
Two checks on a Warsaw, MO, bank.Merchant and Staples Tobacco Company Account Books, 1874-1878, (C0582)
2 folder(s)
Account books of a Chariton County, MO, tobacco company, with offices at Brunswick and Triplett, giving amounts of shipments, accounts payable to tobacco growers, and financial accounts of the company.MFA/Shelter Insurance, Scrapbooks, (WUNP4834)
6 volume(s)
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, 1971-1983, pertaining to the employees and business activities of MFA and Shelter Insurance companies.Miami Savings Bank, Miami, Missouri, Record Book, 1874-1923, (C1164)
1 volume(s)
Includes articles of association, bylaws, minutes of board meetings, transfers, and minutes of stockholders' meetings.Miller County Exchange Bank, Olean, Missouri, Records, (WUNP4949)
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Minutes, correspondence, monthly reports, financial statements, and similar records of the bank, ca. 1914-1944.Miller, Edwin L., Papers, 1852-1897, (C0367)
1 folder(s)
Price list of L. and I.J. White Company, a Buffalo, NY, firm making edge tools and planes; letter; and miscellaneous clippings, including article on reelection of Francis M. Cockrell for fifth term, inauguration of William McKinley, obituaries, poems and other items.Miller's Shoes, Columbia, Missouri, Account Book, 1905-1924, (C1104)
1 volume(s)
Account book, Miller's Shoes, Columbia, MO, 1905-1924. Monthly cash and credit sales. No names.Miners Bank, Joplin, Missouri, Records, 1877-1915, (C0280)
4 folder(s)
Incorporation papers, notice of meetings, resolutions, 1915 report, and correspondence.Missouri Female College, Boonville, Missouri, Certificate, n.d., (C0617)
1 folder(s)
Certificate of stock signed by P.G. Rea, president.Missouri Hybrid Corn Company, Fulton, Missouri, Records, 1932-1981, (C2966)
5 linear feet
The business records of the first hybrid corn company in Missouri include early company histories, scrapbooks, Italian POW labor records, and extensive financial records.Missouri Land and Live Stock Company and Missouri Land Company of Scotland, Papers, 1881-1924, (C0825)
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Records, reports, and correspondence of companies which had main offices in Edinburgh, Scotland. Their purpose was to obtain land in southwest Missouri to sell or lease. Originals in Colorado State Archives.Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Records, 1853-1945, (C2557)
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82.3 linear feet
110 volume(s)
Records of a Grandin, MO, land and lumber company, which operated in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne Counties. Correspondence, minutes of board of directors' meetings, and financial and operating records.Missouri Lumber and Mining Company, Photographs, 1906-1916, (C3875)
2 folder(s)
Photographs of various Missouri Lumber and Mining Company operations in and around the Ozark town of Grandin, MO. Taken and collected by Harry M. Griffith, a company physician.Missouri Railroad Records, 1837-, (C2358)
38.1 linear feet
The Missouri Railroad Records consist of reports, bulletins, pamphlets, proceedings, and other materials of railroads and related organizations that were in Missouri or its contiguous states.Missouri Railway Construction Company, Records, (WUNP5006)
3 volume(s)
INVENTORY. Ledger, minute book, and letters and statements of the company, 1896-1901.Missouri Trust Company, Sedalia, Missouri, Debenture, 1891, (C1600)
1 folder(s)
Debenture for fifty pounds to Lionel Fitzgerald Kirwan, Collin, Castle Douglas, Great Britain, from the Missouri Trust Company.Missouri, Callaway County. Assessor's Records, 1830, (C0343)
1 folder(s)
Tax list for residents and nonresidents of Callaway County, James Baker, assessor. The list is divided into resident and nonresident sections. These sections are arranged alphabetically by individual and list value and location of land and includes other property such as slaves and livestock.Missouri, Gayoso, Farmers' Flood Relief Petition, 1898, (C0528)
1 folder(s)
Petition signed by thirteen Gayoso, MO, farmers requesting supplies from Merchant's Exchange, St. Louis, MO, because of flood conditions. They suggest supplies be sent by Jasper Landers, Gayoso wharfmaster.Missouri, Harrison County, "Hall of Fame," 1967, (SUNP0536)
1 volume(s)
Copy of the Inaugural Program of the Hall of Fame, Nov. 1967, with pictures.Missouri, Queens City, City Records and Private Business Records, ca. 1887-1900, (SUNP2320)
3 linear feet
Ledger books containing financial records of Queens City, MO, and business records of Sloop Company and Queens City Insurance Company.Missouri, Sedalia, Credit Record Book, 1873-1881, (C1248)
1 volume(s)
Credit records of individuals and businesses in Sedalia. Includes newspaper clippings of business transactions or any items of information affecting the financial status of the businessmen.Missouri, Spring Hill, Daybook, 1851, (C3105)
1 volume(s)
Daybook of a general store in Spring Hill, MO, listing names of customers, items purchased, and their prices.Missouri, St. Charles. Certificate of Purchase, 1852, (C1698)
1 folder(s)
To S.W. Rice from Robert McClarin, St. Charles marshal and ex-officio collector, 5 January 1852, for the purchase of a city lot owned by Elias Flints Reps and sold for taxes.Missouri, St. Charles. Receipt, 1844, (C1699)
1 folder(s)
Receipt to William G. Pettus from Benj[amin] Emmons, Jr., St. Charles treasurer, for interest on warrants issued to George Collier.Missouri, St. Charles. Receipts, 1821, (C1694)
1 folder(s)
Receipts to Nath[aniel] Simons and Timothy Flint from John Jacoby, treasurer, St. Charles Corporation, for interest paid on city lot purchase loans, 1821.Missouri, St. Clair County. Bond, 1870, (C1641)
1 folder(s)
$1000 bond issued by St. Clair County to aid construction of the Clinton and Memphis branch of the Tebo and Neosho Railroad. Bond signed by Wm. A. Mitchell, presiding justice, and Thos. J. Monroe, clerk, St. Clair County court.Missouri. Commissioners of State Capitol, Papers, 1838, (C1484)
1 folder(s)
Authorization to pay G.A. Parsons $24.15 for hauling bricks from the penitentiary to the state house, and his receipt. Warrant authorization and receipt of John Withnell for a $300 partial payment for the capitol building contract.Missouri. General Assembly, 23rd, Act, 1865, (C1870)
1 folder(s)
Act to incorporate the National Loan Bank of St. Louis, MO, certified by Francis Rodman, secretary of state. Individuals incorporating the bank were Chauncey I. Filley, William McKee, Truman Woodruff, Thomas O'Reily, Stephen Ridgley, Christian Garrell and Antony Niedermeiser.Missouri. General Assembly, 2nd, Accounts, 1822, (C1537)
1 folder(s)
Accounts of money due Abraham S. Platte, Mathias McGirk, Samuel C. Owens, D.C. Westerfield, and William Beaver for supplies and services rendered the Missouri Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court, St. Charles, MO, 1822.Missouri-Alaska Gold Company, Paris, Missouri, Letterhead, 1898, (C1676)
1 folder(s)
Letterhead listing names of the company's officers, $50,000 capital stock, and 1897 incorporation date.Moore and Mahnkey, Invoice Book, 1914-1918, (C0294)
1 folder(s)
Record of hardware and grocery invoices, 1914, 1915 and 1918. Lists of articles, quantities, and prices. Probably near Forsyth, MO.Morgan, J.W., Ledger, 1875-1877, (C0295)
1 folder(s)
Ledger of the mercantile firm and medical practice of J.W. Morgan, Graham, Nodaway County, MO. Includes names of customers, items purchased, and prices.Morris Family, Papers, 1880-1946, (C0369)
1 linear feet
Financial records, correspondence, notary public records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items of Byron V. Morris and Frank B. Morris, Rockbridge, Ozark County, MO. Account books from B.V. Morris' businesses.Morris, Ralph L., Papers, (WUNP5655)
0.4 linear feet
Photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, family records, and miscellaneous materials relating to life and career of owner of Ever Eat Café in Columbia.Mount Vernon Bank, Mount Vernon, Missouri, Papers, 1882-1929, (C0143)
MICROFILM
1.2 linear feet
Records of a bank liquidated on 24 July 1929. Includes documents left at bank by depositors, claims against the bank, and inventory of bank at its closure. Volumes are on microfilm.Murrel, Geo[rge], Papers, 1814-1822, (C1605)
1 folder(s)
Letter to George Murrel, Barren County, KY, from William Murrel, Greenville, [KY], 11 June 1814, about business, family, local, national, and international situation, defeat of Bonaparte. Letter to Murrel, from Sam[uel] Blain, Springfield, KY, 20 August 1822. Blain wrote of trading hemp for salt, instructions about purchasing hogs.Myers and Hutchinson Account Book, 1862-1864, (C1118)
1 volume(s)
John E. Myers and James Hutchinson were business partners in St. Louis, MO.Nall, C.H., Broadside, 1862, (C2445)
1 folder(s)
Broadside advertising the sale of goods belonging to the late firm of Nall and Moore, by the administrator, C.H. Nall, 28 February 1862.National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, Record Book, 1894-1902, (C2318)
1 volume(s)
Record book of a Glasgow, MO, agency, George B. Harrison, agent.Naumann, Henry, Account Book, 1869-1892, (C3340)
1 folder(s)
Account book of H. Naumann of Gray's Summit, of general merchandise sold each year. Also included are records of oats and wheat thrashed by Ernest Walters.Nebel and Son, High Hill, Missouri, Business Records, 1867-1895, (SUNP2429)
1 folder(s)
2 volume(s)
Ledgers, land leases and miscellaneous papers from the family business of John and E.F. Nebel which included leather goods, saddlery, lumber, building materials and beekeeper's supplies. Price lists of Italian bees, queens, 1888-1892; memorandum book of apiary listing records of colonies and amount of honey removed; 1883-1884.Nelson, George N., Record Books, 1914-1920, (C0296)
3 folder(s)
Three record books of a small country store in Buford, Baxter County, AR. Itemized customer accounts for merchandise, groceries, farm products, and gasoline. Nelson was a farmer and postmaster as well as owner of the general store and cotton gin.New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Policy Register, 1804-1805, (C1189)
1 volume(s)
Insurance policies issued on ships and cargoes.Nichols, Shepard & Company Notes, 1874, (C1757)
1 folder(s)
Notes signed by A.J. Jones, W. Phipps and Ann E. Gilbreath.Nowlin, Sneed and Nowlin Invoice Book, 1851-1852, 1865-1867, (C1192)
1 volume(s)
Invoices of items purchased by a general merchandise firm in Missouri City, MO, mounted on pages of an account book entitled "Richfield, MO, 1851-1852." Several pages of the Richfield, MO, section are not covered by invoices.Nunn, John Gatewood (1800-1893), Ledger, 1832-1883, (C1194)
1 volume(s)
Ledger of owner of grist, flour and saw mill on the Fabius River in Lewis County, MO. Includes an itemized account of expenditures for erecting the mill, 1832-1834.Oglesby Coal Company Papers, 1865-1931, (C0150)
0.5 linear feet
Deeds, abstracts, and correspondence referring to the sinking of a vertical mine shaft for the Oglesby coal mine, Oglesby, La Salle County, IL. Includes a will of Preserved Smith, Dayton, OH, January 5, 1887.Old Trails Bridge Company Papers, 1921-1924, (C0593)
4 folder(s)
Correspondence and other papers pertaining to construction of the bridge at Boonville. List of officers, subscribers, toll charges, and agreement adopted by board.Oliver, Robert Burett (1850-1934), Papers, 1882-1884, (C0379)
2 folder(s)
Accounts and receipts of a Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, MO, resident for taxes, groceries and produce, household goods, and labor.Osage Valley Bank, Warsaw, Missouri, Minute Book, 1908-1917, (C2321)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of board of directors meetings, including financial statements.Ozark Land and Lumber Company, Records, 1887-1933, (C0037)
8 linear feet
100 volume(s)
Business papers and record books of a Shannon County, MO, lumber company. Correspondence, financial records, minutes of directors' and stockholders' meetings, store records, cutting and other lumber records, land records, and survey maps.Palmyra, Missouri, Merchant's Day Book, 1855-1858, (C2333)
1 volume(s)
General store of Palmyra, Marion County, MO.Parker and Watts Circus Papers, 1934-1949, (C2307)
26.9 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Papers of circus from the time of purchase through the time of sale and final accounting. Collection comprises general business accounts and records, employee and general correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, and photographs.Parrish, John C. (1854-1944), Papers, 1877-1954, (C0034)
5.4 linear feet
Correspondence, business papers, and account books of Dr, John C. Parrish of Vandalia, MO. He was a member of the board of curators of the University of Missouri, 1905-1917; held interests in the lead and zinc mining industry in Missouri and Oklahoma; and was active in the Republican Party in Missouri.Payne-Broadwell Family, Papers, 1803-1903, (C0983)
4.8 linear feet
11 volume(s)
The Payne-Broadwell Family papers contain the business, personal, and legal papers of Moses U. Payne and his nephew Moses M. Broadwell. Moses U. Payne resided in Boone County, MO, from 1823 to 1895. Moses M. Broadwell's papers contain significant family letters and revealing correspondence from the Civil War and from the Reconstruction era. Also present are miscellaneous papers of the Oliver C. Roby family.Pearson Family, Papers, 1822-1941, (C0297)
11 folder(s)
Papers of Isaac Pearson (1810-1895), of the mercantile firm of Boon, Pearson, and Smith of Fayette, MO, and miscellaneous writings of his grandson, Ben S. Pearson of St. Louis.Penney, James Cash (1875-1971), Papers, 1859-1944, (C0384)
1 folder(s)
Compositions containing biographical material and merchandising information, written by the head of the J.C. Penney chain stores. Pamphlets on the J.C. Penney Missouri farms. Also a reproduction of the PLEASANT RIDGE PEARL, 1859, containing an oration by Penney's father.Pihlblad, C. Terence (1897-1978), Papers, 1941-1978, (C3814)
2 linear feet
Papers of a sociology professor at the University of Missouri, 1930-1967. Concerns primarily Pihlblad's research in gerontology. Includes correspondence, papers, and articles by Pihlblad and other sociologists, and material on aging studies conducted in Missouri during the 1960s.Platt and Thornburgh Paint Company Books, 1889-1900, (C2332)
2 volume(s)
St. Louis, MO, paint company. Vol. 1 Inventory book, 1889-1891. Vol. 2 Order book, 1899-1900.Poague, Haysler F., Books, 1913-1934, (C0866)
2 folder(s)
Books kept by a Henry County, MO, lawyer and realtor. Cases and fees, and real estate with prices and commissions.Powel, Thomas M. (1816- ), Books, 1833-1886, (C1204)
1 folder(s)
6 volume(s)
Papers of the owner of a gristmill and blacksmith shop on the Big Fabius near Newark, Knox County, MO. Includes Powel family genealogical material.Prewitt Family, Papers, 1836-1907, (C2919)
0.2 linear feet
Business and personal papers of Moss Prewitt, Robert T. Prewitt, and Sallie Rubey Prewitt. Contains business records, correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous material.Price, William, Account Books, 1837-1855, (C2480)
3 volume(s)
Business records of Dr. William Price. Vol. 1 Accounts of dry goods and sundries store in Fayetteville, AR, 1837-1838; physician's business day book in Arrow Rock, MO, 1838-1851. Vol. 2 Account book, 1838-1851. Vol. 3 Account book, 1851-1855.Pulliam, B.G., Daybook, 1836, (SUNP2651)
0.2 linear feet
Daybook for a dry goods store in Middletown, MO.Quesenbury, J.P., Receipt, 1863, (C2448)
1 folder(s)
Receipt issued to Quesenbury by J.P. Maxey for payment of $15.46 for commissary stores sold to Jackson Cooper, 31 March 1863.R.E. Lee Mercantile Company Papers, 1881-1941, (C0292)
12 folder(s)
4 volume(s)
Receipts from a general store in Doniphan, MO; account books, cash books; day books; inventories; and minute books. This store succeeded Pearce and Lee Mercantile Company.R.S. Woolton and Company, Articles of Agreement, 1852, (C1652)
1 folder(s)
Agreement between R.S. Woolton and Company and Jesse B. Turley, Taos County, New Mexico Territory. Partnership formed to drive sheep to California. Financial arrangements, supplies, and sale procedures.Radford, E.K., Receipts, 1904, (C3184)
1 folder(s)
Receipts for coffee and tea shipped from New York to Kansas City by the Commercial Fast Transportation Company.Ramsey, U.S., Account Book, 1879-1882, (C1214)
1 volume(s)
Account book of a Sunlight, MO, man. Farm and general accounts, 1879-1882, and merchandise and business accounts of the Enterprise Store, started by Ramsay in 1882.Richards, J.P., Check, 1859, (C0908)
1 folder(s)
A check written on the banker J.P. Richards, Hannibal, MO, for $600.Riley, J., Ledger, 1856-1860, (C2331)
1 volume(s)
A Hannibal, MO, merchant's ledger containing transactions of his print shop, lumber business and general store.Riordan, John J., Papers, (SUNP6152)
2 linear feet
PRELIMINARY INVENTORY Personal and business papers of Tarkio (MO) veterinarian John Joseph Riordan. Riordan served with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe from 1917 to 1920. The records of the Missouri Valley Silver Fox Corporation, operated in St. Joseph by Riordan during the early 1930s, comprise half the collection. Also includes records pertaining to Riordan's veterinarian practices in Fillmore and Tarkio. The remainder of the collection contains correspondence written to his family from Camp Lee (VA), Camp Sheridan (AL), and Europe.River Power and Transport Association, Corporate Records, 1927-1933, (C1232)
1 volume(s)
Corporate records of the River Power and Transport Association, Wilmington, DE, 1927. Appended to these records are the minutes of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis River Front Improvement Corporation, 1933.Rocheport Roller Mills, Rocheport, Missouri, Records, 1882-1937, (C0344)
MICROFILM
Records of the grain mill established in 1875, originally called Monitor Mills. It produced Tuberose and Snowflake flour, as well as meal, ship stuff, and bran.Rockbridge Bank, Rockbridge, Missouri, Records, 1869-1936, (C0063)
6.25 linear feet
3 volume(s)
Personal bank business papers, legal papers, insurance papers, deposit slips and receipts, and miscellaneous papers. J.P. Edwards was president and Chas. Edwards was secretary of the corporation. This bank was incorporated in 1906 and failed in 1936. Also books of accounts used during the regular course of the business.Rockbridge General Store and Mill, Rockbridge, Missouri, Records, 1880-1946, (C0062)
3.5 linear feet
Forms, bank papers, tax receipts, insurance policies, circulars and miscellaneous papers. Store was owned consecutively by B.V. Morris, Bushong Brothers, and Frank B. Morris. Vol. 1-14 General sales records of the B.V. Morris and Company store, 1880-1928. Vol. 15-27 Check stubs for the same store, 1907-1928.Rollins, James S[idney] (1812-1888), Record Book, 1834-1868, (C2150)
1 volume(s)
Rollins, a Boone County, MO, lawyer, businessman, and politician, was influential in securing the location of the University of Missouri at Columbia. Record book contains personal and business accounts.Ross Family, Papers, 1844-1888, (C0392)
1 folder(s)
Documents concerning land transactions in Missouri. Four deeds, five checks, and two memorial poetry cards.Rothville Bank, Rothville, Missouri, Papers, 1889-1955, (C0069)
3.5 linear feet
65 volume(s)
Journals, ledgers, and papers detailing the daily business of the Rothville Bank.S.W. Hurst, and Company, Tipton, Missouri, Papers, 1885-1900, (SUNP1186)
9 volume(s)
Nine ledger-type books, two scrapbooks pertaining to a store in Tipton which dealt in drugs, jewelry, stationery, and music in 1885-1900.Sawyer, Samuel, Letter, 1822, (C1497)
1 folder(s)
To Oliver Parker, Lexington, MO, from New York, NY, Jan. 20, 1822. Collection and payment of accounts.Schewe, Elenore, Collection, (WUNP6076)
4 linear feet
INVENTORY Material pertaining to the firebrick factories and industry in and around Vandalia and Mexico, Missouri. Includes correspondence, financial material, legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, post cards, publications and publicity, scrapbook and oral history, and assorted ephemera [embossed playing cards].Schiermeier, John Henry (1861- ), Record Books, 1878-1922, (C3839)
MICROFILM
1 folder(s)
8 volume(s)
The Schiermeier Record Books consist of letter books, a ledger, and stock inventories of stores owned by John Henry Schiermeier in the New Melle, Missouri, area.Schrader-Holtschneider Papers, 1868-1959, (C3773)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of Schrader and Holtschneider families of Rich Fountain, Osage County, MO. They were farmers, merchants, postmasters, and county judges. Papers include correspondence, business and legal papers, post office records, and school district records.Schwarzer, Franz (1828-1904), Papers, 1840-1951, (C3484)
0.8 linear feet
Correspondence of the Schwarzer family; factory records, catalogs, and photographs of zithers and other stringed instruments manufactured at the zither factory in Washington, MO, founded by Schwarzer in 1869.Scott and Kennan, Columbia, Missouri, Ledger, 1882, (C1246)
1 volume(s)
Record book of a grocery company.Sedalia Board of Trade, Sedalia, Missouri, Proceedings, 1872-1888, (C1247)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of a group of businessmen organized to promote Sedalia.Sedalia Real Estate and Loan Men's Association, Sedalia, Missouri, Papers, 1922-1926, (C0587)
3 folder(s)
Correspondence, clippings, and minutes of meetings.Seiter, Ernestine Ernst, Collection, (SUNP2711)
2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
INVENTORY. Cash book, 1842-1843; ledger, 1870s, correspondence regarding Aull family materials, transcriptions of Aull letter books, 1830s-1840s; Robert Aull Day Book, 1839, transcriptions; clippings; and notes.Seyffert, Wilhelm and Augustus, Papers, 1854-1905, (C2888)
2 folder(s)
Vol. 1 Copy book of poems in German. Vol. 2 Missouri State Militia, Company E, 13th Cavalry, history, and account book of Augustus Seyffert, 1869-1889.Shackelford, Thomas (1822-1908), Books, 1893-1902, (C2324)
4 volume(s)
Shackelford was a lawyer, merchant and landowner in Glasgow, MO, and president and a stockholder of the Glasgow Savings Bank. Two ledgers and two inventory books.Shaw, C.L., Receipt, 1875, (C3142)
1 folder(s)
Receipted bill from Dayton and Arthur, Booksellers and Stationers, Quincy, IL.Shepard, John A. and Samuel, Papers, 1844-1845, (C2297)
1 folder(s)
Two letters between Samuel Shepard of Selma, AL, and his brother, John A., of Norfolk, CT. They concern business, family, friends, health and the life of a Yankee peddler in Alabama. Negative photostats. Bill of lading issued to Samuel Shepard by Saxton & Webb, New York, for a shipment of clocks.Shortridge, George A., Day Book, 1856, (C1258)
1 volume(s)
Daybook of a general store in Bloomington, Macon County, MO.Sims & Fitzgerald Commission Sales Company, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1866-1867, (C0643)
1 folder(s)
Fragment of a record book of commission company dealing in cotton, hides, furs, tobacco, wheat, hemp, castor beans, and sorghum molasses. Lists cost of freight, marine insurance, government tax, commissions on sale and record of sale.Sims, William, Accounts, 1900-1901, (C1940)
1 folder(s)
Accounts of Sims with Versailles Milling Company and M. Moser of Versailles Roller Mills.Smith and Glenn Day Book and Ledger, 1827-1830, (C1261)
1 volume(s)
Includes accounts of W. Goforth.Smith and Maugh's Drugstore, Fayette, Missouri, Ledger, 1851-1854, (C0340)
1 volume(s)
Merchandise sold by the store included drugs, spices and other condiments, candy, stationery supplies, literature, school textbooks, paints, tobacco, liquor, violin strings, and some hardware items.Sparks, John Nathan (1876- ), Papers, 1901-1947, (C2798)
3.1 linear feet
The John Nathan Sparks Papers consist of the business and personal correspondence of an employee of the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company of Grandin, MO.Spencer, George A. (1906-1997), Papers, 1931-1963, (C2466)
4.6 linear feet
Correspondence, publicity, and legislative papers of a Boone County, MO, Democrat. Spencer's election campaigns and positions as city attorney, prosecuting attorney, and state representative and senator, and candidacy for Democratic nomination for attorney general. Activities of the Columbia, MO, Chamber of Commerce.Springfield Iron Furnace, Potosi, Missouri, Account Books, 1834-1842, (C1262)
2 volume(s)
Account books of an iron works. Vol. 1 1834-1837. Vol. 2 1837-1842.Springfield Iron Furnace, Potosi, Missouri, Day Book, 1834-1835, (C1263)
1 volume(s)
Day book of an iron works.Springfield Iron Furnace, Potosi, Missouri, Ledger, 1834-1836, (C1264)
1 volume(s)
Ledger of an iron works.Springfield Manufacturing Company Papers, 1872, (C1943)
1 folder(s)
Articles of association and resolution pertaining to liquidation of stock.St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company Certificate, 1873, (C2441)
1 folder(s)
Certificate of indebtedness for $100 issued to T.M. Hamilton by St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, and transferred to John D. Hill.St. Joseph Auditorium Company Share, 1904, (C1981)
1 folder(s)
Share issued to James Knotts.St. Louis Banking Houses, Notice, 1855, (C2828)
1 folder(s)
Handbill issued by twenty-two St. Louis businessmen during the Panic of 1855, guaranteeing the safety of deposits in seven St. Louis banking institutions. Dated January 15, 1855.St. Louis Hotel, Jefferson City, Missouri, Register, 1859, (C1064)
1 volume(s)
St. Louis Hotel, Jefferson City, MO, George W. Capell, proprietor.St. Louis Iron and Machine Works, Account Book, 1879-1881, (C1230)
1 volume(s)
Record of accounts of a St. Louis, MO, iron and machine works.St. Louis Iron and Machine Works, Letter Books, 1896-1898, (C1231)
2 volume(s)
Letters signed by G.H. Krutzsch, vice president, and W. Brock. Volumes are indexed. Vol. 1 12 October 1896-13 August 1897. Vol. 2 2 September 1897-29 January 1898.St. Louis Mississippi Bridge Company, Articles of Association, 1867, (C1721)
1 folder(s)
Company was organized to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO, to St. Clair or Madison County, IL. Capital, stock, and directors.Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Company Papers, (WUNP4369)
1.4 linear feet
Catalogs, 1899-1969 (not complete run).Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Company Papers, (WUNP4377)
1 linear feet
Advertising material, including plates of fruit and vegetable illustrations.State Bank of Poplar Bluff, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, History, 1951, (C0941)
1 volume(s)
Pamphlet commemorating fiftieth anniversary of founding of bank. Includes biographical data on officers, history of bank, and photographs of officers, employees and facilities.State Historical Society of Missouri, Typescript Collection, (C0995)
RESTRICTED
MICROFILM
The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.Stock Certificates, (WUNP4206)
2 folder(s)
Stocks.Stoddard, Cashers, Receipt, 1821, (C1648)
1 folder(s)
Receipt for interest paid on a lot purchased in St. Charles, MO.Stone Hill Wine Company, Hermann, Missouri, Records, 1896-1919, (C0345)
7 volume(s)
Ledgers, sale books, harvest book, bank draft register, warehouse receipt book, and price list for winery and brandy distillery owned and operated by George Stark and his sons, Ottmar G. and Louis J. The company included a bottling plant in St. Louis and a whiskey distillery in Bardstown, KY.Stotts City Bank, Stotts City, Missouri, Records, 1891-1929, (C0170)
MICROFILM
Papers from a southwest Missouri bank which was liquidated in 1929. Collection also contains material on the Lawrence County Land and Mining Company and the Stotts City Special Road District.Strafford, Missouri Bank Books, 1910-1938, (C0056.A)
MICROFILM
Records of a southern Missouri bank established in 1910 and closed in 1938. Collection includes balance books, collection register, daily statement registers, day books, deposit certificate register, discount registers, distribution of expense accounts register, draft registers, inventory book, ledgers, notes due books, record book containing minutes of the stockholders meetings, statement books, and stock certificate register.Strawn-Neate Dry Goods Company, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2603)
0.4 linear feet
Receipts, Boone County and City of Columbia tax statements, correspondence, and ephemera.Strother Colbert and Company Broadside, 1871, (C0811)
1 folder(s)
Announcement of a complete abstract office for Saline County, urging landowners to protect themselves with a perfect abstract of title to their property.Switzler, William Franklin (1819-1906), Day Book, 1895-1898, (C1270)
1 volume(s)
Day book of newspaper and printing business in Boonville, MO. Also Switzler's personal expenditures.Switzler, William Franklin (1819-1906), Papers, 1896-1902, (C0642)
1 folder(s)
Miscellaneous papers found in Day Book, Collection 1270. Letters from Stanley B. Simpson, Augustus W. Simpson, and Joseph Simpson, S.W. McCall, and J.N. Whitney. Two bills to Missouri DEMOCRAT.T. Frisel and Company, Jackson, Missouri, Journal, 1818, (C1106)
1 volume(s)
Record of a general merchandise store.T.B. Hickman & Company Ledger, 1886-1888, (C2330)
1 volume(s)
Ledger of a Columbia, MO, grocery store.Tatum, G.H. and J.R., Glasgow, Missouri, Account Books, 1858-1880, (C0341)
MICROFILM
Account books from the general merchandise stores of G.H. and/or J.R. Tatum in Glasgow, MO. V. 1 20 April 1858-21 February 1865. V. 2 1 January 1868-20 April 1876. V. 3 7 January 1870-1 January 1875. V. 4 7 March 1870-8 January 1876. V. 5 1 January 1874-1 January 1880. V. 6 21 January 1875-20 January 1877.Thaxton, Harry E., Letter, 1961, (C0962)
1 folder(s)
To Lewis Atherton, Columbia, MO. Recollections of lumbering activities in the Doniphan, MO, area.The Missouri Collection, (C3982)
12 linear feet
The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.The Wardrobe, Inc., Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP5830)
Records of a non-profit community oriented organization which operates a thrift shop providing clothing at low or no cost, consisting of Board of Directors meeting minutes, financial statements, price lists, and volunteer sign-in books; 1970-1996.Tibbe-Cuthbertson Family, Papers, 1849-1975, (C3711)
0.5 linear feet
Papers of a Washington, MO, family whose patriarch, Henry Tibbe, and his son Anton, founded the Missouri Meerschaum Company. Materials include family and business correspondence, genealogy, property deeds, early history of Missouri Meerschaum Company, patent infringement dispute, pipe catalogs, clippings, and photographs.Tootle and Armstrong, St. Joseph, Missouri, Memorandum, 1855, (C0505)
1 folder(s)
Copy of legal instrument authorizing collection of notes for Tootle and Armstrong, a mercantile firm in St. Joseph, by Joseph Murphy.Townsend, Ben, Day Book, 1835, (C2501)
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Day book of accounts of a general store in Arrow Rock, MO, June-November 1835.Trade Cards, n.d., (C2808)
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Twenty-one printed, colored trade cards from various Missouri business establishments.Trefts, Charles (1887-1963), Papers, 1903-1963, (C3465)
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Business correspondence, financial papers, photographic salon stickers, prizes, and other items of St. Louis professional photographer Charles Trefts, organizer of the Advertising Slide Company. His photographic collection was presented to the State Historical Society in 1964.Trenton Drug Store, Trenton, Missouri, Records, 1898-1908, (C2962)
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Daybooks, account and cash books, and ledgers. No information available on the establishment or dissolution of the store.Trigg, William H. (1808-1895), Collection, 1776, 1835-1899, (C0281)
5 volume(s)
Book from the collection of William H. Trigg, Boonville, MO. Accounts of the Banking House of William H. Trigg and Co. and a scrapbook containing miscellaneous material, mostly news clippings from the 1860s and some paper money from the 1700s and 1800s.Tucker, D.M. and J.H., Papers, 1833-1902, (C0178)
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Records of a mercantile firm in Fulton, MO. Business, the Civil War, state insane asylum, and politics are discussed. Records of the Tucker and Harris mercantile firm, later the D.M. and J.H. Tucker firm.Tuolumne County Water Company, Share, 1855, (C2747)
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One share of stock in the Tuolumme County Water Company, Columbia, CA, April 6, 1855, bought by John O'Neill. Note by J. Christian Bay that O'Neill collected distribution dividend in 1906.U.S. Post Office, Rockbridge, Missouri, Records, 1902-1935, (C0064)
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Two record books kept by the postmaster: the official postmaster's account book, 1905-1918, and the register of money orders issued, 1902-1916. Papers include accounts, audit sheets, federal communications, money order forms, orders for stamps, and registered mail forms.U.S. Superintendency of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, Records, 1807-1855, (C2969)
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Correspondence, account books and treaties with various Indian tribes. Much of the material is to and from Indian agents at the area agencies. The bulk of the material is from the period when William Clark was superintendent. Also included are records of the Missouri Fur Company, 1812-1817. Originals at Kansas State Historical Society.Ustick, Thomas Watt, Papers, 1849-1866, (C0183)
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Correspondence, bills, receipts and licenses of a St. Louis printer. Summonses and other papers pertaining to a law suit in LaCrosse, WI. Indentures, contracts and miscellaneous papers, and family history.Vaughan, Davis, Letter, 1865, (C3536)
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Vaughan, publisher of the newspaper EXPRESS, asks Pat Ingraham of Saline County to show copies of his paper to friends there in order to increase subscriptions.W.A. Meyer Mercantile Company Books, 1893-1931, (C2316)
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Glasgow, MO, mercantile company ledgers. W.A. Meyer (b. 1838) was a merchant and agent for Missouri River packet lines. Business was established about 1870.W.A. Russell and Company, Records, 1895-1929, (C2407)
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General store located at Neelys Landing, Cape Girardeau County, MO. Neelys is a ferry landing on the Mississippi River.W.E. Berghauser Hardware Company, Fulton, Missouri, Records, 1874-1929, (C2565)
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Accounting records of the W.E. Berghauser Hardware Company of Fulton, MO.W.H. Buerky, Jeweler, Jamestown, Missouri, Records, 1899-1931, (SUNP2883)
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Record books, 2 volumes, of watches repaired, includes patron's name, watch manufacturer, repairs made, and charges.Wagner, G.O., Account Books, 1851-1860, (C1284)
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Accounts of a Glasgow, MO, merchant.Walker Manufacturing Company Stock Certificate, 1929, (C2003)
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Certificate of ownership for 19 shares of stock issued to I.T. Curd.Walker, Paris M. Funeral Home, Marshall, Missouri, Records, 1898-1934, (SUNP2118)
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Account book, records of funerals, statement of accounts, of a Marshall, MO, funeral home.Walsh, J. and E., Invoice, 1831, (C2458)
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Invoice for a quantity of goods sent to Campbell and Company, Desmoin Rappids, by J. and E. Walsh, St. Louis, MO, July 30, 1831. Signed by Thos. O. Flaherty.Washington Savings and Loan Association, Washington, Missouri, Records, 1871-1925, (C3663)
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Records of a German savings and loan association organized in 1871 and rechartered twice before it received a permanent charter and took its present name in 1908. Includes charter, bylaws, minutes of board meetings, and lists of stockholders. Minutes were kept in German until September 4, 1918.Waugh, James H., Record book, (SUNP5866)
General purpose record book kept by a Columbia, MO, resident and banker, recording trustee's sales and other transactions, and miscellaneous papers; 1862-1898.Weathers Family, Papers, 1868-1991, (C4014)
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Papers regarding the Weathers Family of Howard County, including correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, and photographs. Also includes records for Weathers Lumber and Hardware in Fayette, Missouri, and the Missouri Polled Hereford Breeders Association Records.Welsh, F.F. Day Books and Account Books, 1905-1954, (SUNP1062)
8 volume(s)
Eight Ledger-type bound books, with local weather information, daily, personal activities, prices of items bought and sold.Wengler, William, Account Books, 1854-1880, (C1288)
3 volume(s)
Account books of Forest City Furniture Company, Rockford, IL. V. 1 1854-1866. V. 2 1869-1879. V. 3 1869-1880.West Freedom Telephone Company, Concordia, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5324)
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INVENTORY. Constitution, by-laws, minutes, financial records, incorporation papers, and stock certificates of the company. The materials date from 1904 and end about 1960.Western Telephone Company, Papers, 1903-1907, (C0595)
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Statements of uncollectible accounts at Brookfield, Linneus, Marceline, and Unionville, MO, and correspondence in connection with them. Also a statement of receipts and expenditures.Weston Bank of Missouri, Record Books, 1859-1878, (C2320)
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Records of the Glasgow branch of Weston Bank of Missouri.Weston F. Birch & Son Record Books, 1859-1871, (C2310)
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Daybook and exchange book of a Glasgow, MO, banking house. Vol. 1 Daybook, 1869-1870. Vol. 2 Exchange book, 1859-1871. See also collection 2313, volume 2 of Glasgow Insurance Company Books, for daybook entries, 1868-1869, of Weston F. Birch & Son.Whitlow, William Brewer (1893-1942), Papers, 1894-1943, (C0035)
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Papers pertaining to the liquidation of seventy-seven insolvent banks in Missouri. Whitlow, a lawyer from Fulton, was appointed to liquidate the banks. Arranged alphabetically by name of bank. Volumes are on microfilm.Wilcoxson, Hiram, Ledgers, (SUNP2667)
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Ledger, 1850-1852, Carrollton, MO; Account book, 1850s, Campbell and Clinkscales; and Ledger, 1836-1838, Hiram Wilcoxson, Carrollton, MO.Willett Family, Papers, (SUNP2658)
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Family history, correspondence, printed material, photographs, miscellany and the financial records of Willett Funeral Home, Columbia, MO.Williams, A[braham] J. (1781-1839), Receipt, 1820, (C1734)
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Transfer of title to Thomas A. Smith from Williams, 4 May 1820.Williams, C.C., Papers, 1897, (C1530)
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Quitclaim deed to Williams of Pettis County, MO, from the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company and the Merchants Insurance Company, under the name of Rhode Island Underwriters Association.Winterbower-Wooldridge Family, Papers, 1836-1926, (C3046)
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Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and miscellaneous items of the Winterbowers and Wooldridges, prominent Cooper County, MO, families.Wood and Huston Bank, Marshall, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2815)
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Two ledgers, Remittances, 1881-1902, and Loan Book, 1881-1913.Wright Family Record Book, 1834-1854, (C1807)
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Record book of the Wright family, including stud records, coal sales, and the register for a Columbia, Missouri tavern operated by Peter Wright.Yates, T.S., Account Books, 1831-1836, 1843-1896, (C0342)
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Record of a general merchandise firm in Fulton, MO.Yerington and Company, Account Books, 1872-1876, (C2749)
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Handwritten account book of orders on Yerington and Company and account book of Yerington and Company with the Agency of the Bank of California, Virginia, and Nevada.Young Store, Alton, Missouri, Records, 1891-1952, (C2963)
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Daybooks, cashbooks, and ledgers from a store in Oregon County, MO. No information available on establishment or dissolution of store.Young, C.W., Papers, 1918-1923, (C0444)
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Letters and shares of stock in Perfection Tire and Rubber Company (1918); Detrich Oil Company (1919); Living Springs Oil and Gas Company (1920); and Eurekero and Refining Company (1920). Abstract of title to lot in Shelbina, MO (1923), dating back to 1838.
