Religion Collection Descriptions
Papers of clergy and active lay persons and their organizations, missionaries, and circuit riders; materials concerning religious experiences, including the occult; writings on religious subjects; and denominational and individual church records and histories.
First Christian Church, 1940s. From collection C3991 folder 850. Back to the Subject Guide
Adams, James A., Letter, 1862, (C2629)
1 folder(s)
From Provost Marshall's Office requiring Price to furnish provisions for six Rebel prisoners.Akinsville Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1884-1897, (C1295)
1 folder(s)
Meeting held at the McDaniel schoolhouse, May 3, 1884, when an independent Baptist church was formed. List of members listed in the record book for the period between May 3, 1884, and 1897.Aldrich, Jamon, Letter, 1838, (C1446)
1 folder(s)
A Mormon immigrant wrote his brother about Missouri. Geographical location of his homestead, fertility of land, crops, prices, wages, Indians, U.S. military forts and troops, anti-Mormon sentiment, Joseph Smith, and news of family and friends.Alvord, Clarence W. (1868-1928) and Idress Head (1873-1962), Collection, 1759-1962, (C0970)
21.2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Correspondence, writings, and collected materials of Alvord, professor of history at the universities of Illinois and Minnesota; and his wife, writer and former curator of the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis. The collection includes territorial documents and Ste. Genevieve records; LIBERTY TRIBUNE papers; Missouri state and county records; and Civil War and military papers.Anderson, Joseph, Family, Letters, 1873-1908, (C0199)
6 folder(s)
Letters in Swedish to an immigrant who settled in Buffalo, MO, with his brother. The letters are from relatives in Sweden and from a brother in Hermitage, Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan, giving early wages, positions, settlements, prices of voyages, crops, and farm animals. Also included is a Lutheran catechism and biblical reference sheet.Annual Conference Society of the Women's Department...M.E. Church, South, Records, 1889-1895, (C1373)
1 volume(s)
Constitution, by-laws, and minutes of meetings.Arcola Christian Church, Arcola, Missouri, History, 1982, (C0928)
1 folder(s)
Printed history of church located in Dade County, MO, compiled at time of the centennial celebration. Includes lists of members, ministers, and elders and deacons. Also contains photographs and reminiscences of church events by members.Armstrong, Orland Kay (1893-1987), Papers, (WUNP4881)
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194.75 linear feet
INVENTORY. PUBLICATION RESTRICTION. Correspondence, political and research files, and manuscripts of Missouri writer and politician; member of editorial staff of Reader's Digest; author of works on Baptist church, military history, slavery, religion, and communism; member of Missouri legislature, 1932-1936, 1942-1944, and U.S. Congress, 1951-1952.Atwood, Frank Ely (1878-1943), Papers, 1888-1943, (C3131)
21 linear feet
Correspondence, reports, case records, judicial opinions, speeches, articles, news clippings, pamphlets and books covering Atwood's professional and political careers and his work as an active layman in the Southern Baptist Church.Aulsbury Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, Bonne Terre, Missouri, Records, 1889-1944, (C2977)
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Record book of a church organized in 1889 in St. Francois County, by John Wood and W.R. Aulsbury. Record book contains membership lists, often including dates of baptism, death, or dismissal, and meeting minutes (1890-1933) dealing with the running of the church.Austin, R.A. (1835- ), Papers, (C2118)
1 folder(s)
Autobiography of the Reverend R.A. Austin, a Missouri Methodist minister and circuit rider. The Austin family's migration from Kentucky to Missouri, education, conversion, Civil War, Indians, trip West from Chillicothe, MO, to Montana, activities of Montana circuit ministers. Seven letters from Austin to his wife, 1859-1866.Bacon Chapel, Shelby County, Missouri, Account Book, 1870, (C3372)
1 folder(s)
Account book of money collected by Bacon Chapel church subscription and kept by William O. Lowman. Subscription was for a new building.Baird, Ray (1897-1982), Papers, 1897-1985, (C0749)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of a Missouri professional youth work director, 1925-1956; businessman, 1956-1974; and amateur band leader, 1974-1982. Includes personal papers, genealogical materials on the Baird family, diaries, correspondence, poetry, award presentations, photographs, and newspaper clippings.Barker Chapel Methodist Church, Benton County, Missouri, Records, 1893-1968, (C3717)
3 folder(s)
Includes four Sunday school record books for a church near Windsor. The dates for these books are 3 December 1893-27 August 1897, 24 October 1915-30 December 1917, 3 November 1935-28 July 1940, and 3 May-20 September 1942. Also includes photograph of Southwest Missouri Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South delegates, Warrensburg, MO, 1908, and brief church history written in 1968.Barnds, William Fletcher (1840-1926), Papers, 1900-1920, (C3444)
0.2 linear feet
The Barnds papers consist of an undated memoir and a scrapbook of a farmer who lived in St. Charles and Saline counties, MO. Barnds writes about early Methodism, his family before and after marriage, and the hardships of farm life.Barnes, Amanda Bingham (1821-1901), Will, 1900, (C2052)
1 folder(s)
Will exhorting children to live Christian lives and disposing of 120 acres of land originally granted to Henry V. Bingham.Barrett, Jesse William (1884-1953), Papers, 1905-1953, (C0009)
21.75 linear feet
Papers of a St. Louis lawyer and politician, attorney general of Missouri, Republican candidate for governor in 1936, commander of the Missouri Department of the American Legion, and president of the Missouri Bar Association. Also includes material about Methodist Episcopal Church, Culver-Stockton College, business and family, and Republican party.Barry County Baptist Association, Missouri, Annual Meeting Reports, 1885-1889, (C2978)
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Printed reports of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th meetings of the association. List of delegates, and membership statistics.Basye Family (1812-1960), Papers, 1812-1960, (C2505)
3.9 linear feet
Correspondence, personal papers, account books, photographs, church registers, and scrapbooks collected to establish the Basye family genealogy, primarily the John Walter Basye family of Pike County. SEE Otto Basye, THE BASYE FAMILY IN THE U.S., Kansas City, 1950. SHS Reading Room. F508,2B 299.Bell, John W., Record Book, 1820-1870, (C0232)
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List of books, including prayer book, Bible, theological works, grammars, foreign language dictionaries, Greek and Hebrew lexicons, the classics, and poetry; prices of books, clothing, and goods in the 1820s; tuition payments; allowances to children for furniture and sundries; and cash, 1832-1847.Bell, Ovid H. (1875-1953), Collection, 1824-1950, (C3805)
10 folder(s)
Papers of and materials collected by a Fulton, MO, resident relating to the history and residents of Callaway County. Comprises correspondence, copies of speeches and lectures given by Bell, and documents including a typescript 1849 diary, tax rolls, Callaway County Agricultural and Mechanical Society membership lists, and a regimental history and troop roster of Company B, 1st Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A.Bellflower Presbyterian Church, Bellflower, Missouri, Records, 1901-1952, (C1343)
1 volume(s)
Session minutes and church register.Benedict, H.B., Proclamation, 1853, (C2829)
1 folder(s)
Proclamation issued by H.B. Benedict, Mayor of Boonville, MO, July 16, 1853, forbidding the riotous and unlawful assemblies arising from the lectures of Billy Ross. Printed on cloth.Bentley Family Collection, 1818-1980, (C3042)
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Correspondence of Nancy V. Bentley, Jordan R. Bentley, and J. Marshall Bentley. Reminiscences of Jordan R. Bentley and material pertaining to Bentley and other allied families. Material on the Civil War in Chariton, Howard, and Cooper Counties, family and social life in the 1880s and 1890s and Chariton County history.Berry-Thomson-Walker Family, Papers, 1830-1893, (C0074)
0.2 linear feet
Biography of David Thomson, founder of Georgetown and Sedalia, MO; correspondence of his son, Milton T. Thomson, in Pettis County and California gold fields; James T. Walker and Charles W.C. Walker in Boonville, KY, and North Carolina; William and Thomas Berry's California gold mining expense accounts; and miscellaneous papers.Bethel Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1888-1982, (C1266)
0.1 linear feet
The records of the Bethel Baptist Church, founded in 1855, include a photocopy of the minute book, membership lists, church histories, and news clippings.Bethel Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Minutes, 1806-1867, (C1297)
2 volume(s)
Brief history of early Baptist settlers in the area, organization of the first church, constitution, rules of decorum, and record of the proceedings of the church. Two copies.Bethel Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Minutes, 1811, (C1298)
1 folder(s)
Excerpt from church minute book showing Baptist opposition to Freemasonry. Church member excluded for joining a Masonic lodge.Bethel Baptist Church, New London, Missouri, Records, 1840-1867, (C3032)
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Record book of Bethel Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes and member lists.Bethel Presbyterian Church, Audrain County, Missouri, Records, 1868-1981, (WUNP5537)
0.2 linear feet
Typed copies of the minutes of church meetings. Includes organization information, membership records, and other information.Bethlehem Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri, Records, 1877-1997, (C3701)
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Records of the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Florence, Morgan County, MO, consisting of membership lists, minutes of meetings, association letters, and miscellaneous records.BIBLE EXPOSITOR, 1860, (C0707)
1 folder(s)
One issue (August 24, 1860) of a religious bulletin published in Seneca Falls, NY.Big Bottom Baptist Church, Saline County, Missouri, Records, 1818-1829, (C2839)
1 folder(s)
Church record book, 5 September 1818-19 September 1829. Includes list of church members divided by sex and race, and information on building a meeting house; choosing delegates to attend association meetings; receiving, dismissing, excluding, and reprimanding members; and adopting a new "Articles of Faith." Typescript at top of each page.Blackwell, John A. (1834- ), Papers, 1852-1940, (C3732)
2.3 linear feet
Contains the correspondence, diaries, writings, Civil War papers, and medical practice records of a doctor from Bedford, IN, who later lived in Foristell and Wellsville, MO. Also included are family letters, Woman's Christian Temperance Union records, and a history of the Clover family.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.Blue River Baptist Association Record Book, 1834-1850, (C1303)
1 volume(s)
Records of the Blue River Baptist Association of Jackson, Johnson, and Lafayette Counties, MO, with abstract of principles, form of government, rules of decorum, and minutes of meetings of the association, including statistical records of members, evangelists' reports, and executive committee minutes.Blumhardt, The Reverend, Notebook, 1844, (C1455)
1 folder(s)
Account, in German, of the illness of Gottliebin Ditus, dictated to the Reverend W.F. Bek by Blumhardt, a noted faith-cure advocate.Bode Family, Papers, 1754-2004, (C3999)
7 linear feet
The collection contains the personal and professional papers of four generations of the Bode family, many of whom were ministers in the Evangelical Church Society of the West, now the United Church of Christ. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, sermons, publications, and publicity clippings.Boles, Ashleigh P. (1887-1976), Papers, 1886-1960, (C2431)
10 linear feet
Correspondence, photographs, and publications of horticultural agent and director of Agricultural Development Department of the Missouri Pacific Lines. Similar materials relative to his participation in short courses on railroad transportation of agricultural products; membership in Friends of the Land Society, Civitan Club, American Railway Development Association.Boonville Presbyterian Church, Boonville, Missouri, Records, 1838-1947, (C2981)
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Minutes of session meetings of ruling elders and membership and financial information of the Old School Presbyterian Church of Boonville. Includes lists of ministers, elders, deacons, clerks of session, members, communicants, and baptisms.Booth, Bertha, Papers, 1837-1953, (C3195)
5 folder(s)
Papers of John Boon; plat map and notes concerning Far West, MO; typed copies of evidence given in Joseph Smith's trial, and "Mormon Names in Caldwell County and Salt Lake," article written by Bertha Booth, n.d.Bosworth Memorial Library Bulletins, 1956, (C0740)
2 folder(s)
"A Supplementary Listing of the Theses Presented for Degrees from the College of the Bible [Lexington, KY] now in the Bosworth Memorial Library," and two copies of "A Listing of the Contents and Indexes of the Papers of Isaac Tipton, Reneau, Disciple Evangelist, Physician, Book Salesman, 1805-1885, now in the Bosworth Memorial Library."Botts-Lewis Family, Letters, 1837-1877, (C0213)
3 folder(s)
Letters from the Botts and Lewis families in Virginia to the Peyton and James Botts families in Missouri. Farm crops, operations, land conditions, prayer meetings, collection of debts, slave prices, family matters, and other miscellaneous topics.Brady, Thomas A. (1902-1964), Papers, 1951-1959, (C2273)
2 folder(s)
Correspondence and memorial pamphlet concerning the Jesse E. Wrench Memorial Fund, University of Missouri, 1958-1959. Lists of acquisitions of Western Historical Manuscripts Collection, 1951.Brady, Thomas A., Papers, (WUNP4891)
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Speeches and other files of vice-president of University of Missouri, mostly about Catholic Church and Catholic College student life.Breckenridge Family, Papers, 1750-1960, (C2530)
8 linear feet
Primarily of genealogical interest, the collection contains genealogical correspondence and information about the Breckenridges (Breckinridges) and related families, documents, pamphlets, letters, deeds, and photos. Compiled by James M. Breckenridge between 1900 and 1950. See f. 1 for detailed inventory of collection.Breckenridge, Clarence Edward (1877-1963), Papers, 1897-1960, (C1037)
0.2 linear feet
Family correspondence, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous typed notes on Breckenridge genealogy and the Breckenridges' historic role in early American and Missouri history. Related families, Presbyterian Church history. Majority of correspondence between Adella B. Moore, Herman F. Harris, and James M. Breckenridge.Brenneman Family, Letters, 1849-1888, (C0220)
2 folder(s)
Letters written by members of a Mennonite family. Family news, trip from Rocking County, VA, to Jasper County, MO, news of the community and rules for church converts.Brown, Andy J., Sand Run Church from April 1844 to 10-17-37, and Out at Old Sand Run, 1945-1955, (C1304)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of Old Sand Run Primitive Baptist Church, founded in 1815 as Upper Cuivre Baptist Church and called Old School Baptist Church at Sand Run after 1849. Located in Lincoln County, Missouri. Includes excerpts from church records and list of members.Brown, Andy J., Troy Presbyterian Church, 1946, (C1345)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of the Troy Church and how it was organized, including list of original members.Brown, Dwight H. (1887-1944), Letters, 1937-1940, (C0080)
0.3 linear feet
Correspondence, official and personal, of a Missouri secretary of state, regarding politics at all governmental levels, routine affairs of his office, events around his hometown of Poplar Bluff, MO, and religious activities. Collection is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. See also collection C2529.Brown, Dwight H. (1887-1944), Papers, 1928-1944, (C2529)
9.8 linear feet
Papers of Missouri secretary of state, 1932-1944. Arranged alphabetically by topics.Brown, Peter, A Brief History of the Tebo Association, 1855-1892, (C1325)
1 volume(s)
History of the Tebo Baptist Association, including names of the congregations belonging to it, minutes of meetings, and financial records.Brown, Peter, Memoirs, (C1930)
2 folder(s)
Pioneer work in the Baptist ministry of Missouri. Church associations, missionary work, preaching, conversions, and other Baptist ministers.Browne, Warren, 1892-1957, (C3454)
0.2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Original manuscript of TITAN VS. TABOO: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BENJAMIN SMITH and letters and materials used by Browne in writing his book about Smith, mathematician, philosopher, poet and Biblical critic.Brush Creek Presbyterian Church, Montgomery County, Missouri, Records, 1849-1944, (C1346)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of sessions; registers of baptisms; marriages and deaths; financial records; registers of elders and deacons; roll of communicants; and names from cemetery. The name of the church was changed from Bear Creek to Brush Creek in 1855.Bundy, S.G. (1836- ), Autobiography, 1912, (C2985)
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Autobiography of a farmer, pioneer, rural school teacher, Union soldier, and Methodist missionary and minister.Caldwell-Steele Family, Letters, 1823-1841, (C0243)
1 folder(s)
Three letters and one bill of sale for property. Letters concern the Caldwell family of Green County, KY, and their relatives, the Steele family of Callaway County, MO. Letters discuss education, politics, religion and local and personal news. Originals in the possession of Miss Dillard.Callao Methodist Church, Callao, Missouri, Centennial History, 1959, (C2915)
1 folder(s)
History of the church with list of pastors and prominent members, an account of some of the activities of the church, and a program of the centennial service, May 3, 1959.Callao Presbyterian Church, Callao, Missouri, Records, 1910-1937, (C1347)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of meetings and roll of members. Miscellaneous items also inserted in volume.Callison, Alberta, History of Kahoka, Missouri, 1936, (C3532)
1 folder(s)
Settlement, early houses, businesses, schools, churches and social customs of Kahoka, Clark County, MO.Calvary Episcopal Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1938-1959, (C2982)
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Parish registers containing records of communicants, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials. Church services books containing the date, place, and nature of services; attendance statistics; name of officiating clergy; and notes.Canaday, Dayton W., A Check List of Missouri Baptist Imprints, 1817-1850, (C2178)
1 folder(s)
History of Missouri Baptist and early newspapers. Short biographies of Joseph Charless, Joshua Norvell, Duff Green, and Nathaniel Patten, Jr. Bibliography of Missouri Baptist imprints.Cannon, Clarence (1879-1964), "The Harvey Book," 1957, (C0763)
1 folder(s)
Genealogy of the family of Ida Dawson Wigginton Cannon (Mrs. Clarence Cannon), beginning with Francis Harvey (1790-1860), who came to Lincoln County, MO, in the 1830s.Cannon, Clarence (1879-1964), Papers, 1896-1964, (C2342)
37.6 linear feet
124 volume(s)
Public and private papers of a Democratic congressman from Missouri's 9th District, 1932-1964. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topics and contains correspondence and other material relating to his life and congressional career.Carson, E.A., Marriage Records, 1837-1882, (C3095)
1 folder(s)
Records of marriages solemnized by the Rev. Mr. Carson, copied from original record in Savannah, MO. Includes names of bride and groom, date and location of wedding, payment received, and personal remarks.Carvill, George W., Letters, 1834-1868, (C2697)
8 folder(s)
Sixty-four letters written by Carvill, his wife and daughter to relatives in London from various places in the South, describing family and economic matters, Mexican War, Civil War, Oregon and Maine boundary disputes, and slavery.Catholic Churches, Ralls and Monroe Counties, Missouri, Records, 1833-1954, (C2973)
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Baptismal, confirmation, burial, and marriage records from St. Peter's, St. Joseph's, St. Paul's, and Immaculate Conception Catholic Churches in Ralls County and St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Monroe County. Records are incomplete.Catholic Union of Missouri, 17th State Convention, HISTORICAL SOUVENIR, 1909, (C2137)
1 folder(s)
Ralph Gregory's translation from German of excerpts from the HISTORICAL SOUVENIR of the 17th State Convention of the Catholic Union of Missouri. Arrival and names of the first German Catholics in Washington, MO, 1833. The church, mission and school of St. Francis Borgia Parish.Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Callaway County, Missouri, Minutes, 1821-1838, (C1306)
1 volume(s)
Organization, services and business meetings of church. Also two typed copies.Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Callaway County, Missouri, Minutes, 1821-1930, (C1307)
2 volume(s)
Contains deed to lot, memberships, beliefs, rules of decorum, constitution and minutes of church business meetings. Also included are xerox copies of indentures, surveys and other documents pertaining to early transactions between the church and individuals in the area,Center Presbyterian Church, Linn County, Missouri, Records, 1891-1914, (C1348)
1 volume(s)
Brief history of the church, session minutes, rolls of elders and deacons, roll of members, and roll of children baptized.Central College for Women, Lexington, Missouri, Records, (SUNP3019)
2 linear feet
Records of the Methodist women's college consisting of photographs, minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings, issues of the CENTRAL COLLEGE MAGAZINE, event programs, and financial and administrative records, 1870s-1920s.Central Gravois Baptist Church, Gravois Mills, Missouri, Records, 1881-1902, (C2918)
1 folder(s)
Names of new members and officers of the church.Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, Programs, 1887-1894, (C0621)
1 folder(s)
CENTRAL COLLEGIAN, 1891, 1894; constitution of the Phi Alpha Literary Society, 1887; program of the 20th anniversary of Aristotelian Society, 1889; 3rd annual preliminary contest between literary societies, 1892; commencement program, 1893.Central Missouri Pastoral Care Association, Records, (WUNP6107)
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. The Central Missouri Pastoral Care Association was organized in 1969 [originally the Mid-Missouri Chaplain Corporation] as a not-for-profit corporation to receive funds from local churches and help pay the salaries and other expenses associated with providing chaplain services to patients at the University Hospital and Mid Missouri Mental Health Center. Includes letters, handwritten notes, financial records, and other miscellaneous papers.Champion City United Methodist Church, Champion City, Missouri, Diamond Jubilee Papers, 1970, (C3186)
1 folder(s)
Includes historical compendium of the church published for its Diamond Jubilee celebration on 31 May 1970, a bulletin for the Jubilee Service of Song and Sermon, and the Covenant Service. A short history of the church, its pastors, long-time members, and building improvements.Charitan Ridge Baptist Church, Macon County, Missouri, History, 1965, (C3097)
1 folder(s)
History of the church building, its members, deacons and pastors; newspaper clipping from the CHRONICLE HERALD, Macon, MO. "Charitan Ridge Church Celebrates 100th Year," with pictures of the church.Chisholm, Donald H. (1917- ), Papers, 1972-1980, (C3708)
1 linear feet
Consisting primarily of correspondence relating to Donald Chisholm's chairmanship of the board of trustees of Park College, these papers contain information relating to the administration of a small liberal arts college in the Kansas City area during a period of financial crisis.Chomeau, Henri, Papers, 1869-1956, (C2252)
5 folder(s)
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellany concerning Chomeau, Roswell M. Field and Eugene Field, activities at the University of Missouri, and social gossip.Christian Church, Fulton, Missouri, Records, 1848-1888, (C0585)
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Membership, minutes of business meetings, minutes of Board of Officers' meetings, financial records, pledges, and assessments.Christian Civic Foundation of Missouri, Papers, 1948-1957, (C0978)
5 folder(s)
Copies of letters and clippings concerning the Christian Civic Foundation of Missouri, formerly called the Temperance League of Missouri. They deal primarily with the liquor issue raised in the Missouri gubernatorial race in 1956.Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1836-1986, (C0038)
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30 linear feet
Records of the first women's college chartered in Missouri, and one of first chartered west of the Mississippi River. Has undergone three name changes: Christian Female College (1851-1929), Christian College (1929-1970), and Columbia College (1970- ). Admitted men in 1969. Correspondence, catalogs, yearbooks, photographs, and financial records.Christian Temperance Union, Sedalia, Missouri, Record Books, 1878-1879, (C1073)
2 volume(s)
Temperance society organized in 1878. Vol. 1 Constitution and signers, 1878 Vol. 2 Record book, 1878-1879Church of Christ at Friendship, Boone County, Missouri, Record Book, 1837-1855, (C2372)
1 folder(s)
Record of membership of church located northwest of Brown's Station in Boone County, MO.Church of Christ, Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1913-1923, (C3838)
4 folder(s)
Records of the Church of Christ, Hallsville, Boone County, MO. The documents in the collection include information about baptisms, marriages, funerals, expenses, visiting preachers, and dismissals.Church of God, Antioch, Missouri, Records, 1869-1908, (C2899)
1 folder(s)
Membership roll and record of funerals. Also membership roll of the Church of God, at Mt. Nebo, MO.Church Women United in Missouri, Columbia Unit, Records, (WUNP5716)
1 linear feet
Addition of financial records, membership information, publications, and other records.Church Women United in Missouri, Columbia Unit, Records, 1945-1994, (WUNP5630)
2.6 linear feet
INVENTORY. Local and national organizational publications, newspaper clippings, membership lists, annual reports, calendars, project notes and reports, committee reports, and miscellaneous.Church Women United in Missouri, Papers, 1948-1976, (C0282)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of the state chapter of a national Christian women's ecumenical organization affiliated with the National Council of Churches. Includes constitutions and bylaws, minutes, annual and triennial reports, lists of officers, financial statements and budgets, correspondence, official histories, programs, proclamations, publicity materials, photographs, and clippings.Clapp, Ocran, Funeral Sermon, 1835, (C0709)
1 folder(s)
Sermon preached at Easthampton at the funeral of Ocran Clapp, who died in the snow December 15, 1835.Clark, Charles W., Papers, 1854-1911, (C0083)
0.6 linear feet
Letters of a Vermont Congregational minister to his wife, nee Harriet Lucretia Calton, describing several churches he served. Letters to him from his brother Edward P., who served in the Civil War and later was a traveling book salesman working out of St. Louis. Diaries and death records of the minister.Cleveland-Gillaspy Papers, 1849-1939, (C0105)
0.4 linear feet
Correspondence, legal papers, tax receipts, photographs, and miscellany of James C. Gillaspy and James Longstreet Cleveland of Boone County, MO. Includes minute book and constitution of Providence Speas (Spiritual, Physical, Educational and Social) Club, Providence, MO, an organization active during the 1930s.Cockrell, Ethlyn, Collection, 1846-1859, (C0254)
1 folder(s)
Letter from Trenton, MO, tells of journey from Kentucky, staking claims for homesteads, putting in crops; 300-400 Mormons in north Missouri on their way to California, and Missourians' feelings toward them; food prices. Land grant issued in 1859 to War of 1812 veteran for military services. Family history.Cold Water Baptist Church, St. Louis County, Missouri, Record Book, 1809-1871, (C1296)
1 volume(s)
Records of the Cold Water Baptist Church, 1809-1819; Baptist Church of Christ Friends to Humanity, 1834-1838; and Salem Baptist Church, 1841-1871; all on Cold Water in St. Louis County, MO.Cole, William C. (1897-1965), Papers, 1942-1947, (C0013)
8 linear feet
Correspondence of a Republican congressman from Missouri's 3rd District dealing with topics as varied as World War II, agriculture, legislation on labor and the atom bomb, education, foreign relations, immigration, flood control, labor, housing, socialized medicine, politics and the postal service.Collins, A. Loyd, "Mt. Olivet Church, A Century Old This Year," 1944, (C1313)
1 folder(s)
Historical sketch of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Henry County, MO.Collins, A. Loyd, "The Sprit of Bethel, 1806-1956," 1956, (C1299)
1 folder(s)
Historical pageant written for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist church in Missouri, Bethel Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau County. Also a printed program (4 pages).Collins, A. Loyd, Scrapbook, 1939, (C1394)
1 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, printed material, and U.S. Work Projects Administration Historical Records Survey of Missouri Baptists and the Baptists of Henry County. Each page has several layers of entries.Collins, Lewis, Letter, 1846, (C1989)
1 folder(s)
Requests Collins to provide him with a description of Bacon College and an article on the Christian Church and its ministers, for use in writing a history of Kentucky.Columbia Female Academy, Columbia, Missouri, Papers, 1841-1853, (C0572)
2 folder(s)
Includes an address delivered March 28, 1841, by the Rev. J.L. Yantis, at the examination of the pupils of Columbia Female Academy, and an 1853 catalogue.Columbia Industrial School, Columbia, Missouri, Minute Book, 1894-1910, (C0601)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of board meetings. Cover formation, operation, and finances of the school. Purpose of the school was to give young girls a means of gaining a livelihood by sewing or other appropriate work. School was organized and operated by church women.Columbus Christian Church, Columbus, Missouri, Records, 1853-1938, (C0716)
2 folder(s)
Copy of a history of the church, 1938, by Mrs. Hugh Simmerman. Also subscription lists, 1870 and 1883, and receipt, 1870.Combs, William R., Papers, 1846-1868, (C3942)
0.2 linear feet
The papers of Combs, a Baptist preacher in Kentucky in the mid-nineteenth century, consist of a journal describing his preaching and pastoral obligations, which was also used for financial transactions, recipes and cures. The papers also include sermon texts, essays, and legal papers.Committee For Free Choice Records, 1969-1982, (C3707)
3.2 linear feet
2 volume(s)
The Committee For Free Choice records (CFFC) consist of policy statements, correspondence, program plans, political lobbying information, and newsletters. CFFC is an affiliate of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). Much of the collection is information from NARAL and affiliates and related organizations.Community Presbyterian Church, Blake, Missouri, Records, 1924-1932, (C1344)
1 volume(s)
History, by-laws, and minutes of session meetings of the church, which was formed when Bethel and Prairie Valley churches merged.Concord Presbyterian Church, Callaway County, Missouri, Records, 1833-1935, (C1349)
1 volume(s)
Session minutes; history of the church, whose name was changed from Seven Mile Church in 1840; ministers, elders, and deacons; membership lists; and record of infant baptisms.Concordia Baptist Church, Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, Records, 1861-1922, (C3906)
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The records of the Concordia Baptist Church consist of minute books of the congregation and the sister society, and the constitution of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.Conley-Miller Family, Papers, 1792-1967, (C3693)
5.2 linear feet
3 volume(s)
Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, account books, ledgers, financial and personal records, genealogical materials, photographs, and miscellaneous items of the Conleys and Millers, prominent Boone County, MO, families.Cooperation of Christian Churches of Boone County, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2121)
1 folder(s)
Addition to records received earlier pertaining to Boone County Disciples of Christ churches - this group is the Convention of Christian Churches transactions. Xeroxed copies.Cooperation of Christian Churches of Boone County, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2071)
16 folder(s)
Minutes, programs, reports, correspondence of an organization of Disciples of Christ churches in Boone County, MO.Corder-Thomas Family, Papers, 1867-1961, (C3697)
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Diaries of Leslie Walker Corder, a Waverly, MO, farmer and civic leader; his wife Nellie Perry Buck Corder; and her aunt Susan Buck Cooper Thomas. Family letters, news clippings, and miscellaneous items. Routine entries about life in Waverly; weather statistics; farm and rental accounts; expense records; genealogies; and comments on building roads and railroads.Criss, C.V., Papers, 1894-1920, (C0246)
6 folder(s)
Papers concerned with the Sedalia District Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Criss was the district superintendent.Crooked Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Crawford County, Missouri, Records, 1871-1926, (C3718)
1 folder(s)
Church record book of the Crooked Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which began in Keysville and later moved to Steelville. The church was established in 1834 by John Dunlap, Reuben Vaughn, Mr. Keys, and several others. There are several large gaps in this material: 1880-1884, 1895-1902, 1913-1925, and a few smaller ones.Crouch, Kenneth E., Papers, 1951-1960, (C2207)
1 folder(s)
Miscellaneous church bulletins.Cuivre-Siloam Regular Baptist Association, Records, (SUNP2571)
0.2 linear feet
Minute book and typescript of the history of the organization.Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Nelson, Missouri, Records, 1891-1894, (C1875)
1 folder(s)
Four ledger sheets of church records dating from 24 May 1891 to 25 November 1894. Begins with the founding of the church in Nelson, Saline County, MO, by order of New Lebanon Presbytery with ruling elders from the Salt Fork Congregation. They organized a Presbyterian church known as the Nelson Congregation with the Reverend T.S. Love as pastor.Curtis, Winterton Conway (1875-1966), Papers, 1892-1962, (C2528)
2.5 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Correspondence, reprints, autobiographical notes, photographs and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri professor of zoology and dean of the College of Arts and Science. Also included is professional correspondence, 1904-1911, of George Lefevre, professor of zoology at the University of Missouri.Daniel, Henry Clay (1842-1925), Papers, 1846-1920, (C1002)
0.6 linear feet
Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, Civil War claims, printed materials, and account books.Davidson, Robert L., Jr. (1893-1968), Scrapbook, 1918, (C0869)
1 folder(s)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Davidson's experiences while a 1st Lieutenant during World War I. Also articles about Davidson's father, pastor of the First Baptist Church, who did YMCA work in France.Davis, Ernest A. (1896-1990), Papers, 1846-1990, (C2606)
0.3 linear feet
Personal papers of Davis consisting of letters sent by Davis to his mother Gertrude while he was in the army during World War I. Photographs depict him and his family, and group photographs of Davis's army units. Two volumes of church records document the Providence Baptist Church in Johnson County, Missouri. Other records document the genealogy of Davis's family through newspaper clippings and a photocopy of family records.Davis, John E., Fifty Years at William Jewell College, 1903-1953, (C2708)
3 folder(s)
An informal history of the growth and changes at William Jewell College, Liberty, MO.Davis-Hughes Family, Papers, 1842-1963, (C0834)
3 folder(s)
Papers of two Missouri families represented by William Thompson Davis and his brother-in-law, Joseph Taylor Juan Hughes. Collection consists mainly of Davis' letters, his diploma, and a program from the Davis Institute. Also includes genealogical material.Dearing, Fred Morris (1879-1963), Papers, 1897-1961, (C2926)
22.4 linear feet
Memoirs, editorial notes, newsclippings, personal and general correspondence, bills, and receipts, original poetry, essays, short stories, and a collection of annotated books of a career diplomat.Dearmont, Russell L. (1891-1967), Papers, 1929-1965, (C2665)
72 linear feet
Personal, business, and family correspondence of a St. Louis lawyer and Democratic politician who was counsel and later president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and was active in civic affairs.Dillman, Samuel Rodgers, Papers, 1890-1995, (C0046)
4 linear feet
Correspondence, bills, receipts, clippings, pamphlets, catalogues and scrapbooks of a Methodist minister. Dillman held pastorates in St. Louis, where he did settlement house work; several southwestern Missouri towns; and Berwyn, NE. Papers cover periods of Missouri ministry.Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas Records, 1576-1803, (C2967)
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Ecclesiastical affairs and finances; parish census reports; assignment and transfer of priests; accounts of Cathedral of St. Louis, New Orleans; grants of indulgences; Charity Hospital accounts; royal and papal decrees; baptism, marriage, funeral, and death records; parish inventories; accounts of various proceedings. The collection is calendared on roll 1.Disciples of Christ State Convention Minutes, 1845, (C2138)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of the state meeting of the Missouri Churches of Jesus Christ held in Columbia, October 17 and 18, 1845. List of the ministers present, the congregations represented, and those represented in 1844 but not in 1845.Douglass, William, Appointment, 1809, (C1447)
1 folder(s)
Appointment as a deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church by Francis Asbury, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America.Draffen, Mrs. Charley W., "The First Hundred Years at Freedom Church, Morgan County, Missouri," 1944, (C1309)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of the church, including early members and pastors. Copy of an article appearing in the Versailles, MO, STATESMAN, August 1944.Drake, Charles D. (1811-1892), Autobiography, 1811-1867, 1879, (C1003)
1 linear feet
Autobiography of a lawyer, U.S. senator from Missouri, radical Republican, and principal author of the Missouri State Constitution of 1865, the "Draconian Code."Drake, Charles D. (1811-1892), Papers, 1859-1860, (C3570)
1 folder(s)
Speech of Drake in Missouri House of Representatives on a "Sunday" bill which he introduced. Letter to M.C. Goodlet from Drake regarding Aikman Welch's opposition to the bill.Dry Fork Church of Primitive Baptists, Lake Spring, Missouri, Records, 1898-1966, (C3053)
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Membership records and minutes of a Regular Primitive Baptist church founded in August 1898 and dissolved in February 1966. Included are the Articles of Faith and the Rules of Decorum. Membership information relates date and means of entry into the church and birth and death dates. The minutes record business matters, sermon topics, songs, attendance, and officers.Duncan, Chapel, Shelby County, Missouri, Record Books, 1882-1936, (C2485)
3 volume(s)
Vol. 1 Building fund pledges for Duncan, Morris and Lowman Chapels, Shelby County, 1883. Vol. 2 Duncan Chapel church register, 1890-1899. Vol. 3 Church conference record, 1905-1936.Eldad Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5484)
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Record book, 1832-ca. 1851; record book, ca. 1832-1933; 1843 indenture; and HISTORY OF THE ELDAD CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, n.d.Elmwood Seminary, Farmington, Missouri, Records, 1911-1914, (C0602)
7 folder(s)
Account and record books, papers, and correspondence of a Presbyterian girl's school.Elwang, William W. (1865-1938), Papers, 1889-1939, n.d., (C1398)
0.25 linear feet
The Elwang Papers consist of a scrapbook and the papers of a Presbyterian minister who was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MissouriEnglish, William T., Papers, 1860-1889, (C0312)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of the semi-centennial meeting of the Little Bonne Femme Baptist Association, 1889. Promissory notes and receipts, 1860, 1876, 1888. Printed broadside by J.R. Brandon, Fulton, MO, on "The asylum investigation during Governor Stephens' tenure of office."Eppstein, Elias, "Kansas City Diary," 1880-1883, (C2733)
9 folder(s)
Kansas City portion of Rabbi Eppstein's diary. Comments on Jewish life in a city at this time, national and international events, and daily activities of rabbi.Evangelical Bethel Congregation, Concordia, Missouri, Records, 1872-1947, (C1292)
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3 folder(s)
The records of the Evangelical Bethel Congregation consist of minutes of congregational meetings, church constitutions, membership lists, and other church records. Recorded primarily in German, an English translation of the records is included in the collection. These records are part of the German Heritage Archives.Farwell, John Villiers (1825-1908), Letter, 1880, (C2762)
1 folder(s)
To Spafford, from Chicago, Mar. 4, 1880. Letter expressing sympathy on the death of his son and desire to talk with him about church matters. Typewritten copy of letter included.Fike, Henry C. (1832-1919), Diaries, 1851-1919, (C2215)
0.1 linear feet
43 volume(s)
Diaries written by Fike while a student in McKendree College, IL; while a soldier in the Civil War; and about his migration to and life in Warrensburg, MO, and his work in Kansas City, MO, and various cities in the West.First Baptist Church, Clinton, Missouri, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Minutes, 1895-1909, (C1308)
1 volume(s)
Constitution; minutes of meetings, 1859-1909; clippings; lists of members; and financial records of the Society, first organized in 1875.First Baptist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1823-1872, (C3617)
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Minutes and chronological register.First Baptist Church, Versailles, Missouri, Minutes, 1868-1896, (C3008)
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Minutes of the First Baptist Church of Versailles, MO.First Baptist Church, Walker, Missouri, Records, 1948-1975, 1993, (C3947)
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Records of the First Baptist Church of Walker, Vernon County, MO.First Christian Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1824-1997, (C3991)
16.75 linear feet
The church records include minutes of administrative boards and committees, ministers' and administrators' papers, papers of the Christian Student Congregation, publications, the Bear Creek Church record book, the record book of the Construction Committee, and papers of several affiliated clubs and committees. Documents especially cover the period from the 1920s to 1964. In addition, this collection contains drafts and notes by Mary K. Dains for her history of the First Christian Church published in 1996. Her research includes interview recordings with church members.First Christian Church, Independence, Missouri, Centennial History, 1935, (C1331)
1 volume(s)
Brief historical sketch of the church, and program for the celebration held on July 4, 1935.First Christian Church, Independence, Missouri, Minutes, 1835-1845, (C1332)
1 volume(s)
Church minutes and membership records.First Christian Church, Jefferson City, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2952)
0.4 linear feet
Board meeting and cabinet meeting minutes, 1986-1991.First Christian Church, Moberly, Missouri, Records, 1869-1903, (C1087)
1 volume(s)
Record book contains information related to early church history and membership, including names of members and dates for marriages and deaths. Other entries include an extensive list of those who became members after S.M. Martin's 1890 revival meeting and the church's position in an adultery case. Church minutes for 1879 to 1903.First Congregational Church, California, Missouri, Record Book, 1867-1883, (C2484)
1 folder(s)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of the sabbath meetings of the church from May 11, 1867, to June 4, 1883, when the congregation disbanded to unite with the Presbyterian Church.First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Missouri, Presbyterian Women, Records, (WUNP5147)
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Minutes, annual reports, histories, clippings, photographs and other records of the organization. Includes histories and programs of the church.First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1828-1965, (C2308)
0.2 linear feet
6 volume(s)
Record books contain minutes of session, 1828-1926, church members, communicants, church officers, ministers, baptism, marriage and death records. Papers taken from 1893 church cornerstone, Tenth and Broadway, Columbia, MO. 1964 reports of the Church Cornerstone Committee, 1964-1965.First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Missouri, Session Book, 1828, (C0715)
1 folder(s)
First pages of record book of newly organized church.First Presbyterian Church, Independence, Missouri, Records, 1936-1948, (C1874)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of Cumberland Presbyterian Church traces major events from founding in 1826 to 1865, when church records were lost. Alphabetical list of church members, both black and white, from 1865. List of pastors to 1897. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church merged with the First Presbyterian Church in 1913.First Presbyterian Church, Laclede, Missouri, Records, 1866-1888, (C1350)
1 volume(s)
Organization of the church and minutes of sessions.First Presbyterian Church, Laclede, Missouri, Records, 1866-1911, (C1351)
1 volume(s)
Organization, covenant, and beliefs; statistics on membership.First Presbyterian Church, St. Charles, Missouri, Membership List, 1818-1849, (C1364)
1 volume(s)
Name, date received and by what means, and remarks about what happened to people, including deaths, moves, dismissions, and marriages.First Presbyterian Church, St. Charles, Missouri, Session Minutes, 1840-1864, (C1365)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of session meetings of the church.Flanery, Marion Orval, "The History of My Family," 1962, (C3587)
1 folder(s)
Homesteading in Jackson County, MO, and Stratton, CO; wagon trains; Baptist churches; Civil War battle and aftermath in Jackson County; Flanery and McQueary family genealogists.Freedom Sunday School, Morgan County, Missouri, Membership List, n.d., (C1370)
1 folder(s)
Lists of male and female students and teachers.Freedom United Baptist Church, Montgomery County, Missouri, Records, 1824-1868, (C3364)
1 folder(s)
Church record book dating from 1824 to 1868. Includes the rules of decorum, the covenant, a list of members, reports of the monthly meetings, description of the welcoming of new members, raising money by subscription to build a church, and decisions on church membership. Includes a typed index done by the donor.Freedom Zion Methodist Church, Concordia, Missouri, Records, 1851-1920, (C3907)
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1 folder(s)
The records of the Freedom Zion Methodist Church consist of the quarterly annual conference minutes of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.Freeman, R.W., Papers, 1960-1961, (C3784)
1 folder(s)
Includes a letter to Freeman from Lafayette Moore of the Pershing Park Association in Laclede, MO, and a proposed budget for the Carroll County, MO, Baptist Association.Friede, Meyer, Speeches, 1860-1861, (C3297)
1 folder(s)
Speech delivered in the House of Representatives regarding the slavery question and speech in answer to insult by Mr. Claiborne against the Jews.Friedens United Church of Christ, Warrenton, Missouri, Record Books, 1868-1967, (C3631)
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Record books of the Friedens Evangelical Church, Warrenton, MO, and the Bethany Evangelical Church, Pendleton, MO. The two merged to become the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, later renamed the Friedens United Church of Christ. The Friedens Church was organized in 1877, but the record book has entries dating from 1868. The earliest record in the Bethany book is for 1910.Friendship and Swedeborg Baptist Churches, Pulaski County, Missouri, Histories, n.d., (C3504)
1 folder(s)
May Gan Cox recalls the organization of Friendship Church, its first members and preachers. J.S. Zumwalt tells of the origin and history of the Swedeborg Church in a letter to a friend, Virgil.Friendship Christian Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1837-1928, (SUNP1086)
3 volume(s)
Lists of members and data of Friendship Church, Sunday School and Christian Woman's Board of Missions.Fristoe Family, Papers, 1812-1867, (C0317)
3 folder(s)
Letters of the Fristoe family, who came to Missouri from Stafford County, VA. Two were written by a soldier to his sister during the War of 1812. Notes were made by the donor.Fristoe, Thomas (1796-1872), Papers, 1827-1903, (C1006)
5 folder(s)
Correspondence, family papers, miscellaneous legal papers, accounts, and record books of Thomas Fristoe, a Baptist clergyman in Chariton, MO. Tax receipts of Jordan Bentley, 1848-1871. Record book of marriages performed by Thomas Fristoe, 1827-1871.Fritts, Stella, Papers, n.d., (C3528)
2 folder(s)
A native of Sedalia, MO, Mrs. Fritts tells about her family and gives her views on politics and religion.Gage, Matilda Joslyn (1826-1898), WOMAN, CHURCH & STATE, 1893, (C3598)
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Book by president of Woman's National Liberal Union in which she portrays Christianity as degrading to women because it teaches that they are inferior to men and are responsible for bringing sin into the world.Galena Christian Church, Galena, Missouri, Records, 1887-1964, (C3820)
2 folder(s)
Records of Galena Christian Church in Stone County, MO. The materials consist of membership lists, vital statistics information, and correspondence concerning membership in other churches. The records are incomplete and appear to have been transferred from other record books.Gammon, William J., "History of Jackson, Missouri, Presbyterian Church," n.d., (C3015)
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History of the Jackson, MO, Presbyterian Church. Includes biographies and photographs of church pastors, elders, and deacons, and information on organizations within the church.Gano, John Allen, Family, Papers, 1794-1948, (C0065)
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1.2 linear feet
Correspondence of Elder John Gano of Bourbon County, KY, an evangelist in the early Disciples of Christ Church. The papers also include accounts and bills, advertisements, circulars, publications, and a diary describing his conversion, baptism, and life as a preacher.Garr, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Slusher (1844-1927) and Alice (1866-1957), Papers, 1875-1896, 1991, (C3987)
0.2 linear feet
The Mollie and Alice Garr Papers consist mostly of letters written from 1875 to 1896 by a mother and daughter from Lafayette County, Missouri, to relatives in Virginia -- primarily to William Benjamin Plunkett of Greene County. Also included are photocopies of various explanatory materials, such as obituaries, death certificates, printed articles, and genealogical lists of the Garr and Slusher families, compiled by the donor of the papers in 1991.Gasconade River Association of the United Baptist Church, Record Book, 1847-1885, (C3010)
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Record book of the Gasconade River Association of the United Baptist Church. Includes minutes and member information.Geiger, Louis G. (1913-2002), Papers, (WUNP5286)
1 volume(s)
Addition of one research paper entitled "The Jazz Age in Cooper County, MO: The 1920s."Geiger, Louis G. (1913-2002), Papers, (WUNP5051)
0.1 linear feet
Two typescript histories; St. John's German Evangelical Church (Cooper County, MO), 1855-1930 and Billingsville, MO, 1880-1930.Geiger, Louis G. (1913-2002), Papers, (WUNP5169)
0.2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to histories relating to Billingsville, MO; Cooper County; and the St. John's Evangelical Church in Billingsville.George, B. James (1896-1975), Collection, 1832-1965, (C3361)
2.2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Correspondence and clippings regarding Jesse James, Cole Younger, and Homer Croy. Also minute books and histories of churches in Jackson County, and a three-volume history of the George family.George, B. James, (1896-1975), Collection, 1887-1975, (C3564)
2.6 linear feet
16 volume(s)
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, diaries, and bound material on the George family, Quantrill, William H. Gregg, and civil rights, compiled and authored by a native of Jackson County, MO, whose father served in the Civil War under Quantrill.German English Evangelical Friedens Church, Hamburg, Missouri, Records, 1920-1940, (C0748)
2 folder(s)
Records of the German English Evangelical Friedens Church, Hamburg, MO, consisting of an undated church history and record books from the years 1920 to 1940. The record books contain the church constitution, membership records, cash receipt accounts, expenditure and collection records, minutes of directors meetings and annual meetings, and the cemetery fund records.German Stewartsville Branch, RLDS, Stewartsville, Missouri, Records, 1877-1908, (C3054)
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Record book of church in DeKalb County organized on April 25, 1877. Contains records of membership, ordinations, children blessed, and marriages. Protocols or minutes of business meetings are in German. Includes English transcripts of the protocols.Gillaspie, William R., Papers, 1851-1886, (C0679)
1 folder(s)
Letter from James C. Hamilton of Fulton, MO, to his brother William in Washington City, IA. He talks of the weather, crops, the prosperity of the country, a revival meeting and their need of a preacher. Brief biography of Ben Butler, legislator, governor, Union general, senator, and presidential candidate, who ran as a Republican, Democrat, and Greenback.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.Glenstead Methodist Church, Glenstead, Missouri, Minutes, 1893-1896, (C1341)
1 folder(s)
Excerpts from minutes of quarterly conferences.Goshen Primitive Baptist Church, Wilton, Missouri, Minute Book, (SUNP2674)
0.4 linear feet
Photocopy. Church minutes from 1832 to 1888.Gottlieb, Laura Morrison, Papers, (WUNP5466)
1.7 linear feet
INVENTORY. A historical and sociological study of the people and institutions of California, MO, conducted by Gottlieb, ca. 1934. Includes survey forms, statistical summaries, a manuscript based upon the findings, and a photograph of Gottlieb, ca. 1940.Grace Episcopal Church, Jefferson City, Missouri, Records, 1840-1952, (C3013)
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Records of the Grace Episcopal Church of Jefferson City, MO, dating from 1840 to 1952. The records contain the parish registry, which includes various types of church records, as well as minute books for the church vestry.Grand Prairie United Baptist Church, Callaway County, Missouri, Minutes, 1843-1868, (C1310)
1 volume(s)
Record book of the church, containing the constitution, covenant, rules of decorum, and minutes of the business meetings.Grandview Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, (SUNP3043)
1 volume(s)
Addition of a compilation of a church history, historical sketches, biographical sketches, photographs, anecdotes, membership lists, and other materials related to the church.Grandview Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1870-1963, (C3049)
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Record books containing monthly reports of the church business meetings, 22 January 1870 to 6 March 1963. This country church faithfully recorded its religious activities, pastors, financial transactions, membership, mission contributions, and social gatherings.Grandview Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1870-1994, (SUNP3051)
1 linear feet
Addition of church record books, 1870-1994. NOTE: Records for the 1870-1963 period have already been microfilmed, collection C3049.Graves, David William (1837-1918), Autobiography, 1916, (C0158)
3 folder(s)
Autobiography of a Montgomery County, MO, farmer, schoolteacher, and Baptist missionary and minister. Donor-compiled index included.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.Greene County Baptist Association, Minutes, 1873-1908, (C3012)
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Minutes of the Greene County Baptist Association. Contains lists of members.Hagerman-Hayden Papers, 1852-1893, (C0110)
0.6 linear feet
Letters and papers of an Alexandria, MO, lawyer; a Keokuk, IA, student at Academy of Visitation, St. Louis, MO; and a music student in Oberlin, OH.Hall, Thomas B., " History of the Memorial Presby. Church & the Experiment Farm of Napton, MO," 1944, (C0771)
1 folder(s)
Pamphlet giving history of the T.A. Smith family and farm in Saline County, the Memorial Presbyterian Church, Napton, MO, and other hamlets in Saline County.Haller, Emanuel Carl, Papers, 1881-1943, (C3250)
4 folder(s)
Letters, documents, and photos concerning church matters and the funeral of Emanuel Haller. Most of the letters are in German.Hannibal Presbytery, Synod of Missouri, Records, 1833-1954, (C1362)
1 volume(s)
Records of the Hannibal Presbytery, formed in 1923 from the presbyteries of Salt River, McGee, and Kirksville. Pages 1-239 contain the records of the Salt River Presbytery; pages 240-460, of the Hannibal Presbytery.Hardin, Charles Henry (1820-1892), Papers, 1842-1892, (C0111)
0.1 linear feet
Hardin was a lawyer, governor of Missouri, 1874-1876, and founder of Hardin College in Mexico, MO. Collection includes correspondence with wife and friends, essays, speeches, unofficial reports, law notebook, legal cases in Boone, Callaway, Macon, and Randolph Counties, and diary of Mary Hardin, 1854-1856 and 1859.Harman, Moses (1830-1910), Papers, 1858-1984, (C3802)
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13 folder(s)
Papers of Moses Harman, founder and publisher of LUCIFER, THE LIGHT-BEARER, later the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EUGENICS. He was a proponent of women's rights and the eugenics movement during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Includes typescript copies of a speech and articles by Harman, a photograph, articles about Harman, and issues of LUCIFER, THE LIGHT-BEARER, 1896-1907.Harmony Church, Warren County, Missouri, Records, 1843-1919, (C3072)
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Record book of a German Lutheran Evangelical Church established in 1842. Includes transcriptions from other records, 1843-1881; and original records, 1881-1919. Includes birth, christening, confirmation, marriage, and death records.Harmony Mission Annual Reports, 1825-1827, (C1731)
1 folder(s)
Annual reports to Secretary of War James Barbour from Nathaniel B. Dodge, superintendent, on the Indian School at Harmony Mission, Great Osage Nation. Reports on teachers and other personnel, number of students, amount of Missouri property, expenses, receipts, progress of students, health, and Indian relations.Harris Family, Photographs, c. 1880s-1960s, (C2415)
1 linear feet
Photographs of family, friends, employers, church, and schools collected by Julia Warren Harris. Two folders contain postcards, a few letters, and announcements. The collection is a vivid portrait of black family and social life in Boone County, MO.Harryman, Eugene, Papers, n.d., (C3501)
1 folder(s)
History of Weaubleau Congregational Christian Church and Weaubleau Christian College, 1867-1960, in Weaubleau, MO.Hawkins Family, Papers, 1835-1879, (C0332)
2 folder(s)
Miscellaneous letters discuss the Mormon conflict in 1838 and prices, weather, and family news from California and Texas.Hay, Charles Martin (1879-1945), Papers, 1919-1933, (C0039)
7 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Correspondence, legal cases, speeches, clippings, and political material of a St. Louis attorney, politician, prohibitionist, and leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Several cases concern prohibition enforcement or lead companies in southeastern Missouri. Hay was three times an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator.Hebron Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Minutes, 1829-1878, (C1311)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of meetings of the church, including official action taken on matters brought before it and the admission and dismissal of members. Also miscellaneous personal material of various recorders.Heinrich, C., pub. "The Experiences....of the Stephanites who emigrated from Saxony, 1839," n.d., (C2085)
1 folder(s)
Journey of the Stephanites from Saxony to St. Louis, 1838, and settlement in Perry County, 1839. Difficulties of ocean voyage to New Orleans and riverboat travel to St. Louis. Economic conditions, prices, religious beliefs, organization of colony, and impressions of Martin Stephan.Henry, Ethelda, Genealogical Collection, 1671-1988, (C3881)
34.6 linear feet
Family histories and genealogies of Boone County and central Missouri families. The collection also includes cemetery, census, marriage, school, and will records; Bible and church records and histories; clippings, photographs, and source materials; and family genealogical correspondence.Herndon, Archelaus, Record Book, 1830-1859, (C0876)
1 folder(s)
Records of the Baptist Missionary Society of Goochland, VA. Genealogy of Archie Perkins family, beginning in 1760. List of Negroes belonging to James Herndon. Archelaus Herndon lived in Carrollton, MO.Hickman Family, Papers, 1827-1890, (C1009)
0.3 linear feet
Business accounts and receipts, tax receipts, correspondence, legal papers, deeds, and church repair pledge lists.Hickman-Bryan Papers, 1796-1920, (C0045)
2.8 linear feet
Papers of two families named Hickman, one of Boone County, MO, the other of Alexandria, LA. Related by marriage, the families had business dealings in slaves, agriculture, and livestock. Papers of the Bryan family, related to the Boone County Hickmans by marriage are also in this collection.Higdon, Barbara, Papers, n.d., (C0717)
2 folder(s)
Oral interviews with Herbert Case, Arthur B. Phillips, and Elbert A. Smith concerning the Reformed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Hill, Albert Ross (1869-1943), Papers, 1914-1930, (C0116)
0.3 linear feet
Papers and correspondence pertaining to presidency of University of Missouri. Typed articles, committee reports, and minutes of faculty and board of curators' meetings. Clippings and correspondence pertaining to Red Cross work in Greece.Hinrichs, Charles F. (1828-1902), Papers, 1862-1902, (C0335)
MICROFILM
Papers and records of a German American who lived in Cape Girardeau and Butler Counties in Missouri. Records concern Hinrich's Civil War service in Company L, 10th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. Other papers document his agricultural interests, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and his efforts to establish a German colony at Carola, Butler County, MO.Holt, Ivan Lee (1886-1967), Papers, 1835-1966, (C2553)
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8 linear feet
Papers of Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop and a leader of the ecumenical movement. The papers contain correspondence, speeches and sermons, church records, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, and audio recordings of addresses by Holt. Also included are the papers of Eugene Russell Hendrix, a Methodist bishop from Missouri.Holt, Ivan Lee, Jr. (1913-1997), Papers, 1937-1981, (C0823)
11.25 linear feet
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other papers relating to the career of Holt, a circuit judge in St. Louis, MO. Contains material concerning his activities in the American Bar Association including the Section of Judicial Administration; the National College of State Trial Judges; the National Probation and Parole Association; the Methodist Church; and other charitable, legal, and religious organizations.Holter, Don Wendell, "The Beginning of Protestantism in Trans-Missouri," 1934, (C1120)
1 volume(s)
Ph.D. dissertation prepared at the University of Chicago in the Department of Church History.Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Macon County, Missouri, Records, 1854-1903, (C3827)
1 folder(s)
Record book of the Hopewell Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Kirksville Presbytery; includes information on the organization of the church, minutes, and membership lists.Hopewell Sabbath School Papers, 1825, (C0566)
1 folder(s)
Constitution of the Belleview Sunday School Society, Washington County, MO, of which the Hopewell Sabbath School was a member. List of subscribers to the school, rules and regulations, membership in each of the schools of the Belleview Society, list of books used, and attendance and achievement records of pupils.Howard, Guy, "Walkin' Preacher of the Ozark Mountains," 1940, (C0120)
0.2 linear feet
Original draft of autobiography of a rural preacher and teacher of southern Missouri. Describes family and social life of the hill people, rural churches and communities, and a transient camp near Branson, MO.Howdeshell Family, Papers, 1831-1839, (C1961)
1 folder(s)
Miscellaneous legal documents.Hubble Family, Papers, 1833-1937, (C0121)
0.35 linear feet
Letters and documents collected by Janie Hubble while compiling the family history. Family names include Morehead, Jones, Turner, Massey, and Hubble.Hughes, Rachel Wall, Papers, 1823-1893, (C0331)
3 folder(s)
Letters and a court order appointing Elizabeth Gross administratrix of an estate in 1823. The letters are from Virginia, Ohio, California, and Missouri. They comment on politics, religion, home life, and lead mining in California.Hume, John Robert, World War I Diary, 1917-1918, (C2084)
1 folder(s)
Hume was an army surgeon with the 23rd U.S. Infantry Medical Detachment in the Second Division, A.E.F. Diary, September 6, 1917-February 14, 1918, describes the war in France, medical facilities and staff, troops, battles, living conditions and ra tions, German submarine and troop maneuvers, and John J. Pershing.Hyde, Arthur Mastick (1877-1947), Papers, 1913-1954, (C0007)
20.8 linear feet
Papers of a Republican governor of Missouri, 1921-1925 and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-1933, consisting of correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs, and personal items. Major topics include agriculture, conservation, roads, Republican politics, labor disputes, law enforcement, prohibition, and Missouri state institutions and politics.Hyde, E. Clarendon, Papers, (WUNP5726)
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Sermons delivered by Hyde, a minister of the Episcopal Church, and a few copies of sermons collected by Hyde. Addition of personal correspondence, subject files related to the Episcopal Church, race relations and civic affairs in Columbia, MO, the University of Missouri, and miscellaneous material; 1940s-1990s.Hyde, Ira B. (1838-1926), Papers, 1856-1924, (C2406)
0.4 linear feet
School, speech, law and political materials of Ira B. Hyde, a Princeton, MO, lawyer who attended Oberlin College and was prosecuting attorney for Mercer County, congressman (1873-1874), and a promoter of railroads and banks.Interfaith Council, Columbia, Missouri, Papers, 1969-1977, (SUNP2262)
3 folder(s)
Minutes and membership lists of an organization formerly called the Columbia Council of Churches.Irwin, William Laird, Letter, 1859, (C2099)
1 folder(s)
To J[ohn] W. Simonton, [Mifflinburg, PA], from Richwoods, [MO], June 9, 1859. A recent immigrant from Pennsylvania, Irwin wrote his brother-in-law about Missouri. He discussed the prices of land, grain, stock, and provisions, the abundance of game and water, neighbors and friends, education, and religion.Jesse, Richard Henry (1853-1921), Papers, 1871-1932, (C3806)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of a professional educator and president of the University of Missouri, 1891-1908. Includes correspondence, school records, biographical materials, and manuscript copies of speeches and articles.John, Hurst (1911-1979), Papers, 1946-1979, (C3850)
16.8 linear feet
Papers of a Columbia, MO, architect who established the architectural firm of Hurst John and Associates. The papers include client files, correspondence, architectural drawings, blueprints, photographs, and miscellaneous material.Johnson, O.R. (1887-1966), Papers, 1910-1959, (C3483)
25.4 linear feet
Professional and administrative correspondence related to the departments of Farm Management and Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, and civic and personal correspondence. See also collection 10, Agricultural Economics Department Papers, 1906-1966.Johnston, T.A. (1848- ), Speeches, 1872, 1933, (C0573)
2 folder(s)
"The Party Spirit," given at the University of Missouri commencement, June 11, 1872. "The Church of my Childhood," given at the Presbyterian church, Boonville, MO, April 12, 1933. Johnston was on the faculty of Kemper Military School.Kahoka Methodist Church, Papers, 1962, (C3377)
1 folder(s)
History of church compiled for its 100th anniversary by Alma Bridget; fragment of copy of letter from F.F. Audsley to his wife.Karsch, Robert F., Papers, (WUNP5462)
4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Materials relating primarily to sacred music for organ. Includes original music and arrangements by Karsch and records of his performances. Karsch, a professor of political science at UMC, also authored the music for "Fight Tiger" in 1946.Kasten, Mrs. John H., "History of the First Apple Creek Presbyterian Church," 1933, (C2912)
1 folder(s)
History of the church, its members, ladies' group, cemetery and Sunday school, with a list of ministers, elders, and deacons.Kaufman, Harold F. (1911-1990), Papers, ca. 1925-1983, (C3986)
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175 linear feet
The Harold F. Kaufman Papers consist of correspondence, projects and studies, course materials, and manuscript of a professor of sociology at Mississippi State University.Keeton, Henry R. (1812-1890?), Memoir, 1880, (C2684)
1 folder(s)
Recounts his religious experiences and association with Methodist churches of Audrain County, and Mexico, MO. Describes Civil War split in church.Kendrick, M. Slade (1894- ), Papers, 1951-1973, (C0628)
9 folder(s)
Letters written to a professor of agricultural economics at Cornell University by his friend, the poet John G. Neihardt (1884-1973), and related items.Keyes, Willard (1792-1861), Journal, 1817-1855, (C2748)
3 folder(s)
Travel to Wisconsin and Illinois from Newfane, Windham County, VT, 1817-1820; occupations and experiences on frontier; description of Indians, wilderness, logging operations on Mississippi and Black Rivers; travel from Quincy, IL, to New England by stage, boat, and train with itemized account of expenses, 1852.King, George, Papers, 1778-1924, (C0125)
5 folder(s)
A copy book containing family records; family correspondence concerning slaves, religion, and family genealogy; legal papers; history of Suggett Family of Virginia; newspaper, 1778; and other miscellaneous items.Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Public Address Notice, 1969, (C3335)
1 folder(s)
Lists sermon topics for Sunday services and gives brief statements pertaining to them.Kingsbury, Lilburn A. (1884-1983), Collection, 1816-1983, (C3724)
14.5 linear feet
The personal papers and collected materials of Lilburn A. Kingsbury of Howard County, MO. Kingsbury was an insurance agent, farmer, orchardist, bank clerk, local historian, writer, genealogist, musician, and antique collector.Kramer, Herbert G., "Sister Jerome, Hospital Sister from Osage County," n.d., (C2940)
1 folder(s)
Brief account of the life of Elizabeth Kramer (1852-1922), who became Sister Jerome, a nun in the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis, including her obituary and eulogies of her.Kramer, Herbert George (1906- ), Papers, n.d., 1962-1969, (C1951)
1 folder(s)
History and clergy of Mary Help Catholic Church, Osage County, MO; history of Bonnot's Mill area; and remembrance of his mother, Veronica Franken Kramer.Ladies' Union Aid Society Reports, 1862-1863, (C1936)
1 folder(s)
Reports of visits to wards 1 and 2, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO, with notations of items distributed.Lail, J. Sam, Papers, 1839-1911, (C0700)
1 folder(s)
Reminiscences of Civil War days and historical sketch of the Christian Church at Liberty, MO. Lail lived in Shamrock, Callaway County, MO.Lake Creek United Methodist Church, Pettis County, Missouri, Records, 1844-1976, (C3698)
MICROFILM
Records of the Versailles Mission; Florence District; later Lake Creek District; and the Lake Creek Church, Pettis County, of the Methodist Episcopal, later United Methodist, Church, founded in 1843. The material includes histories, minutes and membership, baptism, marriage, and funeral lists. Volumes 1 and 2 are in German and volume 3 partially in German.Land, John Braxton (1860-1949), Papers, 1918-1939, (C0359)
1 folder(s)
Papers of a Slater, MO, druggist. Slater Methodist Church directory, 1918; newspaper clippings, mostly about Cambridge, MO; Chautauqua programs, 1921-1922; and correspondence with Edward E. Wall.Lanius, Jacob (1814-1851), Diaries, 1833-1842, (C1147)
0.4 linear feet
Diaries of an itinerant pastor for the Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Concerns church locations, members, revivals, meetings, ministers, and living conditions. Includes an edited transcription, with background information, by Theodore H. Wolff.Lawrence, Josephine R. (1929-1992), Collection, 1844-1986, (C3792)
0.4 linear feet
Papers of Jackson and Lawrence families of Pennytown and Marshall, MO. Newspapers clippings and unpublished manuscripts on the history of Pennytown, a black community near Marshall. Also funeral cards, copies of legal documents, church and school records, and photographs of Pennytown and residents.Leake, Harold H. (1891-1978) and Dorothy V. (1893-1990), Papers, 1841-1990, (C4011)
40.25 linear feet, 4 card files, 9 audio discs, 8 video cassettes
The papers of Harold H. Leake, music teacher, radio broadcaster, and Episcopal priest, and Dorothy V. Leake, educator and biologist, consist of correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, diaries, subject files, and other materials relating to the personal and professional lives of the Leakes and their family.Leimkuehler, Ricka, Papers, 1850-1858, (C2127)
10 folder(s)
The Leimkuehler Papers consist of the records of the Pin Oak Creek Baptist Church, Mount Sterling, MO, 1850-1858, typescripts of those records, and articles by Leimkuehler about early German Baptists in Missouri.Lemmon, C.E. (1888-1963), Papers, 1908-1974, (C3472)
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MICROFILM
Clarence Eugene Lemmon was a Disciples of Christ minister in Columbia, MO. Church and limited family correspondence; sermon outlines and typescripts; notes and outlines for articles and books; First Christian Church materials; biographical and financial materials; and religious magazines and books. Originals at Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, TN.Lemmon, Constance Harlan (1887-1972), Papers, 1910-1974, (C3474)
MICROFILM
Papers of an active churchwoman and wife of C.E. Lemmon, Disciples of Christ, minister. Personal and church-related materials. Originals at Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, TN.Lenoir-Nifong Family, Papers, 1813-1955, (C3656)
1.6 linear feet
Papers of a Boone County, MO, family with roots in North Carolina. Includes correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.Lewis Memorial Chapel, Crescent, Missouri, History, [1963], (C3496)
1 folder(s)
Two-page history of one of the first Methodist churches west of the Mississippi, written on occasion of its centennial.Lexington Presbyterian Church Record Book, 1839-1851, (C3352)
1 folder(s)
Original and new members; elders; births; deaths; baptisms, records of meetings; investigations, dismissals' division of church; and other church affiliations.Lhamon, William Jefferson (1855-1955), Papers, 1882-1952, (C2464)
1.2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Papers of a minister of the Christian Church and former dean of the Bible College of Missouri, Columbia, under whose leadership Lowry Hall was built. Typescripts of Lhamon's essays on religion and a short autobiography. Clippings include Lhamon's articles and editorials for religious periodicals as well as sermon synopses from newspapers.Lick Creek Presbyterian Church, Ralls County, Missouri, Records, 1854-1881, (C1352)
2 volume(s)
Minutes of session meetings; membership list. The church voted to join with the Mount Prairie Church and be reconstituted as the Perry Presbyterian Church in 1880.Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, Missouri, Records, 1849-1933, (C3643)
MICROFILM
The marriage, baptismal, confirmation and funeral records of a German evangelical church located near Warrenton, Warren County, MO. Volume three also contains the rules of the congregation and list of its members. The records are written almost entirely in German script.Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1920-1955, (C3618)
MICROFILM
Church register, including lists of pastors, clerks, treasurers, deacons and trustees, a chronological register, compilations of statistics, and minutes.Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Sesquicentennial Program, 1969, (C3126)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of church and program listing events of sesquicentennial celebration.Little Zion Primitive Baptist Church, Macon County, Missouri, Records, 1836-1974, (C3640)
4 folder(s)
Record books containing lists of members of the church, the constitution, and the abstract of principles. A synopsis of each meeting of the congregation is also included.Little, Burtis M., "Christ Church Parish, Lexington, Missouri, 1845-1945," 1945, (C0762)
1 folder(s)
Centennial history of an Episcopal church.Locke, W.E., Scrapbook, 1857-1858, (C1409)
1 volume(s)
Articles from Lancaster, PA, and Missouri newspapers about a trip west from Pennsylvania to Missouri, the Van Rensselaer Academy, and religious and social topics.Lone Jack Baptist Church, Lone Jack, Missouri, History, 1880, (C3511)
1 folder(s)
Synopsis of the history of Lone Jack Baptist Church, 1842-1880, read by Martin Rice at the 38th anniversary of the constitution of the church, October 1880.Looney's Creek Baptist Church, Record Book, 1836-1894, (C3024)
MICROFILM
Record book of Looney's Creek Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Shelby County. Contains meeting minutes and lists of members.Lotz, Philipp, Papers, 1872-1955, (C3741)
2 folder(s)
Pages from the family Bible listing births and deaths of children of Philipp and Christina Lotz; obituary of Christian Lotz; miscellaneous receipts and clippings; and religious cards and literature. Most of the material is in German. The Lotz family lived in and near California and McGirk in Moniteau County, MO, and Kansas City.Love, James A., (1820-1914), Papers, 1836-1913, (C0131)
0.4 linear feet
Personal and business records of an educator in Callaway County, MO. Includes a journal, clippings, and miscellaneous items. Volumes include personal and tuition accounts, student registers, and records of Tippecanoe Club and the lyceum.Lozier, Ralph F. (1866-1945), Papers, 1855-1945, (C2655)
65.75 linear feet
Correspondence, pamphlets, speeches, and newsclippings related to Lozier's legal, agricultural, and political careers. Research notes for and copies of Lozier's two historical novels (check contract if publication request occurs). Campaign papers of Lue C. Lozier.Lydia Christian Church, Stephens, Missouri, Ledger, 1902-1921, (C2559)
1 volume(s)
Financial records of the church.Lynch, James Lewis, Memoirs, 1838-1923, (C0132)
0.7 linear feet
Memoirs written by Lynch about his family in Howard and Saline Counties. Genealogy from Austria to Virginia to Missouri, farm life, education, Civil War experiences, and tobacco exporting, 1864. Essays for children on citizenship, study, and the Christian life.Mahin, Milton Fletcher (1849-1934), Memoirs, 1933, (C0701)
4 folder(s)
Reminiscences of the son of a Methodist minister. The family moved from Indiana to Nebraska, and to Kansas before the Civil War. Mahin recalls the antebellum period, various important events in his life, and his travels to all sections of the United States.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.Marvin Collegiate Institute, Fredericktown, Missouri, Records, 1894-1898, (C2974)
MICROFILM
Record books of a school associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Roll one is the record book of the finance committee, October 1894 to January 1896, which deals primarily with the erection of the institute building. Roll two is the treasurer's record book, October 1894 to August 1898, showing receipts and disbursements.Marvin Memorial Methodist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1875-1962, (C1239)
2 linear feet
Records consist of quarterly conference journals and reports; notes and minutes of church boards and committees; financial records; membership, baptismal, and marriage records; and records of Sunday school and social organizations.McCormack Family, Papers, 1777-1873, (C2338)
10 folder(s)
Letters from John Burgoyne to Horatio Gates about treatment of wounded and noncombatants during the Revolutionary War, 1777. Correspondence about immigration to Texas from Missouri, 1842-1844, economic conditions, politics, J. Cox estate in Jefferson County, MO. 1841-1852 business accounts, weather and farm labor journal, marriage and death records, and diary of James McCormack.McKendree Chapel, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Class Books, 1852-1884, (C1342)
2 volume(s)
Names and financial records.McMichael, John Morgan, Prayer Books, 1861-1871, (C1155)
2 volume(s)
John Morgan McMichael, merchant, Plattsburg, MO. Vol. I Prayer Book, 1861. Vol. II Prayer Book, 1871McMurry, William Fletcher (1864-1934), Papers, 1885-1934, (C3487)
3 linear feet
6 volume(s)
Correspondence, sermon notes, sermons, pastor's books, daybooks and scrapbooks of a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, bishop, and president of Central College, Fayette, MO. Part of his personal library is in the State Historical Society of Missouri reference collection.Megown, Benton Barnes (1876-1941), Essays, n.d., (C0770)
3 folder(s)
Typescript essays on places and events of interest in Ralls County, MO, including the New London Christian Church and early settlements.Memorial Methodist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1844-1981, (C1071)
1.25 linear feet
Records of the church from its beginning as the South St. Louis Mission (German Methodist) in 1844 to 1981. Includes quarterly conference reports and minutes; membership, baptism, and marriage records; church board and organization meeting minutes; Sunday School records; some financial records; and photographs.Methodist Church, St. Louis Annual Conference, Report, 1954, (C2165)
1 folder(s)
Report issued by the sixteenth session, St. Louis Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.Methodist Episcopal Church South, St. Louis Conference, Farmington Circuit, Conf. Minutes, 1877-1890, (C3002)
MICROFILM
Conference minutes of the Farmington Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Includes member information, fund raising statements, and names of those licensed to preach.Methodist Episcopal Church, Cape Girardeau and Circuit, Records, 1848-1883, (C2986)
MICROFILM
Quarterly conference minutes of the Cape Girardeau circuit in Missouri. Also included are some minutes for the Jackson and Perryville circuits in the same district. The minutes list members present, discuss church business, and list the amount of money collected by each member church and how it was spent. Also includes brief history of financial transactions during the 1870s.Methodist Episcopal Church, Pendleton, Missouri, Records, 1893, (C2941)
1 folder(s)
Two classbooks for use in the Methodist Episcopal Church, including names of class members.Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Doniphan Circuit Minutes, 1866-1876, (C1340)
1 volume(s)
Minutes and miscellaneous records of the Circuit, including those of the Poplar Bluff and Doniphan Circuit as well. Also an account of a man's religious experiences in Kentucky, and in Missouri after his migration.Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Conference District Journals, 1845-1893, (C2994)
MICROFILM
Records of Ste. Genevieve, Perryville, and York Chapel circuits of the St. Louis Conference District of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Includes minutes detailing church business and statements of funds collected from the churches. The journals cover the Ste. Genevieve circuit from 1845 to 1860, the Perryville circuit from 1864 to 1871, and the York Chapel circuit from 1881 to 1893.Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Versailles Circuit, Records, 1859-1901, (C1864)
1 folder(s)
Register includes names of members and probationers in the Versailles Circuit, Jefferson City District, Missouri, how and when received and disposed of--whether by death, certificate, withdrawal, or expulsion--and some baptism and marriage records.Middlebush, Frederick A. (1890-1971), Papers, 1932-1962, (C3302)
35.3 linear feet
Papers of the president of the University of Missouri, 1935-1954, and member of Commission on Financing of Higher Education, Navy Civilian Advisory Board, board of visitors of naval academy and National Science Board. Correspondence, press releases, memoranda, reports, articles, pamphlets and newspaper articles.Milam, Solomon Harmon, Papers, 1876-1913, (C3437)
0.8 linear feet
Diaries, correspondence, sermons, religious books, receipts and account books kept by a Methodist minister in many Missouri towns, and by his wife, Ella Moreman Milam.Ministerial Alliance of Springfield, Missouri, Records, 1903-1914, (C1371)
1 volume(s)
Printed copy of constitution, names and addresses of members, and treasurer's reports, as well as minutes of meetings.Minor, James L., Letter, 1841, (C1602)
1 folder(s)
To [Roger N. Todd], Columbia, MO, from City of Jefferson, [MO], Feb. 23, 1841. Request to Boone County circuit court clerk for information about the Mormon difficulties, for state publication by secretary of state's office.Minter, John A., Papers, 1864-1871, (C0472)
1 folder(s)
Commission as colonel from the Confederate States of America War Department and notice of ordination as minister by Corinth United Baptist Church, Lewis County, MO.Missouri Church Records, 1811-, (C0558)
121.75 linear feet
Newsletters, conference proceedings, reports, directories, journals, and other publications of various religious denominations in Missouri including Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ (Christian), Presbyterian, and Catholic churches.Missouri Council of Churches Records, (WUNP4558)
20 linear feet
Files of organization concerned with legislation and social welfare programs in addition to religious concerns.Missouri Council of Churches, Records, (WUNP5430)
1 folder(s)
Addition. A copy of the articles of association of the Missouri Sunday School Association, 1893, and Secretary of State's certificate.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Papers, 1800-1972, (C3308)
3.4 linear feet
Correspondence, printed brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, journals, and books of the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, including papers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Papers, 1850-1977, (C3595)
12 linear feet
90 volume(s)
Records in the form of minutes, journals and correspondence of boards, committees, and churches in the Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church. Includes church histories, papers of early Methodist ministers, biographies, periodicals, books, and Hendrix Hall dormitory papers.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3116)
0.5 linear feet
Addition of programs, video and audio recordings, and other materials of Methodist church functions; and newsletters of various Methodist churches and organizations, 1990s.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2843)
0.2 linear feet
Addition. Roster of sessions of Methodist conferences in Missouri, 1806-1961; programs concerning the history of St. John's Church, St. Louis and Old McKendree Chapel; and materials concerning the United Methodist Archives Center.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3146)
2 linear feet
Addition of video and audio recordings of various church committee meetings and functions, and lectures and other instructional related recordings, 1960s-1970s; and records of the Oakwood United Methodist Church, Hannibal, MO, consisting of minutes, bulletins, financial reports, and other church records, 1960s-1980s; and material from United Methodist Church gen'l conferences, 1990s.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2764)
0.2 linear feet
Addition. Papers of Rev. Dollison Phillip Cole.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2844)
1 volume(s)
Addition. Record book of the Farmington Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1868-1892. Includes historical narrative, probationer's record, class records, baptisms, and marriage records.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3013)
0.2 linear feet
Addition of a transcript of an interview of Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr. of Cape Girardeau, MO, with portions regarding Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, MO.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2784)
1 folder(s)
History of the United Methodist Church, Campbell, MO, and photo directory of the Campbell United Methodist, Holcomb United Methodist, and Campbell Cumberland Presbyterian churches.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2942)
0.2 linear feet
Addition of Memorial Methodist Church, St. Louis, centennial program, 1941; research paper concerning Missouri circuit rider Joseph P. Marlatt; and correspondence and reports regarding the Marriage in Ministry program.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3004)
0.2 linear feet
Addition of materials pertaining to the 1993 annual conference; video cassettes of the ordination of Hays Hamilton Rockwell, 1993, and miscellaneous materials.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2747)
1 folder(s)
Commission on Archives and History minutes, photographs, church histories, correspondence, Bi-centennial Task Force materials, programs, officers and members directories, and miscellany.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3030)
1 linear feet
Addition of publications concerning the history of St. Louis Methodist churches and Missouri Bishops, and miscellaneous church programs and bulletins.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3015)
1 linear feet
Addition of records of the Area Commission on Higher Education, consisting of correspondence of the Chairman, meeting materials, and subject files, 1970s-1980s.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3006)
3 linear feet
Addition of records of Olivet, Santa Fe, Prairie Hill, and Sweet Springs Methodist Churches, and Florida and Mexico Circuits, includes record books, financial records, Sunday School records, and miscellany.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2820)
0.4 linear feet
Addition. Minutes of meetings of Commission on Archives and History; Record books of Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Missouri Conference; newspaper articles regarding Mt. Hermon Methodist Church, Salem, MO.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3161)
3 linear feet
Addition of Commission on Archives and History materials; and bulletins, newsletters, audio recordings, and other records of Zion, Centenary, Immanuel, Palmyra, Mt. Vernon, and other Methodist churches, 1970s-1990s.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP5745)
5.25 linear feet
Addition of records of the Farmington, MO, circuit, 1909-1926; record book, in German, of a church or circuit in the St. Louis district, 1869-1905; and a history and other records of the Caledonia, MO, Methodist Church. Registers of Ebenezer, Salem, Zion, and Zoar Methodist churches, 1850s-1920s, conference publications, and miscellaneous materials.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2826)
2 linear feet
Addition. Commission on Archives and History research notes, church record books, and miscellaneous materials.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3014)
0.2 linear feet
Addition of minutes and other records of the Overland Council of Church Women, 1940s-1950s, a multi-denominational organization in the St. Louis area.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2809)
18.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of correspondence, annual reports, committee files, financial records, recordings, and miscellaneous.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2906)
1.5 linear feet
Addition of newspaper clippings and event programs concerning Bishop Ivan Lee Holt; newspaper clippings about New McKendree Methodist Church, Jackson, MO; notebooks of pastor George W. Heslar, 1930-1950; 50th anniversary program of the Centennial Methodist Church, Kansas City, MO; and records of the Fruitland Methodist Church, Fruitland, MO.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3071)
7.5 linear feet
Addition of proceedings and other material of the 1995 Mo. East Conf. annual meeting, short reminiscences of Methodist clergy in Missouri, newsletters of Methodist churches in Missouri, and miscellaneous materials.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2631)
0.2 linear feet
Addition. Minutes, church histories, directories, membership books, and programs.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2926)
1 folder(s)
Addition of photographs of Bishop E.M. Frank and other Methodist church officials, 1960s.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3077)
1 folder(s)
Addition of a publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Eden Methodist Church, St. Louis, 1898; and the published memoir of Anna Maude Tetley, the wife of a Missouri Methodist preacher.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3093)
0.4 linear feet
Addition of programs for various Missouri Methodist churches and photographs of church events.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2905)
1 folder(s)
Addition of programs and other materials concerning the history of Memorial United Methodist Church, St. Louis, MO.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2889)
0.4 linear feet
Addition. Notebooks of ministerial duties performed, 1869-1890, of Methodist minister James Bowman Daniel; ritual manual of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1868; and group photo of the Missouri and Arkansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3061)
1 volume(s)
Addition of volume of quarterly conference records of the Wellsville, MO, circuit, 1915-1919, consisting of general and statistical reports.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP2898)
0.1 linear feet
Addition. Photographs of Eugene M. Frank, United Methodist Bishop of Missouri, 1956-1972; newspaper clippings and other materials concerning Methodist Church activist Alcinda Allen Reed.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, 1836-1984, (C3727)
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6.5 linear feet
Records of conference, districts, and individual churches. Includes annual reports, minutes, financial and historical information, information on church-related institutions and organizations, ministerial candidate information, and histories of individual churches. Also includes some materials from antecedent conferences and other Missouri conferences.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, 1966-1975, (SUNP3048)
INVENTORY. Addition of audio recordings of the proceedings of annual conferences, pastors' schools, ministers' retreats, and other conferences and special events; 1966-1975.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Church, Records, 1992, (SUNP3055)
Addition of an audio recording, 1992, of Bishop Ann Brookshire Sherer on becoming Bishop of the Missouri Area of the United Methodist Church.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Women, Records, (SUNP3166)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of annual meeting programs, minutes of meetings, photographs, and other records, 1989-1996.Missouri East Conference, United Methodist Women, Records, (SUNP2724)
5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Correspondence, minutes, journals, by-laws, annual reports, prayer calendars, and miscellany.Missouri Extension Homemakers Association, Inc., Sacred Stones & Stained Glass Windows, Project, (C3723)
7.1 linear feet
Statewide documentation of local churches by county. Includes cultural arts reports, church histories, floor plans, architectural details, clippings, slides, photographs, and miscellany.Missouri Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1906-1938, (C2148)
11 volume(s)
Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Columbia, formerly the Broadway Methodist Church.Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979, (C3694)
5.5 linear feet
Papers of a Columbia-based organization established in 1968 to discover ways to implement peace, to promote and encourage peace research and education, and to work with other peace organizations. Included are records of the group and its subject files. The institute disbanded in 1978.Missouri School of Religion Papers, 1896-1967, (C2791)
5.8 linear feet
Correspondence of Deans G.D. Edwards, 1907-1937; Carl Agee, 1930-1949; and Seth Slaughter, 1949-1967. Correspondence of George Wetherell, extension minister, and James Wyker, director of the Rural Church Extension Service. Minutes of board of trustees' and faculty meetings, treasurer's reports, annual reports, and audits.Missouri School of Religion, Records, (WUNP4384)
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1.8 linear feet
Lecture notes and bibliographies.Missouri School of Religion, Records, (WUNP4347)
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9 linear feet
Enrollment cards, bulletins, financial statements, trustees meetings minutes, theses and dissertations.Missouri State Sunday School Association, Statistical Report, 1891, (C3366)
1 folder(s)
Statistical table, by county, of all churches in Missouri. Gives the number of schools, teachers, and pupils for each county and denomination.Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP3153)
0.4 linear feet
Addition of photographs: group on the church steps, 1931, and the Laura Evans Sunday school class, no date.Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2953)
1.4 linear feet
Records of the Methodist Student Organization, consisting of newsletters, correspondence, minutes of meetings, event programs, and financial records, 1920s-1940s.Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP3076)
2.2 linear feet
Addition of records of women's groups, including the Womens' Missionary Society, 1920s; United Methodist Women, 1960s-1990s; and the Wesleyan Group, 1940s-1980s. Also, records of the foundation of the Missouri United Methodist Church, 1962-1992.Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP3104)
0.5 linear feet
Addition of minutes and reports of various Church committees, 1970s.Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2573)
7 linear feet
Addition. Bulletins, church histories, membership directories, correspondence, minutes, reports, legal documents, photographs, and miscellany.Missouri United Methodist Church, Records, (SUNP3164)
1 linear feet
Addition of church newsletters and bulletins, and minutes and reports of various church committees.Missouri, Boone County. Circuit Court Records, 1839, (C2690)
0.2 linear feet
Records of the Boone Circuit Court in three cases against Joseph Smith, Jr., Caleb Baldwin, Parley P. Pratt, King Follett, and others resulting from the Mormon War. Others are on file in the Circuit Court Office, Boone County, MO.Missouri, Cooper County, Papers, 1837-1983, (C3051)
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History of Cooper County, its churches and cemeteries, schools, domestic architecture, miscellaneous buildings, and architectural structures; material on Cooper County and Howard County individuals and families; maps; clippings; and photographs.Missouri, Daviess County. Circuit Court Records, 1839, (C1603)
1 folder(s)
Court records, April Term, 1839. Affidavits and indictments concerning Mormon difficulties. Joseph Smith, Jr., Lyman Wright, Moses Daily, Joseph Younger, Terry Durpee, Ephraim Oivens, John Lemon, James Whitaker, Alonson Brown, James Bingham, Amos Tubbs, Absolem Dutchfield, William Aldridge, George Smith, and Cabel Baldwin.Missouri, Perry County, Stephan Emigration List, 1852-1853, (C1839)
1 folder(s)
List of workers and contributions in number of days of work, October and November 1852, and August 1853, of members of the Martin Stephan emigration of German Lutherans to Perry County, MO.Missouri, Ste. Genevieve, Marriage Records, 1836-1863, (C3673)
0.2 linear feet
Marriage certificates signed by religious officials and justices of the peace; some give parent's names. Also certificates from German Settlement in Ste. Genevieve County. Arranged by year, then alphabetically by groom's name within each year. Mentioned are St. Anthony's Chapel, St. Joseph's Church, St. Philomena's Chapel and Methodist Episcopal Church South.Mott, Frank Luther (1886-1964) and Vera I. (1885- 1964), Papers, 1775-1965, (C2344)
44.75 linear feet
Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES; and his wife.Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Randolph County, Missouri, Records, 1873-1979, (C3785)
10 folder(s)
Records of the Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Randolph County. The documents include information about baptisms, marriages, funerals, and dismissals. Also included are session minutes, church history, and pastoral information. Moreover, the records seem to include some documents from the Cumberland Chapel Church.Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church, Monroe County, Missouri, Record Book, 1852-1875, (C1355)
1 volume(s)
Minutes, membership records, and record of infant baptisms.Mount Nebo Baptist Church, Cooper County, Missouri, Records, 1829-1855, (C3037)
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Records of Mount Nebo Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes and member lists.Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church, Audrain County, Missouri, Records, 1870-1905, (C1356)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of sessions; statistical report to presbytery; registers of adult and infant baptisms; records of marriages and deaths; lists of pastors, elders, and deacons; and communicant roll of members.Mount Pleasant Baptist Association Records, 1818-1849, (C1328)
0.1 linear feet
The record book of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Association, an organization of churches in central Missouri, containing minutes, rules of decorum and an abstract of principles.Mount Pleasant United Baptist Church, Hartsburg, Missouri, Records, 1858-1950, (C2990)
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Meeting minutes and membership lists dating from organization in 1858 through May 1950 for a Boone County, MO, church. Minutes deal with construction and maintenance of church building, fund raising, member discipline, officers, delegates to the Little Bonne Femme Association of the Southern Baptist Church, and searches for ministers.Mount Prairie Presbyterian Church, Ralls County, Missouri, Record Books, 1831-1881, (C1357)
2 volume(s)
Organization, 1831; covenant and confession of faith; session minutes beginning in 1833; roll of members; finances; and baptismal records.Mount Vernon Union Sabbath School, Mount Vernon, Missouri, Book, 1851, (C0710)
1 folder(s)
The first book of rules of the Union Sunday School at Mount Vernon, MO, organized in October 1851. Typed copy also included.Mount Zion Association of Primitive Baptists Annual Session Minutes, 1926, (C0455)
1 folder(s)
Printed minutes of the 85th annual session of the association held at Bethlehem Church, Cooper County, MO. Includes names of churches and their pastors in the association in addition to minutes of the meeting.Mount Zion Baptist Church, Howard County, Missouri, Records, 1830-1948, (C3036)
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Records of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes, a photograph of the church, and member information.Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association, Record Books, 1842-1908, (C1314)
2 volume(s)
Constitution, abstract of principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of the first through sixty-seventh meetings of the Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association.Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1908-1918, 1921-1962, 1968, (SUNP2390)
1 folder(s)
3 volume(s)
Membership records of church formerly in existence in northern Boone County near Hallsville, MO.Mudd, Henry Thomas (1818-1902), Papers, 1850-1879, (C1023)
0.25 linear feet
Correspondence and papers of Henry T. Mudd of Kirkwood and St. Louis, MO. Mudd was a businessman; politician, member of the Missouri General Assembly, delegate to the Missouri Constitutional Convention in 1875, and a curator of the University of Missouri.Mumpower, Daniel L. (1882-1969) and Edith B. (1889-1977), Papers, 1913-1964, (C3900)
0.8 linear feet
Correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous papers of Methodist missionaries to the Belgian Congo. The Mumpower family along with two other couples were the first white missionaries to the Otetela village of Wembo-Nyama in the central region of the Belgian Congo, now Zaire.Munday-Henderson Papers, 1827-1891, (C0144)
0.2 linear feet
Personal letters, business papers, and newspaper clippings pertaining to members of the Munday family. Letters to David P. Henderson about the ministry, the Civil War, and Christian University at Canton, MO, which he founded in 1856.Murphy, William, Biographical Material, n.d., (C3320)
1 folder(s)
Brief biography of the Reverend William Murphy, immigrant from Ireland to Virginia; family establishment in Farmington, MO; genealogical notes with details on Sarah Barton Murphy and her role in organizing the first church west of the Mississippi River; short history of Farmington and Ste. Genevieve, MO; and local events.Mussell, Betty J., Collection, 1811-1851, (C0370)
1 folder(s)
Letter, 1811, from Eunice Lowell to her children inquiring as to their health. She speaks of the religious conversion to Christ of several of her neighbors which took place "on the mountain." Reference to the conversion of a hundred or more others as well. Also an urgent request for money to buy wool. Letter, 1851, to Ira Smith from Joseph Smith concerning family health, his desire to see them, and the possibility of employment in a new saw mill.National Sisters Communications Service, Records, 1973-1985, (C3883)
7.8 linear feet
Records of a national resource office for religious communicators founded in 1975 and based in Los Angeles. The records consist of administrative correspondence, minutes of board meetings, reports, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous material of the Service and its successor organization, the Center for Communications Ministry. Sr. Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, was executive director.Neihardt, John G. (1881-1973), Papers, c. 1858-1974, (C3716)
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9.4 linear feet
Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, news clippings, audio and video cassettes, and miscellaneous material of poet. Neihardt was most famous for his epic, A CYCLE OF THE WEST, and BLACK ELK SPEAKS. He was poet laureate of Nebraska, literary editor of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1926-1938, and instructor at the University of Missouri, 1949-1965.New Hope Baptist Church, Audrain County, Missouri, Record Book, 1869-1924, (C3075)
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Minutes of the church which is located in Wilson Township. It was organized on Monday, 23 August 1869, and was a member of the Little Bonne Femme Association.New Hope Baptist Church, Howard County, Missouri, Minutes, 1820-1859, (C1315)
1 volume(s)
Constitution, principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of meetings of the New Hope Baptist Church, later called the Old School Baptist Church of Christ at New Hope.New Hope Old School Baptist Church, Howard County, Missouri, Records, 1820-1859, (C1327)
1 volume(s)
Abstract of principles, minutes of meetings, and membership lists.New Hope United Baptist Church of Christ, Ripley County, Missouri, Records, 1842-1852, (C1316)
1 folder(s)
Constitution of 1843, names of members, and letters of admission and dismissal.New Providence Baptist Church, Mississippi County, Missouri, Records, 1894-1906, (C0706)
1 folder(s)
Records of the monthly meetings of the Baptist Church at Hough Station, Mississippi County, MO, from its organization on 24 November 1894 until December 1906. Includes membership lists, persons accepted into and excluded from church membership, elections to church offices and committees, and pastors called and elected.New Providence Presbyterian Church, Guthrie, Missouri, Records, 1823-1964, (SUNP2877)
0.4 linear feet
Original record books and transcription include constitution, lists of members, baptisms, deaths, marriages, and minutes of sessions; and records of the Sunday School, 1881-1898, 1922-1925.New Salem Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Minutes, 1828-1926, (C1317)
3 volume(s)
Articles of faith, rules of decorum, church covenant, list of deacons ordained by New Salem, list of members, obituaries, life sketch of David Doyle, and short histories of the church written at various times.Null, W. Scott (1850- ), Autobiographical Notes, 1924, (C1613)
1 folder(s)
Letters to the State Historical Society of Missouri relating the history of Joachim Church, the first church built west of the Mississippi River, in Jefferson County, MO; history of the settlement; old settlers; and Null family history and genealogy.Odell, A.N., Account Books, 1876-1880, (C2567)
2 volume(s)
Account books of the Reverend A.N. Odell, financial agent for Marionville Collegiate Institute, Marionville, MO.Oliver Family, Papers, 1805-1977, (C3731)
18.1 linear feet
Papers of a prominent Cape Girardeau, MO, family including family and professional correspondence, patriotic organizations materials, legal firm records, family financial and legal records, speeches and writings, genealogical materials, information on Missouri State Normal School and First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau, photographs, and miscellany.Oliver, Allen L., "Apple Creek Presbyterian Memorial Association," 1964, (C2913)
1 folder(s)
Address delivered 24 May 1964 at the site of the church and cemetery, giving the history of Apple Creek Church and cemetery.Oliver, Jack L., Collection, n.d., (C2932)
1 folder(s)
An address and four essays concerning the history and work of the First Presbyterian Church, Cape Girardeau, MO.Osceola Presbyterian Church, Osceola, Missouri, Records, 1842-1859, (C1358)
1 volume(s)
Organization, minutes of sessions, infant and adult baptisms, lists of admissions and dismissions, and list of deaths.Otterville Presbyterian Church, Cooper County, Missouri, Records, 1849-1946, 1970-1996, (C3951)
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Records of the church consisting of record books containing minutes of meetings and church registers, and a church history. Includes similar records of the Stony Point Presbyterian Church, Morgan County, MO.Overstreet, L. Emily, & Harry E. Evens, compilers, Historical Data...Washington County, Missouri, (C1369)
1 folder(s)
Material pertaining to the building of a nondenominational church building near Potosi, MO.Ozark Prairie Presbyterian Church, Lawrence County, Missouri, Records, 1879-1954, (C3050)
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Volume one contains minutes of the monthly church business sessions which consist mainly of the names of those present or absent, the current pastor, new members, departing members, and presbytery delegates. Volume two provides a comprehensive record of the pastors, elders, deacons, communicants or members, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and Sunday School statistics.Page Family, Papers, 1854-1887, (C0427)
MICROFILM
1 folder(s)
Letters from the Thomas D. Page family and descendants, who moved from Kentucky to St. Joseph and Windsor, MO. Discuss churches, growth of St. Joseph, trades, schools, and family matters. Originals on microfilm; typed copies in folder.Park, Guy Brasfield (1872-1946), Papers, 1932-1937, (C0008)
24.2 linear feet
Official and personal correspondence and papers of Guy B. Park, Democratic governor of Missouri from 1933 to 1937.Partridge, Edward, Letter, 1837, (C1622)
1 folder(s)
To Emily and James H. Partridge, Pittsfield, MA, from Far West, MO, Oct. 12, 1837. Disowned by his family for his Mormon beliefs, he wrote his sister Emily about his ostracism and outlined his faith. Also mentions civil and military officers, crops, wages, prices, need for lawyers, and Indian wars.Paxton, William McClung (1819-1916), Papers, 1760-1915, (C1025)
1 linear feet
Business and personal correspondence, miscellaneous papers and genealogical material.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.Penney, James Cash (1875-1971), Papers, 1941-1970, (C3260)
6 folder(s)
Speeches, articles, and pamphlets by and about Penney, his moral, religious, and business interests, and his cattle farms.Perche Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Minute Books, 1874-, (C3635)
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Records of the Perche Church from its founding in 1874 as the Arm of Bethlehem Church. The name was changed in 1880. Minutes of business sessions include periodic lists of members.Perrier, Mrs. Louis J., "History of Bonnots Mill, Missouri, Methodist Church," 1963, (C2176)
1 folder(s)
History, leaders, and facilities of the Bonnots Mill Methodist Church, 1902-1963.Perry Family, Letters, 1837-1872, (C3323)
1 folder(s)
Personal letters mentioning deaths, marriages, religious conversions, slave auctions, and events of local interest. Letters originate in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, or Missouri.Perry Presbyterian Church, Perry, Missouri, Records, 1881-1899, (C1360)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of sessions; registers of pastors, elders, and deacons; roll of communicants; records of baptisms; and deaths. The church was organized when the Lick Creek and Mount Prairie churches voted in 1880 to unite.Perserverance Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, 1895-1941, (C3003)
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Monthly meeting minutes (1895-1941) and membership lists (1895-1937) of the Perseverance Baptist Church at Old Lick Fork in Boone County. Records are incomplete.Pleasant Grove Cemetery Association Records, 1943-1983, (C3867)
3 folder(s)
The records of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery association consist of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and notes.Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church, Knox County, Missouri, History, 1964, (C2370)
1 folder(s)
Brief history written in celebration of the church's 98th anniversary.Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Harrison County, Missouri, Records, 1857-1920, (C3059)
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Records of a church organized in May 1857. Volumes one and two contain church history, covenant, business meeting minutes, and membership lists dating from 1874-1916. Volume three contains Sunday school records for 1894 to 1898.Pohlman, George (1887-1953), Collection, 1615-1953, (C3476)
1.6 linear feet
Material, primarily on Macon County, but also other north Missouri counties. Included are original survey maps of roads; records from county officials; school and church records; land entries; estate, business and legal papers; biographies; and rare English documents.Pompey, Sherman Lee, Papers, n.d., (C3493)
4 folder(s)
Articles by Pompey on Ozark people, their religions and folk music. Lines and verses of songs are included.Prairie Grove Baptist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1874-1955, (C1318)
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6 volume(s)
Records include church constitution, articles of faith, rules of decorum, church covenants, registers of officers, church minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and Women's Missionary Society minutes.Prairie Lick Presbyterian Church, Prairie Lick, Missouri, Records, 1885-1901, (C3028)
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Records of the church, containing meeting minutes and lists of new members.Prairie Point Baptist Church, Cooper County, Missouri, Records, 1842-1897, 1913-1949, (C3281)
2 folder(s)
Original church record book of the Prairie Point Baptist Church, dating from 1842 to 1897. Includes the articles of faith, rules of decorum, covenant, monthly business meetings, subscription pledges, and current members. Renamed three times--Pleasant Grove, Ebenezer, and Blackwater Baptist Church. Miscellaneous items from 1913 to 1949.Prairie View Presbyterian Church, Audrain County, Missouri, Records, 1881-1921, (C1361)
1 volume(s)
Organizational meeting, 1881; minutes of sessions, 1882-1917; record of congregational meetings; membership records; record of infant baptisms; and petition to be dissolved, 1921.Presbyterian Church, California, Missouri, Sunday School Record Book, 1885-1889, (C2483)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of Sunday school meetings, including lesson for the day, amount of the collection, and number of teachers and pupils present.Presbytery of Missouri, Minutes, 1920-1943, (C1353)
0.2 linear feet
Official copies of minutes of the Presbytery of Missouri. Minutes for 1920-1939 are bound; others are in pamphlet form.Presbytery of Missouri, Records, 1817-1920, (C1354)
MICROFILM
1.4 linear feet
6 volume(s)
Minutes, reports, and other records of an organization composed of ministers and representative elders of Presbyterian churches in Missouri. Volumes 1-6 have been microfilmed. Volume 7 is available onsite. See also collection 1353.Presbytery of Palmyra, Minutes, 1905-1927, (C1359)
0.2 linear feet
Official printed copies of minutes for 1905, 1906, 1913, 1919-1921, and 1923-1927.Price's Branch Presbyterian Church, Price's Branch, Missouri, Records, 1867-1907, (C1363)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of sessions and lists of members and baptized children.Princeton Baptist Church, Princeton, Missouri, Contract, 1915, (C0712)
1 folder(s)
Building contract for construction of the Baptist Church at Princeton, August 18, 1915.Prisoner Advocacy and Education Project, Records, 1980-1985, (C3111)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of a Columbia, MO, organization which advocated prison reform and prisoner rights and sought to educate the public on prison conditions. Includes correspondence of the project and from inmates in Missouri prisons and subject files on prisons, prisoners, and the criminal justice system. See also collection 2636.Pritchett, Carr Waller (1823-1910), "Memorabilia," 1904, (C0703)
1 folder(s)
Autobiographical sketch of Pritchett who with his parents migrated from Virginia to Missouri in 1835 and became a preacher, teacher, astronomer, and founder of Pritchett College. Tells of his early life in Virginia and the struggles of his first years in Missouri. Also an edited version with comments by Betty Huston Pritchett (1952).Prokes, Albert J., World War II, Letters, 1942-1946, (C3466)
1.2 linear feet
Letters received by Reverend Albert J. Prokes, administrator of St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church in St. Louis, MO, from parishioners serving in the armed forces during World War II.Protestant Christian Council of Springfield, Missouri, Records, 1921-1929, (C1372)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, and lists of members.Providence Baptist Church, Madison County, Missouri, Record Book, 1813-1898, (C3021)
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Record book of Providence Baptist Church. Contains names of newly received members.Providence Baptist Church, Washington County, Missouri, Record Book, 1831-1894, (C3023)
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Records of Providence Baptist Church, Washington County, MO. Contains minutes and lists of members.Rainey, Homer Price (1896-1985), Papers, 1919-1952, (C0032)
23.4 linear feet
3 volume(s)
Personal papers and correspondence covering Rainey's career as an educator; his directorship of the American Youth Commission; struggle for academic freedom at the University of Texas; campaign for Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Texas; and administration of Stephens College. Scrapbooks contain news clippings, articles, and family genealogy.Ransford, Charles Orrin, Papers, n.d., (C3164)
1 folder(s)
Three articles written by Ransford concerning Methodist churches in Wentzville, MO.Rea, Peter Goodman (1819- ), Papers, 1838-1845, 1896-1899, (C0152)
6 folder(s)
Letters to a pioneer Presbyterian minister, containing early church history, and autobiography giving account of a trip on horseback to Texas in 1849-1850.Red Top Christian Church, Boone County, Missouri, Deed, 1835, (C1333)
1 folder(s)
Deed to one acre of land, sold to the church by Nathan and Priscilla Roberts.Red Top Christian Church, Boone County, Missouri, Deed, 1868, (C1334)
1 folder(s)
Deed to approximately seven acres of land, sold to the church by Richmond T. and Polly Roberts.Red Top Christian Church, Boone County, Missouri, History, n.d., (C1335)
1 folder(s)
Brief history of the church, the bulk of it describing the controversy which resulted in its division into two congregations in 1914.Red Top Christian Church, Boone County, Missouri, Membership Directory and Historical Sketch, 1922, (C1336)
1 folder(s)
Membership lists; lists of elders, deacons, and ministers; church buildings; and traditions of the congregation.Reeder, Lee (1909- ), Papers, 1931-1941, (C2536)
23.3 linear feet
Papers of a Kansas City attorney. Records of action relating to the trucking industry, labor disputes, bill collection and bankruptcy, damage suits, divorce cases, patent cases, and estates. Some papers pertaining to local Democratic politics, Boy Scouts, and Country Club Congregational Church.Rice, James S. (1829-1915), Notebook, 1856-1875, (C2373)
1 folder(s)
Notebook of a Baptist minister in Salem, Dent County, MO. Accounts, 1859-1876; proceedings of board of education, 1867-1870; marriage records, 1860-1875; eighteen rules of mathematics; fifteen "rules of decorum of Baptists." Rice organized Lost Creek Church, ten miles north of Salem.Rich, John A. (1855-1944), Diaries, 1884-1943, (C0898)
4 folder(s)
Diaries kept by a lawyer and judge who was a resident of Slater, Saline County, MO. General home affairs, his law practice, religion, the Southern Methodist Church, politics, travel, business, bank failures, and improvements made over the years. Also genealogical material.Richmond Baptist Church, Richmond, Missouri, Program, 1942, (C0713)
1 folder(s)
Program of centennial celebration and dedicatory service for the new church building, 14 June 1942.Robinson, Harry B., Collection, 1921-1955, (SUNP1090)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Diaries, church records, account books, Gallatin, MO DEMOCRAT, Davies County Centennial Edition, October 28, 1937.Rocky Fork Primitive Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Minutes, 1821-1921, (C1319)
3 volume(s)
Articles of faith, rules of decorum, letters of admission and dismission, membership lists, and minutes of church meetings.Rogers, Joseph Kirtley (1828-1882), Journal, 1858-1882, (C1223)
1 volume(s)
Personal journal containing remarks about weather, marriages and funerals performed by Rogers, and list of students enrolled in a Bible class. Rogers was president of Christian College, Columbia, MO, 1858-1877.Rogers-Banks Family, Papers, 1820-1878, (C2339)
3 folder(s)
Papers of the Banks and Rogers families of Marion County, MO. Record book of Dr. Lynn Stanton Banks, physician and surgeon. Collection includes business and legal papers, church minutes, and physician records.Rollins, James Sidney (1812-1888), Letters, 1870-1885, (C3014)
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Letters discussing Missouri and national politics written by James S. Rollins, a Missouri politician, lawyer, and businessman, to Carl Schurz, U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1869-1875, and Secretary of the Interior, 1877-1881.Root, Oren (1838-1907), Papers, 1858-1930, (C3311)
0.4 linear feet
Root, an educator, lawyer, and minister, lived in New York before moving to Columbia, MO, to become professor of English at the University. During his ten-year residence in Missouri, Root served in several capacities as educator and minister. Sermon sketches, personal writings, speeches and newspaper clippings.Round Prairie Baptist Church, Bates County, Missouri, Records, 1866-1937, (C1320)
1 volume(s)
Articles of faith, minutes of meetings, membership lists, and financial records of the church, founded in 1866 as the Pleasant Gap Baptist Church. The church moved in 1868, and the name was changed at that time. The volume is indexed.Rupe, James F., Collection, 1885-1943, (C3463)
0.8 linear feet
Records of Dr. James F. Rupe of Clay County, MO, including ledgers; account books, Paradise, MO, Christian Church treasurer's books; two warranty deeds; and four diplomas, including his diploma from medical college in St. Joseph, MO, in 1886.Russell, Theodore, Speech, 1868, (C1568)
1 folder(s)
Address given to the Ironton Library Association on the history of Ironton, MO. Settlement, iron companies, public officials, settlers, businesses, churches, Arcadia Seminary, lodges, civic organizations, and the Civil War.Rutledge, Anne Blanche, "Old York Chapel, 1824-1965," n.d., (C2180)
1 folder(s)
History of the Abernathy Settlement and the Old York Chapel, second oldest Methodist organization in the Louisiana Purchase, Perry County and Cape Girardeau County, MO.Sachs, Howard, "Rabbi Eppstein's Kansas City Diary, 1880-1883," n.d., (C2625)
1 folder(s)
Article based on Rabbi Eppstein's diary.Salem Association of Baptists, Minutes, 1827-1934, (C1374)
1 volume(s)
Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1827, 1829-1839, 1841-1860, 1866-1877, 1880, 1881, 1884-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1899, and 1928-1934.Salem Association of Baptists, Minutes, 1878-1926, (C1375)
1 volume(s)
Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1878, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900-1915, 1917-1922, 1924, and 1926.Salem Association of Baptists, Record Book, 1827-1888, (C1321)
1 volume(s)
Constitutions, rules of decorum, names of delegates and the churches they represent, membership material, circular letters and corresponding letters, and minutes of meetings.Salem Baptist Church, Montgomery County, Missouri, Records, 1874-1879, (C3794)
1 folder(s)
Record book of the Salem Baptist Church founded in 1874, destroyed by fire in 1899, rebuilt in 1900, and renamed New Hope Baptist Church. Contains list of original members, charter, minutes of monthly meetings, and financial reports. Includes information on election of officers, formation of committees, financial affairs, and construction of a church building.Salt Creek Christian Church, Howard County, Missouri, Records, 1817-1828, (C1337)
1 volume(s)
Original members who constituted the church, minutes of meetings, and membership records. The name of the church was changed to Ashland Christian Church in 1849.Salt Springs Presbyterian Church, Salt Springs, Missouri, Records, 1869-1911, (C1367)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of session meetings and registers of elders, deacons, communicants, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.Sardis-Bethlehem Baptist Church, Henry County, Missouri, Records, 1839-1919, (C1322)
2 volume(s)
Abstract of principles, articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership materials, financial records, minutes of meetings, reports of building committee, and resolution of respect to Brother M.R. Amick. Sardis and Bethlehem churches merged in 1866.Schaberg Family, Papers, 1894-1974, (C3665)
3 linear feet
Personal and professional papers of Benjamin F. Schaberg, Sr. who worked as an engineer on the Panama Canal, St. Louis sewer projects, World War II army post construction, and Missouri Public Service Commission studies. Family correspondence between Schaberg and his wife, sisters, and sons. Ben Jr. and John George Schaberg were in China during and after the 1937 Japanese invasion.Schermerhorn, John Freeman (1787-1859), Papers, 1809-1909, (C0160)
0.4 linear feet
Letters and papers of Schermerhorn and his heirs, located in New York (1809-1840), Indiana (1840-1858), and Missouri (1858-1909). Schermerhorn was a frontier preacher, peacemaker with the Indians, and landowner.Schweighauser, Art A., Collection, 1713-1941, (C3762)
1 folder(s)
This collection from Hermann, MO, contains a book of folk remedies in German, 1713; drawings of furniture by G. Adam Bezold from the 1820s; two booklets of sermons in German by the Reverend Niedhammer, 1869-1905; obituary/family history of John Jacob Muenzenmayer (1832-1918); and a history of Loutre Island Methodist Episcopal Church, Warren County, MO, 1941.Science and Religion, 1878, (C2468)
1 folder(s)
Lecture written at Cameron, MO, February 11-13, 1878, and delivered at Delta, OH, October 29, 1878, before the Teachers' Institute.Scott, Elvira Ascenith Weir (1821-1910), Diary, 1860-1887, (C1053)
0.2 linear feet
Diary of a Miami, MO, woman including descriptive observations on the themes of home, family, and religion, as well as the impact of the Civil War on life in her own community and region.Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri, Sabbath School Records, 1838-1886, (C1366)
1 volume(s)
Brief history of the school, list of officers, attendance records of pupils and teachers, conversions, records of events, reports of annual meetings and of superintendents, deaths, election of officers, missionary funds, and table showing condition of school.Shannon Family, Papers, 1845-1960, (C0933)
6 folder(s)
Contains baccalaureate and other addresses by President James Shannon of the University of Missouri, some correspondence on religious matters, and family history and genealogy.Shannon, James (1799-1859), Papers, 1832-1857, (C0402)
4 folder(s)
Store accounts, correspondence and church papers of James Shannon, president of the University of Missouri. Also a letter to Henry A. Wise requesting him to print Shannon's address on slavery.Shelby, Joseph Orville (1830-1897), Scrapbook, 1865-1932, (C3558)
1 volume(s)
Clippings about the military career of a Civil War general from Missouri, newspaper accounts of his death in 1897, tributes and correspondence.Sheppard Family, Papers, 1844-1877, (C0429)
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6 folder(s)
Miscellaneous letters from Philadelphia; Tennessee; Cincinnati; Springfield and St. Louis, MO; and England. A letter from Paris, TN, describes local preaching techniques. Originals on microfilm; typed copies in folders.Simpson, Avington Wayne (1834- ), Diary, 1861-1865, (C2993)
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This diary kept by a Polk County, MO, resident, contains short concise entries dealing with the daily events of a Confederate Missouri State Guard unit organized in July 1861. Simpson participated in the 1864 summer campaign through the Kennesaw Mountains, including the fall of Atlanta.Smiley, George B., "History of Mill Creek Church," 1927, (C1323)
1 folder(s)
Excerpt from Smiley's church history, listing early members, ministers, and people ordained from the congregation, and describing the two buildings which housed the church. Also lists the Baptist associations to which the church belonged.Smith, Elbert A. (1871- ), Interview, 1954, (C0718)
1 folder(s)
Recorded interview held in Independence, MO, April 23, 1954. Smith, a grandson of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was presiding patriarch of the church at the time of the interview.Smith, Henry Ackerman (1837-1907), Papers, 1861-1907, (C0431)
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Papers of a teacher and Methodist minister who lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri. Includes letters written to his wife, 1861-1862, while in the Union army; autobiography, genealogical information; record of marriages performed, 1884-1905; diary, 1882-1907; a newspaper article; and photographs.Smith, Seymour, Papers, (WUNP5493)
1.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of papers mostly relating to Stephens College. Includes correspondence, administrative files, writings, publications, and miscellaneous.Smith, Seymour, Papers, (WUNP4701)
4.4 linear feet
Correspondence, class notes, research, and writings of professor of theology and former president of Stephens College.Smith, William Benjamin (1850-1934), Papers, 1876-1936, (C2414)
0.4 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Papers of a professor of mathematics, physics, and philosophy. Includes manuscripts concerning philosophy, mathematics, New Testament, James Kennedy Patterson, Switzerland and Italy, and World War I. Also a photograph album of the University of Missouri campus and a University of Missouri Bulletin on Smith.Smith, William Benjamin (1850-1934), Papers, n.d., (C0167)
0.3 linear feet
Biographical sketch and manuscripts written by Smith, professor of mathematics, physics, and philosophy at Central Methodist College, the University of Missouri, and Tulane University.Smithton United Methodist Church, Smithton, Missouri, Records, 1865-1954, (C3704)
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Records of the English and German churches which united in 1924 to form the Smithton United Methodist Church of Smithton, Pettis County, MO. Included are membership records and minutes for the Ladies Aid Society, the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and the Woman's Society of Christian Service.Snell, Robert L., Collection, 1870-1966, (C3488)
1.2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Collection of American Legion records, World War II letters and miscellaneous items concerning residents of the El Dorado Springs, MO, area. World War II veteran Snell, an officer of Koca-Reeder-Giddens Post No. 233, was in charge of securing financial aid for veterans and their families.Sortore, Abram, Memoirs, 1909, (C2357)
1 folder(s)
Sortore describes trips west from Scio, NY, to Keokuk, IA, 1845; from Keokuk to California, 1850; and back to Iowa via South America, Jamaica, and New York, 1851-1852. There are comments on Mormons, Indians, cholera, weather, the Black Hills, alkali water, Brigham Young, gold rush, mining, religion, U.S. mint, and railroads.St. John's United Church of Christ, Concordia, Missouri, Records, (C3905)
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The records of St. John's United Church of Christ include the constitution, minutes, and annual reports of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.St. John's United Church of Christ, Pinckney, Missouri, Records, (C3615)
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Church records, including births, confirmations, marriages, deaths, communions, family register, collections, and love offerings. The church was established in 1870 with fourteen families included in its membership.St. Mary of the Barrens, Perry County, Missouri, Parish Census, 1823, (C1590)
1 folder(s)
Alphabetical list of the congregation in 1823. Almost all the parishioners named were Maryland-born or the children of Maryland-born parents. The parents, if known, are given in parentheses. Where the date of birth or marriage is unknown, the date of marriage of a child is given, from which an estimate of the parents' ages can be made.St. Paul United Church of Christ, Hermann, Missouri, Records, 1844-1998, (C3969)
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Records of a protestant church in a German community in Gasconade County, MO. The collection also includes records of the neighboring St. James Evangelical and Bethel Evangelical churches.St. Paul's and St. Matthew's Parish, History, 1960, (C3170)
1 folder(s)
Supplement to "St. Paul's and St. Matthew's," a history of the parish. Supplement covers period 1959-1960.Star Bible Class Papers, 1884-1920, (C0567)
3 folder(s)
Letters from church workers in Japan to the Parkville, MO, Presbyterian church class. Class record book containing minutes, roll, and accounts. Miscellaneous materials, financial statements for 1915 and 1917, tribute to class member and excerpts from ordinances of Parkville, 1884.Stark, Lloyd Crow (1886-1972), Papers, 1931-1941, (C0004)
170 linear feet
3 volume(s)
Papers of a Democratic governor of Missouri, 1937-1941. Material relates to official business, campaigns, and personal affairs.Starr, Frederick, Jr. (1826-1867), Papers, 1850-1863, (C2073)
20 folder(s)
Starr was a colonizationist, free soiler, and Presbyterian clergyman in Weston, MO, 1852-1855. Correspondence, broadsides, pamphlets, and clippings on settlement of the Kansas-Nebraska Territories, border conflicts, abolitionism vs. slavery, local politics, Indian affairs, public land sales, claims, and prices, popular sovereignty, squatters' rights, and religion on the frontier.State Historical Society of Missouri, Typescript Collection, (C0995)
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The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.Ste. Genevieve Catholic Church, Picture, 1910, (C0711)
1 folder(s)
Picture postcard showing Roman Catholic church built in 1834.Ste. Genevieve Parish, Records, 1764-1843, (C3040)
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Registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Ste. Genevieve, MO, parish from the early days of the church in Ste. Genevieve to the statehood period. Records are in French and cover the whole community, including slaves. One register lists marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics and among non-Catholics which were performed by the parish priests.Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Archives, 1756-1930, (C3636)
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French colonial, and territorial records of the District of Ste. Genevieve. Ste. Genevieve County records and court records. A third of the documents are dated 1756-1804; the remainder date from 1805 to 1930. An inventory accompanies the microfilm. Original documents are in the possession of the Ste. Genevieve County Court.Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Papers, 1759-1876, (C2075)
2 volume(s)
Translated from the French by A. Loyd Collins. Vol. 1. Ste. Genevieve church register. Vital statistics records, 1759-1840. Vol. 2. Ste. Genevieve archives. Deeds, 1766-1876; Indian affairs, 1766-1804; New Madrid archives, 1802-1803. Two copies.Stephens, Frank Fletcher (1878-1966), Papers, 1875-1966, (C3599)
14.7 linear feet
Papers of a University of Missouri professor and dean of students in the College of Arts and Science, 1924-1948. Correspondence, office files, committee reports, lecture notes, speeches, articles, diaries, accounts, University history and photographs are included.Stephens, James C. (1844-1888), Papers, 1850s-1875, (C0169)
0.4 linear feet
The Stephens Papers consist of positive photostats and typescripts of a diary and battle descriptions written by a volunteer in Company K, Indiana Infantry, 20th Regiment, which was part of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. See also the diaries of Stephen's brother, the Thomas White Stephens Diaries, Collection 2282.Stephens, James Leachman (1815-1902), Letter, 1895, (C2040)
1 folder(s)
To Peyton [Stephens] from Columbia, MO, May 15, 1895. Comments on missionary work and mentions historical edition of the COLUMBIA HERALD.Stone, Kimbrough (1875-1958), Papers, 1897-1958, (C0005)
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11 linear feet
Papers of a judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1917-1947 (presiding judge, 1928-1947), who continued to work with the court after his retirement in 1947. U.S. courts; Democratic politics, Kansas City and Missouri bar associations and law schools; and fraternal and charitable organizations. Originals in storage.Swain, Warren, Papers, 1820-1842, (C0173)
6 folder(s)
Diary mentions weather, plantation, sugar, corn, Negroes; high Mississippi River, 1821; Andrew Jackson's arrival in New Orleans on April 24, 1821; the 33-day sail from New Orleans to Boston; sickness of 1825. Two letters by Freegrace Raynolds discussing religious feelings; questions about Clarksville, MO; comments on slavery, 1837; and loss of bank money, 1842.Symmes, F.M., Sermons, 1857-1888, (C0407)
2 folder(s)
Series of sermons begun in 1857, with revisions, dates, and occasions of use.Tabernacle Separate Baptist Church, Carroll County, Missouri, Minutes, 1849-1861, (C1324)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of meetings and list of original subscribers.Tackett, Natalie, Papers, (WUNP5253)
Papers of an educator and legislative research director relating to her work as the Missouri coordinator for the Religious Committee for the E.R.A. and as the Missouri A.A.U.W. Legislative Chairman and Missouri Division vice president.Temple Beth El, Jefferson City, Missouri, Records, 1868-1984, (C3914)
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The records of Temple Beth El, a synagogue in Jefferson City, MO, include legal papers, by-laws, minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence that document the temple's history from its origination as the Jefferson City Hebrew Cemetery Association to its 100th Anniversary in 1983.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.Thomas, David E. (1878-1935) and Horace E. (1910-2001), Papers, 1904-1985, n.d., (C4002)
2 linear feet
Papers of David E. Thomas, Congregational minister and professor of religion, and his son, Horace E. Thomas, Columbia, MO surgeon who served in military hospitals in the South Pacific in WWII. Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, class notes, research notes, photographs, printed articles and pamphlets, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials related to their careers. See also two oral history interviews with Dr. H.E. Thomas in C3963 SHS Audio Cassette Collection, a.c. 19-20.Thrasher, Benjamin R. (1818- ), Diaries, 1877-1891, (C3048)
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Four diaries written by a Macon County, MO, farmer. His daily entries, spanning almost fifteen years, describe farm life, livestock breeding, social activities, transportation, illness, death, and daily changes in the wind and weather. Also detailed personal and business expenses.Tina Presbyterian Church, Tina, Missouri, Records, 1886-1917, (C1368)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of organizational meetings and meetings of sessions. In 1887 the Stokes Mound Congregational Church voted to disband and join the Tina Presbyterian Church as a body.Tolson, Fannie Marie (1911-2005), Papers, 1890s-2005, (C1704)
2.3 linear feet
Fannie Marie Tolson was the first African-American educator to teach in the desegregated schools of Fayette, Missouri. Her papers include family correspondence and photographs, memorabilia from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, teaching aids, documents concerning St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fayette, and recordings of two interviews conducted with Tolson.Tong, Marvin E., Papers, 1878-1947, (C0177)
0.9 linear feet
Bar dockets of Ozark County circuit court; case briefs before courts of appeals in Missouri; minutes of meetings of Missionary Baptists; case briefs before U.S. and Missouri Supreme Courts; pamphlets of Civil War recollections; and memorial addresses on life of Champ Clark.Trader, Moses (1783-1854), Papers, 1808, (C2646)
1 folder(s)
Diary of a Methodist circuit preacher in Ohio; some biographical material.Trinity Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri, Corner Stone Papers, 1887, (SUNP2187)
6 folder(s)
History of the church, program of the cornerstone laying service, Kansas City newspapers for June 19, 1887; Episcopal Church periodicals, papers.Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Charles, Missouri, Records, n.d., (C1338)
1 volume(s)
Brief historical sketch of the church and lists of baptisms, confirmations, and marriages performed by its ministers.Trinity Lutheran Church, Altenberg, Missouri, Centennial Celebration Papers, 1967, (C2598)
1 folder(s)
Materials concerning centennial celebration of church.Turnage Family Records, 1965, (C2910)
1 folder(s)
Genealogical information on the Turnage, Carter, Transue and allied families, and positive photostatic copies of lists of those married by J.C. Turnage and churches for which he was pastor.Two River Old School Baptist Association, Minutes, 1883-1892, (C0569)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of annual meetings of 1883, 1889, and 1892 of the association of Ralls and Shelby Counties, Missouri area.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.U.S. Superintendency of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, Records, 1824-1851, (C2970)
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Papers pertain to surveying of Indian lands, expenses of agencies, establishment of trading posts for the Indians, policy for emigrating Indians west of the Mississippi, depredations by Indians and estimates of costs accrued, negotiations and expenses involved with treaties, transcriptions of various chiefs' speeches and reports on the conflicts between various tribal groups.U.S. Surveyor-General Surveys, 1834-1862, (C1287)
1 volume(s)
Copy of surveys of St. Louis, St. Charles, Ste. Genevieve, Mine a Breton, New Bourbon, Carondelet, and surrounding territories, copied from plat book in office of secretary of state of Missouri.U.S. Work Projects Adm.,... "Bethel Church... and Supplement to Bethel Church Minutes," 1941, (C1305)
1 volume(s)
Brief history of early Baptist churches in Missouri, after the Louisiana Purchase. Index to members and churches mentioned in Bethel Church book. List of tombstone inscriptions in Old Bethel Church cemetery. Church located in Cape Girardeau County, MO.U.S. Work Projects Adm.,... Bethel Church Book: Minutes of the Proceedings...Church, 1806-1867, 1940, (C1300)
1 volume(s)
Brief history of early Baptist settlers in the area, organization of the first church, constitution, rules of decorum, and record of the proceedings of the church. Church located in Cape Girardeau County, MO.U.S. Work Projects Adm., "Church Bibliography, Baptist Bodies of Mo., Associational Minutes," 1941, (C1312)
1 volume(s)
List of the various Baptist associations in Missouri and the dates for which their records are in existence.U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri, 1935-1942, (C3551)
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302 linear feet
Correspondence, records, and working files. Originally designed to survey and inventory all county government records, the survey finally included inventories of church records, manuscript collections, vital statistics, American imprints, and federal archives. Incorporates records of the Federal Writers Project for Missouri.Union Hill Baptist Church, Holt's Summit, Missouri, History, 1971, (C3277)
1 folder(s)
History of the church from its organization in 1843 to 1971, naming deacons and pastors, giving a history of the church buildings, and describing some of the special meetings of the church.Union Primitive Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2545)
1 linear feet
Record books, printed material, and miscellany.United Methodist Church, Lake of the Ozarks Parish, Records, (SUNP2660)
0.2 linear feet
Printed material, programs, staff evaluations, pamphlets, and miscellany of an ecumenical ministry in the recreational area around Bagnell Dam.United Methodist Women of the Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2596)
2.4 linear feet
Woman's Society of Christian Service record books containing minutes, treasurer's reports, budgets, correspondence; Woman's Missionary Society record books; Executive Board records; various Circle groups; and miscellany.Unity Baptist Church, Platte County, Missouri, Records, 1840-1909, (C3029)
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Records of Unity Baptist Church. Contains church covenant, articles of faith, rules of decorum, meeting minutes and lists of members.University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science, Records, 1908-1965, (C3406)
67.8 linear feet
4 volume(s)
Correspondence, reports and forms from the dean's office discussing faculty, administration, policies, courses, committees, conferences and specific problems. Correspondence and reports pertaining to Missouri Bible College, Missouri College Union, and junior college accreditation.University of Missouri, Committee on Accredited Schools and Colleges, Records, 1937-1967, (C2890)
1.6 linear feet
Correspondence and annual reports pertaining to the accreditation of non-public secondary schools in Missouri.University of Missouri, President's Office, Papers, 1892-1966, (C2582)
55 linear feet
Papers from the administrations of Richard Henry Jesse, A. Rose Hill, J.C. Jones, Stratton D. Brooks, Walter Williams, Frederick A. Middlebush, and Elmer Ellis.University of Missouri-Columbia, Campus Ephemera, 1967-1978, (C3628)
0.4 linear feet
Papers produced by various anti-war, political, religious, student, and community groups for distribution on the UMC campus: newspapers, newsletters, broadsides, petitions, flyers, handbills, pamphlets, posters, circular letters, reprints, programs, announcements and position papers.University of Missouri-Columbia, Paine Lecture Committee, Records, 1976-1978, (C3592)
8 folder(s)
The Rufus Monroe Paine and Sophie Hougaard Paine Lectureship in Religion was established by the will of Catherine Paine Middlebush as a memorial to her mother and father. Includes correspondence, programs, annual reports, news releases and course proposal.University Y, YMCA and YWCA, Records, (SUNP2632)
13 linear feet
2 volume(s)
Correspondence, minutes, conference materials, reports, newsletters, financial records, membership lists, photographs, and miscellany.Vanarsdale, Susan D. (1824-1856), Diary, 1847-1855, (C1283)
1 volume(s)
Written in Mexico, MO, and various locations in Illinois and Indiana about family and personal affairs; local people; religious activities; and her own writing efforts, some of which she sold to newspapers. No information is available about the location of the original of the diary.Vaugh, Mason (1894-1978), Papers, 1928-1969, (C2639)
2 linear feet
Papers of the second person to receive a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri, who for thirty-six years served as a Presbyterian lay missionary in India. Correspondence and reports.Vaugh, Mason (1894-1978), Papers, 1928-1970, (C3130)
0.9 linear feet
Papers of the second person to receive a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Missouri, who for thirty-six years served as a Presbyterian lay missionary in India. Biographical material, index to publications, correspondence, articles, research materials, and miscellaneous pamphlets.Verona Baptist Church, Verona, Missouri, Records, 1869-1921, (C3616)
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Rules of decorum, articles of faith, membership records, and minutes.Viles-Hosmer Family, Papers, 1814-1948, (C3709)
6.1 linear feet
This collection contains autograph albums, account books, diaries, and personal and business correspondence of the Viles and Hosmer families. Included are Jonas Viles' professional papers while professor of history at the University of Missouri from 1902 to 1942.Violette, Eugene Morrow (1873-1940), Collection, 1806-1921, (C1033)
0.4 linear feet
Papers collected by a professor of history in Missouri and Louisiana concerning land claims in the Louisiana Territory, 1806-1808; transcript of the inquest of the 5th Circuit Court of Missouri into charges against Joseph Smith, Jr., and other Mormons in Missouri, 1838; papers concerning the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad; and miscellaneous note cards.Votaw, Maurice E. (1899-1981), Papers, 1909-1978, (C3672)
1.2 linear feet
Papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, primarily pertaining to his years as professor of journalism at St. John's University, Shanghai, China, and as adviser to the Nationalist Ministry of Information.Watson, Catherine and Cyrus, Letterbook, 1836-1837, (C2756)
1 folder(s)
Thirty-two letters written by Catherine and Cyrus L. Watson from Louisiana, Missouri, and Springfield and Bloomington, IL, to friends and relatives on the sickness and deaths of Mary Pond and Catherine Watson.Watson-Westlake Papers, 1813-1947, (C0186)
0.2 linear feet
3 volume(s)
Correspondence, receipts, legal documents, and miscellaneous items of the Watson family of Boone County. Memoir by Thomas W. Westlake of his Civil War and post-Civil War experiences.Watts Family, Papers, (SUNP6121)
1 linear feet
INVENTORY Papers of a family from Putnam County, Missouri. Includes an autograph book, travel scrapbook and family photograph albums compiled by Bertha and Christine Watts, and 24 diaries composed by the Rev. Samuel S. McWilliams.Welles, Edward Randolph, "Early History of Churches of Diocese of West Mo., 1850-1885," n.d., (C1339)
1 volume(s)
Information on the Protestant Episcopal Church, compiled by the bishop of West Missouri from the MISSOURI JOURNAL.Wells, George, Papers, 1819, (C2044)
1 folder(s)
Letter to Wells critical of attempts to reconcile slavery and Christianity. Wells was a preacher.Wells, J.W., Papers, 1867-1884, (C3561)
6 folder(s)
Diary and miscellaneous items of a minister in St. Louis, MO, and Buffalo, NY, who helped alcoholics and the needy.Wheeler, James H., Diaries, 1874-1916, (C3861)
0.3 linear feet
Diaries of James Henry Wheeler containing his writings on social, business and church events in Hannibal and Kansas City, MO. There is one folder of miscellaneous letters, programs, receipts, and newspaper clippings.Wilbur, Russel, Papers, 1856-1919, (SUNP2157)
2 volume(s)
Journals and minute books of a Catholic priest, St. Louis. Other items are probably the work of his mother.Williams, Roy D. (1881-1972), Papers, 1853-1972, (C3769)
2 linear feet
Papers of Judge Roy D. Williams of Boonville, MO, containing speeches (primarily on local and regional history), historical notes, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and miscellany.Williams, Sara Lockwood (1891-1961), Papers, 1885-1961, (C2533)
27.25 linear feet
Papers of Sara Lockwood Williams and Walter Williams; material on their journalistic careers; and information on the founding of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Walter Williams' presidency of the University, 1931-1935.Wolff, Theodore H. (1905-1999), Papers, 1865-1979, (C3057)
0.8 linear feet
Manuscripts, correspondence, and research materials used by Reverend Theodore Wolff in his writings. Also information on the Methodist movement in Missouri and other religious sectors.Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Auxvasse, Missouri, Records, 1907-1920, (C0446)
2 folder(s)
Minutes, letters, and handbook.Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Columbia, Missouri, Minute Book, 1884-1888, (C0262)
1 folder(s)
Book contains constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, roll of members, and activities of the organization.Woman's Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, (C3120)
8 linear feet
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, programs, committee and officers reports, pamphlets and published volumes of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Correspondence covers years 1940-1944. The bulk of the collection covers years 1940-1968.Woods-Holman Family, Papers, 1805-1906, (C0191)
0.25 linear feet
Letters, documents, notebooks, accounts, and receipts of two southeast Missouri families. Papers concern family news, business, farming, livestock, religion, teaching, Indians, fur trade, economics, politics, Gold Rush and Civil War and descriptions of California, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas.Wood-Smith Family, Papers, 1864-1987, (C3857)
5.2 linear feet
Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, photographs and films of two Missouri families with roots in Jasper and Pike counties. Guy M. Wood was First Associate City Counsellor for the City of St. Louis in the early 1930s. Roy G. Smith served nearly fifty years with the Young Men's Christian Association in the Philippines, Peru, and the United States.World War II Letters, 1940-1946, (C0068)
14.6 linear feet
Letters written by servicemen during the war to friends and relatives throughout the United States. Arranged alphabetically by writer's name.Wyaconda Baptist Association Program, 1944, (C0714)
1 folder(s)
Centennial celebration at the Baptist church in Wyaconda, MO.Wyatt, John, Letters, 1844-1846, (C0324)
1 folder(s)
Two letters to his daughter Mary (Mrs. Richard Harrison Gentry) describing the Missouri River flood in Warren County, disease in Marthasville, and conditions in their church. One letter contains words of a hymn composed by Benjamin Sharp and sent to his granddaughter Mary to sing to the brethren.Young Men's Christian Association, Independence, Missouri, Papers, 1887, (C0568)
1 folder(s)
Charter and constitution.Zackman, Daniel, Civil War Diary, 1863, (C0462)
5 folder(s)
Diary of a Union soldier stationed at Strafford, VA, and in skirmishes in Maryland and Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg. Describes religious, recreational, and military activities of the 4th Ohio Regiment; health; weather; correspondence; a review for President Lincoln and General Hooker; and reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the troops.Zion Baptist Church, Montgomery County, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5833)
Record books of the church, including minutes of meetings and membership records, 1841-1953.Zoar Baptist Church Record Book, 1867-1886, (C0900)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of church meetings, including financial reports, dismissal of members for various reasons, such as dancing, drinking, immoral conduct; rules of decorum; articles of faith; church membership; and a church history from 1827-1867.Zoar Old School Baptist Church, Howard County, Missouri, Records, 1871-1879, (C1326)
1 volume(s)
Articles of faith, rules of discipline, acts of the church, minutes of meetings, list of original subscribers, and deaths of members.
