Social Customs and Daily Life


Personal papers and other materials which either report or depict daily activities, social customs, and other aspects of social interaction at all levels of society.

A

  • Aldrich, Jamon, Letter, 1838, (C1446)
  • Allen, Martha, Letter, 1857, (C0507)

    B

  • *Barnes, Charles Merlin (1873-1966), Papers, 1892-1965, (C2802)
  • Barrows Family, Letters, 1834-1849, (C3264)
  • *Barth Family, Papers, 1852-1907, (C0997)
  • Beauchamp Family, Letters, 1832-1894, (C3128)
  • Bedell, William (1795-1844), Day Book, 1834-1844, (C1454)
  • Belwood-Ezell Family, Papers, 1850-1935, (C0073)
  • Bentley Family Collection, 1818-1980, (C3042)
  • Bentley Family, Collection, (WUNP5291)
  • Bingham Family, Papers, 1814-1930, (C0998)
  • Bingham, John and Jacob, Papers, 1822-1884, (C2715)
  • Bishop, W., Letters, 1896-1898, (C0526)
  • Blackstone, Robert, Letter, 1860, (C1463)
  • Blackwell, John A. (1834- ), Papers, 1852-1940, (C3732)
  • Bohm, Louis F., Letters, 1866-1868, (C3290)
  • Botts-Lewis Family, Letters, 1837-1877, (C0213)
  • Bright, Mrs., Letter, 1850, (C0500)
  • Brock Family, Papers, 1821-1823, (C2916)
  • *Bronaugh-Bushnell Family, Papers, 1852-1930, (C0079)
  • Burt, Richard W. (1823-1911), Papers, 1817-1911, (C0226)

    C

  • Caldwell-Steele Family, Letters, 1823-1841, (C0243)
  • Carey, Alex, Collection, 1864-1933, (C0253)
  • Carpenter, John C., Letters, 1868-1870, (C0236)
  • Carpenter, Sam, Letters, 1834-1842, (C0235)
  • *Carvill, George W., Letters, 1834-1868, (C2697)
  • Cleveland-Gillaspy Papers, 1849-1939, (C0105)
  • Communications Consortium Media Center, Records, (WUNP5661)
  • *Conley-Miller Family, Papers, 1792-1967, (C3693)
  • *Conyers, Thomas W. (1795-1879), Papers, 1817-1903, (C0755)
  • *Corder-Thomas Family, Papers, 1867-1961, (C3697)
  • *Cornett Family, Papers, 1847-1981, (C3808)
  • Cortelyou Family, Papers, 1826-1964, (C2463)
  • *Crede Family, Papers, 1818-1939, (C3065)

    D

  • *Davidson, James Franklin, Papers, 1868-1917, (C0089)
  • Davis-Vandiver Family, Letters, 1864-1872, (C0299)
  • Doble-Lucas Family, Letters, 1856-1865, (C0305)
  • Drake, Charles D. (1811-1892), Autobiography, 1811-1867, 1879, (C1003)
  • *Draper-McClurg Family, Papers, 1838-1981, (C3069)
  • Duncan-Hardin-Jenkins Family, Papers, 1821-1860, (C0307)
  • Duree Family, Papers, 1847-1888, (C0303)

    E

  • *Ebeuhoh, Lucie, Papers, 1897-1908, (C3941)
  • Epps, H.N., Family, Letters, 1817-1880, (C0201)
  • Ewing Family, Papers, 1927-1950, (C3815)

    F

  • Fike, Henry C. (1832-1919), Diaries, 1851-1919, (C2215)
  • France, Martha M. and Sara M., Papers, 1878-1905, (C0874)
  • *Fry, Annette Riley, Papers, 1882-1983, (C3729)
  • Funeral Notices, 1883, (C2284)

    G

  • Gano, John Allen, Family, Papers, 1794-1948, (C0065)
  • Gentry, Richard Harrison, Letters, 1837-1843, (C0931)
  • Gentry, Thomas B., Family Expense Books, 1870-1902, (C3439)
  • George, B. James, (1896-1975), Collection, 1887-1975, (C3564)
  • Geyer, Henry S., Papers, 1829-1858, (C1799)
  • Gigous Family, Papers, 1875-1877, (C0325)
  • Gillaspie, William R., Papers, 1851-1886, (C0679)
  • Gilliam, Charles Wesley, Diary, 1856-1876, (C3272)
  • Gourgas Family, Papers, 1815-1843, (C2699)
  • Green, A.P. (1875-1956), Papers, 1926-1958, (C2960)
  • Guitar, Mary Jane, Letters, 1846-1851, (C2952)
  • Guitar, Odon (1825-1908), Papers, 1832-1865, (C0882)
  • Guthrie, Charles Claude, Sr. (1880-1963), Family Papers, 1896-1978, (C3549)

    H

  • Hadley Family, Letters, 1838-1869, (C1997)
  • Hager, Archibald Little (c. 1814-c.1887), Diary, 1844-1887, (C0896)
  • Hagerman-Hayden Papers, 1852-1893, (C0110)
  • Hamilton, T.M. Ted (1905- ), Papers, 1922-1984, (C3073)
  • Hardin, Charles Henry (1820-1892), Papers, 1842-1892, (C0111)
  • Harper, H.W., Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1876, (SUNP1080)
  • Harwood, Wanda Haney, Collection, 1862-1889, (C1241)
  • *Haskell, Agnes Hadley (1876-1946), Daybooks, 1909-1946, (C3467)
  • Hawkins Family, Papers, 1835-1879, (C0332)
  • Hayden, Jacob J., Letter, 1868, (C1554)
  • Helm-Davidson Family, Papers, 1824-1970, (C3434)
  • Hicklin, Young and John Ryland, Papers, 1876-1929, (C0115)
  • *Hickman-Bryan Papers, 1796-1920, (C0045)
  • Holeman, Nancy Nash (1806- ), Papers, 1865-1877, (C0117)
  • Horne and Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Catalogue, 1897-1898, (C0724)
  • Houck, Ida M. Hopkins, Letters, 1869-1927, (C0119)
  • Hubbert, George, Papers, 1875-1881, (C1899)
  • Hughes, Rachel Wall, Papers, 1823-1893, (C0331)
  • Hunt, William S., Divorce Petition, 1851, (C2826)
  • *Hutchinson-Salisbury Papers, 1843-1867, (C3779)
  • Hutchison Family, Papers, 1831-1890, (C3713)

    I

  • Imboden-Dunklin Family, Letters, 1833-1854, (C0948)

    J

  • Jenkins, William, Collection, 1860s-1870s, (SUNP0688)
  • Johnston, Harriet D., Papers, 1923-1927, (C3691)

    K

  • Kehde, Ned, Collection, n.d., (C3537)
  • King, George, Papers, 1778-1924, (C0125)
  • *Kingsbury, Lilburn A. (1884-1983), Collection, 1816-1983, (C3724)
  • Knife and Fork Club, Kansas City, Missouri, Papers, 1899-1926, (C0127)

    L

  • Lamm, Henry, Papers, 1904-1916, (C0128)
  • Larwill Family, Papers, 1794-1947, (C0129)
  • Lenoir Family, Papers, 1832-1860, (C1826)
  • Lenoir, Thomas (1730-1861), Letters, 1839-1843, (C0355)
  • *Leonard, Abiel (1797-1863), Papers, 1782-1910, 1932, n.d., (C1013)
  • Leyda, Norine, Diary, 1912-1914, (C3573)
  • Lingle, Lawrence D., Collection, 1811-1885, (C2260)
  • Long, Martha White (1829-1909), Reminiscences, 1904, (C2693)
  • Lynch, James Lewis, Memoirs, 1838-1923, (C0132)

    M

  • M. Born and Company, Chicago, Illinois, Sample Books, 1905-1928, (C3777)
  • *Machir, John, Papers, 1791-1899, (C2893)
  • *Marbut, Curtis Fletcher (1863-1935), Papers, 1852-1983, (C3720)
  • Marshall Family, Papers, 1852-1909, (C0204)
  • Matthews, Lizzie Blanche (c. 1852- ), Papers, 1885-1920, (C0832)
  • Mayes-McMahon Family, Letters, 1815-1816, (C0940)
  • McLane, William H., Papers, 1836-1893, (C1020)
  • McLoed, John W., Papers, (WUNP5946)
  • McLorn, Olive Gilbreath, Papers, 1915-1934, (C3477)
  • McRoberts, A.J., Papers, 1859-1876, (C0375)
  • Miller-Stephens Family, Papers, 1811-1960, (C3229)
  • Missouri, Hamilton, Photograph Collection, c. 1880s-1920s, (C3789)
  • Missouri, Wayne County, Collection, (SUNP3132)
  • Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949, (C1041)
  • Morgan, Clara Washburn (1851- ), Diary, (C3818)
  • Morris Family, Papers, 1880-1946, (C0369)
  • Mudd, Henry Thomas (1818-1902), Papers, 1850-1879, (C1023)

    N

  • Napton, M., Letters, n.d., (C0378)

    O

  • Oliver Family, Papers, 1805-1977, (C3731)

    P

  • Perry Family, Letters, 1837-1872, (C3323)
  • Phillips, Nellie H., Letter, 1889, (C3232)
  • Pompey, Sherman Lee, Papers, n.d., (C3493)
  • Priddy, Bob, Collection, (WUNP6086)
  • Pritchett, Waller M., Papers, 1884-1913, (C2887)
  • *Puchta, Randolph E. (1928- ), Interview, 1998, (C2521)

    R

  • Reed, Thomas ( -1861), Letters, 1852-1859, (C2043)
  • *Reid, Loren D., (1905- ), Papers. c. 1900-1992, (C3946)
  • Reid, Loren D., Papers, (WUNP5923)
  • Reppy-Frissell-Drake Family, Papers, 1860-1930, (C0155)
  • *Rich, John A. (1855-1944), Diaries, 1884-1943, (C0898)
  • Richards, Channing, Papers, 1835-1863, (C2167)
  • Richey Family, Letters, 1866-1890, (C0391)
  • Robidoux, Orral Messmore (1859- ), Diary, 1918, (C2626)
  • *Rollins, James S. (1812-1888), Papers, 1546-1968, (C1026)
  • Russell, Cornelia, Papers, 1866-1871, (C3080)

    S

  • Sappington Family, Papers, 1831-1939, (C2889)
  • Scott, Elvira Ascenith Weir (1821-1910), Diary, 1860-1887, (C1053)
  • Shaw, Milton, Papers, 1824-1921, (C0428)
  • Sheppard Family, Papers, 1844-1877, (C0429)
  • Smith-Cotton Family, Papers, 1834-1929, (C0399)
  • Stephens, Frank Fletcher (1878-1966), Papers, 1875-1966, (C3599)
  • *Stephens, Margaret Nelson (1862-1929), Diary, 1876-1927, (C0311)
  • Stevens, Anna Frike, Papers, 1912-1917, (SUNP2256)
  • Stevenson, Crotia and Alvin Haggard, Papers, 1837-1899, (C3523)
  • *Stone, Kimbrough (1875-1958), Papers, 1897-1958, (C0005)
  • Stratton, Pauline H. (1814-1887), Papers, 1841, 1846-1870, (C0842)
  • Sullivan, Amos H. (1841-1934), Papers, 1850-1939, (C0273)
  • Sullivan, Amos H. (1841-1934), Record Books, 1878-1947, (C2145)
  • Sutter, Rosa Schaefer (1850-1920), Diaries, 1875-1920, (C0843)
  • Swallow, George Clinton, Papers, 1839-1909, (C0408)

    T

  • Tayloe Family, Papers, 1879-1942, (C2510)
  • Terry, George F. and Ursula, Letters, 1841-1843, (C1918)
  • Theilman Family, Papers, 1881-1928, (C0410)
  • Thomas, Harry, Letters, 1884, (C0411)
  • Thompson, Herbert and Emma, Papers, 1911-1920, (C3764)
  • Thrasher, Benjamin R. (1818- ), Diaries, 1877-1891, (C3048)

    V

  • Valentines, n.d., (C2900)
  • Vanarsdale, Susan D. (1824-1856), Diary, 1847-1855, (C1283)

    W

  • Watson, Catherine and Cyrus, Letterbook, 1836-1837, (C2756)
  • *Weeks' Photographic Studio, Linn, Missouri, Glass Plate Negatives, c. 1880, (C3889)
  • *Weeks, Raymond L. (1863-1954), Papers, 1873-1954, (C1045)
  • Welty, Elizabeth, Letters, 1891-1894, (C0986)
  • White, Cornelia C. (1860-1931), Papers, 1913-1931, (C2744)
  • *William Chrisman High School, Independence, Missouri, Class of 1951, Papers, 1948-2001, (C3979)
  • Winston Family, Papers, 1805-1886, (C0190)
  • Wood, J. David, Letter, 1883, (C0554)
  • Woods-Holman Family, Papers, 1805-1906, (C0191)
  • Wyatt, John, Letters, 1844-1846, (C0324)


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