Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Columbia University of Missouri / State Historical Society of Missouri 23 Ellis Library University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65201-5149 USA voice 573-882-6028 | fax 573-884-0345 | WHMC@umsystem.edu

The Western Historical Manuscript Collection - Columbia is changing its hours of operation.
Effective September 2nd, our new hours will be:

Monday--Friday 8:00am -- 4:45pm Saturday 8:00am -- 3:30pm Sunday -- Closed

Introduction to WHMC-Columbia

An overview of the collection, including procedures for reference use, hours, location, donor's guide, and other general information.

Access to Collection Inventories and Descriptions

Collection titles, brief descriptions and inventories grouped under broad subject headings, guides to specific research topics, and searching the collections. We do not have collections digitized and online.

Adopt-a-Document Program

Donor's Guide

Exhibits

• The Civil War Letters of Lewis Riley
  
• John G. Neihardt: Poet of the American West
  
• Missouri Memories: A Diary Project
  
• Ramsay Place Names File, 1928-1945
  
• This Week in Missouri History
  
How To Use Primary Sources:

• Genealogy Research Tutorial
  
• Using Primary Sources Tutorial
  
• World War I Lesson Plans
  
• World War II Documents
  
• Westward Expansion Lesson Plans
Kemper Military School Records

Midwest Disc Sports Collection

National History Day in Missouri

Oral History Program

Reference Assistance

Staff