Geography Collection Descriptions

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Applegate, Lisbon (1803-1875), Collection, 1819-1903, (C0996)
2 linear feet
18 volume(s)
Correspondence and business papers of Lisbon and Lewis M. Applegate of Keytesville, MO. Letters from George W. Applegate in California, 1848-1873, describing prospects for ranching, gold mining, and wine-making ventures; politics; and impact of Civil War and abolitionists. Civil War in Missouri; politics in Missouri and Chariton County; economic conditions and opportunities in Chariton County.

Audubon Society of Missouri, Records, 1934-1984, (C3800)
0.2 linear feet
Records of the Audubon Society of Missouri, an educational organization promoting ornithology and environmental awareness. Includes correspondence of society officers, minutes and programs of annual meetings, membership lists, and related material concerning activities of the society.

Austin, William W., Letter, 1844, (C0495)
1 folder(s)
Description of Missouri River flood at Carrollton.

Baldwin, Evelyn B. (1862-1933), Scrapbooks, 1898-1929, (C1381)
1 volume(s)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, letters, and telegrams relating to Baldwin's Arctic explorations with the Wellman polar expedition, 1898-1899, and the Baldwin-Ziegler polar expeditions of 1901-1902. Two copies.

Bedell, Ralph C., Papers, (WUNP5084)
16 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of papers relating to the South Pacific Commission, the National Defense Education Act, U.S. Naval Flight Preparatory Schools, the University of Missouri, and other topics. Includes photos and slides.

Bedell, Ralph C., Papers, (WUNP5047)
0.2 linear feet
Addition to papers of educator and psychologist. Includes materials about the South Pacific Commission of 1953 and correspondence and documents relating to the gift of the Bedell papers in 1986.

Bek, W.F., Notebook, (C1456)
1 folder(s)
Synopsis of a geography written in German and used by Bek in the early 1860s when he taught in St. Charles, MO.

Berry, J. Calvin, Letter, 1842, (C1461)
1 folder(s)
Berry, immigrant to Missouri from Illinois, wrote his brother about a tour of Missouri and compared opportunities in Missouri and Illinois. Countryside, markets, Southern market route to Europe, fertility of soil, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, administration of land in Missouri, and business affairs in Illinois.

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.

Biddle, William W., (1900- ), Papers, (WUNP3960)
30 linear feet
Correspondence, publications, and miscellaneous files of a professional in community development, active in teaching and in the field. Long associated with Earlham College. Vita in accession folder.

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.

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.

Breckenridge, Thomas E. (1825- ), Memoirs, 1894, (C0691)
5 folder(s)
Breckenridge was with the Topographical Corps led by J.C. Fremont in 1845; participated in the Mexican War in California; returned in 1847 to St. Louis on an official mission for Fremont; was on the 1848 Fremont expedition, survived, and went to Los Angeles with the remainder of the party. Petition for pension, 1894. Family notes. "The Breckenridge Memoirs" by John Mitchell, 1950.

Broadhead, William Ferrell, Letter, 1913, (C1944)
1 folder(s)
To Mrs. Arthur McCluer from Clayton, MO, June 27, 1913. Reminiscence about Boonslick Road from St. Louis to Fulton, MO.

Browne, James Raymond, Papers, 1919-1966, (C3479)
0.7 linear feet
Manuscript by an American lawyer who lived in the Orient. Correspondence pertaining to Browne's estate. Articles written by Browne's brother-in-law, Henry Kinyon.

Cannon, B.B., Journal, 1837, (C1946)
1 folder(s)
A day-by-day account of the journey of a band of Cherokee Indians being removed to the West by the U.S. government, written by the conductor of the party, October 13-December 30, 1837.

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.

Central Slavic Conference, Records, 1962-1984, (C3807)
2 linear feet
Records of a regional association centered in Missouri and Kansas and comprising university professors and other specialists in Soviet and East European Studies. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The records include correspondence, conference programs, copies of papers presented, membership lists, and promotional material concerning the annual conference sponsored by the organization.

Chapman, Carl H., Papers, (WUNP4619)
18 linear feet
Papers of a prominent American archaeologist and professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Materials sorted from original accession, 4609, Missouri Archaeological Society, Papers.

Cleghorn, Daniel B., Family, Papers, 1848-1892, (C0252)
6 folder(s)
Diary kept by Cleghorn, 1863, on prospecting trip from McGregor, IA, to Black Hills of Dakota Territory; accounts in back. Letters, accounts, receipts, mining claims. Correspondence concerning "Cleghorn Springs," Rapid City, Dakota Territory.

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.

Community Development Society, Records, 1969-, (C3880)
15 linear feet
Records of a professional association of academics and practitioners of community development in the United States and Canada. The records consist of correspondence of officers; board meeting minutes; society publications, annual meeting materials, and other assorted records.

Cooper, J.V., The Old Springfield Road, 1962, (C2130)
1 folder(s)
History and importance of the Old Springfield Road in southwest Missouri.

Corder-Thomas Family, Papers, 1867-1961, (C3697)
MICROFILM
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.

Crow, Carl (1883-1945), Papers, 1913-1945, (C0041)
5 linear feet
6 volume(s)
Accounts, bills, correspondence, speeches, manuscripts of articles and books, diary of a trip over the Burma Road, diary of a Japanese soldier, and notes on China, Japan, and South America. Crow lived in Shanghai and elsewhere in the Orient. Volumes are scrapbooks containing clippings and reviews of his books.

Davis, James Adam (1905-1988), Papers, 1937-1975, (C3666)
23.5 linear feet
Papers of a state labor leader. State CIO Industrial Union Council, State Labor Council, Political Action Committee, Missouri Valley Authority, Governor's Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation, United Labor Committee of Missouri, State Environmental Improvement Authority and Executive Review Committee materials. Personal records.

Davis, Joseph (1804-1871), Diary, 1825, (C1096)
1 folder(s)
Diary, September 30 - October 25, 1825, of a member of the party appointed by President Adams to survey and mark a road to Santa Fe. Gives account of return trip from the Mexican border. Also xerox copy.

Denney, Arthur Hugh, Papers, (WUNP4980)
20.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Correspondence, publications, and research materials of a University of Missouri professor of community development and consultant on economic planning. Includes numerous historical maps. Addition of genealogy client files containing correspondence, family charts, and other research materials related to Missouri families. Addition of research materials regarding Missouri post offices and Postmasters.

Denslow, William R., (1916- ), Collection, 1841-1929, (C0822)
0.4 linear feet
Materials collected by Denslow, including his father's memoirs, articles on local history, letters (1859-1861), written by a young boy working on a whaling ship, and a typescript copy of an 1898 diary describing the Yukon gold fields.

Draper-McClurg Family, Papers, 1838-2009, (C3069)
MICROFILM
3.9 linear feet
Correspondence, Civil War information, and stories from the Philander Draper and Joseph W. McClurg families. Correspondence, Civil War information, and stories from the Philander Draper and Joseph W. McClurg families. Information on Missouri politics; California gold rush; lead and iron works; orchards; farming; education; the Dakota Territory; housekeeping in a soddy; clothing; and economic conditions, work, and travel in the American West is also included in this collection. Photographs of farm life, vacationing, school, and of family are also included in this collection as well as various playbills for the Elk Minstrels.

Dunlap Family, Papers, 1780-2002, (C4004)
1.9 linear feet
The papers of the Dunlap family include genealogical records, a Civil War journal, photographs, maps and land surveys, and other research materials compiled to produce histories of the Dunlap and Kofahl families of Licking, Missouri.

Dwyer, Huntington and Company Letter Book, 1887, (C0645)
1 folder(s)
Orders for supplies, dynamite, tools, clothing, and food. Reports on progress and financial problems of a construction company doing work for the Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul Railroads.

Earle, Carville V., "Land Values in the Eastern Ozarks," 1967, (C2593)
1 folder(s)
A paper written for a geography class and presented at a Missouri Academy of Science meeting.

Earley, Jos., Land Survey, 1784, (C2438)
1 folder(s)
Field notes made by Jos. Earley during a land survey, January 9, 1784. A note that patent was issued May 22, 1785.

Edwards, John Cummins (1806-1888), Address, 1845, (C1596)
1 folder(s)
Gubernatorial message to the Missouri General Assembly, March 21, 1845, about Missouri-Iowa Territory boundary difficulties.

Field, Gabriel, Journal, 1819, (C1891)
1 folder(s)
Journal of a trip from Camp Missouri to Chariton kept by Gabriel Field from October 31 to November 27, 1819, for Colonel H. Atkinson. Journal includes detailed directions and observations of the area. Two maps of route.

Forest Land Use Conference Proceedings, 1961, (C2246)
1 folder(s)
Booklet of the proceedings of the Forest Land Use Conference, held in Washington, D.C.

Frisco Railroad Survey, n.d., (C0765)
1 folder(s)
Chronological survey of construction and acquisitions by the Frisco Lines, 1849-1940.

German Settlement Society Notations, 1836-1839, (C0721)
1 folder(s)
Excerpts from a Philadelphia, PA, settlement society record book relative to starting new settlements in the West, particularly at Hermann, MO.

Gourgas Family, Papers, 1815-1843, (C2699)
10 folder(s)
Letters of Adele Gourgas, daughter of a Swiss immigrant, to her brother John Mark Gourgas relating her impressions of and experiences in the Millersburg-Lexington, KY, region and Cincinnati, OH, where she moved with her husband John Dubois in 1819. Letters from Jacob Gourgas to his brother John Mark and other papers of family interest. Letters are in French.

Gray, Edmund (1834- ), Papers, 1831-1955, (C3611)
1.8 linear feet
Mississippi River pilots’ charts, ships; logs, steamboat directions, and personal papers of Edmund Gray, a resident of Gray’s Point, Scott County, Missouri, and Cape Girardeau and steamboat pilot on the Mississippi for many years.

Grindstone Development Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1963-1975, (C2730)
0.2 linear feet
Organizational records of the Grindstone Valley Development Corporation include by-laws, meeting minutes, financial records, stockholders' agreements, research reports, and business correspondence. These records document the corporation's real estate investments, sale of stocks, sale of bonds, organization, potential development of the area now encompassed by Grindstone Valley Nature Area, and the sale of that area to the City of Columbia in 1975.

Guitar, Sarah (1892-1963), Collection, n.d., (C3391)
1.5 linear feet
Card file compiled by Sarah Guitar, reference librarian of the State Historical Society of Missouri, as a guide to county boundaries of Missouri, 1812-1929; Missouri congressional district boundaries, 1845-1933; Missouri senatorial districts, 1820-1931; and Missouri judicial circuits, 1815-1915.

Hambright, Robert, Letter, 1845, (C3238)
1 folder(s)
To John Hambright, Fort Osage, MO, from Fayetteville, AR, May 23, 1845. Concerns the emigration of Choctaw Indians from Mississippi to Arkansas. Newspaper clipping announces sale of slaves by Commissioner John Hambright, brother of Robert Hambright.

Hamilton, Henry W., Collection, (SUNP3103)
1.5 linear feet
Addition of correspondence, publications, notes, bibliographies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other research materials related to 1930s and 1940s agriculture, Missouri and plains archaeology, and forts on the upper Missouri River.

Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, Land Promotion Circular, 1860, (C0904)
1 folder(s)
Advertisement of New England Colony located in Daviess and Caldwell Counties, MO. Descriptions of crops, minerals, soils, climate, lumber, and price of land.

Harvey, Thomas, Jr., Papers, 1852-1865, (C0336)
2 folder(s)
Letter to Harvey from a friend, describing happenings and dangers of a trip from New York to California by way of Isthmus of Panama, conditions in California, and advantages of working there. Letters from relatives concerning family matters. Letter from brother Richard to brother Warren commenting upon attitude of Texans toward the Confederate Army.

Hendrickson, William P., Journal, 1840, (C1643)
1 folder(s)
Field notes about the St. Louis and Bacon Ferry State Road and the St. Louis and Fenton State Road, surveyed and marked out by Commissioners Hugh Miller, Hartley Sappington, and William McCutchen, March-April 1840. William P. Hendrickson was a civil engineer and surveyor.

Hoffman, Sam, Letter, 1849, (C0539)
1 folder(s)
To Edward Hoffman, St. Louis, MO, from Black Rock, NY, Feb. 26, 1849. Letter to his son discussing construction of the Erie Canal near Buffalo, NY, and topics of general interest.

Horton, R.F., Papers, 1903-1910, (C0330)
1 folder(s)
Two letters concerning the activities of the Mexican-Nevada Exploration Company and an account of the author's travels and work in Arizona and Mexico. Stay at Guaymas, Mexico; birds at Playa Beach at the mouth of the Sinaloa River; mention of massacre by Indians.

Howell, Elijah Preston, Diary, 1849, (C1675)
MICROFILM
1 folder(s)
Diary, May 6-September 24, 1849, of a journey across the plains from Athens, Gentry County, MO, to the Sacramento Valley during the California gold rush. Members of company, description of wagon trains, countryside, wild game, vegetation, provisions, Indians, cholera, travel guides, landmarks, defense, wagon train problems, Mormons.

James, Lucy Wortham, Collection, 1801-1895, (C0001)
MICROFILM
23 linear feet
234 volume(s)
Records of the Maramec Iron Works in St. James, Missouri, and papers of the James family. Correspondence discusses hiring of slaves, prices, banking and financial conditions, transportation costs and railroads, political conditions, immigration, and the Civil War. Volumes have been microfilmed; originals are in storage.

Kaufman, Harold F. (1911-1990), Papers, ca. 1925-1983, (C3986)
RESTRICTED
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.

Kelleter, Paul Delmar (1881-1950), Speeches, 1935-1940, (C2249)
6 folder(s)
Speeches and miscellaneous reports by Kelleter, forest supervisor of Clark National Forest, MO, concerning the U.S. Forest Service in Missouri, with emphasis on the Clark National Forest and rehabilitation of the Ozark region.

Kenny, Thomas H., Papers, (WUNP5675)
0.6 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of research publications regarding history of steamboat wrecks on the Missouri River; publication on the causes of the Civil War; and land atlases and plat maps for selected Missouri counties.

Killian, Joseph C. (1825-1895) and Charles A. (1852-1936), Papers, 1821-1935 (C0124)
0.4 linear feet
Legal papers and letters of J.C. Killian and his son, Perry County, Missouri, lawyers. Diary of J.C. Killian describes people of Perryville. Also material on early German immigration.

King, Elijah, Papers, 1873-1888, (C0351)
1 folder(s)
Letters written to King in Iowa from Munn and Farwell, land agents in Grant City, MO, giving prices and description of land. Broadside advertising cheap western homes in the Grand and Platte River country of northeast Missouri, and a genealogy of the King, Munn, and Farwell families.

Konnyu, Leslie, Papers, (WUNP5293)
0.2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of obituaries, articles, condolence letters, photographs, Konnyu's M.A. thesis--John Xantus, Hungarian Geographer in America, and miscellaneous materials.

Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, Columbia, Missouri, Papers, 1860s-1962, (C3877)
0.4 linear feet
Minutes, resolutions, maps, reports, and legal documents concerning the urban redevelopment project in Columbia, MO, for the area known as Flat Branch and/or the Douglass School Urban Renewal Area.

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.

Lea, Ashley, Letters, 1839-1884, (C0354)
1 folder(s)
Letters of a pioneer Missouri family discussing conditions on the journey to the California gold fields, family news, and crop conditions in Mississippi in 1857.

Leazenby, Grant, "A Story of an Emigrant People,", (C0747)
1 folder(s)
Reminiscences of the author's boyhood in Cainsville, Harrison County, MO. Recounts the lives of prominent Czechoslovakian immigrants in the community, describing their history as a people, their country, and the area they finally settled in.

Lenoir, Walter Raleigh (1786-1843), Letter, 1834, (C0356)
1 folder(s)
To Edmond Jones, Fort Defiance, NC, from Columbia, MO, Dec. 30, 1834. Description of Columbia and the surrounding country.

Long, William C., Papers, 1859-1891, (C2624)
8 folder(s)
Nineteen Civil War letters; letters to and from Irwin Walley, Long's son-in-law; miscellaneous family papers; and photographs of the opening of the Oklahoma Territory, 1891.

Louisiana and Middletown Plank Road Company Records, 1851-1873, (C1152)
1 volume(s)
Road company established to construct an improved road from Louisiana, Pike County, MO, to Middletown, Montgomery County, MO. Early efforts to build and maintain the road are described in detail. Most meetings were held in the road company's office in Louisiana. Also two photographs.

Mayes-McMahon Family, Letters, 1815-1816, (C0940)
1 folder(s)
Two letters written by B.V. Mayes, St. Louis, to his cousin Nancy McMahon in Henderson, KY. Both letters concern family matters and Mayes's dislike of St. Louis. He remarks on the absence of any American women in the city and on the poor living and working conditions he faces as a clerk in a mercantile house.

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.

McKinney, T. Thistle, "Northeast and East," and "Seven Hundred Twenty-five Plus," 1928-1929, (SUNP2061)
2 volume(s)
Account of two auto trips - one in the northeastern United States and Canada; and one in northeast and southern Missouri.

Merrill, Julius Caesar (c. 1843- ), Diary, 1864, (C0371)
3 folder(s)
Gives account of trip from Milwaukee to Boise City, ID, in 1864. Describes the journey over the old Oregon Trail, storms, severity of weather, shortage of food and water for their livestock, scarcity of firewood and wild game food for themselves, difficulties in fording rivers, fear of Indian attack, encounters with Indians wanting to trade, and other problems of wagon train life.

Missouri Land and Live Stock Company and Missouri Land Company of Scotland, Papers, 1881-1924, (C0825)
RESTRICTED
MICROFILM
Records, reports, and correspondence of companies which had main offices in Edinburgh, Scotland. Their purpose was to obtain land in southwest Missouri to sell or lease. Originals in Colorado State Archives.

Missouri Parks and Recreation Association, Records, 1938-1976, (C3649)
6.5 linear feet
Origin, history and meetings of an organization whose members seek to promote the general welfare of the people through a recreation program. Minutes of the executive boards, committee work, conference and treasurers’ reports and correspondence are included. The last section of the collection is comprised of papers relating to supervised recreation in Columbia, MO, 1940-1960.

Missouri Place Name Survey Papers, (WUNP4267)
1 linear feet
Correspondence and printed material of a group researching the origin of place names, 1974-1979.

Missouri Place Names Study Papers, 1927-1928, (C3459)
0.6 linear feet
Correspondence, term papers, and information collected by graduate students at the University of Missouri during a study of the origin and history of place names in forty-two Missouri counties.

Missouri Railway Map, 1888, (C2444)
1 folder(s)
Commissioners' official railway map of Missouri, completed to 1 January 1888.

Missouri River Folk History Project, Records, (SUNP6109)
0.25 linear feet
Oral history interviews of Missourians who have lived and worked along the Missouri River. Meredith Ludwig conducted the interviews.

Missouri Rural Area Development Committee, Records, 1957-1967, (C2583)
1.8 linear feet
The Missouri Rural Area Development Committee, directed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was designed to coordinate efforts to revitalize agricultural and natural resources in the rural areas. The papers are organized into four sections: organization, policy, projects, and progress reports.

Missouri, Centerville, Plat, n.d., (C1486)
1 folder(s)
Plat with description by W.M. Davidson, surveyor.

Missouri, Columbia. Charter Commission Papers, 1948-1949 (C0085)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of a commission established by a special election on May 4, 1948.

Missouri, Perry County, Immigration List, 1839, (C1836)
1 folder(s)
List of Lutheran emigrants who left New York and arrived in the village of Wittenburg, Perry County, MO, in 1839. Original in the possession of the donor.

Missouri, Perry County, Immigration List, 1839, (C1837)
1 folder(s)
List of Lutheran emigrants who came to Perry County, MO, by way of New Orleans in 1839. Original in the possession of the donor.

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, Putnam County, Survey and Town Plats, 1844-1866, (C3440)
2 folder(s)
Official survey, by township, of Putnam County, MO, 1844-1854, and plats of thirteen towns in the county showing blocks and street names, 1857-1866.

Missouri, Smithton. Papers, 1818, (C1654)
1 folder(s)
Contract to purchase land for town site of Smithton and directions for laying off the town, signed by the trustees, Gerard Robinson, Thos. Duley, and R. Gentry. Smithton is now called Columbia, MO.

Missouri, St. John, Survey, 1857, (C3171)
1 folder(s)
Copy of original survey of St. John, MO, giving owners of each lot; also plat map naming owners of outlying farms.

Missouri, St. Joseph, Urban Renewal Project, (SUNP2624)
0.6 linear feet
Correspondence, maps, clippings, architectural drawings, and economic data concerning urban renewal in St. Joseph, MO.

Missouri, Ste. Genevieve District, Land Record Book, (SUNP2482)
0.2 linear feet
Transcription of Land Record Book A.

Moll, Justus R., Maps, 1870, 1915, (C3211)
1 folder(s)
Negative photostat of a map of Greene County, MO, showing roads, Indian trails, villages and mounds, and narrative regarding Indians in Greene County, 1915. Also a copy of a map of the battlefield at Lexington, MO, September 1861, as drawn during court of inquiry in the 1870s.

Morrow, W.I.I. (1802-1876), Papers, 1839, 1852, (C2051)
1 folder(s)
Positive photostat copy of a day by day account of the journey of Morrow, attending physician to a party of emigrating Cherokee Indians, c. 20 February-24 March 1839. Two typescript copies of a diary also included. Copy of 1852 letter from Morrow regarding use of liquor among Seneca Indians near Enterprise, 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 Miss ouri.

Mussman, Albert H., Implications of Land Use Adjustments..Connection with the Defense Program," 1941, (C1188)
1 volume(s)
Report on activities of agencies concerned with the assisting in the relocation of families disturbed by the construction of Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Includes photographs and case studies.

Naysmith, Clifford, Quality Hill: "The History of a Neighborhood," 1962, (C3518)
1 folder(s)
Award-winning essay on a residential neighborhood inhabited by Kansas City's wealthiest families in the 1880s. The author describes its decline and rebirth.

Northwest Missouri State Park Committee, Developmental Proposal, 1925, (SUNP2525)
1 volume(s)
Promotional booklet of text and photographs presenting the merits of Lanowa Park in Buchanan and Andrew counties in order to establish it as a Missouri State Park.

Overland Diary, 1857, (C0413)
1 folder(s)
Personal diary kept by an unidentified girl as she and her family left Canada, KY, in October 1857 and traveled by covered wagon to a place near Brunswick, MO. Describes traveling conditions, roads, bridges, the land, the people they met, and the fun they had. Describes coal mines in Illinois, the Hoosier country of Indiana, and crossing the Mississippi.

Ozark Land and Lumber Company, Records, 1887-1933, (C0037)
8 linear feet
100 volume(s)
Business papers and record books of a Shannon County, MO, lumber company. Correspondence, financial records, minutes of directors' and stockholders' meetings, store records, cutting and other lumber records, land records, and survey maps.

Pacific Railroad, Southwestern Branch, Lands Book, n.d., (C1177)
1 volume(s)
Description and maps of 220,000 acres of iron, lead, copper, and farming lands on the southeast branch of the Pacific Railroad in Missouri. Township maps show the route of the railroad.

Palmer, H.D., Letter, 1862, (C0512)
1 folder(s)
To Isaac Feback from Independence, MO, Dec. 20, 1862. Letter from a Unionist telling of the distrust between North and South.

Parry, Duke Needham (1893-1932), Papers, 1923-1924, (C2227)
1 linear foot
Newspaper clippings, unpublished articles, and miscellaneous notes by Parry while International News Service foreign correspondent in Japan.

Powell, John Benjamin (1886-1947), Papers, 1910-1952, (C3662)
2.9 linear feet
Papers of a journalist, including correspondence, literary productions, printed material, photographs, and a scrapbook. Rough drafts for MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CHINA and Powell's articles (1941-1947). Information on China, Japan, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Central Asia, India, Philippine Islands, World War II, and the Washington Conference.

Powell, William, Letters, 1839-1840, (C2035)
1 folder(s)
Letters written by William Powell of Huntsville, MO, to his brother, Henry A. Powell, in Yanceyville, NC. Prices of land, food, grain crops and livestock; abundance of wild game; and richness of the land. Begs the rest of the family to join them in Missouri.

Ramsay, Robert L. (1880-1953), Papers, 1918-1953, (C3230)
2.5 linear feet
Correspondence, notes, rough drafts, revisions, and proof sheets for place names series with emphasis upon Missouri place names. Newspaper clippings about Ramsay and the place name articles. Small volumes of notes and prints pertaining to his academic classes, and sample student themes and bibliographies.

Read, Allen Walker, "Bibliography of Library Sources for the Study of the Place Names of MO," n.d., (C2103)
1 folder(s)
Annotated bibliography on Missouri place names.

Reick, Addie Henry, Diary, 1910, (C0556)
1 folder(s)
Diary, kept 1 May-30 June 1910, of a trip from Seattle, WA, to Ophir, AK. Mrs. Reick wrote the journal for relatives and friends in Missouri. A map showing the route is filed with the diary.

Routh, Roberta M., "The Army Comes to the Ozarks," 1941, (C1224)
1 volume(s)
Establishment of U.S. Army troops at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, as seen through the eyes of the county director of Pulaski County Social Security Assistance. Includes illustrations, diagrams and case histories of displaced persons.

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.

Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann, Papers, (WUNP5925)
Papers of Hermann, MO, writer and descendant of steamboat captain, Bill Heckmann. Includes newspaper clippings of happenings along Missouri's waterways dating from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Also includes genealogical information on Hermann, maps of Missouri's rivers, and a few photographs of steamboats and river scenes.

Soil Conservation Society of America, Show-Me Chapter, Records, (WUNP4713)
2 linear feet
Records of a non-profit scientific and educational organization founded in 1950 as Alfalfa Brome Chapter. In 1955 reorganized as Show-Me-Chapter.

St. Joseph Lead Mining Company Papers, 1800, 1892, (C0574)
2 folder(s)
Positive photostat of Spanish land grant for area later purchased by St. Joseph Lead Company. Booklet, compiled by J. Wyman Jones, detailing history of the company. Booklet is illustrated.

State Historical Society of Missouri, Typescript Collection, (C0995)
RESTRICTED
MICROFILM
The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.

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.

Stein, George, Travel Report, 1881, (C3287)
1 folder(s)
Account of George Stein family migration to America in the fall of 1881 aboard the SS NECKER and settlement in Clark County, MO.

Taeuber, Irene B. (1906-1974), Papers, 1912-1981 (C2158)
63 linear feet
2 audio cassettes
Irene B. Taeuber, a research demographer, was best known for her work on the population of Asia, especially Japan and China. Collection includes correspondence with leading demographers, sociologists, and Asian specialists; publications and manuscripts; research notes and data; bibliographic card files; and photographs and slides of her travels.

The Missouri Prairie Foundation, Records, (SUNP2957)
1 folder(s)
Addition of miscellaneous correspondence and interviews with past presidents of the organization.

Thomas, John L., Notebooks, n.d., (C1272)
30 volume(s)
Notes on the geology and history of Missouri, which the compiler had planned to use in making an historical atlas.

Townsend, G.S., Letter, 1838, (C2516)
1 folder(s)
To C.A. Harris, Bureau of Indian Affairs, from Cherokee Agency East, Jan. 25, 1838. Townsend's description of his journey as attending physician to a band of emigrant Cherokees from Cherokee Agency East to Cherokee Nation West, a distance of 800 miles.

U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Photographs, 1928-1931, (C0647)
15 folder(s)
Photographs of highways and railroad bridges across the Missouri River, with maps and basic engineering facts. Also pictures of boats and construction for river control.

U.S. Army, Specialized Training Program, Foreign Area and Language Study, University of Missouri, Papers, 1943-1944 (C0057)
2.25 linear feet
Correspondence, army directives, student records, and other material pertaining to the program and staff of the ASTP Unit at the University of Missouri. Also includes material concerning a study of ASTPs made by Thomas A. Brady for the Rockefeller Foundation.

U.S. Soil Conservation Service, Collection, (WUNP4719)
7.4 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Photographs and textual materials documenting soil conservation history, primarily in Missouri. Includes information on Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the state.

Van Meter Family, Papers, 1834-1968, (C3242)
9 folder(s)
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, diaries, and account books of a Saline County, MO, family. The papers deal, for the most part, with the family business, primarily accounts for goods and food sold. There is some material dealing with family matters, including a diary of a trip taken to Montana in 1865 by Abel J. Van Meter.

Van Zandt, Nicholas Biddle, Papers, 1853, (C2787)
1 folder(s)
Letter from Van Zandt to Colonel James Taylor, Newport, KY, arranging survey and division of land, and a copy of Taylor's reply. Also typed copies.

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.

Women's Progressive Farmers Association of Missouri, Inc., Records, 1921-1985, (C3726)
5.5 linear feet
Records of an organization dedicated to the improvement of rural life and the support of its counterpart, the Missouri Farmers Association. Affiliated with Associated Country Women of the World. Correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, newsletters, and account books.

Young, John, Record Book, 1865, (C1294)
1 volume(s)
Wagon master's record book containing printed rules, regulations, and instructions. Accounts for 1865 drive or merchandise train, including accounts of drivers, loading of wagons, list of expenses, and statement of profit.