Social Reform and Welfare Collection Descriptions

Records of individuals and organizations involved in meeting social welfare needs, such as charities and orphanages, or those promoting reform through lobbying, neighborhood coalitions, church groups, and other advocacy groups. Can include social service organizations which promote social welfare. Materials related to the Community Action Archives of Missouri. Researchers may also want to consider the social reform related holdings of the branches in Kansas City, Rolla, and St. Louis.

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Ackerman, Frank (1884-1974), Papers, 1942-1972, (C3443)
RESTRICTED
14.2 linear feet
The Frank Ackerman Papers contain extensive documentation of his work on behalf of the mentally retarded in Missouri. This includes his research materials on services offered to the mentally retarded nationwide and his work for various organizations in Missouri. A lesser amount of material covers his farming business in Pike County, Missouri, and the funeral of Viola Ackerman. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, printed materials, organizational records, and handwritten notes. Originals in the Virginia State Library.

Allen, Donna (1920-1999), Papers, 1920-1992, (C3795)
18.6 linear feet
Papers of director of Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women. Includes professional correspondence and printed materials on sex and race discrimination cases, media stereotypes, public broadcasting, women's news, national and international women's conferences, nad wome in management. Also documents Allen's involvement in labor, civil rights, and anti-war activism.

American Association of University Women, Mo. Division, Committee on Equal Pay Scrapbooks, 1958-1963, (C1442)
2 volume(s)
Correspondence with club women, professional women, legislators and businessmen; background material on equal pay; newspaper clippings; and photographs of governor signing legislation. Photographs and negatives of presentation of collection to SHS are located in Editorial Office.

American Civil Liberties Union Pamphlets, 1913-1937, (C2537)
1.6 linear feet
Printed pamphlets and reports on issues involving civil liberties, published by the American Civil Liberties Union and such related organizations as the Free Speech League and the League for Industrial Democracy. Also included is miscellaneous socialist and communist literature.

American Civil Liberties Union Posters, (WUNP4479)
1 folder(s)
ACLU posters from the 1970s.

American Civil Liberties Union, Mid-Chapter, Records, 1968-1984, (C1735)
0.4 linear feet
The records of the ACLU, Mid-Missouri Chapter, a civil rights organization, consist of case files, correspondence, and meeting minutes.

Archives Societaire, 1832-1882, (C0233)
MICROFILM
Selected letters from the Archives Societaire, housed at the Archives Nationales, Paris, France. The Archives Societaire are the records of the followers of Charles Fourier. Included is correspondence of Victor Considerant, founder of the Fourierist colony at Reunion, TX, and Albert Brisbane, Fourierism's foremost advocate in the United States.

Artley, A. Sterl, Papers (1907-1998), 1940-1998, (C3955)
1.8 linear feet
Papers of A. Sterl Artley, professor at the University of Missouri College of Education. Artley was one of three authors of the "Dick and Jane" primers and an expert in the field of reading education. The papers consist of correspondence, his autobiography, publicity and newspaper clippings, photographs, lecture notes, and publications.

Bell, C. Jasper (1885-1978), Scrapbook, 1935-1936, (C3226)
0.4 linear feet
Newspaper clippings pertaining to the Townsend Plan, a pension plan for the elderly sponsored by Dr. Francis Townsend in the mid-1930s, and the U.S. House of Representatives' investigation of it which Congressman Bell instigated and chaired. Clippings are from papers throughout the country. December 17, 1935 to July 26, 1936.

Bradshaw, Doris Crump, Papers, 1930-1962 (C3303)
3 linear feet
The civic, professional, and social organization papers of Doris Crump Bradshaw include: League of Women Voters, Missouri Library Association, Fortnightly Club, Columbia Garden Club, and Daughters of the American Revolution. Active in American Association of University Women, Mrs. Bradshaw served as state legislative chairman, 1945-1949, and state social studies chairman, 1950-1951.

Cady, Lee D. (1896-1987), Papers, 1937-1941, (C2892)
0.8 linear feet
Cady's correspondence with doctors, legislators, and businessmen in Missouri, and state health officers of other states; copies of premarital examination and prenatal blood test bills; and various promotional publications and magazine and newspaper clippings regarding premarital examination and prenatal blood test bills.

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 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, 1878-1879.

Columbia Council on Religion and Race, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1963-1970, (C3841)
0.4 linear feet
Minutes, committee reports, correspondence, conference materials and housing surveys. The major emphasis of the records is racial discrimination in housing in Columbia, but also includes information on the entire state.

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.

Columbia Safety Council, Records, (SUNP2489)
0.2 linear feet
Newsletters, minutes, programs, and correspondence of a local affiliate of the National Safety Council, 1977-1983.

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.

Communications Consortium Media Center, Records, (WUNP5661)
7.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Materials, compiled, collected, and distributed which relate to women's news issues. Topics include abortion, human reproduction, media, politics, and others.

Community Development Society, Records, (WUNP5708)
0.2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of awards committee files, certified community developer files, and January 1997 board minutes.

Community Development Society, Records, (WUNP5697)
0.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of minutes, annual meeting materials, publications, scholarship files, and miscellany.

Community Development Society, Records, (WUNP5579)
Addition of Board of Directors meeting minutes for 1995; an annual conference program for 1995; and nomination materials for CDS awards for 1995.

Community Development Society, Records, (WUNP5641)
0.6 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of correspondence, reports, publications, minutes, committee files, and miscellaneous records.

Community Development Society, Records, 1997, (WUNP5728)
2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of VANGUARD, 1997; 29th annual international conference program, 1997; and Foundation Center, Spring catalog, 1997.

Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.), Columbia, Missouri, Papers, 1959-1964, (C2508)
0.5 linear feet
Collections contain constitutions of national and local C.O.R.E., minutes, membership lists, clippings, and correspondence. Includes information on integration in Columbia, the arrest of John D. Schopp, and projects sponsored by the national organization.

Council for Democracy Bulletins, 1944-1946, (C0912)
4 folder(s)
Bulletins entitled "Write Now," dealing with current problems and distributed by a nonprofit organization located in New York City.

Decker, Perl D. (1875-1934), Papers, 1897-1939, (C0092)
0.7 linear feet
5 volume(s)
Speeches, news clippings, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials of a Joplin, MO, lawyer and Democratic congressman. Scrapbooks containing clippings, letters and other items related to his career. Also Anti-Saloon League material and platforms of the two major parties.

Dorsey, Carolyn, Papers, (WUNP5558)
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3 linear feet
INVENTORY. Papers of a University of Missouri educator which primarily concern issues and programs of affirmative action, student affairs, and minority students.

Dubansky, Betty Ann, Papers, (WUNP5326)
2.75 linear feet
INVENTORY. Personal and professional papers of a social work educator. Materials concern the physically handicapped; primarily the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, 1977.

Eastman, Roger D., Collection, (WUNP5477)
8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Materials relating to Eastman's work with Missouri Opinion Analysis which conducted a variety of public opinion polls and surveys. Also contains a variety of Missouri maps, several photographs, and materials relating to development on the Meramec River.

Ellinger, Rory Vincent (1941- ), Collection, 1951-1973, (C3555)
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3.4 linear feet
Papers of a student activist at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1966-1972, who served as president of the Columbia branch of Students for a Democratic Society and was active in the New Democratic Coalition and numerous other organizations. SDS papers and SDS NEW LEFT NOTES are included.

Eugene Field Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri, Minute Book, 1928-1931, (C1100)
1 folder(s)
1 volume(s)
Records of organization founded for the relief of crippled children.

Everyday People, Inc., Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1970-1986, (C3809)
3.5 linear feet
Records of a non-traditional, alternative social service organization which specialized in drug counseling and education, crisis intervention, and emergency food and shelter. Includes grant applications, financial records, minutes, training manuals, surveys, and correspondence concerning funding, recruitment and training of volunteer staff, and development of counseling procedures and programs.

Family Service of Columbia, Inc., Records, 1900-1978, (C0868)
3.25 linear feet
Records of the oldest social service agency in Columbia, MO. Name changes include Charity Organization Society, 1901-1922; Public Welfare Society, 1922-1934; Social Service Society, 1937-1957; Family Service of Columbia, 1957-1984; and Family & Children's Services of Mid-Missouri, 1984 to the present. Contains financial records, administrative records, casework files, correspondence, proposals and publicity materials.

Folk, Joseph Wingate (1869-1923), Speech, 1910, (C3251)
1 folder(s)
Bound copy of a speech, "The Limitations of Reform," printed in the SATURDAY EVENING POST, February 12, 1910.

Freedom of Choice Council of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5584)
0.6 linear feet
INVENTORY. Financial records, minutes, newsletters, press releases, membership records, and miscellaneous records, ca. 1977-1990.

Goode, Malvin R. (1908-1995), Papers, 1911-2001, (C1706)
8 linear feet
Malvin Russell Goode, Sr. was the first African American broadcast journalist at ABC News. The collection consists of letters, speeches, photographs, audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, awards, and other miscellaneous items documenting his life, career, and African-American culture.

Harman, Moses (1830-1910), Papers, 1858-1984, (C3802)
MICROFILM
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.

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.

Hoffman, Clara C., Notice, 1908, (C3210)
1 folder(s)
Notice of temperance and prohibition conference, called for Sedalia, MO, March 17, 1908, by state W.C.T.U. president.

Hosmer, Kent, Collection, (WUNP5815)
Newsletters, meeting material, promotional and educational material and other organized records of the US Committee In Solidarity With the People of El Salvador (CISPES), and similar records, including Spanish language material, related to revolutionary movements in central America; 1980s.

Hyde, Mary Ruth, Papers, 1970s-1980s, (WUNP5307)
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Papers relating primarily to the Equal Rights Amendment, the Missouri Women's Network, and other women's issues. Includes organizational records, newsletters, correspondence, publicity and miscellaneous materials.

Jackson, Sarah Belle (1928-1999), Papers, (WUNP5864)
Papers of a Columbia, MO, community activist. Includes documents relating to the police shooting of a young woman, records of various civic groups she was involved with, including St. Luke Methodist Church and their gospel choir; 1970s-1980s. Also included are scans of family photographs.

Locke, Linda M. (1953- ), Papers, 1969-1982, (C0839)
1.4 linear feet
Papers of a Missouri National Organization for Women chapter coordinator and assistant state and state coordinator, 1978-1982; Adult Abuse Remedies Coalition lobbyist, 1979-1980; delegate to 1980 Democratic National Convention; and Missouri Equal Rights Amendment Countdown Campaign project director, 1981-1982.

Marceline Coordinated Welfare Council, Marceline, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2848)
5 volume(s)
Record books of the Council, 1950-1980, include minutes of meetings, financial records, correspondence, and newspaper clippings; and a 1952 scrapbook documenting activities of Council organizations.

Miller, Helen Guthrie, Letter, 1933, (C1599)
1 folder(s)
To [Carolyn] Meyer from Kalispell, MT, July 19, 1933. Answer to inquiry about activities of Mrs. Miller and the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs in promoting the passage of a pure food law in Missouri prior to 1907.

Missouri Alliance for Choice, Records, (WUNP5719)
RESTRICTED
1.8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of minutes, newsletters, committee files, project records, publications, and other materials, ca. 1900-1997.

Missouri Alliance for Choice, Records, 1989-1994, (WUNP5440)
RESTRICTED
2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Records of a state-wide coordinating organization for various pro-choice groups. Includes administrative and collected records, ca. 1989-1994.

Missouri Assoc. for Social Welfare, Official Wel- fare...Development & Correlation, 1821 to 1936, (C2083)
1 folder(s)
Report compiled by MASW on state welfare services, particularly correctional and eleemosynary institutions, their historical development, organization, and functions.

Missouri Association for Social Welfare, Records, 1908-1971, (C3475)
79 linear feet
23 volume(s)
Records of an association organized to improve and extend the health and welfare of the people of the State of Missouri, and to promote the improvement of public and private social services and the prevention of poverty, crime, and disease in the state. The records consist of correspondence, minutes, committee records, newsletters and conference materials.

Missouri Coalition for Correctional Justice, Records, 1973-1982, (C3911)
1 linear feet
Records of an organization that had the purpose of educating the public on prison conditions and promoting programs of education and rehabilitation in cooperation with the Missouri State Division of Corrections. MCCJ was a cooperative effort of many organizations and individuals but, Dr. J. Noel Heermance, professor of English at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, was the director and driving force.

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 National Organization for Women, Records, 1967-1982, (C0781)
5 linear feet
Records of Missouri state chapter of the National Organization for Women. Contains financial records, conference materials, meeting minutes, city chapter materials, membership lists, correspondence, newsletters, publicity materials, and project files.

Missouri White House Conference Committee on Children and Youth Records, (WUNP4582)
9 linear feet
INVENTORY. Records of a group involved with the White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950-1970s.

Missouri White House Conference Committee on Children and Youth, Records, (WUNP4892)
11.25 linear feet
INVENTORY. Reports, public hearing testimony, and office files of a child and family welfare agency.

Missouri, Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services, Community Services Block, (WUNP5813)
INVENTORY. Records of the state office responsible for the administration of federal funds provided for poverty assistance in Missouri, consisting of correspondence, contracts, reports, and financial records of participating social service agencies, and miscellaneous material; 1990-1992.

Missouri. Commission on Human Rights, Papers, 1958-1968, (SUNP0887)
0.8 linear feet
Civil Rights.

Missouri. Senate, Equal Rights Amendment Testimony, (WUNP4382)
0.4 linear feet
Xerox copies of testimony before Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee, 1975-1980.

Mitchell, Frances Pearle (c. 1864- ), Papers, 1858-1919, (C1703)
0.3 linear feet
The papers of a Rocheport, Missouri woman consist of appointments, certificates, correspondence, invitations, programs, and dance cards. Mitchell, a graduate of Stephens College, was involved in many civic and women's organizations, including the Missouri Women Farmers' Club.

National Liberal Orphans' Home, Papers, 1882-1891, (C1733)
1 folder(s)
Constitution, amendments, letters, petitions for incorporation, and court records for the National Liberal Orphans' Home, Liberal, MO. Institution organized in 1882 by the Freethinkers of America, who also established the Free Thought University in Liberal.

Office of Economic Opportunity, Community Action Agency, Manual, (WUNP5639)
0.2 linear feet
Guidelines, instructions, and other materials documenting the origins of Community Action services.

O'Hare, Kate Richards (1877-1948), Letters, 1919-1920, (C3118)
RESTRICTED
1 volume(s)
Letters to her family, 20 April 1919 - 8 April 1920, published in newspapers and then reproduced in book form. O'Hare a Socialist reformer, wrote the letters from the Missouri state penitentiary, where she served a 14-month term for opposing the draft for World War I.

PedNet Coalition, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5960)
Correspondence, newsletters, and meeting minutes of the organization advocating an integrated network of bike and pedestrian routes through the city of Columbia, MO.

Prisoner Advocacy and Education Project, Records, 1971-1982, (C2636)
6 linear feet
Records of a Columbia, Missouri, organization, which advocated prison reform and prisoner rights and sought to educate the public on prison conditions. Sponsored by KOPN Radio. Collection includes records of Zebra Sunrise radio program, correspondence from inmates, inmate periodicals and literary journals, and subject files on prisons, prisoners, and the criminal justice system. See also Collection No. 3111.

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.

Rollins, James H. (1940- ), Papers, 1961-1980, (C3056)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of James Henry (Jimmy) Rollins, a black civil rights activist and University of Missouri law student convicted of dispensing marijuana in 1968, who jumped bail to avoid prosecution, and was subsequently imprisoned in 1974 for that and other crimes. Papers consist of correspondence from the imprisoned Rollins, notes, news clippings and printed material relating to his case and political and racial conditions in Columbia and at the University of Missouri, 1960s-1970s.

Schmidt, Liz, Collection, (WUNP4702)
9 linear feet
Clippings and printed material pertaining to elections, schools, and Columbia and Boone County issues during the 1970s and 1980s gathered by Schmidt in the course of her work with the League of Women Voters and other groups.

Short, Beth Campbell (1909-1988), Papers, 1927-1968, (C3994)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of Beth Campbell Short, a journalist from Oklahoma who primarily worked in Washington, D.C. covering Eleanor Roosevelt for the Associated Press. The papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and reports.

Sons of Temperance Broadside, 1848, (C2830)
1 folder(s)
Description of 4th of July celebration of the Sons of Temperance in Fulton, MO.

St. Louis Emergency Aid Association, Records, 1908-1918, (C1240)
2 folder(s)
1 volume(s)
Papers of a women's organization dedicated to providing the poor and unemployed with necessities if employment could not be found. This was accomplished in part through the donation of money to various St. Louis charities. The papers include correspondence, minutes of special and annual meetings, and treasurer's reports.

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.

The Missouri Collection, (C3982)
The Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events.

U.S. Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, Kansas City, Missouri, Reports, 1941-1945, (C0917)
0.3 linear feet
Mimeographed reports prepared in cooperation with other agencies on various areas in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. Reports include descriptions of communities including population, facilities, and services available.

University of Missouri-Columbia, History of Women Research Seminar Papers, (WUNP4154)
1 folder(s)
Research papers on the National American Woman Suffrage Association Parade, 1913, and Religion and Feminism in 19th Century America: Matilda Joslyn Grace and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Weitzel, Carla (1953-2000), Papers, 1970-1999, (C2154)
1.8 linear feet
The papers of Carla Weitzel, a sociology graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, posters, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The materials document civil rights issues, particularly the anti-apartheid and divestment movement that occurred on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus during the mid-1980s.

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.

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.

Wood, Jenny R., Papers, (WUNP6132)
0.25 linear feet
Camp Rainbow for Exceptional Children was started in Chillicothe, Missouri in 1963 by the parents of a mentally challenged daughter so that she and others like her could attend summer camp. Collection includes a camp history [written by the donor], camp buttons and a counselor's handbook, photographs and clippings, program schedules, and official incorporation and camp business records.

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.