The State Historical Society of Missouri--Transportation--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS

Transportation Collection Descriptions

Material concerning roads, railroads, waterways, airways, and other modes of travel; papers of individuals in the transportation industry; records of freighting and other types of transportation companies; professional and trade organization records; public transportation; and tourism. Researchers may also want to consider the railroad holdings of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla

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Benecke, Louis, Photographs, 1873, (WUNP5315)
RESTRICTED
1 folder(s)
Fourteen photographs taken by Benecke of Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway bridges, depots, roundhouses in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Includes views of Parsons and Ft. Scott, Kansas and Denison, TX.

Binger, Thomas M., Collection, (WUNP5812)
Collection of U.S. railroad timetables, publications, promotional material, photographs and miscellaneous material, and newsletters of Missouri railroad enthusiast organizations, Mid-Missouri Railfans and the St. Louis chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 1970s-1990s.

Boone County and Jefferson City Railroad Company Petition, 1866, (C1472)
1 folder(s)
Petition for condemning land which James E. Johnson refused to convey to the railroad. Petition to G.H. Burckhartt, Judge of the Boone County Circuit Court, and summons to James E. Johnson to appear at the Columbia Courthouse.

Boonville Steam Ferry Company Distance Table, (C2882)
1 folder(s)
Table of distances between towns visited by the Boonville steam ferry BIRDIE BRENT.

Bush Family, Papers, 1819-1923, (C3887)
MICROFILM
0.2 linear feet
Journals, farm records, and correspondence of a Boone County, KY, family who settled in southeastern Arkansas. Details 1819-1820 steamboat trips up the Missouri River from St. Louis to Council Bluffs, and farm operations in the 1850s and 1860s.

Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company Papers, 1857-1866, (C1785)
1 folder(s)
Letters about the exchange of railroad land certificates for land; includes $650 in certificates, a blank bond bearing coupons, and samples for redesign of land certificates.

Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company Seals, 1853, (C3247)
1 folder(s)
Examples of two kinds of seals to be used on wax or paper, and handwritten description of one seal.

Cantwell Aircraft Company, Bucklin, MO, Records, 1921-1924, (C3797)
4 folder(s)
Records of an aircraft parts distribution firm. Includes correspondence, invoices, price lists, and other materials concerning the purchase and sale of aircraft parts. Also includes publicity material and contracts pertaining to the company's involvement in staging aerobatic demonstrations. Arranged chronologically.

Carey, Scott (1884-1963), Papers, 1917-1961, (C2336)
18 folder(s)
A private detective for more than fifty years, Carey was also a special officer for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in the Missouri Bootheel region. Correspondence, reports of arrests, affidavits, and photographs pertinent to Carey's work as a private detective and Frisco Lines agent in Scott and Pemiscot Counties.

Catherwood, William L., Papers, 1859-1873, (C3799)
0.2 linear feet
Papers pertaining to the 8th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, which Catherwood commanded during the Civil War. Incorporation papers, deeds, and correspondence of the Lander Hill Tunnel and Silver Mining Company of New York and Nevada. Detailed report and drawing for a New York City rapid transit system, 1873.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Freight Station, Brookfield, Missouri, Records, (SUNP0500)
6 volume(s)
Records of trains on hand, 1891, of trains passing through, their contents, destinations, etc., 1883-1885.

Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad Company Papers, 1868-1903, (C2564)
1 folder(s)
1 volume(s)
Miscellaneous records, including stock certificates and transfers.

Christisen, Donald M. (1920-2005), Papers, 1870-2003, (C4054)
18.1 linear feet, 2 audio tapes, 27 audio cassettes
The papers of a wildlife field biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation. They include correspondence, field diaries, maps, reports, studies, publications, and photographs. Christisen specialized in the study of native prairie ecosystems, prairie chickens, squirrels, and mast (forage nuts). The papers also include railroad time tables, accident reports, photographs, worker's logs, publications, maps, and blueprints documenting his interest in railroads.

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

Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889), Letter, 1853, (C1892)
1 folder(s)
To Luther M. Kennett, St. Louis, MO, from Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 1853. Letter to president of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad, regarding the right of way through the government grounds at Jefferson Barracks.

Davis, Lewis C., Permit, 1918, (C2254)
1 folder(s)
Military motorcycle permit.

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.

DeHaven, Wing and Company Wagoners' Receipt Book, 1857-1858, (C1098)
1 volume(s)
A book kept by wagoners to indicate receipt of goods they freighted to various towns away from the river. DeHaven, Wing and Company, a Boonville, MO, firm, shipped goods to numerous towns in Missouri.

DeWard, Charles, Journal, 1839, (C1644)
1 folder(s)
Field notes of engineer and surveyor of the State Road from St. Louis to St. Charles.

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.

Eldredge, Phineas (1755-1826), Papers, 1791-1826, (C0314)
2 folder(s)
The papers of Phineas Eldredge, a ship captain from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consist of a letterbook and a c. 1795 bulletin entitled, "An Act for Incorporation the Society, Formed for the Relief of Poor, Aged, and Infirmed Masters of Ships, Their Widows and Children."

EVENING STAR Records, 1867, (C0903)
1 folder(s)
Log book of trips on the Missouri River, giving financial account, conditions, and distances of trips. Advertisement of trips to the Idaho gold fields. Negative photostats and typed copies.

Farmers Bank, Mt. Vernon, Missouri, Papers, 1844-1931, (C0044)
5 linear feet
28 volume(s)
Records of a bank organized in 1890 and liquidated in 1930. Also records of local businesses and schools.

Ferry License Form, n.d., (C3370)
1 folder(s)
Blank form for applying for a Missouri ferry license in the 1870s.

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

George B. Cole, Commission and Forwarding Merchant, Selma, Missouri, Record Book, 1854-1856, (C2976)
MICROFILM
Shipping records showing date, sender, recipient, type of freight, and name of steamboat on which freight was shipped. Freight includes lead, hides, grains and fruit, and personal possessions.

Giffen, Lawrence E., Collection, (WUNP5844)
INVENTORY. Research material on Missouri steamboats and river transportation.

Glasgow Insurance Company, Glasgow, Missouri, Books, 1855-1870, (C2313)
2 volume(s)
Weston Birch was secretary and Thomas Shackelford was president of the company. Volume 1, Steamboat cargo book, 1855-1856, also includes Tatum and Hutchinson general store records, 1868-1870. Volume 2, Record book: cargo, insurance, destination and names of steamers. Later used by Weston F. Birch & Son banking house, 1868-1869.

Graham, Elmer, Ferry License, 1897, (C2939)
1 folder(s)
License giving Graham authority to operate a ferry at Rulo, NE, on the Missouri River for one year.

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.

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, Papers, 1929-1970, (C3659)
1.3 linear feet
Records taken from the abandoned station of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Cairo, IL. Includes correspondence, waybills, reports of traffic, blueprints, tariff information, timetable and pamphlets of work rules and rates.

Gunn, O.B., "Panama and Nicaragua," 1893, (C2853)
1 folder(s)
Article addressed to Nathan Appleton of Boston, MA, concerning the Panama and Nicaragua canals.

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.

Hannibal Ferry Company Papers, 1858-1902, (C0576)
3 folder(s)
Bills of sale, deeds, and reports concerning the company; ferry operator's license; and minute book containing records of the directors' and stockholders' meetings.

Hannibal Railway and Electric Company, Hannibal, Missouri, Records, 1917-1939, (C0577)
MICROFILM
1 folder(s)
Minutes of directors and stockholders meetings, 1917-1927, for an electric street railway system. Adjudged bankrupt in 1927, it operated under the Referee in Bankruptcy. The company was sold by order of the Federal Court in 1930 and ceased operation. Includes a record of loans, a scrapbook, and information on final court actions in 1931.

Heckman, William L., Jr., "Missouri River Stories," 1954, (C1117)
1 volume(s)
Stories concerning the Missouri River written by William L. "Steamboat Bill" Heckman.

Heckman, William L., Jr., (1869-1957) Scrapbooks, 1912-1946, (C1404)
5 volume(s)
Scrapbooks compiled by a steamboat pilot from Hermann, MO. Included in the volumes are clippings about steamboats, pilots, life on the river, family members, and local history; poems; a few letters and greeting cards; and photographs of family members, friends, and steamboats.

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.

Hoad, William C., "Some Episodes in the Early History of the Santa Fe Railroad," 1951, (C2419)
1 folder(s)
Paper read at the Dunworkin Club concerning the early organization and construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Discusses difficulties, race to Colorado state line, federal land grant, campaign to colonize land, and Kansas.

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.

Jackson, Claiborne Fox (1806-1862), Letter, 1861, (C1789)
1 folder(s)
Discusses railroad finances, especially in relation to the state, in letter to president of Pacific Railroad.

Jenkins, William, Collection, 1860s-1870s, (SUNP0688)
0.4 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Miscellaneous clippings, publications, recipes, ledgers, scrapbooks, diaries, souvenirs, etc. primarily about northern Missouri. Two scrapbooks were originally ledgers: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Co.; and an unidentified baseball club, 1870s. An 1869 diary records the daily work activities at a mill. The writer is unknown.

Jones, William, Papers, 1870-1909, (C3572)
1 folder(s)
Correspondence, deeds, checks, and miscellaneous items, most of which pertain to Jones and his promotion of the Chester and Iron Mountain Railway in southeast Missouri, ca. 1874.

Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Records, (WUNP5004)
1 volume(s)
Minute book of the company, 1899-1900. Includes incorporation papers.

Kansas City, Nevada & Fort Smith Railroad Company Papers, 1890, (C3205)
1 folder(s)
List of subscribers to the proposed railroad.

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.

Kenny, Thomas Henry, Papers, (WUNP5334)
0.1 linear feet
Addition. Articles written by Kenny about the founders of Huntsville, AL; Huntland, TN: the ironclad C.S.S. HUNTSVILLE; and the location of Fort Orleans in Missouri.

Kenny, Thomas Henry, Papers, (WUNP5640)
0.1 linear feet
Addition of three articles about the Civil War in Missouri and a proposal for a Bridge-Tunnel project to link Washington, Moscow, and Tokyo.

Kenny, Thomas Henry, Papers, (WUNP5238)
0.3 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of journal, photographs, postcards and other materials for trip around the world; steamboat research files; correspondence.

Kenny, Thomas Henry, Papers, (WUNP5300)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of historical articles researched and written by Kenny relating to steamboats; forts; Huntsville, AL; the Larkin Cemetery in Huntland, TN; and the murder of Judge W.T. Lawler.

LaBarge, Stephen A. (1809-1877), Missouri River Notebook, n.d., (C1142)
1 volume(s)
Notes of a steamboat pilot on the Missouri River, primarily map of the river and mileage record.

Lewis and Clark Trail Committee of Missouri, Records, 1964-1977, (C3922)
2.6 linear feet
Correspondence, meeting minutes, maps, newspaper clippings, and newsletters related to marking the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. A portion of the materials relate to the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission established by Congress in October 1964.

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.

Lyon, M. Fred, Collection, 1870-1991, (C3853)
MICROFILM
34 linear feet
A collection of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad operating papers, equipment records, promotional materials, photographs and slides, publications, and newspaper clippings concerning the company. The collection also contains similar but less extensive materials of other American and foreign railroads, American railroad industry publications, and railroad enthusiast periodicals.

Lyon, M. Fred, Collection, 1870-1991, (SUNP5792)
Addition of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad operating papers, photographs, and memorabilia; and photographs, promotional material, railroad publications and miscellaneous material related to American railroads.

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.

McMullin, Leonard (1890-1948), Papers, 1927, 1947-1968, (C2095)
1 folder(s)
Photocopies of newspaper clippings about and photographs of McMullin, first licensed pilot in Missouri. McMullin was born and lived in Sikeston his entire life. He owned a plane and was often a stunt pilot. Also included are articles on early aviation in Missouri.

Meyer, Walter E. (1882-1957), Papers, 1889-1958, (C2638)
54.4 linear feet
Materials collected and used by Meyer in several suits on behalf of the minority stockholders of St. Louis Southwestern Railroad (Cotton Belt).

MISSOURI (Snag Boat), Pictures, 1923, (C0925)
1 folder(s)
Picture of deep water commissioners leaving Kansas City on the MISSOURI on the way to St. Louis, 22 May 1923. Two photographs of an unidentified man.

Missouri Central Railroad Company, Articles of Association, 1868, (C1719)
1 folder(s)
Articles of association of a railroad to run from Laclede to an intersection with the Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad in Chariton County. Amount of capital, stock, list of directors, and stockholders.

Missouri Central Railroad Company, Resolutions, 1869, (C1718)
1 folder(s)
Resolutions to dissolve the Missouri Central Railroad Company, adopted by the stockholders. Company organized to build a railroad from Boonville to Arrow Rock. Cooper and Saline Counties and Arrow Rock failed to cooperate.

Missouri Railroad and Township Map, 1874, (C0783)
1 folder(s)
Map of Missouri showing railroad lines throughout the state.

Missouri Railroad Records, 1837-, (C2358)
38.1 linear feet
The Missouri Railroad Records consist of reports, bulletins, pamphlets, proceedings, and other materials of railroads and related organizations that were in Missouri or its contiguous states.

Missouri Railway Construction Company, Records, (WUNP5006)
3 volume(s)
INVENTORY. Ledger, minute book, and letters and statements of the company, 1896-1901.

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

Missouri, Adair County, Railroad Bond Election Notice, 1870, (C2877)
1 folder(s)
Notice of election held March 29, 1870, in Adair County on bond issue to subscribe $100,000 to the capital stock of the Quincy, MO, and Pacific Railroad Company.

Missouri, Joplin. Special Road District, Minute Book, 1914-1917, (C0646)
1 folder(s)
Minutes of meetings, including bills and expenditures.

Missouri, Randolph County. Court Order, 1830, (C2028)
1 folder(s)
Order appointing David Floyd, John Bunch, and John Clarkson to mark out an alteration to the road from Frays Mill to the Grand Prairie.

Missouri, St. Charles County, Portage des Sioux Township, Public Road Work List, 1817, (C1693)
1 folder(s)
List of persons under overseer Asa Griffith subject to work on the public roads.

Missouri, St. Charles County. Road Commissioners' Report, 1828, (C1690)
1 folder(s)
Report to the St. Charles County court by road commissioners Benjamin Emmons and Osborn Knott, appointed to view and mark out a road from St. Charles to the Maumelles, 11 March 1828.

Missouri, St. Charles County. Road Commissioners' Report, 1829, (C1689)
1 folder(s)
Oath of office and report to the St. Charles County court from road commissioners Osborn Knott, William Eckert, and Benjamin Emmons, appointed to view and mark out a public highway from St. Charles to Elm Point.

Missouri, Wayne County, Collection, (SUNP3132)
Audio recording of Wayne County, MO residents concerning the settlement, education, business, transportation, religion, Civil War, and other aspects of the history of the county.

Missouri. Board of Public Works, Railroad Report, 1859, (C2850)
1 folder(s)
Report to Governor Robert M. Stewart on six railroads in Missouri: Pacific Railroad, southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad, Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, Cairo and Fulton Railroad, St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad, and North Missouri Railroad.

MORNING STAR, Records, [1856-1859], (C2392)
1 folder(s)
Bill of fare and timetable for St. Louis to St. Joseph, MO, and return of the Missouri River Thursday packet, MORNING STAR. T.H. Brierly, master, and J.B. Weaver, clerk. The MORNING STAR was built in 1856 and destroyed by fire June 21, 1859.

Napton, W.B., Letter, 1857, (C1879)
1 folder(s)
To C.F. Jackson, Oct. 3, 1857. Letter discussing at length the necessity of salaries to attract good Missouri Supreme Court judges; combating the growing discussion of emancipation of the slaves; Missouri politics; and the completion of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.

North Missouri Railroad Subscription Books, 1853-1854, (C1193)
2 volume(s)
Boone County, MO, books listing subscribers to stock in the North Missouri Railroad. V. 1 1853-1854 V. 2 1854. Includes appointment by the Boone County court of James S. Rollins as agent for the county to make subscription of $100,000 in the rail road, 8 March 1854.

Old Trails Bridge Company Papers, 1921-1924, (C0593)
4 folder(s)
Correspondence and other papers pertaining to construction of the bridge at Boonville. List of officers, subscribers, toll charges, and agreement adopted by board.

OSAGE FACTOR Accounts, 1813, (C1558)
1 folder(s)
Accounts of the U.S. Barge OSAGE FACTOR, ascending the Missouri, October 5, 1813, and at Arrow Rock, MO, November 4, 1813. Indian affairs and trade.

Overton, Richard Cleghorn (1907- ), Address, 1944, (C0735)
1 folder(s)
"Railroad Records and Local History," a talk given on 6 November 1944 in Harrisburg, PA, before the American Association for State and Local History. The effect of railroads on the history of Harrisburg, giving sources for railroad history.

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.

Rhoades, Marcus Morton, Diary, 1865, (C3215)
1 folder(s)
Diary kept by Rhoades while he was adjutant of the 9th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Concerns a boat trip from New Orleans to Ste. Genevieve, MO, after being paroled from the army.

Roberts C.C., Railroad Collection, (SUNP2653)
1 linear feet
Railroad companies include: St. Louis and San Francisco; Kansas City; Clinton and Springfield; Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham; Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic; St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern; St. Louis, Wichita and Western; Atlantic and Pacific; Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern; Joplin; Springfield and Northern; St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern; Denison, Bonham and Gulf; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis; Little Rock and Texas; Kansas Southwestern; Kansas Midland; and Memphis, Kansas and Colorado. Missouri and Arkansas Lumber and Mining Company.

Rollins, James S. (1812-1888), Papers, 1546-1968, (C1026)
MICROFILM
3.3 linear feet
Papers of a Boone County, MO, lawyer, politician, businessman, and curator of the University of Missouri. Includes correspondence with family, business and political associates, and George Caleb Bingham and other friends. Covers state, national, and Whig party politics, 1830-1880s, Civil War in Missouri, internal improvements and North Missouri Railroad, and education at the University of Missouri.

Ruff, Charles F., Papers, 1855-1862, (C2650)
1 folder(s)
Two notebooks of letters: An Account of My Private Pecuniary Affairs," 1855-1859, and a book of letters to and from Charles F. Ruff, 1859-1862. Collection contains two maps: a sectional of Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad and lands granted to Pacific, MO, by the Pacific Railroad.

Seacat, Lester G., "Memorandum on Provisions Relating to Railroads in...Missouri of 1875," n.d., (C0518)
1 folder(s)
A brief statement of the circumstances leading up to the adoption of the provisions relating to railroads in the constitution of 1875 by the assistant counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission. Written in the early 1940s for the Constitutional Convention.

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.

South-Western Stage Company Papers, 1867, (C2238)
1 folder(s)
Form letters and contracts used by the South-Western Stage Company. Includes rules and regulations for road agents, station agents, drivers, shopmen and barnmen.

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, Letter Book, 1879-1883, (C1229)
1 volume(s)
Letters concerning the Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railroad. R.L. Van Sant, assistant engineer. Largely illegible.

St. Louis Mississippi Bridge Company, Articles of Association, 1867, (C1721)
1 folder(s)
Company was organized to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO, to St. Clair or Madison County, IL. Capital, stock, and directors.

State Historical Society of Missouri, Historical Road Markers Scrapbook, 1930s, (C1434)
1 volume(s)
Scrapbook of clippings and photographs of State Historical Society historical markers along U.S. Highway 36 in northern Missouri.

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.

Steamboat Cargo Record, 1859-1963, (C0644)
1 folder(s)
A record of the boat, master, destination and cargo of vessels leaving the port of Cambridge on the Missouri River. Most of the cargo was tobacco, hemp, potatoes, hides, and wheat. The book was used as a scrapbook by John B. Land and was recovered by removing most of the clippings.

Stotts City Bank, Stotts City, Missouri, Records, 1891-1929 (C0170)
MICROFILM
14 folders
14 volumes on 2 rolls of microfilm
Papers from a southwest Missouri bank which was liquidated in 1929. Collection also contains material on the Lawrence County Land and Mining Company and the Stotts City Special Road District.

Swain, Warren, Papers, 1820-1842 (C0173)
6 folders
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, Missouri; comments on slavery, 1837; and loss of bank money, 1842.

The River and Railway Transportation Company, Articles of Association, 1877, (C0905)
1 folder(s)
Copy of the notarization, recorder's statement for Cooper County, charter granted by the State of Missouri, and minutes of the board of directors' meeting, 3 March 1877.

Thorp, James T. (1888-1956), Scrapbooks, 1840-1955, (C1429)
1.9 linear feet
Materials collected and organized by Thorp as histories of the Missouri River, steamboats, and Miami, MO. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, excerpts from the MIAMI WEEKLY NEWS, and miscellaneous items.

Torrey Family, Papers, 1863-1913, (C4036)
0.3 linear feet
The papers of H.R. Torrey and his second wife, Martha Hard Torrey, include bills and receipts, correspondence, postcards, photographs, and cemetery records. The collection also contains material from other family members, including Martha Torrey�s brother, William H. Hard.

Trail, E.B. (1884-1965), Collection, 1858-1965, (C2071)
4.2 linear feet
62 volume(s)
Correspondence, bills of lading, notes, photographs, clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, account books, freight books, cabin registers, and portage books of E.B. Trail, collector of the history and memorabilia of steamboating on the Missouri River and its tributaries.

Trail, E.B., Collection, (WUNP5936)
Piece of mountain steamboat Josephine.

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. Interstate Commerce Commission, Papers, 1910, (C3134)
2 folder(s)
Correspondence, memorandums of allowances, and examiner's reports of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway and the Missouri Pacific Railway. Names connecting subsidiary lines, lists of Industrial Railroads connecting with the Missouri Pacific Railway and information from examiners reports concerning relations with carriers.

U.S. Presidents, Portraits, n.d., (C0412)
8 linear feet
Collotype reproductions of presidential portraits from George Washington to John F. Kennedy.

Van Ravenswaay, Charles (1911-1990), Collection, 1820-1971, (C2668)
1.2 linear feet
Material relating to the Trigg family of Boonville, MO; the papers of Harvey Bunce, Cooper County civic leader and vice-president of the Tebo and Neosho Railroad; and Charles Van Ravenswaay's correspondence and research notes on various families, institutions, historic sites and events in Cooper and Howard Counties, and miscellaneous material related primarily to Boonville, MO.

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.

Wabash Railway, Maps, (WUNP4907)
1 folder(s)
Maps of Wabash Railway right of way and track between Centralia and Columbia, MO, 1919.

Western Missouri Good Roads Association, Joplin, Missouri, Minute Book, 1912-1915, (C0648)
1 folder(s)
Bylaws, financial statement, and minutes of meeting of the association, which was organized in July 1912.

Whitton, Rex M. (1898-1981), Papers, 1920-1981, (C3917)
3.25 linear feet
Papers of Rex M. Whitton, Chief Engineer of the Missouri State Highway Department and Federal Highway Administrator under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Papers consist of speeches, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to his position and activities as Federal Highway Administrator.

Wilson, Francis M. (1867-1932), Papers, 1853-1946, (C1039)
27.4 linear feet
14 volumes
Papers of a U.S. district attorney, receiver for the Kansas City Railways Company, and Democratic nominee for governor of Missouri in 1928 and 1932, who died a month before the election of 1932. Also papers concerning his father, R.P.C. Wilson, I.

Wythe Court House and Blountville Stagecoach Line Books, 1824-1903, (SUNP0660)
8 volume(s)
Miscellaneous record books for the Wythe Courthouse and Blountville Stagecoach Line. Some books document merchandise sold and other transactions. Also includes several letters and deeds, etc. of Tapley family, and miscellaneous clippings and obituaries.

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.