Missouri, Miami, Records, 1867-1965 (C2490)

1.1 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The public records of a town in Saline County, Missouri, include city council minutes, school board records, and assessment and tax books.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Miami, Missouri, Records were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Augustus H. Edmonds, Ted Hamilton, and Lawrence Cott on 15 December 1963 (SHS Accession No. 230). Additions to the records were made by the Miami City Council on 28 March 1968 (SHS Accession No. 525) and by Robert Hisle on 9 October 1984 (SHS Accession No. 2540).

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Miami was surveyed in 1838 and called Greenville in honor of a prominent family in the community. In 1843 the name was changed to Miami for a tribe of Indians that inhabited this section of the country in the early days.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Miami Missouri Records consist of 13 volumes arranged by the group that produced the records and then chronologically thereunder.

FOLDER LIST

v. 1City council, Proceedings, 1880-1891
v. 2City council, Proceedings, 1891-1904
v. 3City council, Proceedings, 1904-1915
v. 4City council, Proceedings, 1915-1965
v. 5City ordinances, Record book, 1871-1911
v. 6School board, Minutes, enumeration of pupils, annual expenses, 1878-1893
v. 7School board, Teachers’ contracts, 1873-1896
v. 8City finances, Record book, 1891-1908 (city accounts, revenue from merchants’ licenses, dog tags, and city taxes)
v. 9Assessment and tax book, 1916-1923
v. 10Assessment and tax book, 1917-1924
v. 11Miami Lodge No. 85, Account book, 1868-1871
v. 12Miami Lyceum, Minute book, 1898-1910
v. 13S.W. Miller, Notes on Real Property, 1869

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at The State Historical Society of Missouri-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.