Lenoir-Nifong Family, Papers, 1813-1955 (C3656)

1.6 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The papers of a Boone County, Missouri, family with roots in North Carolina, include correspondence, genealogical information, and daybooks of a physician, Frank G. Nifong, who married Lavinia Bradford Lenoir.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by the City of Columbia in August 1977 (SHS Accession No. 2103). Additions to the papers were made by Virginia M. Botts on 11 July 1979, 22 and 25 September 1980 (SHS Accession No. 2250) and on 24 November 1980 (SHS Accession No. 2345).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Frank G. Nifong was born on January 19, 1867. He grew up in Madison County and went to Missouri Medical College in 1887 in St. Louis. In 1900 he married Lavinia Lenoir of Columbia, Missouri. Following an active business and social life in St. Louis, the young couple moved in 1905 to the Lenoir Farm, "Maplewood," on the southeast edge of Columbia.

The Lenoirs were Missouri pioneers. Walter Raleigh Lenoir came from North Carolina to Missouri in 1834. Walter Lenoir's son, Slater, married Margaret Ann Bradford of Columbia. Their first child was Lavinia.

Frank Nifong was a leader in his community and profession. He worked with Dr. A. W. McAlester in developing the University of Missouri Medical School. He was also instrumental in the establishment of a system of county hospitals in Missouri and the building of Boone County Hospital.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Lenoir-Nifong Family Papers are arranged by type of material and include correspondence, genealogical material, the business papers of Dr. Nifong, printed material, photographs, and day books.

FOLDER LIST

Family Correspondence

f. 1Bouchelle-Gordon-Lenoir letters, 1813, 1815
f. 2Letters from cousins in North Carolina and from relatives who traveled to California to seek gold, 1849-1853
f. 3Correspondence between Margaret "Mag" Bradford and Slater E. Lenoir, 1858
f. 4Letters to his wife, Margaret Bradford Lenoir, from Slater E. Lenoir from Colorado, 1881

Genealogy

f. 5Thomas Felix Hickerson, "Happy Valley." Photocopy of excerpts from a history of Lenoirs and related families who settled in a section of North Carolina called "Happy Valley."
f. 6Lenoir genealogical tree and miscellaneous notes on Lenoir ancestors

Miscellaneous

f. 7Wedding announcements and funeral notices
f. 8-9Souvenir programs and memorabilia kept by Lavinia Bradford Lenoir Nifong

Frank G. Nifong, Medical and Business Papers

Includes Dr. Nifong's writings encouraging legislation to make county hospitals possible in Missouri.

f. 10Clinical record of Cora Kennedy
f. 11List of alumnae of the University School of Nursing, and information about most of them as of 1933
f. 12Architect's plans for a building in St. Louis for Dr. Nifong
f. 13Receipts and farm income figures

Pamphlets, Catalogues, Printed Matter

f. 14Almanacs, 1866-1876
f. 15John Locke, Jr., University of Missouri toxicology lecture, 1854
f. 16First Christian Church, Columbia, Missouri, directories, 1906, 1910; miscellaneous items about First Christian Church
f. 17Railroad timetables, 1875
f. 18North Carolina
f. 19St. Louis
f. 20Newspaper clippings

Photographs

f. 21Mr. and Mrs. Slater E. Lenoir
f. 22John Frazier, Julia E. Lenoir Church, Margaret Hume (Mrs. George), Lenoir-Nifong family members and animals
f. 23Views of Transylvania University
f. 24Dr. and Mrs. Nifong on vacation, place unknown
f. 25Locations in St. Louis
f. 26Aerial photo of view of business district of Columbia, Missouri

Account Books, Day Books, Ledgers

f. 27Slater E. Lenoir's school notebook, n.d.; Slater E. Lenoir's farm accounts, 1890-1903
f. 28-30Lecture notes written by Frank G. Nifong while he was a medical student, 1888-1889
f. 31-39Daybooks noting charges for treating patients of Dr. Nifong in St. Louis, Missouri, 1893-1905
f. 40-44Daybooks noting charges for treating patients of Dr. Nifong in Columbia, Missouri, 1910-1916

INDEX TERMS

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