Government and Politics

Missouri. General Assembly, 2nd, House, Expense Voucher, 1822 (C2751)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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A voucher for 24 dollars for expenses and a traveling allowance issued to Chauncey Smith from the temporary seat of government at St. Charles, MO.

Missouri. 67th General Assembly, House Resolution No. 98, 1953 (C1941)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.

Missouri. General Assembly, 70th, House Resolution No. 97, 1959 (C2831)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Resolution honoring the one-hundredth anniversary of the organization of Carter County, MO, on 10 March 1859. House seal attached.

Missouri. General Assembly, 70th, Senate Resolution No. 63, 1959 (C2884)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Resolution honoring the one-hundredth anniversary of the organization of Carter County, MO.

Missouri. General Assembly, 76th, House Resolution No. 51, 1971 (C3280)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Independence, MO.

Missouri. General Assembly, 7th, Attendance and Travel Allowances, 1832-1833 (C3144)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains warrants issued for payment of attendance and travel allowances.

Missouri. General Assembly, Senate Letterhead, no date (C1679)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains senate stationery with representations of the state seal and state capitol as a letterhead.

Missouri. Mississippi County Act, 1845 (C1751)
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Act by the general assembly to provide for the organization of Mississippi County. Signed by C[laiborne] F[ox] Jackson, speaker of the house; James Young, president of the senate; and John C[ummins] Edwards, governor, 14 February 1845.

Missouri Register of Lands Account Book, 1879-1888 (C1178)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Fees received for township school land patents by Robert McCulloch, register of lands.

Missouri. State Flower Papers, c. 1917 (C1793)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Missouri State Horticultural Society flyer and telegram regarding selection of a state flower.

Missouri. State Penitentiary Receipts, 1865-1866 (C1680)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Receipts from H.A. Swift, warden, to John F. Baker, Boone County sheriff, and James Coff, St. Louis County marshal, for the delivery of prisoners. Receipts list names of prisoners, offense, place of trial, and sentence.

Missouri State Treasurers' Account Book, 1863-1877 (C1400)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Miscellaneous accounts of the state treasurer's office and report of the state treasurer, 14 July 1877. Treasurers are Elijah Gates, 1877-1879, and William Bishop, 1865-1866.

Missouri Treasurer Voucher, 1825 (C1448)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection consists of a cancelled authorization to pay H. Stuart's ten dollar salary as a government civil officer, 18 July 1825. The voucher is signed by Elias Barcroft, Missouri state auditor.

Missourians for Quality Education Records, 1991 (C4555)
1.0 cubic feet (55 folders, 3 video cassettes, 4 audio cassettes)

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The records of an organization established to promote the passage of legislation to increase funding for education in Missouri include correspondence, publicity materials, financial documents, campaign materials, and miscellaneous material on Proposition B.

Missourinet Records, 1986-2014 (CA6516)
70 audio cassettes, 2 folders (1 computer disc), 245 MB of digital files

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The records of Missourinet, a radio broadcasting network based in Jefferson City, Missouri, providing state news and sports coverage, largely contains sound recordings and material concerning the impeachment of Missouri Secretary of State Judith K. Moriarty. Also includes content from the organization’s Missouri Death Row website.

Ewing Young Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
0.4 cubic feet, 101 rolls of microfilm

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Papers of a Springfield, MO, lawyer active in Democratic Party politics, who served as assistant secretary of commerce in Franklin Roosevelt's first administration. Material concerns family affairs, law practice with emphasis on county indebtedness, Ozark land speculation, and Democratic politics on the state and national levels.

Ewing Young Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1944 (C0816)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Pamphlets by Mitchell entitled "Truman's First Nomination for Senator was Stolen" and "Four Horsemen of the Pendergast Machine."

Thomas C. Mitchell Jr. Papers, 1915-1966 (C4106)
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The papers of Thomas C. Mitchell, Jr. document the life of a Jefferson City man appointed by Missouri Governor John M. Dalton to the state appellate court panel. The papers consist mostly of correspondence regarding the nomination and selection of state supreme court justices. The collection also contains photographs, deeds, flight logs, and other materials obtained throughout Mitchell's life.

Myrtle Mitchener Collection, 1914 (R1136)
(1 folder)

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This is a flyer dated October 3, 1914 by Myrtle Mitchener of Fairdealing , Missouri, who was the Republican candidate for Recorder of Ripley County. The flyer includes a photographic portrait of Mitchener and her two young children.

Justus R. Moll Photograph Collection, 1876, 1954, no date (P0403)
5 photographs

Photographs of Justus R. Moll and portraits of politicians.

Monroe County, Missouri, Provost Marshal's Papers, 1862-1865 (C3161)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)

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Correspondence and military papers of William M. Houston and William McIlrath, provost marshals of Monroe County, MO.

Montgomery County, Missouri, Broadside, no date (C3258)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains an announcement of a speech to be given by P.D. Hastain, mayor of Sedalia, about capitol removal.

Montgomery County, Missouri, Court Seal, 1863 (C1601)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Fragment of an account certified by Jacob L. Sharp, Montgomery County clerk, and S.T. Sharp, deputy clerk, Danville, MO, 7 November 1863. Certification has impression of the 1863 Montgomery County Court Seal.

Montgomery County, Missouri, Danville Township Pollbooks, 1848-1851 (C1673)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Pollbooks for election of circuit attorney and special election of state senator, November 1848. Pollbook for election of county surveyor, supreme and circuit court officials, and the vote on a new courthouse building, August 1851.

George Sneed Montgomery Papers, 1860-1947 (K0716)
0.75 c.f.

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Genealogy, correspondence, memos, speeches, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs concerning Montgomery's activities as Presiding Jackson County Judge during the early years of Kansas City's Reform Era.

Morgan County, Missouri Tax Records, 1844 (R0420)
1 volume microfilmed

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This is a record of assessments on real estate and personal property in Morgan County, Missouri.
The volume includes a listing of taxpayers, the amount of taxable property, including slaves,
and the amounts assessed. There are separate lists of assessments of property in the towns of Versailles,
Florence, and Mining Post.

Clara Washburn Morgan Diary, 1885 (C3818)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Diary kept by Morgan, the wife of five-term Missouri Congressman Charles Henry Morgan, in Washington, D.C., during 1885. The diary records such events as a suffrage meeting, Washington politics, and Grover Cleveland's inauguration and provides insight into family life and entertaining.

George Morgan Speech, 1973 (K0980)
0.01 c.f.

Audio tape of a speech made by Morgan a Political Parties Class at Center High School, on political boss Tom Pendergast.

Joseph Morris Family Letters, 1840-1908 (C0426)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder, 1 roll of microfilm)

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Letters from Joseph Morris and daughter, Sara Morris Mottram, from England to relatives in Tennessee. Political affairs in England, and general family news.

Rebecca Morris Papers, 1972-1980 (K0313)
1 c.f.

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News clippings, correspondence, state voting records, campaign materials, and speeches about the Equal Rights Amendment collected by Morris, field coordinator for the Missouri Equal Rights Amendment Coalition and vice president of the Kansas City Chapter of the Women's Political Caucus.

Morrison, Missouri, Board of Trustees Records, 1899-1942 (C2979)
1 roll of microfilm

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Two volumes consisting of board minutes, 1919-1942, and treasurer's ledger dating from incorporations in 1899 to 1919. Minutes deal with general administration of this Gasconade County village. Ledger contains income and expense accounts and lists of taxation and business licenses. Loose items include a 1918 ordinance for the extension of the corporate limits and information on village electrification, 1917.

Kate S. Morrow Constitutional Convention Scrapbook, 1922-1924 (C1415)
0.5 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The Kate S. Morrow Constitutional Convention scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings of progress of the Missouri constitutional convention of 1922-1924, compiled by a delegate from the 22nd district who served on the judiciary, bill of rights and health and welfare committees.

Lynn Morrow Papers, 1804-2015 (R1000)
24 cubic feet (1051 folders, 5 oversize folders, 11,170 photographs, 852 negatives)

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The Lynn Morrow papers contain correspondence and research papers, with an additional significant collection of late twentieth-century promotional and advertising items. The papers reflect major areas of Morrow’s research on the southwest Missouri region; Iron, Shannon, and Washington counties; Theodore Pease Russell and his writings; and the writings of Silas C. Turnbo. The collection also includes a large selection of promotional publications and ephemera associated with late 20th century tourism in Missouri and Arkansas.

Stratford Lee Morton Constitutional Convention Papers, 1941-1945 (C0024)
5.75 cubic feet (379 folders)

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Papers concerning the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1943-1944. Morton was chairman of the St. Louis and St. Louis County committee, and treasurer of the statewide committee to raise funds for the convention. He championed unicameralism and served as a delegate-at-large and chairman of the Library Committee.

R. C. Mosbaugh, McDonald County Courthouse Directory and Buyers Guide Collection, 1962 (R0785)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This booklet includes the names and duties, and often photographs, of countywide office holders in McDonald County, Missouri, along with brief histories of the county and its towns, and advertisements for local businesses.

John Singleton Mosby Letter, 1914 (C1604)
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To Mr. Collins, [New Haven, CT] from New York, Apr. 21, 1914.

Mosby, on a lecture tour, accepted Collins' invitation to visit and dine. He wrote of Theodore Roosevelt, politics, introduction to William Howard Taft, Cameron Forbes, governor of the Philippines, Civil War friends and battles, and General John C. Pemberton.

Mount Pleasant, Missouri, Board of Trustees Minute Book, 1871-1878 (C1187)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Minutes of meetings of the board of trustees of the town of Mount Pleasant, Miller County, MO.

Henry Thomas Mudd Papers, 1850-1879 (C1023)
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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 Missouri.

Municipal League of Metro St. Louis Records, 1918-2020 (S0279)
1.25 cubic feet

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The Municipal League of Metro St. Louis records consists of member meeting minutes relating to the organization's mission to improve St. Louis County residents' lives by fostering cooperation among St. Louis County government and municipalities. Topics of interest include the League's lobbying of state and federal government for legislation designed to help municipalities better serve their residents, including the proposed implementation of an internet sales tax and the removal of radioactive waste stored in St. Louis City and County. Interspersed throughout the meeting minutes are resolutions, reports, and policy statements regarding recreational opportunities for at-risk youth in St. Louis County, solid waste management policy, and local control of municipal affairs in light of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's restrictions on businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also included in the collection is a history of the League, written by Charles W. Sisler, a former Crestwood council member (1977-1991). The materials in this collection date from 1918 to 2020.

Charles Nagel Jr. Photograph Collection, 1909-1913, no date (P0247)
4 photographs

Three copy photos of Charles Nagel taken during his term of office as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1909-1913. Photo of William Taft meeting with his cabinet.

W.B. Napton Letter, 1857 (C1879)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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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.

National Air Mail Week Papers, 1938 (C1742)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains six envelopes and two letters commemorating National Air Mail Week, 15-21 May 1938. First day covers from Missouri towns: Chillicothe, Columbia, Grant City, Palmyra, and Ste. Genevieve. Letters from Paris and Ste. Genevieve.

National Association for the Advancement of White People Collection, 1980 (K1101)
0.3 c.f.

Newsletters, newspapers, brochures, announcements regarding candidates and related issues.

National Federation of Pachyderm Clubs Records, 1950-2014 (CA6684)
1.4 cubic feet

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The collection contains the records of the National Federation of Pachyderm Clubs. The organization was created to promote active citizenship involvement and education through local Republican clubs across the United States. The records include correspondence, minutes, political education materials, and miscellaneous material related to the organization.

National Organization for Women, Columbia Chapter (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1978-1996 (CA4732)
6 cubic feet, 1 oversize volume, 1 audio cassette

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The records of the Columbia Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) contain chapter and leader correspondence, informational materials on women’s issues, conference materials, administrative material, membership records, news clippings, event fliers, state and national legislation updates, newsletters, financial reports, and miscellaneous material. Also includes materials from the Green Hills Area Chapter in Chillicothe, MO.

National Organization for Women, Legal Defense and Education Fund Records, 1970s-1980s (CA4832)
20.5 cubic feet

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Records pertaining to the work of the organization and the papers of Kathy Bonk. Includes correspondence, conference files, federal agency files, legislative files, subject files, notebooks, state files, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material. Contains material on the Equal Rights Amendment and 1980 elections.

National Women's Political Caucus, St. Louis Chapter Records, 1971-1986 (S0221)
0.2 cubic foot, 6 folders

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The National Women’s Political Caucus, St. Louis Chapter Records contain correspondence, newsletters, student papers, and testimonies documenting the chapter’s efforts toward encouraging women to seek elective and appointive positions in all levels of government. The chapter also supports all political candidates sympathetic to women’s issues and works for the repeal of laws which discriminate against women.

Native Sons of Kansas City Scrapbooks, 1820-1960 (K0395)
14 c.f.

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and research notes of a variety of Kansas City area events and topics, such a early settlers and civic leaders, built environment, art and culture, education, government, and commercial activities.

Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1904-1967 (C2511)
3.0 cubic feet

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The papers of Earl F. Nelson contain personal, political, and business correspondence, insurance data, tax records, ledgers, and journals, including correspondence, reports, and financial statements dealing with work as a member of the board of curators. Also included are papers of Edna Nelson dealing with estate matters.

Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1862-1945 (C0148)
0.2 cubic feet

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Two Civil War letters; World War II letters; miscellaneous correspondence of Nelson family; speeches by Nelson on U.S. Constitution, history of Sullivan County, and proposal of new Missouri constitution; University of Missouri Law School Foundation bulletin; notes; and other miscellaneous material.