Government and Politics
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Henry Clay Campaign Ribbon, 1844 (C0668)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
"Henry Clay, the Peoples' Choice. Missouri State Convention, St. Louis, June 3, 1844."
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Henry Clay Letter, 1835 (C1513)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To W[illia]m S. Woods from Ashland, [KY], Jul. 16, 1835.
Discusses the Missouri Compromise and Clay's role, the slavery question, the power of the states, and the 1836 election. Also negative photostat.
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Clay-Garibaldi Letters, 1866-1867 (C2418)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)
Correspondence of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Green Clay, secretary of the American legation in Florence, Italy, concerning Garibaldi's claim to protection as an American citizen following his arrest by the Italian government, his escape from Caprera, and Clay's report on a visit with him after his defeat at Mantena.
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Cyril Clemens Photograph Collection, 1934, no date (P0330)
1 folder
Photographs of a model of a Mark Twain memorial by artist Walter Russell, Mark Twain, and a Mark Twain impersonator. Additional images of Missouri politicians and businessmen.
Grover Cleveland Campaign Ribbon, 1884 (C1518)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a ribbon worn at a Democratic victory celebration held at Rocheport, MO, November 12, 1884. The ribbon is inscribed "Hurrah for Cleveland, We will now have an Honest Government, 'Tis Hard to Kill Live Men! Honor to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana, and the Solid South, They Did The Work!"
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Coalition Against Public Funding for Stadiums Records, 2003-2006 (S0762)
0.4 cubic feet, 25 folders
The Coalition Against Public Funding For Stadiums is an organization founded by Jeanette Mott Oxford and Fred Lindecke formed in hopes of rejecting the proposed use of $421 million in state, county, and city funds for the building of a new ballpark. Although their attempts were unsuccessful, they were able to save taxpayers at least half of this cost, as well as creating new ordinances in the city and county, which called for a public vote on any public use of funds for any professional sports development. The collection includes affidavits, application of transfers, summons, and memoranda.
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John J. Cochran Photograph, no date (P0318)
1 photograph
b/w photograph of Charles Lindbergh receiving the Medal of Honor after his trans-Atlantic flight; Lindbergh and President Calvin with other dignitaries in White House Garden
William Bourke Cockran Papers, 1895-1915 (C2524)
1 roll of microfilm
The papers of William Bourke Cockran primarily contain letters to Congressman William Bourke Cockran from Moreton Frewen, Irish member of Parliament, concerning politics in Ireland and the U.S., 1895-1915, and the first years of World War I. Also included are newspaper articles about Irish politics.
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Francis Marion Cockrell Scrapbooks, 1872-1910 (C1389)
0.57 cubic feet (7 volumes)
Clippings from Missouri and national newspapers on political career of F.M. Cockrell, Democratic U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1875-1905. Articles on political campaigns, Civil War recollections, Cockrell's stand on public issues, Interstate Commerce Commission, and personal interviews. Indexed.
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William C. Cole Papers, 1942-1947 (C0013)
8 cubic feet (1,400 folders)
Correspondence of a Republican congressman from Missouri's 3rd District dealing with topics as varied as World War II, agriculture, legislation on labor and the atom bomb, education, foreign relations, immigration, flood control, labor, housing, socialized medicine, politics and the postal service.
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Earl Thomas Coleman Papers, 1975-1992 (K0699)
65 c.f.
Coleman, a Republican was a U.S. Congressman representing Missouri's 6th Congressional District. Includes his congressional files: correspondence, research materials, press releases, newsletters, Member's Individual Voting Records, weekly files, subject files, planning calendars, speeches, foreign policy binders with information on specific issues/bills, photographs, videotapes.
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Nadine Mills Coleman Papers, 1965 (C2182)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Clipping and miscellany about Governor Lon Vest Stephens.
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Colfax Township, Osborn, Missouri Records, 1908-1921 (K0409)
0.1 c.f.
Minutes from meetings of the Colfax Township, DeKalb County Board of Directors, as kept by the Clerk. Much of the business is related to finances and taxes.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1938 (C1395)
0.16 cubic feet (1 volume)
Newspaper clippings, campaign posters and miscellaneous printed material on Missouri Democratic primary campaign and elections of 1938; Douglas-Billings Missouri Supreme Court contest, Lloyd C. Stark, Bennett Champ Clark, and R.T. Wood.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, 1939-1940 (C4063)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and short essays concerning Missouri history and politics.
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A. Loyd Collins Scrapbook, no date (C1393)
0.23 cubic feet (1 volume)
Campaign posters, photographs, magazine, pamphlet and newspaper clippings on the life, vice-presidential career and first five months as president of Harry S. Truman; death of Franklin D. Roosevelt; World War II; and the Potsdam Conference.
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Lewis Collins Claim, 1821 (C2078)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a statement of amount due Collins for hauling water from Columbia to Smithton for the Boone County Court.
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Columbia Equal Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters Records, 1912-1923 (C2936)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records of the Columbia Equal Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters contain minutes of the Columbia Equal Suffrage Association, 1912-1920, and League of Women Voters, 1920-1923; a newspaper clipping, "Five Columbia Women Honored for Valor in Suffrage Campaign;" and the constitution of the League of Women Voters of Missouri, adopted October 15-17, 1919.
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Columbia League of Women Voters Records, 1923-1974 (C3450)
1.2 cubic feet, 14 oversize volumes
Chapter minutes and local newspaper clippings are bulk of collection. Includes material from national organization and other chapters. Earlier records may be found under Columbia Equal Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters Records, 1912-1923.
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Columbia People-to-People Sister City Corporation Papers, 1963-1973 (C3652)
0.2 cubic feet (18 folders)
The papers contain correspondence, minutes, programs, financial records, newspaper clippings, and photographs of Columbia People-to-People Sister City Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, and sister city committee of Armenia, Colombia, South America. Material pertaining to membership, fund raising, exchange visits, library contributions, and sponsorship of students.
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Columbia Women's Political Caucus Records, 1971-1977 (C3550)
1 cubic foot (52 folders)
Formed in 1972, the CWPC is a multipartisan political action group affiliated with both the Missouri State Women's Political Caucus and the National Women's Political Caucus. These groups work to improve the status of women.
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Columbia, Missouri Charter Commission Papers, 1948-1949 (C0085)
0.6 cubic feet
Papers of a commission established by a special election on May 4, 1948.
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Columbia, Missouri, Board of Trustees Minutes, 1826-1835 (C2491)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes of the meetings of the board of trustees of the city of Columbia, MO.
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Columbia, Missouri, Ordinance Notices, no date (C2818)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Town ordinances concerning prostitution, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and loitering and the fines to be levied for these offenses. Printed on cloth.
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Columbia, Missouri. Recreation Commission Report, 1945 (C0596)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Annual report to the mayor, city council and citizens of Columbia on activities and needs of the commission.
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Committee FOR Annexation Records, 1963-1964 (K0086)
0.3 c.f.
Materials in support of the annexation of the Hickman Mills school district to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District. Also campaign information of an earlier school levy increase is included, as well as research materials related to the advantages of annexation, campaign literature distributed, and news clippings
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Committee For Free Choice Records, 1969-1982 (C3707)
3.2 cubic feet (291 folders), 2 oversize volumes
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.
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Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax (COMBAT) Records, 1999-2001 (K0913)
2.5 c.f.
COMBAT was a Jackson County supported anti-drug program. Includes administrative records, grant materials, notes, reports, printed and published materials, and newspapers clippings.
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Community Video Advisory Board (CVAB) Records, 1969-1992 (K0403)
1 c.f.
Administrative materials of the Board which oversaw operation of American Cablevision's public access channel. Also information from Ecumedia, an interfaith, nonprofit television show on Channel 30 of American Cablevision, and the Metropolitan Inter-Church Agency (MICA), a council of churches that brought the Christian community together.
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Confederate Proclamation, no date (C2820)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Proclamation urging Southerners to force abolitionists and Union sympathizers out of southern towns. Issued in response to Lincoln's call for 75,000 men.
Dennis Harper Connaway Papers, 1858-1888 (C0248)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Correspondence, Civil War papers, and miscellaneous papers. County collector book of Cedar County.
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J.V. Conran Papers, 1940-1982 (C4067)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
The papers of J.V. Conran, an attorney and political leader in Southeast Missouri, contain correspondence, newspapers clippings, and photographs.
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Laurie Perry Cookingham Papers, 1932-1980 (K0057)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, autobiography drafts, and other materials pertaining to Cookingham's period of service as city manager of Kansas City and other cities
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Cooper County, Missouri Assessment Lists, 1859 (C0489)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Certified account of Lawrence Hall, assessor from Cooper County, and the receipt for same.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Administration Meeting Proceedings, 1828 (C2851)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Report of an administration meeting held in Boonville, MO, 22 February 1828. Resolutions supporting John Quincy Adams and a foreign tariff.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Assessment Lists, 1858 (C1083)
0.4 cubic feet (4 volumes)
Vol. 1, District No. 1, J.C. Kooby, assessor. Vol. 2, District No. 2, Thomas E. Rochester, assessor. Vol. 3, District No. 3, Jesse McFarland, assessor. Vol. 4, District No. 5, James L. Bell, assessor.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Assessment Lists, 1859 (C1376)
0.78 cubic feet (4 volumes)
Assessment lists for districts no. 1, 4, 5, and 6.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Papers, 1837-1983 (C3051)
2 rolls of microfilm
History of Cooper County, its churches and cemeteries, schools, domestic architecture, miscellaneous buildings, and architectural structures; material on Cooper County and Howard County individuals and families; maps; clippings; and photographs.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Papers, 1819-1905 (C1034)
1.25 cubic feet
The papers contain oaths of loyalty, 1862-1866, and miscellaneous papers, 1819-1905.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Stray Cattle Books, 1819-1833 (C1085)
0.13 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The collection contains a description of stray cattle with no brands, appraised, valued, signed by justices of the peace, and recorded by deputy clerks for those claiming the cattle.
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Cooper County, Missouri, Tax Book, 1835 (C1211)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Resident tax book of Cooper County, MO. Jno. H. Hutchison, collector; Robert P. Clark, clerk, county court.
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Raymond E. Corey Photograph Collection, 1965-1995 (K1311)
8.45 c.f.
Photograph collection of former staff photographer for the Kansas City Star, ca 1965-1979. Corey photographed events and news of the day, fashion, political and notable figures, social unrest and feature stories.
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Cote Sans Dessein Township (Callaway County, Mo.) Justice of the Peace Docket Book, 1816-1827 (C0966)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record of court proceedings, marriages, and stray livestock. Cases concern settlement of debts, loan repayments, estates, land ownership, and assault and battery. Volume was begun by William H. Dunnica, the first justice of the peace (1821-1823), as a mercantile accounts record.
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Timothy R. Coughlin Papers, 1890s-1990s (CA5849)
109 cubic feet
Correspondence, research material, publications, organizational records, and audio and video recordings of an individual active in the Democratic Party in Missouri.
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Donna Cowan Scrapbooks, 1957 (C4277)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
The Donna Cowan collection includes two scrapbooks - one on conservation in Missouri, and one on Missouri Girls State, 1957. The Missouri Girls State was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Missouri, which provided Missouri girls citizenship training in order for them to better understand and participate in the functioning of the government. 1957.
William S. Cowherd Scrapbook, 1884-1915 (C3227)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, mainly pertaining to Cowherd's career as congressman, 1897-1905. Speeches or excerpts from speeches during campaigns. 1890 speech before the graduating class of the Washington University Dental School.
Curtis C. Crawford Papers, 1964-1985 (S0484)
0.25 cubic feet, 7 folders, 11 photographs
The Curtis C. Crawford Papers document his political career as the Assistant Circuit Attorney in St. Louis, 1956-1964; director of Legal Aid Society, 1966 to 1967; regional director of the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1970; chairman of the National Appeals Board and the U.S. Parole Board, 1970-1977. Crawford also ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and mayor of St. Louis. The collection contains campaign literature, correspondence, and photographs.
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Benjamin H. Creamer Papers, 1890-1969 (R0476)
10 folders
These are papers of a farmer and stock raiser in Maries County, Missouri. The collection includes
family correspondence, obituaries and funeral home cards, election poll books, and records
pertaining to Creamer's work with the Maries County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service and the Maries County Highway Commission.
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John Jordon Crittenden Letters, 1820-1860 (C0973)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters pertaining to the Whig Party, particularly in Missouri. Originals in the Library of Congress.
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Thomas Theodore Crittenden Calling Card, 1882 (C1592)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Calling card of governor of Missouri.