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Moreton Frewen Papers, 1823-1922 (C0879)
41 rolls of microfilm
Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems.
Originals in the Library of Congress.
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Charles Garrett Collection, 1918-1920 (S0888)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains pamphlets published by the William Simmons Service Bulletin that focused on the global events that took place after the end of World War I in 1918. In addition, the collection contains a photocopied map of the St. Charles, Missouri Waterfront.
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Ruby Dwight Garrett Papers, c. 1910-1968 (C2558)
1.6 cubic feet, and 1 reel of microfilm
The Dwight Ruby Garrett collection contains papers and photographs of Garrett, a Kansas City, MO, lawyer. Garrett commanded the 117th Field Signal Battalion, 42nd (Rainbow) Division, U.S. Army, American Expeditionary Force. The collection concentrates on his World War I and postwar veterans activities. The clipping scrapbook is on microfilm.
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General Hospital Letter, 1917, 1959 (K1365)
.02 c.f.
General Hospital Letter contains a two-page letter written by Dr. Thomas F. Miller concerning personal affairs and personnel conditions at the hospital in August 1917. Also included are two unidentified photographs, dated August 1959.
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Granby, Missouri Oral History Collection, 1984 (R1459)
0.02 cubic foot (1 folder, 1 DVD)
The Granby Missouri Oral History Collection consist of a DVD containing interviews of locals that lived in Granby, Missouri in October 1984. The video contains the interviews of John Hurn, Richard Eustler, and Bill Farris. John Tuggle conducted the interviews. Also included is a letter written by R.J. Savage containing background information on how the interviews were conducted.
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Howard Gresham Papers, 1919 (R1111)
(1 folder)
This is a letter dated May 29, 1919 from Howard Gresham, a wagoner in the Army of Occupation at Neuwied, Germany to Clara Carns in Jasper County, Missouri. The letter discusses life in the army and mutual friends and relatives.
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Hesterlynn Griffith Photograph Collection, 1915, no date (P0638)
5 photographs
Photos of Mound City, MO, including the Hiatt and Browning homes, Big Lake State Park ca. 1915, and soldiers returning from WWI ca. 1918.
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Louis R. Grinstead Memoirs, 1937 (C4418)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The memoirs of a resident of Scotland County, Missouri, detail his life growing up on the family farm and his World War I experiences serving in France in the United States Army. Grinstead was a member of Company A, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division.
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Ralph Douglas Hall Papers, 1917-1919 (R0415)
1 folder
These are letters of a native of California, Moniteau County, Missouri, and member of Co. L,
18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, during World War I. The letters include brief comments on the
war in France, 1917-1918, and service with the army of occupation in Germany, 1919. There is also
a letter from Hall's father with news from home.
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Lloyd Ellis Hardy Collection, circa 1911-1926 (R0642)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Lloyd Ellis Hardy Collection concerns Lloyd Ellis Hardy, a native of Tippah County, Mississippi, and later a resident of Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri. Compiled and edited by Robert G. Johnston, the collection includes photocopies of letters written during Hardy’s service in the 4th Missouri Infantry on the Mexican border and at Nevada, Missouri in 1916-1917, and with the 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division in France in 1919.
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Hiller Family Papers, 1785-1993 (C3856)
7.2 cubic feet (357 folders), 2 oversize volumes
Papers of a family of farmers, lawyers, bankers, doctors, and business people of Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, genealogical records, estate records, diaries, personal account books, deeds, military records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and miscellaneous material.
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James L. Hughes Photograph Collection, 1917 (P0522)
4 photographs
Images of World War I era soldiers, ca. 1917.
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John Robert Hume Papers, 1898-1919 (R0357)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The John Robert Hume Papers contain photocopies of a typescript of a World War I diary and poetry written by John R. Hume, a native of Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri. Hume served as a captain of a United States Army medical detachment in France, 1917-1918.
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John Robert Hume World War I Diary, 1917-1918 (C2084)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Hume was an army surgeon with the 23rd U.S. Infantry Medical Detachment in the Second Division, A.E.F. Diary, September 6, 1917-February 14, 1918, describes the war in France, medical facilities and staff, troops, battles, living conditions and rations, German submarine and troop maneuvers, and John J. Pershing.
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John J. Riordan Papers, 1917-1990 (C4383)
2.4 cubic feet (55 folders)
The John J. Riordan Papers document the World War I military career of a veterinary officer, his career as a professional veterinarian in Tarkio, Missouri, and his efforts to record his wartime experiences through writing his memoir, Horses, Mules and Remounts: The World War I Memoir of a Veterinary Officer.
Burnam R. Jones Papers, 1897-1966, 2011 (C4405)
0.4 cubic feet (7 folders)
This collection features papers by or pertaining to the life of World War I veteran Burnam R. Jones. There are photographs taken in France as well as photographs from his life before and after the war. There are sketches done by Jones and several memoirs typed by Jones.
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Kauffman Family Papers, 1917-2009 (K1011)
0.28 c.f.
The collection consists of birth and death certificates, enlistment and discharge papers from the United States Army and Navy, and genealogical and historical information on the Kauffman family. The bulk of the collection pertains to Jim Richard Kauffman and his father Clarence Elmer Kauffman.
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Kearney Family Papers, 1890-1969, bulk 1918 (C4605)
0.4 cubic feet (9 folders)
Material from a Holt County (Mo.) family, including letters from Harold Leslie Kearney who served in France during WWI.
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J. B. Kirkland, World War One Memoir, no date (R0354)
(1 folder)
This is a memoir of service during World War I by a native of Nicholas, Georgia, and member of Company F, 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd U.S. Infantry Division. Kirkland served in ortheastern France, 1917-1918, where he saw action in the Baccarat sector and in the defense of the Champagne front on the Marne River, April-July 1918.
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Herbert Kleyboecker Papers, 1918-1919 (SP0039)
0.2 cubic feet (6 folders, 5 photographs)
The Herbert Kleyboecker Papers contain his World War I correspondence from 1918 to 1919. His letters, written to his family in St. Louis, Missouri, contains detailed descriptions of basic training in Kansas, life in camp, opinions on the participation of African-American troops, conscientious objectors, trench warfare, and the treatment of the wounded in allied hospitals.
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John E. Lamy Collection, 1916-2000 (C4356)
0.2 cubic feet (5 folders)
Memoir, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material related to a Missouri physician captured in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II. Also World War I scrapbook created by John E. Lamy's mother, Marie Elsie Lamy.
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Walter T. Langkop Papers, no date (CA6527)
0.9 cubic feet
Photographs and material related to the death of a World War I soldier from Cooper County, Missouri. Includes a larged framed portrait of Langkop and a copy of List of Mothers and Widows of American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Entitled to Make a Pilgramage to the War Cemeteries in Europe.
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O.A. Lavinder Letters, 1919 (C0353)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
From a soldier with the A.E.F. in France to his cousin E.M. Douglas of Benton City, Missouri. Discusses the country, weather, and army life.
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Frank W. Lessmann Jr. Papers, 1917-1922 (CA6570)
0.25 cubic feet, 1 computer disc
World War I letters, postcards, and clippings of a soldier from St. Louis, Missouri, who served overseas. Includes digital scans provided by donor.
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Robert Ridenour Lester Papers, 1874-1997 (K1158)
5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and some printed and published material related to Lester and the Ridenour Family. Seventeen scrapbook volumes depict travel in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Lester's involvement in France in WWI.
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Liberty Memorial and Allied Charities Campaign Collection, 1919 (K0353)
0.5 c.f.
Newspaper clippings from the local Kansas City area newspapers about the people who contributed to the campaign and the amounts they gave, poems related to the war and the campaign, and pictures and histories of the Kansas City men who died in the war. Many Red Cross ads are also included, as well as ads from companies that supported the campaign.
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Julius Lingenfelder Papers, 1876-1934 (C4167)
0.5 cubic feet (17 folders), 1 oversize volume
The papers of Dr. Julius Lingenfelder contain a typescript copy of his book, The Physician as Leader of the New Era, family correspondence, a scrapbook containing correspondence and news clippings, 1915-1920, and school certificates, including his medical diploma.
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David A. Lockmiller Papers, 1880-1964 (C0405)
0.2 cubic feet
The papers of the biographer of General Enoch H. Crowder, administrator of the Selective Service during World War I and ambassador to Cuba, primarily consist of correspondence from the 1940s and 1950s pertaining to the biography. The papers also include correspondence written to Crowder from prominent political and military figures, publicity materials, book reviews, and miscellaneous records. See also C1046, the Enoch H. Crowder Papers.
Victor W. Lomax Papers, 1910-1938 (C4270)
0.5 cubic feet (8 folders), 1 oversize map
The papers of Victor W. Lomax contain correspondence, clippings, questionnaires, and photographs related to John J. Pershing and the Pershing Memorial State Park that Victor Lomax was instrumental in creating.
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Rufus E. Longan Papers, 1879-1936 (C0358)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Miscellaneous papers of a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, who was a member of a pioneer family of Pettis County, MO. Papers include a school report; marriage license and certificate; will; several letters; messages of sympathy and news clipping of Longan's funeral; and "The Dirigible," an army newsletter edited by Longan.
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Katherine Wainwright Mackey Scrapbook, 1915-1938 (C4451)
0.24 cubic feet (1 volume)
Scrapbook of a woman from Palmyra, Missouri, including newspaper and magazine clippings about leaders and events from World War I and its aftermath. Also includes newspaper clippings from Marion County, Missouri, and miscellaneous personal letters to her pertaining to World War I.
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Mrs. Joseph W. Mackey Scrapbook, no date (CA6416)
1 volume
Scrapbook of a woman from Palmyra, Missouri, concerning World War I and Russia, 1910s-1920s.
Frank Manning Papers, 1918-1919 (C4578)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folders)
Letters of a Marshall (Mo.) soldier who served in France during World War I.
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Curtis Fletcher Marbut Papers, 1852-1983 (C3720)
6.8 cubic feet (250 folders)
The personal and professional papers of C. F. Marbut, a geology professor at the University of Missouri, 1895-1910, and soil scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1910-1935, includes correspondence, estate and financial records, photographs, publications, manuscripts, and maps. The personal correspondence received by Louise Marbut Moomaw and a short series of Civil War letters are also included in the papers.
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Irene Whitley Marcus Collection, 1885-2019 (K0452)
40 c.f.
Personal papers, collected items, and photographs of an African American educator, whose collection documents the history of the Black community in Kansas City from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first century.
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Homer Lee Marriott Papers, circa 1919 (R0425)
1 folder
This is a memoir of a resident of Morgan County, Missouri, concerning his experiences as a
soldier in World War One. Marriott served in the 110th Ammunition Train of the 35th Division and
participated in the Battle of the Argonne in 1918.
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Charles E. McCartney Papers, 1917-1971 (C4420)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of Charles E. McCartney contain military orders/memorandums and reminiscences of a Coast Artillery Unit officer during World War I. Along with these papers are miscellaneous items such as a scrapbook, two forms of identification for Charles E. McCartney, newspaper clippings, and correspondence from during and after McCartney’s time serving in the military.
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Welton M. McCutcheon Papers, 1918-1919 (C3821)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers contain letters from McCutcheon to his parents during his service in World War I. Topics include camp life, training, service with the 22nd Railroad Transportation Company in France, Red Cross and YMCA services, descriptions of Cincinnati, Ohio, Washington, D.C., and a trip to Paris, Reims, and Soissons describing war damage and an uncleared battlefield.
Max M. McNulty Papers, (C4406)
0.3 cubic feet (7 folders)
Photographs and miscellaneous papers of a WWI veteran who later worked at the Missouri Division of Employment Security. Photographs depict family members, WWI experiences, and professional and civic activities in Columbia, Missouri.
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Jacob LeRoy Milligan Scrapbooks, 1917-1968 (C3645)
1 roll of microfilm (2 volumes)
Scrapbooks of clippings about Jacob LeRoy Milligan and Maurice M. Milligan. They contain information on Richmond, Ray County, Missouri; the law firm of Roberts, Milligan and Milligan; Company C, 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, U.S. Army [6th Regiment, Missouri Infantry]; and Maurice's prosecution of Thomas Pendergast.
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Missouri Farm Bureau Federation Reports, 1915-1922 (C0135)
0.6 cubic feet
Reports of county and home demonstration agents. Some describe the beginnings of the farm bureau and county agent in a given county. Some contain summaries of individual farmers' work to further the cause of the Allies in World War I.
Missouri Peace Society Papers, 1912-1919 (C1805)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of the Missouri Peace Society contain a bank pass book and three vouchers for the Missouri Peace Society.
Missouri State Museum, Interpretation Program, Oral History Recordings, 1980-2009 (CA6218)
1.2 cubic feet, 410 audio cassettes, 78 video cassettes, 205 DVDs, 3 CDs
Oral history interviews with Missourians regarding historical events on audio cassettes, video cassettes, and DVDs. Also includes transcripts and related material such as photographs, negatives, news clippings, obituaries, correspondence, personal accounts, and ephemera.
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Missouri, Vernon County. World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 (CA6357)
0.5 cubic feet
World War I service record cards for soldiers from Vernon County, Missouri.
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Morisse Family Papers, 1854-2023 (S0269)
22.3 cubic feet
The Morisse Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, reel-to-reel tapes, and citizenship papers of the Morisse, Zimmerman, Walter, and Rosenthal families of St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as Quincy, Illinois. Materials of interest include photograph albums compiled by Herbert Ernest Morisse, documenting the Morisse families' involvement with Boy Scout Troop 21 of the Ethical Society of St. Louis and their outings at Herb Ella cabin along the Black River. The albums also contain photographs chronicling Herbert Ernest Walter Morisse's years as a student at Washington University in the early 1930s. Other materials of interest include correspondence between Marian Morisse and her brothers, Walter and Henry Hoener, during World War II.
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Howard Ramon Morrow Papers, 1914, 1918-1935 (CG0039)
0.2 c. f.
The Howard Ramon Morrow Papers includes World War I correspondence to and his parents in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, from 1918 to 1919. This collection also includes six issues of the 320th Infantry's newsletter "The Battalion" Review" from January to February 1919.
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Elsa Louise Nagel Papers, 1905-1973 (C3910)
0.8 cubic feet
Papers of an associate professor of German, University of Missouri, 1926-1966. Includes correspondence with family, friends, and soldiers during World War I and World War II. Also present are newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items related to the Nagel and Meusch families.
Charles H. and Chester V. Neighbors Papers, 1917-1919 (C3614)
0.6 cubic feet (33 folders)
Correspondence of two brothers, their parents, and other relatives while the brothers were in military service during World War I.
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Earl F. Nelson Papers, 1862-1945 (C0148)
0.2 cubic feet
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.
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Kate Richards O'Hare Letters, 1919-1920 (C3118)
0.2 cubic feet (11 folders), 2 oversize volumes
Kate O’Hare’s letters to her family, April 20, 1919, to April 8, 1920, published in newspapers, and reproduced in book form April 14, 1920. O’Hare, a Socialist reformer, wrote the letters from the Missouri State Penitentiary, where she served a 14-month term for opposing the draft for World War I. They acknowledge gifts and letters, and discuss the Socialist movement, diseases, prison food, heat and ventilation, and mental disturbances of inmates.