1948 Presidential Campaign Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Collection of 90 documents of President Truman's 1948 Presidential Campaign covering years 1946-1968. | |
Adair County Women's Committee National Council of Defense Volunteer Registrations Contributed by: Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections, Truman State University This collection contains over 325 registration cards from women volunteering for the Adair County (Missouri) Women's National Council of Defense. These cards from Adair County women "who desire to help win the war" provided the Council of Defense with a roster of those willing to help in the Great War (WWI) if a need arose. Information includes name, address, telephone, age, marital status, race, dependents, country of birth, citizenship status, current occupation, and level of education attained. | |
Affidavits of Age Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection contains handwritten statements from Missouri judges from the mid-19th century verifying their age with the Secretary of State’s Office. As outlined in Missouri’s Constitution (1820), judges had to be at least 30 years old, but birth certificates were not issued or maintained by the government at that time. | |
American School of Osteopathy (ASO) Record Books Contributed by: Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (SM), A.T. Still University Record books, 1892-1916, of the American School of Osteopathy. These documents reflect incorporation, early board governance, faculty proceedings, rules and regulations and the osteopaths who influenced the profession's formation and the medical practice in general. | |
Applications for Membership in Corporal Dix Post No. 22, Grand Army of the Republic Contributed by: Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections, Truman State University The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was created by Dr. B.F. Stephenson of Springfield, Illinois, for Union veterans of the Civil War. Missouri's first post was organized in Kirksville October 1, 1866, but disbanded a few years later after internal strife. It was reorganized in 1882 and was designated Post Number 22. | |
Census Records and Tax Lists Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This index contains some territorial, state and special censuses, plus the federal mortality schedules and browseable images of the federal agricultural and manufacturing and industrial schedules. | |
Charles Lindbergh Collection Contributed by: Museum of Missouri Military History Charles A. Lindbergh is best known for his historic solo airplane flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris. The Charles Lindbergh Collection contains military and related records from Charles Lindbergh's time in the Missouri National Guard, correspondence sent to him after his flight, and news clippings and articles profiling his life. | |
Cold War Confrontation: Truman, Stalin, and the Berlin Airlift, June 1948 - May 1949 Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum The collection focuses on the Berlin Airlift and includes 126 documents and some photographs covering the years 1948 through 1952. | |
Community and Conflict: the Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks Contributed by: Springfield-Greene County Library District Documents and artifacts that depict life in the Ozarks between 1850 and 1875. The collection contains first hand perspectives of the Civil War through the eyes of soldiers, civilians, merchants and farmers, as told through letters, maps, diaries, court records and photographs. | |
Confluence and Crossroads - The Civil War in the American Heartland Contributed by: Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University and Partners Documents and artifacts that depict life in the Ozarks between 1850 and 1875. The collection contains first hand perspectives of the Civil War through the eyes of soldiers, civilians, merchants and farmers, as told through letters, maps, diaries, court records and photographs. | |
Daughters of Charity Archives: St. Louis, MO – DePaul Hospital Collection Contributed by: Daughters of Charity Archives Photographs and correspondence of St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital (aka DePaul Hospital) from the time it was owned and operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s and the Daughters of Charity. | |
Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum This collection focusing on Truman's historic decision includes documents covering the years 1945-1964. Supporting materials include an online version of "Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History," edited by Robert H. Ferrell. | |
Dred Scott Case Contributed by: Washington University Libraries Collection of one hundred and eleven documents, over 400 pages of full-text searchable resource that represents the full case history of the Dred Scott Case. | |
Establishing the Marshall Plan Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum A collection about the Marshall Plan, or European Recovery Program, as it was officially known, which provided aid to war-torn Europe. This collection includes 69 documents, 9 photographs, an exhibit titled George C. Marshall: Soldier of Peace, and a teaching activity based on the exhibit. | |
Fragments From the Botanical Frontier Contributed by: Missouri Botanical Garden Information on three areas of the North American botanical frontier. Botanical exploration generally followed lines of transportation and military campaigns, as such there were unexplored pockets. These unexplored areas were finally closed as botanical "frontiers" in the twentieth century. | |
Frank and Jesse James Circuit Court Documents Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Documents from the Daviess County Circuit Clerk reveal many of the James brothers' activities during the late 19th century and include indictments showing criminal charges ranging from grand larceny to murder. The records also provide a glimpse into the life of other prominent Missourians of the time, such as Confederate Brigadier General Joseph Shelby. | |
Frisco Travel Exhibit Contributed by: Missouri State University Special Collections and Archives Department Selection of ephemera, documents, postcards, photographs, and artifacts documenting the Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway. The items were used in creating the MSU Archives and Special Collection's Frisco Travel Exhibit in 2008. | |
Genealogy and Family History Contributed by: State Historical Society of Missouri This collection includes Missouri genealogy records collected by the State Historical Society of Missouri, including compilations of births, deaths, marriages, and other vital statistics; and funeral home and cemetery records. Records may pertain to a particular lineage or geographical area. | |
Guadalupe Center Scrapbooks Contributed by: Kansas City Public Library The Guadalupe Center in Kansas City began in 1919 when the Catholic Diocese asked the Agnes Ward Amberg Club for Women to establish a settlement house primarily for Mexican immigrants. Photographs include the Guadalupe Center Building, events like festivals and fairs, band concerts, athletic teams, camping and outdoor activities, folk festivals, and family activities. | |
Harrison Gleim Civil War Papers, 1860-1891 Contributed by: Maclay Home Papers of Harrison Gleim, who served in the Civil War as Lieutenant and quartermaster in the Missouri Light Artillery, and later as Major and aide-de-camp in the 2nd Missouri Cavalry. Includes military orders, personal and official correspondence, and quartermaster records. | |
Heart of the University: MU Libraries Contributed by: University Archives, University of Missouri-Columbia A digital exhibit on the history of the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries. | |
John Albert Undertaking Ledger, Ironton, Missouri Contributed by: Iron County Historical Society Ledger of funeral records kept by undertaker John Albert, who operated his business in Ironton, Missouri from July 1, 1878 to June 6, 1921. Ledger is bound with pages from Wilson's History and Directory for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, 1875-1876. | |
Journeys into Kirkwood History Contributed by: Kirkwood Historical Society This digital collection includes approximately 400 items from Kirkwwod, Missouri, covering 175 years starting from the mid-19th century to the present day. | |
Kate Moody Collection Contributed by: Webster Groves Historical Society The Kate Moody Collection consists of thousands of documents assembled by Katherine Twining Moody, a librarian with St. Louis Public Library from 1895-1945. | |
Korean War: The US Response to North Korea's Invasion of South Korea Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum An online exhibit of documents, photographs, sound clips of individual participants in policy development, battlefield combatants, and observers affected by the human tragedy of the Korean War. | |
Lexington Wharfage Register Collection Contributed by: Battle of Lexington State Historic Site In the mid-19th century, Lexington, Missouri was the largest city west of St. Louis, due to the importance of steamboat commerce and the steady stream of westward expansion. This collection contains a single bound volume with accounts for steamboats passing through Lexington from 1855-1869. | |
Lindenwood University Contributed by: Lindenwood University, Mary Ambler Archives Included in the materials from the Mary Ambler Archives is the House of Bethany Journal. The House of Bethany was a Christian sisterhood organization formed to visit the families of soldiers and all others who needed special attention. | |
Livre Terrein Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection consists of land books detailing grants made by the French and Spanish governments prior to the Louisiana Purchase. | |
Missouri Annual Reports of Public Schools, 1858-Present Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Annual Reports of Public Schools in this collection include floor plans and photographs of classrooms and facilities, photographs of students, lists of state certificates issued by surname, student rosters, financial statements, statistical abstracts, lists of approved schools, curricula and textbooks, and other economic and education statistics. | |
Missouri Appeal Reports Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection contains published opinions of cases argued in front of Missouri Appellate courts. | |
Missouri Birth & Death Records Database Pre-1910 Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Abstracts of Missouri birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1910. | |
Missouri Census Schedules from 1830-1940 Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Index to federal and state census records, 1830-1940, available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. | |
Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Index of coroner records from seven Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis, dates range from 1842 to 1932. | |
Missouri Death Certificates Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Index of death certificates, linked to digital images of the original death certificate. Updated annually. | |
Missouri Department of Agriculture Reports, 1865-Present Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection contains reports from the State Board of Agriculture, composed of the state entomologist, veterinarian, dairy commissioner, apiarist, and others. These reports focus on crop varieties and rotation, eradication of pests, sanitation practices, labor saving practices, and quarantine regulations. | |
Missouri Disasters, 1785-Present Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection contains materials related to tornadoes, blizzards, thunderstorms, floods, droughts, infestations, earthquakes, disease epidemics, and other disasters in Missouri's history. | |
Missouri Governors Records, 1837-1901 Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Official records of 19th century Missouri governors. Records are currently online for the years 1837-1893. Topics include the expulsion of Mormons, railroads, slavery, violence along the Kansas border, guerilla bands, vigilantes and the outbreak of the Civil War. | |
Missouri Judicial Records Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This database of circuit and probate court files is currently searchable by name, county and year for Greene County Circuit Court, Jasper County Circuit Court, New Madrid County Probate Court, St. Charles County Circuit Court, and St. Louis Probate Court. | |
Missouri Land Records 1803-1969 Contributed by: Missouri State Archives The Land Records database contains over 280,000 entries from French and Spanish land concessions, federal land sales and state issued patents. The records may include names of purchasers, claimants and assignees, county, date of purchase, and legal land description (township, section, range and number of acres sold). | |
Missouri Mormon War Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Gateway to state records concerning the Missouri-Mormon conflict, 1838-1841. Includes finding aids and some digitized records. | |
Missouri Naturalization Records Database (1816-1955) Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Abstracts of citizenship records from 22 Missouri counties. | |
Missouri Register Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection consists of Missouri Register volumes 1-24, 1976-1999. | |
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Student Registers, 1873-1922 Contributed by: Missouri State Archives The collection contains two volumes of the Missouri University of Science and Technology student registers from 1873 to 1922. | |
Missouri Session Laws, 1824-Present Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Session Laws of Missouri provide the text of bills passed in each session of the Missouri General Assembly and include vetoed bills; proposed, rejected and ratified amendments to the Missouri Constitution; and a subject index. | |
Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Database presents the service cards of over 576,000 Missourians who served in twelve wars and military engagements in the 19th and early 20th centuries. | |
Missouri State Museum Division of Youth Services Photograph Collection Contributed by: Missouri State Museum; Missouri State Archives This collection contains prints, slides, negatives and documents from the 1890s through the early 1940s related to the Chillicothe Industrial Home for Girls. This facility served as one of three facilities in the state designated for the treatment of juvenile offenders. | |
Missouri State Veterinarian Ledger, 1889-1893 Contributed by: Missouri Veterinary Medical Association This collection contains a ledger maintained by the first two state veterinarians of Missouri. The ledger contains information on the early practice of veterinary medicine, occupational details, log entries for visits, and financial reports. | |
Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This database contains abstracts of territorial and state supreme court files, 1790-1880, available at the Missouri State Archives. | |
Missouri Supreme Court Reports Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection contains the published opinions of cases argued in front of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1821 to 1955. | |
Missouri Union Provost Marshal Papers 1861-1866 Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Index to Provost Marshal records relating to Missouri, available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. | |
Missouri Veterans Home (St. James) Inmate Registers Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Admission registers and application files of the Federal Soldiers Home of Missouri, now called the Missouri Veterans Home (St. James). The collection, which currently consists of Volumes 1-3, includes registers for residents from June 25, 1897 through August 12, 1930. Additional volumes will be added to the collection as they become available. | |
Missouri Vital Statistics Reports Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection contains tables and charts published for use in public health related fields as an aid for studying births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, dissolutions, and abortions. | |
Missouri-Kansas Conflict: Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865 Contributed by: Kansas City Public Library Documents related to the hostilities that shook the Missouri-Kansas border region before and during the American Civil War. The collection includes photographs, letters, diaries, maps, and military records from over 25 contributing institutions. | |
MSU Theatre and Dance Collection Contributed by: Missouri State University Select items from the archival holdings of the university's Theatre and Dance Department, including programs, fliers, photographs, correspondence, and clippings. The digitized materials focus on the United Service Organizations (USO) performances and represent a small sampling of the collection. | |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Collection of 112 documents of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) covering the years 1949-1952 | |
Origins and History of the Washington University School of Medicine Contributed by: Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University A digitized version of an exhibit mounted at the Bernard Becker Medical Library in 1991 celebrating the Centennial of the Washington University School of Medicine. The exhibit contains maps, illustrations, photographs, ephemera, and includes numerous faculty profiles. | |
Over There: Missouri and the Great War Contributed by: Springfield-Greene County Library District Over There: Missouri and the Great War contains letters, diaries, memoirs, photographs, postcards, and other materials documenting the lives of Missouri soldiers and civilians during the First World War. | |
Ozarks Digital Library - Greene County Missouri, Records Contributed by: Springfield-Greene County Library District Collection of full text indexes and abstracts to records including circuit court record books, coroner's records, alms house records, justice of the peace records and others. | |
Quest for the Cure: Care and Treatment in Missouri's First State Mental Hospital Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Exhibit traces the history and development of Missouri's first mental hospital from 1844. | |
Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Marion College Contributed by: Marion County Library Subdistrict #1 Marion College was incorporated in 1831 in Philadelphia, Marion County, Missouri, for the purpose of educating young men for the ministry. The registry contains the church's membership and baptisms from 1836 to 1853. The ledger also includes the names of slaves and often states their owner's name. | |
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1825-Present Contributed by: Missouri State Archives This collection includes volumes of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo) from 1825 to present, documenting the laws of the state of Missouri. | |
Rural Education Innovations in Adair County, Missouri Contributed by: Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections, Truman State University This digital exhibition seeks to enlighten you about the history of rural education in Adair County, Missouri from the County’s establishment in 1841 to the unique conception of the Model Rural School in 1907 on the First District State Normal School campus in Kirksville, MO by its president, John R. Kirk, a prominent Missourian and educator. | |
Sprague Funeral Home Ledgers Contributed by: Marion County Library Subdistrict #1 The Sprague Funeral Home operated in Palmyra, Missouri, from 1922-1974; the ledgers span most of this time. Funeral record entries include detailed biographical information about the deceased, names and places of birth of the father and mother, and information about funeral arrangements. | |
St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project Contributed by: Missouri State Archives; St. Louis Circuit Court; Washington University This project features digitized collections of court files relating to Lewis & Clark, Native Americans, the fur trade, and slave freedom suits. Includes a database of all court cases processed, beginning in 1804. | |
St. Louis County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Policy Ledger Contributed by: St. Louis County Library Ledger kept by the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of St. Louis County, Missouri. The ledger, dated 1875-1880, contains policies for St. Louis area residents and businesses. | |
St. Louis Mechanics Liens Contributed by: Missouri State Archives; St. Louis Circuit Court Mechanics Liens The St. Louis Mechanic's Liens collection consists of 5,129 liens filed in the St. Louis court system between April 21, 1824, and December 31, 1875. The documents provide a snapshot of the people living and working in the St. Louis area, as well as the costs of materials and the growth of the city over time. | |
Truman Administration's Civil Rights Program: The Desegregation of the Armed Forces Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Collection documents President Truman's decision to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces. It covers the years 1938-1953. | |
Truman Doctrine and the Beginning of the Cold War Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Collection of documents, photographs and interview transcripts about Truman doctrine. | |
Truman State University Early Catalogs and Bulletins Contributed by: Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections, Truman State University The Truman State University collection of early catalogs and bulletins contains information about the school, its departments and faculty, cost of tuition, and more. This digital collection covers the years 1868-1925. | |
United Nations 1945-53: The Development of a World Organization Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Collection of 127 documents about President Truman and the United Nations, covering the years 1945-1953. | |
United States' Recognition of Israel Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Collection of 87 documents about the recognition of the State of Israel with a chronology of events spanning 1939-1949. | |
Unity Farm Records, 1919-2008 Contributed by: Unity Library and Archives This collection contains photographs, maps, visitor guides, and directories from Unity Farm, a 1,200-acre farm just outside Kansas City, affiliated with Unity World Headquarters, a religious nonprofit. | |
University City Building Permits and Their Applications Contributed by: University City Public Library This collection consists of 16 rolls of microfilm that include building permits (1918-1972), and building permit applications (1933-1965) for every home, commercial building and sign constructed in University City, Missouri. | |
WWI Biography and Service Records Contributed by: Missouri State Archives The Missouri State Archives holds biography and service records from 55 counties and the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City. Information may include name; rank and branch of service; dates entered and discharged; prior service; locations served; battles fought; date and place of birth; name of spouse, parents, children; level of education; religious, social, or fraternal organizations; and ancestors who participated in previous wars. |
