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_____. "Southern States Cotton Council-Third Annual Convention - Program and Sharecropper Camp, Harviell, Missouri.", 1941 June 14-15

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Fannie Cook Papers reflect the life and work of a versatile writer who was actively interested in problems of contemporary society and whose literary works of fiction and non-fiction were often based on her political and social attitudes. Soon after receiving her Master's degree from Washington University in 1916 she began part-time university teaching and a career as a public servant, participating in community efforts along educational lines and in the field of race...
Dates: 1941 June 14-15

0IS 50 Software Starter 1, Rel 9E2 (Duplicate) (5 1/4")., No date

 Item — Box: 1412, Object: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Richard A. Gephardt Congressional Papers contain legislative and administrative documents. The bulk of holdings center on Mr. Gephardt's tenure in Congress, staff, fundraising, and congressional-related activities. Materials are both comprehensive and complete from start to finish. Unlike the Campaign Papers, the Congressional Papers deal with duties tied to holding office, not seeking it. (1,347 boxes)

Dates: No date

1-5. Orders beginning with the statement, “A powerful army forming by our enemies in the South, and an extensive combination of savages in the West will probably render the ensuing Campaign exceedingly active . . .” to County Lieutenants of Frederick; of Hampshire and Berkeley; Monongalia and Ohio; of Fayette, Lincoln and Jefferson; and of Green Briar. (Orders to County Lieutenant of Green Briar filed in Oversize.), 1780 Dec

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Reference Files (Boxes 1-2) consist almost entirely of photocopies, typescripts, and reproductions of documents from other repositories, and should be used as a supplement to the original material in the rest of the Clark Family Collection. This group provides general information about the Clark family and the collection, and also includes reproductions of documents pertaining to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Rogers Clark, and...
Dates: 1780 Dec

(1) Account of N.G. Elliott with Grunabaum and Barth. (2) W.H. Trigg to N.G. Elliott, relative to excess collected on an execution. (3) Applications for licenses. (4) Legal grievance regarding land rents. (5) Legal paper regarding the enticement of an enslaved person out of the state. (6) Mary Maning’s charges against her husband., 1851 May 1-31

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes correspondence relating to the mule, horse, and cattle trade; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pike's Peak; and California. It also includes muster rolls and other materials of the 1st Company, 14th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Missouri Militia from the Mormon War of 1838, in which Elliott was commander; slavery papers, land deals, and medical and merchandise bills; transactions concerning the outfitting of the Santa Fe trade; promissory notes; papers relating to Howard County,...
Dates: 1851 May 1-31

(1) Account of N.G. Elliott with Lucky and Davis for tuition for Mary, Sarah, Nanch, John, and Martha. (2) Order to N.G. Elliott to jail David Holifield for having unlawfully taken Amos Wills’ sorrel horse. (3) Document regarding summons served by John P. Maddox on J.H. Jones advising him of a suit in favor of Dr. C.S. Boorman., 1851 Aug 5-20

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes correspondence relating to the mule, horse, and cattle trade; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pike's Peak; and California. It also includes muster rolls and other materials of the 1st Company, 14th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Missouri Militia from the Mormon War of 1838, in which Elliott was commander; slavery papers, land deals, and medical and merchandise bills; transactions concerning the outfitting of the Santa Fe trade; promissory notes; papers relating to Howard County,...
Dates: 1851 Aug 5-20

(1) Applications for licenses. (2) State of Missouri vs Oliver P. Magee on an indictment for murdering Thomas Jefferson White, Macon County. (3) Apprehension of an enslaved person belonging to James Bell of Cooper., 1852 May 1-22

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes correspondence relating to the mule, horse, and cattle trade; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pike's Peak; and California. It also includes muster rolls and other materials of the 1st Company, 14th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Missouri Militia from the Mormon War of 1838, in which Elliott was commander; slavery papers, land deals, and medical and merchandise bills; transactions concerning the outfitting of the Santa Fe trade; promissory notes; papers relating to Howard County,...
Dates: 1852 May 1-22

1. Article contains a letter signed “Nebraska,” Fort Childs, Nebraska Territory, August 22, 1848, which describes recent affairs of the Oregon Battalion and disputes with the Pawnee Indians. (4 pages), 1848 Sept 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates: 1848 Sept 7

1. Article titled “Going to California,” which enumerates the expenses for supplies and provisions necessary for an overland trip to California. (2 pages), 1849 Jan 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates: 1849 Jan 8

(1) Blank checks on Boonville, Mo., branch of the Bank of St. Louis. (2) Check on the Banking House of Wm. H. Trigg, Boonville. (3) N.G. Elliott’s account for wearing apparel with Boon, Duncan and Smith. (4) Miscellaneous accounting notations., 185-

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes correspondence relating to the mule, horse, and cattle trade; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pike's Peak; and California. It also includes muster rolls and other materials of the 1st Company, 14th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Missouri Militia from the Mormon War of 1838, in which Elliott was commander; slavery papers, land deals, and medical and merchandise bills; transactions concerning the outfitting of the Santa Fe trade; promissory notes; papers relating to Howard County,...
Dates: 185-

(1) Commitment of a runaway enslaved person. (2) Document regarding payment to Benjamin Knox from his father’s estate. (3) Receipt of G.H. Oldham for hammer and moulds for pistol. (4) Receipt of B.H. Twombly for advertising about a runaway enslaved person., 1851 Dec 1-18

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes correspondence relating to the mule, horse, and cattle trade; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pike's Peak; and California. It also includes muster rolls and other materials of the 1st Company, 14th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Missouri Militia from the Mormon War of 1838, in which Elliott was commander; slavery papers, land deals, and medical and merchandise bills; transactions concerning the outfitting of the Santa Fe trade; promissory notes; papers relating to Howard County,...
Dates: 1851 Dec 1-18