[Slavery & Abolition] In 1852, Winslow Turner, a Missouri lawyer, wrote to Samuel Donnell in North Carolina about a contested will. Mrs. Rhodes had died leaving a provision that would free enslaved people she held, but the heirs of Bryant P. Ewing claimed an interest in the estate and wanted.....
Lockwood, Belva A. Autograph Letter Signed, April 30, 1903, documents the continued public presence of the first woman to appear on a United States presidential ballot and a central figure in nineteenth-century woman suffrage and legal reform. Written from Washington, D.C. to Mark Bennitt, publicity director of the 1904 St.....
United States military weapons and ammunition development documented in a group of photographs produced during the Cold War era at or associated with the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri, circa late 1960s to early 1970s. The plant was established in 1941 to manufacture and test small caliber.....
African American family photograph album, 1930s, Mt. Hope, Missouri, documents the daily life, social relationships, and labor conditions of a Black family during the Great Depression and provides direct evidence of both domestic life and employment structures in a rural Midwestern setting. Centered on the Berry family, including Helen Berry.....
Foxx, Redd. Annotated typescript, owned and marked by Redd Foxx (1922–1991), one of the most influential Black comedians of the twentieth century. Foxx, who emerged from the Chitlin’ Circuit nightclub tradition before achieving national fame in the sitcom Sanford and Son, helped carry African American vernacular humor into mainstream American.....
Lincoln University fraternity and sorority event photograph. circa late 1920s to early 1930s. This photograph documents African American student social and organizational life at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, during segregation, recording a formal gathering associated with a Greek letter society identified in the image as “Delta Alpha Phi.”.....
Missouri tornado aftermath photographs recording the destruction of named rural homes, barns, and outbuildings in the wake of the May 9, 1927 storm, a direct local record of how one of the most destructive tornado days of the late 1920s was experienced at the level of individual families and farm.....
[Women Education] Scrapbook from a young woman studying at Stephens College (Columbia, Missouri) and Kansas State Teachers College, 1921-1943. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin photos and 43 pieces of ephemera, including numerous certificates, two cloth Varsity letters, report cards. 39 pages. Original cream boards with embossed detail to front.....
Cole, Nat “King” (subject). St. Louis Blues lobby card archive, 1958, documents the representation of African American musical heritage in mid-twentieth-century American cinema, centered on the life and legacy of W. C. Handy. The material captures prominent Black performers portraying and interpreting blues and jazz traditions within a studio production.....
St. Louis tornado photo archive depicting urban destruction after the September 29, 1927 tornado, with collapsed houses, torn-open brick buildings, wrecked automobiles, and streets filled with debris. The storm cut across St. Louis and into Illinois, killing nearly eighty people and damaging hundreds of city blocks. The scenes emphasize what.....
Unidentified photojournalists, press photograph archive, circa 1970 to 1984, documenting organized disability sports through the Special Olympics and the Paralympic Games. The material documents adaptive athletic systems through photographic coverage of competitions and ceremonial events, revealing how inclusive sports programs operated across local, national, and international levels, and providing primary-source.....
Negro Soldiers Speech of Hon. James S. Rollins of Missouri Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 2, 1863. Washington, D.C.: L. Towers & Co., 1863. 8 pages. 5.5" x 8.5". Rollins was a nineteenth-century Missouri politician and lawyer notable for his role in establishing the University of Missouri. In.....
[Slavery & Abolition] THOMPSON, George. Prison Life & Reflections; or, a Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, and Deliverance of Work, Burr, and Thompson, Who Suffered An Unjust and Cruel Imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary, for Attempting to Aid Some Slaves to Liberty. Three Parts in One.....
Imperial size albumen portraits of faculty and students at American Medical College. St. Louis Missouri , 1911. Large photo measures 24 x 20 inches. 40 subjects, every one of them male except for a single female student, listed below as "F Heflin." Photographed by Hays Studio. Mounted to photographer's board.....
[African American] [Photography] Cabinet card photograph depicts an attractive young African American woman in formal dress. She wears a high collar with a golden brooch and has a serious expression. Circa 1880s. Photography studio is C. Jackson's, located in Hannibal, Missouri. 6.5" x 4." Card bears front gilt caption: "Hannibal.....
[Prison Abolition] Lifetime in Prison: The Case of Eddie Sanchez. Committee to Free Eddie Sanchez, April 1975. Kansas City, Missouri. Pamphlet, 4 pages. 8.5" x 11." Lifetime prisoner Eddie Sanchez had been subjected to injections of Anectine in prison during aversion therapy, a practice used to modify behaviors by building.....
COMPLETE ORIGINAL newspaper , the Kansas City Journal (Missouri) dated Aug 3, 1881. Inside page, 1/2 column report headlined: "The Phonograph." Tells of its invention, its future and about Edison, its inventor. In excellent condition.
Drury College Yearbook, “Sou’wester 1908.” Springfield, Missouri. Measures 10.75” X 8” inches. Gray boards with red ¼ with silver text and red pressed illustration of what appears to be a cannon. Yearbook includes class and faculty rosters and photos, lists of organizations and committees, student literature, illustrations and songs. The.....
