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Finding Aid for the Hawthorne Family Collection

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This collection contains the research of Clyde Clinton Hawthorne on the Hawthorne and related families. When the collection was donated, most of the…

Finding Aid for the Martha Jacobson Scrapbooks

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This collection contains scrapbooks and photos found in a 1920s house in Kansas City, Missouri. The scrapbooks were created by Martha S. Jacobson. One…

Finding Aid for the Midwest Genealogy Center Photo Collection

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The Midwest Genealogy Center receives donations relating to family history and genealogy. Photos that do not fit into existing collections become a…

Finding Aid for the Bickerstaff Family Bible

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The family record sheets located in the middle of the Bible contain four pages of family records with name, place of birth, date of birth, date of…

Finding Aid for the Raytown Historical Society Collection

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The binders are collections of history, both written and in pictures, of Raytown and many of the families who have lived here. Each binder comprises a…

Finding Aid for the Walker Family Bibles

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This collection consists of three Bibles belonging to Andrew Jackson Walker’s family. One bible contains an inscription stating Andrew Jackson Walker…

Finding Aid for the Westport Bank Collection

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This collection contains photographs and other items related to the Westport Bank in Kansas City, Missouri. Black and white photographs from the…

Goddard Historical and Genealogical Society

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This archival collection contains genealogical charts, forms, family histories, genealogical research, photographs, audio, video, and computer files…

Finding Aid for the Gleaner Combine Collection

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This collection consists of photos, and a history of the Gleaner Manufacturing plant in Independence, Missouri. Many of the photos in the collection…

Finding Aid for the World War II Scrapbook

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This collection contains one scrapbook that was compiled with newspaper articles relating to World War II. Due to the poor condition of the scrapbook…

Finding Aid for the Woodlawn Cemetery Collection

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This collection contains digital images of death registers, burial registers, and lot sales from the early cemetery sections of Woodlawn Cemetery…

Finding Aid for the Wall That Heals Collection

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Many notes, photos, computer printouts of service information from the Wall website, and other paper memorials were left at The Wall. The majority of…

Finding Aid for the Vickers Family Bible

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The Bible was presented to Harry Vickers by Patricia Vickers in 1956 upon becoming a Master Mason in the Freemasons. The Bible has a section for…

Finding Aid for the Turner Family Bible

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This collection consists of the family Bible for Nannie (Johnson) Turner. This Bible contains the family records for births, marriages, and deaths for…

Finding Aid for the Swisher Family Bible

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This collection consists of the family Bible for the Swisher family. This Bible contains the family records for births, marriages, and deaths for…

Finding Aid for the Spring Valley Baptist Church

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This collection includes items relating to the history of Spring Valley Baptist Church in Raytown, Missouri. Services and sermons from the 1960s…

Finding Aid for the Simrall & Simrall Collection

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Documents in this collection pertain to the law offices of Simrall & Simrall from the 1930s through the 1950s. Much of the collection is…

Finding Aid for the Salem Cemetery Collection

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Among the books in this collection are several hand written journal style books that contain information about the lots and burials. Information may…

Finding Aid for the Rorer Family Papers

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The Rorer Family Papers consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, some biographical information, a photograph, and miscellaneous papers…

Finding Aid for the Philadelphia, Mississippi Obituaries

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This collection contains obituaries, death notices, and other newspaper articles from the Neshoboa
Democrat newspaper in Philadelphia, Mississippi…