MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES
Guide to African American History
Introduction to the Guide
Table of Contents
Record Group 000: State Government Documents Collection
- Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
- Annual Reports of Common/Public Schools, 1845-Present
- School Laws of Missouri, 1883-1992
- News Releases, 1972-Present
- School Improvement & Educational Reform Programs, 1984-Present
- Division of Instruction, 1900-Present
- Educational Objectives/Special Initiatives, 1944-Present
- General Assembly
- Journal of the House of Representatives, 1820-Present
- Journal of the Senate, 1828-Present
- Reports, 1991-2001
- Missouri Negro Industrial Commission, 1918-1928
- Department of Health
- Annual Reports of the Health Commissioner of St. Louis, 1883-1913
- Annual Reports of the Hospital & Health Board, Kansas City, 1908-1919
- State Center for Health Statistics, 1921-1999
- Division of Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, 1963-2000
- Department of Higher Education, 1875-Present
- Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
- Annual Reports: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1880-1951
- Annual Reports: Workers Compensation Commission, 1925-1975
- Missouri Commission on Human Rights, 1958-2000
- Department of Mental Health, 1920-Present
- Department of Natural Resources
- Division of State Parks, 1964-Present
- Department of Public Safety, Office of the Director
- Missouri Conference on Juvenile Justice, 1974-1981
- Juvenile Justice Review Committee, 1981-1994
- Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, 1978-1990
- Department of Social Services
- Annual Reports, 1946-Present
- Annual Reports/Division of Youth Services, 1974-Present
- Juvenile Court Statistics, 1946-Present
Record Group 003: Office of the Governor
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Lilburn Boggs, 1836-1840
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Thomas Reynolds, 1840-1844
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John C. Edwards, 1844-1848
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Austin A. King, 1848-1853
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Sterling Price, 1853-1857
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Hancock Lee Jackson, 1857
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Robert M. Stewart, 1857-1861
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Claiborne Fox Jackson, 1861
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Willard P. Hall, 1864-1865
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Thomas C. Fletcher, 1865-1869
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Joseph W. McClurg, 1869-1871
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Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1871-1873
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Silas Woodson, 1873-1875
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David R. Francis, 1889-1892
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Warren Hearnes, 1965-1973
Record Group 005: Office of the Secretary of State
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Commissions Division: Executive Orders, 1943-1996
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Commissions Division: Extraditions, 1950-2000
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Commissions Division: Gubernatorial Appointments, 1838-2000
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Commissions Division: Pardon Papers, 1837-1909
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Commissions Division: Restorations of Citizenship, 1910-1996
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Commissions Division: Trademarks, 1893-Present
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Elections Division: Political Party Platforms, 1909-1986
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Special Collections: Constitutions & Constitutional Conventions, 1845-1945
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Special Collections: Missouri-Kansas Border War, 1858-1860
Record Group 105: Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
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Letterpress Copybook, 1871-1872
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Annual Reports of the County Superintendent, 1927/28 - 1938/39
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High School Reports, 1935/36 - 1947/48
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Application for Classification of Schools, 1948-1968
Record Group 106: Department of Higher Education
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State Anatomical Board, 1897-1971
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Dalton Vocational School, 1919-1961
Record Group 108: Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
Record Group 132: Division of Finance
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Bank Charters (inactive), c1860s-Present
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Domestic & Foreign Investment Department, 1920-1922
Record Group 133: Office of the Adjutant General of Missouri
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Civil War, 1861-1865: United States Colored Troops, Muster Rolls
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Civil War, 1861-1865: United States Colored Troops, Service Records
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Civil War, 1861-1865: United State Colored Troops
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World War II: Report of Separation, 1941-1945
Record Group 213: Department of Corrections
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Sentence & Judgment Papers, 1836-1897
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Register of Inmates Received, 1836-1931
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Register of Military Prisoners, 1864-1875
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Register of Inmates Received and Discharged, 1866-1875; 1943-1961
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Dressing Register, 1870-1919
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Punishment Register, 1871-1896
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Time Register, 1874-1967
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Individual Index, 1875-1885; 1882-1892
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Register by County of Inmates Received, 1880-1967
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Discharge Register, 1881-1906
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Statistical Data of Female Inmates, 1889-1928
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Register of Escapees, 1904-1961
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Bertillon Measurement Records, 1908-1931
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Missouri State Penitentiary, Bureau of Criminal Identification Records, 1931-1969
Record Group 214: Department of Corrections
Record Group 217: Department of Corrections
Record Group 225: Department of Corrections
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Missouri Training School for Boys (Boonville), Commitment Registers, 1889-1975
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Missouri Training School for Boys (Boonville), Sentence & Judgment Papers, 1918-1977
Record Group 226: Department of Corrections
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State Industrial Home for Negro Girls, Commitment Papers, 1916-1941
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State Industrial Home for Negro Girls, Case History, 1931-1936 (closed)
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State Industrial Home for Negro Girls, Record Books, 1938-1945
Record Group 328: Missouri Commission on Human Rights
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Publications & Legislation, 1960-1972
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Scrapbooks, 1961-1975
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Minutes of Commission Meetings, 1963-1979 (access restricted)
Record Group 407: Missouri Opportunity 2000 Commission
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Administrative Papers, 1985-1988
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Correspondence, 1985-1987
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Public Hearings, 1986
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Subject Files, 1986-1989
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Commission Report, 1987-1988
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Miscellaneous Background Materials
Record Group 440: State Survey Commission
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Records of the Higher Education Survey, 1929
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Records of the Penal & Eleemosynary Institutions, 1929
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Records of the Public School Survey, 1929-1930
Record Group 550: Missouri General Assembly
Record Group 552: Missouri General Assembly
Record Group 600: Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1804-Present
Record Group 951: U.S. Recorder of Land Titles for Missouri, 1796-1867
Record Group 952: U.S. Surveyor General for Missouri, 1815-1863
Photograph Collections
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Commerce & Industrial Development, 1946-1972
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Duke Diggs Collection, 1900-1940
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Kansas City Parks & Recreation Collection, 1900-1960
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Kansas City Urban League Photograph Collection, 1920s-1950s
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Missouri Department of Corrections Collection, 1950s-1980s
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Missouri Human Rights Commission, 1959-1972
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Office of the Secretary of State, Publications Division, 1934-1992
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Randolph County African American Portrait Collection, 1900-1920s
Federal Records on Microfilm
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Department of the Army: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1867
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Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census, Federal Census Schedules, 1830-1920
Missouri County Records on Microfilm
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Clerk of the Circuit Court
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Clerk of the County Court
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Clerk of the Probate Court
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County Superintendent of Schools
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Office of the County Assessor
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Office of the County Collector
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Recorder of Deeds
Reference & Manuscripts Collections on Microfilm
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George Washington Carver Papers
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Urban League of St. Louis, Inc., 1910-1985
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Kansas City Urban League, 1920-1998
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Lincoln University "Clarion," 1944-1993
Photograph Credits
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