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ST. BENEDICT'S ABBEY
Atchison, KS 66002
Voice: (913) 367-5340
Contact: Father Gilbert Wolters, OSB, Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Hours: None.
Technical Service: Abbots' and members' correspondence are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: No handicapped access available, close proximity parking is difficult, and all collections are restricted.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: The only material in any way accessible but uncataloged consists of the correspondence and acts of the superiors (Abbots and Priors) of St. Benedict's Abbey.
Collection affiliation: Religion
ST. CLAIR COUNTY LIBRARY
Chestnut & Main
Box 370
Osceola, MO 64776
Voice: 417-646-2214
Contact: Eleanor Ratliff, Director
Hours: Open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, Saturday 8am-noon.
Technical Service: Inter-library loan, photocopying, microfilm, audio-visual equipment, and limited research consultant services are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: Some collections are restricted.
Scope of the Collection: Small public library with some local history and genealogical materials.
Description of Collection holdings: Newspapers and census on microfilm duplicated from Missouri State Historical Society are available as well as local history, limited genealogy and cemetery records.
Collection affiliation: Local, Municipal
ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL
44th and Wornall
Kansas City, MO 64111
Voice: (816) 932-2517
Contact: Craig Hannasch, Archivist/Historiographer
Hours: By special appointment Monday-Thursday 10am-3:30pm.
Technical Service: Duplication, photographic service, research assistance, basic document preservation.
Restrictions to use of collections: All collections are restricted.
Scope of the Collection: Records and Archives of St. Luke's Hospital.
Description of Collection holdings: Started in 1976, current holdings (about 275 square feet) include news clippings from 1882, photographs from 1920, copies of Hospital publications, transcripts of oral history interviews with retired doctors, nurses and other Hospital personnel, Kansas City Medical Index (August 1884-October 1898), Kansas City Medical Index/Lancet (January 1899-December 1910), Kansas City Medical Record (January 1884-December 1906), and the Directory of Medical Specialists (1951-1983). Fragile and confidential materials are available at the discretion of the Archivist.
Collection affiliation: Business
ST. MARY COLLEGE
Special Collections
De Paul Library
4100 South 4th Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048-5082
Voice: (913) 682-5151, ext. 200
Fax: (913) 682-2406
Contact: Sister Therese Deplazes, SCL Special Collections Librarian
Hours: Open Monday-Friday 9am-3pm, Saturday-Sunday by appointment only.
Technical Service: Photocopying, tours, and research consultant services are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: Some collections are restricted. Most may be used outside of building.
Scope of the Collection: Culture (Fine Arts-oriented): Original vellum manuscripts, ceramics, framed pictures, crosses, etc., Literary (Scripture, Parishes, Prayerbooks, etc.)
Description of Collection holdings: Major collections: The Craig Sacred Scripture Collection includes theological and liturgical vellum/parchment manuscripts, codices, incunabula, and early printing - more than 2,500 volumes and 360 rare original and facsimile leaves; the Dr. Bernard H. Hall Abraham Lincoln Collection includes 1450 catalogued volumes plus memorabilia; The Craig Calendared Americana Manuscript Collection includes approximately 250 holograph letters and documents of early American historical periods; Heritage Collection includes Kansas history, and literature, and early textbooks; Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Archives; Saint Mary College Archives; Ross Collection includes mostly memorabilia, WPA "dolls," M.I. Hummel figurines (50), statues, rosaries, crucifixes and crosses, etc. Annotated bibliographies and listings are available to the repository's holdings in addition to descriptive card catalogs.
Collection affiliation: Education, History, Museum, Religion
ST. PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY [UNITED METHODIST CHURCH]
5123 Truman Road
Kansas City, MO 64127-2499
Voice: (816) 483-9600
Contact: William S. Sparks, Director of Library and Information Services
Hours: Call for appointment.
Technical Service: Provided
Restrictions to use of collections: No items removed from special collections.
Scope of the Collection: Not active but accepting any Missouri West Annual Conference materials. Materials continue to be added to the collection.
Description of Collection holdings: Special collections of the Library include an assortment of annual conference journals for Missouri back to the 1850's, biographies of bishops, out of print histories, and journals of the South Central Jurisdiction, etc. There is an established policy regarding school Archives. Catalogs, student records, and school publications are kept at the school. St. Paul School of Theology was founded in 1958.
Collection affiliation: Education, Religion
ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Concordia, MO 64020
Voice: (816) 463-2238
Contact: Richard Buesing
Hours: Open by appointment only.
Technical Service: Exhibits are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: No handicapped access.
Scope of the Collection: Purpose is to collect materials documenting the history of St. Paul's College.
Description of Collection holdings: Materials are available concerning family and personal papers, local history, and religion. The collection was opened in 1988.
Collection affiliation: Education, History, Religion
SALINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
see Marshall Public Library
SEATON LIBRARY Charlson-Taylor Archives
see Riley County
Historical Society and Museum
SEDALIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
311 West Third
Sedalia, MO 65301
Voice: (816) 826-1314
Contact: Donald G. Morton
Hours: Open Monday-Thursday 9am-9pm, Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm.
Technical Service: Inter-library loan, photocopying, and microfilm services are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: Some collections are restricted.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: Holdings include genealogical materials and items relating to local history.
Collection affiliation: History, Local, Municipal, Museum
SEDALIA RAGTIME ARCHIVES/CENTRAL MISSOURI RAGTIME COLLECTION
State Fair Community College
3201 West 16th Street
Sedalia, MO 65301-6799
Voice: 314-826-7100
Contact: Bob Solomon
Hours: Open Monday-Thursday 8am-8pm, Friday 8am-4pm. Special appointments can be arranged.
Technical Service: Inter-library loan, photocopying, tours, exhibits, and audio-visual equipment is available.
Restrictions to use of collections: Close proximity parking is difficult.
Scope of the Collection: The Sedalia Ragtime Archives, housed in the Maple Leaf Room is an Archives for Central Missouri ragtime featuring Scott Joplin, Blind Boone, C.L. Woolsey, Arthur Marshall, Tom Ireland plus other musical greats of the area. Books and materials pertaining to Missouri history, state and local government, biography, fiction and works by Missouri authors are housed in the Missouri Collection.
Description of Collection holdings: The Maple Leaf collection includes sheet music; piano rolls; tapes of interviews with Eubie Blake; scrapbooks and memorabilia; plus many other mementos of this musical era. Guides and finding aids are available to this repository's holdings.
Collection affiliation: Local, Museum
SHAWNEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 2201
Topeka, KS 66601
Contact: Dan Fitzgerald, Editor (913) 296-4792
Hours: Not applicable.
Technical Service: Not applicable.
Restrictions to use of collections: Not applicable.
Scope of the Collection: Not applicable.
Description of Collection holdings: The significant function of the Shawnee County Historical Society is publishing an annual historical bulletin that is topically focused on the history, events and people of Shawnee County.
Collection affiliation: Not applicable.
SHELDON PUBLIC LIBRARY
South Vernon Genealogical Library
RR #2 Box 10
Sheldon, MO 64784
Voice: 417-884-2619
Contact: Wilma Lathrop
Hours: Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, closed Saturday-Sunday. Special appointments available.
Technical Service: Publication programs, photocopying, microfilm, and research consultant services are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: Fees are charged for using collections and some collections are restricted.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: Collection includes approximately 1200 books on genealogy, histories, census, etc. Personal research in Bates, Barton, and Vernon Counties, Missouri, is also conducted. Copies available for sale, photocopies of census records in book form.
Collection affiliation: Education, Local, Municipal
SLATER PUBLIC LIBRARY
311 North Main
Slater, MO 65349
Voice: (816) 529-3100
Contact: Betty Jaeger
Hours: Open Monday-Friday 2-5pm.
Technical Service: Publication programs, photocopying, and research consultant services available.
Restrictions to use of collections: No handicapped access available and some collections are restricted.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: A very small Library with a small budget serving a town of 2,300 people and surrounding rural area. Collection includes a good inventory of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. The library has a good Research Department and subscribes to The Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. Materials include agriculture/agribusiness, genealogy, local history, and religion.
Collection affiliation: Business, Local, Religion
SMOKEY HILL MUSEUM
211 West Iron
Salina, KS 67401
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 101, 67402-0101
Voice: (913) 826-7460
Fax: (913) 826-7444
E-mail: curatorshm@aol.com
Contact: Mary Douglass, Curator of Collections
Hours: Open Monday-Friday 2-5pm.
Technical Service: No information provided.
Restrictions to use of collections: No information provided.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: No information provided.
Collection affiliation: Local, History
SPENCER, KENNETH; RESEARCH LIBRARY
see Kenneth Spencer Research
Library
STEPHENS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
411 Central Methodist Square
Fayette, MO 65248
Contact: Dr. Joseph E. Geist
Hours: Open Tuesday and Thursday 1-5pm. Closed during college holidays. Special appointments can be arranged.
Technical Service: Exhibits are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: No information provided.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: Collections and exhibits pertain to environment/ecology, pioneer and frontier life, and religion.
Collection affiliation: Museum
STILL NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MUSEUM
311 South 4th Street
Kirksville, MO 63501
Voice: (816) 626-2359
Contact: No information provided.
Hours: Open Monday through Friday 9am-1pm, closed all other days. Special appointments can be arranged.
Technical Service: Photocopying, tours and exhibits are available.
Restrictions to use of collections: No information provided.
Scope of the Collection: No information provided.
Description of Collection holdings: This Museum is oriented to the history of Osteopathy and life of Dr. A.T. Still, founder of Osteopathy.
Collection affiliation: Education
SULLIVAN COUNTY MUSEUM AND GENEALOGY ROOM
Route 2, Box 166
Milan, MO 63556
Voice: (816) 265-3570
Contact: Betty Cochran, Genealogy Committee Member
Hours: Open from May 1-October 1 on Tuesday 9am-noon and 12:30-4pm. Closed all other days, but special appointments can be arranged.
Technical Service: Tours by appointment only.
Restrictions to use of collections: Free parking, but no handicapped access is available.
Scope of the Collection: Collect material documenting Sullivan County, especially material specific to genealogical research.
Description of Collection holdings: Local histories of Sullivan County and towns in the vicinity. Family and pioneer histories available, also, county funeral home records and family histories. History of Sullivan County Volumes I & II by Gladys Crumpacker, several small town histories, and Pioneers of Sullivan County by Richard Sears.
Collection affiliation: History, Local, Museum
SULLIVAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
109 East 2nd Street
Milan, MO 63556-1331
Voice: (816) 265-3911
Contact: Donna J. Sloan
Hours: Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-3pm.
Technical Service: Photocopying, microfilm readers, and audio-visual equipment for in-house use for genealogy material.
Restrictions to use of collections: No information provided.
Scope of the Collection: not available
Description of Collection holdings: Library facility with no special collections, except all known records pertaining to our county.
Collection affiliation: Local
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Last revised: Tuesday, November 01, 2005