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Missouri State Archives Finding Aid [998.297] MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Mark Schreiber Collection Abstract: Photographs and related records documenting Missouri prisons and the Missouri Department of Corrections, particularly the Missouri State Penitentiary. These items were collected by DOC employee Mark Schreiber primarily for the purpose of writing his books. The collection spans 38 institutions and numbers approximately 5,800 images. Extent: 7 cubic feet Physical Description: Photographs (prints, slides, negatives); Paper (documents, books, maps) Location: Missouri State Archives; Stacks; Vault ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Alternative Formats: Some TIFFs on DVD in Reference Access Restrictions: A few images are restricted. See Excel spreadsheet for details. The Investigation Files series is closed. Publication Restrictions: Standard copyright rules apply. Preferred Citation: [Item description], [date]; Mark Schreiber Collection, Record Group 998.297; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Acquisition Information: Agency transfers and gift. Accession #1992-0186, #1994-0005, #2000- 0224, #2002-0220, #2004-0302, #2005-0071, #2006-0028, #2006-0327, #2009-0131, #2013- 0099 & #2016-0063. (NOTE: Schreiber has made other agency transfers to the Archives, but those were all classified as either the Corrections Record Group (114) or MSP (213).) Processing Information: Initial processing completed by AMM on 07/26/2016. Final processing by EW on 08/05/2019. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Mark Schreiber was a longtime employee of the Missouri Department of Corrections. Schreiber worked as Chief Investigator for the Cole County Prosecutor’s Office from c1975-c1977. In

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Missouri State Archives

Finding Aid [998.297]

MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Mark Schreiber Collection

Abstract: Photographs and related records documenting Missouri prisons and the Missouri

Department of Corrections, particularly the Missouri State Penitentiary. These items were

collected by DOC employee Mark Schreiber primarily for the purpose of writing his books. The

collection spans 38 institutions and numbers approximately 5,800 images.

Extent: 7 cubic feet

Physical Description: Photographs (prints, slides, negatives); Paper (documents, books, maps)

Location: Missouri State Archives; Stacks; Vault

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Alternative Formats: Some TIFFs on DVD in Reference

Access Restrictions: A few images are restricted. See Excel spreadsheet for details. The

Investigation Files series is closed.

Publication Restrictions: Standard copyright rules apply.

Preferred Citation: [Item description], [date]; Mark Schreiber Collection, Record Group

998.297; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

Acquisition Information: Agency transfers and gift. Accession #1992-0186, #1994-0005, #2000-

0224, #2002-0220, #2004-0302, #2005-0071, #2006-0028, #2006-0327, #2009-0131, #2013-

0099 & #2016-0063. (NOTE: Schreiber has made other agency transfers to the Archives, but

those were all classified as either the Corrections Record Group (114) or MSP (213).)

Processing Information: Initial processing completed by AMM on 07/26/2016. Final processing

by EW on 08/05/2019.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Mark Schreiber was a longtime employee of the Missouri Department of Corrections. Schreiber

worked as Chief Investigator for the Cole County Prosecutor’s Office from c1975-c1977. In

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1977 or 1978, he became an Officer with the Department of Corrections. Shortly thereafter, he

was hired as Chief Internal Affairs Officer. He held various other positions, including art

instructor and Assistant Warden. He has also written three books about the Missouri State

Penitentiary and Missouri Department of Corrections (see Bibliography).

ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION Bibliography

Schreiber, Mark S. and Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau. Shanks to Shakers:

Reflections of the Missouri State Penitentiary. Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company,

2011.

Schreiber, Mark S. and Laura Burkhardt Moeller. Somewhere in Time: 170 Years of Missouri

Corrections. Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company, 2004.

Stout, Laurie A. and Mark S. Schreiber. Somewhere in Time: A 160 Year History of Missouri

Corrections. Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Department of Corrections, 1991.

Related Collections

RG005 Office of Secretary of State Publications Non-Portrait Collection

RG114 Department of Corrections Photograph Collection

RG133.00 Records of the Adjutant General (1954 MSP Riot Scrapbook)

RG213.3 Missouri State Penitentiary Photograph Collection

RG998 MS355 Algoa Prison Photograph Collection

RG998 MS457 Missouri State Penitentiary Postcard Collection

Additional External Resources

Missouri State Penitentiary Museum: https://www.missouripentours.com/museum.

The Missouri History Museum in St. Louis maintains the following collection:

#P0141 Penal Institutions

The State Historical Society of Missouri has many collections concerning the Penitentiary:

https://shsmo.org/.

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SERIES PHOTOGRAPHS:

1. Algoa Correctional Center

2. Algoa Farm and Algoa Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men

3. Boonville Correctional Center

4. Boonville Training School for Boys

5. Camp Hawthorne

6. Central Missouri Correctional Center

7. Central Training Academy

8. Chillicothe Correctional Center

9. Chillicothe Industrial Home for Girls

10. Church Farm

11. Corrections – General

12. Farmington Correctional Center

13. Female Department No. 1

14. Fordland Honor Camp

15. Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center

16. Jefferson City Correctional Center (New)

17. Kansas City Honor Center

18. Kansas Facilities

19. Missouri Eastern Correctional Center

20. Missouri State Penitentiary

21. Missouri Training Center for Men and Moberly Correctional Center

22. Montauk Honor Camp

23. Montserrat Coal Mine

24. Northeast Correctional Center

25. Ozark Correctional Center

26. Potosi Correctional Center

27. Renz Correctional Center

28. Renz Prison Farm

29. St. Louis Community Release Center

30. St. Mary’s Honor Center

31. State Hospital No. 1

32. State Hospital No. 4

33. Tipton Industrial Home for Negro Girls

34. (Tipton) State Correctional Center for Women

35. (Tipton) State Correctional Pre-Release Center

36. Western Missouri Correctional Center

37. Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center

38. Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center

39. Other

BOOKS

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INVESTIGATION FILE PHOTOGRAPHS

MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

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ALGOA CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1980s-1995) Extent: 56 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Cole County just east of Jefferson City

Timeline:

The Intermediate Reformatory is repurposed as Algoa Correctional Center c1982

Algoa Correctional Center’s mission changes c1983

Otherwise Known As:

ACC | A.C.C.

Corrections was reorganized in September 1981, and the new Department of Corrections and

Human Resources was created. The first crisis addressed by the new Department was prison

overcrowding. In response, several new facilities were built or existing ones remodeled. Algoa

Intermediate Reformatory became the medium security Algoa Correctional Center (ACC).

ACC’s new inmate population would consist of male offenders of all ages with one to four years

left to serve on their sentences. Vocational training became a central mission at ACC.

In 1988, the farmland that used to be Prison Farm No. 3 on the west side of Algoa’s large

property was turned over to the Missouri National Guard. Today, the Guard’s headquarters is

located there.

This series consists of photographs of Algoa Correctional Center.

Container List

See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 1-3 Events – 1993 Flood 1993

245 1-8

237 4-19 Farming 1986

245 9-10

237 20 Grounds 1980s-1995

245 11-16

253 1-2

1 1-7

245 17-30 Staff 1987

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ALGOA FARM (1925-1933) AND ALGOA INTERMEDIATE REFORMATORY FOR YOUNG MEN (1957-1980) Extent: 28 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Cole County just east of Jefferson City

Timeline:

Prison Farm No. 3 Opens c1919

Algoa Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men groundbreaking 08/08/1930

Algoa Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men opens 03/26/1932

Repurposed as Algoa Correctional Center c1982

Otherwise Known As:

Prison Farm No. 3 or #3 | Algoa Farm | Algoa Prison Farm

Missouri Intermediate Reformatory | MIR | M.I.R.

Contract labor at the Penitentiary was abolished between 1917 and 1919. In its place, prison

industries such as farms allowed for state-run, non-contract labor. Inmates were put to work as

farmers and the goods produced were used to feed inmates and were also sold to the public for a

profit. Three farms were bought by the State Prison Board around 1919. The 458-acre property

that would become Prison Farm No. 3 at Algoa was bought from W.A. Dallmeyer. The primary

industry at Farm No. 3 was dairy.

Corrections staff and Missourians advocated for an intermediate institution that would house

young men aged 17 to 25. These first-time offenders were too old for the Boonville Reformatory

for Boys and often too young and “soft” for the Missouri State Penitentiary. Carol Bates from St.

Louis was one of the more influential advocates. She served on the Missouri Welfare League.

The Missouri General Assembly approved the creation of such a reformatory in 1915, but it

would be 15 years before money was appropriated and the site built. Another farm adjacent to

Prison Farm No. 3 was purchased from a man named Ewing. This 319-acre farm brought the

total acreage to 777. Inmates began being received in March 1932. They lived in dormitories and

continued to work the dairy farm. Over the next several decades, the site would expand even

more. The largest expansion was in the late 1930s when the WPA built several more dorms and

other buildings at Algoa.

Corrections was reorganized in September 1981, and the new Department of Corrections and

Human Resources was created. The first crisis addressed by the new Department was prison

overcrowding. In response, several new facilities were built or existing ones remodeled. Algoa

Intermediate Reformatory became the medium security Algoa Correctional Center (ACC).

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ACC’s new inmate population would consist of male offenders of all ages with one to four years

left to serve on their sentences.

This series consists of photographs and one document of both the early Algoa Prison Farm and

the Algoa Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men.

Container List

See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

245 31-32 Farming 1925-1927

237 21 Grounds 1957-1980

245 33

253 3-25

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BOONVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1985-1995) Extent: 54 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Boonville, Cooper County

Timeline:

Boonville Correctional Center opens 07/01/1983

Otherwise Known As:

BCC | B.C.C.

Boonville Correctional Center opened on July 1, 1983 in response to Corrections’ new

classification system and prison overcrowding. The adult facility would be built on the grounds

of the former State Training School for Boys and in fact utilize some of the same buildings (see

next series). This series consists of photographs of the buildings, inmates and staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 22-33 Grounds 1985-1995

245 34-42

253 26

1 8-10

237 34-44 Inmates 1985-1987

245 43-44

253 27

237 45-55 Staff 1985-1990

245 45

253 28-29

245 46-50 Various 1985-1987

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BOONVILLE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS (1890-1944) Extent: 29 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Boonville, Cooper County

Timeline:

General Assembly passes an act to establish a reform school 03/30/1887

Boonville selected as the site for an Training School of Boys 05/03/1887

Boonville Training School for Boys opens 01/15/1889

Boonville Training School for Boys closes 1981-1983 [?]

Otherwise Known As:

State Training School for Boys | State Industrial School for Boys | State Reform School for Boys

From 1885-1887, prominent citizens of St. Joseph, Buchanan County lobbied the Missouri

General Assembly for the creation of a boys’ reform school in their city. On March 30, 1887, the

General Assembly did approve the creation of a training school for boys. However, two months

later, a site in Boonville, Cooper County was selected instead of St. Joseph. The State Training

School for Boys was opened two years later with Lymon D. Drake serving as the first

Superintendent. There were 137 boys admitted to the facility in its first two years. When the

facility first opened, the boys were required to work in the gardens, the farm, laundry, kitchen,

tailor shop, or brickyard. School was in session for only six months out of the year. Boys came

from all over Missouri as well as other states and stayed anywhere from a few months to several

years. The ages of the boys ranged from eight to 20, although most were between 14 and 17.

The School was plagued with problems and ultimately closed in 1981-1983 in favor of local

juvenile detention facilities and the foster care system. After the School closed, the adult

Boonville Correctional Center opened on the same site (see previous series).

This series consists of photographs of the farm, buildings, boys and staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

245 51-52 Farming c1944

237 56-59 Grounds c1890-1940s

245 53-58

237 60-63 Inmates c1890-1944

245 59-70

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245 71-72 Staff c1944

245 73-78 Various

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CAMP HAWTHORNE (1987-1988) Extent: 4 images

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Camden County

Timeline:

Camp Hawthorne opens June 1982

Camp Hawthorne closes 2005

Otherwise Known As:

Camp Hawthorn

Camp Hawthorne opened in 1982 and was a work camp run by the Missouri Department of

Corrections, but located on land owned by the Department of Natural Resources near Lake of the

Ozarks State Park. Inmates were considered incarcerated by DOC, but all work done by them

was for DNR. The inmates stayed in cabins at Hawthorne on work release. The Camp is a

satellite of Ozark Correctional Center. The cabin structures and dining hall were added to the

National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 64-68 Grounds 1987-1988

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CENTRAL MISSOURI CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1979-1995) Extent: 164 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Cole County west of Jefferson City

Timeline:

Church Farm is repurposed as Central Missouri Correctional Center 1979-1980

Central Missouri Correctional Center closes 2005

Otherwise Known As:

CMCC | C.M.C.C.

Central Missouri Correctional Center was established on the grounds of the former Church Farm.

It is a minimum- and medium-security site for male inmates and still operates a 3,000-acre farm.

The institution suffered from mismanagement in the 1980s. Of note was the mass death of

dozens of cows in February 1985. A majority of the images in this series concern the

investigation into the cows’ deaths. The facility closed in early 2005 because of budget

constraints. Inmates and staff were transferred to other facilities.

This series contains photographs of CMCC grounds, inmates, staff, and operations of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 69-109 Events – Cow Investigation February 1985

245 79-115

245 116-124 Events – Fire Investigation July 1983

237 110-119 Grounds c1979-1995

245 125-151

253 30-58

1 11-15

237 120-124 Inmates 1985-1989

237 125 Staff c1983-1990

245 152-153

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CENTRAL TRAINING ACADEMY (1973-1991) Extent: 39 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Jefferson City, Cole County

Timeline:

The Training Academy is established 1973

Prior to 1974, there was no cohesive, central training for guards and other Corrections employees

in Missouri. The Department received a grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Council to

establish an academy for this purpose. It was opened on the grounds of the former Women’s

Prison, aka Female Department No. 1. The facility was renovated and expanded in 1984. In the

late 1990s, it moved to its current location at 1717 Industrial Drive.

“This unit develops, coordinates and delivers training to all department employees. This unit,

known as the Central Training Academy, is comprised of eight training officers and one

associate psychologist and is augmented by approximately 60 personnel selected from

throughout the department to assist in carrying out the Academy’s training curriculum.” (1987-

1988 Blue Book p. 339)

This series consists of photographs of the grounds and staff of Central Training Academy.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 126-128 Grounds 1973-c1991

245 154

237 129-147 Staff 1970s-1989

245 155-171

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CHILLICOTHE CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1984-1995) Extent: 36 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Chillicothe, Livingston County

Timeline:

The former Training School for Girls facility transferred from

Youth Services to the Division of Adult Institutions 10/01/1980

Chillicothe Correctional Center open house 11/16/1981

First inmates received 11/18/1981

Otherwise Known As:

CCC | C.C.C.

Chillicothe Correctional Center opened in 1981 in response to Corrections’ new classification

system and prison overcrowding. The female adult facility would be built on the grounds of the

former State Training School for Girls and in fact utilize some of the same buildings (see next

series). The first inmates transferred to the new facility came from Renz.

This series contains photographs of the grounds, inmates and staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

253 59 Grounds c1984-1995

1 16-18

1 19-23 Inmates 1987

237 148-149 Staff 1987-1990

245 172-193

1 24-25

1 26-27 Miscellanea 1987

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CHILLICOTHE INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR GIRLS (1907-1936) Extent: 12 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Chillicothe, Livingston County

Timeline:

General Assembly passes an act to establish the Industrial School 03/30/1887

Chillicothe selected as the site for an Industrial School of Girls 05/03/1887

Industrial School for Girls Opens January 1889

Name changed to State Training School for Girls 05/02/1946

Chillicothe Training School for Girls closes 1980

Otherwise Known As:

Chillicothe Training School for Girls | Chillicothe Reform School for Girls | State Industrial

Home for Girls

In 1887, members of Women’s Christian Temperance Union began a petition that would be sent

to the Missouri General Assembly. They and others were advocating for a state industrial home

for girls between the ages of 7 and 17. The General Assembly quickly passed an act to establish

a state industrial school for girls.

The Chillicothe Industrial School for Girls was opened in early 1889. An 1891 law clarified who

was to be sent to the School: “Every girl over the age of seven years and under the age of

seventeen years, who shall be convicted of being a vagrant, or of any offense not punishable with

death or imprisonment for life, may, except in cases deemed incorrigible, be sentenced to said

Industrial home until she shall reach the age of twenty-one years…Any female child may be

bound as apprentice to said Industrial home for girls as to any other master, and subject to the

same provisions of law as are now or may hereafter be in force.” (1891 Laws of Missouri p. 164)

In its first two years of operation, only 11 girls were sent to the Home.

Activities the girls were required to perform were gardening, baking, laundry, tending dairy

cows, sewing, working in the beauty shop, and attending etiquette classes. Each girl was

assigned to a cottage where she would become part of that cottage’s “family” and would be

under the supervision of the cottage mother.

Unlike the boys’ school in Boonville, Chillicothe did not accept African-American inmates. A

separate facility for African-American girls was established in Tipton in 1916.

The School closed in 1980 in favor of local juvenile detention facilities and the foster care

system. Chillicothe Correctional Center opened on the former Girls’ grounds in 1981 as an adult

female correctional facility (see previous series).

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Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

245 194-195 Grounds 1907-1936

253 60-62

237 150-154 Inmates 1909-1910

245 196-197

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CHURCH FARM (1930s-1970s) Extent: 128 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Cole County west of Jefferson City

Timeline:

Church Farm opens 1934

Church Farm is expanded 1938

Church Farm is repurposed as Central Missouri Correctional Center 1979-1980

Otherwise Known As:

Church Prison Farm | Auxiliary Prison Farm

Church Prison Farm is an institution located approximately eight miles west of Jefferson City. It

got its name from the landowner from whom it was leased, then purchased: Horace B. Church,

Jr. E.L. Sheley served as the farm’s first Superintendent. The early years were plagued by

escapes, likely due to the fact that there was only one guard on staff at any given time. Inmates

primarily raised crops, but also raised mules, dairy cattle and turkeys.

From 1979 to 1980, Church Prison Farm was converted from a minimum-security facility to a

medium security site and re-named Central Missouri Correctional Center.

This series consists of photographs of the grounds, buildings and operations of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 155-167 Farming 1930s-1969

245 198-200

253 63-109

237 168-182 Grounds 1934-1965

245 201-203

254 1-21

237 183-191 Inmates 1945-1964

245 204

254 22-29

237 192 Staff 1941-1970s

245 205

254 30-35

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CORRECTIONS – GENERAL (1853-1990s) Extent: 398 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content This series contains photographs of unidentified Corrections facilities, staff, and inmates. It also

includes images for the Department in general, such as booths at the State Fair, staff training,

special events, etc.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

237 193 Contraband 1972-1988

1 28-33

237 194-203 Events – Award Ceremonies 1988-c1990

245 206-225

246 1-29

237 204-236 Events – Cole County Law Enforcement Kids Day 1987-1991

246 30-71

237 237-238 Events – C-STAR Training 1988-1990

246 72-98

237 239-265 Events – Joint Law Enforcement Training 1983-1986

246 99

238 1-4 Events – State Fair August 1986

246 100

238 5-23 Corrections – General 1970s-1991

246 101-104

254 36-54

1 34-52

238 24-68 Corrections Staff c1919-1996

246 105-129

254 55-58

1 53-57

238 69-80 Inmates – General 1853-1991

246 130

254 59-63

238 81-85 Jefferson City 1920s-1990s

254 64-65

238 86-98 Prison Farms 1940

246 131

254 66-67

238 99-104 Probation and Parole c1941-1988

246 132-135

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254 68-77

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FARMINGTON CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1986-1995) Extent: 30 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Farmington, St. Francois County

Timeline:

Farmington Correctional Center opens 12/15/1986

Otherwise Known As:

FCC | F.C.C.

Farmington Correctional Center is a medium-security facility with a capacity for over 2,600 male

inmates. It was built on the grounds of the former State Hospital No. 4. (See the State Hospital

No. 4 series for additional images of this site.)

This series consists of photographs of the grounds, staff and operations of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

246 136-138 Events – C-STAR Training 1988-1990

238 105-116 Grounds 1986-1995

246 139-141

254 78

1 58-61

238 117-123 Staff 1986-1988

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FEMALE DEPARTMENT NO. 1 (1954-1991) Extent: 21 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Jefferson City, Cole County

Timeline:

Female Department No. 1 opens 01/04/1926

Female Department No. 1 closes February 1960

Repurposed as the Pre-Release Center for men 1964

Repurposed as the Central Training Academy 1973

Otherwise Known As:

Women’s Prison | Female Department Farm No. 1 | Minor Hill | Minor’s Hill

Up until January 1926, female prisoners of the state were kept in the administration building of

the Missouri State Penitentiary under less than desirable conditions. Notable federal inmates

stayed in that building as well, including Emma Goldman and Kate Richards O’Hare. O’Hare

and Goldman advocated for better conditions during their time there, and their appeals were

heard nationwide.

On January 4, 1926, 60 female prisoners were moved from the Missouri State Penitentiary to a

renovated mansion formerly owned by Gen. James Minor on a site called Minor’s Hill. This

would serve as the women’s prison for the next few years. The site was officially called Female

Department Farm No. 1, and consisted of 38 acres. The women raised cattle, pigs, and chickens

and farmed vegetables.

Fairly quickly, the mansion became unsuitable for the women, and in early 1936 the St. Louis

architectural firm of Klipstein and Rathmann designed a new three-story brick prison building.

The building was completed in 1937, but not occupied until late 1938 because of utility issues.

The brick women’s prison was abandoned in February 1960 in favor of the large prison complex

in Tipton, Missouri. A few years later – in late 1964 – the building was ready to receive male

inmates who were about to be released on parole, thus serving as a sort-of halfway house. It also

served as surplus storage for the Department of Education, and these soon-to-be parolees helped

with surplus inventories. This lasted roughly ten years and by 1973, the brick structure was

repurposed again. This time it would serve as a training site for new Corrections officers.

The building was demolished between January 22 and March 14, 2003 by Schneiders

Construction Co., Inc. After the site was cleared, the new eco-friendly “Green Building” was

built for the Department of Natural Resources.

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Location Box Folders Contents Date

246 142-160 Grounds 1988-1991

246 161-162 Inmates 1954

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FORDLAND HONOR CAMP (1969-1980) Extent: 24 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Fordland, Webster County

Timeline:

Fordland Honor Camp opens c1961

Repurposed as Ozarks Correctional Center 1980

Similar to Camp Hawthorne, Fordland Honor Camp was operated as a live-in work release site

for well-behaved prisoners. Originally, the site housed an Air Force radar station, and the State

of Missouri bought the land from the Federal Government in October 1961. The facility was re-

branded and renovated in 1980 as the Ozarks Correctional Center. This series consists of

photographs of the Fordland grounds, inmates and operations of the site.

See the 1961-1963 Department of Corrections Biennial Report p. 5 and 1976-1978 Biennial

Report pp. 38-39 for additional history of this site.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

238 124-125 Events – Explosion 02/28/1973

238 126-140 Grounds 1969-1980

254 79-82

238 141 Inmates 1970s-1980

254 83-84

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FULTON RECEPTION AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER (1986-1995) Extent: 22 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Fulton, Callaway County

Timeline:

Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center opens January 1987

Otherwise Known As:

FRDC | F.R.D.C.

Corrections instituted a new classification system for inmates that went into effect on February 1,

1983. Because of the new system and general prison overcrowding in Missouri, the Department

of Corrections (DOC) began construction on a new facility in Fulton. The FRDC has a dual

purpose: 1) to evaluate, classify and assign facilities to incoming DOC inmates, 2) to house

some maximum-security inmates.

This series consists of photographs of the grounds at FRDC.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

238 142-145 Grounds 1986-1995

246 163-167

254 85-93

1 62-67

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JEFFERSON CITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER (NEW) (2005) Extent: 2 items

Arrangement: None

Scope and Content Location: Jefferson City, Cole County

Timeline:

Jefferson City Correctional Center (New) ribbon cutting 06/25/2004

Jefferson City Correctional Center (New) opens 09/15/2004

Otherwise Known As:

JCCC | J.C.C.C. | J Triple C

With the closure of the first Jefferson City Correctional Center (formerly and better known as the

Missouri State Penitentiary) in 2004 came the need for another large-capacity correctional center

for male inmates in Missouri. A new, modern, maximum-security JCCC was built not far from

Algoa in Jefferson City to fulfill this purpose. This series contains two images of JCCC staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

246 168-169 Staff 2005

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KANSAS CITY HONOR CENTER (1988-1992) Extent: 8 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Kansas City, Jackson County

Timeline:

Kansas City Honor Center opens 05/11/1978

Kansas City Community Release Center closes 1998

New Kansas City Community Release Center opens December 1998

Otherwise Known As:

Kansas City Community Release Center | Kansas City Reentry Center | Ka-Cee Honor Center |

Ka Cee | Kacee | Kay-Cee

In 1978, the Legislature appropriated $1.8 million for the creation of two honor centers in

Missouri that would be located in Kansas City and St. Louis. Kansas City’s facility would be

located in the former Ka-Cee Hotel at 919 Oak Street downtown. It would have the capacity for

100 inmates. The Honor Center is a work-release site where inmates live and are able to travel

freely to jobs in the city. It is a rehabilitation program aimed at reintegrating soon-to-be released

prisoners into society.

The Honor Center, now called the Kansas City Community Release Center, closed in 1998. By

this time it had expanded to nearly 300 beds, was overcrowded and rundown. Voters passed a

$250 million bond issue on August 2, 1994 that would fund capital improvements for colleges

and universities as well as prisons. The new Honor Center site in Kansas City was funded by

sales of these bonds. The new site opened at 651 Mulberry Street in December 1998.

This series consists of photographs of the Oak Street grounds and staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

238 146 Grounds 1991-1992

246 170

1 68-71 Staff 1988

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KANSAS FACILITIES (c1890-1963) Extent: 3 items

Arrangement: By site

Scope and Content Location: Kansas, United States

This series contains three images from two separate correctional facilities in the state of Kansas.

The first two items are sketches copied from The Twin Hells by John Reynolds depicting prison

life at the Kansas State Penitentiary. The third item is a photograph from a sporting event at the

United States Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

238 147-148 Kansas State Penitentiary c1890

238 149 United States Disciplinary Barracks October 1963

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MISSOURI EASTERN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1985-1995) Extent: 35 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Pacific, St. Louis County

Timeline:

Missouri Eastern Correctional Center opens September 1981

Otherwise Known As:

MECC | M.E.C.C.

Missouri Eastern Correctional Center is a medium-security site just outside Pacific, Missouri. It

was built in response to prison overcrowding in Missouri. This series contains images of the

grounds, inmates, and staff as well as a manhunt conducted in March 1990 for escaped prisoners.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

246 173-182 Events – Manhunt 03/11/1990

238 150-152 Grounds 1986-1995

254 94

1 72-78

238 153-155 Inmates 1991

1 79

238 156-162 Staff c1985-1995

246 183-186

246 187 Various 1991

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MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIARY (1834-2005) Extent: 1869 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Jefferson City, Cole County

Timeline:

First prisoner received 03/08/1836

Re-named Jefferson City Correctional Center March 1991

MSP/Jefferson City Correctional Center closed and new JCCC opened 09/15/2004

Otherwise Known As:

MSP | M.S.P. | Missouri State Prison | The Walls | Jefferson City Correctional Center | JCCC |

J.C.C.C. | J Triple C

Built in 1836, the Missouri State Penitentiary was the oldest continually operating prison west of

the Mississippi River until it closed in 2004. It has a reputation as a place of ill repute based on

poor conditions for the prisoners and violence inside its walls. At its peak, it housed over 4,000

inmates at a time. Because of overcrowding and poor conditions, numerous other correctional

facilities would be built in Missouri over time in an effort to alleviate pressure on the MSP.

Ultimately, it was closed in 2004. The grounds (now much reduced) are owned by the City of

Jefferson and currently serve as a popular tourist attraction.

This series consists of photographs of the grounds, inmates, staff and operations of the prison.

Some of these images have been digitized and are on DVD in Reference.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

238 163-170 Contraband 1972-1990s

246 188-193

254 95

238 171-181 Events – 1954 Riot 1954

246 194-207

254 96-109

238 182-192 Events – Christmas 1961-2003

247 1-9

254 110-112

247 10-18 Events – Disaster Drill August 1988

238 193-201 Events – Executions 1953-1989

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247 19-30

238 202-203 Events – Miscellaneous 11/13/1976

238 204-239 Events – Shakedowns 1986-1992

247 31-33

239 1-7 Graves 1988-1990

247 34-43

239 8 Grounds – Administration Building 1871-c1978

247 44-53

255 1-10

247 54-61 Grounds – Aerials 1940s-1995

255 11-25

1 80-82

239 9-16 Grounds – Armory 1965

239 17 Grounds – Barbershop c1953

255 26

255 27 Grounds – Boiler House 1979-1980

239 18-36 Grounds – Chapel 1965-2004

247 62-64

255 28-30

239 37-38 Grounds – Exercise Yard 1970s-2004

247 65-66

239 39 Grounds – Factories c1899-1980

247 67

255 31-50

255 51-52 Grounds – Factories – Auto Tag Plant (Old) 1956

255 53-72 Grounds – Factories – Auto Tag Plant (New) 1956

255 73 Grounds – Factories – Broom c1910

255 74-83 Grounds – Factories – Clothing 1967-1980

247 68 Grounds – Factories – Furniture c1953-2004

255 84-92

255 93-107 Grounds – Factories – M & M Building (Old) 1955-1956

255 108-130 Grounds – Factories – M & M Building (New) 1956-1970s

256 1 Grounds – Factories – Print Shop n.d.

247 69 Grounds – Factories – Saddle Tree 2004

256 2-6 Grounds – Factories – Shoe 1979-1980

247 70-72 Grounds – Factories – Slaughterhouse (Old) 1954-1991

256 7-8

256 9-15 Grounds – Factories – Slaughterhouse (New) 1956

256 16-36 Grounds – Factories – Soap 1956-1958

256 37-98 Grounds – Factories – Tailor Shop 1957

239 40-44 Grounds – Gas Chamber 1950s-2004

247 73-101

256 99-103

239 45-111 Grounds – General Views c1891-2004

247 102-132

256 104-118

257 1-8

1 83

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247 133-134 Grounds – Greenhouse c1900-c1938

257 9-10

239 112-118 Grounds – Gymnasium c1963

247 135-138

257 11

239 119-130 Grounds – Hospital 1890-1985

247 139

257 12-18

239 131-133 Grounds – Housing Units 1955-1970s

247 140-143

257 19-31

239 134-150 Grounds – Housing Units – A Hall c1905-2004

247 144-171

257 32-33

239 151-153 Grounds – Housing Units – B & C Halls 1938-2004

247 172-187

257 34-61

1 84

257 62-63 Grounds – Housing Units – C Dorm c1957

257 64 Grounds – Housing Units – D Dorm 1979-1980

239 154-159 Grounds – Housing Units – Dorms 1937-1975

247 188-189

239 160 Grounds – Housing Units – E Hall c1913-1966

247 190

257 65

247 191 Grounds – Housing Units – F & G Halls c1913-1980

257 66-71

239 161-163 Grounds – Housing Units – H Hall c1913-2004

247 192-210

257 72-81

239 164-168 Grounds – Housing Units – I Hall c1927-2004

247 211-220

257 82-87

247 221 Grounds – Housing Units – J & K Halls 1979-1990s

257 88

239 169-171 Grounds – Housing Units – L Hall 1979-1990s

257 89-91

239 172-179 Grounds – Housing Units – O Hall c1954-1970s

257 92-106

239 180-181 Grounds – Ice Plant 1970s

239 182-193 Grounds – Kitchen and Dining c1889-1988

247 222-224

257 107-126

247 225-234 Grounds – Potato House 1990-2002

247 235 Grounds – Power House n.d.

239 194-212 Grounds – Railyard c1957-c1972

258 1-8

247 236 Grounds – School 1956-2004

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258 9-12

239 213-215 Grounds – Surplus Property 1968

239 216-222 Grounds – Walls, Towers, etc. c1904-2004

247 237-249

258 13-20

1 85-86

239 223-227 Grounds – Warden’s Residence c1891-1992

247 250-259

248 1-37

240 1-101 Inmates c1895-2003

248 38-102

258 21-33

1 87-88

240 102-104 Inmates – A Hall 1936-c1981

248 103

258 34-35

240 105-107 Inmates – B & C Halls c1913-1990

248 104-107

258 36-67

240 108-109 Inmates – H Hall c1956-1986

258 38

248 108-109 Inmates – J & K Halls c1965-c1970

258 39

248 110-111 Inmates – L Hall 1980s

240 110-111 Inmates – O Hall n.d.

240 112-145 Inmates – Artwork 1966-2004

248 112-137

258 40-47

240 146-147 Inmates – Barbershop c1963-c1965

240 148-165 Inmates – Church c1970-1982

248 138

258 48

240 166-171 Inmates – Factories 1956-1968

248 139-142

258 49-66

240 172-181 Inmates – Medicine 1960s-1986

248 143-150

258 67-69

1 89-90

240 182-204 Inmates – Music 1920s-1983

248 151-165

258 70-74

248 166-170 Inmates – School 1957-1980s

258 75

240 205-219 Inmates – Sports – Baseball c1930-

c1970s 248 171-176

258 76-81

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240 220-223 Inmates – Sports – Basketball 1960s-1970s

248 177-181

240 224-243 Inmates – Sports – Boxing 1950s-1970s

241 1-67

248 182-189

258 82-96

248 190 Inmates – Sports – Fitness n.d.

241 68 Inmates – Sports – Football 1960s

248 191-193

241 69 Inmates – Sports – Go-Karts c1962

241 70-71 Inmates – Sports – Judo c1963

248 194

241 72-78 Inmates – Sports – Mini Golf 1968-1976

248 195-196

241 79-104 Inmates – Sports – Roller Skating 1970s

241 105-107 Inmates – Sports – Track and Field c1975

248 197-198 Inmates – Sports – Volleyball n.d.

241 108-124 Inmates – Sports – Weightlifting 1958-c1968

248 199-204

258 97-99

241 125-128 Inmates – Sports – Wrestling 1959-c1972

248 205-207

258 100

241 129-152 Inmates – Tattoos 1980s-1990s

248 208-236

241 153-198 Staff – Miscellaneous 1860s-2005

249 1-41

258 101-125

261 1

1 91

241 199-233 Staff – Wardens c1890-1985

249 42-47

259 1-8

241 234-247 Miscellanea 1834-2004

249 48-65

259 9

249 66-68 Various 1986

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MISSOURI TRAINING CENTER FOR MEN (1985-1995) Extent: 241 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Moberly, Randolph County

Timeline:

Missouri Training Center for Men dedication ceremony 01/17/1963

Repurposed as the Moberly Correctional Center 1990

Otherwise Known As:

MTCM | M.T.C.M. | MCC | M.C.C.

The Missouri Training Center for Men opened in Moberly in early 1963. Its mission was

vocational training for inmates to ready them for release. Auto mechanic shops, industrial

laundry facilities, and educational facilities were located on the grounds. In 1990, the

Department of Corrections repurposed the MTCM into a medium-security facility for men called

Moberly Correctional Center.

This series contains images of the grounds, inmates, staff and operations of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

242 1-9 Contraband 1985

249 69

242 10-62 Events – C-STAR Training 1988-1990

249 70-77

249 78-173 Events – Motorcycle Show 1988

242 63-66 Grounds 1966-1995

249 174

259 10-21

1 92-103

242 67-72 Inmates 1960s-1990

249 175-176

259 22-30

1 104-105

242 73-79 Inmates – Medicine 1967-1985

249 177

242 80 Inmates – Music c1964-c1966

249 178

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242 81 Inmates – Sports 1964-1965

249 179-181

242 82-84 Staff 1962-1992

249 182

259 31

1 106-112

249 183 Miscellanea 1963

249 184 Various 1966-1967

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MONTAUK HONOR CAMP (1970s) Extent: 9 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Dent County

Timeline:

Montauk Honor Camp opens 1960s?

Montauk Honor Camp closes 1970s?

Montauk Honor Camp was a facility located near Salem, Dent County. It was considered a sub-

camp to Fordland and inmates from Fordland were occasionally assigned to this facility. The

inmates were put to work on making improvements to Montauk State Park, such as forestry and

carpentry. The Camp was in operation from the 1960s-1970s. This series consists of photographs

of the grounds and operations of the site.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

242 85-91 Grounds 1970s

242 92-93 Inmates 1970s

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MONTSERRAT COAL MINE (1980s-1990s) Extent: 5 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Montserrat, Johnson County

Timeline:

Montserrat Coal Mine opens to inmate labor c1875

Montserrat Coal Mine closes to inmate labor c1881

Some inmates from the Missouri State Penitentiary could go on work release to mine coal in

Montserrat in the 1870s. The mine was operated by J.B. Price & Co. and the inmate labor was

contracted out. On November 10, 1877, the stockades at Montserrat caught fire during an inmate

revolt. Eight inmates were killed and twenty-three others injured by the fire, by jumping out of

the building, or by being shot by guards.

This series contains pictures taken roughly 100 years after the coal mine ceased operation. They

show ground reverted to nature and a pond where the mine was.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

242 94-98 Grounds 1980s-1990s

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NORTHEAST CORRECTIONAL CENTER (n.d.)

Extent: 1 item

Arrangement: None

Scope and Content Location: Bowling Green, Pike County

Timeline:

Northeast Correctional Center opens March 1998

Otherwise Knows As:

NECC | N.E.C.C.

Northeast Correctional Center is one of Corrections’ newest facilities. It is high-security and can

house up to 2,100 male inmates. It also originally housed certified juvenile offenders. In late

2008, certified juvenile offenders were no longer housed at NECC per a U.S. Department of

Justice memorandum clarifying guidelines regarding housing of juvenile offenders. (Robert J.

Flores, Memorandum from U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Compliance with Section 223(a)(12) of the

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002, August 18, 2008.)

This series contains one aerial photograph of the grounds of NECC.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folder Contents Date

259 32 Grounds n.d.

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OZARK CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1984-1995)

Extent: 55 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Fordland, Webster County

Timeline:

Ozark Correctional Center opens 1980

Otherwise Knows As:

OCC | O.C.C.

Ozark Correctional Center opened in 1980 on the grounds of the former Fordland Honor Camp.

It is currently a minimum-security substance abuse treatment center for up to 750 male inmates

at a time. This series contains photographs of the grounds, inmates, staff and operations of the

prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

242 99-110 Events – E-Squad Training n.d.

242 111-127 Grounds 1984-1995

249 185-186

259 33-37

1 113-114

242 128-134 Inmates 1985-1989

242 135-141 Staff 1985-1992

1 115

249 187-189 Various 1985-1989

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POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1988-1995)

Extent: 42 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Washington County near Mineral Point

Timeline:

Potosi Correctional Center opens 1989

Otherwise Knows As:

PCC | P.C.C.

Potosi Correctional Center opened in 1989 as a maximum-security facility for male inmates. It

also houses death row inmates, aka capital punishment inmates. Prior to Potosi’s opening,

inmates sentenced to death were housed at Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. The

method of execution at MSP was by gas chamber. In 1989, the method of execution was changed

to lethal injection. The first death by lethal injection was actually conducted at MSP on George

“Tiny” Mercer just prior to Potosi’s opening. The first execution at Potosi occurred one year later

in 1990. PCC continued to operate as Missouri’s execution site until April 2005 when it was

moved to the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. Capital

punishment inmates remain at Potosi until their scheduled execution.

This series contains photographs of the grounds, inmates, staff and operations of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

249 190-198 Grounds – Execution Room 1989-1990

242 142-147 Grounds – General 1988-1995

249 199-201

259 38-40

1 116-119

242 148-151 Grounds – Housing Units 1988

242 152 Grounds – Kitchen and Dining 1988

249 202-209 Inmates 1989

242 153-154 Staff 1989-1990

249 210-214

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RENZ CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1979-1993) Extent: 755 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Callaway County near Cedar City

Timeline:

Renz Prison Farm repurposed as Renz Correctional Center 07/01/1975

Renz Correctional Center begins receiving women 09/19/1975

All remaining women from Tipton transferred to Renz 12/06/1976

Renz Correctional Center closes July 1993

Otherwise Knows As:

RCC | R.C.C.

Renz Correctional Center was an institution located north of Jefferson City in Callaway County

on the grounds of the former Renz Prison Farm. Located adjacent to the Missouri River, the

facility suffered extensive damage during the floods of 1986 and 1993, after which it was closed

down.

Beginning in 1975, RCC began accepting female inmates. As a result, it became the only mixed

gender correctional facility in Missouri since women were first separated from the Penitentiary

in 1926. It operated as a minimum-security site for men and a medium- and maximum-security

site for women. After Chillicothe Correctional Center opened in 1981, the medium-security

women were moved to that site, leaving just the maximum-security females at Renz. Men could

still work on the farm. Women were trained in the facility’s beauty school and educated in

classrooms.

RCC was plagued by floods. The Missouri River crested on October 5, 1986 at 32.6 feet. A few

years later, it would crest on July 30, 1993 at 38.65 feet, the highest in recorded history. Damage

was irreparable in 1993 and the facility abandoned. Currently, the abandoned administration

building still stands on the grounds under private control. It flooded again in 2019.

This series consists of photographs of the grounds, inmates, staff and operations of the prison. It

includes hundreds of images of the 1986 and 1993 floods.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

242 155-252 Events – 1986 Flood 1986

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243 1-178

250 1-22

259 41-42

250 23-230 Events – 1993 Flood 1993

251 1-103

259 43-44

1 120-204

251 104 Events – Fire n.d.

243 179-192 Farming 1979-1987

251 105

259 45-46

243 193-196 Grounds 1979-1991

251 106-122

259 47-54

243 197-201 Inmates 1985-1986

243 202-205 Staff 1979-1990

251 123-125

259 55-56

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RENZ PRISON FARM (1938-1975) Extent: 66 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Callaway County near Cedar City

Timeline:

First prisoners from MSP are sent to work at the Farm April 1917

Renz Prison Farm repurposed as Renz Correctional Center 07/01/1975

Otherwise Knows As:

Prison Farm No. 2 or #2 | Renz Farm

When it first began operations, Renz Prison Farm operated as a satellite farm for the Missouri

State Penitentiary. It was named for Paul V. Renz, an early prominent director of agricultural

operations in Corrections. The facility underwent extensive additions and renovations in the late

1930s with the help of the Works Project Administration. Its main administration and dormitory

building was completed in 1938. It was a minimum-security facility.

This series consists of photographs of the grounds, inmates, staff and operations of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

243 206-207 Events – 1973 Flood 1973

259 57

243 208-212 Farming c1940-1950s

251 126-127

259 58-61

243 213-223 Grounds 1938-1970s

251 128-129

259 62-71

243 224-239 Inmates 1962-1970

259 72

243 240-249 Inmates – Sports 1969-c1970

243 250-251 Staff 1949

259 73

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ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY RELEASE CENTER (1995-2004) Extent: 1 item

Arrangement: None

Scope and Content Location: St. Louis City

Timeline:

Money appropriated for St. Louis Community Release Center 1992

St. Louis Community Release Center opens 1994

Repurposed as the Transition Center of St. Louis April 2018

Otherwise Knows As:

SLCRC | S.L.C.R.C.

The St. Louis Community Release Center was built at the corner of Mullanphy and First Streets

near the Riverfront because the current St. Mary’s Honor Center was in poor condition and

overcrowded. The new Release Center took over functions of the Honor Center. It is a work-

release site where inmates live and are able to travel freely to jobs in the city. It is a rehabilitation

program aimed at reintegrating soon-to-be released prisoners into society. It can accommodate

up to 550 inmates.

This series consists of one photograph of the grounds.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folder Contents Date

251 130 Grounds 1995-2004

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ST. MARY’S HONOR CENTER, 1980-1988 Extent: 20 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: St. Louis City

Timeline:

St. Mary’s leased by the State 04/01/1978

St. Mary’s receives first inmates 05/01/1978

St. Mary’s closes 1994

Otherwise Knows As:

St. Mary’s Home

In 1978, the Legislature appropriated $1.8 million for the creation of two honor centers in

Missouri that would be located in Kansas City and St. Louis. St. Louis’s facility would be

located in the former St. Mary’s Home at 1548 Papin Street. It would have the capacity for 150

inmates. The Honor Center is a work-release site where inmates live and are able to travel freely

to jobs in the city. It is a rehabilitation program aimed at reintegrating soon-to-be released

prisoners into society.

The Honor Center at Papin Street closed in 1994. A new facility was built on Mullanphy and

First Streets near the Riverfront. The new site would be called the St. Louis Community Release

Center (see previous series).

This series consists of photographs of the grounds, inmates and staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

244 1-4 Grounds 1980s

251 131-134

251 135 Inmates 1988-1989

244 5-9 Staff 1984-1994

251 136-139

251 140-142 Various n.d.

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STATE HOSPITAL NO. 1 (1938) Extent: 1 item

Arrangement: None

Scope and Content Location: Fulton, Callaway County

Timeline:

State Hospital No. 1 opens December 1851

Otherwise Knows As:

State Lunatic Asylum No. 1 | State Hospital for the Insane No. 1 | Fulton State Hospital

Criminally insane inmates would often be sentenced to this hospital in Fulton, which is still in

operation and managed by the Department of Mental Health. This series consists of one

photograph of the autopsy room.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

259 74 Grounds 1938

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STATE HOSPITAL NO. 4 (c1909-1938) Extent: 11 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Farmington, St. Francois County

Timeline:

State Hospital No. 4 opens January 1903

Repurposed as Farmington Correctional Center 12/15/1986

Otherwise Knows As:

State Lunatic Asylum No. 4 | State Hospital for the Insane No. 4 | Farmington State Hospital

State Hospital No. 4 was not a correctional facility until it was repurposed in late 1986. It was

originally founded as a mental hospital and treated patients from around the state. It was run by

various iterations of the Department of Health or Mental Health. When it was transferred to

Corrections in 1986, the main administration building was kept on the grounds. Most of the

photographs in this series are early shots of the facility’s expansion in 1938.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

251 143 Grounds c1909-1938

259 75-84

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TIPTON INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR NEGRO GIRLS (1915-c1919) Extent: 3 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Tipton, Moniteau County

Timeline:

State Industrial School for Negro Girls opens 05/15/1916

Name changed to State Training School for Negro Girls 05/02/1946

State Training School for Negro Girls closes 08/30/1956

Repurposed as the State Correctional Center for Women 02/11/1960

Otherwise Knows As:

State Industrial Home for Negro Girls | State Training School for Negro Girls

Prior to 1916, there was no place in Missouri to send African-American girls who were neglected

or in trouble with the law. Young African-American boys had been going to the Boonville

Training School for Boys, but the Chillicothe Training School for Girls refused to take African-

Americans. Thus, the 46th General Assembly authorized the creation of an “industrial home for

Negro girls” on June 14, 1909.

The state paid $4,500 for a 52-acre site in Tipton for “every negro girl over the age of seven

years, and under the age of eighteen years, who shall be convicted of being a vagrant or of any

offense not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, or whose associations are immoral or

criminal, or bad and vicious, or who is incorrigible to such an extent that she cannot be

controlled by her parents or guardians in whose custody she may be.” (1917 Laws of Missouri p.

150) The Home was under the initial control of the State Eleemosynary Board and opened its

doors in 1916. Just one year later, control of the Home was transferred to the Missouri State

Prison Board.

The Home was closed in 1956. From that point on, African-American girls were integrated with

white inmates in Chillicothe. The buildings in Tipton were then assigned to become a women’s

correctional facility.

This series contains images of the grounds and staff.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

259 85 Grounds n.d.

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251 144-145 Staff 1915-c1919

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(TIPTON) STATE CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN (c1958-1976) Extent: 94 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Tipton, Moniteau County

Timeline:

State Training School for Negro Girls repurposed as the

State Correctional Center for Women 02/11/1960

All remaining women from Tipton transferred to Renz 12/06/1976

Repurposed as the State Correctional Pre-Release Center 12/06/1976

Otherwise Knows As:

Tipton Women’s Prison | SCCW | S.C.C.W. | SCC4W

The grounds of the former State Training School for Negro Girls, which closed in 1956, were

repurposed for an adult women’s correctional facility in 1960. The new facility would open as

the State Correctional Center for Women and receive inmates transferred from Female

Department No. 1 in Cole County.

The SCCW was a minimum-security site for roughly 100 female offenders. This series contains

photographs of the grounds, inmates and staff of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

259 86-105 Grounds c1958-1960s

260 1-58

251 146 Inmates 1960-1976

260 59-68

244 10-11 Staff 1960s

260 69-71

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(TIPTON) STATE CORRECTIONAL PRE-RELEASE CENTER (1979-1991) Extent: 64 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Tipton, Moniteau County

Timeline:

State Correctional Center for Women repurposed as the

State Correctional Pre-Release Center 12/06/1976

Repurposed as Tipton Correctional Center July 1996

Otherwise Knows As:

Tipton SCPRC | SCPRC | S.C.P.R.C. | Tipton Treatment Center

After the female inmate population became too large for Tipton to accommodate, the women

were moved to Renz Correctional Center just north of Jefferson City. The facility at Tipton was

repurposed as a pre-release center for up to 100 male offenders with sentences ranging from two

to ten years. The facility’s mission is “to provide resocialization and job preparatory skills for

inmates leaving the Missouri Division of Corrections. The institution is a minimum security and

provides a vocational program in building maintenance, an education program, recreational

program and religious services. The institution also provides inmate workers for the State Fair

Grounds in Sedalia throughout the Spring and Summer months. The major emphasis of the

institution is to examine work habits and to assist inmates in reorientating [sic] themselves to

meet the demands of the work world.” (1977-1978 Blue Book p. 1017)

This iteration of the Tipton facility lasted for about twenty years. In July 1996, it was repurposed

again as the Tipton Correctional Center, a medium-security facility for up to 800 male inmates.

This series contains photographs of the grounds, inmates and staff of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

244 12-14 Grounds 1979-1995

260 72-74

2 1-5

244 15-20 Inmates 1985-1991

260 75

2 6-48

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244 21 Staff 1985-1988

2 49

260 76 Various n.d.

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WESTERN MISSOURI CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1988-1998) Extent: 15 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: Cameron, DeKalb County

Timeline:

Western Missouri Correctional Center dedication 09/22/1988

Western Missouri Correctional Center opens 11/10/1988

Otherwise Knows As:

WMCC | W.M.C.C.

Western Missouri Correctional Center is a combined medium- and minimum-security facility for

up to approximately 2,000 male inmates. This series contains photographs of the grounds,

inmates and staff of the prison.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

244 22 Grounds c1988-1995

260 77-78

2 50-52

244 23-30 Inmates 1991

244 31 Staff 1988-1998

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WESTERN RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC AND CORRECTIONAL CENTER (1995) Extent: 3 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content Location: St. Joseph, Buchanan County

Timeline:

Renovations begin August 1996

Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center opens 09/02/1999

Otherwise Knows As:

WRDCC | W.R.D.C.C.

Voters approved a bond issue in August 1994 to renovate the grounds of St. Joseph State

Hospital (aka State Hospital No. 2) to be converted into a correctional facility. (The bond also

funded additional facilities in Vandalia and Kansas City.) The Western Reception, Diagnostic

and Correctional Center opened five years later in St. Joseph.

“The Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center located in St. Joseph serves two

distinctive populations. A 554 bed unit is designated as high custody to accommodate the

regional diagnostic center for offenders. The diagnostic center is responsible for receiving male

offenders from counties located in the western region of the state and providing diagnostic

testing in reference to medical, mental health, public risk, institutional risk, and education. The

general population includes 1,380 minimum security offenders. The institution opened in 1994

and currently has an overall capacity of 1,934 including an Institutional Treatment Center.”

(2003-2004 Blue Book p. 369)

This series contains three aerial photographs of the grounds before the conversion.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

2 53-56 Grounds 1995

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WOMEN’S EASTERN RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC AND CORRECTIONAL CENTER (2002) Extent: 1 item

Arrangement: None

Scope and Content Location: Vandalia, Audrain County

Timeline:

Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center

ribbon cutting 12/22/1997

Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center opens 01/05/1998

Otherwise Knows As:

WERDCC | W.E.R.D.C.C.

“This facility confines 1,460 minimum to maximum (C-1 to C-5) female offenders and certified

juveniles. WERDCC serves as the intake center for females entering the department from around

the state and also has a permanent inmate population. The reception and diagnostic unit

processes female inmates for assignment to permanent population at WERDCC, Chillicothe

Correctional Center or the community release center treatment programs for women in St. Louis

or Kansas City. Processing includes orientation to prison life, risk assessment educational

testing, psychiatric and medical evaluation, AIDS testing and a drug education program.” (1999-

2000 Blue Book p. 328)

In late 2008, certified juvenile offenders were no longer housed at WERDCC per a U.S.

Department of Justice memorandum clarifying guidelines regarding housing of juvenile

offenders. (Robert J. Flores, Memorandum from U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice

Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Compliance with Section

223(a)(12) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002, August 18, 2008.)

This series contains one photograph of Corrections’ C-STAR Unit (Corrections Special Tactics

Assault Response) standing outside the entrance sign to WERDCC.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folder Contents Date

251 147 Staff October 2002

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OTHER (1927-1993) Extent: 120 items

Arrangement: By size, then topic, then chronological

Scope and Content This series contains photographs not directly related to the Department of Corrections. All but

six of the images concern the Flood of 1993 in Cedar City and Jefferson City.

Container List See Excel spreadsheet for an item-by-item listing.

Location Box Folders Contents Date

251 148 Charles Lindbergh 1927

260 79-80 Apollo 11 1970

244 32-33 Farming n.d.

251 149 Gerald Ford 1974

251 150-225 1993 Flood 1993

252 1-26

2 57-68

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BOOKS, 1847-1985 Extent: 19 items

Arrangement: Chronological

Scope and Content Books collected by Mark Schreiber, all relating to the Missouri State Penitentiary, Missouri

Department of Corrections or prisons in general.

Container List Location Box/Call # Contents Date

261 Thompson, George. Prison Life and 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. Oberlin, OH: James M. Fitch, 1847. (2 copies)

Also available digitally on archive.org here.

1847

811.3 T3711 Thompson, George. The Prison Bard: Or Poems on

Various Subjects. Hartford: William H. Burleigh, 1848.

Also available digitally on archive.org here.

1848

261 Thompson, George. Prison Life and 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. Hartford: A. Work, 1853. (2 copies) Also

available digitally on archive.org here.

1853

261 McDonald, Gen. John. Secrets of the Great Whiskey

Ring; and Eighteen Months in the Penitentiary.

Containing A Complete Exposure of the Illicit Whiskey

Frauds Culminating in 1875, with Documentary Proofs,

Comprising Fac-similes of Confidential Letters and

Telegrams Directing the Management of the Ring; to

Which Is Added the Author’s Remarkable Experiences

While a Convict in the Missouri Penitentiary, At

Jefferson City. St. Louis, MO: W.S. Bryan, 1880. New,

revised and enlarged edition. Copy is signed by the

author, 01/21/1885. Also available digitally on

archive.org here, minus the illustrations.

1880

365.609

R333 (1

copy); Box

162 (2

Reynolds, John N. The Twin Hells: A Thrilling

Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri

Penitentiaries. Chicago, IL: The Bee Publishing Co.,

1890. Three copies, each with a different color cover

1890

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copies) (red, blue and green). Also available digitally on

archive.org here, minus the illustrations.

261 Report of the Industrial Commission on Prison Labor.

Prepared in Conformity with Act of Congress Approved

June 18, 1898. Volume III of the Commission’s Reports.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900.

Also available digitally on archive.org here.

1900

365.609

H6751

Johnson, J.B. Buried Alive: Or Eighteen Years in the

Missouri Penitentiary. Kansas City, MO: Press of

Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1903. Also

available digitally through SHSM here.

1903

262 Dear Sweethearts: Letters from Kate Richards O’Hare

to Her Family from April 20, 1919, to May 27, 1920. St.

Louis, MO: 10 July 1920. Number 65 inscribed to

Corrine Bacon and signed by Kate Richards O’Hare and

Frank P. O’Hare. Bacon then inscribes it to her friend

Mary Stone Baker in 1938. This is a bound volume of

mimeographed letters O’Hare wrote to her family from

the MSP. It includes one photographic plate.

1920

365.609

Oh18

O’Hare, Kate Richards. In Prison. New York: A.

Knopf, 1923.

1923

811.5 Ed951

Edwards, Thomas. Poems by Inmate of Missouri State

Prison Thomas Edwards, Register No. 16138. 1925.

1925

364.601

G277

Geisert, Henry A. The Criminal: A Study. St. Louis,

MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1930. Geisert was a prison

chaplain.

1930

365.609

Sm511

Smith, Benjamin. A Fugitive from Hell: Fifteen Years

an Outlaw. Joplin, MO: 1935. Smith’s real name is

Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Davis.

1935

365.609

H831

The Pathway of Mattie Howard (to and from Prison):

True Story of the Regeneration of an Ex-Convict and

Gangster Woman. No publisher, date or author. Howard

spent seven years in MSP.

c1937

365.973

W6591

Wilkinson, Fred T. with Fred DeArmond. The Realities

of Crime and Punishment: A Prison Administrator’s

Testament. Springfield, MO: The Mycroft Press, 1975.

2nd ed. Wilkinson worked for the Department of

Corrections for decades.

1975

365.54

P7651

Pollock, Connie E. Hell on the River. New York:

Carlton Press, Inc., 1985. Pollock was a male convict at

MSP.

1985

365.9778

Sch724

Stout, Laurie A. and Mark S. Schreiber. Somewhere in

Time: A 160 Year History of Missouri Corrections.

Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Department of

Corrections, 1991.

1991

365.9778

Sch724 2004

Schreiber, Mark S. and Laura Burkhardt Moeller.

Somewhere in Time: 170 Years of Missouri Corrections.

Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company,

2004.

2004

365.9778 Schreiber, Mark S. and Jefferson City Convention and 2011

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Sch721 Visitors Bureau. Shanks to Shakers: Reflections of the

Missouri State Penitentiary. Marceline, MO:

Walsworth Publishing Company, 2011.

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INVESTIGATION FILE PHOTOGRAPHS, 1972-1992 Extent: 1,185 images

Arrangement: By subject, then alphabetical by victim with unidentified victims at the end

Scope and Content This series contains photographs of investigations of assaults and deaths in correctional facilities

as well as greater Cole County. Per the donor’s original deed of gift, these records are closed for

72 years past the original date of gift, which is 04/19/2016. Staff may refer to the original deed of

gift for specific language regarding this restriction. Once the images reach 72 years, they will be

restricted due to graphic content.

Container List

Assault Investigations

Location Box Folder Contents Date # of

images

263 1-4 Booker, Timothy W. MSP inmate. (5”x3.5” color

prints, 3 images; 35mm color negative strips, 5

images)

11/23/1984 8

263 5-10 Dudenhoeffer, Edward J. and Jack Jones. Officers.

(7”x5” color prints, 5 images; matching 35mm color

negative strips w/7 additional images)

c1980 12

263 11-12 Looten, Elroy. Officer. (7”x5” color print, 1 image;

matching 35mm color negative strips w/10 additional

images)

July 1981 11

263 13 Masters, Allan. Officer. (5”x3.5” color print, 1

image)

05/03/1980 1

263 14 Washington, Charles Ray, #22229. (35mm color

negative strips, 12 images)

1972-1976 12

Death Investigations

Location Box Folder Contents Date # of

images

263 15-18 Atkinson, Harold. Homicide. MSP officer.

(4.875”x3” b&w print (employee portrait), 1 image;

4.5”x3.5” color prints, 6 images; 7”x5” color prints, 5

images; 3.5”x4.25” color Polaroid prints, 4 images)

01/20/1975 16

263 19-22 Baker, Robert. Homicide. MSP inmate. (7”x5” color

prints, 20 images)

11/29/1985 20

263 23-24 Bivens, Mary. Suicide. Jefferson City resident.

(35mm color negative strips, 2 rolls, 36 images)

January

1978

36

263 25-29 Carter, David. Suicide. Tipton SCPRC inmate.

(7”x5” color prints, 21 images)

February

1985

21

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263 30-31 Caudell, Jimmy. Suicide. MSP inmate. (7”x5” color

prints, 8 images)

09/07/1983 8

263 32-34 Denny, Carl W. Manner not provided. MSP inmate.

Body exhumed two years after death for an autopsy.

(1 newspaper clipping dated 01/16/1991; 7”x5” color

print, 1 image; 2 b&w proof sheets totaling 44 35mm

images; 35mm b&w negative strips totaling 24 images

that are duplicated on the proof sheets; 4.5”x3” b&w

prints matching the proof sheets, 34 images)

01/02/1992 45

265 1-2

263 35-52 Dew, Gary Wayne. Homicide. MSP inmate. Suspect

Richard Zeitvogel. (7”x5” color prints, 22 images;

matching 35mm color negative strips w/11 additional

images)

03/25/1984 33

263 53 Donaldson, Harold David #20742. Homicide. MSP.

(3.375”x4.25” color Polaroid prints, 4 images)

03/04/1974 4

265 3 Farrow, Walter. Homicide. MSP officer. (8”x10”

color print, 1 image)

07/16/1979 1

263 54-57 Fields, Robert Gary. Homicide. Jefferson City

resident. (35mm b&w negative strips, 17 images;

35mm color negatives strips, 3 rolls, 52 images)

10/18/1977 69

263 58-59 Forrester, Richard E. Suicide. CMCC inmate.

(7”x5” color print, 1 image; matching 35mm color

negative strips w/6 additional images)

1982 7

263 60 Franklin, James #58227. MSP inmate. Manner not

provided. (35mm color negative strips, 10 images)

01/28/1981 10

263 61-62 Hall, Joseph #40459. Manner not provided. MTCM.

(35mm color negative strips, 2 rolls, 35 images)

02/21/1981 35

263 63-65 Haynes, Tommy #25683. Homicide. MSP. (7”x10”

color photo of suspect Ronald Brown #32855, 1

image; 35mm color negative strips, 3 rolls w/30

additional images)

04/03/1981 31

265 4

263 66-67 Herron, Elmer #24770. Manner not provided. (35mm

color negative strips, 2 rolls, 15 images) (NOTE:

Written on the top of the original negative sheet was

also the name Bradley Simmons #37003, Assault,

03/05/1981. It is unclear if any of these images pertain

to Simmons or if they are all Herron.)

10/09/1980 11

263 68-70 Hudson, Alphonso #21364. Overdose, not specified

if accidental or suicide. MSP. (7”x5” color prints, 2

images; 35mm color negative strips w/9 additional

images)

12/16/1980 11

263 71-74 Jackson, Thomas G. Officer. Homicide. MTCM.

Main suspect Driscoll. (7”x5” color prints, 32 images;

10”x8” color prints, 2 images)

07/04/1983 34

265 5

263 75-76 Langeneckert, Larry E. #25695. Suicide. MSP?

(35mm color negative strips, 2 rolls, 45 images)

(NOTE: Written on the top of the original negative

sheet was also “Escape in H.U. 2-B #291

09/06/1979,” so it may be that some of these images

pertain to that escape and not Langenckert’s death.)

09/12/1979 45

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263 77 Macklin, Andre Lamont. Homicide. MSP inmate.

(35mm color negative strips, 17 images)

12/09/1977 17

263 78-80 Marshall, Calvin L. Homicide. MSP inmate. (35mm

color negative strips, 3 rolls, 45 images)

04/01/1977 45

263 81-83 Martinez, Jesus #38974. Suicide. MSP. (7”x5” color

prints, 2 images; 35mm color negatives w/11

additional images)

08/08/1980 13

265 6-9 McBroom, John. Homicide. MSP inmate. (6.75”x10”

color prints, 16 images)

01/25/1981 16

264 1-45 McCullough, Robert King #149149. Manner not

provided. MSP. (4.5”x3.5” color prints, 42 images;

matching 35mm color negative strips, 3 rolls, w/6

additional images)

05/03/1984

&

05/10/1984

48

264 46-50 Myers, Marsha. Homicide. Jefferson City resident.

(35mm b&w negative strips, 2 rolls, 25 images; 35mm

color negative strips, 3 rolls, 41 images)

02/24/1977 66

264 51-56 Ramsey, Vinita. Homicide. Jefferson City resident.

(35mm color negative strips, 6 rolls, 101 images)

September

1982

101

264 57-61 Scott, Larry #32532. Suicide. MSP. (5”x7” color

prints, 3 images; matching 35mm color negative

strips, 2 rolls, w/27 additional images)

09/19/1978 30

264 62 Souders, Larry. Homicide. MSP inmate. (5”x3.5”

b&w prints, 7 images)

11/01/1975 7

264 63-64 Stamps, G. Homicide. MSP. (35mm color negative

strips, 2 rolls, 20 images)

n.d. 20

264 65 Tate, Calvin #21359. Homicide. MSP. (35mm color

negative strips, 14 images)

03/28/1976 14

264 66-68 Turner, Ernest. Homicide. MSP inmate. (35mm

color negatives strips, 3 rolls, 49 images)

05/14/1976 49

264 69-70 Winters, Gary. Suicide. Jefferson City resident.

(35mm color negative strips, 2 rolls, 32 images)

February

1982

32

264 71 Unidentified male. Manner not provided. (35mm

b&w negative strips, 6 images)

1979 6

264 72-75 Unidentified male. Homicide. (5”x3.5” color prints,

12 images; 35mm color negative strips w/1 additional

image)

08/22/1984 13

264 76-77 Unidentified male. Homicide. (35mm color negative

strips, 2 rolls, 29 images)

n.d. 29

264 78 Unidentified male. Manner not provided. (35mm

color negative strips, 13 images)

n.d. 13

264 79-80 Unidentified male. Homicide. (5”x3.5” color prints,

18 images)

n.d. 18

264 81-86 Unidentified male. Homicide. (4.75”x3.5” color

prints, 32 images)

n.d. 32

264 87-89 Unidentified male. Homicide. (5”x3.375” color

prints, 17 images)

n.d. 17

264 90 Unidentified male. Manner not provided. (35mm

color negative strips, 10 images)

n.d. 10

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Other Investigations

Location Box Folder Contents Date # of

images

264 91 Bank robbery, Jefferson Bank, Jefferson City. Suspect

Anthony L. Guest. (35mm color negative strips, 21

images)

October

1977

21

264 92-93 Car theft, Jefferson City. Images of a car from North

Carolina and recovered in Jefferson City, allegedly

stolen by Doyle Williams. (35mm b&w negative

strips, 2 rolls, 23 images)

June 1976 23

264 94-95 Drug raid, Miller County. (The second roll may or

may not have to do with the drug raid. It was removed

from the same negative holder as the first roll, but

depicts sleeping people.) (35mm color negative strips,

2 rolls, 28 images)

1977 28

Unknown Investigations

Location Box Folder Contents Date # of

images

264 96 Images of a totaled Cole County Sheriff’s Department

vehicle. (These were originally sleeved in negative

holders with the Vinita Ramsey homicide case, but

seem to have nothing to do with her.) (35mm color

negative strips, 15 images)

n.d. 15

264 97 Images of a Loethen Oil Co. semi-truck that was

involved in an accident. (These were originally

sleeved in negative holders with the Vinita Ramsey

homicide case, but seem to have nothing to do with

her.) (35mm color negative strips, 7 images)

n.d. 7

264 98 Images of jewelry. (These were originally sleeved in

negative holders with the Vinita Ramsey homicide

case, but may not have anything to do with her.)

(35mm color negative strips, 14 images)

n.d. 14

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MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS Extent: 7 items

Arrangement: By size, then chronological with undated material at the end

Scope and Content This series contains an assortment of documents related to corrections history in Missouri.

Container List Location Box Folder Contents Date

261 2 Book review of Henry Geisert’s The Criminal from

“The Clergy Review” out of London, England.

Review by Rev. J.M. Musgrave. Typed copy.

c1930

261 3 Inmate-drawn tattoo patterns (10 illustrations) c1980s

261 4 Blank order form for Mark Schreiber’s book

Somewhere in Time: 170 Years of Missouri

Corrections.

2003

261 5 Missouri State Penitentiary Control Center Official

Post Log: log for the last day of operations of the

MSP showing prisoner transfers to the new JCCC.

(Date on p. 1 is the 14th, but p. 3 reads the 15th, which

is the correct date.)

09/15/2004

261 6 Blank notecard with an illustration of McClung Hall.

Captioned, “Missouri State Penitentiary McClung

Hall Housing Unit 3 Circa: 1913-1916.” Includes

envelope.

n.d.

261 7 Flyer captioned “1836-2004 The Walls Do Speak”

showing an illustration of a prison building with

many of Schreiber’s images superimposed.

n.d.

Drawer

1

11 “Somewhere in Time – What Happened and

When…” poster showing a timeline of corrections

history in Missouri. The poster is part of Schreiber’s

Somewhere in Time: 170 Years of Missouri

Corrections book project. 38”x25.75” (2 copies)

c2004

OB52 7 Crop map of Algoa Farm, Paul V. Renz, Farms

Commissioner. Mostly black and white with a few

buildings colored red. Map drawn by inmate #35048

Walter Tryon.

1933

OB52 8 Map of Farm Two, Paul V. Renz, Director of Farms.

This is a crop map with a color illustration of the

plots on Renz Farm.

1957

OB52 9 Crop map of Church Farm Dairy. Mostly black and

white with a few marks in pencil and colored pencil.

1958