Gentry

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Albany Ledger, Gentry County, Missouri, Abstracts, 1884-1887 (K0160)
0.1 c.f.

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Book of abstracts of the news stories including entries on the people and events of Gentry County. A surname index is included at the end of the volume.

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Robert Birbeck Photograph Collection, 1912, 1957-1958, no date (P0618)
22 photographs

Photos of Gentry County historic buildings, ca. 1958.

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Gentry County, Missouri, Historical Society Photograph Collection, 1969 (P1009)

Poster of presidents of the historical society from 1954 to 1969

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Lone Star School District Records, 1884-1895 (K0161)
0.1 c.f.

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One-volume transcription of records of the school district records which includes names of tax payers for the district, minutes of the school board's meetings, lists of teachers for the school, financial records, and enumeration lists.

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Lucille Eslinger Collection, 1878-1963 (C4596)
0.1 cubic feet (4 folders)

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The collection contains historical material collected by Lucille Eslinger largely concerning Albany, St. Joseph, and Columbia, Missouri, including material on the Women’s Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church in Albany; photographs of buildings in St. Joseph; and programs from schools and organizations in Columbia.

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George W. Manning Postcard Collection, 1905 (P0617)
15 photographs

Copies of postcards of Albany, MO, ca. 1905.

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Maschel Manring Papers, 1858-1880 (K0291)
0.3 c.f.

Manring was a businessman/farmer in Daviess and Gentry Counties, MO and also commissioned officer in the Union Army. Bound volumes used for multiple purposes including record book of Gentry County, MO School District #3; account book/ledger for livery business; Civil War diary; "A Trip to Kansas" describing nature of the land and soil, towns, and people; and general notes and personal financial records.

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Julia McMichael McCormick Letter, 1861 (C2623)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Thomas McMichael, Evansburg, PA, Aug. 8, 1861.

Letter to her father telling of her living conditions and what it is like to live in an area where fighting is continually going on. Describes Battle of Athens.

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"Memories and Reminiscences of Early Days at Old Siloam", no date (C3539)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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History of Siloam Springs, Missouri, written by Clora Twedell Hunter who spent her childhood there.

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Northwest Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1831-1997 (P1124)

An artificial collection of photographs from Missouri's northwestern counties: Atchison, Holt, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, Gentry, and DeKalb.

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"Old Palmer College," Homer Pyle, 1968 (C2589)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains a paper that was originally read before the Gentry County Historical Society, Stanberry, MO, April 1968.

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Reed Family Papers, 1894-1996 (C4065)
2.4 cubic feet (69 folders)

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This collection includes the agricultural records, diaries, autobiographies, genealogical materials, letters, photographs, military records, and miscellaneous papers of the Reed family of Stansberry, Missouri.

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William Miles Todd Collection, 1864-1984 (C4595)
0.5 cubic feet (10 folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize item)

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Genealogical information and photographs of the Todd and related families of northwest Missouri as well as unpublished manuscripts on Gentry and Worth Counties.

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