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Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1803-2002 (C4058)
17.5 cubic feet (355 folders)
Gentry Family Papers, 1828-1977 (C4026)
4.0 cubic feet (130 folders), 1 oversize volume
The papers of the Gentry family of St. Louis and central Missouri consist of correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, genealogical material, certificates, poetry, and miscellaneous material of the Gentry, Denny, Estes, and Althouse families.
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North Todd Gentry Athenaean Society Scrapbook, 1869-1921 (C1401)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
Programs of a literary society at the University of Missouri.
North Todd Gentry Papers, 1837-1947 (C0049)
4.2 cubic feet (242 folders)
Papers of a Columbia, Missouri, lawyer and amateur local historian. Anecdotes, articles, speeches, and biographical sketches about events, people, and places in Columbia, Boone County, and Missouri. Family papers, correspondence, and some legal and business material.
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North Todd Gentry Photograph Collection, 1862-1900 (P0166)
15 photographs
Portraits of musician John William "Blind" Boone, signed on back, and his manager John Lange, Jr; photos of and relating to the Gentry family; photos of Gentry's friends and acquaintances, and several Columbia buildings.
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B. James George Collection, 1832-1965 (C3361)
2.2 cubic feet (45 folders, 14 volumes)
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B. James George Collection, 1864, 1956 (C3384)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Transcriptions of two letters containing historical information about the Battle of Spoonville, Arkansas, and copy of twentieth century letter describing it.
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B. James George Sr. Photograph Collection, 1855-1970 (P0010)
0.78 cubic feet (26 folders)
Large collection of copy photos and originals related to the George family, ancestor of donor rode with and was related to Jesse and Frank James. Includes images of James and Younger families, bushwhackers, and Quantrill's Raiders reunions.
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German Savings Institution (Saint Louis, Mo.) Minute Book, 1853-1868 (C2329)
0.20 cubic feet (1 volume)
The collection contains one volume including an act of incorporation, list of subscribers, election of directors, periodic examination of assets and other transactions involving purchase of bonds, stocks and notes. Correspondence and papers in book pocket relate to stockholders' meeting, tax exemption of bank, and by-laws. M. Robert Barth was president.
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Mrs. W.W. Gibbany Photograph Collection, 1860-1884 (P0057)
19 photographs
Carte de visite collection, with a focus on civil war soldiers.
Charles Gibson Scrapbooks, 1852-1897 (C4282)
2 oversize volumes
The papers of Charles Gibson contain two scrapbooks that cover the travels and career of St. Louis attorney, Charles Gibson. Both volumes chronicle Gibson's legal career in the late 1800s and his European travels, specifically dealing with his interactions with imperial families of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The scrapbooks include correspondence between Gibson and German nobles, documents from the German imperial family, an appointment from Abraham Lincoln, photographs of his home and of his travels abroad, and newspaper clippings from the 1890s.
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Giesler and Spurgeon Families Papers, 1865-1912 (R0580)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Giesler and Spurgeon Families Papers consists of photocopies of correspondence, receipts of organizational dues, legal records, and genealogical records from the Giesler and Spurgeon families from the High Gate community in Maries County, Missouri. Much of the correspondence is addressed to John A. Giesler, concerning family, friends and events in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.
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Charles Gildehaus Scrapbooks, 1831-1909 (C3107)
0.4 cubic feet
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and letters regarding the wholesale grocery business, philosophical lectures, theater programs, and other matters.
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William R. Gillaspie Papers, 1851-1886 (C0679)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter from James C. Hamilton of Fulton, MO, to his brother William in Washington City, IA. He talks of the weather, crops, the prosperity of the country, a revival meeting and their need of a preacher. Brief biography of Ben Butler, legislator, governor, Union general, senator, and presidential candidate, who ran as a Republican, Democrat, and Greenback.
James C. Gillaspy Books, 1855-1909 (C0875)
0.9 cubic feet (10 volumes)
Autograph book from Howard Seminary for Women, Fayette, Missouri, 1855; account books of Gillaspy and of general store; 1877 merchant’s tax book; horse breeding record book; Gillaspy’s diary, 1864-1865; scrapbook with articles about the Civil War, poems, stories; Deborah, A Tale of the Overland Road, 1865, by Barnett C.M. Farthing, telling of a trip from Nevada to Missouri.
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James C. Gillaspy Papers, 1843-1889, 1926 (C0918)
2 rolls of microfilm
Account, tax and assessor record books of a Boone County, Missouri, farmer, lawyer, deputy sheriff, tax collector, sheriff, treasurer, representative, and Columbia mayor. Also includes the account book (1855-1858) of Thomas J. Gillaspy, constable of Jefferson Township, Monroe County, Missouri.
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Charles Wesley Gilliam Diary, 1856-1876 (C3272)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)
Copy of a daily account of a Lincoln County, Missouri, farmer’s life. Marriages and deaths, activities of friends and relatives, election returns, prices paid for household goods, farm life, and Civil War experience.
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William Gillis and Mary Ann Gillis Troost Estate Records, 1869-1907 (K1238)
0.25 c.f.
Gillis, an Indian trader, was one of fourteen investors who platted the original Town of Kansas. Mary, his niece married to Dr. Benoist Troost, had an estate used to support the Gillis Home for Orphans. Includes tax bills, receipts, and legal documents used in the settlement of the estates.
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Lizzie C. Gilmore Papers, 1861-1865 (R0346)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Lizzie C. Gilmore Papers contain letters from a Union soldier’s wife, at Lebanon and Rolla, Missouri, and from her relatives in Keosauqua, Iowa, and Crittenden County, Kentucky. The letters note political differences among family members, events preceding the battle of Memphis in Scotland County, Missouri, guerrilla activity in Kentucky, and depredations by bushwhackers in Laclede County, Missouri.
Spencer H. Givens Collection, 1816-1911 (C0106)
0.2 cubic feet
This collection consists of documents collected by Spencer H. Givens: the Levin Cropper Papers and historical documents. The Cropper papers contain business and personal correspondence with his brother in New York, his children in Illinois, and other family members in Louisiana and Mississippi. The historical documents include miscellaneous land grants and indentures, estate documents, business correspondence, naturalization and emigration documents, handbills, newspapers and advertisements.
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Glasgow Insurance Company (Glasgow, Mo.) Books, 1855-1870 (C2313)
0.86 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The collection contains records of a Glasgow, Missouri, business. Weston Birch was secretary and Thomas Shackelford was president of the company. Volume 1, Steamboat cargo book, 1855-1856, also includes Tatum and Hutchinson general store records, 1868-1870. Volume 2, Record book, lists cargo, insurance, destination and names of steamers. The books were later used by Weston F. Birch & Son banking house, 1868-1869.
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Glasgow Savings Bank (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1865-1920 (C2554)
41.24 cubic feet (106 volumes)
Records of an early Missouri bank.
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Nathan Glasgow Papers, 1820-1871 (C3430)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers contain correspondence, receipts, promissory notes, receipts for sale of slaves, land surveys, deeds, indentures, and a book of mathematic examples of John A. and Nathan Glasgow of Columbia and Millersburg, Missouri.
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Glenn Family Papers, 1845-1930 (C0107)
3.8 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
The personal and business papers of John H. Glenn and his sons Addison N. Glenn and Robert C. Glenn include account books of the Mound City, Missouri, general merchandise, furniture, and drug stores run by John and Robert Glenn and the farm implement store managed by Addison Glenn for the McKeeson & Rinker Company in Falls City, Nebraska. The collection also includes correspondence between family members, wedding invitations, the Glenns' lending library circulation records, and a minute book for the Mound City G.A.R. post.
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Rudolph H. Goebel Photographs, 1850-1907 (P0799)
15 photographs
Photos by Goebel of St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren Counties.
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Samuel C. Gold Papers, 1860s (CA6533)
0.2 cubic feet
Addition of a Civil War diary of a soldier from Sedalia, Missouri, who writes about his experiences in Kentucky and Virginia (now West Virginia). Includes the original diary and a transcript, as well as news clippings about Samuel C. Gold. See also C3653.
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Samuel C. Gold Papers, 1862-1925 (C3653)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
The papers contain Civil War correspondence, military forms, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding Samuel C. Gold, Union officer, commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, and prominent citizen of Sedalia, Missouri. Includes certificates of appointment, discharge papers, a letter written during the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862, obituaries, and a copy of a manual on military science.
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Gooch Family Papers, 1853-1905 (C0108)
0.16 cubic feet (8 folders)
Civil War letters from James, William and Thomas Gooch to their family in Missouri. Primarily letters from James Gooch to his cousin John, with many complaints about never getting answers to his letters. There are also several army documents belonging to John Gooch.
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Robert Gooding Letters, 1861-1864 (C0323)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters written by a second lieutenant in the 59th Illinois Regiment to his brother in Illinois while serving with the Union Army in southern Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Descriptions of the territory, attitudes of the people, battles, and general camp conditions.
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James W. Goodrich Collection, 1770s-2001 (CA6053)
8 cubic feet, 8 rolls of microfilm
Papers and miscellaneous research material collected by the Director of the State Historical Society of Missouri. Includes correspondence; photographs, slides and negatives; newspaper clippings; issues of the Missouri Conservationist and Waterfowl magazines; research notes, and photocopies; Revolutionary War Orderly Book of Tertius Taylor, volumes 1 and 2 [bound and foldered]; and history and genealogy of Charles H. Taylor family [Goodrich maternal ancestry].
Addie Aldridge Gordon Papers, 1855-1943 (K0068)
1 c.f.
This collection contains a portion of a manuscript written by Addie Aldridge Gordon, a woman born and raised in Cass County in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as well as other drafts, essays, notes, and assorted family papers.
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Francis M. Gordon Civil War Diaries, 1864-1867 (C3988)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two diaries of Sgt. Francis M. Gordon, who served with Company D, 2nd Colorado Cavalry, describe escort duty and encounters with bushwhackers in Jackson and Cass Counties, Missouri, and Sterling Price’s raid in September and October 1864. Miscellaneous notes and account figures are included in the back of both volumes.
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Gordon-Cox Family Papers, 1784-1980 (K0156)
0.07 c.f.
Genealogical research, correspondence, and copies of the documents to prove the lineage, anecdotes and reminiscences about family members in the form of short stories, and clippings; death, birth, and marriage certificates; and photographs relating to family history in Clay County, MO.
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Fisk Gore Diary, 1850-1897 (S0528)
0.1 cubic foot, 1 folder
Fisk Gore probably was born in Boston in 1831. When he was nineteen years old, Gore traveled to California and later to the Klondikeas part of the Gold Rush. During the Civil War, Fisk fought as a soldier in the Union Army while his brother joined the Confederate Army and eventually became a prisoner of war. The diary primarily documents Fisk Gore's experiences during the Gold Rush in California in the 1850s and in the Klondike in the 1890s.
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William T. Gore Letters, 1861 (C0468)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Written by a Union soldier during the Civil War to his wife and children, the letters comment on his activities and describe fighting in Missouri.
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Goshen Primitive Baptist Church (Wilton, Mo.) Minute Book, 1832-1888 (C4335)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
A photocopied minute book of the Goshen Primitive Baptist Church, containing the church constitution, meeting minutes, appointments of officers, and information on church members.
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Philip Gottschalk Collection, 1863-1991 (C4247)
1.25 cubic feet (31 folders)
The Philip Gottschalk Collection contains research materials for his publication In Deadly Earnest and multiple versions of the original manuscript.
Grace Episcopal Church (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, 1840-1952 (C3013)
2 rolls of microfilm
Records of the Grace Episcopal Church of Jefferson City, MO, dating from 1840 to 1952. The records contain the parish registry, which includes various types of church records, as well as minute books for the church vestry.
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Joseph H. Grady Papers, 1853-1902 (C2950)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Accounts, tax receipts, minutes, and reports of cases heard in Macon County, MO, by a justice of the peace in Jackson Township.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Zalma, Missouri Records, 1865-1913 (R0225)
1 roll (3 volumes, 12 folders)
These are minutes, membership records, and miscellaneous papers of the Grand Army of the
Republic's post at Zalma in Bollinger County, Missouri. The collection also includes general orders
and circulars from the Department of Missouri, and programs and proceedings of the annual state
encampments.
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Grand Prairie United Baptist Church (Callaway County, Mo.) Minutes, 1843-1868 (C1310)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Record book of the church, containing the constitution, covenant, rules of decorum, and minutes of the business meetings.
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Grandview Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1869-2005 (C3049)
1.16 cubic feet (3 folders, 6 oversize volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)
Record books containing monthly reports of the church business meetings, 1869-1994, and church histories, 1994-2005. This country church faithfully recorded its religious activities, pastors, financial transactions, membership, mission contributions, and social gatherings.
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Edmund Gray Papers, 1831-1955 (C3611)
1.8 cubic feet (97 folders)
Mississippi River pilots’ charts, ships; logs, steamboat directions, and personal papers of Edmund Gray, a resident of Gray’s Point, Scott County, Missouri, and Cape Girardeau and steamboat pilot on the Mississippi for many years.
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Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1856-1991 (K0274)
4 c.f.
Minutes of the Chamber's Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Included in most of the volumes prior to 1968, are also minutes of the various standing and ad hoc committees of the organization. Most of the volumes are indexed.
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Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Records, 1856-1990 (K0527)
23 c.f.
Organization records of the Commerce including general files of clippings, brochures, and correspondence; photographs; and slides, motion picture film, videotape, and audiotape.
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Greef Family Papers, 1849-1920, undated (C4510)
0.1 cubic feet (7 folders)
Genealogical information, correspondence, photocopied images, and other documents relating to the Greefs, a German family who immigrated to Tavern Creek, Missouri, in 1833. Some of the documents are written in German.
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Austin O. Green Diaries, 1862-1867 (C0451)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Diary of a soldier from Edwardsville, IL, who served in the 10th Illinois Infantry. Record of daily action in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, 1862; attack on Atlanta, GA; and mustering out, 1864. Miscellaneous entries and accounts, 1866-1867.
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F.B. Green Collection, 1832-1897 (C0430)
2 oversize volumes, 1 roll of microfilm
Account books of L.A. Snider and Company, Pike Creek, MO. Census record of Carter Township, Carter County, MO, 1860. Interspersed through account books are tax registers, notes on the weather, marriage records, estate records, medical accounts, and a personal diary.
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George Fuller Green and James Anderson Photograph Collection, 1845-1957 (P0669)
Photos of Kansas City, MO.
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Greene County Abstracts of Title, 1846-1976 (SP0045)
.1 c.f.
The Greene County Abstracts of Title collection contains abstracts of properties located in Greene County. It includes the abstract for property owned by Springfield, Missouri, attorney Henry C. Young, the abstract of a home located at 2400 S. McCann in Springfield, and a home located in the Rosewood sub division in Springfield.