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Glasgow Savings Bank (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1872-1908 (C2312)
4.04 cubic feet (11 volumes)
The collection contains records of an early Missouri bank.
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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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John M. Glover Letter, 1884 (C1540)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Solon McCoy, White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory, from Quincy, IL, Feb. 27, 1884. Glover thanked McCoy for his condolences; praised deceased brother, St. Louisan Samuel T. Glover; and discussed the possibilities of a livestock business with J. Miller in territories or a beef slaughterhouse on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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, 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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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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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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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 Zion, Missouri Records, 1888-1895 (R0494)
1 folder
These are the minutes of meetings of the Tom Walker Post of the G.A.R. at Zion, Stoddard
County, Missouri. The minutes begin with the organizational meeting on 7 April 1888 and continue
through 16 February 1895.
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Grand Army of the Republic, C.G. Harkas Post No. 88 (Meadville, Mo.) Records, 1883-1907 (C2469)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Membership record book of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Meadville, MO.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Stephen Estle Post No. 178 (DeWitt, Mo.) Records, 1885-1912 (C4245)
0.25 cubic feet (3 folders)
The Grand Army of the Republic collection consists of the roster and meeting minutes of Post 178 located in DeWitt, Missouri.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri, O.P. Morton Post No. 14 Records, 1882-1943 (C0141)
1.5 cubic feet
Correspondence, accounts, financial and membership records, and minutes of meetings of a Post organized in Joplin, MO, in 1882.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri, Smithton Post No. 417 Records, 1889-1904 (C3739)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
The collection contains photocopies of minutes, membership and attendance lists, an account book, and miscellaneous items of a Pettis County, Missouri, post of the Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1889.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri, John A. Hayn Post No 240 Record Books, 1885-1922 (C1112)
0.1 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Records of a Boonville, MO, Post.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Farmington, Misssouri Records, 1884-1902 (R0131)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Grand Army of the Republic, Farmington, Missouri Records contains a microfilm copy of minute books and a membership book of the Grand Army of the Republic’s post in Saint Francois County, Missouri. The Picket Post No. 215 chapter was organized in 1884, as the Bonne Terre Post. It was moved to Farmington, Missouri in 1887, and renamed Picket Post No. 215.
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Grand Army of the Republic, John Matthews Post No. 69, Springfield, Missouri Records, 1884-1901 (R0703)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Grand Army of the Republic, John Matthews Post No. 69, Springfield, Missouri Records contain applications for membership in the John Matthews Post No. 69 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. The applications bear the name, age, residence, and brief military history of the applicants, among whom were Charles E. Moss, John E. Phelps, and L. A. Rountree.
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Grand Army of the Republic Lebanon, Missouri Records, 1882-1937 (R0081)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Grand Army of the Republic, George G. Meade Post No. 48 Records contains a microfilm copy of ledgers, minute books, and miscellaneous papers of the George G. Meade Post No. 48 at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Leesville, Missouri Records, 1887 (R0375)
1 folder
This is a "Black List" of the McCook post at Leesville, Henry County, Missouri, containing the
names of two individuals rejected for membership in the GAR. There is also General Orders No. 2
from Department of Missouri headquarters, announcing the rejections and containing news of other
Missouri posts.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Lutesville, Missouri Records, 1883-1889 (R0064)
0.3 cubic foot (2 volumes, 1 folder)
The Grand Army of the Republic, Lutesville, Missouri Records contain record books and miscellaneous papers of the Grand Army of the Republic Franklin Shanks Post No. 100 in Lutesville, Missouri. The volumes include meeting minutes, treasurer’s report, communications addressed to the post, and a history of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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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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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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H. Roger Grant Postcard Collection, 1880-1920 (P0696)
35 postcards
Photo postcards of railroads and related images, primarily in Novinger and Adair county. Additional images of Bethel Colony, railroad depots, and locomotives.
Grant-Davis Lumber Company Records, 1882-1949 (R0109)
6.5 cubic feet (20 volumes, 9 oversize volumes, 9 folders)
The Grant-Davis Lumber Company Records are business records of a lumber company based in Cabool, Missouri, which operated in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. The collection includes ledgers, cash books, trial balances, inventories, and correspondence with the St. Louis and San Francisco ("Frisco") Railroad Company regarding freight claims. Russelle Grant Simonsen, daughter of Paul S. Grant, the last president of the firm, donated the records of the Grant-Davis Lumber Company. Mrs. Simonsen also provided background information on the company and the individuals who operated it.
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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Great Western Normal School and Business College, Webb City, Missouri Collection, 1903 (R1082)
(1 folder)
This is a souvenir program issued for a reception in honor of the teachers of the public schools of Jasper County, sponsored by the Webb City Commercial Club and held at the Great Western Normal School and Business College at Webb City in Jasper County, Missouri on October 8, 1903.
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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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Greater Rolla-St. James Region, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1884-1996 (P1123)
An artificial collection of photographs of the greater Rolla-St. James region in Missouri, including Crawford, Dent, Phelps, Maries, and Pulaski counties.
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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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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.
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Greene County Baptist Association Minutes, 1873-1908 (C3012)
1 roll of microfilm
Minutes of the Greene County Baptist Association. Contains lists of members.
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Nelle Claycomb Greenwaide Papers, 1877-1988 (K1104)
0.3 c.f.
Family photographs, baby book, school/sorority composites, passports, a framed letter and embroidery, an autograph book, and several photograph albums belonging to Greenwaide.
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Griffin Brander Papers, 1801-1988 (S0355)
0.04 cubic feet, 32 folders, 3 photographs
The Griffin Brander Papers contain marriage certificates, deeds, and tax bills, reflecting Brander’s efforts to maximize his freedom as a free African American while living in the Antebellum South and post-Civil War St. Louis, Missouri.
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Hugh Fox Grinstead Papers, 1889-1950 (C2742)
1.8 cubic feet
Western stories by Grindstead and letters, photographs, and news items pertaining to his family. Ribbons, programs and certificates relating to his career. Also United Daughters of the Confederacy material of Mrs. Grinstead's.
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William Grinstead Papers, 1850-1924 (C2921)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Diary of wagonmaster's 1850 trip to California. Article by Francis Grinstead, "Boone County Citizens Help Settle West."
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Grover Family Papers, 1791-1907 (CA6622)
0.4 cubic feet
The collection contains correspondence, deeds, financial papers, a diary, wallets, military papers, and miscellaneous material of a family from Warrensburg, Missouri. Much of the material pertains to Letitia D. Grover and some documents are in German.
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Odon Guitar Collection, 1836-1906 (C1007)
1.33 cubic feet
The Guitar collection is comprised of correspondence, military papers, account books and ledgers, and a scrapbook generated by Union Army General Odon Guitar.
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Haden Family Photographs, 1880, no date (P0385)
4 photographs
4 b/w photos: Two depicting C.A. and Johnny Haden respectively. One a "composite memorial card" of Abraham Lincoln (9 views). The last is the women's Drury Graduation Class of 1880, including Lucy Fullbright Hubble, a Haden relation.
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Herbert Spencer Hadley Papers, 1830-1943 (C0006)
15.2 cubic feet (1,062 folders), 35 oversize volumes; also available on 60 rolls of microfilm
The papers of a Missouri Republican lawyer, politician, educator, and author. Attorney general, 1905-1909; governor, 1909-1913; professor of law, University of Colorado, 1917-1923; and Washington University chancellor, 1923-1927. Includes letterbooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, photographs, cartoons, and miscellaneous material. Originals in storage.
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Delbert James Haff Papers, 1880-1920 (K0691)
1 c.f.
Roughly 2500 personal letters collected by my great-grandmother Grace Barse Haff. The bulk of them were written to her by her husband Delbert J. Haff between the 1880s and 1920s, to and from all over the USA and Mexico. Others are addressed to them both from their children, siblings, and in-laws, including George and Rosina Barse, in either Kansas City or
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Archibald Little Hager Diary, 1844-1887 (C0896)
0.4 cubic feet (26 folders)
Photocopy of a diary kept by a farmer in a rural community in Perry County, Missouri. Diary records daily events such as births, marriages, and deaths, the weather, social occasions, and agricultural tasks. Gaps may exist in diary.