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Freedom Baptist Church, Morgan County, Missouri Records, 1844-1962 (R0418)
6 volumes microfilmed

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These are record books of the Freedom Baptist Church near Versailles in Morgan County,
Missouri. The records include the articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership records, and minutes
of church business meetings, August 1844 --January 1962, and the secretary's record book of the
Baptist Young People's Union, 1929-1932.

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Freedom Zion Methodist Church (Concordia, Mo.) Records, 1851-1920 (C3907)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 roll of microfilm

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The records of the Freedom Zion Methodist Church consist of the quarterly annual conference minutes of the church. The records are in German. A translation of the records is included in the collection.

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Freemasons, Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Records, 1889-1957 (R0756)
(1 folder)

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These are directories, calendars, bylaws, and calling cards for the Masonic organization at Bolivar in Polk County, Missouri. Included are officers' directories for 1889 and 1900, membership booklets for 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1960, bylaws for 1956, and five calling cards.

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Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133 Ironton, Missouri Records, 1849-1962 (R0446)
34 folders, 13 volumes MICROFILMED

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These are records of the Masonic Lodge at Ironton in Iron County, Missouri. The records include
minute books, membership records, personnel files, and miscellaneous lodge papers,
1849-1962. The collection also includes the record books of the Iron Mountain Lodge, 1864-1894,
which consolidated with the Star of the West Lodge in 1894.

Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records, 1850-1974 (S0037)
1.2 cubic foot, 33 folders, 4 microfilm rolls

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The Frei Gemeinde Von St. Louis Records contain correspondence, ledgers, protocol books, and articles of association about the founding and operation of this German fraternal association. 

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Max Freidberg Papers, 1911-1973 (K1073)
0.12 c.f.

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World War I documents, photographs, diary and military tags of Freidberg, a United States Army soldier, born in Russia. Also Naturalization papers of Freidberg's father, Benno Freidberg.

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E. M. Frentzel, History of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Collection, 1923 (R0707)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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This collection contains a booklet entitled History of St. Paul’s Ev. Luth. Congregation at Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. Compiled by Order of the Congregation for Its Golden Jubilee by E. M. Frentzel, Pastor of the Church. It was printed by the Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis, Missouri in 1923.

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Shela S. Fretwell Genealogical Collection, 1824-2020 (CA5886)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 card file, 1 CD, 2 computer discs, 2 oversize items, 1.03 MB of digital files

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Correspondence, photographs, and other genealogical research material related to the Fretwell family of Lewis County, Missouri.

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Moreton Frewen Papers, 1823-1922 (C0879)
41 rolls of microfilm

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Papers concerning Frewen's personal life, money-making ventures, and interest in bimetallism and silver. Frewen was a member of Parliament for Northeast Cork and long interested in Irish problems.

Originals in the Library of Congress.

Friedens United Church of Christ (Warrenton, Mo.) Record Books, 1868-1967 (C3631)
1 roll of microfilm (3 volumes)

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Record books of the Friedens Evangelical Church, Warrenton, Missouri, and the Bethany Evangelical Church, Pendleton, Missouri. The two merged to become the Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, later renamed the Friedens United Church of Christ. The Friedens Church was organized in 1877, but the record book has entries dating from 1868. The earliest record in the Bethany book is for 1910.

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Howard W. Friedmann Family Papers, 1923-2007 (K1263)
4.5 c.f.

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The papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks,
memorabilia, and other materials collected by Friedmann and his family covering the
period 1923-2007.

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Friends of Arrow Rock Collection, 1826-1969 (C3087)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders), 1 oversize volume, 3 oversize items

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Correspondence of John Sappington with Hogan & Wright, collection agents, 1842-1844; correspondence of Claiborne F. Jackson, 1855-1861; correspondence and miscellaneous items concerning the placement of Highway 40 and Santa Fe Trail markers; Martha Woods Diary, 1854-1860; Hugh Stephens scrapbook, n.d.; Independent Order of Odd Fellow certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, and correspondence, 1849-1969.

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Friendship Christian Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1837-1974 (C4236)
0.25 cubic feet (5 folders)

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The records of the Friendship Christian Church in Boone County consist of ledgers documenting membership, Sunday school attendance, and land deeds associated with the church. (See also C2372, Church of Christ at Friendship membership record)

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Frisco Travelers Collection, 1915-1921 (R0456)
1 folder

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These are illustrated souvenir programs of annual meetings of the Frisco Travelers, a businessmen's
association, at Rolla, Union, and St. James, Missouri, in 1915, 1920, and 1921. The
programs include rosters of members, photographs of officers, schedules of events, articles on the
host towns, and advertisements.

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Jane Froman Papers, 1891-1980 (C3695)
8.5 cubic feet (343 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 14 audio cassettes, 453 audio discs, 13 audio tapes, 4 films, 1 video cassette, 1 DVD, 25.6 GB of digital files

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The papers of a singer and radio, theater, and movie star contain correspondence, financial records, musical arrangements, photographs, audio and film recordings, and scrapbooks. The papers include material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s through the 1950s. Also includes some papers of her mother, Anna Barcafer Froman Hetzler (1873-1962).

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Frost Family Papers, 1862-1988 (R1404)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)

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The Frost Family Papers contain photocopies of compiled correspondence of Luther and Orville Frost from 1862 to 1889. Also include is a brief family history and genealogical information for the Frost family.

Sallie Hoskins Frost Papers, 1928-1963 (C3612)
0.4 cubic feet (28 folders)

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Genealogical papers of Sallie Frost. Families researched include: Birch, Campbell, Carmichael, Cox, Foster, Frost, Galbraith, Hoskins, Howell, Redfearn, and Routh.

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Annette Riley Fry Papers, 1882-1983 (C3729)
0.4 cubic feet (24 folders)

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The papers primarily contain correspondence between Fry and people, or relatives of people, who came to Missouri from New York on “orphan trains” sponsored by the Children’s Aid Society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Fry wrote an article on the orphans, which appeared in the December 1974 issue of American Heritage.

Richard Fuhrmann Lantern Slide Collection, 1840-1935 (P0048)
702 lantern slides

Lantern slides of turn-of-the-twentieth century St. Louis by local physician Richard Fuhrmann. Includes the area later razed for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

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Albert Burr Fuller Architectural Records, 1914-1963 (K0029)
25 c.f.

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Architectural drawings, specifications, photographs, and other material relating to Fuller's career as an architect in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Edward Marshall Fuller Jr. Architectural Records, 1920-1975 (K0697)
160 c.f.

Architectural drawings, renderings, specifications, correspondence, notes and other documents related to Fuller's career as an architect in the Kansas City, area specializing in schools and churches.

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Funk-Blue Family Genealogical Collection, 1917-1996 (C4369)
2 cubic feet (176 folders)

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Genealogical research relating to the ancestors of John Leon Funk and his wife, Ruth Eleanor Blue, both of Columbia, Missouri and originally from Ohio. Includes genealogical correspondence and notes; family group (pedigree) sheets; biographical records; photographs of grave stones; and original and photocopied primary sources such as death certificates, marriages, obituaries, wills, deeds, and court documents. Also included is research material for a book on the 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment in the Civil War.

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Kenkichi Furuichi Papers, 1921-1924 (K0358)
0.3 c.f.

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Correspondence in both Japanese and English; some financial material; class notes; one photograph; and some ephemeral material. Furuichi graduated from the Kansas City-Western Dental College and was a dentist in Kansas City KS.

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G.P. Sanders (New Bloomfield, Mo.) Records, 1900-1937 (C0339)
12 rolls of microfilm

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The records contain invoices and receipts from a general merchandising store located in New Bloomfield, Missouri. The store underwent several name changes: Sanders Brothers, Sappington and Sanders, and G.P. Sanders.

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Gabard-Oheim Family Papers, 1903-1958 (S0640)
0.2 cubic foot

The Gabard-Oheim Family Papers contain photographs, French ribbons, and a Cleveland High School newsletter. The materials largely concern Louis Gabard and Adele Marie Oheim. Some of the photographs depict the National Association of Letter Carriers, of which Adele Marie Oheim was a member. Also included in this collection are sample ballots from 1944 Missouri elections, Muny programs, a 1904 World's Fair map, and a Meramec School Picnic program.

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Gaffee Family Papers, 1857-1923 (C0202)
1 roll of microfilm

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Slave bill of sale; will of Mary Ann Dupuy, Shelby County, KY; Hackney family genealogy; and reminiscences of plantation life in Gossyppia, LA.

Galena Christian Church (Galena, Mo.) Records, 1887-1964 (C3820)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The records of Galena Christian Church in Stone County, Missouri, consist of membership lists, vital statistics information, and correspondence concerning membership in other churches. The records are incomplete and appear to have been transferred from other record books.

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Galilee Association of General Baptists Records, 1913-1980 (R0077)
(2 rolls of microfilm)

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The Galilee Association of General Baptists Records contains a microfilm copy of the proceedings of the annual sessions of the organization of General Baptist congregations in southeastern Missouri. Also included are Old Liberty Association proceedings, Liberty Association proceedings, and a reprinted sermon of Benoni Stinson.

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Mary Abney Gamble Photograph Collection, 1907-1944 (P0876)
11 photographs

Photos of Naption area, Saline Co. Also of Gamble family ancestors. 35mm color slides depicting travel and farming in Missouri

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William J. Gammon Papers, 1856-1967 (CG0056)
0.5 c.f.

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This collection is primarily made up of genealogical papers and cemetery research conducted by Wm. J. Gammon of various families as well as his own. Also included in this collection is transcripts from the operation of the Center Point school in Jackson County, Missouri, personal papers of the Gammon family, and correspondence from different societies and political organizations.

John Allen Gano Family Papers, 1794-1948 (C0065)
1.2 cubic feet, 6 rolls of microfilm

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Correspondence of Elder John Gano of Bourbon County, KY, an evangelist in the early Disciples of Christ Church. The papers also include accounts and bills, advertisements, circulars, publications, and a diary describing his conversion, baptism, and life as a preacher.

Garfield School (Mexico, Mo.) Records, 1910-1975 (C3925)
4 rolls of microfilm

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Student attendance records of a black elementary and high school in Mexico, MO.

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Edward B. Garnett Papers, 1914-1959 (K0940)
0.12 c.f. (4 folders)

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Garnett, was the longtime editor of the Sunday Kansas City Star, Includes diaries, cancelled checks, correspondence, and personal papers.

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Charles Garrett Collection, 1918-1920 (S0888)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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This collection contains pamphlets published by the William Simmons Service Bulletin that focused on the global events that took place after the end of World War I in 1918. In addition, the collection contains a photocopied map of the St. Charles, Missouri Waterfront.

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Ruby Dwight Garrett Papers, c. 1910-1968 (C2558)
1.6 cubic feet, and 1 reel of microfilm

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The Dwight Ruby Garrett collection contains papers and photographs of Garrett, a Kansas City, MO, lawyer. Garrett commanded the 117th Field Signal Battalion, 42nd (Rainbow) Division, U.S. Army, American Expeditionary Force. The collection concentrates on his World War I and postwar veterans activities. The clipping scrapbook is on microfilm.

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William L. Garver Papers, 1879-1953; 1990 (C4521)
0.6 cubic feet (36 folders)

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The papers of William L. Garver, an architect and leader in the Socialist movement in Missouri, contain his writings--including the original manuscript for Brother of the Third Degree, his 1902 work of esoteric philosophical fiction--as well as an unpublished biography, correspondence, and photographs.

Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association Records, 1853-2020 (S0473)
75 cubic feet

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The Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association was founded in St. Louis on October 20, 1853. Initially, the organization focused on young men's spiritual development but later expanded to include the mental, social, physical, recreation, and vocational needs of both sexes. The collection consists of by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, schedules, press releases, and photographs.

William A. Gearon Photographs, 1927 (P0253)
38 photographs (624 MB of digital files)

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Series of 38 digital photographs on the St. Louis September 29, 1927 tornado. Original glass plate negatives held by family.

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Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1840s-2011 (CA6433)
2.5 cubic feet, 13 computer discs, 780 MB of digital files, 1 oversize item

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Addition of family photographs and slides. Locations include Missouri, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, India, Thailand, and Europe. Includes World War II Navy photographs. Also includes scans of most images along with descriptions, publications, and personal and professional material of Louis G. Geiger and Mark Geiger.

Louis G. Geiger Papers, 1803-2002 (C4058)
17.5 cubic feet (355 folders)

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The papers of a history professor who specialized in the subjects of higher education and local history. Geiger was a Fulbright lecturer to India, Finland, and the former Soviet Union. He corresponded with family and friends, and traveled extensively after his retirement.

Edna Gellhorn Scrapbook, 1922, 1937-1970 (S0642)
0.5 cubic foot, 1 folder, 1 scrapbook

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The Edna Gellhorn Scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence documenting St. Louis activist and suffragist Edna Gellhorn.

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General Metal Products of St. Louis Records, 1904-1986 (S1085)
5 cubic feet

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This collection contains meeting minutes, financial statements, and newspaper clippings of a St. Louis firm dedicated to producing metal products, including fenders, hood supports, and ordinance fuse liners.

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Gentry Family Papers, 1898-2012 (CA6514)
3 cubic feet

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Addition of papers of a prominent family from St. Louis and central Missouri includes correspondence, news clippings, genealogical material, and miscellaneous material.

Gentry Family Papers, 1828-1977 (C4026)
4.0 cubic feet (130 folders), 1 oversize volume

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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.

Alonzo Gentry Papers, 1901-1967 (K0827)
0.3 c.f.

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The papers of Alonzo Gentry contain information about Gentry's career as an architect, primarily in the Kansas City area and pertain to particular buildings he designed as well as correspondence with clients. Also included are certificates awarded to Gentry, newspaper clippings relating to Gentry and members of his family, and numerous photographs of Gentry and his architectural projects.

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North Todd Gentry Appointments, 1900-1928 (C3441)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains appointments as a notary public and deputy attorney general; and to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, to the commission to revise Missouri statutes, and to the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri.

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North Todd Gentry Athenaean Society Scrapbook, 1869-1921 (C1401)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Programs of a literary society at the University of Missouri.

North Todd Gentry Papers, 1837-1947 (C0049)
4.2 cubic feet (242 folders)

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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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George A. Fuller Company Photograph Collection, 1911-1921 (K0080)
1 c.f.

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Construction site photographs for buildings which the George A. Fuller Company built in Kansas City. Included are the Union; the Railway Exchange Building; Children's Mercy Hospital; Temporary Barracks at Fort Riley, Kansas; the S.S. Kresge Building; the Federal Reserve Bank; and the Nelson Memorial Chapel

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George Family Papers, 1880-1989 (C4385)
2 cubic feet (85 folders, 1 oversize photograph)

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Correspondence, personal material, photographs, research material, notes and scrapbooks concerning the George and other related families.

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