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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)

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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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Grant Avenue Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1929 (R1033)
(1 folder)

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This is the yearbook and directory for 1929 for the Grant Avenue Baptist Church at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Included are photographs of the pastor and the church building, lists of officers, the church covenant, and a membership roll. Thomas Houston Wiles served as pastor of the congregation.

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Bayard M. Grant Collection, 1915-2005 (K0892)
14.25 c.f.

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Collection consists of various business documents that Grant used as a commercial real estate agent. These include correspondence, lease agreements, legal documents, appraisals, and pamphlets. Also included in the collection are the documents from the many local and national organizations in which Grant was active. Of particular interest are the papers for Kansas City Jazz Inc., which Grant was president for several years, and the pamphlets and correspondence for Future Farmers of America (FFA).

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David M. Grant Papers, 1917-1986 (S0552)
0.8 cubic feet, 18 folders, 7 photographs

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The David M. Grant Papers document David M. Grant's career in St. Louis as a civil rights activist and lawyer. Beginning in 1931, Grant organized protests and demonstrations against racial discrimination. He was also active in the local Democratic Party, Labor unions, and a founder of St. Louis’ March on Washington Movement chapter. Grant also served on the U.S. Presidential Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The papers include speeches, correspondence, photographs, political fliers, and newspaper clippings.

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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)

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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.

Gravel Ridge Baptist Church, Charleston, Missouri Records, 1925-1990 (R0609)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Gravel Ridge Baptist Church, Charleston, Missouri Records contain microfilm copies of six volumes that include financial records, business meetings minutes, and membership information from 1925 to 1990.

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Edmund Gray Papers, 1831-1955 (C3611)
1.8 cubic feet (97 folders)

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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.

Edmund Gray Photograph Collection, 1895-1927 (P0128)

Copy photos from the collection of Edmund Gray, steamboat captain. Includes images of steamboats, the construction of Thebes Bridge, and Gray's Point. See also C3611.

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Mrs. Benjamin F. Gray Jr. Papers, 1908-1921 (C1931)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of Mrs. Benjamin F. Gray, Jr. contain two letters to Mrs. Gray, one pertaining to William Henry Ashley; as well as an April 1908 issue of THE AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE containing an article about Ashley.

Great Western Stage Equipment Company Records, 1925-1976 (K0717)
114 c.f.

The Company was one of the leading designers and suppliers for theatrical stages and auditoriums in the Midwest. Includes job files containing work orders, design plans, invoices, correspondence, and occasionally fabric samples. Also some catalogs, financial records, photographs, and drawings.

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Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1856-1991 (K0274)
4 c.f.

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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.

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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 Kansas City Chapter of Hadassah Records, 1916-2010 (K0593)
25 c.f.

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Organizational records of a Jewish women's organization dedicated to strengthening the relationship between the United States and Israel.

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Greater Kansas City Section, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Records, 1893-2004 (K0145)
30 c.f.

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Organizational records of the Greater Kansas City Section, including administrative, financial, membership, committee, publications, and public relations files.

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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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Greater St. Louis Federal Business Association Records , 1927-1981 (S0695)
5 cubic feet, 188 folders, 68 photographs

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The Greater St. Louis Federal Business Association was founded in 1927. Its purpose was to coordinate efforts by various Federal agencies to exchange ideas about the efficiency of routine work methods, to loan equipment, and to share surplus furniture. The records include correspondence, membership lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, annual reports, and photographs.

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Greef Family Papers, 1849-1920, undated (C4510)
0.1 cubic feet (7 folders)

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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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Green Ridge School, Camden County, Missouri Records, 1892-1922 (R0650)
0.75 cubic foot (6 volumes, 1 oversize volume)

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The Green Ridge School, Camden County, Missouri Records contain records of the Green Ridge School, which was located near Climax Springs in western Camden County, Missouri. Among the records are minutes of meetings, annual enumerations of students and lists of taxpayers, teachers’ contracts, clerks’ reports to the county, rules and regulations, class registers, and classifications of students.

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A.P. Green Papers, 1926-1958 (C2960)
29 cubic feet (2576 folders) 1 volume

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The papers of A.P. Green contain business and personal papers of a Mexico, MO, fire brick manufacturer. The collection includes correspondence with family members; business associates in Europe, and South America; as a trustee of Westminster College and member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Missouri; and with miscellaneous business and charitable organizations.

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Green-Bond Family Papers, 1902-1993 (C4566)
2.0 cubic feet (45 folders, 34 oversize items)

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The papers of two related Mexico (Mo.) families, including travel journals, genealogical information, photographs, and the papers surrounding the construction of the A. P. and Josephine Green estate in Audrain County.

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Greenbush School, Phelps County, Missouri Records, 1927-1947 (R1310)
(2 oversize volumes, 1 oversize folder)

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These are the teacher's register, district clerk's record book, and miscellaneous papers of the Greenbush School, a small rural school in Phelps County.

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Greene County Abstracts of Title, 1846-1976 (SP0045)
.1 c.f.

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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 Records, 1929 (R1034)
(1 folder)

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These are the published minutes and proceedings of the 57th annual session of the Greene County Baptist Association, held with the Ash Grove Church at Ash Grove in Greenen County, Missouri, on September 3-5, 1929. C.K. Martin served as moderator of the session.

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Charles Wilson Greene Papers, 1898-1938 (C0109)
0.7 cubic feet

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Personal and professional papers of a professor in the University of Missouri medical school. Register of classes in physiology and anatomy, 1899-1903; papers from his term as secretary of McAlester Memorial Foundation, 1929-1937; of the Medical School Alumni Association, 1924-1938; and of the Peter Potter Loan Fund, 1924-1938.

Flora Hartley Greene Papers, 1905-1931 (C0050)
2.75 cubic feet (216 folders)

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Papers of a club woman pertaining to work of Missouri Federated Clubs, Eugene Field Foundation, Missouri Society for Crippled Children, and Council for National Defense. Also includes her MA thesis submitted in 1909 at the University of Missouri.

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J.P. Greene Letter, 1928 (C1978)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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To Howard Stephens, from Santa Ana, CA, Nov. 12, 1928.

Personal letter.

Lorenzo and Thomasina Talley Greene Papers, 1920s-2021 (CA5520)
28.55 cubic feet, audiovisual material, 5 oversize items

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Research files, personal papers, and family materials of a professional historian who taught at Lincoln University from 1933-1972. Includes materials of his son, Tommy Greene, and his son's family.

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Nelle Claycomb Greenwaide Papers, 1877-1988 (K1104)
0.3 c.f.

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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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Greenwood Cemetery Records, 1904-2004 (S0577)
2 cubic feet, 62 folders, 503 photographs, 1 microfilm roll, 3 audio cassettes, 8 videotapes, and 1 DVD

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This collection contains record books of an African-American cemetery in St. Louis. Included in the collection are legal exhibits and maps, as well as student papers and photographs documenting efforts to preserve the cemetery.

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Paul Greer Papers, 1900-1977 (S0169)
0.05 cubic feet, 31 folders, 5 photographs, 2 scrapbooks

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The Paul Greer Papers contain the work of a newspaper editor, and liberal social activist, Paul Greer. Topics include senior citizens, integration, housing, agricultural conditions, and conservation and includes correspondence; subject files; Greer's writing, including drafts of his two books, articles and book reviews; articles about Greer; and photographs and memorabilia.

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Harlan Cecil Gregory Papers, 1900-2023 (R1530)
0.2 cubic foot (4 folders, 158 photographs, 2 negatives)

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The Harlan Cecil Gregory Papers contain photographs and genealogical histories of the Gregory and Skyles family who settled in Howell and Texas Counties in Missouri.

Russell and Gloria Peace Griffiths Photograph Collection, 1928-1956 (P1036)

Family photographs and ephemera, spanning from the late 1860s through the 1970s.

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Frank Grimaldi Architectural Records Collection, 1920-2010 (K1252)
385 c.f.

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Architectural drawings, plans, renderings, construction documents, books and journals, records and work papers of Frank Grimaldi Architecture and its predecessor entities, including Bower and Grimaldi Architecture, and Shaughnessy, Bower and Grimaldi Architecture.

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Hugh Fox Grinstead Papers, 1889-1950 (C2742)
1.8 cubic feet

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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.

William Grinstead Papers, 1850-1924 (C2921)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Diary of wagonmaster's 1850 trip to California. Article by Francis Grinstead, "Boone County Citizens Help Settle West."

Evlewt Groene Kirkwood Collection, 1928-1944 (S0895)
0.04 cubic foot

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The Evlewt Groene collection consists of two scrapbooks documenting her student career and activities at Kirkwood High School.

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Henry Emmett Gross Papers, 1921-1981 (R0837)
1 cubic foot (18 folders)

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These are the professional papers of Henry Emmett Gross, an engineer, inventor, and map-maker from Webster Groves, Missouri. Most of the collection concerns his patents for deep ocean oil drilling and marine salvage.

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Louis J. Gualdoni Papers, 1924-1998 (S0603)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

This collection contains newspaper clippings and correspondence of Louis J. "Jean" Gualdoni, an influential Democratic politician in St. Louis in the 1940s.

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Charles Guenther Papers, 1899-1991 (S0358)
32 cubic feet, 183 folders, 63 photographs

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The Charles Guenther Papers, 1899-1991, document the career of the internationally important literary translator and poet. Charles Guenther (1920-2008), nicknamed the "Poet Laureate of St. Louis" was a native of St. Louis and a widely published writer and poet, as well as a founding member of the St. Louis Poetry Society and past president of the St. Louis Writers Guild. The collection includes much of his translation work and poetry; notes and study materials; materials he used to teach and conduct workshops; minutes and newsletters from various Missouri and St. Louis writing and poetry associations; newsclippings on writing and poetry; and some family and personal correspondence and papers.

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Guitar Building (Columbia, Mo.) Account Book, 1914-1961 (C3060)
1 roll of microfilm

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Account book detailing rental of office space, maintenance, and taxes for a building located in the downtown business district. Clearly enumerated are tenants, rental fees, operating expenses, assets and liabilities.

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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company Papers, 1929-1970 (C3659)
1.3 cubic feet (83 folders)

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Records taken from the abandoned station of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Cairo, Illinois in 1975. Includes correspondence, waybills, reports of traffic, blueprints, tariff information, a timetable, and pamphlets of work rules and rates.

Charles Claude Guthrie Sr. Scientific Papers, 1898-1970 (C3108)
23 cubic feet, 87 volumes

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Correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, family history, reprints, and microscope slides of a physician, professor of physiology, inventor, and pioneer researcher in the field of vascular surgery with Alexis Carrel.

Charles Claude Guthrie Sr. Family Papers, 1896-1978 (C3549)
2.8 cubic feet (202 folders)

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The papers of Charles Claude Guthrie, Sr. contain college essays and notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous personal papers of Guthrie. The bulk of the collection is letters written between Guthrie and his mother and sisters living in Columbia and Marthasville, Missouri.

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H. Levi and Company Records, 1890-1924 (K0950)
46 c.f.

The company was a gentlemen's furnishings company in Kansas City, MO. The business records includes correspondence files, customer and manufacturers' orders, credit reports, customer files, some salesmen's files, and several personal files of the company's partners, Hyman Levi, Jacob Friedman and Joseph Minda. Also included are materials concerning the Stum, Roberts, Smith and the Ruby Fern Mining Companies.

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Ha Ha Tonka Collection, 1905-1942 (K0310)
0.3 c.f.

The estate was owned by Robert Snyder Sr. located near Camdenton, MO. Photographs of the mansion (interior and exterior) and the surrounding countryside, including the Niangua River, caves, and fish. Also correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and notes for publishing.

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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

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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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Edna Housden Haggard Papers, 1905-2000 (R1379)
1.5 cubic feet (36 folders, 2 volumes)

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The papers of Edna Housden Haggard contains the personal papers, scrapbooks, and photographs of Edna Lucille Housden Haggard of Houston, Missouri.

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