Manuscripts Index

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Meredith Garten Constitutional Convention Papers, 1942-1945 (C4534)
0.3 cubic feet (9 folders)

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Letters, photographs, and papers from a Republican delegate regarding the revision of the Missouri Constitution in 1943.

Die Gartenlaube, 1893-1904 (CA5835)
2.5 cubic feet

Issues of the German language periodical, 1893-1904.

William W. Garth, Jr. Papers, 1901 (C2019)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Bills and receipts for expenses of hobo convention held in Columbia, MO, in October 1901.

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William W. Garth Papers, 1954-1955 (C4202)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)

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The papers contain letters from William Garth to Margaret McNaull, 1954-1955, with references to the early families and history of Columbia and Boone County.

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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the original manuscript for Brother of the Third Degree, his 1902 work of esoteric philosophical fiction--as well as an unpublished biography, correspondence, and photographs.

Gasconade County Account Books, 1820s (CA6547)
0.1 cubic feet

Two account books belonging to an unknown person listing traveling expenses, purchases, and names of slaves and their values, 1820s.

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Gasconade County, Missouri, Tax Lists, 1821-1828 (C3678)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Copies of delinquent tax lists of Gasconade County for 1821 and 1828.

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Gasconade County, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1855, no date (P1128)

An artificial collection of photographs of Gasconade County, Missouri

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Gasconade River Association of the United Baptist Church Record Book, 1847-1885 (C3010)
1 roll of microfilm

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Record book of the Gasconade River Association of the United Baptist Church. Includes minutes and member information.

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Gasconade Writers' Guild Collection, 1941-1942 (R0563)
0.1 cubic foot (1 volume)

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The Gasconade Writers’ Guild Collection contains a one-volume anthology of poems by members of the Gasconade Writers’ Guild.

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Gash Family Papers, 1971, 1982 (K0137)
0.24 c.f. (6 folders)

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Genealogical research and document relating to the family who settled in Clay County, MO. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, land transfer documents, and related family papers.

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Ruth Wilson Gaskin Papers, 1950-1969 (K1174)
0.02 c.f.

Gaskin (Mrs. Ide) was an African-American housekeeper for several families in Kansas City, MO. Includes photographs of Gaskin's family and friends, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

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Gateway City Big Band Records, 1966-2021 (S0367)
1.8 cubic feet

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The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, schedules, vinyl records, and photographs chronicling the Gateway City Big Band's 50-year-plus history as a seven-piece dance dedicated to promoting the continued interest in big band-style music.  

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Gateway Human Resources Records, 1949-1989 (S1063)
2 cubic feet, 28 folders, 167 photographs

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Gateway Human Resources (GHR) was an organization that provided professional development resources for women in the workplace. The materials in this collection contain meeting minutes, budget reports, membership applications, and correspondence relating to developmental workshops, dinner meetings, and annual conferences. Also included in this collection is a short history of GHR and the National Human Resources Association (NHRA), the parent organization of GHR.

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Gateway National Bank Annual Reports, 1965-1979 (S0121)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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This collection contains annual reports of Gateway National Bank, the first bank in St. Louis organized by African Americans.

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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.

W.O. Gatewood Letters, 1933 (C2739)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Letters written to a fraternity brother concerning the Beta Theta Pi reunion at Governor Guy B. Park's inauguration.

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M.A. Gauldin Papers, 1879, 1899 (C1724)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers of M.A. Gauldin contain a certificate of one share common stock in the Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicago Railroad Company to M.A. Gauldin, July 17, 1879, and stock transfer to M.A. Gauldin, January 14, 1899.

Martin A. Gauldin Diary, 1845 (C0696)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Trip to Austin, TX, from Marshall, MO, November and December 1845.

Remarks on campsites, towns and settlements, fertility of soil, and variety and condition of timber seen enroute.

Gay and Skinner Records, 1879-1885 (R0345)
(3 rolls of microfilm)

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The Gay & Skinner Records are standard accounting volumes for the firm of Gay & Skinner, a general merchandise establishment in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. Included are ledgers, journals, and a combination journal/daybook. The firm’s principals have not been positively identified but may have been T. K. Gay and J. M. Skinner.

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Gaylord Container Corporation Records, 1937-1939 (S1050)
2 oversize volumes

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The Gaylord Container Corporation Records contain two volumes of legal metarials pertaining to the company's operations from 1937 to 1939.

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Gaylord's Social Club Records, 1936-1980 (S0126)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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Joseph Chapman and Wayman Smith organized the Gaylord’s Social Club in St. Louis in September 1935. It was composed of young Black men who had grown up together, went to different colleges, and returned to St. Louis. In addition to enriching the social lives of its members, the club also makes contributions to charitable organizations.

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Jessie L. Gaynor Photographs, no date (P0894)
6 photographs

Photos of Jessie L. Gaynor

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Gayoso, Missouri, Farmers' Flood Relief Petition, 1898 (C0528)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Petition signed by thirteen farmers from the Gayoso, Missouri, area requesting supplies from Merchant’s Exchange, St. Louis, Missouri, because of flood conditions. They suggest supplies be sent by Jasper Landers, Gayoso wharf master.

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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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Daniel M. Geary Letter, 1915 (K0350)
0.01 c.f.

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Reminiscence of Kansas City written to Dr. W.L. Campbell, by Geary, early settler, real estate agent and former City Clerk of Kansas City, MO.

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Fred Geary Papers, 1903-1917 (C3515)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The papers contain a sketch book, sketches, report cards, high school commencement program and other papers of a Missouri-born artist who gained national fame for his woodcuts and woodcut engravings.

Fred Geary Photographs, no date (P0306)

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Images related to Fred Geary the artist.

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Betty Valle Gegg Papers, 1966-2015 (CG0046)
0.01 cubic feet

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The Betty Valle Gegg Papers contains original and photocopied newspaper clippings of articles written by her in the Ste. Genevieve Herald from 1966 to 2015.

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.

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.

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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Gender and Mass Media Newsletters, 1981-1993 (C4099)
0.2 cubic feet (15 folders)

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International newsletter published in Sweden to exchange information about research and activities concerned with sex roles in mass media. Formerly titled Sex Roles Within Massmedia.

General Election Sample Ballot, 1892 (C0523)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Sample ballot for the Missouri general election, 1892, showing the candidates for the Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, People's and Independent parties.

General Electric Company Collection, 1915-1917 (R1349)
(2 volumes)

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The General Electric Company bulletins consist of a collection of technical publications created by the company.

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General Hospital Letter, 1917, 1959 (K1365)
.02 c.f.

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General Hospital Letter contains a two-page letter written by Dr. Thomas F. Miller concerning personal affairs and personnel conditions at the hospital in August 1917. Also included are two unidentified photographs, dated August 1959.

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General Joe Bailey Women's Relief Corps (WRC) #15-Nevada, Missouri Records, 1885-1918 (K0408)
1 c.f.

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The WRC was an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) who raised money to assist the poor in their community. Minute books, volumes of cash books, and membership ledgers. Also includes cemetery records.

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

Poster of presidents of the historical society from 1954 to 1969

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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.

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.

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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Ann Gentry Commission, 1839 (C2621)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Ann Gentry's commission as postmaster of Columbia, Boone County, MO.

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Anna Whyte Gentry Scrapbook, 1880 (K0495)
0.3 c.f.

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Colored advertising cards, primarily of Kansas City area businesses.

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Daniel Gentry Deposition, c. 1903 (C0663)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)

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Group depositions on behalf of the plaintiff, Gentry, in a legal case involving floods on the Grand River. Ira B. Hyde was attorney for the plaintiff. The defendant was the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, represented by Orton & Orton.

Mary E. Gentry Scrapbook, 1852 (C2153)
0.21 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Newspaper clippings, short stories, poetry, travel accounts, letters, and news items. Most are undated.

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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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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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