Manuscripts Index
General Election Sample Ballot, 1892 (C0523)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Sample ballot for the Missouri general election, 1892, showing the candidates for the Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, People's and Independent parties.
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General Electric Company Collection, 1915-1917 (R1349)
(2 volumes)
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.
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.
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
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, 1898-2012 (CA6514)
3 cubic feet
Addition of papers of a prominent family from St. Louis and central Missouri includes correspondence, news clippings, genealogical material, and miscellaneous material.
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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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Alonzo Gentry Papers, 1901-1967 (K0827)
0.3 c.f.
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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O.H.P. Gentry Receipt, 1832 (C1650)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a receipt of three dollars for postage from Roger N. Todd.
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Pleasant Tilman Gentry Diary, 1876-1896, 2016 (C4416)
0.1 cubic feet (2 folders), 974 KB of digital files
Diary of a Baptist minister from Audrain County, Missouri, includes farm and livestock records, as well as records of marriages performed in Audrain, Boone, Monroe, Randolph, and Howard Counties. Also includes transcription with biographical information.
Richard Harrison Gentry Letters, 1837-1843 (C0931)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Series of love letters between Richard Harrison Gentry of Columbia, MO, and Mary Wyatt of Pinckney, MO. Includes one letter from Dorothy Gentry to her brother, Richard, while he was a student at the University of Arkansas in 1837.
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Richard Gentry Papers, 1826 (C2082)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of Richard Gentry contain a receipt for payment of a $50 fine for allowing card playing in his house and a proclamation from Governor John Miller ordering Gentry's fine remitted and charges dismissed.
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Thomas B. Gentry Family Expense Books, 1870-1902 (C3439)
0.1 cubic feet (5 folders)
The collection contains itemized amounts of purchases in the household of Thomas B. and Mary Todd Gentry of Columbia, Missouri, for thirty-two years.
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Lynn Gentzler Photographs, 1998 (P0603)
1 folder
Photos of Pattonsburg as movie set for Ride With the Devil (1998), and Maysville county courthouse postcard.
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George A. Fuller Company Photograph Collection, 1911-1921 (K0080)
1 c.f.
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 B. Cole, Commission and Forwarding Merchant (Selma, Mo.) Record Book, 1854-1856 (C2976)
1 roll of microfilm
Shipping records showing date, sender, recipient, type of freight, and name of steamboat on which freight was shipped. Freight includes lead, hides, grains and fruit, and personal possessions.
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George Carden Circus International Collection, 1986 (R0909)
(1 folder)
This is the '1986 Official Program and Color Book' for George Carden Circus International, which had winter quarters at Willard in Greene County, Missouri.
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George Family Papers, 1880-1989 (C4385)
2 cubic feet (85 folders, 1 oversize photograph)
Correspondence, personal material, photographs, research material, notes and scrapbooks concerning the George and other related families.
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George L. Brown and Son Collection, 1905-1912 (K0342)
0.25 c.f.
Weekly time books for a major Kansas City contractor and builder, each for a separate construction project: First National Bank, C.A. Burton Building, Victor Building, New England National Bank, Loose-Wiles Building, and Rothenberg and Schloss Building. Includes the names of laborers, number of hours worked, pay rate, and weekly totals.
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George Muehlbach & Sons Grocery Company Records, 1874-2003 (K0643)
7 c.f.
Organizational records including employee policies, legal agreements, publications and advertising materials, photographs of the grocery stores, and architectural drawings of a Kansas City area grocery store chain.. Also photographs of the family.
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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 Collection, 1832-1965 (C3361)
2.2 cubic feet (45 folders, 14 volumes)
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B. James George Collection, no date (CA6022)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 audio cassette
Addition of land grants, newspaper articles concerning former Confederate soldiers, recorded interview with B. James George about William Quantrill, and correspondence concerning the interview. See also C3564.
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B. James George Collection, 1887-1975 (C3564)
5.2 cubic feet (70 folders, 16 oversize volumes)
The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, diaries, and bound material on the George family, Quantrill, William H. Gregg, and civil rights, compiled and authored by a native of Jackson County, Missouri, whose father served in the Civil War under Quantrill.
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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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G. Houston George Photographs, 1908-1918 (P0073)
2 folders
10 photos related to car trip in 1917 from Flint, Michigan to Odessa, MO. Photo album of trip to pick up automobiles in Flint, Michigan and drive them back to Missouri. Also includes images of lumber milling in Moniteau and Cole Counties.
Harrison H. George Photograph Collection, 1900-1903 (K0377)
0.16 c.f.
George worked for the Bureau of Animal Husbandry in the United States Department of Agriculture in Kansas City. Consists of photographs of the Kansas City, KS and Stockyards area.
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Mrs. Vincent George Papers, 1941 (R0808)
(1 folder)
This collection consists of three letters to Mrs. Vincent George of Lynn, Massachusetts, from her newlywed daughter, Mary, who was on her honeymoon road trip to the Grand Canyon. One letter was written from Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri.
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Nicholas George Papers, 1930s-2000s (CA5993)
78 cubic feet, approx. 900 audio tapes, approx. 800 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 13 films, 15 audio discs, 17 CDs
Office correspondence, wire copy, and news reports on audio tapes and cassettes of managing editor for ABC Radio News during the 1960s and 1970s. Tapes document most major events of this period including the Kennedy and King assassinations, Vietnam War, and space missions. The papers also contain materials from George's teaching career in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Todd M. George Papers, 1890-1968 (C3770)
0.5 cubic feet (33 folders, 8 photographs)
Correspondence, newspaper articles, book manuscript, and photographs of a realtor from Lee's Summit, Missouri, who was an authority on the history of Jackson County and the Civil War. The typescript deals with George's memories of life in Jackson County, while the correspondence concerns primarily his business and family.
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Gerhard Sisters Studio Photographs, 1911-1922 (P0961)
7 photographs
Portraits of Missourians by the Gerhard Sisters, a St. Louis-based studio
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Tom H. Gerhardt Collection, no date (P0459)
2 photographs
Photos of the David Glenn House, Cape Girardeau
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German American National Alliance Convention, Photographs, 1913-1916 (P0864)
2 photographs
Panoramic group photos from German American National Alliance Conventions, 1913 and 1916.
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German Club Papers, 1903-1965 (C3360)
1.4 cubic feet (12 folders, 8 volumes)
The papers of the University of Missouri German Club and Modern Languages Division contain correspondence and minutes written in both English and German. The papers are partially translated and include programs, menus, elections, degree requirements, clippings, visitors, songs, photographs, and five woodcuts for German Christmas cards.
German English Evangelical Friedens Church (Hamburg, Mo.) Records, 1920-1940 (C0748)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Records of the German English Evangelical Friedens Church, Hamburg, MO, consisting of an undated church history and record books from the years 1920 to 1940. The record books contain the church constitution, membership records, cash receipt accounts, expenditure and collection records, minutes of directors meetings and annual meetings, and the cemetery fund records.
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German Order of Harugari Glasgow Lodge No. 499 Record Book, 1884-1887 (C1108)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Membership questionnaires.
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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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German Settlement Society Notations, 1836-1839 (C0721)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains excerpts from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, settlement society record book relative to starting new settlements in the west, particularly at Hermann, Missouri.
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German Stewartsville Branch, RLDS (Stewartsville, Mo.) Records, 1877-1908 (C3054)
1 roll of microfilm
Record book of church in DeKalb County organized on April 25, 1877. Contains records of membership, ordinations, children blessed, and marriages. Protocols or minutes of business meetings are in German. Includes English transcripts of the protocols.
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George J. German Papers, 1968 (C2595)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Typed copies of newspaper clippings relating to the Clemens family.
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"The Germans in Missouri, [1818-1848]," Gustav Koerner, 1880 (C1132)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume)
One section of a larger work by Koerner on the German element in the U.S.