Manuscripts Index
Rhetta Turkin Goldstein Papers, 1940-1998 (K1145)
0.1 c.f.
Goldstein was active in B'nai B'rith and the Jewish War Veterans, Missouri-Kansas, No. 605 Post and Auxiliary, among other Jewish organizations. Includes photographs, programs, clippings, correspondence, and publications.
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John Goldston Photograph Collection, 1958-1963 (S0783)
0.01 cubic foot, 22 photographs
The John Goldston Photographs Collection contains images of Gaslight Square and the destruction of Mill Creek Valley.
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J.S. Gollan Speech, 1930 (C0733)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Address of editor of LA PRENSA, Buenos Aires, an exchange lecturer of the University of Buenos Aires, before the Columbia Kiwanis Club, March 25, 1930.
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Albert Irving Goller Papers, 1941-1998 (K0863)
4 c.f.
Goller was a principle with the Vile-Goller Fine Arts Printing & Lithographing Company and a civic leader in the Kansas City Jewish Community. Photographs, newspapers, films, VHS video tapes, newspaper clippings, letters, cards, invites, certificates, high school and college yearbooks, commemorative booklets.
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Howard S. Goller Papers, 1977-1978 (K0968)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Howard S. Goller Papers include photocopied newspaper articles written by Howard S. Goller concerning the history of Jews in Kansas City.
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Samuel David Goller and Edith Silberman Goller Papers, 1923-1960 (K1175)
0.25 cubic foot (10 folders, 12 negatives, 32 photographs, 1 photograph album)
The Samuel David Goller and Edith Silberman Goller Papers contain materials related to the Vile-Goller Printing Company, Jewish community activities and organizations, and a variety of personal photographs, including a photograph album compiled by Edith Goller.
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Shirley Stolowy Goller Papers, 1924-1992 (K1189)
2 c.f.
Goller was an prominent Jewish civic leader in Kansas City, MO photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other documents related to Goller's life and many community activities.
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Ed Golterman Papers, 2001-2003 (S0911)
0.25 cubic foot
The Ed Golterman Papers contain "Assaults on the Kiel," a work on two diskettes concerning the history of the Kiel Opera House. Included in this accession is a 58-page booklet called, "Saving Kiel," by Ed Golterman.
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Guy Golterman Grand Opera Collection, 1998 (S0600)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains a script for a slide show on the history of the St. Louis Municipal Opera building.
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Bela Gondos Papers, 1987-2000 (K0807)
0.03 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Bela Gondos Papers contain eight presentations and essays written by Bela Gondos, a Holocaust survivor, about the Holocaust and Jewish culture and history. Several of them include biographical information and personal reflections along with historical information.
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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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Julia B. Good Photograph Collection, no date (P0774)
2 photographs
Photos of Westphalia, Osage County: Bruns/Redel House, St. Joseph's Church
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Malvin R. Goode Papers, 1911-2001 (C1706)
8 cubic feet, 275 audio cassettes, 88 audio tapes, 11 video cassettes, 6 film reels
Malvin Russell Goode, Sr. was the first African American broadcast journalist at ABC News. The collection consists of letters, speeches, photographs, audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, awards, and other miscellaneous items documenting his life, career, and African-American culture.
Wayne Goode Papers, 1959-2014 (S0891)
9 cubic feet, 232 folders, 313 photographs, 14 VHS tapes, 2 scrapbooks
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Goodhealth Shoe Company Records, 1921-1945 (R0727)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are corporate records, mostly minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders, of the Goodhealth Shoe Company of Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. Its purpose was to manufacture children's footwear and, after, to lease its factory to other manufacturers.
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Robert Gooding Letters, 1861-1864 (C0323)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters written by a second lieutenant in the 59th Illinois Regiment to his brother in Illinois while serving with the Union Army in southern Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Descriptions of the territory, attitudes of the people, battles, and general camp conditions.
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Jack Goodman Travel Account, 1944 (C3124)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Account of a journey from Hoboken, NJ, to Wimborne, England, in June 1944 on the troop ship LOUIS PASTEUR. Describes discomforts and crowded conditions of ocean voyage.
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Stanley Goodman Papers, 1931-1992 (S0179)
41 cubic feet, 540 folders, 138 photographs
The Stanley Goodman papers document his life as a business, civic, and cultural leader in St. Louis, including his time as CEO of the May Department Stores Company (1969-1976); Consul to France (1971); president, St. Louis Symphony Society (1964-1970); member of Civic Progress, the City Plan Commission and Downtown St. Louis Inc. Included in this collection are Goodman’s speeches, and drafts of his book, How to Manage a Turnaround.
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Thomas A. Goodman Collection, circa 1925 (R0160)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Thomas A. Goodman Collection contains a photocopy of a seven page illustrated pamphlet, “A Little Journey Through El Jane of the Ozarks,” advertising the sale of the “El Jane” property in Arcadia, Iron County, Missouri. The 500-acre estate was to have been the permanent residence of Thomas A. Goodman of Chicago, Illinois.
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Lois Goodpasture Photographs, 1972 (P0114)
7 photographs
7 color photographs of the Marshall family home (now Ra-K farm) in Sikeston, Missouri. Six in a set of before-and-after, showing the original Marshall home ca. 1972 and now after renovations. The seventh photograph is of the original outhouse.
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James Edward Goodrich Papers, 1904-1950 (K0383)
5 c.f.
Goodrich was an attorney, Jackson County Circuit Judge, Curator of the University of Missouri, and general counsel for the Commerce Trust Company. Includes business records and correspondence, along with personal receipts and correspondence to and from Goodrich. Some deal with the bankruptcy of businesses in Kansas City and annual reports, notices publications related to Commerce Trust Company and other local and national corporations.
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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].
Dr. James Goodrich Photograph Collection, 1912-1955 (P0389)
0.2 linear feet
Photos of family and friends, mainly related to recreational activities (hunting and fishing). Copy prints of 1993 flooding, Townley Log House, hunting and fishing. Two postcards of Springfield, MO Hospital and Training School for Nurses and Courthouse, California, MO
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William Hammock Goodson, Jr. Family Film Collection, 1947-1980 (K1290)
7 c.f.
Family home movies and documentaries
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Goodwill Family Photograph Collection, 1940s (R1479)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Goodwill Family Photograph Collection contains an original photograph of KWTO Radio's Goodwill Family. KWTO hosted its own live musicians to circumvent the Federal Radio Commission's ban on playing recorded music.
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J. Goodwin Letter, 1837 (C1542)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Charles Custer, Madison, IN, from Jefferson City, MO, June 16, 1837.
Goodwin settled in Jefferson City and opened a grocery. He wrote Custer about life in Missouri, climate, job opportunities, land prices, commodity prices, construction of state capitol, Missouri River, soil, and his grocery business.
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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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Francis M. Gordon Civil War Diaries, 1864-1867 (C3988)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Two diaries of Sgt. Francis M. Gordon, who served with Company D, 2nd Colorado Cavalry, describe escort duty and encounters with bushwhackers in Jackson and Cass Counties, Missouri, and Sterling Price’s raid in September and October 1864. Miscellaneous notes and account figures are included in the back of both volumes.
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Gloria C. Gordon Papers, 1950-2010 (S0298)
1.25 cubic foot
The Gloria C. Gordan Papers contain meeting minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, academic essays, and a dissertation documenting Gordon’s involvement with the Older Women’s League, Brit Tzadek v’Shalom, and the STL Village. Gordan’s activism spans several decades from her involvement in the Committee for Environmental Information’s Baby Tooth Survey to promoting peace during the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.
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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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William T. Gore Letters, 1861 (C0468)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Written by a Union soldier during the Civil War to his wife and children, the letters comment on his activities and describe fighting in Missouri.
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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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Franklin Goslin Certificates, 1845 (C1543)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains certificates for scholarship and good behavior to Franklin Goslin from Robert A. Younger, preceptor.
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Nellie Schmack Gossard Scrapbook, 1926-1938 (K0484)
0.1 c.f.
Clippings from newspapers and magazines on various topics, such as: Liberty Memorial, Nelson Atkins Museum, American Royal, city views, transportation, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, as well as technological changes: telephone, typewriter, printing process, and newsreels.
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John Gossler Photographs, no date (P1032)
Photographs of St. Charles
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Ann Goth Photograph Collection, 1925 (P1021)
Photograph of the employees of the Delta Securities Company in the Rio Grande Valley
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Dorothy Gottlieb Papers, 1938-1986 (K1338)
.08 c.f.
photograph, materials relating to Gottlieb's involvement with Hadassah, Beth Shalom, clippings, awards
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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.
Sam Gould Collection, 1936-1995 (K1176)
0.02 c.f.
Research material relating to Congregation Tifereth Sforad and its successor, Kehilath Israel synagogue and publications on the history of the KI synagogue.
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Gourgas Family Papers, 1815-1843 (C2699)
0.21 cubic feet (10 folders)
The papers of the Gourgas family contain letters of Adele Gourgas, daughter of a Swiss immigrant, to her brother John Mark Gourgas relating her impressions of and experiences in the Millersburg-Lexington, KY, region and Cincinnati, OH, where she moved with her husband John Dubois in 1819. Also included are letters from Jacob Gourgas to his brother John Mark and other papers of family interest. The letters are in French.
Grace Church Collection, 1944 (S1141)
0.25 cubic foot
Panoramic photograph of the 100th anniversary observance of Grace Church; annual report. 1944
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Grace D. Phillips Photograph Collection, no date (P1189)
Photographs of William L. Parker, his sister Mary Coulter, and Sarah Gentry Elston.
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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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Grace Hill Settlement House Records, 1906-1989 (S0554)
19 cubic feet, 766 folders, 306 photographs, 59 microfilm rolls
This collection provides an overall view of the history and operations of Grace Hill Settlement House, which was formed in St. Louis in 1939. The mission of Grace Hill Settlement House is to provide opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to be stronger, healthier, and more self-reliant. The collection includes histories, meeting minutes, annual reports, and correspondence.
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Grace Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Centennial Collection, 1955 (R0776)
(1 folder)
This is 100 Years to the Glory of God, a booklet published to celebrate the centennial of Grace Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The congregation was organized as Ebenezer German Methodist Episcopal Church in 1855, and became Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in 1923.
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Grace Methodist Church, Springfield, Missouri Centennial Collection, 1964 (R0851)
(1 folder)
These items are associated with the centennial observance of Grace Methodist Church at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, in May 1964. Included are a centennial story booklet, a congregational newsletter, and a church bulletin for the centennial service.
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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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Hugo Graf Papers, 1924-1994 (S0776)
58 cubic feet, 158 folders, 29 photographs
This collection contains correspondence, reports, drawings, and photographs from architect Hugo K. Graf and the architectural firm “Kramer and Harms.” The photographs are primarily of completed businesses and residences, while the drawings depict conceptual images of buildings, residences, and one drawing of a streamlined automobile from Lawncraft Incorporated. Also included in this collection are plans, specifications, and photographs of restorations of historic buildings in Missouri, including but not limited to Arrow Rock Tavern and the Governor Fletcher House restoration.