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Gally and Johnston Company (Toledo, Ia.) Papers, 1858-1900 (C0322)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Toledo, IA, merchants include promissory notes, tax receipts, general receipts, miscellaneous papers and letters, mortgages, bills of sale and labor, abstract of title for construction of Johnston’s house, and a Mexican land grant.
Philip Arthur Gambone Papers, 1970 (K0422)
0.04 c.f. (1 folder)
Draft manuscript, Centropolis Revisited: A Personal Interpretation of Architecture in Kansas City During its First One Hundred Years, written by Gambone, an educator interested in local history.
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Conrad Gans Application and Petition, 1912 (C3738)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a booklet containing Conrad Gan's application to operate a dram shop in Hermann, MO. Includes names of petitioners.The collection contains a booklet containing Conrad Gans’ application to operate a dram shop in Hermann, Missouri. Includes names of petitioners.
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Hugh R. Gardner Papers, 1961-1984 (C4362)
0.8 cubic feet (9 folders)
Diaries kept by Hugh R. Gardner while an employee of the Columbia Sand Company, Rocheport, Missouri. Includes detailed summaries of Gardner's daily employment schedule, miscellaneous receipts, record of barge operations on the Missouri River near Rocheport, weather reports, personal activities, including repairs to Gardner's pick-up truck, and an appointment calendar kept by Mrs. Gardner.
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Mollie and Alice Garr Papers, 1875-1896, 1991 (C3987)
0.2 cubic feet (7 folders)
The Mollie and Alice Garr Papers consist mostly of letters written from 1875 to 1896 by a mother and daughter from Lafayette County, Missouri, to relatives in Virginia, primarily to William Benjamin Plunkett of Greene County. Also included are photocopies of various explanatory materials, such as obituaries, death certificates, printed articles, and genealogical lists of the Garr and Slusher families, compiled by the donor of the papers in 1991.
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George W. Garriott Papers, 1838-1850 (C0104)
0.4 cubic feet
Papers pertaining to Garriott's milling and mercantile business in St. Charles, MO. Wheat prices and markets, shipping conditions, and cholera epidemic.
Account book lists sales.
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Eileen Garry Papers, 1930-1998 (K0700)
0.1 c.f.
The Garry family was involved in the garment manufacturing industry in Kansas City, MO. includes book on Congregation Beth Torah book Garry co-wrote and a photograph of garment industry manufacturers featuring members of the Garry and Pachter families.
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Gateway National Bank Annual Reports, 1965-1979 (S0121)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains annual reports of Gateway National Bank, the first bank in St. Louis organized by African Americans.
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M.A. Gauldin Papers, 1879, 1899 (C1724)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
Gay and Skinner Records, 1879-1885 (R0345)
9 volumes microfilmed
These 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
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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Gayoso, Missouri, Farmers' Flood Relief Petition, 1898 (C0528)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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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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 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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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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Anna Whyte Gentry Scrapbook, 1880 (K0495)
0.3 c.f.
Colored advertising cards, primarily of Kansas City area businesses.
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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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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 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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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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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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German Bank of Wooster, Ohio, Scrip, 1815 (C1561)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three-dollar scrip issued by the bank.
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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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Gibson Store Account Books, 1871-1874 (C0288)
2 oversize volumes
Day book and ledger from a general merchandise firm in Lamine, MO.
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Gideon-Anderson Business Records, no date (RA1686)
34 cubic feet
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Gideon-Anderson Lumber and Mercantile Company Records, 1901-1938 (R0290)
2 rolls
This collection consists of correspondence and business papers of the Gideon-Anderson Lumber
& Mercantile Company concerning the lumber trade in southeastern Missouri and northeastern
Arkansas. Based in Gideon, Missouri, the company operated primarily in Dunklin, New Madrid,
and Pemiscot counties in Missouri. The collection includes papers from two subsidiary operations,
the Gideon Cooperage Company and the Gideon & North Island Railroad Company.
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Gideon-Anderson Lumber and Mercantile Company Records, 1901-1985 (R0449)
21 folders MICROFILMED
This is an addition to the business records of the Gideon-Anderson Lumber & Mercantile
Company (see also R290), which operated at Gideon in New Madrid County, Missouri. Most of the
papers concern operations in 1901-1919, but there are also papers of a subsidiary operation, the
Gideon and North Island Railroad Company, 1903-1932, and historical materials on the firm to
1985.
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Ona M. Gieschen Papers, 1935-2005 (K0562)
15 c.f.
Personal professional files and collected materials of former TWA hostess, supervisor and director of customer service, and historian of TWA. Also articles written by the Gieschen, histories and recollections by former employees, and correspondence between two pioneers of TWA, Hal Blackburn and Gordon "Parky" Parkinson. And research materials, photographs, and correspondence concerning Watts Mill and Dallas, MO.
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Gigous Family Papers, 1875-1877 (C0325)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters written to George and Mary Gigous by M.E. Wagner, sister of Mary; Amos Castle, friend of George; and Daniel Stull, cousin of George. The letters describe farming, agricultural prices, immigration, rural education, and rural life in Otter Creek, IA, and Maryville, MO. Includes typed notes on the family.
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James C. Gillaspy Papers, 1843-1889, 1926 (C0918)
2 rolls of microfilm
Account, tax and assessor record books of a Boone County, Missouri, farmer, lawyer, deputy sheriff, tax collector, sheriff, treasurer, representative, and Columbia mayor. Also includes the account book (1855-1858) of Thomas J. Gillaspy, constable of Jefferson Township, Monroe County, Missouri.
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M. E. Gillioz Collection, 1926-1994 (R0575)
0.1 cubic foot (4 folders)
The M. E. Gillioz Collection contains printed material and newspaper clippings concerning the life and career of M. E. Gillioz, a construction contractor and businessman from Monett, Barry County, Missouri.
Glasgow Insurance Company (Glasgow, Mo.) Books, 1855-1870 (C2313)
0.86 cubic feet (2 volumes)
The collection contains records of a Glasgow, Missouri, business. Weston Birch was secretary and Thomas Shackelford was president of the company. Volume 1, Steamboat cargo book, 1855-1856, also includes Tatum and Hutchinson general store records, 1868-1870. Volume 2, Record book, lists cargo, insurance, destination and names of steamers. The books were later used by Weston F. Birch & Son banking house, 1868-1869.
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Glasgow Merchant's Ledger, 1895-1897 (C2325)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)
Ledger of an unidentified Glasgow, MO, mercantile company.
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Glasgow Savings Bank (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1865-1920 (C2554)
41.24 cubic feet (106 volumes)
Records of an early Missouri bank.
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Glasgow Savings Bank (Glasgow, Mo.) Records, 1872-1908 (C2312)
4.04 cubic feet (11 volumes)
The collection contains records of an early Missouri bank.
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Nathan Glasgow Papers, 1820-1871 (C3430)
0.18 cubic feet (9 folders)
Correspondence, receipts, promissory notes, receipts for sale of slaves, land surveys, deeds, indentures, and a book of mathematic examples of John A. and Nathan Glasgow of Columbia and Millersburg, MO.
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Glasstown, U.S.A., A Brief History of Glassmaking at Crystal City, Missouri, Paper, 1981 (S0080)
1 folder, 64 pages, 0.01 cubic foot
This collection consists of Glass Town USA, A Brief History of Glass Making At Crystal City, Missouri, 1868-1981, a 64-page manuscript chronicling the history of Crystal City, Missouri, and the Crystal Plate Glass Company.
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Glenn Family Papers, 1845-1930 (C0107)
3.8 cubic feet, 6 oversize volumes
The personal and business papers of John H. Glenn and his sons Addison N. Glenn and Robert C. Glenn include account books of the Mound City, Missouri, general merchandise, furniture, and drug stores run by John and Robert Glenn and the farm implement store managed by Addison Glenn for the McKeeson & Rinker Company in Falls City, Nebraska. The collection also includes correspondence between family members, wedding invitations, the Glenns' lending library circulation records, and a minute book for the Mound City G.A.R. post.
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Glenn Farm Records, 1943-1995 (CA6087)
7 volumes
Farm ledgers kept by the Edward Glenn family in Pike County, Missouri from 1943 to 1995.
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Frank Ivy Glenn and Ardis Couchman Glenn, Glenn Bookshop Records, 1920-2010 (K1267)
36 c.f.
The Bookshop was an internationally known antiquarian book store in Kansas City, MO that bought and sold collections of books and manuscripts and other rare items. Includes financial records, reference indexes, files on purchases and sales, inventory, appraisal files, customer lists, photographs, personal papers of the Glenns, and other related materials.
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Glover and Odendahl Papers, 1895 (C2688)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Papers pertaining to shipment of yellow corn from Kansas to New Orleans.
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John M. Glover Letter, 1884 (C1540)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Solon McCoy, White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory, from Quincy, IL, Feb. 27, 1884. Glover thanked McCoy for his condolences; praised deceased brother, St. Louisan Samuel T. Glover; and discussed the possibilities of a livestock business with J. Miller in territories or a beef slaughterhouse on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
K. Bruce Goebel Papers, 1980s-2000s (CA6267)
184.3 cubic feet
Professional papers of a central Missouri architect. Includes oversize drawings and corresponding job files.
Lawrence A. Goldblatt Architectural Records, 1982 (K1043)
0.08 c.f. (1 folder)
Study done by Lawrence Goldblatt Architecture Planning Development: "The Musicians Foundation Preservation, Perpetuation."
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"The Golden Link" Film, 1960 (CA6377)
1 film, 1 DVD
A color 16mm film produced by Shelter Insurance depicting Sidney Larson painting a mural on the history of insurance at the company's headquarters in Columbia, Missouri, 1958-1959. Use DVD copy.
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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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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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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.