Family and Personal Papers
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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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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].
William Hammock Goodson, Jr. Family Film Collection, 1947-1980 (K1290)
7 c.f.
Family home movies and documentaries
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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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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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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 Gounis Papers, 1975-2020 (S0799)
0.25 cubic feet
The Philip Gounis Papers contain address books, diaries, and handwritten poetry documenting Gounis' career as a poet and co-creator of the Steamshovel Press.
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Elam O. and Louisa Reck Graham Letters, 1906-1915 (C4175)
0.2 cubic feet (8 folders)
Letters from Anna Louise Reck to Elam O. Graham 1906-1907 concerning their courtship, marriage and son. Also general family news. The 1915 material consists of letters of condolence from family and friends to Elam O. Graham on the death of his mother.
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Ralph Gravely Scrapbook, 1910-1914 (P0856)
49 photographs
Copy photos from scrapbook of Gravely, manager of Bolivar Free Press. Includes photos of Gravely family, Bolivar, and the University of Missouri.
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David William Graves Autobiography, 1916 (C0158)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Autobiography of a Montgomery County, MO, farmer, schoolteacher, and Baptist missionary and minister. Donor-compiled index included.
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Mrs. Benjamin F. Gray Jr. Papers, 1908-1921 (C1931)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
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.
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Greef Family Papers, 1849-1920, undated (C4510)
0.1 cubic feet (7 folders)
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 Family Papers, 1816-2013 (S0816)
11 cubic feet
The Green Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting the Green, Smith, and Van Sant families of St. Louis and Fulton, Missouri.
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F.B. Green Collection, 1832-1897 (C0430)
2 oversize volumes, 1 roll of microfilm
Account books of L.A. Snider and Company, Pike Creek, MO. Census record of Carter Township, Carter County, MO, 1860. Interspersed through account books are tax registers, notes on the weather, marriage records, estate records, medical accounts, and a personal diary.
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Green-Bond Family Papers, 1902-1993 (C4566)
2.0 cubic feet (45 folders, 34 oversize items)
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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Jackye and Allan Greenberg Papers, 1986-2013 (K1295)
1 c.f.
The papers in this collection include letters sent in 1987 to Anatoly Levitin, a refusenik family in Kharkov, USSR, who tried for many years to immigrate to Israel. The correspondence with Soviet Jews was a program, Project Yachad, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Bureau. Memos and guidelines for participating in the program from the JCRB to the adopted family contacts are also included. Other materials include a speech by Allan Greenberg in 1995 for the 50th anniversary of the Kehilath Israel Synagogue, and a letter to Alan Goldberg from President Bill Clinton in 1994 regarding the denial of Jonathan Pollard's application for executive clemency.
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J.P. Greene Letter, 1928 (C1978)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Howard Stephens, from Santa Ana, CA, Nov. 12, 1928.
Personal letter.
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Lorenzo and Thomasina Talley Greene Papers, 1910s-2003 (C4712)
15.5 cubic feet (408 folders), 2 audio cassettes, 1 DVD, 6 video tapes, 1 oversize volume, 18 oversize items
Research files, personal papers, and family materials of a professional historian who taught at Lincoln University from 1933-1972. Includes materials of his wife, Thomasina Talley Greene, a concert pianist and music teacher, 1942-2003.
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Nelle Claycomb Greenwaide Papers, 1877-1988 (K1104)
0.3 c.f.
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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Jerry D. Greer Papers, 1956-2007 (CA5608)
136 cubic feet
The personal and professional papers of a U.S. Forest Ranger who worked at the Payette National Forest in Idaho contain correspondence, leadership and training materials, meeting and event files, and other records. Includes papers while a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, family papers, and materials regarding Bedford, Indiana.
Josiah Gregg Letter, 1829 (C1546)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To G.E. Boswell, S. Martin, A. Pearson, W. Pruntry, E.D. Sappington, and B.E. Cooper, Jonesborough, [MO], from Mount Prairie, [MO], June 25, 1829. Gregg, author and adventurer who made numerous trips to the southwest, accepted an invitation to speak at the Jonesborough Independence Day celebration only if they could not obtain another speaker.
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Harlan Cecil Gregory Papers, 1900-2023 (R1530)
0.2 cubic foot (4 folders, 158 photographs, 2 negatives)
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.
John Grey [Ignace Hatchiorauquasha] Collection, 1995 (K1014)
0.02 c.f
Grey, was an Iroquois Leader, explorer, and mountain man. Manuscript, John Grey: Most Spirited of Mountain Men, written by Ellen Carney.
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Evlewt Groene Kirkwood Collection, 1928-1944 (S0895)
0.04 cubic foot
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)
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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Anna Lee Grossman Papers, 1944-1989 (R1509)
0.2 cubic foot (2 folders, 14 photographs)
The Anna Lee Grossman Papers contain correspondence written to Anna Grossman in response to letters she sent to politicians and world leaders regarding current events. The letters date from 1959 to 1989.
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Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor Letter, 1931 (C2285)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To Walter Williams, Washington, D.C., from Washington, D.C., Apr. 27, 1931.
Regrets not being able to see Williams. Acknowledges his note and sends copy of National Geographic's book on Washington. Reference to future "more complete" issue on Washington. No enclosures are now with the letter.
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Grove Family Papers, 1903-2010 (S0752)
8 cubic feet
The Grove Family Papers contain correspondence, reports, photographs, and family histories documenting the Grove, Roulhac, and related families. Materials of interest include a sales catalog from Grove Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Grover Family Papers, 1791-1907 (C4787)
0.6 cubic foot (12 folders)
The papers consist of tax records, correspondence, receipts, deeds, court records, military papers, and other documents pertaining to the Grover family.
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Phocion L. Guillet Papers, 1902-1904 (K1129)
0.2 c.f.
Guillet was a general agent for John Hancock Insurance Company and also a salesman for the Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company. Includes insurance policy applications and related correspondence, and general correspondence Also a letter introducing Guillet as a new member of the firm of Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company.
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Joseph Guinotte Papers, 1836-1849 (K0477)
0.01 c.f.
Property deeds connected to the Chouteau and later the Guinotte families, as well as other early settlers in Kansas City, MO.
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Odon Guitar Article, 1855 (C2817)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Article written by Odon Guitar to refute charges of Mr. Peabody that he was an abolitionist. Two copies.
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Odon Guitar Collection, 1836-1906 (C1007)
1.33 cubic feet
The Guitar collection is comprised of correspondence, military papers, account books and ledgers, and a scrapbook generated by Union Army General Odon Guitar.
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Frederick C. Gunn Papers, 1840s-1986 (K0305)
2.5 c.f.
The collection contains the papers of the Kansas City architect Frederick C. Gunn. These papers generally consist of personal papers and diaries, family papers relating to Gunn's parents, Major Otis Gunn and Mary Gunn, and papers related to Gunn's architectural business.
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Charles Claude Guthrie Sr. Family Papers, 1896-1978 (C3549)
7.8 cubic feet (353 folders)
The papers of a pioneering physiologist and medical researcher contain school papers and notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous personal papers. Also included are business papers from the Guthrie family farm in St. Charles County and personal and professional papers of Charles’ sister, Frances, his son, Charles Jr., and his nephew, Richard Maury Emberson. The bulk of the collection is personal correspondence between Charles and Frances Guthrie and their mother, sisters, and nieces and nephews.
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Hackett Family Papers, 1950s-2010s (CA6705)
1.8 cubic feet (3 audio cassettes)
Addition of correspondence, audio cassettes, personal and school papers from the Hackett and related families. The bulk of the material contains correspondence and greeting cards sent to Norma Jean Sims from various family members.
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Hackett Family Papers, 1967-1994 (C4347)
0.4 cubic feet (10 folders)
The papers contain correspondence received by Dave H. Hackett and Ellen Brooks from members of the Hackett family and personal friends. The papers also include divorce records for Norma Jean Sims, Dave H. Hackett’s mother.
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Larry Hackman Papers, 1994-2010 (CA6366)
0.8 cubic feet
The papers of Larry Hackman, an archivist who served as director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum from 1995 to 2000, include biographical information and material concerning Hackman's consulting work for the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board. Also included is material concerning Thomas F. Eagleton and their personal and professional work together on various projects.
Haden Family Photographs, 1880, no date (P0385)
4 photographs
4 b/w photos: Two depicting C.A. and Johnny Haden respectively. One a "composite memorial card" of Abraham Lincoln (9 views). The last is the women's Drury Graduation Class of 1880, including Lucy Fullbright Hubble, a Haden relation.
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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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Archibald Little Hager Diary, 1844-1887 (C0896)
0.4 cubic feet (26 folders)
Photocopy of a diary kept by a farmer in a rural community in Perry County, Missouri. Diary records daily events such as births, marriages, and deaths, the weather, social occasions, and agricultural tasks. Gaps may exist in diary.
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Hagerman-Hayden Papers, 1852-1893 (C0110)
0.6 cubic feet
Letters and papers of an Alexandria, MO, lawyer; a Keokuk, IA, student at Academy of Visitation, St. Louis, MO; and a music student in Oberlin, OH.
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Edna Housden Haggard Papers, 1905-2000 (R1379)
1.5 cubic feet (36 folders, 2 volumes)
The papers of Edna Housden Haggard contains the personal papers, scrapbooks, and photographs of Edna Lucille Housden Haggard of Houston, Missouri.
Hale and Pace Families Photograph Collection , 1890-1910, 1950s (R1484)
0.3 cubic foot (4 folders, 63 photographs)
The Hale and Pace Families Photograph Collection contains photographs of primarily the Hale and Pace families. Though some other prominent family names from that period appear in this collection as well, like the Paulsell family. The three families lived in Phelps County, Missouri, at the turn of the 20th century and intermarried, combining their family history into this photograph collection.
John H. Hall Account Book, 1800-1837 (C0270)
1 roll of microfilm
Business and personal records of a resident of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Included are records of indentured servants and general methods of solving equations.
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William K. Hall Papers, 1865-1988 (SP0148)
0.9 cubic foot (52 folders)
The William K. Hall Papers contain genealogical research created and compiled by Dr. William Kearney Hall including surname files, correspondence, family histories and charts, and newspaper articles. The materials are dated from 1865 to 1988 and relate to families throughout the Ozarks.
Robert Q. Hamilton Papers, 1953-2008 (R1322)
0.5 cubic foot (19 folders)
The Robert Q. Hamilton papers contain personal papers associated with the family's filling station, charcoal manufacturing, antique farm equipment at Timber in Shannon County, Missouri. The papers reflect the family's close association with Shannondale Community Church Center, a mission of the Missouri Conference of the United Church of Christ. Other papers show civic involvement with the Timber volunteer fire department, recreation association, and North Shannon County Fair.