Family and Personal Papers
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Grover Family Papers, 1791-1907 (CA6622)
0.4 cubic feet
The collection contains correspondence, deeds, financial papers, a diary, wallets, military papers, and miscellaneous material of a family from Warrensburg, Missouri. Much of the material pertains to Letitia D. Grover and some documents are in German.
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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, no date (CA4253)
6 cubic feet
Addition of scientific writings and professional and personal correspondence of Charles Claude Guthrie, Sr., Fannie Guthrie, and Richard Emberson. Includes family photographs and negatives, postcards, clippings, and journals. See also C3549.
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Charles Claude Guthrie Sr. Family Papers, 1896-1978 (C3549)
2.8 cubic feet (202 folders)
The papers of Charles Claude Guthrie, Sr. contain college essays and notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous personal papers of Guthrie. The bulk of the collection is letters written between Guthrie and his mother and sisters living in Columbia and Marthasville, Missouri.
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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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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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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.
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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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.
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T.M. "Ted" Hamilton Papers, 1922-1984 (C3073)
1.5 cubic feet (538 photographs), 14 rolls of microfilm (317 folders)
The papers of a farmer from Saline County, Missouri, who was also an enthusiast of historic and prehistoric weaponry contain correspondence on archaeological and historical topics, as well as personal, business, and local civic affairs. Also includes photographs, notes, organizational materials, publications, and manuscripts on Hamilton's archaeological interests.
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T.M. "Ted" Hamilton Papers, 1960s (CA5615)
6.2 cubic feet
Addition of correspondence, archeological and historical research material, photographs, writings, personal and family financial records, and miscellaneous.
Natalie K. Hammer and Hanan J. Hammer Papers, 1950-2004 (K1100)
0.05 c.f.
Includes Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) materials and a Boy Scout photographs and other local programs.
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Handley-Taylor Family Papers, 1809-1946 (S0381)
1 cubic foot, 58 folders, 5 photographs, 1 book
The Handley-Taylor Papers document the daily lives, business enterprises, and travels of the Handley and Taylor families as well as reflect 19th century social and political history of St. Louis, Missouri, and the Midwest. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, legal materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
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Sharon Kinney Hanson Papers, 1930s-2021 (CA6432)
6.2 cubic feet, 1 audio cassette, 2 video cassettes, 1 oversize item
The papers of a non-fiction writer and poet include her writings, correspondence with Missouri literary figures, and research material, as well as material pertaining to her work within the Missouri literary community and her efforts to establish a Missouri Poet Laureate. Also includes the papers of her husband, Richard Hanson, who worked much of his career in Missouri state government, retiring as commissioner of administration, along with Hall and Hanson family papers and genealogical material.
Hardy Family Papers, 1849-1987 (S0380)
0.8 cubic feet, 164 photographs
The Hardy Family Papers contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research papers of the Hardy family, who founded a salt packing and distribution business in St. Louis in 1914. The collection primarily chronicles the life of Jane Tillman Hardy, Thomas Walter Hardy Jr., and the family’s involvement with Hardy Salt.
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Haren Family Collection, 1831, 1968 (S0077)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection includes an 1831 farewell pamphlet for the German families of Geiger, Haren, and Von Leveling, a photocopy of Haren Family Reminiscence written by William A. Haren, and a photocopy of an excerpt from German Americans: An Informal History by Richard O’Connor.
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Andrew Jackson Harlan Scrapbook, 1857-1906 (C4100)
0.35 cubic feet (1 oversize volume)
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William Augustus Harnsberger Papers, 1899-1911 (K0541)
0.21 c.f.
Letterpress volume of personal and professional correspondence of a prominent attorney in Kansas City, MO.
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Harris Family Papers, 1914-1959 (K0300)
0.5 c.f.
Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and other personal materials of the Harris Family which includes printed and published material concerning Lebanese/Syrian-American societies locally and nationally.
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James Harris Papers, 1806-1918 (C2669)
0.2 cubic feet (13 folders)
The collection contains copies of papers of James Harris, farmer and justice of the peace, Clay County, Missouri, and family. Includes personal correspondence from friends and family and miscellaneous financial and legal documents such as receipts, contracts, court orders, inventories, land deeds, and wills.
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Harris-Petrie Family Papers, 1890s-1910s (CA6521)
1 cubic foot
The papers of the Harris and Petrie families of Fayette, Missouri, largely contain photographs, along with a scrapbook and miscellaneous papers. The majority of the photographs date from the 1890s-1910s.
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Harrison Family Genealogy Collection, 1980 (R0143)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Harrison Family Genealogy Collection contains photocopies of a compilation of historical and genealogical material concerning the Harrison family of Phelps and Laclede counties in Missouri. Assembled by Florence J. Malaney, the material includes copies of family papers, genealogical research on the family by Clair V. Mann, and correspondence with Robert K. Hooker.
Harshbarger Family Papers, 1800s-2010s (CA6178)
104.8 cubic feet, 8 oversize volumes, 16 audio cassettes, 8 CDs
Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, U.S. Naval records, farm records, real estate records, clippings, songbooks, sheet music, and audio recordings of a Boone County, Missouri, family. Includes genealogical materials on the Aydelotte, McVicker, Mossholder, and Tourtillott families.
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John A. Hart Letter, 1889 (C3198)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
To R.H. Ewart, from Williamsport, PA, Apr. 21, 1889.
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Alexis F. Hartmann Jr. Papers, 1884-2008 (S0341)
1.6 cubic feet
The Alexis F. Hartmann Papers contain correspondence, photographs, maps, and yearbooks documenting Hartmann's personal and professional life, including his career as a pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital and a professor of pediatrics at Washington University.
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Katharine Wright Haskell Papers, 1922-1928 (K0263)
1 c.f.
Correspondence from Katharine Wright, sister of Orville and Wilber Wright, to Henry J. Haskell, editor for the Kansas City Star, her future husband. Also are articles, clippings, and photographs and letters to Haskell from other friends.
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Haslag Family Letter, 1848 (C1780)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
A letter, in German, to members of the Haslag family in Osage County, Missouri. Part of the German Heritage Archives.
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James B. Hassett Papers, 1845-1867 (K0647)
0.01 c.f.
Hasett was a farmer located in Jackson County, MO and Fulton County, KY. Includes land records for a farm near Sibley, MO and a certificate concerning value of his buildings and contents burned by 4th Missouri State Cavalry during the Civil War. Also Hassett's will filed in Fulton Co., KY.
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Henry Hatch Letters, 1902, 1937 (C3426)
0.12 cubic feet (6 folders)
Transcriptions and photostatic negatives of autobiographical letters from [Henry] Hatch to his grandson, Henry Green. Letters contain information about William Henry Hatch, father of the writer, who lived in Maine in the early 1800s, and the business career of the writer in Missouri, Boston, California, Peru, and Australia.
Harley Haton Papers, 1951-1994 (S1095)
40 cubic feet
The Harley Haton Papers contain correspondence, photographs, obituaries, photocopies of marriages, wills, and birth records, ancestral charts, and cassettes pertaining to Harton's (1922-1989), research on the Ehler, Fischer, Kroeschen, Nolting, and Wittrock families, who immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 19th century.
Fred M. Hauck Papers, 1942 (R0829)
(1 folder)
This is typewritten letter from Fred M. Hauck at Fort Lewis, Washington, to Chester Parker at Camp Haan, California. Hauck and Parker were United States Army enlisted men from Dixon in Pulaski County, Missouri.
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Alan R. Havig Papers, 1900s-2010s (CA6676)
14.8 cubic feet
The papers of Alan R. Havig, a local historian and professor, contain research on Walter Williams, the Santa Fe Trail, Old Trail Roads, and Highways. The papers also contain information on authors, playwrights, and plays from the 1900s through the 1910s.
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Hawkins-Timmons Family Genealogical Collection, no date (CA6073)
1 cubic foot
Consists of genealogical materials pertaining to the Hawkins, Timmons, and related families [Barron, Byrd, Pippin, Patrick, McDaniel, Shuey] of Kentucky, Missouri and Texas. Includes correspondence, census abstracts, engagement and wedding announcements, funeral notices, programs, and obituaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and family record sheets.
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Sister Ruth Heaney Papers, 1970s-1990s (CA6138)
2.4 cubic feet
The papers of Ruth Boylston Heaney, Benedictine sister of Our Lady of Peace Monastery in Columbia, Missouri. Widow of Larry Heaney (founder of the Milwaukee Catholic Worker) and a social activist, Heaney raised her six children on a Catholic Worker farm in Starkenburg, Missouri. She volunteered with the Benedictine sisters and eventually joined the order in 1979. Includes correspondence with prisoners, notebooks, and limited photographs.
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Clarinda and J.G. Hearn Papers, 1869-1872 (C0327)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Concerning payment of taxes on Dolle estate in Gasconade County, MO.
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Heart of America Genealogical Society (HAGS) Records, 1955-2005 (K0720)
19 c.f.
Organizational records including financial and business related materials, newsletters, minutes, membership directories, scrapbook, correspondence, and query files,incorporation and dissolution papers.
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William L. Heckman Jr. Scrapbooks, 1912-1946 (C1404)
0.71 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Scrapbooks compiled by a steamboat pilot from Hermann, MO. Included in the volumes are clippings about steamboats, pilots, life on the river, family members, and local history; poems; a few letters and greeting cards; and photographs of family members, friends, and steamboats.
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Isaac A. Hedges Collection, 1936-1952 (S0900)
0.02 cubic foot
This collection consists of materials Elijah Lovejoy, as well as non-related publications and booklets, including an oversize poster for $190 real estate lots "out in the hills along Page Bld."
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Joseph F. Heifner Papers, 1971-2016 (S1225)
0.4 cubic foot
The Joseph F. Heifner papers consist of family correspondences dating between 1847 and 1890. The letters, written primarily by Heifner siblings Joseph, Nancy (Ryan), Mary (Copes), and Loretto (Beatty), along with their children, detail significant events for the Missouri-based family over a half-century period, including the a scarlet fever quarantine in St. Louis, an 1866 St. Louis cholera outbreak, an 1873 Missouri state vote on liquor licenses, as well as mentions of natural disasters, political campaigns, parades and celebrations. The correspondence also includes personal family topics regarding finances, births, deaths, marriages, and baptisms. In addition correspondence, the collection also contains four photographs of Joseph Francis Heifner, his wife, Phoebe Elizabeth Bailey Heifner, and their children. The materials in this collection are arranged alphabetically, and chronologically thereunder.
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Dorothy Hart Riley Heinkel Papers, 1915-1973 (C4132)
0.6 cubic feet (24 folders)
The papers of Dorothy Hart Riley Heinkel contain materials documenting the life of a musician, businesswoman, and wife of MFA president Fred Heinkel, including music education notebooks; files of her first husband, John W. Riley; Alpha Phi sorority materials; correspondence from family and friends; and Cora Hart's funeral materials.
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Fred V. Heinkel Papers, 1914-1988 (C4105)
28.4 cubic feet (1,442 folders)
The papers of Fred V. Heinkel contain materials documenting the political and business activities of a former long-time president of the Missouri Farmers Association (MFA). A small amount of personal material is also included.