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Betty Valle Gegg Papers, 1966-2015 (CG0046)
0.01 cubic feet
The Betty Valle Gegg Papers contains original and photocopied newspaper clippings of articles written by her in the Ste. Genevieve Herald from 1966 to 2015.
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Edna Gellhorn Scrapbook, 1922, 1937-1970 (S0642)
0.5 cubic foot, 1 folder, 1 scrapbook
The Edna Gellhorn Scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence documenting St. Louis activist and suffragist Edna Gellhorn.
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Gender and Mass Media Newsletters, 1981-1993 (C4099)
0.2 cubic feet (15 folders)
International newsletter published in Sweden to exchange information about research and activities concerned with sex roles in mass media. Formerly titled Sex Roles Within Massmedia.
Sheila Gibbons Papers, 1964-2023 (CA5927)
6.9 cubic feet, 3 computer disks, 10 audio cassettes, 4 video cassettes, 1 DVD
Newsletters, newspaper clippings, columns, journal articles, conferences proceedings, and research papers concerning women and the media. Issues covered include marketing, women in film, news coverage of women, pornography, and women journalists.
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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Jerena East Giffen Papers, 1893-2008 (C4086)
2.0 cubic feet (72 folders), 3 video cassettes
The papers of a former journalist, educator, and author of several books on women in Missouri history.
Maltie Thomas Gilliam Papers, 1976-2007 (K1056)
3 c.f.
Gilliam was a long time resident of Kansas City, Missouri. She was a member of Centennial United Methodist Church, the Order of Eastern Star, the Order of Cyrene, Daughters of Isis, and the Order of Golden Circle. Includes personal papers relating to Gilliam's life, work and civic activities: organizational by-laws and histories, reports, correspondence, certificates, awards and plaques received by Gilliam.
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Charles Gills Papers, 1891-1973 (R1451)
2 rolls (2 volumes)
The collection of Charles Gill contains diaries, writings, travelogues, magazine/newspaper articles, letters, expense records, photographs/post-cards, and many miscellaneous articles written or collected by Charles Gill.
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Rosemary Lucas Ginn Papers, 1950-1985 (C3964)
6.8 cubic feet
Papers of Rosemary Lucas Ginn, Republican Committeewoman, President of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, Ambassador to Luxembourg. Includes correspondence, photos, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and publications relating to her work with the Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican Party, and UNESCO.
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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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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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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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.
Grand Temple Pythian Sisters of the Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri Records, 1900s-1960s (CA2579)
10.4 cubic feet, 8 oversize volumes
Ledgers, minutes, membership lists, and roll of officers of a secret sisterhood consisting primarily of wives, mothers, daughters, and widows of Knights of Pythias. Records are from defunct Missouri Temples.
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Greater Kansas City Chapter of Hadassah Records, 1916-2010 (K0593)
25 c.f.
Organizational records of a Jewish women's organization dedicated to strengthening the relationship between the United States and Israel.
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Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus Records, 1974-1983 (K1243)
2.5 c.f.
Organizational records including general and working files, newsletters, financial records, subject files (including ERA), and printed/published materials, many concerned with the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Nancy L. Green Papers, 1970s-2020s (CA5097)
10.3 cubic feet
The professional papers of a journalism educator contain correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, papers relating to professional organizations, and miscellaneous.
Jan Greenberg Papers, 1978-2010 (S0669)
8 cubic feet
The Jan Greenberg Papers contain correspondence, galley proofs, photographs, and books documenting her career as an acclaimed children's author, with books such as Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of an Artist, which she co-wrote with Sandra Jordan.
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Flora Hartley Greene Papers, 1905-1931 (C0050)
2.75 cubic feet (216 folders)
Papers of a club woman pertaining to work of Missouri Federated Clubs, Eugene Field Foundation, Missouri Society for Crippled Children, and Council for National Defense. Also includes her MA thesis submitted in 1909 at the University of Missouri.
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Dudley Grove Papers, 1974-2022 (S0275)
3 cubic feet
The Dudley Grove Papers contain correspondence, photographs, resumes, and awards documenting Grove's philanthropic work with the Junior League of St. Louis, the Center for Creative Arts, Women of Achievement, the Urban League of St. Louis, and the Young Women Christian Association Metro St. Louis. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing photographs, flyers, bumper stickers, and newspaper clippings chronicling Grove's 1993 candidacy for mayor of Ladue, Missouri.
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Hadley Family Letters, 1838-1869 (C1997)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains letters written to Moses and Susan Hadley by Elizabeth Hadley Wyman and her husband Edward, who were teachers. The letters describe a trip from Boston to Illinois in 1839.
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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Sallie Hailey Papers, 1860-1989 (C4358)
1.8 cubic feet (36 folders), 17 oversize items
Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and political convention material of the former director of the Department of Business and Administration for the State of Missouri and Democratic National Committeewoman of Missouri.
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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.
Charles Henry Hardin Papers, 1842-1892 (C0111)
0.1 cubic feet (10 folders)
Hardin was a lawyer, governor of Missouri, 1874-1876, and founder of Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri. Collection includes correspondence with wife and friends, essays, speeches, unofficial reports, law notebook, legal cases in Boone, Callaway, Macon, and Randolph Counties, and diary of Mary Hardin, 1854-1856 and 1859.
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Moses Harman Papers, 1858-1984 (C3802)
0.1 cubic feet (13 folders), 1 roll of microfilm
Papers of Moses Harman, founder and publisher of Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, later the American Journal of Eugenics. He was a proponent of women’s rights and the eugenics movement during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The papers include typescript copies of speech and articles by Harman, a photograph, articles about Harman, and issues of Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, 1896-1907.
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Jane Harrigan Papers, 1980s (CA5007)
1.2 cubic feet, 3 audio cassettes
Manuscript, research materials, photographs, and other materials relating to her book Read All About It, an account of a day at the Boston Globe. Includes a copy of the book.
Fran Harris Papers, 1930-1976 (C1201)
1.4 cubic feet (64 folders)
The papers of Fran Harris, a journalist, broadcaster, and president of Women in Communications, Inc. (WICI), consist of correspondence, organizational records, conference materials, and photographs pertaining to Harris’s tenure as WICI vice president and president.
Bonnie Hart Papers, 1948-1997 (S0657)
20 cubic feet
Bonnie Hart pursued a private campaign to protest and oppose nuclear power. She wrote to legislators and newspapers, made numerous calls to radio programs, and collected a large newspaper clippings file about the hazards of nuclear energy. Known as the Atomic Lady, Hart was a major source of information for other anti-nuclear activists. The collection primarily contains Hart's large newspaper clipping file and her book and magazine collection. In addition to nuclear power, topics of interest include Vietnam, the space program, and various political campaigns. The papers include several folders of the correspondence she received from legislators in response to her letters expressing her anti-nuclear stance.
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Jo Hartley Papers, 1968-1986 (C3976)
2.0 cubic feet (140 folders), 5 audio cassettes
The papers of the editor of COMMENT, a publication that disseminated information on research about women, include correspondence, issues of COMMENT, grant applications and reports, and notes from conferences Hartley attended.
Wanda Haney Harwood Collection, 1862-1889 (C1241)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a diary written in 1872 by Maggie Jenkins of Brookfield, Missouri, as well as letters from her sister, Carrie Kittinger of Buffalo, New York. Also includes a letter from Samuel Cherry to Maranda Haney, letters from Sarah A. Mason and members of the Myers family, and letters to William M. Jenkins from single women he contacted through magazines.
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Agnes Hadley Haskell Daybooks, 1909-1946 (C3467)
3.7 cubic feet (92 folders)
The daybooks of Agnes Lee Hadley Haskell, wife of Governor Herbert S. Hadley and later wife of Henry J. Haskell, editor of the Kansas City Star, contain records and diary entries noting her social and club engagements and the activities of her children; and various programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, and correspondence.
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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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Lucy Reed Hazelton Papers, 1946-2003 (S0686)
1 cubic foot, 18 folders, 2 audio tapes
The papers of Lucy Reed Hazelton document her career as a poet, writer, commercial, and fine artist in Webster Groves, Missouri. The collection includes awards, booklets, correspondence newspaper clippings, poems written by Lucy Reed Hazelton. Also included is an oral history interview with Ms. Hazelton, on two audio cassettes with a transcript.
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Albert Kerr Heckel Papers, 1903-1965 (C3481)
3.8 cubic feet (98 folders, 5 card file boxes)
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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Judith D. Hellman Papers, 1950-1991 (K1383)
.15 c.f.
The Judith D. Hellman Collection contains materials related to Hellman's time as a Jewish representative with the Panel of American Women, Kansas City Chapter.
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Helm-Davidson Family Papers, 1824-1970 (C3434)
2.5 cubic feet (101 folders, 1 oversize volume)
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Hazel Henderson Papers, 1968-2022 (CA6692)
87.0 cubic feet (244 video cassettes, 67 computer disks, 42 CDs, 165 DVDs, 396 audio cassettes, 2 flash drives), 2 video tapes
The papers of a journalist, nontraditional economist, environmentalist, futurist, and media executive, include publications, research files, correspondence, and audio/visual material. Also included is material she produced with her husband, Alan F. Kay.
Ethelda Henry Genealogical Collection, 1671-1988 (C3881)
34.6 cubic feet (2,364 folders)
Family histories and genealogies of over 400 Boone County and central Missouri families, including the Asbell family. The collection also includes cemetery, census, marriage, school, will, Bible, and church records; clippings, photographs, family and genealogical correspondence, source materials, abstracts, and manuscripts; and miscellaneous.
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Lizzie M. Powell Hereford Papers, 1817-1880 (C4152)
1.3 cubic feet (10 folders, 21 items)
The papers of Lizzie M. Powell Hereford, a Confederate sympathizer from Northeast Missouri, who was imprisoned during the Civil War, include her prison diary and correspondence along with transcriptions. Also included are family photographs, miniature portraiture, jewelry, miscellaneous artifacts, family genealogy, and the papers of her daughter, Stella.
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Heroines of Jericho, Saint Mary's Court No. 1 Collection, 1891-1903 (S0105)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains a history of the Heroines of Jericho, Saint Mary’s Court No. 1, and the meeting minutes of the Official Proceedings of the Grand Court of the Heroines of Jericho for the state of Missouri.
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Herstory Collection, 1956-1974 (S0820)
90 microfilm rolls
The Herstory collection consists of newspapers, journals, and newsletters relating to Women from 1956-1974. The Women’s History Library in Berkeley, California, collected the material.
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Cynthia Hessin Papers, 1977 (C4473)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 4 audio tapes
Recordings and transcripts of speeches from the 1977 National Women’s Conference in Houston as well as a program produced by Cynthia Hessin covering the events and her reports back to KHOW-AM Denver.
Margaret Hickey Papers, 1922-1990 (S0236)
29 cubic feet, 824 folders, 763 photographs, 2 microfilm rolls, 1 videotape
The papers of Margaret A. Hickey consist of correspondence, speech files, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting her career as a lawyer, journalist, businesswoman, public servant, from the 1930s into the 1980s. An interest in women and their economic and social problems proved the motivating force behind much of her work. As a lawyer, she became conscious of the unique legal problems facing women; as a government advisor, she studied various facets of women's role in society; and as the founder and director of Miss Hickey's School for Secretaries, she helped train educated women for careers in the labor force.
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Hickman-Bryan Family Papers, 1796-1920 (C0045)
2.8 cubic feet (297 folders, 3 volumes; also available on 13 rolls of microfilm)
This collection contains the papers of two families named Hickman, one of Boone County, Missouri, and the other of Alexandria, Louisiana. Related by marriage, the families had business dealings in slaves, agriculture, and livestock. The papers of the Bryan family, related to the Boone County Hickmans by marriage are also in this collection.
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Higher Education Consortium of Metropolitan St. Louis Records, 1963-2018 (S0901)
21 cubic feet
The Higher Education Consortium (HEC) of Metropolitan St. Louis Records contains meeting minutes, correspondence, agendas, and reports pertaining to HEC's mission to encourage cooperation among universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning in the St. Louis region.
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Myra Himelhoch Papers, 1926-1975 (S0688)
1 cubic foot, 29 folders
The Myra Himelhoch Papers includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, lawsuits, a Senate bill, fiction writings, research notes, and academic writings. Together they chronicle the interests of Myra Himelhoch, who was a Sociology Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Topics of interest include mental health and the African-American community in St. Louis.
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"History of Barry County's Home Economics Clubs," Willa Mermoud, no date (C2128)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains two histories by Willa Mermoud on the 4-H and women's clubs in Barry County, Missouri. The first is titled, "History of Barry County's Home Economics Clubs," and includes information on the organization, services rendered, and a list of extension service officers, 1928-1958. The second publication is titled, "Barry County Extension Homemakers Clubs History, 1919-1969," and describes 50 years of club work in Barry County.
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"History of Nursing in Missouri," Louise Irby Trenholme, [1925] (C1274)
0.12 cubic feet (1 volume)
Written ca. 1925, the manuscript covers the history of nursing and nursing education. First published by Missouri State Nurses' Association in 1926.