Gentry Family, Papers, 1828-1977 (C4026)
4 linear feet, 1 volume
INTRODUCTION
This collection contains the papers of the Gentry family, prominent lawyers in the St. Louis and central Missouri areas. The papers
consist of correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, genealogical documents, certificates, poetry, and miscellaneous
materials of the Gentry, Estes, Denny, and Althouse families from 1828 through 1977.
DONOR INFORMATION
The Gentry Family Papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Virginia M. Botts on March 3, 1980 (Accession No. 2294).
Elizabeth Gentry Sayad, made subsequent donations on October, 15, 1981 (Accession No. 2397), August 25, 1995 (Accession No.
3073), February 12, 1998 (Accession No. 5751), March 18, 1999 (Accession No. 5751.01), and December 8, 1999 (Accession No.
5751.02).
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
The Gentry family moved to Madison County,
Kentucky, from Virginia in 1786. Richard Gentry was born in 1788 in Madison County to Richard Gentry and Jane Harris and was
one of nineteen children. The younger Richard Gentry married Ann Hawkins in 1810, served in the War of 1812, and soon after,
moved to the Missouri Territory. The family settled in St. Louis County in 1816, where Richard became a Captain in the Missouri
State Militia, and later was promoted to Colonel. Because the St. Louis County population was growing fast, Gentry decided to move
his family farther west to Old Franklin in Howard County. In 1818, Richard Gentry built the first house in Smithton, Missouri. Three
years later, the family moved to Columbia and helped found the town.
He tried his hand at politics and was elected as a state representative. He later held a Senate seat for four years, where he met
and became friends with Thomas Hart Benton. He also made three successful trips on the Santa Fe Trail and was named
postmaster in Columbia. About 1832, he became a general in the militia. In 1837, Senator Thomas Hart Benton called Gentry into
action to raise volunteer troops and assist in abating the Seminole rebellion in Florida. The 1st Missouri Volunteers were instrumental
in helping to rout the Seminole Indians at Lake Okeechobee, even though their horses were lost in stormy seas en route to Florida.
On Christmas Day 1837, Gentry was killed during the battle. After his death, Ann Hawkins Gentry was named postmaster in
Columbia, the first woman postmaster in the United States, and held that position for 28 years.
Thomas Benton Gentry, the eleventh of thirteen children of Ann Hawkins and Richard Gentry, was born in 1830. As a clerk in a
local merchant’s shop, he carefully and frugally learned the business and became a successful merchant in addition to becoming a
notary public and justice of the peace. These duties enticed him to practice law. He was also successful in real estate security
and loans. In 1860, Gentry married Mary Eliza Todd, the daughter of Roger North Todd. They had three daughters, all of whom died
in infancy, and two sons: North Todd Gentry, born in 1866, and William Richard Gentry, born in 1869. Mary Todd Gentry died in
1892 and Thomas remarried Eugenia Babb in 1893. Thomas and Eugenia moved to Kansas City where they remained the rest of
their lives.
North Todd and William Richard both attended Columbia schools and graduated from the University of Missouri. North Todd Gentry
remained in Columbia and married Ulie Belle Denny, and raised two adopted daughters, Mary and Nadine. See the North Todd Gentry
(1866-1944), Papers, 1837-1947, (C0049) for more information.
William Richard Gentry studied languages in Europe in the mid-1890s. He then taught French and German at the University of
Missouri and eventually became a prominent St. Louis lawyer. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Four-Minute Men.
He married Mary Lee Payne and had one son, William Richard Gentry, Jr., in 1897. Mary Payne Gentry died in 1901. William Richard
Gentry, Sr., then married Anna Heindorn, who bore him a second son, Thomas Frederick Gentry.
William Richard Gentry, Jr. served as a member of the American Field Service in France during World War I and in 1923, earned a
law degree from the University of Missouri. He married Elizabeth F. Estes in 1924, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Foster.
William Richard Gentry, Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps and practiced law in St. Louis.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Gentry Family Papers consist of correspondence, genealogical and historical documents, photographs,
newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials collected from four related families who lived in Boone and Howard Counties.
The collection is arranged by family surname and then by type of material. Chronological order is used within each family series
when possible. The collection is arranged into five series: Gentry Family, Estes Family, Denny Family, Althouse Family, and North
Todd Gentry.
The largest series of the collection belongs to the Gentry Family and consists of genealogical information on the Gentrys and
related families, military documents concerning Richard Gentry and the Seminole War in Florida, a scrapbook containing materials
about the family, Athenaean Society pamphlets, and correspondence between family members at home and abroad. It also
contains official documents such as deeds, diplomas, certificates, and photographs. This series also contains newspaper articles
about various family members, including a park in Gentry County named for Ann Hawkins Gentry, account books, travel diaries,
pamphlets on local events, and postcards.
The Estes Family series is comprised of legal papers from A.J. Estes, account books, business and personal receipts,
correspondence of the Estes family, Elizabeth Estes’ college diploma and a copy of The Journalist Creed signed by Walter Williams.
It also includes Elizabeth Estes’ postcard scrapbook, school work, and the 1918 Christian College yearbook.
The Denny Family series contains pages from an 1824 travel diary written in Spanish and English, reportedly found and used by
Alexander Denny. This series also includes correspondence, genealogy of the Dennys and related families, poetry, and a copy of
the 1896 Armstrong Herald Pictorial and Biographical Edition. Newspaper articles about Mary Snoddy Denny’s birthdays and family
photographs are also included as well as official documents such as Alexander Denny’s Oath of Loyalty and captain’s commission
certificate from the Civil War, and an 1865 travel diary of unknown origins describing a trip from Glasgow, Missouri, by steamboat
and train to the east coast and back to Glasgow by way of the Great Lakes.
The Althouse Family series contains family photographs and correspondence related to the death of George and Elizabeth
Denny Althouse’s son, Denny, in 1899.
The North Todd Gentry series contains genealogy on the Harris and Todd families; papers written by North Todd Gentry;
speeches given on the Gentry, Harris, and Todd families; and an address on Thomas Hart Benton. This series also contains
business records, diplomas, account books, court case files, photographs, postcards, Athenaean Society materials, and a bound
volume of radio addresses given by Gentry on Columbia Female Academy, which were broadcast in 1933.
FOLDER LIST
| f. 1-16 | Historical and Genealogical Documents |
| f. 1 | Richard Gentry: Souvenir booklet, Gentry genealogy, letters from Richard Gentry’s
siblings, 1834-1857 |
| f. 2 | Genealogy of related families, Gentry history, 1834 land indenture between John and
Elizabeth Harvey and Benjamin Williams |
| f. 3 | Scrapbook: Gentry Family in America, 1676 to 1909; newspaper articles, 1967 |
| f. 4 | Scrapbook: Newspaper articles, reburial of Richard Gentry’s remains, 1967 |
| f. 5 | Certificates, newspaper articles, 1872-1899 |
| f. 6 | Scrapbook: Historical markers of Gentry family, newspaper articles on 1st Missouri
Volunteers in Florida, map of Battle of Lake Okeechobee, 1828, 1889-1937 |
| f. 7 | Military documents, correspondence, newspaper articles on Seminole War and Richard
Gentry, 1837-1849, 1889, 1937 |
| f. 8 | William R. Gentry: Addresses, newspaper articles on family history, 1930-1955 |
| f. 9 | William R. Gentry: An Old Printing Press; A Six Year Old Boy; A Pioneer Soldier, 1937;
William Richard Gentry, Jr.: Full Justice, 1947 |
| f. 10 | Thomas B. Gentry: Official documents; accounting information, 1858-1906 |
| f. 11 | Gentry history: Correspondence; newspaper articles, 1862-1868, 1947 |
| f. 12 | William R. Gentry: Newspaper articles, 1930 |
| f. 13 | Gentry history: Newspaper articles, 1906-1947 |
| f. 14-15 | Ann Hawkins Gentry: Newspaper articles, 1940-1977 |
| f. 16 | History of St. Louis, Columbia, and Old Franklin, Missouri, 1927-1947, 1972 |
| f. 17-54 | Correspondence |
| f. 17 | Thomas B. Gentry and Mary Todd Gentry, 1878, 1887 |
| f. 18-19 | William R. Gentry to his father, Thomas B. Gentry, 1891-1892 |
| f. 20 | William R. Gentry to his mother, Mary Todd Gentry, 1891-1892 |
| f. 21 | William R. Gentry to his brother, North Todd Gentry, 1882-1903 |
| f. 22-29 | Thomas B. Gentry to his son, William R. Gentry, 1887-1905 |
| f. 30 | William R. Gentry, Jr., to his father, William R. Gentry, Sr., 1902 (photocopies) |
| f. 31 | Eugenia B. Gentry to stepson, William R. Gentry, 1902-1930 (photocopies) |
| f. 32 | Anna Heindorn Gentry to husband, William R. Gentry, 1905 (photocopies) |
| f. 33 | Elizabeth F. Gentry to grandfather, William R. Gentry, 1939-1943 |
| f. 34 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1891 |
| f. 35 | Anna Heindorn Gentry to stepson, William R. Gentry, Jr., 1917 |
| f. 36-41 | William R. Gentry to son, William R. Gentry, Jr., 1917-1922 |
| f. 42-49 | Elizabeth F. Estes to William R. Gentry, Jr., 1918-1924 |
| f. 50 | Elizabeth F. Estes and William R. Gentry, Jr., May-June 1924; wedding
correspondence |
| f. 51 | Thomas F. Gentry to brother, William R. Gentry, Jr., 1917-1921 |
| f. 52 | North Todd Gentry and family to William R. Gentry, Jr., 1917 |
| f. 53 | Miscellaneous correspondence to William R. Gentry, Jr., 1917-1923 |
| f. 54 | William R. Gentry: Business, retirement correspondence, 1901-1959 |
| f. 55-71 | Volumes/Pamphlets/Postcards |
| f. 55 | William R. Gentry: Literary contest programs, 1875-1891 |
| f. 56 | William R. Gentry: Postcards from Europe, 1900s-1910s |
| f. 57 | William R. Gentry: Attorney collection register and day books, 1892-1898 |
| f. 58 | William R. Gentry and William R. Gentry, Jr.: Diaries and expense books |
| f. 59 | Sally Gentry Elston: Oration, Woman’s Work, 1893 |
| f. 60 | William R. Gentry, Jr.: Miscellaneous postcards, photographs, c. 1880-1900s |
| f. 61 | William R. Gentry, Jr.: Miscellaneous postcards, c. 1900-1910s |
| f. 62 | William R. Gentry, Jr.: Volume of letters written home from France, 1917 |
| f. 63 | William R. Gentry, Jr.: Photographs and passport, 1922 |
| f. 64 | William R. Gentry, Jr.: Miscellaneous volumes, 1887, 1900-1920s |
| f. 65 | William R. Gentry, Jr.: The Missouri Alumnus, 1917-1918 |
| f. 66 | North Todd Gentry: Addresses, 1891, 1916, 1935 |
| f. 67 | Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1924 |
| f. 68 | U.S. Daughters of 1812: Meeting proceedings, 1927, 1933 |
| f. 69 | Columbia: The Coming City of Central Missouri, 1910 |
| f. 70 | The Etiquette of Letter Writing, 1927 |
| f. 71 | Songbooks, 1888, 1918, 1927 |
| f. 72-85 | Photographs |
| f. 72 | Elizabeth Estes Gentry, c. 1890-1920s |
| f. 73 | Gentry family, 1837, c. 1850-1930s |
| f. 74 | Gentry women, c. 1850s-1940s |
| f. 75 | Gentry and Denny women, c. 1880-1910 |
| f. 76 | Gentry photographs, c. 1880-1900, 1930s |
| f. 77 | Postcard photos, 1905, c. 1910-1920s |
| f. 78-79 | Gentry photographs, c. 1900-1930s |
| f. 80-81 | Children, c.1900-1930s |
| f. 82 | Outdoor, farm, pets, c.1900-1930s |
| f. 83 | Buildings, homes, schools, 1900-1920s |
| f. 84 | School children, c.1910s |
| f. 85 | Scenic, n.d. |
| f. 86 | Historical and genealogical documents |
| f. 87 | Correspondence, 1885-1928 |
| f. 88 | Elizabeth Estes: Scrapbook and school work, 1905-1913 |
| f. 89 | Missouri State Fair souvenir program, 1921; University of Missouri commencement
program, 1924; diploma; The Journalist Creed |
| f. 90 | Christian College yearbook, 1918 |
| f. 91-95 | Historical and Genealogical Documents |
| f. 91 | Mexican diary, 1824 |
| f. 92 | Genealogy, D.A.R. programs, University of Missouri Centennial Convocation, U.S.
Daughters of 1812 newsletter, 1914-1949 |
| f. 93 | News articles, Mary Snoddy Denny birthday announcements, 1912-1936 |
| f. 94 | Alexander Denny: Oath of Loyalty, 1862; letter to “Howard” from father, J. Denny;
travel diary, 1865 |
| f. 95 | Alexander Denny: Captain Commission Certificate, 1862 |
| f. 96-100 | Volumes/Pamphlets |
| f. 96 | Foster Denny: School Management, 1872 |
| f. 97 | Armstrong Herald, Pictorial and Biographical Edition, June, 1896 |
| f. 98 | Ulie Belle Denny: Diplomas, 1889 |
| f. 99 | Mrs. David Boone Denny: Book of poems, To My Mother, 1912 |
| f. 100 | Eleaner M. Denny: Earth Music, 1927 |
| f. 101-105 | Photographs |
| f. 101 | Denny Family Album, c. 1860-1900 |
| f. 102 | Family, school children, c. 1880-1900 |
| f. 103-105 | Family farm, reunion, c. 1860s, 1890s-1920s |
| f. 106-107 | Correspondence |
| f. 106 | George and Elizabeth Denny Althouse on death of son, Denny, 1899 |
| f. 107 | Miscellaneous, 1900, 1911 |
| f. 108 | Photographs, c. 1870, 1900-1940s |
| f. 109-117 | Historical and Genealogical documents |
| f. 109 | Deeds, account books, receipts, notes on railroad history in Buchanan County, 1843-
1924 |
| f. 110 | Athenaean Society banquet, flag memorabilia, 1919-1952 |
| f. 111 | Harris family genealogy, 1896 |
| f. 112 | Gentry family addresses and papers, 1930s |
| f. 113 | Richard Gentry addresses and papers, 1935 |
| f. 114 | Todd family genealogy, n.d. |
| f. 115 | Todd family correspondence, news articles, 1871, 1939 |
| f. 116 | Todd family addresses and papers, 1935 |
| f. 117 | Thomas Hart Benton address, 1940 |
| f. 118-121 | Correspondence |
| f. 118 | 1896-1928 |
| f. 119 | 1935-1943 |
| f. 120 | 1931-1950s |
| f. 121 | Miscellaneous, 1884, 1940 |
| f. 122-127 | Photographs |
| f. 122-123 | Family: Individuals, c. 1860-1890s |
| f. 124 | Family: Ulie Denny Gentry, 1900-1910s, 1940s |
| f. 125 | Family: Home, 1910s-1920s |
| f. 126 | Miscellaneous: Individuals, school children, c. 1860s-1870s, 1900-1920s |
| f. 127 | Postcards, 1906-1914 |
| f. 128-130 | Volumes/Pamphlets |
| f. 128 | Columbia Female Academy, Radio addresses, 1933 |
| f. 129 | Court cases, 1914, 1925 |
| f. 130 | Columbia College: School and Community, 1930 |
INDEX TERMS
These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available
indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index
term, please contact the reference staff
| Althouse family | f. 103, 104, 108 (pictorial image) |
| Althouse family | f. 93, 106, 107 |
| American Field Service--Ambulance Corps, 1917-1918 | f. 58 (pictorial image) |
| American Field Service--Ambulance Corps, 1917-1918 | f. 36, 58, 60 |
| Ann Hawkins Gentry Park, Gentry County, Missouri | f. 13-15 (pictorial image) |
| Automobiles, 1917-1920s | f. 35-41, 44-52 |
| Ballads--Missouri | f. 92 |
| Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858) | f. 2, 3, 6, 9, 14, 15, 31, 112, 113, 117 |
| Black Hawk War, 1832 | f. 1, 2, 9, 113 |
| Blacks--Attitudes towards, 1890s | f. 18-22 |
| Boone, John William "Blind" (1864-1927) | f. 69 (pictorial image) |
| Boone, John William "Blind" (1864-1927) | f. 23, 36, 69 |
| Broaddus family | f. 54 |
| Bryan, Analyza Gentry | f. 1, 7, 14 |
| Burnam, John ( -1878) | f. 17 |
| Canada--Niagara Falls, 1924 | f. 50 (pictorial image) |
| Christian College, Columbia, Missouri | f. 69, 90 (pictorial image) |
| Christian College, Columbia, Missouri | f. 23, 43, 69, 90 |
| Columbia Female Academy, Missouri | f. 128 |
| Columbia Female Academy, Missouri | f. 128 (pictorial image) |
| Cost of living, 1861-1904 | f. 10 |
| Crighton, John C. (1903-1997) | f. 15, 16 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Missouri, 1914 | f. 92 |
| Danforth, John (1936- ) | f. 15 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution, Columbian Chapter, Columbia, Missouri | f. 92 |
| Deeds--Missouri, Audrain County, 1919 | f. 86 |
| Deeds--Missouri, Saline County, 1843-1869 | f. 109 |
| Denny family | f. 97, 101-105, 122 (pictorial image) |
| Denny family | f. 43, 44, 47, 48, 92, 94, 97, 100, 119, 120 |
| Denny family--Genealogy | f. 2, 92 |
| Denny, Alexander (1826-1912) | f. 101-104 (pictorial image) |
| Denny, Alexander (1826-1912) | f. 91, 93-95, 97 |
| Denny, Mary Ann Snoddy (1836-1939) | f. 2, 92, 93 |
| Denny, Mary Ann Snoddy (1836-1939) | f. 92, 93, 102, 104 (pictorial image) |
| Diaries--Travel--England, 1922 | f. 58 |
| Diaries--Travel--Europe, 1890s | f. 58 |
| Diaries--Travel--U.S., 1865 | f. 94 |
| Diaries--World War, 1914-1918 | f. 58 |
| Dom Pedro II (1829-1891)--Funeral rites and ceremonies | f. 18 |
| Domestic animals--Farm use, 1890s-1920s | f. 18-27, 34-36, 38, 40, 50, 52, 69 |
| Domestic animals--Farm use, 1890s-1920s | f. 36, 50, 51, 82, 69 (pictorial image) |
| Education, 1834 | f. 1, 128 |
| Election certificate--Missouri, Boone County, 1872 | f. 10 |
| Elston family | f. 3 (pictorial image) |
| Elston family | f. 1, 3, 9 |
| Elston, Sarah Gentry (1855-1944) | f. 13 (pictorial image) |
| Estes family | f. 2, 50, 89 |
| Estes family | f. 72, 78, 86, 103-105 (pictorial image) |
| Estes, Ambrose J. | f. 86 (pictorial image) |
| Estes, Ambrose J. | f. 86, 129 |
| Estes, Foster Denny | f. 103-105, 126 (pictorial image) |
| Europe--Description and travel, 1890s | f. 18-24, 34, 58 |
| Europe--Description and travel, 1890s | f. 56 (pictorial image) |
| Europe--Description and travel, 1900s-1920s | f. 58 |
| Europe--Description and travel, 1900s-1920s | f. 63, 64 (pictorial image) |
| Farm produce | f. 36-39, 52, 87
36-38 |
| Fashion--Men, 1924 | f. 67 (pictorial image) |
| Ferguson family--Genealogy | f. 2 |
| Fisher, Annie (1867-1938) | f. 44, 50 |
| Foreign study, 1890s | f. 18-22, 58 |
| Foster family--Genealogy | f. 2 |
| Fraternities and sororities--University of Missouri, 1920s | f. 43-49 |
| Freemasons, Royal Arch, St. Louis Chapter No. 8 | f. 8, 47 (pictorial image) |
| Freemasons--Missouri | f. 8, 9, 12, 37, 38, 40, 41, 54, 118 |
| Gallia (Steamer), 1891 | f. 19, 20 |
| Gentry family | f. 4, 5, 15, 50-52, 72-75, 79, 103-105, 108, 122, 125 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry family | f. 4-15, 43, 44, 50, 53, 93, 112, 117, 118 |
| Gentry family--Genealogy | f. 1-5, 22, 23, 113 |
| Gentry Tavern, Columbia, Missouri | f. 16, 112, 113 |
| Gentry Tavern, Columbia, Missouri | f. 3, 9, 14, 15 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Ann Hawkins (1791-1870) | f. 3, 13, 15 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Ann Hawkins (1791-1870) | f. 1-3, 7, 13-15, 112 |
| Gentry, Anna Heindorn | f. 1, 35, 36 |
| Gentry, Anna Heindorn | f. 36, 72 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Charles Walker | f. 1, 9 |
| Gentry, Elizabeth Estes (1899-1993) | f. 2, 13, 14, 42-50, 89 |
| Gentry, Elizabeth Estes (1899-1993) | f. 50, 72, 89, 90, 103, 126 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Mary Lee Payne (1869-1901) | f. 13 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Mary Lee Payne (1869-1901) | f. 2, 5, 13, 27, 28, 118 |
| Gentry, Meredith Poindexter (1809-1867) | f. 6 |
| Gentry, Nicolas Hawkins (1835-1861) | f. 1, 9, 14 |
| Gentry, Nicolas Hawkins (1835-1861) | f. 122 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, North Todd (1866-1944) | f. 5, 69, 73, 104, 105, 108, 123-125 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, North Todd (1866-1944) | f. 2, 5-7, 9, 13, 17-29, 34-37, 66, 86, 109, 112, 113, 118, 128
|
| Gentry, Richard (1788-1837) | f. 1, 5, 9, 73 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Richard (1788-1837) | f. 1-7, 9-15, 25, 112, 113 |
| Gentry, Richard Harden (1878-1941) | f. 3 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Thomas Benton (1830-1906) | f. 5, 9, 13, 73 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Thomas Benton (1830-1906) | f. 1, 2, 5-7, 9-11, 13, 17-29, 31, 34, 60, 113, 117 |
| Gentry, Thomas Frederick (1906- ) | f. 3, 9, 13, 14, 36, 51, 61 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Thomas Frederick (1906- ) | f. 31, 35-41, 51 |
| Gentry, Ulie Denny (1868- ) | f. 102, 104, 105, 123-125 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, Ulie Denny (1868- ) | f. 2, 35, 43, 44, 98, 118 |
| Gentry, William Richard (1869-1959) | f. 1, 8, 9, 11-13, 17-29, 54, 110, 112, 118, 119 |
| Gentry, William Richard (1869-1959) | f. 8, 9, 12, 36, 38, 61, 72, 73 (pictorial image) |
| Gentry, William Richard, Jr. (1897-1966) | f. 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 50, 52, 60, 63, 72, 73 (pictorial
image) |
| Gentry, William Richard, Jr. (1897-1966) | f. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13-15, 26-30, 60, 62 |
| Gordon family--Genealogy | f. 2 |
| Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) | f. 103 (pictorial image) |
| Guitar family | f. 1, 18, 19, 22-24, 58 |
| Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri | f. 69 (pictorial image) |
| Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, St. Louis, Missouri | f. 8, 12, 69 |
| Harris family--Genealogy | f. 2, 10, 111 |
| Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841) | f. 1, 2, 9, 112 |
| Hinkson Creek, Columbia, Missouri | f. 9 |
| Illinois, Alton, 1903 | f. 88 (pictorial image) |
| Indians | f. 1-9, 16, 112, 113 |
| Influenza--Missouri, 1918 | f. 38-40, 42, 53 |
| Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) | f. 2, 117 |
| Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri | f. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 35-38 |
| Keeley, Mary Paxton (1886-1986) | f. 1, 3, 14, 15 |
| Keeley, Mary Paxton (1886-1986) | f. 3 (pictorial image) |
| Kings, queens, rulers, etc--Attitudes towards, 1890s | f. 19-21, 38 |
| Knights of Columbus--Attitudes towards, 1920 | f. 40 |
| La Bourgogne (Steamer), 1891 | f. 18, 21, 22, 58 |
| LaFayette, Marquis de (1757-1834) | f. 8 |
| Land use--Missouri, 1800s | f. 16, 109 |
| Larsen, Karl | f. 38 |
| Lawyers | f. 8, 54, 112 |
| Lawyers Association of St. Louis, Missouri | f. 8, 12, 54 |
| Leonard, Abiel (1797-1863) | f. 16 |
| Letterheads--Hotels | f. 17, 19-21, 25, 36, 39, 54, 87, 106 (pictorial image) |
| Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) | f. 2, 9, 37, 38, 114, 115 |
| Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | f. 114, 115 |
| Literary societies--Missouri, Columbia, 1875-1891 | f. 8, 55, 60, 110 |
| Long family--Genealogy | f. 2 |
| Lynching--Missouri, Columbia, 1923 | f. 45, 46 |
| Maps--France, Paris, 1917 | f. 64 |
| Maps--Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842--Battle of Okeechobee, 1837 | f. 6 |
| Mark Twain Boyhood Home National Historic Site, Hannibal, Missouri | f. 61 (pictorial image) |
| Masonic Temple, Bridgeton # 80, St. Johns, Missouri | f. 8, 35, 37, 39
7, 35, 37, 39 |
| McAfee, James Philip | f. 102 (pictorial image) |
| Military service, Compulsory--Attitude towards | f. 36 |
| Missouri Alumnus, 1917, 1918 | f. 65 |
| Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Missouri | f. 24, 33 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri State Teachers Association | f. 130 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri State Teachers Association | f. 130 |
| Missouri, Columbia--History | f. 69 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Columbia--History | f. 1, 2, 14, 16, 69, 110, 116, 128 |
| Missouri, Gentry County | f. 2, 3, 6, 29, 31 |
| Missouri, Howard County--History, 1896 | f. 97 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Howard County--History, 1896 | f. 97 |
| Missouri, Old Franklin | f. 1, 9, 11, 14-16 |
| Missouri, Pattonville | f. 35, 36 |
| Missouri, St. Louis--History | f. 13, 16 |
| Missouri. Militia, 46th Regiment, Company F | f. 95 |
| Missouri. Volunteers, 1st Regiment | f. 4-9, 11, 14, 112, 113 |
| Missouri. Volunteers, 1st Regiment--Flag | f. 27, 110, 113 |
| Money--Italian, 1881 | f. 64 |
| Moss, Luella St. Clair (1865-1947) | f. 90 (pictorial image) |
| Mules | f. 2, 7, 9, 16 |
| Newspapers--Missouri, 1890s-1920s | f. 15-25, 34, 38, 41, 46, 47, 53 |
| Noble family | f. 4 |
| North Missouri Central Railway Company | f. 129 |
| Passion Play, Oberammergau, Germany--Program | f. 64 |
| Passports--American | f. 63 (pictorial image) |
| Paxton family | f. 1, 27 |
| Payne family | f. 2, 13, 14 |
| Pension claims, Military | f. 6, 7, 9 |
| Perry, Oliver (1785-1819) | f. 1, 2, 9 |
| Poetry | f. 10, 99, 100 |
| Post family | f. 2, 13, 16 |
| Postcards, 1890s-1920s | f. 56, 61, 77, 127 (pictorial image) |
| Railroads | f. 17, 21, 23, 35, 109, 116 |
| Red Cross, 1917-1918 | f. 35, 36, 38, 39, 52, 109 |
| Religion--Europe, 1890s | f. 18-21 |
| Santa Fe Trail | f. 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 91, 112, 113 |
| Sayad, Elizabeth Foster Gentry (1933- ) | f. 8, 9, 15, 74, 103 (pictorial image) |
| Sayad, Elizabeth Foster Gentry (1933- ) | f. 8, 9, 13-15, 33 |
| Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 | f. 1-9, 11, 14, 15, 112, 113, 128 |
| Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842--Battle of Okeechobee, 1837 | f. 1-7, 112 |
| Sheridan, Philip H. (1831-1888) | f. 103 (pictorial image) |
| Sick, 1890s-1920s | f. 1, 18-24, 27-29, 35-40, 52, 53, 60, 87 |
| Snoddy family | f. 103 (pictorial image) |
| Snoddy family | f. 2, 93 |
| Social conditons--Missouri, Columbia, 1920s | f. 42-50 |
| Soldan High School, St. Louis, Missouri | f. 36-38 |
| Songbooks, 1888-1927 | f. 71, 110 |
| Speeches, addresses, etc. | f. 5, 66, 112, 113, 117, 128 |
| Steamboat--Independence | f. 2, 3, 14 |
| Steamboat--James Lee | f. 61 (pictorial image) |
| Steamboat--Spread Eagle, 1903 | f. 88 (pictorial image) |
| Steamboat--Sunrise | f. 28 |
| Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri | f. 5, 17, 22, 23, 35, 69, 128 |
| Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri | f. 60, 69, 128 (pictorial image) |
| Switzler, William F. (1819-1906) | f. 6, 7 |
| Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850) | f. 1-3, 5-9, 14, 112 |
| Textbooks | f. 64 |
| Todd family--Genealogy | f. 2, 114-116 |
| Todd, Matilda Ferguson (1801-1871) | f. 114-116 |
| Todd, Matilda Ferguson (1801-1871) | f. 126 (pictorial image) |
| Todd, Roger North (1797-1846) | f. 114-116 |
| Travel--Costs, 1894-1905 | f. 10, 18 |
| Typewriters, 1920 | f. 40 |
| U.S. Daughters of 1812, Missouri Society--Proceedings, 1927, 1933 | f. 68, 92 |
| U.S.--Description and travel, 1924 | f. 50, 87 |
| U.S.--Description and travel, 1924 | f. 50 (pictorial image) |
| Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri, 1921 | f. 35 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri, Academic Hall | f. 69 |
| University of Missouri, Academic Hall | f. 19, 23, 58, 60, 69, 92, 116 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri, Barnwarming, 1923 | f. 126 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri, Laws Observatory, 1908 | f. 60 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri, Missouri State Military School, 1919 | f. 39 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri, Missouri State Military School, 1919 | f. 39 |
| University of Missouri, Savitar, 1923 | f. 45 |
| University of Missouri, School of Journalism, 1910s-1920s | f. 43-46 |
| University of Missouri, School of Journalism, 1910s-1920s | f. 69 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri--Addresses and essays, 1843 | f. 5 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | f. 2, 5, 9, 13, 14, 18-24, 35, 53, 69, 89, 116 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | f. 69, 92 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri--Columns | f. 3, 69 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri--Fire, 1892 | f. 19, 23, 58, 116 |
| University of Missouri--Young Men's Christian Association Building, 1892, 1915 | f. 21, 69 (pictorial
image) |
| Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) | f. 2, 6, 7, 112 |
| War horses--Casualties, 1837 | f. 6, 7, 9, 112, 113 |
| War of 1812 | f. 1, 2, 9, 117 |
| Washington, D.C., 1924 | f. 50 (pictorial image) |
| Williams, Walter (1864-1935) | f. 69, 92 (pictorial image) |
| Williams, Walter (1864-1935) | f. 21-25, 31, 89, 100 |
| World War, 1914-1918 | f. 35-37, 52, 53, 58, 60-62, 87 |
| World War, 1914-1918 | f. 87 (pictorial image) |
| World War, 1914-1918--American Field Service--Ambulance Corps | f. 58 (pictorial image) |
| World War, 1914-1918--American Field Service--Ambulance Corps | f. 36, 58, 60 |
| World War, 1914-1918--Four Minute Men | f. 1, 35, 37, 38 |
| World War, 1914-1918--Missouri, St. Louis--Home Guard | f. 37, 38 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Ration books | f. 63 |
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