Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A0557
Gasoline ordinances scrapbook, 1840-1903. 1 volume
Typed copies and newsclippings of gasoline, gas, and electric light ordinances of the city of
St. Louis, with table of contents.
Cite as: Gasoline Ordinances Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0558
Gateway National Bank of St. Louis.
Records, 1962-1990 (bulk 1962-1966). 19 folders
Gateway National Bank of St. Louis was the first African-American bank in Missouri,
founded 1965. Founders included Melvyn Harrington and George L. Montgomery, Jr.
Records relate primarily to the founding of Missouri's first African-American bank. They
include Gateway National Bank's feasibility study, March 1964; its prospectus and charter, 1964;
by-laws, October 13, 1964; and trust agreement, April 15, 1965. Also includes correspondence
and documentation from Douglass State Bank (Kansas City, Kansas) and Riverside National
Bank (Houston, Texas), two other African-American banks whose officers assisted with the
founding of Gateway National Bank. Other records include some minutes and committee reports;
limited correspondence regarding operations; annual reports from 1984, 1989, and 1990;
newsclippings; and biographical information on George L. Montgomery, Jr.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Gateway National Bank of St. Louis Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0559
Gault, James R.
Papers, 1891-1894. 1 folder (7 letters)
James R. Gault came to St. Louis from Michigan to find work. (The city directories list him
as a carpenter.) He lived in a boarding house at 1125 Chambers Street, possibly above a printing
shop. He was also a children’s Sunday school teacher.
The letters are written to his sister in Detroit, and are very descriptive of life in St. Louis.
James Gault attended several public functions and described them in his letters. He attended the
opening of Union Station in 1894, and describes it in a letter dated September 9, 1894. He
mentions the Veiled Prophet parade in a letter dated September 9, 1893. Two letters dated July
24, 1891, and September 9, 1893, mention the illumination of the city streets by electric lights. A
letter dated July 24, 1891, mentions presidential decorations and a huge globe on Broadway. A
letter dated July 2, 1892, mentions that the business Mr. Gault works for is on strike. The
demands the laborers are asking for are mentioned. The collection also includes a small
broadside advertising a "Cheap Restaurant for Ladies and Gentlemen at 618 Franklin Ave." Two
of the letters are written on the back of receipts for Jacob J. Witt, commercial job printing, 1125
Chambers Street. Several letters discuss his Sunday school teaching.
Cite as: James B. Gault Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0560
Gaylor, Carl.
Engineering notes and accounts, 1879-1893. 3 volumes
Carl Gaylor was a civil engineer with the St. Louis Street Department. He built the Grand
Avenue bridge.