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Journal of accounts (1879-1893); and two volumes of engineering notes, specifications,
sketches, and estimates, mostly regarding the Grand Avenue bridge, but includes references to
other jobs as well (1886-1889 and 1888-1889).
Some German.
Cite as: Carl Gaylor Engineering Notes and Accounts, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2432
Gaylord, Clifford W. (1883-1952).
Papers, 1935-1952. 8 items
Papers include (1) resolution of appreciation of the corrugated and solid fibre shipping
container industry to Clifford W. Gaylord, a member of the Container Code Authority,
November 20, 1935; (2) commission of Clifford W. Gaylord as colonel on the governor’s staff,
Jefferson City, Missouri, February 26, 1941; (3) commission of C.W. Gaylord as admiral in the
Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 30, 1944; (4) certificate of
award of the Conference of American Legion Posts of St. Louis, Missouri, to General Clifford
W. Gaylord, October 19, 1945; (5) printed document titled “The State Guardsman,” honoring the
history and service of the Missouri State Guard, which is celebrating its third birthday,
September 1943; (6) satirical diploma of the Missouri College of Hunting & Fishing awarded to
Clifford Gaylord, June 1, 1948; (7) commission of Clifford W. Gaylord as a member of the
Conservation Commission, Department of Conservation, state of Missouri, Jefferson City, July
29, 1949; and (8) booklet compiled by the Board of Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, memorializing the life of Clifford W. Gaylord who died January 7, 1952.
Cite as: Clifford W. Gaylord Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0561
Gazzam, Joseph Parker (1861-1954).
Papers, 1788-1953. 1 box; 4 volumes; 1 oversize folder
Joseph Parker Gazzam was born January 26, 1861, in St. Louis. He worked as a mining
engineer in Missouri, Colorado, and South Africa, before returning to St. Louis. He witnessed
the Leadville, Colorado, miners’ strike of 1896. He died January 27, 1954, in St. Louis.
The collection includes Gazzam and Ewing family genealogy; early correspondence of the
Hogg and Ewing families (1788-1865); letter from author Winston Churchill (1905); an essay on
the Leadville strike of 1896; and correspondence and other material regarding South African
mining ventures and the import and use of Chinese laborers. Also includes Transactions of the
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume XI, Parts I and II, 1901-1902; a recipe book; and a
loose leaf Chinese/English grammar workbook and lexicon. In part copies.
Cite as: Joseph Parker Gazzam Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2895
Gemmer, John P.
Papers, 1848-1874. 7 items
Collection includes (1) letter signed Chas. L. Tucker [Charles L. Tucker], St. Louis, to Saml.
Davis, Jr. [Samuel Davis, Jr.], Cincinnati, Ohio, February 7, 1848. Tucker proposes to construct
a pork house connected to a warehouse that he is renting, and includes the plan for the new
building with accompanying questions about its construction. (2) Letter signed Wm. Russell
[William Russell], St. Louis, to R. Emerson & Co., Alton, Illinois, January 26, 1852, offering to
sell the two buildings in Block 51 and stating that he would not be able to remove Hart’s stable.