Gere Family

RG3472.AM:  Gere Family

Papers:  1819-1954
Size:  19 boxes; 9.5 cu.ft.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Gere family collection consists of approximately 5,400 items arranged in eight series: (1) correspondence, 1819-1954; (2) Willa Cather correspondence, 1891-1945 and undated (also on microfilm); (3) undated correspondence; (4) miscellaneous papers; (5) diaries, journals (generally undated and unsigned), biographies, bibliographies, and genealogies; (6) printed matter and clippings, certificates; (7) miscellaneous books, programs, and post cards.

Correspondents include: William Jennings Bryan (1904), David Butler (1869-1870), James H. Garfield (1904-1909), Clement Chase (1884), James W. Haverstick (1864-1869), P. W. Hitchcock (1874), G. H. Holcomb (1860-1861), O. H. Irish (1867-1869), Charles F. Manderson (1889), David H. Mercer (1902-1904), George W. Norris (1923), O. Paddock (1875-1891), Alvin Saunders (1872), W. C. Seacrest (1917), O. S. Stewart (1867-1868), John Taffe (1870-1871), John M. Thayer (1870-1877).

The Gere collection contains a great variety of material including: the Cather letters; a series of letters from Charles Henry Gere to Miss Mariel Clapham concerning the 1871 impeachment of Governor Butler; letters from Pvt. Ozro L. Woods, A.E.F., 1917, telling his experiences during W.W.I.; and a series of diaries and journals, one of which gives an account of flood and sickness at Table Rock, Nebraska Territory. Also Civil War diaries. The most prominent member of the Gere family, Charles Henry Gere, was a political figure, scholar, and founder of the Nebraska State Journal.

Note:  See the photo component [RG3472.PH] for related images. See the Nebraska History index for articles about various Gere family members. See the NSHS Library Catalog for a speech by Charles H. Gere [978.265 G31p].

DESCRIPTION

Series 1 - Correspondence

Box 1
Folder

1. 1819
2. 1825
3. 1830
4. 1837; 1839
5. 1841; 1844
6. 1846
7. 1848
8. 1850
9. 1851
10. 1852
11. 1855
12. 1856
13. 1857
14. 1858
15. 1859
16. 1860
17. 1861
18. 1862
19. 1863
20. 1864

Box 2
Folder

1. 1865
2. 1866
3. 1867
4. 1862
5. 1869
6. 1869

Box 3
Folder

1. 1870
2. 1871

Box 4
Folder

1. 1872
2. 1873
3. 1874
4. 1875
5. 1876
6. 1877
7. 1878
8. 1879
9. 1880
10. 1882
11. 1881
12. 1883
13. 1884
14. 1885
15. 1886
16. 1887
17. 1888
18. 1889

Box 5
Folder

1. 1890
2. 1891
3. 1892
4. 1893
5. 1894
6. 1895
7. 1896
8. 1897
9. 1898
10. 1899
11. 1900
12. 1901
13. 1902
14. 1903
15. 1904

Box 6
Folder

1. 1904
2. 1905
3. 1906
4. 1907
5. 1908
6. 1909

Box 7
Folder

1. 1910
2. 1911
3. 1912
4. 1913
5. 1914
6. 1915
7. 1916
8. 1917
9. 1918
10. 1919

Box 8
Folder

1. 1920
2. 1921
3. 1922
4. 1923
5. 1924
6. 1925-1926
7. 1927
8. 1928
9. 1929
10. 1930
11. 1931
12. 1932
13. 1933
14. 1934
15. 1935
16. 1936
17. 1937
18. 1938
19. 1939
20. 1942
21. 1940-1941
22. 1943
23. 1944
24. 1945
25. 1946
26. 1947
27. 1951-1954

Series 2 - Cather Correspondence & Undated Essay, "Dogs"

Box 9
Folder

1. Essay on Dogs; 1891-1893 Correspondence
2. 1894-1896
3. 1901-1945 & Undated
4. 1897-1899
5. Misc. Letters
6. Photocopies, 1891-1897
7. Photocopies, 1898-1945 & undated
8. Willa Cather to Mariel Gere

Series 3 - Undated Correspondence

Box 10   Undated General Correspondence

Series 4 - Miscellaneous Papers

Box 11   Miscellaneous General Correspondence

Box 12
Folder

1. Miscellaneous General Correspondence
2. Misc. Calling Cards
3. Miscellaneous General Correspondence, Undated

Series 5 - Diaries, Journals, Biographies, Genealogies, etc.

Box 13
Folder

1. Diary of Julia Marie Gere 1857 Trip from NY to NE Settlement at Table Rock
2. Mrs Hannah Jane Gere Describes the Journey from Binghamton to NE 1857
3. Obituaries C.H. Gere
4. Mrs. Juliana Delay Gere, Account of Trip from Gainesville, (Wyoming County), New York to Maryland 1838
5. Diary H.G. Gere 1830 at. Back - Account of Table Rock, NE 1857
6. March-November 1856 Diary
7. Diary C.H. Gere at Oxford 1857
8. Diary 1857, 1858 Mrs HN Gere Table Rock, NE
9. Portions of two Diaries Undated, Unsigned
10. Diary H.N. Gere 1858 & 1859
11. Diary Undated & Unsigned
12. Account of a Stay in a Union Army Hospital
13. Biographies C.H. Gere and Bibliography
14. Diary 186?
15. Shorthand Journal C.H. Gere 1860
16. C.H. Gere 1863 Diary
17. Letter Dated 1896 Sketching Supposed Genealogy
18. Family Record - Births & Deaths
19. Family Histories and Genealogies
20. Gere Family Genealogy

Series 6 - Printed Material

Box 14
Folder

1. Printed Matter
2. Moscow Daily News, 1934
3. Nebraska State Journal, 14 August 1945
4. Germany, Nuremburg, 1934

Box 15
Folder

1. Certificates, etc.

Series 7 - Miscellany

Box 16
Folder

1. Play Books, Theatre Magazines
2. Opera Programs

Box 17
Folder

1. Trans-Mississippi Exposition Invitation, 1898
2. Miscellaneous
3. Purchases & Sales Record Updates
4. Chemistry Notes
5. School Material
6. Misc. Lists of Callers, 1898
7. Square Dance Figures
8. Misc. School Notes

Box 18
Folder

1. Post Card Folders
2. Post Card Album

Box 19
Folder

1. Receipts

 

ADDED ENTRIES:

Butler, David, 1829-1891
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Cather, Willa Sibert, 1875-1947
Chase, Clement
Dawes, James William, 1845-1918
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
Furnas, Robert Wilkinson, 1824-1905
Gere, Charles Henry, 1838-1904
Gere, Mariel
Gere family
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Hitchcock, Phineas Warrener, 1831-1881
Irish, Orsamus H., 1831-1883
Manderson, Charles Frederick, 1832-1911
Mercer, David Henry, 1857-1919
Nebraska State Journal
Norris, George William, 1861-1944 Saunders, Alvin, 1817-1899
Table Rock (Neb.) -- History
Taffe, John, 1827-1884
Thayer, John Milton, 1820-1906
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
World War, 1914-1918

 

Encoded TMM   04-07-2010

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