Gere Family [RG3472.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

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 Library Catalog for a speech by Charles H. Gere [978.265 G31p].

INVENTORY

Series 1 – Correspondence

Box 1

Folder

1. 1. 1819

1. 1. 1825

1. 1. 1830

1. 1. 1837; 1839

1. 1. 1841; 1844

1. 1. 1846

1. 1. 1848

1. 1. 1850

1. 1. 1851

1. 1. 1852

1. 1. 1855

1. 1. 1856

1. 1. 1857

1. 1. 1858

1. 1. 1859

1. 1. 1860

1. 1. 1861

1. 1. 1862

1. 1. 1863

1. 1. 1864

Box 2

Folder

1. 1. 1865

1. 1. 1866

1. 1. 1867

1. 1. 1868

1. 1. 1869

1. 1. 1869

1. 1. 1869

Box 3

Folder

1. 1. 1870

1. 1. 1870

1. 1. 1871

1. 1. 1871

1. 1. 1871

Box 4

Folder

1. 1. 1872

1. 1. 1873

1. 1. 1874

1. 1. 1875

1. 1. 1876

1. 1. 1877

1. 1. 1878

1. 1. 1879

1. 1. 1880

1. 1. 1882

1. 1. 1881

1. 1. 1883

1. 1. 1884

1. 1. 1885

1. 1. 1886

1. 1. 1887

1. 1. 1888

1. 1. 1889

Box 5

Folder

1. 1. 1890

1. 1. 1891

1. 1. 1892

1. 1. 1893

1. 1. 1894

1. 1. 1895

1. 1. 1896

1. 1. 1897

1. 1. 1898

1. 1. 1899

1. 1. 1900

1. 1. 1901

1. 1. 1902

1. 1. 1903

1. 1. 1904

Box 6

Folder

1. 1. 1904

1. 1. 1905

1. 1. 1906

1. 1. 1907

1. 1. 1908

1. 1. 1909

Box 7

Folder

1. 1. 1910

1. 1. 1911

1. 1. 1912

1. 1. 1913

1. 1. 1914

1. 1. 1915

1. 1. 1916

1. 1. 1917

1. 1. 1918

1. 1. 1919

Box 8

Folder

1. 1. 1920

1. 1. 1921

1. 1. 1922

1. 1. 1923

1. 1. 1924

1. 1. 1925-1926

1. 1. 1927

1. 1. 1928

1. 1. 1929

1. 1. 1930

1. 1. 1931

1. 1. 1932

1. 1. 1933

1. 1. 1934

1. 1. 1935

1. 1. 1936

1. 1. 1937

1. 1. 1938

1. 1. 1939

1. 1. 1942

1. 1. 1940-1941

1. 1. 1943

1. 1. 1944

1. 1. 1945

1. 1. 1946

1. 1. 1947

1. 1. 1951-1954

Series 2 – Cather Correspondence & Undated Essay, “Dogs”

Box 9

Folder

1. 1. Essay on Dogs; 1891-1893 Correspondence

1. 1. 1894-1896

1. 1. 1901-1945 & Undated

1. 1. 1897-1899

1. 1. Misc. Letters

1. 1. Photocopies, 1891-1897

1. 1. Photocopies, 1898-1945 & undated

1. 1. 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. 1. Miscellaneous General Correspondence

1. 1. Misc. Calling Cards

1. 1. Miscellaneous General Correspondence, Undated

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

Box 13

Folder

1. 1. Diary of Julia Marie Gere 1857 Trip from NY to NE Settlement at Table Rock

1. 1. Mrs Hannah Jane Gere Describes the Journey from Binghamton to NE 1857

1. 1. Obituaries C.H. Gere

1. 1. Mrs. Juliana Delay Gere, Account of Trip from Gainesville, (Wyoming County), New York to Maryland 1838

1. 1. Diary H.G. Gere 1830 at. Back – Account of Table Rock, NE 1857

1. 1. March-November 1856 Diary

1. 1. Diary C.H. Gere at Oxford 1857

1. 1. Diary 1857, 1858 Mrs HN Gere Table Rock, NE

1. 1. Portions of two Diaries Undated, Unsigned

1. 1. Diary H.N. Gere 1858 & 1859

1. 1. Diary Undated & Unsigned

1. 1. Account of a Stay in a Union Army Hospital

1. 1. Biographies C.H. Gere and Bibliography

1. 1. Diary 186?

1. 1. Shorthand Journal C.H. Gere 1860

1. 1. C.H. Gere 1863 Diary

1. 1. Letter Dated 1896 Sketching Supposed Genealogy

1. 1. Family Record – Births & Deaths

1. 1. Family Histories and Genealogies

1. 1. Gere Family Genealogy

Series 6 – Printed Material

Box 14

Folder

1. 1. Printed Matter

1. 1. Moscow Daily News, 1934

1. 1. Nebraska State Journal, 14 August 1945

1. 1. Germany, Nuremburg, 1934

Box 15

Folder

1. 1. Certificates, etc.

Series 7 – Miscellany

Box 16

Folder

1. 1. Play Books, Theatre Magazines

1. 1. Opera Programs

Box 17

Folder

1. 1. Trans-Mississippi Exposition Invitation, 1898

1. 1. Miscellaneous

1. 1. Purchases & Sales Record Updates

1. 1. Chemistry Notes

1. 1. School Material

1. 1. Misc. Lists of Callers, 1898

1. 1. Square Dance Figures

1. 1. Misc. School Notes

Box 18

Folder

1. 1. Post Card Folders

1. 1. Post Card Album

Box 19

Folder

1. 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