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Title: Abiel Leonard
Description: Possibly Abiel Leonard in later years. Taken by Douglass in Columbia, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bank of the State of Missouri
Description: Sign above building reads Missouri Valley Trust Co. The bank building was built in July 1859. "Steamboat captains, slave owners, overland freighters, confederate and union soldiers have done business here. Pony Express riders, French fur traders and gold miners of Pikes Peak and Virginia City, Montana, have warmed themselves by the old fireplace before starting across the plains."
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Group Photo of Men and Women
Description: Photo has names written on the left side: Willis, Whinkle, Guitar, Wallace, Schneider, Babe, Virginia, Dorothy, Carlet, J. Broaddus, M Logan, B??, Wheeler, Bartlett, Orr, B. Carlet, Mary Lodey, Agnes Lacy.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hurstmonceaux Castle in Sussex
Description: Photo of an engraving of the castle. On the back are 18 lines of hand-written text, along with a greeting and signature, dated 24 Aug. 1887.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Man Playing Golf
Description: Unidentified man swinging golf club. In mounted frame. Taken by photographic studio in St. Louis.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present
Description: One paragraph of biography about Abiel Leonard (1797-1863), a Missouri State Supreme Court justice in 1855 and native of Vermont coming to Missouri Territory about 1819.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Book

Title: SC15-6 Abiel Leonard and Odon Guitar Papers Finding Aid
Description: Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed to a seat on the Missouri Supreme Court in 1855. Odon Guitar (1825-1908) came to Missouri in 1827 and lived in Boone County. He was a lawyer, politician, and a brigadier general in the Civil War serving for the Union forces in Missouri. The collection covers a large span of years and includes a variety of material including correspondence, legal documents, copies of 19th-century newspapers, photographs mostly relating to the Guitar family, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, manuscripts, certificates, invitations, and other items. Of special interest are family letters, a duel contract between Abiel Leonard and Taylor Berry, Guitar's letters concerning his California gold rush venture, Guitar's Civil War dealings, and genealogy information with some written in French.
Date: 1809/1959
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: School Group
Description: Unidentified group children. On back, "3600 light oak, Guitar." Photo has lower left corner missing.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Adolescent Woman
Description: Dressed ca. late 1870s; "St. Joseph, Missouri" on cardboard frame.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Group of Children
Description: Two girls and one boy. Back of photograph has "Douglass. Photographer, Columbia, Mo."
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Woman
Description: Dressed in twentieth century clothing. Photo in presentation folder with "Delar, Rockefeller Center, New York" on the front.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Woman
Description: Dressed in late 1800s clothing. Inscription on back: "Dear (?)Jeannette ?"
Object Type: Photograph

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