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Title
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Finding Aid for the Gee Family Photos
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Type
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Collection, Photographs
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Date
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c. 1890s-1900s
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Description
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The collection comprises family photos from the Gee family from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. Many of the family photos are from portrait studios in Nebraska, Ohio, and Illinois. Other photos may be from families related to the Gee family by marriage. Many photos include handwritten identification with first names and relationships such as aunt, or great grandfather. The collection contains other related family items such as postcards, letters, newspaper clippings, a poem, and a Cradle Roll Certificate from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 493 KB; 2 pages.
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Language
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English
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Place
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Nebraska
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Ohio
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Illinois
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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1 oversize box
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Identifier
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MGC 1130
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Collection Summary
Title
Gee Family Photos
Date
Mid 1800s to early 1900s
Extent
1 archival box, 1 oversized archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1130-GFP
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Gee family
Biographical History
John A. Gee was born in May 1855 in Illinois. He married Carrie A McKee who was born in December
1866. After Carrie’s death, John married Rose. Carrie and John lived in Nebraska. They had several
children together but only Marion Louisa Gee (born 1893) and George Stephen Gee (born 1904) lived to
be adults. George Stephen Gee married Mary Jane Chapple and they had one son named Robert Marion
Gee. The family moved to Independence, Missouri in the 1920s.
Scope and Content
The collection comprises family photos from the Gee family from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.
Many of the family photos are from portrait studios in Nebraska, Ohio, and Illinois. Other photos may be
from families related to the Gee family by marriage. Many photos include handwritten identification
with first names and relationships such as aunt, or great grandfather. The collection contains other
related family items such as postcards, letters, newspaper clippings, a poem, and a Cradle Roll
Certificate from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Box 1,
Folder 1, Postcards and miscellaneous items
Folder 2, Photos [001-012]
Folder 3, Photos [013-044]
Folder 4, Photos [045-075]
Folder 5, Photos [076-182], negatives [accrual, 2019]
Box 2, [oversized]
Folder 6, Cradle Roll Certificate [oversized]
Folder 7, Photos [183-185] [oversized]
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated anonymously by someone unrelated to the family.
Accruals
Accruals 2019.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. United States Federal Census.
Gee Family Photos: Family docuemnts
FamilySearch.org. Child blessing certificates card files through 1931. FHL film #2030391.
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