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Mayme Gazlay Laycox collection
Collection Summary
Title
Mayme Gazlay Laycox collection
Date
1880s-2000
Extent
1 box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 2005-MGLC
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2016; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Name of Creator
Laycox, Mayme Gazlay
Biographical History
Mayme Gazlay Laycox was born September 28, 1904 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri to Herbert and
Charlotte Gazlay. Her sister, Charlotte, was born two years later in 1906. Herbert Laycox worked for the
Missouri Pacific railroad as a conductor and the family moved to Jackson County, Missouri in the 1910s.
Mayme graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City and then attended Teachers College of
Kansas City. Upon graduation in 1925, Mayme began her lifelong teaching career. She was also active in
the Missouri State Teachers Association as well as the Trinity United Methodist Church. Mayme died on
February 23, 2003 and was buried in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the genealogical research and personal papers of Mayme Gazlay Laycox. Ms.
Laycox researched her family history for a number of years and created two separate histories. One
followed her father’s line, the Laycoxs, and one followed her mother’s line, the Gazlays. The Laycox
genealogical information also includes a folder of photographs. In addition to the genealogy research,
this collection also contains a scrapbook created by Ms. Laycox. The scrapbook contains genealogical
information as well as photographs, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings.
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Mayme Gazlay Laycox collection
Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Genealogy Research
Subseries 1, Gazlay
Folder 1, Volume I
Folder 2, Volume I [cont.]
Folder 3, Volume II
Folder 4, Volume II [cont.]
Subseries 2, Laycox
Folder 1, Research
Folder 2, Research
Folder 3, Photographs
Series 2, Personal
Folder 1, Scrapbook of Mayme Gazlay Laycox
Folder 2, Scrapbook of Mayme Gazlay Laycox [cont.]
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within 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 to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
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. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
"Obits," Kansas City Star, The (MO), February 25, 2002: B2, accessed March 12, 2016,
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/obit/0FC35AF74934CD6E0FC35AF74934CD6E?p=OBIT.
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