Guide to the Archival Collections
at the
Missouri Historical Society
St. Louis, Missouri
NOTE:
This Guide to collections is current as of October 2001. However, it does not include many recent acquisitions. The Archives is currently adding collection records to the online catalog of the Missouri Historical Society Library which is available at http://www.mohistory.org/Library.html.
The Guide is not presently available on the Missouri Historical Society web site. Please contact the Archives with questions concerning the collections at (314) 746-4510 or via email at archives@mohistory.org
A0001
A. Harless and Company (St. Louis, Mo.).
Receipt book, 1878-1879. 1 volume (88 pages)
Volume consists of freight receipts of A. Harless and Company of St. Louis for drug shipments, in account with Adam Express Co. (St. Louis), dated December 20, 1878, to May 24, 1879.
Cite as: A. Harless and Company Receipt Book, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0002
A.B. Schulte Plumbing Company.
Account Book, 1935-1944. 1 volume
Account book of the A.B. Schulte Plumbing Company showing daily record of work performed from August 3, 1935, to May 8, 1944, including name and address of business/residence serviced, type of service, supplies used, cost, and record of payment.
Cite as: A.B. Schulte Plumbing Company Account Book, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0003
Abert Family.
Letters, 1835-1846. 2 folders
John Abert was made colonel of the Topographical Engineers, which he held until 1861. In 1832, he supervised the removal of some Ottawa and Shawnee Indians from Vandalia, Illinois. Abert's son, James, was a lieutenant who accompanied John Fremont on his 1845 expedition.
The letters, eleven written by George William Featherstonhaugh and two by Thomas Fitzpatrick to Lt. James W. Abert, relate to geological findings, land explorations, and dealings with Indians. Featherstonhaugh and Fitzpatrick worked under Abert as topographical engineers. (Formerly known as the John J. Abert Papers)
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Abert Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0004
Abrams, Rochonne. "Meriwether Lewis," manuscript, ca. 1996. 1 slim box.
Typescript of "Meriwether Lewis" by Rochonne Abrams with 12 chapters.
Cite as: Rochonne Abrams "Meriwether Lewis" Manuscript, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0005
Accounts collection, 1766-1941. 5 folders; 22 volumes.
Collection consists of various accounts, mostly receipts and pages from account books from mostly St. Louis firms. The collection also includes an unidentified ledger labeled "Oklahoma," which contains records of accounts with hardware, radiator companies, etc., 1904-1941; an index to Ledger #1, "St.L.M.L.I. Co.," n.d.; and an unidentified accounts book of rent collections, 1904-1907.
Some French.
Cite as: Accounts Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0006
Ackerman, Richard (1842-1862).
Civil War Correspondence, 1861-1862. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Richard Ackerman, a resident of New Brunswick, N.J., enlisted with the 5th New York Infantry on April 1, 1861. He was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 28, 1862, and spent several months at King Street Hospital in Alexandria, Va., before his death on December 19, 1862.
Letters of Richard Ackerman to his parents in New Brunswick, N.J., include accounts of the affairs of the regiment while serving in Virginia and Baltimore. Letter dated June 11, [1861], contains a description of the engagement at Big Bethel, Virginia. Letters also contain descriptions of marches and fighting during the Peninsular Campaign; and information on camp life and diet.
Cite as: Richard Ackerman Civil War Correspondence, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0007
Adams, David (1799-1874).
Papers, 1809-1869. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.); 1 volume
David Adams was born December 31, 1799, in St. Louis. In 1815, he joined an expedition to Mexico with his brother and became involved in the Mexican Revolution. He returned to St. Louis in the 1820s and operated a saloon. In 1832, he joined Bonneville's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and later became involved in the fur trade with the American Fur Company. In 1841, he formed a partnership with John Sibille to trade with Indians on the Platte River. In 1849, he led an expedition to California in search for gold. He lived his last years on the island at the foot of Carroll Street (St. Louis) in poor health and poverty. He died December 31, 1874.
Collection contains correspondence to his wife while he was on his expeditions. Also contains many receipts for the saloon and supplies from his expeditions. Diary dated August 21, 1844, to March 11, 1845. Five fragmentary diaries dated 1841, 1842, 1844. The Adams diaries are published in: Charles E. Hanson, Jr., editor. The David Adams Journals (The Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron, Neb., 1994).
Finding aid available.
Cite as: David Adams Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0008
Adams, Ula C.
Papers 1875-1959. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection contains mostly receipts for household accounts of Ula C. Adams, who lived at 5810 Waterman in St. Louis. Also includes a diary written while she was a girl, dated January 19, 1893, to August 9, 1896.
Cite as: Ula C. Adams Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0009
Adie Family.
Papers, 1839-1912. 4 folders.
Correspondence and estate papers of family including George L., S.N., Julia H., Lewis W., Samuel W., Frances E. and Mrs. Missouri A. Adie. Includes mostly indentures, deeds of trust from St. Louis County and Pattonville, Mo.
Cite as: Adie Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0010
Advertising card scrapbooks, n.d. 2 volumes.
Scrapbooks contain advertising cards, cut-outs, and other material.
Cite as: Advertising Card Scrapbooks, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0011
Advertising collection, 1859-1962. 5 folders; 1 oversized folder.
Collection contains advertising cards, circulars, etc., advertising different St. Louis businesses.
Cite as: Advertising Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0012
Aeronautics collection, 1830-1979. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Aeronautics Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
African-American Newsclippings Collection.
See Charles Turner Scrapbooks.
A0013
Agency Bank of the United States of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Journal, 1836-1849. 1 volume
In 1836, the charter of the Branch Bank of the United States with the federal government expired and a new charter was voted whereby the Agency Bank was rechartered by the state of Pennsylvania. In 1840, the new charter was suspended and on July 31, 1841, the bank was ordered closed by the United States government.
Journal, dated September 30, 1836, to November 8, 1849, contains the financial transactions of the Agency Bank of the United States of St. Louis, as maintained by Henry S. Coxe, agent. Although the bank was ordered closed on July 31, 1841, transactions continued until 1849.
Cite as: Agency Bank of the United States of Saint Louis Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0014
Agricultural College Lands plat books, n.d. 2 volumes.
Descriptions of land secured in Missouri, arranged by county, township, and range, with annotations as to nature of land and soil.
Cite as: Agricultural Collection Lands Plat Books, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1614
AIDS Foundation of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1990s. 1 box and 1 oversized folder.
Materials from the annual fund-raising event of the organization, the pledge walk, "From All Walks of Life." Included are press releases, newsclippings, fact sheets and programs, posters from the event. Also included is the 1992 financial statement from The AIDS Foundation of St. Louis. The oversized collection are posters from the 1992, 1993 pledge walk.
Aiken, James Henry, Mrs.
See: Cunningham, Josepha
A0015
Akins, Zoe (1886-1958).
Papers, 1911; 1958. (2 folders).
Zoe Akins was born in Humansville, Mo., and moved to St. Louis where her father was postmaster and also a leader in the Republican party. She attended Hosmer Hall and then spent two years at Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Ill. At the age of 17, she played with the Odeon Stock Company of St. Louis. She then began writing articles for the St. Louis-based Mirror. Later she left for New York where she became a well-known playwright. Her best known plays are "The Greeks Had a Word for It," "The Furies," and "The Old Maid," for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1935. In 1932, she married Hugo Rumbold, a British artist and army captain. In her last years she wrote for motion pictures. She died October 29, 1958.
The collection consist of undated love letters written by William Marion Reedy to Zoe Akins. Also included is a play titled "The Wandering Fairies--A Shakespearian Masque for Children" by Zoe Akins, n.d., and a typed copy of "The Learned Lady," by Zoe Akins, 1911, from which Act I and portions of Act II are missing. Collection also includes a newspaper article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describing the letters.
Cite as: Zoe Akins Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0016
Alewel Family.
Papers, 1896-. 10 boxes (5.0 linear ft.); 1 volume; 1 outsized folder.
Louis Emil Alewel was born September 16, 1878. He was educated at Bethany Parochial School and married Olivia Emily Elizabeth Beckman October 25, 1911. Mr. Alewel entered the undertaking profession and operated an establishment on Franklin Avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-First Streets. He later became a salesman for the bakers and confectioners' supply company operated by his father-in-law, W.E. Beckmann. He published several songs and poems. He was a mason and a member of the Cornerstone Lodge, the Knights of Phyias, the Liederkranz Club, the Carl Schurz Unit #28 of the Steuben Society of America, Cosmos Club and St. Louis House. He died February 9, 1955. Norma E. Alewel was his daughter.
The collection contains memorabilia mostly concerning Ms. Norma E. Alewel and her father, Louis Emil Alewel, including tax receipts and various St. Louis brochures and blueprints of buildings owned by Olivia and Louis Alewel, and designed by Julius E. Tarling. There are many photographs of the Alewel family. Mr. Louis Alewel was involved in the St. Louis Relief Committee for Central Europe and there are several brochures and pamphlets regarding it in box 3. There is a ledger for an upholstery business for Mr. Louis E. Alewel (1940) in box 4. There are many items concerning the rebuilding of Germany and the views of Germans on World War II. There is a Shriners (Moolah) hat contained in a hat box in box 7. In box 8 are records of the Carr Place Protection and Improvement Association. There are also items in the collection concerning the Steuben Society; and a scrapbook dated 1954-1957 with cards and letters of Lewis E. and Norma E. Alewel, letters from Steuben Society of America regarding war efforts of Lewis E. Alewel, compiled by Norma E. Alewel.
Some items in German.
Cite as: Alewel Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0017
Allan, David, Jr.
Letters, 1862-1865. 1 slim box
David Allan, Jr., was mustered into service in the 29th Missouri Infantry (Union) at St. Louis in September 1862. He rose from the rank of private to captain, and was mustered out at Washington, D.C., in June 1865.
Collection includes letters written from Cape Girardeau and Patterson, Mo., dated October to December 1862, which briefly describe conditions in southeast Missouri; letters written from Woodville, Ala., dated January to March 1864; letters written from near Atlanta, dated July to August 1864, including brief accounts of the battles of Atlanta and Ezra Chapel; and account of the Grand Review in Washington, D.C.
A0018
Allen, Beverly (1800- ).
Records of estate, 1846-1869. 1 volume (151 Pages)
Volume contains the records of the administration of the estate of Beverly Allen.
Cite as: Beverly Allen Estate Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0019
Allen, D.C. (1835-1920).
Collection, 1907-1938. 2 folders.
D.C. Allen was born November 1, 1835, in Clay County, Mo., and graduated from William Jewell College in 1855. He was the principal of the preparatory course at the Masonic College at Lexington, Mo., and also practiced law in Liberty, Mo. In 1861, he became the circuit attorney for the fifth judicial circuit. In 1864, he married Emily E. Settle. He was the first general attorney for the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad Company. From 1870 to 1881, he served as a trustee of William Jewell College and also was a curator of the University of Missouri. He died in February 1920.
Mostly contains letters to the Missouri Historical Society concerning various types of historical research and also concerning a talk he gave at the Society. Also contains letters to W.B. Douglass.
Cite as: D.C. Allen Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0020
Allen, Nathan D. (1819-1903).
Diary, 1834-1888. 1 volume (100 pages)
Nathan D. Allen was born May 15, 1819, at Watkins Glen, N.Y., and came to St. Louis in 1837, eventually settled in Webster Groves, Mo., where he died May 9, 1903.
The diary of Nathan D. Allen contains material on life in Webster Groves, with accounts of the 1849 cholera epidemic and the Civil War in St. Louis, and meeting with Abraham Lincoln and Henry Shaw. (Additional information on Allen family was added later by donor.)
Cite as: Nathan D. Allen Diary, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0021
Allen-Rodgers Family.
Papers, 1858-1924 (bulk 1871-1889). 2 boxes; 2 oversize boxes; 14 volumes.
Thomas Allen (1813-1882) worked as a lawyer and newspaper publisher in New York City and Washington, D.C. In 1842, he moved to St. Louis, where he married Ann Russell. He became president of several railroads, including the Iron Mountain Railroad, and served in the Missouri Senate (1850-1854). Thomas Rodgers (1835-1916) served in the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War, eventually earning the rank of lieutenant colonel. Following the war he came to St. Louis, where he worked as an insurance agent and a deputy clerk in the circuit clerk's office. Rodgers also served as assistant adjutant general for the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri.
Collection contains correspondence and business papers of Thomas Allen and his family, as well as correspondence and Grand Army of the Republic papers of Thomas Rodgers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Allen-Rodgers Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0022
Almstedt, Henry ( -1884).
Papers, 1846-1939. 2 folders.
A native of Germany, Henry Almstedt served as colonel of the 1st United States Reserve Corps (3 months) from May to August 1861. In November 1861 he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery. He resigned this command in August 1863 and was later appointed to the staff of the Unites States paymaster. He died November 21, 1884, in Fenton, St. Louis County.
Collection contains commission and appointments of Henry Almstedt and papers relating to the service of the 1st United States Reserve Corps (3 months) and the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery. Includes letter of William R. Martin to Captain T. Rohe, dated Martinsburgh, Mo., July 29, 1861, regarding the discovery of the bodies of Benjamin Sharp and Lieutenant Jager; two letters of Joseph Weydemeyer to Almstedt, dated October 3, 1862, and to General Schofield, dated June 3, 1863, regarding his resignation; brief report of the fortifications at St. Louis, dated January 20, 1863; and Almstedt's journal with brief notes of the Powder River Indian Expedition in 1865. Also includes military commissions of Almstedt, dated 1846; and Bellefontaine Cemetery papers.
Cite as: Henry Almstedt Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0023
Aloe Company Building Time Capsule.
Collection, 1937-1940. 2 boxes; 2 oversize folders
The A.S. Aloe medical instruments company headquarters building at 1831 Olive Street was constructed in 1940. When the building was demolished for a parking lot 56 years later, a time capsule was recovered from the building's cornerstone. The metal capsule, packed with rolls of medical wrapping was opened on October 10, 1996. It contained over two dozen items, including a letter written by company president Howard F. Baer in September 1940, numerous company brochures and catalogs, photographs, coins, and a selection of current periodicals.
Finding aid available.
A0024
Aloe Memorial Plaza.
Scrapbooks, 1929-1940. 2 volumes.
Two volumes of scrapbooks titled "A History of Aloe Memorial Plaza, 1929-1940," containing typescript correspondence, newsclippings, and photographs relating to Aloe Memorial Plaza and Milles Fountain in St. Louis.
Cite as: Aloe Memorial Plaza Scrapbooks, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Alphabetical files. 46 boxes (23 linear ft.); 2 oversized folders.
This collection consists primarily of a series of vertical files containing usually one or two items of genealogical or historical interest relating to particular individuals, families, businesses, or other organizations.
Collection is arranged alphabetically and is indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Finding aid available.
A0025
Alton (Ill.).
Collection, 1831-1968. 1 box (0.2 linear ft); 4 volumes.
Collection contains records relating to Alton, Ill., including the following: Bliss letters dated February 11, 1833, to September 26, 1834; legal correspondence of William Martin, attorney, dated October 27, 1839, to March 10, 1854; Drury, Hayner and Co. correspondence (Nelson and Hayner 1865-1868); Jackel, Khun correspondence 1865-1870; letter of John J. Hogan to Rev. James Ryan dated April 11, 1888; notes on Col. Stephen H. Long family and Chouteau family; Alton Catholic Cemetery, 1912-1953; Programs--Independence Day at Portage des Sioux--1927; letter of Norma Lemp to Ruth Ferris dated November 5, 1965; and centennial of St. Joseph Hospital, 1965. Also contains three volumes of account books from unidentified general store(s), 1831-1832, 1838-1840, and 1860-1861; and an unidentified volume of contract labor accounts for carpentry and masonry, 1843-1868.
Cite as: Alton (Ill.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0026
Amate Plantation.
Records, 1895-1955. 3 folders
The Mexican Coffee Trading and Planting Co. of New York was incorporated December 5, 1895, with its headquarters in St. Louis. The purpose of the company was to sell on commission and export coffee, woods, fruit and other agricultural products from Mexico to the United States and other countries. The company owned a coffee and rubber plantation, Amate Plantation, in Mexico. The plantation and all its belongings were bought by Samuel M. Kennard and Frank M. Estes of St. Louis, June 1, 1904.
The papers of the plantation include the corporation papers of the Mexican Coffee Trading and Planting Co. of New York, the Missouri certificate of incorporation, deeds, memoranda, receipts and correspondence. Also papers after the plantation was sold to Kennard and Estes.
Cite as: Amate Plantation Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Ambler, Edwin P.
See: Edwin P. Ambler (Saint Louis, Mo.).
A0027
American Car and Foundry (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Records. 1940-1970. 9 boxes (9.0 linear ft.)
American Car and Foundry was formed in 1899 by the union of 13 companies, two of them being the Missouri Car and Foundry Company of St. Louis and the St. Charles Car Company of St. Charles, Mo. Twenty-eight companies in all were subsequently acquired; some were modernized and some were dismantled. William K. Bixby served as the first president of the company from 1899 to 1901. Plants were located at Berwick, Pa.; Buffalo; Huntington, WV; Milton, Pa.; St. Louis and St. Charles, Mo.
Collection contains manual concerning the construction of railroad cars; photographs of different types of railroad cars and parts of the cars; and descriptions of the plants located at St. Louis, St. Charles and Berwick.
Cite as: American Car and Foundry Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0028
American Expeditionary Force. 35th Division. 138th Infantry. Company E.
Roster, 1919. 1 volume
Company E of the 138th Infantry was part of the 35th Division, American Expeditionary Force, which served in France during World War I. The 138th Infantry was formed by the merger of the St. Louis-based 1st and 5th Regiments of Infantry, National Guard of Missouri. The 138th combined with other Missouri and Kansas units to form the 35th Division of the A.E.F. After the war, the unit reverted to state service. The name 138th Infantry was ultimately retained in memory of World War I service.
Cite as: Roster of Company E, 138th Infantry, 35th Division, A.E.F., Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0029
American Expeditionary Force. 35th Division. 138th Infantry. Company I.
Records, 1917-1976. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Company I of the 138th Infantry was part of the 35th Division, American Expeditionary Force, which served in France during World War I. The 138th Infantry was formed by the merger of the St. Louis-based 1st and 5th Regiments of Infantry, National Guard of Missouri. The 138th combined with other Missouri and Kansas units to form the 35th Division of the A.E.F. After the war, the unit reverted to state service. The name 138th Infantry was ultimately retained in memory of World War I service. The men of Company I were all from the St. Louis area, and were commanded by Captain A.R. Skinker (died 1921). After the war, the veterans of wartime service formed the Company I Reunion Association, which remained active into the 1970s.
This collection consists of papers related to the active duty of Company I, 138th Infantry, AEF, among which are a company history, press clippings, and a manuscript titled "The Diary of a Doughboy"; records of the Company I reunion association; and materials related to the funeral of Captain A.R. Skinker.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Records of Company I, 138th Infantry, 35th Division, AEF, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0030
American Express Company.
Day book, 1860-1862. 1 volume (477 pages)
Day book, dated December 20, 1860, to September 10, 1862, is a journal of bank drafts sent and received by an American Express Company office for collection. The office may have been located in St. Louis. This volume was later used as a scrapbook by William L. Galloway, causing accounts at the beginning of volume (pp. 1-196) to be obscured by clippings.
Cite as American Express Company Day Book, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0031
American Institute of Architects, St. Louis Chapter.
Historic Buildings Survey, 1976. 6 microfilm reels
The Historic Buildings Committee of the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Missouri Heritage Trust microfilmed the plans of many of the city's most prominent buildings. The six reels of film are indexed by both name of building and by name of architect. The Missouri Historical Society does not own the original drawings.
Index cards and microfilm reels available at Archives reference desk.
Cite as: American Institute of Architects, St. Louis Chapter, Historic Buildings Survey, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1797
American Institute of Architects, St. Louis Chapter.
Records, 1893-ca. 1991. 1 box.
Architects in St. Louis formed a local chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1884. However, the charter for the St. Louis Chapter is dated 5 December 1891. The group held meetings and collected dues on a monthly basis. The meetings provided a forum in which St. Louis architects were able to discuss mutual professional interests such as bringing prominent visitors to the city and directing the manner of professional practices by drafting resolutions for consideration by state and local government. The chapter, popularly known as AIA-St. Louis, continues its activities in the present to promote and support the architecture profession. [For more information see: Toft, Carolyn Hewes, et. al. The Way We Came: A Century of the AIA in St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.: Patrice Press)]
The records are arranged in alphabetical order by type of document and/or topic. The records are primarily comprised of the chapter's meeting minutes (1898-1919), but also include meeting announcements (1906-1909), membership lists (ca.1894-1923), financial reports (1901-1908), and resolutions and correspondence from the chapter's World's Fair Committee (1900-1901).
Finding aid available.
Cite as: American Institute of Architects, St. Louis Chapter Records (A1797), Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
American Lyceum, Saint Louis Branch.
See Saint Louis Branch of the American Lyceum
A1615
American Woman's Council of Justice (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Publications, 1924-1927. 1 folder.
Political organization of Missouri women concerned with legislative matters, generally opposed to increasing role of the federal government in traditionally state matters. Headquarters in St. Louis; Emilie M. Sweeney, president in the mid 1920s.
Collection consists of printed matter relating largely to the organization's position on legislative matters. Collection includes booklet titled "Do Bolshevists Use Our Women's Clubs," ca.1924; constitutional ballot guide, booklet regarding the federalizing of education, 1926; fliers opposing nuisance tax, the anti-evolution bill, and federal child labor amendment, 1927; card advocating the repeal of prohibition, voter registration flier, membership promotion, n.d.
Cite as: American Woman's Council of Justice (Saint Louis, Mo.) Publications, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0032
Amoureux Family.
Amoureux-Bolduc papers, 1754-1899; 1932; 1951-1961. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.); 2 volumes.
Michel Amoureux (ca.1748-1832), a prominent merchant of L'Orient, France, came to America in 1793, and eventually settled in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., where his old home still remains. Louis Bolduc was a wealthy merchant and landowner of Ste. Genevieve. He died in 1815.
The collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts and other documents of the related Amoureux, Bolduc and Langlois families of Ste. Genevieve; surveys by Antoine Soulard of property of Francois Moreau and Pierre Delassus De Luzieres; letters of William G. Cox to his family regarding service with the Exeter Union Guards (1860-1862); documents concerning the lead mining interests of Louis Bolduc; information pertaining to restoration of the Bolduc House in 1961; copy of an inventory of the Bolduc House; and a transcript of an interview with Miss Zoe Bolduc, May 1956. This collection also includes a ledger of unidentified merchandise accounts from Ste. Genevieve, 1811-1814, with a 1932 guest register, possibly from the Bolduc House, at the center of the volume; and a day book of the C.C. Bolduc general store in Ste. Genevieve, 1859-1862.
Some French with some translations.
Ledger/guest register; purchased by Charles van Ravenswaay from an antique dealer who had obtained the volume three years previously from the Bolduc House.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Amoureux-Bolduc Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0033
Amson, Arthur ( -1875).
Papers, 1872-1875. 1 folder (55 items).
Arthur Amson was from either St. Louis or Cincinnati and was sent to Heidelberg and Leipzig, Germany, to study philosophy. His father, Arthur Amson, was the assistant librarian at the St. Louis Public School Library. Arthur died June 8, 1875, while attending school in Germany.
Collection contains letters written to his parents describing his experiences while studying in Germany; two letters from Arthur E. Little, Amson's best friend, describing Arthur's death and the arrangements made; and two letters from Thomas Davidson, one dealing with him accompanying Arthur to Germany, and one expressing sympathy to the parents.
German.
Cite as: Arthur Amson Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0034
Anderson House (Lexington, Mo.).
Architectural Drawings, ca. 1940. 1 folder
Drawings of the Anderson house at the Civil War Battle of Lexington State Park by Waddington-Coombs and Association for the Historic American Buildings Survey. The blueline drawings include a cover sheet with a map, floor plans, elevations, and assorted details and sections.
Cite as: Anderson House (Lexington, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0035
Andrews, James.
Papers, 1875-1894. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Col. James Andrews, together with James B. Eads, established the Eads Concession Company in 1875. One of their largest projects together was a proposal to build a ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, ca. 1881.
The collection includes correspondence between Andrews and Eads, 1880-1886; printed addresses of James B. Eads, ca. 1880; printed newspaper and journal accounts of construction of various bridges and ship railways, ca. 1884-1885; printed maps and drawings of ship railways and jetties; material pertaining to the proposed construction of a ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, ca. 1881; certificate of incorporation of the Eads Concession Co. by James B. Eads, James Andrews, etc. in 1875; incorporation papers and by-laws of the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway Construction Company, 1888.
Cite as: James Andrews Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0036
Angert, Eugene H. (1877-1929).
Papers, 1910-1931. 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.)
Eugene Angert was born October 21, 1877, in St. Charles, Mo. He received an A.B. from St. Louis University in 1896 and his LL. B. from Harvard in 1899. He practiced law in St. Louis (1900) and in 1912 he became a member of the law firm James, Hacker, Sullivan and Angert. He married Miss Vera Giannini of St. Louis in 1912. He also was the director of the First National Bank, the Securities Investment and the American National Assurance Company. In 1928, he organized the St. Louis Horticulture Society. He died in May 1929 from poisoning which followed removal of a hair from his nose.
Contains mostly correspondence concerning Angert's speech titled "The Law Is Not a Jealous Mistress," and acknowledgments of copies of his address about a trip with members of the American Bar Association to London in 1925. Also contains newsclippings concerning his death. An addition to these papers consists of typed letters sent to Eugene H. Angert, Jr., thanking him for forwarding copies of his father's memorial, 1930- 1931.
Cite as: Eugene H. Angert Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0037
Annan Family.
Collection, ca. 1894-1957. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Memorabilia of the Annan family (Edward H. Annan and Roger P. Annan) and the firm of Annan, Burg & Co., commission merchants (grain). Includes material relating to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and to the St. Louis Merchants Exchange.
Cite as: Annan Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0038
Anton, Philip Gottlieb.
Manuscript music collection. 6 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
Cite as: Philip Gottlieb Anton Manuscript Music Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1616
Apollo Club of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Record book, 1893-1925. 1 volume
The Apollo Club of St. Louis was organized in 1893 on the heels of the St. Louis Glee Club which had disbanded that year. A men's club of vocal performers that also sponsored concerts, its purpose was "to promote music and musical culture." Incorporated in 1903, its early officers were Charles Wiggins, W.K. Stanard, Thomas J. Wright, George C. Carrie, Joseph A. Buse, and John A. Rohan. Charles Galloway served as its musical director from the 1902-1903 season until the end.
Record book includes the articles of association, and a table of contents of the records of the Apollo Club inserted into the front of the volume. The book itself is a membership record (1893-1924) and record of its concert seasons (1894-1895 season to 1924-1925 season).
Cite as: Apollo Club of St. Louis Record Book, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0039
Applegate, Lisbon.
Ledger, 1845-1854. 1 volume
Ledger of personal accounts of Lisbon Applegate of Keytesville, Mo., dated August 8, 1845, to May 30, 1854.
Cite as: Lisbon Applegate Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0040
Archaeological Institute of America. Saint Louis Society (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1906-1951. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Minute books, 1906-1983; dues ledger, 1924-1951; notices; fliers; programs; printed matter; clippings; etc.
Cite as: Records of the Saint Louis Society, Archaeological Institute of America, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0041
Archaeology collection, 1817-1936; 1965-1966. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection of correspondence, articles, and speeches given at the Missouri Historical Society, and clippings pertaining to various archaeological interests; Cahokia Mound builders; archaeological exploration in Missouri (1906); the Indian Piasa bird on a bluff near Alton, Ill.; account by General J.H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., of his discovery of Aztec ruins in New Mexico in 1849; and the pre-historic relic, the Zemi (a San Domingo idol), presented to the Society by Albert Warren Kelsey in 1878. Material also includes correspondence of archaeologist Dr. W.K. Moorehead (1867-1939) who explored the Cahokia Mounds in 1921-1922.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Archaeology Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0042
Archambault Family.
Archambault-Humphries Family Papers, 1864-1994. 4 folders
Alfred A. Archambault was born in Canada. In the early 1850s he and his brother, Auguste Pierre Archambault, established a trading post on the Sweetwater River in Wyoming. Alfred Archambault served in Company A, 8th Iowa Infantry, in the Civil War. He died August 15, 1879, in Oakland, Calif. His granddaughter, Marie Augusta Archambault, married Horace Galvin Humphries, the son of Benjamin Humphries.
Collection is comprised of photocopies of genealogical material regarding the Archambault and Humphries families, including newsclippings, correspondence, Civil War records of Alfred A. Archambault, and the 1920 journal of Benjamin Humphries.
Cite as: Archambault-Humphries Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0043
Architectural Design Associates (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, ca. 1970-ca.1988.
Plans, renderings, and files for this St. Louis firm. Projects include Northwest Plaza Shopping Center, Riverbend Apartments, Moog Industries, and Wehrenburg Theaters.
Cite as: Architectural Design Associates (Saint Louis, Mo.) Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0044
Architectural Drawings.
Collection, n.d. 2 folders
Individual sheets of drawings with no identification that were most likely drawn in the nineteenth century. The sheets lack all forms of identification: names of architect or project, and date.
Cite as: Architectural Drawings Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0045
Architecture collection, 1872-1968. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection consist of building plans, blueprints for St. Louis homes; information of the American Institute of Architecture; bids from different firms for houses or buildings to be built in St. Louis; a program for a class in architecture at Washington University (1960); and a speech given by A.J.H. Richardson titled "Notarial Documentary Sources on French Colonial Buildings in North America."
Cite as: Architecture Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0046
Archives of the Indies (Seville, Spain.).
10 boxes, 63 rolls of microfilm.
The Archivo General de Indias (Archives of the Indies) housed in Seville, Spain, consist of documents from Spanish colonies. The section of the records represented here encompass the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, the records from the American colonies. Spanish officials ordered the records relating to the Louisiana Territory transferred from New Orleans to Cuba in 1804 upon the transfer of the territroy. The records were subsequently sent to Seville in 1888. For more information on the colonial records, Spanish methods of record keeping, and a basic index to the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba see Descriptive catalogue of the documents relating to the history of the United States in the Papeles Procendentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo General de Indias at Seville (Washington D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1916) by Prof. Roscoe Hull (Archives Ref/A973/H555) .
The microfilm consists of various legajos (bundles), or groups of records, from the Papeles Procedentes de Cuba. The reels contain a list of documents that are on each roll. The microfilm was used for an NEH project, "Archaeology of the Saline Creek Valley, Missouri," in 1988. Anna Price was hired for the project to translate, summarize, and enter into a database information about the documents pertaining to Missouri. Printouts of Ms. Price's translations and summaries comprise two boxes of this collection.
Prof. Roscoe R. Hull studied the records in Seville and while there made 2989 photostats of the documents pertaining to the development of the Louisiana Territory including dispatches of the governors of Louisiana to the Captain General in Cuba, 1766-1792. Each photostat, comprising 8 boxes, is numbered but the system used was apparently only for inventorying purposes. The numbers do not correspond to the description of record groups that Prof. Hull provides in his book.
Calendar of documents housed with the "Papers from Spain." (not located, Dec. 2001)
Cite as: Archives of the Indies (Seville, Spain) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0047
Armbruster, Max.
Papers, 1911-1967. 1 box (approximately 250 items)
Collection includes personal and business papers in connection with Max Armbruster's retail business, the Rex Coffee and Tea Co., located at 3726 Gravois in St. Louis. Also includes correspondence in connection with the National Tea and Coffee Merchants Association, 1930. Also included is the constitution of the St. Louis Retail Tea and Coffee Merchants Association, n.d.; receipts for the city of St. Louis, state and school taxes for Max and Lydia Armbruster; and two notebooks of bakery recipes.
Cite as: Max Armbruster Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0048
Arms and armaments collection, 1857. 1 folder.
Contains two documents. 10-1-1857 U.S. Powder Magazine Acct. 11-1857 checkroll for work done in the U.S. Powder Magazine near Jefferson Barracks.
Cite as: Arms and Armaments Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0049
Army and Navy Club (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Register, 1914-1916. 1 volume.
The Army and Navy Club was located at 3621 Washington Avenue, St. Louis. It was a social club for the veterans of the Spanish-American War.
Cite as: Army and Navy Club Register, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0050
Army collection, 1694; 1761; 1764; 1804-1939. 1 box (0.5 linear ft;) 4 volumes.
Collection of correspondence, order books, reports, manuals and clippings, most of which pertain to army activity on the frontier. Among the correspondents are General Henry Atkinson, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, William Clark, Stephen Watts Kearny, James Kennerly, Henry Leavenworth, Edgar M. Ledyard, Sterling Price, Robert Simpson, Colonel Josiah Snelling and Daniel Webster. Subjects discussed include misconduct of soldiers, medical problems, Indian relations (Sioux, Sussitongs, Winnebagoes, Choctaw and Pawnee) and military sites (Forts Prairie du Chien, St. Anthony, Belle Fontaine [Bellefontaine], Leavenworth, Gibson, Atkinson, Armstrong, and the St. Louis Arsenal). Collection also includes a 1694 account of military operations in Flanders against the Prince of Orange; two books (French translations from the original German) of the King of Prussia's Military Instructions for his Generals (1761); order books of the 22nd Regiment of Infantry with headquarters at Sackett's Harbor (1813-1815); and the order book and record of court martials of the 6th Regiment of Infantry with headquarters at Fort Atkinson (1826). Collection also includes an unidentified record book, of unknown provenance, that contains printed and manuscript orders, guidelines, procedures, etc., issued by the United States Army pay office, paymaster general's office, commissary general, comptroller's office, and adjutant inspector's office, in relation to the provisioning of the United States "Peace Establishment," in the years before, during, and after the War of 1812. Various items in the volume include schedules of compensation allowed to troops in the U.S. army, lists of clothing allowed each soldier, regulation of Army collection, 1694; 1761; 1764; 1804-1939. (cont.) rations, warrants for military bounty lands, extracts of correspondence, extracts of congressional acts, and general orders.
Some French.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Army Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0051
Arnold, Nason H.
Papers, 1908-1941. 3 folders
Nason H. Arnold was chief pilot at Collegiate Balloon School in Rockville, Conn. He participated in balloon races in Europe and provided the army with information on balloon flying during World War I.
Collection contains correspondence regarding balloon flying and his records and reports of his pupils at Collegiate Balloon School.
Cite as: Nason H. Arnold Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0052
Arnold, Philip.
Arnold family papers, 1849-1915. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection of various photos, postcards, letters, etc. relating to various Missouri counties, mainly Oregon County; land papers of Stoddard County, 1840-1880s.
Cite as: Philip Arnold Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0053
Arpe, W.G.
Papers, 1833-1950. 3 folders.
Mr. Arpe was at one time supervisor of the Missouri Furnace Co. of St. Louis. Includes correspondence and a newsclipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, dated October 26, 1958, concerning St. Louis Manual Training School.
Cite as: W.G. Arpe Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0054
Arrow Rock (Mo.) collection, 1842-1932. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
In the beginning and middle of the nineteenth century, Arrow Rock was a popular stopping off place for travelers going west.
Collection contains correspondence concerning the Arrow Rock Tavern, including correspondence of Charles Van Ravenswaay concerning the preservation of the tavern, and various other historic spots in Arrow Rock. Also included are minutes from the Arrow Rock Academy, articles of association for the Arrow Rock Social Club, and a ledger book of Jesse McMahon of Arrow Rock.
Cite as: Arrow Rock (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0055
Arrowhead Garden Club (Lake Ozark, Mo.).
Scrapbook, 1954-1955. 1 volume.
Local garden club organized in August 1949; affiliated with the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri in June 1950.
Scrapbook contains photographs, newsclippings, club and convention brochures of the Arrowhead Garden Club, 1954-1955.
Cite as: Arrowhead Garden Club Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Arsenal Island Collection
See Quarantine Island Collection
A0056
Art and artists collection, 1807; 1832-1975; 1989;1991. 2 boxes (0.5 linear ft.)
Collection of material relating to Missouri artists (or those having a close connection to Missouri). Includes correspondence, biographical sketches, invitations, circulars, programs, and catalogues of local artist exhibitions; scripts for several "Art in St. Louis" radio programs (1947); typescript copy of "Rough Draughts for Notes to Indian Sketches" by Alfred J. Miller (1837); and newsclippings. Material includes correspondence/biographical data for the following: Thomas Hart Benton (illustrated letters); George Caleb Bingham; Karl Bodmer; Artemesia Drefs; Emanuel Joachim de Franca; Matthew Hastings; Magda Heuermam (1858-1948); Harriet Hosmer; William Henry Jackson; George Markham; Joseph R. Meeker; Frank G. Meinhart (1874-1947); Alfred J. Miller; Ferdinand von Miller; Thomas S. Noble (1835-1907); Frank Nuderscher; Frederick Remington (illustrated letters); Peter Rindisbacher; Paulus Roetter; Carl Wimar; and others.
Indexed in archives card catalog.
Cite as: Art and Artists Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0057
Ashby, Daniel (1791-1879).
Collection, 1794-1941. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Daniel Ashby was born in 1791 in Virginia, but lived his childhood in Mercer County, Kentucky. He was a major in the War of 1812. In 1815, he married Cassandra Leeper and became the acting sheriff in Hopkins County, Kentucky. In 1818, he moved to Chariton County, Missouri, where he farmed and became a member of the first county court. In 1828, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives and in 1834, 1836, 1838 he served in the Missouri Senate. He died October 11, 1879, and was buried on the old Hiram Craig farm near Forest Green in Chariton County, in the private cemetery of his fourth wife, Idress.
Collection includes a memoir written by Daniel Ashby concerning his life, typed copy of the manuscript, and letters concerning the publishing of the manuscript by the Missouri Historical Society in 1941.
Cite as: Daniel Ashby Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0058
Ashley, Grace
Scrapbook, 1936-1947. 1 volume; 1 oversized folder.
Grace Ashley was also known by her married name, Mrs. Harry S. Papin, Jr. She was a St. Louis dress designer, model, saleswoman and manufacturer, known for her original shirt stud dress registered as the "Grace Ashley Jewelstud Frock." Scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, and dress advertisements from numerous newspapers.
Cite as: Grace Ashley Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0059
Ashley, William Henry (1778-1838).
Collection, 1811-1975. 2 boxes (1 ms., 1 oversize); 2 oversized folders.
William H. Ashley was born in Powhatan County, Virginia., in 1778. He came to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, in 1803 and engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder. In 1819, he moved to St. Louis and established himself in the real estate business. He served as lieutenant governor from 1820 to 1824 and was defeated for the governorship in 1824. By this time he was also a brigadier general in the state militia. For several years he was engaged in the fur trade business with Andrew Henry, the Sublette brothers, Robert Campbell, James Bridger and Thomas Fitzpatrick. He organized several expeditions into the Green River country, dealing exclusively with white trappers and hunters along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains. He withdrew from the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1826 after making his fortune. In 1831, Ashley was elected to Congress to fill the unexpired term of Spencer Pettis and was reelected in 1832 and 1834. In 1836, he ran unsuccessfully for governor against Lilburn W. Boggs. He died of pneumonia on 26 March 1838, and was buried on the family farm on the Lamine River in Cooper County, Missouri. He had no children and was survived by his fourth wife, Elizabeth Moss Wilcox. No records survive of his first marriage. His second wife, Mary Able, died on 7 November 1821. Eliza Christy, his third wife, died 12 June 1830.
The papers relate to Ashley's interest in the fur trade, the manufacture of gunpowder, and mining; improvement in navigation on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of St. Louis; land speculation and real estate in St. Louis; politics; Indian trade; and the West. Correspondents include James P. Beckwourth, James Bridger, Robert Campbell, Thomas Fitzpatrick, David E. Jackson, Etienne Provost, Jedediah S. Smith, William L. Sublette, and Samuel Tulloch. The papers also include Ashley's diary dated March 25-June 27, 1825 (his trip to the Great Salt Lake) (diary is published in Dale L. Morgan, editor, The West of William H. Ashley [Old West Publishing Co., 1964], pages 104-117), and the diary of Harrison G. Rogers regarding the expedition to the Pacific coast with Jedediah S. Smith (entries from August 15, 1826-January 27, 1827; May 10, 1828-July 1828).
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: William Henry Ashley Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0060
Ashley-Cabell family.
Papers, 1843-1861. 4 folders
Elizabeth Moss Ashley was a well-known socialite with property in St. Louis. She was married to a Mr. Wilcox who was a senator in the Missouri legislature. She was also married to Gen William H. Ashley, and after his death she married John J. Crittenden, the seventh governor of Kentucky. Mr. Edward Carrington Cabell (1811-1896) was an established lawyer in St. Louis. Mr. Edward Cabell married Miss Anna Maria Wilcox, the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilcox Ashley Crittenden.
The papers are concerned mainly with the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Ashley. A great deal of the letters of Mrs. Ashley and Mr. Cabell are written to James T. Sweringen. Of particular interest are the letters dealing with the freedom and selling of Mrs. Ashley's slave, James.
Cite as: Ashley-Cabell Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0061
Associazione di Letteratura Italo-Suizzero (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1868-1880; 1889. 2 volumes
Cash book and minute book of an Italian-Swiss reading club in St. Louis.
In Italian.
Cite as: Associazione di Letteratura Italo-Suizzero Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0062
Astor, John Jacob (1763-1848).
Collection, 1810-1933. 4 folders
John Jacob Astor was born in Waldorf, Germany, in 1763. He came to the United States in 1784 and opened a musical instrument shop in New York City in 1786. He became involved in the fur trade, including the American Fur Company, and also the mercantile trade with China. He earned most of his fortune from real estate dealings in Manhattan. He died in 1848.
The letters are mostly photostats and typed transcripts from originals at the Harvard Business School. There are only two original documents in the collection. A large percentage of the letters are addressed to Charles Gratiot and deal with the fur trade. Also contained are clippings regarding the Astor Collection and information concerning John Day, companion of Ramsey Crooks, Astorian.
Cite as: John Jacob Astor Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0063
Astorians collection, 1803-1937. 2 folders
Contains correspondence and clippings concerning Robert Stuart, Russell Farnham, Donald McKenzie, Benjamin Jones and John Jacob Astor.
Cite as: Astorians Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0064
Atkinson, Henry.
Papers, 1825-1866. 3 folders; 1 volume.
The United States government sent a military expedition up the Missouri River from St. Louis to the mouth of the Yellowstone in 1825. The purpose of the expedition was to make treaties with all adjacent tribes, with the goal of protecting and stimulating the fur trade of the northwest. General Henry Atkinson, representing the military, and Major Benjamin O'Fallon the Indian Department, were appointed the commissioners by the president to carry out the treaty-making program. The journey up the Missouri was completed without serious accident. On August 17 they arrived at the mouth of the Yellowstone where they established a temporary post called Camp Barbour. The expedition had been successfully carried out without the loss of men or boat. Treaties were completed with all the Indian tribes with whom they came in contact and the purposes off the expedition were achieved.
Papers include original journal, a photocopy of original journal, and correspondence relating to the journal. The authorship of the journal is a matter of conjecture. That Atkinson or O'Fallon did not write it is indicated by the fact that it refers to them by name, and the author of the journal refers to himself in the first person, and, while writing a formal journal, occasionally adds a few words giving his personal opinion of the events related. The journal is very carefully done and the details of the movement of the troops, mileage and other data is given.
Cite as: Henry Atkinson Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0065
Atwood, Eliza L. Cowan (1835-1895).
Diaries, 1862-1863; [1954]. 4 folders
Eliza L. Cowan was born April 7, 1835, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to John Wilson Cowan and Jane Eakin. On 21 February 1860, she married Legrand Atwood, who served in the Civil War as captain and surgeon in the 1st Regiment of Rifles, Missouri State Guard. They had six children. Later in life, Eliza Cowan Atwood moved to St. Louis, where she died 11 January 1895.
The collection consists primarily of three diaries by Eliza Cowan Atwood dating from 1 January 1862 to 31 January 1863. Written in Shelbyville from the perspective of a Confederate sympathizer, the diaries describe her everyday life, her hobbies of sewing, reading aloud to friends and family, teaching music, and visiting friends. They also describe civilian life during the Civil War in Tennessee, including news received of battles and the progression of the war; and accounts of soldiers passing through or occupying Shelbyville en route to and from Nashville, many of whom stopped at the Atwood house to be fed or housed. Of particular note is a description of General William J. Hardee who stopped at Atwood's home in March 1862, and a physical description of General Adam R. Johnson. Atwood's diaries contain little information on her husband and no mention of her children. The collection also contains a genealogical chart made by George B. Atwood in 1954, and an undated volume of genealogical notes on the Atwood and allied families by Helen S. Atwood.
Cite as: Eliza L. Cowan Atwood Diaries, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.
A0066
Audubon, John James (1785-1851).
Collection, 1808-1910. 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.)
John James Audubon, christened Jean Jacques Fougere Rabin, was born in Les Cayes, San Domingo, on 26 April 1785 to Jean Audubon, a French naval officer, and his mistress, a Mademoiselle Rabin, who died soon after his birth. He grew up in France with his stepmother, Anne Moynet Audubon, but was sent to America by his father in 1803 to manage the plantation and lead mines he had invested in near Morristown, Pennsylvania. Audubon adopted the more American sounding name, John James, on his arrival. In 1807, he embarked on a series of unsuccessful business ventures in Kentucky with Ferdinand Rozier. Financially ruined at age 35, he turned to painting as a profession. His best known work, The Birds of America, was first published in London in 1838. When he returned from England in 1839 he began work on The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Poor eyesight forced him to give up painting in 1846, and after several years of deteriorating health, he died of a stroke on 27 January 1851.
The papers include correspondence, study notes, a scrapbook of Auduboniana compiled by Maria R. Audubon, daughter of John Woodhouse Audubon, biographical material, and other papers. Correspondents include John James Abert, John Bachman, Spencer F. Baird, Charles L. Bonaparte, George T. Fox, Ethan A. Greenwood, Richard Harlan, Edward Harris, William MacGillivray, Samuel George Morton, Robert Treat Paine, George F. Parkman, Prideaux John Selby, William Swainson, John K. Townsend, Nathaniel A. Vigors, William Yarrell, and members of Audubon's family.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Cite as: John James Audubon Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0067
Auer, Jacob.
Journal, 1887-1888. 1 volume
Journal dated 30 June 1887 to 11 September 1888 containing accounts of steamboat shipments from Auer's Landing, Illinois. It also includes recipes and hints; drawings and arithmetic problems added later.
Cite as: Jacob Auer Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0068
Augustus Jones and Sons (Potosi, Mo.).
Ledger, 1841-1848. 1 volume (129 leaves)
Ledger dated 6 December 1841 to 27 January 1848, containing the records of Augustus Jones and Sons, blacksmiths in Potosi, Missouri.
Cite as: Augustus Jones and Sons Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0069
Authors collection, 1915-1970. 1 folder
Collection contains biographical information contained in pamphlets, papers, etc. on several St. Louis authors.
Cite as: Authors Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0070
Autograph book collection, 1810-1913. 6 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
Collection of 36 autograph albums, most of them from the twentieth century.
Some German and French.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Autograph Book Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0071
Avery, Edward M.
Account books, 1846-1855. 2 volumes
Account books dated 2 January 1846 to 31 December 1855, containing records of the personal expenses of St. Louis teacher Edward M. Avery.
Cite as: Edward M. Avery Account Books, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0072
Babcock, W.R.
Scrapbook, 1859-1860. 1 volume (200 pages)
This scrapbook contains newsclippings, letters and personal notes about Missouri militia companies prior to the Civil War, 1859-1860, assembled by W. R. Babcock. Also includes a three-page autobiographical essay by Babcock; and a letter transmitting the volume to Joseph Boyce, February 3, 1898. The clippings are pasted over an unidentified ledger.
Cite as: W.R. Babcock Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Bacon and Brothers (Boonville, Mo.).
See R.B. Bacon and Brothers (Boonville, Mo.)
A0073
Badger Family.
Papers. 1852-1950. 2 folders
Collection contains material of the St. Louis-based Badger family, including letters of Capt. Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds of 186- issue; and several letters of Alexander Badger, ca. 1860, written from Fort Vancouver, Western Territory, and various places in the west, which describe everyday happenings.
Cite as: Badger Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0074
Baggerman, William, F.
Papers, ca. 1940-1991. 4 boxes (4.0 linear ft.)
A native of St. Louis, Mr. Baggerman attended Washington University and Edinburgh University. He started Modern Management Co., a real estate management firm, in 1936, and later was employed with Sycamore Investors, Inc., a shopping center development company. He served on the St. Charles County Commission and the St. Charles County Republican Committee.
Papers include a collection of personal correspondence, mementoes, a travel diary, newsclippings, published brochures of various places of interest. Also contained is information regarding his various real estate holdings. The slim ms. box contains photographs of family, places visited, and slides of the interiors of his apartment holdings. In the flat storage box; Broadside, "Femme Osage Township Republican Rally, Mt. Pleasant Wine Cellar, Augusta, Mo., Oct. 10, n.y.; hand produced poster, "W.C."; phonograph titled "Recorded Message from your Man in Service" from Capt. Wm. Baggerman to Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Baggerman, 1943 (phonograph produced courtesy of Pepsi-Cola Company); newspaper editions of national and local importance; campaign poster for Baggerman, n.y.
Cite as: William F. Baggerman Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0075
Bailey, Howard, Mrs.
Papers, 20th century. 5 boxes (2.0 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Collection consists mostly of genealogical data relating to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Cite as: Mrs. Howard Bailey Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0076
Baker, Marigold Harman (1920-1996).
Research notes, 1967-1993. 8 boxes; 2 oversize folders
Research notes of Marigold Harman Baker for her master of arts thesis in anthropology, written at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Materials pertain primarily to land transfers in Missouri after the New Madrid earthquake of December 16, 1811. Collection includes correspondence; certificates and awards; transcripts; resumes; research papers; master's thesis; photocopies of Missouri plat maps; Missouri county maps; printed materials; newsclippings; research notes and card files regarding landholders of southeastern Missouri and Algoa, Mo.
Cite as: Marigold Harman Baker Research Notes, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0077
Bakewell, Anderson, S.J. (1914- ).
Scrapbooks, 1965-1985. 3 volumes.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bakewell of St. Louis, Father Anderson Bakewell graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in geography and geology. One of his hobbies was mountain climbing and exploring.
The scrapbooks contain information regarding Father Bakewell's explorations, mountain climbs and his religious career. The contents of the scrapbooks are mostly photocopies with some original photographs.
Cite as: Anderson Bakewell Scrapbooks, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0078
Bakewell, Edward L., Jr.
Business scrapbooks, 1935-1992. 1 box; 1 oversized folder.
Business scrapbooks compiled by Edward L. Bakewell, Jr., documenting the history of Edward L. Bakewell Real Estate and the Bakewell Corporation. Includes newsclippings, promotional material, correspondence, and other papers.
Cite as: Edward L. Bakewell, Jr. Business Scrapbooks, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0079
Bakewell, Paul, Jr. (1889- ).
Papers, 1915; 1928-1964. 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.); 1 volume.
Paul Bakewell, Jr., was born in St. Louis, the son of Paul and Nina Bakewell. He attended St. Louis University and the St. Louis University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1910. He was associated with the law firm of Bakewell, Bakewell and Cramer. He married Mary Fullerton in 1909. He was a member of the United States War Trade Board in 1917-1918 and in 1922 he organized the Governmental Research Institute in St. Louis. He was its chairman until 1935. He was a director in the Atchison Water Company, Phillipsburg Coal and Land Company, and the Maffitt Realty Company. He served on the directorate of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Boys Club of St. Louis and is a former director of the United Charities of St. Louis, the Social Planning Council and the Municipal Nurses Board. He was a member of the Calvary Cemetery Association, the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; the Noonday Club; and of the St. Louis County Round Table. He was the author of Past and Present Facts About Money in the United States, published in 1938.
The collection contains correspondence and subject files. The subject files consist of information regarding the Fullerton Building, Labor Relations with the Committee for Industrial Organization, 1937; St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, 1942-1944; Community Council, Social Planning Committee, 1936-1938; St. Louis and St. Louis County Borough Plan, 1962; United Charities, 1935-1946. Also includes a manuscript digest of legal terms kept by Paul Bakewell, Jr., 1915; and cash book #7 from his law practice, 1941-1944.
Cite as: Paul Bakewell, Jr., Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0080
Ballentine General Store (Boonville, Mo.).
Sales journal, 1859. 1 volume (100 pages)
The Ballentine general store was a general merchandise business in Boonville, Mo. Journal is dated August 13 to December 3, 1859.
Cite as: Ballentine General Store Sales Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0081
Banking and currency collection, 1776-1976. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Contains checks, promissory notes, and receipts, chiefly of Missouri banks; bankbooks and financial statements; Confederate States bills; currency issued by colleges during the Civil War; and cashier checks used by the National Bank of Commerce, St. Louis, during the Panic of 1907. (Includes some photocopies.)
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Banking and Currency Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0082
Baptiste Tent and Awning Company (St. Louis, Mo.).
Account books, 1893-1897; 1947-1949. 12 volumes
The Baptiste Tent and Awning Company of St. Louis was the successor firm to Alex. Baptiste and Son Tent and Awning Company, a partnership of Alexander and George Baptiste. George Baptiste was president of the earlier partnership during the years 1898-1938.
This collection of account books contains six volumes, consisting of a cash book, an order book, and four day books, of records of Alex. Baptiste and Son Tent and Awning Company, 1893-1897. It also contains six volumes, consisting of five checkbooks in account with Boatmen's National Bank, 1947-1949, and an undated price book, of Baptiste Tent and Awning Company.
Cite as: Baptiste Tent and Awning Company Account Books, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0083
Barclay, Shepard (1847-1925).
Papers, 1844-1925. 6 boxes (3.0 linear ft.)
Shepard Barclay, lawyer and judge in Missouri, was born November 3, 1847. He was the grandson of Elihu H. Shepard, a prominent citizen of St. Louis who was one of the founders of the Missouri Historical Society in 1866. Shepard graduated from St. Louis University in 1867 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1869. He studied in Europe from 1869 to 1872, returning to St. Louis in 1872 to begin his law practice. In 1873, he married Kate Anderson. That same year he formed a law partnership with William C. Marshall which continued until 1882 when Barclay was elected circuit judge in St. Louis. In 1877, he helped organize the local military force in St. Louis which became the Third Regiment of the National Guard of Missouri. Judge Barclay was elected judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1888 and chosen Chief Justice by his associates in 1897. He resigned this office in 1898 to practice law with John E. McKeighan and Millard F. Watts. Before going on the bench, Judge Barclay served for several years as secretary of the Missouri Historical Society. He died November 17, 1925.
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, memoranda, and biographical material. Among the papers are letters to his wife dated 1891, and Missouri Bar Association papers dated 1918-1921. Also included is the diary of Elihu Shepard, his maternal grandfather, which includes reminiscences of his childhood in the East; the War of 1812; wanderings during the year of the cholera epidemic in St. Louis in 1849; his experience during the Mexican War; incidents and war losses resulting from the Civil War; and the queensware factory in Kaolin, Mo.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Shephard Barclay Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Barnard Company (Saint Louis, Mo.).
See George D. Barnard Company
A0084
Barnes, John B.
Papers, 1825-1948. 2 folders
John B. Barnes served on the staff at Kemper Military School in Boonville, Mo.
Collection of notes and manuscripts of early Missouri history, principally written by Col. Barnes; photostat of the land grant to Hannah Cole dated October 1, 1825; papers concerning Hannah Cole, New Franklin and Boonslick country; and David Barton, judge of the First Circuit Court held in Howard County and Boonville.
Cite as John B. Barnes Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0085
Barnes, Robert Augustus (1808-1892).
Papers, 1784-1923 (bulk 1820-1914). 11 boxes, 4 oversized folders
Collection consists of personal, business, financial, and family papers of Robert A. Barnes, who was a grocer, commission merchant, bank president, stockholder, property owner, and philanthropist.. Includes correspondence, bills, receipts, legal papers, property and income tax documents, insurance policies, personal and business accounts, and papers relating to the Barnes estate and the estate of John W. Reel, of which Barnes was the administrator. Also includes numerous bills of lading and shipping papers associated with Barnes' grocery and commission merchant business, as well as papers regarding the Bank of the State of Missouri, St. Louis Railroad Company, Belcher's Sugar Refining Company, and other local companies in which Barnes either held executive positions or was a stockholder. Related family papers include those of Barnes' brother, William Barnes, or of the Chenie family, who were relatives by marriage. Also includes papers from the estate of John W. Reel.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Robert A. Barnes Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0086
Barry, J. Neilson (1871-196?).
Papers, 1937-1960. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
J. Neilson Barry was educated at the Theological Seminary of Virginia and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained an Episcopal minister and was an Episcopal priest of the Diocese of Washington, D.C., for many years. He served fifteen years as a missionary at Palouse and Spokane, Wash., and Baker, Okla. In 1940, he donated to the Missouri Historical Society the tracings of his study-plats used in analyzing the Lewis and Clark map of 1814.
The collection includes maps of the Wyoming and Idaho districts, compiled by Barry from the map attributed to Samuel Lewis, published in the journals of Lewis and Clark in 1814. The maps also include data from maps of John Colter and other members of the Lewis and Clark expedition as well as from maps used by fur traders and members of the Astorian expedition. The papers also include correspondence of Barry with the Missouri Historical Society concerning his maps.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Cite as J. Neilson Barry Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0087
Bartholdt, Richard (1855-1932).
Papers, 1855-1937. 4 boxes (1.7 linear ft.); 3 volumes; 2 oversized folders.
Richard Bartholdt was born November 2, 1855, in Schleiz, Germany. He came to the United States at the age of 16 and worked as a printer in New York and Philadelphia. He came to St. Louis in 1875 and worked as a printer for the Courier and the Anzeiger, which were both German newspapers. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States and returned to Germany to study law. He returned to St. Louis in 1884 and took charge of the St. Louis Tribune. He married Miss Cecille Niedner, who was the daughter of Moritz Niedner, a prominent newspaper publisher from St. Louis and one of the founders of the Associated Press. Mrs. Cecille Bartholdt died in 1924. Mr. Bartholdt was elected to Congress in 1892 and served eleven consecutive terms until 1915. He is remembered for making the first speech ever heard in Congress against prohibition. He also worked for the appropriation which made the Louisiana Purchase Exposition possible, for improvement of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, for liberal immigration laws and for the rebuilding of Jefferson Barracks. In 1899, he attended the first Hague Peace Conference and then attended the conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at Christiania, Norway. In 1903, Mr. Bartholdt invited the group to meet at the Worlds Fair in St. Louis in 1904. (The Inter-Parliamentary Union was designed as an organization of representatives of the peoples of nations.) The University of Jena in Germany conferred the title of "honorary citizen" to Mr. Bartholdt. Mr. Bartholdt was also president of the St. Louis Board of Education from 1890 to 1892. He died of pneumonia in St. Louis, March 29, 1932.
The papers contain both personal and professional correspondence. Also included in the papers are a certificate stating that Bartholdt is a representative of Congress of the state of Missouri, 1892 and 1894; correspondence in relation to the Meritz Niedner case (Mr. Niedner had a contract with the state of Missouri to publish a daily journal. He died before the contract was completed and his heirs were suing the state for the remaining portion of the contract); typescript copies of various speeches given by Bartholdt; correspondence in relation to his book, From Steerage to Congress; clippings regarding Germany after World War I; charter titled "An Act to Incorporate the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation," April 16, 1930; memorandum stating the principles and policies of the Missouri Association Against Prohibition, dated January 12, 1930; letters of sympathy regarding the death of Bartholdt and receipts and bills from local St. Louis businesses and services to Ms. Eugenia Niedner, 1932; typescript copy of From Steerage to Congress, n.d.; bound volume, Project ener Hochdruck, Maschine Entworfen von Theodor Kraus; book, Inter-Parliamentary Union--Official Report of the Fourteenth Conference held in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords, London July 23 to 25, 1906; bound volume, Festmahl Zu Ehren der Herres Richard Bartholdt und C.B. Wolffram; letters and memorandums regarding the rebuilding of Germany and the unfairness of the Versailles Treaty to Germany, 1932; correspondence with the Stueben Society of America. Three bound scrapbooks: Bartholdt family travel, immigration and naturalization documents, 1852-1926; congratulatory correspondence on occasion of 70th birthday, 1925; and reviews, articles and correspondence regarding From Steerage to Congress, 1931. One unbound scrapbook; congratulatory correspondence on occasion of 75th birthday, 1930.
German.
Cite as: Richard Bartholdt Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0088
Bartlett, Aurelius T. (1831-1918).
Collection, 1860-1896. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Aurelius T. Bartlett was born December 4, 1831, in Maine. He came to Illinois at the age of 20, settling in Jersey County. In the Civil War he served as a surgeon in the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry from April 1862 to February 1863, and with the 33rd Missouri Infantry from April 1863 to the close of the war. He died July 22, 1918, in Jacksonville, Ill.
Collection contains Confederate, United States and foreign stamps from the nineteenth century, diary 4-11-1860 of a trip from Jerseyville, Ill., to St. Joseph, Mo., Golden City, Colo., and Pikes Peak, by A.T. Bartlett. Also contains the memoirs of Aurelius Bartlett, dated 1890, which describe the affairs of the 33rd Missouri Infantry in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri. Memoirs include detailed descriptions of regimental casualties and of medical care provided at field hospitals during the following battles and campaigns: attack on Helena, Ark.; Red River Campaign; engagement at Old River Lake, Ark.; Tupelo and Oxford, Miss., expeditions; pursuit of General Sterling Price through Arkansas and Missouri; Battle of Nashville; pursuit of General Hood through Tennessee; and the Mobile Campaign, including the siege of Spanish Fort. Also includes information on camp life, marches, depredations (pp. 35 and 37), and transportation of troops on steamboats; and descriptions of Helena, and Montgomery and Selma, Ala. Collection also contains a letter and order book of the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, dated April 1862 to February 1863; miscellaneous orders; and postwar correspondence of Bartlett with the Army Medical Museum.
Cite as: Aurelius T. Bartlett Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0089
Barton, David (1783-1837).
Papers, 1811-1836. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
David Barton was born December 14, 1783, in Tennessee and received his education at Greenville College (Academy) in Tennessee. He took a job after graduation in the law office of Judge Anderson, where he received the bulk of his law training. In 1809, he and his brothers moved to Missouri and settled in St. Charles. David Barton taught school for a while and proceeded to join the army and fight in the War of 1812. After the war he moved to St. Louis and began practicing law. He became the attorney general for the Territory of Missouri in 1813 and later was elected to the St. Louis Circuit Bench. In 1820, he was chosen as the first president of the first Constitutional Convention. He has been identified as writing the constitution which was adopted by that body. He was affiliated with the Whig party and was chosen as the first U.S. Senator from Missouri. He never married. After leaving the Senate he returned to Boonville, Mo., and took the position as the circuit judge. He was declared insane by the county court at Boonville shortly before his death September 22, 1837. During his lifetime he was often called "Little Red" and after his death he has been called "Missouri's Forgotten Senator." It is believed by many that his political career was overshadowed by Thomas Hart Benton.
Collection contains letters from Barton mostly concerning political matters; political documents, clippings and genealogy notes; and typescript data on Barton and speeches given before the Missouri Historical Society by James Jones October 14, 1920, and also by Charles Van Ravenswaay.
Cite as: David Barton Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0090
Baseball and sports collection, 1877-1988. 2 boxes (0.5 linear ft.)
Collection contains information regarding early baseball clubs in St. Louis and numerous programs of athletic contests including rowing, running and walking contests. Also includes clippings, stock certificates in St. Louis baseball clubs, correspondence regarding the St. Louis Cardinals, and souvenirs of the Cardinals, including bumper stickers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Baseball and Sports Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0091
Bassford, Homer (1870- ).
Papers, 1891-1934. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Homer Bassford was born in Mexico, Mo., in 1870 and was educated at public schools and at the Barker Academy. He married Etta Overman Chase in 1892. He started his career in journalism with R.M. White of the Mexico Ledger and in 1889 he became the Sunday editor and subsequently the city editor of the Kansas City Times. He moved to St. Louis in 1893 and took the job of music and dramatic critic at the St. Louis Republic.
Collection contains letters to Bassford from distinguished theatrical and political persons concerning business related items.
Cite as: Homer Bassford Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0092
Bates Family.
Papers, 1754-1973. 17 boxes (6.5 linear ft.); 22 volumes; 1 oversized folder.
Frederick Bates (1777-1825) was the son of Quaker parents from Belmont, Goochland County, Va. In 1797, he moved to Detroit, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and served for a time as postmaster. He was appointed receiver of public monies for land October 13, 1804. President Jefferson appointed Bates judge over the Territory of Michigan on March 3, 1805. In 1806, he moved to St. Louis where he became recorder of land titles for the Louisiana Territory. President James Madison appointed him secretary of the Louisiana Territory January 10, 1811, during the administration of General James Wilkinson. In 1824, he was elected governor of Missouri but died in office August 4, 1825. He married Nancy Ball, daughter of Colonel John S. Ball of St. Louis County, in 1819. They resided at Thornhill, the Bates homestead, in Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County. Onward Bates (1850-1936) was born February 24, 1850 in St. Charles County, Mo. He spent his boyhood years in St. Louis and on the farm in St. Charles County. At the age of 15 he entered the Fulton Iron Works as an apprentice. A few years later, he attracted the attention of Charles Shaler Smith, a distinguished engineer in the field of designing and building bridges. Smith hired Bates to work on a bridge he was building over the Missouri River at St. Charles. After two years as a student at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N.Y., Bates was hired to work on the Eads Bridge. In the following decades, Bates worked on and supervised numerous bridge building projects in the United States, as well as a three-year stint in Australia. He served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1892, he married Virginia Castleman Breckinridge, daughter of Judge Samuel M. Breckinridge. Onward Bates died in 1936 in Augusta, Ga.
The papers include family correspondence, letter books, legal papers, and business and political correspondence of Edward and Frederick Bates and of other members of the family, including Barton, Onward, and Tarleton Bates. The collection contains material on family history, political affairs of the colonies, the French and Indian War (1796), land matters, Indian relations, the Civil War and reconstruction years, and several letter books and papers of Onward Bates concerning bridge construction. Also included are minutes of the recorder of land titles, 1812-1814; lists of civil and militia appointments in the territory, 1810-1811; abstracts of provision for the Missouri militia, 1813-1816; claims to lead mines in Missouri; and correspondence with Governor William Clark seeking commissions, military promotions, and petitions for appointments of justice of the peace. Collection also includes letter books of Frederick Bates, among which is one volume of photostats of letters written during his tenure as postmaster in Detroit (1789-1809); and two original volumes of letters, with two volumes of photostatic copies, written while he was postmaster in Detroit and in Goochland, Va. (1807-1812). These letters relate to business and government. There is one photostat letterbook of Tarleton Bates, written from Pittsburgh, to brother Frederick Bates, discussing social and family issues (1795-1805). Also included are several journals and diaries of Edward Bates, among which is a journal of his law studies (1847), two diaries (1847 and 1846-1852) in which he comments extensively on St. Louis politics, and three photostat journals (1859-1866) in which he comments on national and local politics prior to and during the Civil War. There is also one letterpress letterbook of Onward Bates, inspector of bridges and trestles in Pittsburgh, relating to business matters (1875-1876).
Some French.
Indexed in archives card catalogue. See also The Life and Papers of Frederick Bates, Thomas Maitland Marshall, ed., in MHS Library (MO/9.2/B318) for published version of many of Frederick Bates' letters.
Cite as: Bates Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0093
Bates, William Maffitt.
Manuscript, [1932]. 1 volume.
Manuscript of St. Louis lawyer William Maffitt Bates comprises a typescript compilation of facts concerning Madame Chouteau's marriage and children.
Cite as: William Maffitt Bates Manuscript, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0094
Battle and Company (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1819; 1861; 1883-1889. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Battle and Company was a pharmaceutical company in St. Louis which was started in 1875 by the brothers Jesse M. and Cullen A. Battle.
Collection contains nine folders of testimonials from satisfied customers concerning products. Also included are receipts, invoices and correspondence concerning business matters; and St. Louis surveys.
Cite as: Battle and Company Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0095
Bauman, Edwin J.
Papers, 1930s-1950s. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Architectural papers of Edwin J. Bauman of Maguolo & Quick, Architects, Engineers, including specifications for the Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis; specifications for hospitals in Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, and Missouri, including the Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital and an addition to the Alexian Brothers Hospital; standard details for hospitals including the size of units and relative location of equipment recommended for the Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital by Neergaard and Craig, hospital consultants, 1940s; printed material regarding hospital and progressive patient care; ledger of Joseph Killes, 1898; templates, stencils; and the New School Algebra Book, 1898.
Cite as: Edwin J. Bauman Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0096
Baumhoff, George W. ( -1941).
Papers. 1900-1950. 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
General manager of the St. Louis Transit Company; bought land in St. Louis County ca. 1902; family moved to house on property in 1911; bought additional 300 acres a few years later. The tract of about 450 acres was called Treecourt Farm, a fairly literal translation of the name Baumhoff in English. When drilling for oil in 1930, Baumhoff came upon an artesian well of cold sulphur water where he built a pool. After his death the family began disposing of the property.
Legal, business, and personal papers relating to property owned by George W. Baumhoff and family between Big Bend Road and the Meramec River. The files document the record of title to the land and the way it was sold in more than 30 parcels by the family after the death of George W. Baumhoff in 1941.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: George W. Baumhoff Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0097
Baxter Family.
Genealogy. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Genealogical notes on Baxter family in the United States.
Cite as: Baxter Family Genealogy, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0098
Bayard, George Dashiell (1835-1862).
Papers, 1856-1860. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
George D. Bayard was born in 1835. He graduated from West Point in 1856 and lived for a time in St. Louis. He rose to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Fredricksburg in December 1862.
Collection contains letters written to his family covering army life at Forts Leavenworth, Riley, Kearney and Jefferson Barracks. Letters also discuss conflicts with Indians, his injury and recovery in a St. Louis hospital resulting from an encounter with an Indian and social life in St. Louis.
Cite as: George Dashiell Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0099
Bean, L.M.
Missouri mounds research notes, n.d. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 3 volumes.
Topography and location by counties of Missouri mounds, compiled by L.M. Bean, Jackson, Mo.
Cite as: L.M. Bean Missouri Mounds Research Notes, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0100
Beaumont, William (1785-1853).
Papers, 1802-1964. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Dr. Beaumont was born November 21, 1785, in Lebannon, Conn. He was a physician in the United States Army and gained fame from his experiments regarding the digestive system, which he conducted on Alexis St. Martin. He became known as one of the first American physiologists with the publishing of his book, Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion, in 1833. In 1835, he was transferred to Jefferson Barracks and later set up private practice in St. Louis. He was a charter member of the St. Louis Medical Society and was chosen professor of surgery at the first St. Louis University Medical College. He died April 25, 1853, in St. Louis.
The collection contains letters of Dr. Beaumont, which were transcribed by Mrs. Max Myer from the collection of letters at Washington University. They pertain to Dr. Beaumont's military and medical career, personal life, business matters and associates. Interesting description of the St. Martin experiments. Beaumont family genealogical chart, n.d.
Cite as: William Beaumont Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0101
Beauregard, Antoinette Harney (1868-1940), collector.
Beauregard family papers, 1779-1940 (bulk 1915-1940). 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.); 3 volumes.
Marie Antoinette (Nettie) Harney Beauregard, was born October 7, 1868, the daughter of John Mullanphy Harney (son of General William S. Harney) and Mary Kimball Harney. She was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Vannes, France, and also at private schools in Paris and the Loretto Convent in Florissant, Mo. On December 5, 1898, she married Henry Toutant Beauregard (son of General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard). In 1912, Mrs. Beauregard joined the staff of the Missouri Historical Society as a translator of St. Louis and Missouri documents written in French. A year later she was appointed archivist and curator, a position she held until her death in 1940. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was born May 28, 1818, in St. Bernard Parish, La. A graduate of West Point, ca. 1838, he was a United States Army engineer and participated in the Mexican War under General Winfred Scott. Beauregard was the Confederate commanding officer who directed the attack on Fort Sumter, and distinguished himself in the battles of Manassas, Charleston, and Petersburg. He played an important part in the development of the nation's railroad system, serving as president of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern railroads (later part of the Illinois Central System).
The papers include correspondence, notes, memoranda, clippings, reminiscences (1847-1848) of Pierre G.T. Beauregard on the Mexican War under General Scott; and three volumes of his, consisting of an inscribed copy of an original manuscript recollection, with supporting correspondence, titled "Reminiscences of an Engineer Officer, during the Campaign in Mexico, under Major Genl. Winfield Scott in 1847-1848, New Orleans, Dec. 17, 1852"; a manuscript copy of Civil War battle reports written to Gen. S. Cooper following the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, and Manassas, 1861-1862; and a letterpress letterbook, 1884-1889. Also includes genealogical material collected by Nettie H. Beauregard on the Beauregard, Chouteau, Clemens, Frost, Hamill, Harney, Hunt, Jennings, Kimball, Mullanphy, and Soulard families of St. Louis.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Beauregard Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0102
Beckwith Family.
Beckwith-Hunter-Medley genealogy, 1954. 1 volume (320 pages)
Typescript genealogy with photographs recording family history from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. It was compiled by Mary Medley Hunter (Mrs. Stephen B.), and traces the Beckwith, Hunter, and Medley families from England to settlement in the Missouri towns of New Madrid, Cape Girardeau, Mexico, and Sikeston.
Cite as: Beckwith-Hunter-Medley Genealogy, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0103
Behymer, Francis Albert (1870-1956).
Papers, 1882-1956. 9 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Mr. Behymer was born in Miamiville, Ohio, in 1870. He quit school at the age of 12 and in 1888 joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a proofreader. Four years later he moved to the news staff as a suburban correspondent, assigned to Belleville, Ill. In 1900, he was assigned to the main office and began a chain of bright stories of rural life under his familiar "F.A. Behymer" byline that lasted half a century. His beat was rural Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. His stories were generally the homey tales of the little people. He served for a time as assistant Sunday editor at the Post-Dispatch. But he disliked desk jobs and moved back to reportorial work. Mr. Behymer retired from the Post- Dispatch and taught journalism classes at the University College of Washington University in 1952. He was the author of Rider of the Night.
Personal papers include record of first employment at the Post- Dispatch; correspondence; clippings; drafts of speeches. Correspondence with Pearl Daniel regarding her writings about the depression in Montana (1930-1937); correspondence with columnist John G. Neihardt (1930s); correspondence and clippings regarding the academic freedom issue at McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill. (1948-1949); correspondence with Elizabeth Pilant and Richard Pilant on the subject of folklore, 1950-1952 (Elizabeth Pilant was executive secretary of National Conference of American Folklore for Youth.); correspondence with Sid and Arlene Hitchings about life in the Ozarks, 1950-1953; notes from the writing class he taught at University College of Washington University, fall 1952; correspondence regarding St. Louis newspaper guild strike and Pulitzer's statement in regard to strike (1937-1942); literary manuscript titled "Doc Dudley's Deception," which concerns a woman doctor posing as a man; correspondence on Joseph Pulitzer's 60th birthday party, March 21,1945; account books, 1901-1917; correspondence regarding MacMurray College (Jacksonville, Ill.) where Behymer received a honorary degree of master of journalism, March 1946; correspondence regarding the Methodist Federation for Social Action; correspondence regarding publication of short stories in Reader's Digest; correspondence regarding his feature stories: grazing, strip mining, planting forests; rough draft of speeches; biographic sketch, 1946.
Cite as: Francis Albert Behymer Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0104
Belcher, Nathan (1813- ).
Papers, 1834-1885. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Charles and William H. Belcher founded the Belcher Sugar and Refining Co. in St. Louis around 1845. The plant was located at Lewis and O'Fallon Streets. The refining company was sold to W.L. Scott in 1872. Their brother, Nathan Belcher, became a member of the Connecticut Congress and Senate and in 1853 he became a member of the U.S. Congress.
Papers consist of one folder of genealogical information on the Belcher family and eleven folders of letters written to Nathan Belcher from his brothers and sisters across the United States. The letters of William H. and Charles Belcher (1842-1872) deal with the operation of the sugar refining company and contain their comments on other events in St. Louis such as the great fire of 1849 and the cholera epidemic.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Nathan Belcher Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0105
Bellairs, Kenneth G.
Papers, 1892-1942. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Kenneth Bellairs was born in India where his father was a British Army officer. The family moved to St. Louis when he was a boy. He received the nickname "Jock" by attending to the horses at the St. Louis Fairgrounds. He worked for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the Post, but from 1893 until his death he was the police reporter for the St. Louis Star-Times.
Collection contains correspondence and newsclippings concerning police matters; mementoes of the Maxwell-Preller murder case which shocked St. Louis in the 1880s; copies of reports and stories of police cases; a series of clippings and letters concerning Missouri Governor Joseph W. Folk (1904-1908), a long time friend of Bellairs.
Cite as: Kenneth G. Bellairs Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0106
Below, Frank H.
Family papers, 1896-1942. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Frank H. Below was an accountant in Chicago; a member of the Missouri Home Guard, 1st Regiment Infantry; and assistant treasurer of Simmons Hardware Company.
Assistant treasurer of Simmons Hardware Company. Family correspondence including letters of Frank and Nellie Below, 1924-1926 (Nellie's letters describing trip to Europe); letters of Louis and Dorcus Wolf, 1922-1942; correspondence of Augustus Hager Bryant, 1924-1938; business correspondence regarding the Simmons Hardware Company, ca 1895-1923; Frank Below's garden/farm journal, 1896, with clippings regarding gardening; and photographs and family memorabilia.
Cite as: Frank H. Below Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0107
Bemis Family.
Papers. 1831-1931. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 2 volumes.
The Bemis family was a prominent St. Louis family who were proprietors of the Bemis Bag Company. The company was started in 1858 by Judson M. Bemis (1833-1921) and had factories throughout the United States.
Collection includes several genealogical scrapbooks, among which is Judson A. Bemis' compilation of the Bemis family genealogy, tracing the family to the early 1600s; Stephen A. Bemis' scrapbook (1865-1919) which includes material on Bemis Bag Company; a unbound volume of the related Anderson and Kennedy family genealogy; and an unbound volume of Bemis family memorabilia (1891-1918). The collection also contains correspondence, invitations, clippings, and advertising matter on the Bemis Bag Company.
Cite as: Bemis Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0108
Bench and Bar collection, 1820-1949. 1 folder
Collection contains signatures of attorney generals of Missouri, 1820-1941; document stating obligation between members of the St. Louis Bar to elevate the tone and dignity of the bar, 1900; circular letter addressed to the democratic lawyers of St. Louis, dated July 1, 1916, recommending that the Bar Association should cooperate with central committees of several parties to obtain nominations of men of approved standing at the bar from judicial positions; program honoring Ely Smith, March 7, 1949; printed copy of Eugene Angert's "The Law is not a Jealous Mistress"; list of the members of consolidated courts.
Cite as: Bench and Bar Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0109
Bennett Mercantile Company (Salem, Mo.).
Ledger, 1902. 1 volume (600 pages)
Indexed ledger of accounts, dated May 1 to September 17, 1902, of a general store in Salem, Mo.
Cite as: Bennett Mercantile Company Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0110
Benoist Family.
Benoist-Charleville family papers. 1793-1949. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.); 1 volume.
Collection includes a volume of handwritten abstracts of land deeds of Louis A. Benoist and Theodore Benoist in present-day south St. Louis. These land deeds, which include Spanish grants and surveys, are dated 1793-1892. Additional material on the Benoist family includes: commissions of the King of France to Antoine Gabriel Francois Benoist for his military service in Canada and a certified copy of his military record from 1735 through 1759; and 31 photostat manuscripts pertaining to Benoist family, including a family tree and documents pertaining to Antoine Gabriel Francois Benoist. The material concerning the Charleville family includes various deeds of sale; marriage contracts, and a document of the first divorce in Missouri; wills, etc.
Some French.
Cite as: Benoist-Charleville Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0111
Bent Family.
Bent-St. Vrain family papers, 1796-1926. 1 folder
Silas Bent was born in 1768. He married Martha Kerr. He was appointed surveyor general of the St. Louis District in 1806 and was one of the supreme judges of the territory until 1821. He was the clerkship of the county court until he died in 1827. Charles and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain developed a fur trading business named Bent, St. Vrain and company in 1839. The business was organized to develop a fur trade with the Indians of the Southwest and to market American merchandise in New Mexico. Charles Bent assumed the responsibility for arranging credit for the firm in St. Louis and for purchasing and transporting the trade goods to New Mexico. St. Vrain, who by the mid 1820s had become well established in New Mexico, and who later became a Mexican citizen, was responsible for marketing the merchandise. William Bent did not become an active partner until after the Bent fort was built in Colorado.
Collection contains genealogical information on the Bent family and some information on the St. Vrain family. Also includes information concerning the Bent St. Vrain Company and the founding of Bent's Fort in Colorado. Some original manuscripts from John Bent and Ceran St. Vrain.
Cite as: Bent-St. Vrain Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0112
Bent, Silas (1882-1945).
Papers, 1908-1945. 4 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Silas Bent (1882-1945), journalist, author, and lecturer, began newspaper work in 1900 in Louisville, Ky., on the Louisville Herald . After three years he moved to St. Louis and joined the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as reporter and assistant editor. He was appointed assistant professor of theory and practice of journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism when the school was opened in 1908, but resigned that position in February 1909 to return to the Post-Dispatch. Later, he did publicity work in Chicago and then spent 13 years in New York City. As a freelance writer he contributed articles to the New York Times, the World, and the Herald-Tribune, and to such magazines as Century, Scribner's, The Nation, the Atlantic Monthly, the North American Review, The Independent, Current History, Collier's, and the Yale Review. Bent is the author of Ballyhoo (1927), a critical survey of newspaper practices; Strange Bedfellows (1929), a book on contemporary political leaders; a biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Buchanan of the Press (Vanguard Press, 1932), a novel about a reporter's career with St. Louis as the scene. He is buried at Bowling Green, Ky.
The papers includes Bent's correspondence regarding his work with publishers, magazines, and organizations. Individual correspondents include Bernard M. Baruch, Charles Beard, Edward Bernays, T.B. Constain, Andrew W. Mellon, Adolph Ochs, Joseph Pulitzer, William Marion Reedy, Elmer Rice, and Alfred E. Smith. The collections also includes his work in the investigation and publishing of facts in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, prohibition, and other public questions of the period, 1925-1940.
See archives card index.
Cite as: Silas Bent Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0113
Bentley, Jane M.
Research notes, 1969-1983 (bulk 1969-1977). 1 ms. box
Research notes, correspondence, several scrapbooks, etc., concerning Bentley's genealogical research on her great, great grandfather, Salmon Giddings. Also included is the undated literary notebook of Frederick Salmon Giddings and several notebooks compiled by Bentley regarding the history of Bonhomme Presbyterian Church, in Chesterfield, Mo., and Giddings' relationship to the church.
Jane Bentley left this collection with Bonhomme Presbyterian Church to do with as they saw fit.
Cite as: Jane M. Bentley Research Notes, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0114
Benton school scrapbook, 1993-2003. 2 boxes; 1 oversized folder
Select photocopies of data from photograph albums assembled by James McEwen documenting the history of Benton School in St. Louis. Also includes two original year books and an original program. (Original scrapbooks are held at the St. Louis Public School Archives.)
Cite as: Benton School Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0115
Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858).
Papers, 1790-1902; [1903-1958]. 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Thomas Hart Benton, lawyer, editor, and U.S. Senator from Missouri, was born March 14, 1782, near Hillsborough, N.C. He was the son of Colonel Jesse Benton of North Carolina; his mother was Ann Gooch Benton of Virginia. His father died when he was eight years old, and Benton grew up with few opportunities for study. He moved with his mother's family to Tennessee where they occupied a large tract of land acquired by his father. This settlement was later called Bentontown. Benton studied law with St. George Tucker, and in 1811 was admitted to the bar under the patronage of Andrew Jackson. He was also elected to the Tennessee legislature. After serving in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, he came to St. Louis in 1815 and began the practice of law. About the same time he established a newspaper, The Missouri Inquirer, and through this journal vigorously advocated the admission of Missouri as a state. He was elected one of the first United States senators from Missouri, and served thirty years' continuous service. In 1854, he issued the first volume of his Thirty Years View, a look at the workings of the government dealing particularly with the secret political history of that period. The second and last volume was published in 1856. Benton married Elizabeth McDowell of Virginia. They had four daughters; the second daughter, Jesse, married General John C. Fremont. Mrs. Benton died in 1844; Senator Benton died April 10, 1858, in Washington, D.C.
The collection includes correspondence, notes, and other papers on Benton's career, his duels with Charles Lucas in 1817, the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company, abolition, banking and currency, and the development of the West. Includes materials collected by William N. Chambers in writing Old Bullion Benton (1956). The third box contains photocopies of original letters in the possession of the Missouri Historical Society.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Thomas Hart Benton Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0116
Berger, Field, Torno & Hurley (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Architectural Drawings, 1962-1976. 58 tube boxes
Approximately 100 projects, primarily commercial, some residential, in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Many original drawings and conceptual drawings but there are no job files. Firm names include: Charles T. Berger Architects, Inc., Berger-Landrum Architects, Inc.; Berger-Landrum-Field Architects & Planners, Inc; William D. Peckham; Cannon, Herman & Field, Inc.; William A. Field - Norman R. Stoecker Architects; Mauran, Russell & Crowell; Albert B. Groves. Preliminary inventory available.
Cite as: Berger, Field, Torno & Hurley (Saint Louis, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0117
Bernays, Thekla (1855-1913).
Papers, 1870-1931. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Thekla Bernays (1855-1913), author and lecturer, was the daughter of Dr. George J. and Minni Bertrand Bernays, born at Highland, Ill., in 1855. Her brother was the noted St. Louis surgeon, Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays (1854-1907). Both were educated at McKendree College (Lebanon, Ill.) and Heidleberg University in Germany. Dr. Bernays was professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis and later was professor of anatomy and surgical pathology in the Marion-Sims College of Medicine. Thekla Bernays was at one time foreign correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and contributed frequently to Reedy's Mirror, the Westliche Post, the Criterion, and other publications. She was a member of a literary group active in St. Louis in the 1890s and early 1900s which included such noted people as Zoe Akins, Sara Teasdale, William Marion Reedy and others. After her brother's death in 1907, she began the task of preparing his memoirs, which were published in 1912. Miss Bernays died January 30, 1931, in New York, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
The papers include family letters and documents, clippings, scrapbooks, and correspondence of Thekla Bernays with literary figures in St. Louis, including Zoe Akins, George S. Johns, Orrick Johns, William Marion Reedy, and Sara Teasdale; also correspondence with other notable American literary figures including Gertrude Atherton, Albert Bloch, Daniel Frohman, Frank Harris, Mitchell Kennerly, and George O'Neil. Scrapbooks in the collection contain clippings of Bernays' articles which appeared in newspapers and periodicals, as well as those referring to Memoir; additional manuscripts in the collection include "The Judgement of Solomon--A Drama in Four Acts and an Interlude," by E. Torge (1914), translation from the German by Thekla Bernays, and Poems by George O'Neil, Intro by Zoe Akins.
Some German.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Thekla Bernays Papers, Missouri Historical Society.
A1828
Bernoudy, William Adair.
Collection, 1939-1986. 26 boxes
A0118
Berrell, George B. (1849- ).
Journals, 1871-1883. 10 volumes and 1 slim box.
George B. Berrell, an actor and theatrical stage manager, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He was named stage manager for DeBar's Opera House in St. Louis in 1876, and named acting manager in 1878, shortly after Ben DeBar's death in 1877. He was thereafter engaged with a variety of theatrical groups in and out of St. Louis, including the Grand Opera House (after 1882) and the Olympic Theatre in St. Louis.
The bulk of this collection consists of nine journals, kept by Berrell, that recount his adventures in theater and in life from 1871 until 1883. Among the varied entries are discussions of his theatrical career as a prompter with the Academy of Music in Chicago (1874), with DeBar's Opera House in St. Louis (from 1876), with the Acme Dramatic Company, a touring stock show (summer 1882), and with the Grand Opera House and Olympic Theater in St. Louis (1882-1883). Entries also discuss Berrell's numerous fishing trips (with one journal devoted extensively to his "Piscatorial Summer of 1878"); travels in New York and elsewhere; his thoughts on a celebrated murder of a St. Louis lawyer by a Post-Dispatch editor; and comments on Ben DeBar's estate. In addition, there is an undated volume entitled "Annals of the Drama," which consists of notes about eighteenth-century British actress Sarah Siddons.
Cite as: George B. Berrell Journals, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0019
Berthold, Bartholomew (1780-1831).
Berthold family papers, 1785-1895; 1902; [1900-1954]. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 4 volumes.
Bartholomew Berthold (1780-1831) was a Tyrolese by birth, and baptized Bartholomew Berthold de Mocenigo, December 31, 1780. He came to the United States June 17, 1798, and took out his naturalization papers in Philadelphia, at which time he dropped the name "de Mocenigo." He lived in Baltimore until 1809 when he came to St. Louis and established a dry goods and grocery business with Rene Paul. On January 10, 1811, Berthold married Pelagie Chouteau (1790-1875), daughter of Pierre Chouteau, Sr. The firm of Berthold and Paul dissolved June 6, 1812, and Berthold went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Pierre Chouteau, Jr. The store opened May l, 1813, under the firm name of Berthold & Chouteau. Later, John Pierre Cabanne and Bernard Pratte joined Berthold and Chouteau and they became connected with John Jacob Astor as partners in trade under the name of the American Fur Company. The successful business made each partner wealthy. Berthold died April 20, 1831, leaving his wife and seven children.
The papers include genealogical data, deeds, receipts, marriage contracts, wills, and other papers of the family of Bartholomew Berthold and their descendants (Machlot, Peugnet, Sarpy, Gratiot). The collection also includes a checkbook of the firm of Berthold and Chouteau in account with the Bank of Missouri, in St. Louis (1820-1821); an arithmetic and account exercise book of James Montgomery dated 1804-1805; an autograph book of Eugenie Berthold dated ca. 1902; and a record book containing poems and clippings of Martha J. Berthold, 1871-1912.
Some manuscripts and the Eugenie Berthold autograph book in French.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Berthold Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0120
Betts, Isaac (Ike) W.
Collection, 1914-1974. 1 volume.
Isaac (Ike) Betts, came to St. Louis ca. 1888. On April 9, 1888, he married Eulalie Gamache, daughter of a prominent French family of Carondelet (South St. Louis). They had three children. The family lived in St. Louis for several years where Betts was a boiler inspector in the United States Steamboat Inspection Service. In July 1914 they moved to Louisville, Ky., where he assumed the duty as the boiler inspector for the Louisville office of the Steamboat Inspection Service (U.S. Department of Commerce). Captain Betts was a collector of river lore, and compiled scrapbooks of clippings from magazines and newspapers of steamboat travel. His scrapbook "Historical and Pictorial Data of Steamboat Life," was donated to the Filson Club Historical Society.
Scrapbook includes clippings from magazines and newspapers about steamboats. Also includes correspondence, 1926-1938; manuscript titled "Same Old Ike in a Reminiscence Mood"; manuscript of song titled "My Dear Old Ohio Home," by Ike W. Betts, dedicated to brother John T. Betts; certificates/licenses of Sidney W. Betts (son), dated September 24, 1919, August 11, 1925, and 1968; and brochures regarding nuclear powered ships.
Cite as: Isaac W. Betts Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0121
Billon, Clara.
Journal, 1876-1896; 1908-1954. 3 folders
Clara Billon was a member of an old St. Louis family. Her parents were Louis C. and Clara Peterson Billon. She married Darwin Raymond Aldbridge May 27, 1891.
Collection contains a journal kept by Clara Billon to record reminiscences of members of the Billon family. Also included are newsclippings, pictures, letters, and other memorabilia. In the book are notes signed by Auguste, Cerre and Henry Chouteau; a certificate (1852) of Louis C. Billon's membership in the St. Louis National Guards; genealogical notes and holograph reminiscences of Frederic L. Billon, Clara Billon, Charles B. Gratiot, Henry T. Gratiot, Eliza J. Dillon, Samuel A. Gaylord and others. Also included are newsclippings concerning Billon family and items regarding the Billon family.
Cite as: Clara Billon Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0122
Billon, Frederick L. (1801-1895).
Papers, 1766-1877; 1894. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 3 volumes; 1 oversize folder
Frederick L. Billon, historian, was born April 28, 1801, in Philadelphia, Pa., and died October 20, 1895, in St. Louis. He came to St. Louis in the autumn of 1818, and soon became prominently identified with local affairs. He was member of the Board of Aldermen in 1828, and thereafter was twice appointed city comptroller. In 1853, he was appointed first auditor of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and held that position until 1858, when he became secretary and treasurer of the company. He resigned the last named position in 1863, and from that time until his death devoted himself to collecting historical matter pertaining to the early settlement of St. Louis and the Mississippi Valley. He was long regarded as an authority on matters of this character, and published Annals of St. Louis in its Territorial Days. He married Miss E.L. Generelly, who was a native of Philadelphia.
The papers include the diary kept by Billon on his travels from Philadelphia, Pa., to St. Louis in 1818; notes on outstanding citizens and events of St. Louis, from a village in the early territorial days to the latter part of the nineteenth century; two memoranda books containing Billon's original notes of early marriage, baptismal, and burial records; notes on the affair of Benito Vasquez and Joseph Motard; maps, plats, and additions of the town of St. Louis; early wills and documents, and material on the origin of St. Charles County, Mo., the families of Vincennes, Ind., and the transfer of Louisiana. Names of prominent citizens represented in the collection include William H. Ashley, Joseph Chauvin, the Chouteaus, Daniel P. Cook, Ninian Edwards, Charles Gratiot, Pierre Laclede Liguest; Peter Menard, Sr., Joseph M. Papin, Dr. Saugrain, and General James Wilkinson. This collection includes Billon's record book of orders for his 1894 book Territorial Annals of St. Louis in the American Days and is notable for containing autographs of several prominent St. Louisans.
Some French.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Frederick L. Billon Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0123
Billy the Kid collection (1949-1955).
1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
The collection contains correspondence and newsclippings of Mr. William V. Morrison, a St. Louis lawyer, who attempted to prove that Billy the Kid was not shot and killed by Pat Garrett and that Billy the Kid was disguising himself as a Mr. O.L. Roberts of El Paso.
Cite as: Billy the Kid Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0124
Binswanger, Augustus.
Diary, 1868-1871. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Photocopy of typescript of a diary of St. Louis attorney Augustus Binswanger, dated 1868-1870, and photocopy of original diary, 1871. Contains daily descriptions of life in St. Louis.
Cite as: Augustus Binswanger Diary, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0125
Bishop, Richard T.
Ledger, 1873-1896. 1 volume
Business accounts ledger of a St. Louis carpenter and blacksmith.
Cite as: Richard T. Bishop Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0127
Bissell, Daniel (1768 or 1769-1833).
Papers, 1770-1962. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.); 5 volumes; 1 oversized folder.
A native of Windsor, Conn., Daniel Bissell served in the Revolutionary War as a fifer in the 8th Regiment. He joined the regular army as a sergeant at the close of the war and participated in battles on the western frontier. He married Deborah Seba of Middletown, Conn., in 1793; they had six children, one dying in infancy. He was in command at Fort Massac on the Ohio River at the time of the Louisiana Purchase, and was sent to the Missouri Territory where he was appointed military commander of the territory, now in the state of Missouri and Illinois. By government order, he built Fort Bellefontaine and for several years (1809-1813) was its commandant. While at Fort Bellefontaine he was appointed justice of the peace for St. Ferdinand Township by Frederick Bates. He served in the War of 1812 on the northern frontier under General James Wilkinson and General George Izard and was rewarded with the brevet of brigadier general following his outstanding conduct at the battle of Lyon's Creek, October 19, 1814. Bissell spent his last years of military service at southern posts and was mustered out of service in 1821 at Baton Rouge. Bissell spent the remaining years of his life attempting to prove that his discharge had been unjustified. After 1821 Bissell retired to his estate on Bellefontaine Road. In 1825, he served as chairman of the committee to make arrangements for General Lafayette's visit to St. Louis. He died of pneumonia at his home in December 1833. His wife died November 15, 1843.
The collection contains Lieutenant Bissell's General Order books, 1792-1795; letters from the United States War Department relating to the building of the cantonment of Bellefontaine; the conspiracy of Aaron Burr; the War of 1812; the council meeting at Portage du Sioux, June 24, 1815; and the evacuation of Fort Osage, Madison, and Fort St. Charles in New Orleans. The papers also include material regarding the set of charges and speculations against Brigadier General Bissell by Major General Andrew Jackson, and Bissell's defense (1816); correspondence and certificates relating to the New Madrid land claims; and newsclippings about the Bissell home.
Finding aid available
Cite as: Daniel Bissell Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0126
Bissell House (St. Louis County, Mo.).
Architectural Drawings, 1961. 1 folder
Drawings of the General Daniel Bissell House at Franklinville Farms by Frank R. Leslie for the St. Louis County Historic Buildings Commission as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey. The diazo copies include floor plans, elevation, and assorted interior and exterior details/sections
Cite as: Bissell House (St. Louis County, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0128
Bissell, William Henry (1811-1860).
Papers, 1824-1861. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
William Henry Bissell (1811-1860), attorney at Belleville, Ill., served in the Mexican War, participating in the Battle of Buena Vista, February 1847. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1848 and 1850, and gained national reputation with his speech in the House on the slave question in 1850. In 1856, he was elected governor of Illinois but died ten months later before the expiration of his term.
The collection includes correspondence primarily from statesmen and politicians with reference to Bissell's service in the Black Hawk War and the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican War; the Wilmot Proviso; and Bissell's speech before the House of Representatives, February 21, 1850, on the slave question. Also included is the diary (December 14-24, 1853) of James Henry Carleton to Brevet Major W.A. Nichols while he was stationed at the ruins of La Gran Quivira.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: William Henry Bissell Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0129
Bixby, William Keeney (1857-1931).
Papers, 1700-1931. 33 boxes (17 linear ft.); 4 volumes; 2 oversized folder.
William Keeney Bixby, businessman and financier, was born January 2, 1857, at Adrian, Mich., son of Alonzo Foster and Emma Louisa Keeney Bixby. He was educated in public schools and graduated from Adrian High School in 1873. Following graduation he worked as a baggage handler on the railroad in Texas, and was later brought to St. Louis by H.M. Hoxie, president of the Missouri Pacific. Bixby began his St. Louis career with the American Car and Foundry Company, of which he became president, subsequently acting as chairman of the board until his retirement in 1905. He was also a cofounder of the Lithosite Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, manufacturers of roofing tile and soil pipe. Bixby's social and civic interests were numerous, and following his retirement he continued to serve on several bank, utility and industrial directories. He was an avid collector of autographs, manuscripts and rare books, and was generous in presenting them to others. He served two terms as president of the Missouri Historical Society (1907-1913 and 1925-1930), and was instrumental in securing a permanent headquarters for the Society in Forest Park. Bixby married Lillian Tuttle June 13, 1881, in San Antonio, Tex. They had four sons, Sidney, William, Harold and Ralph, and two daughters, Emma and Ruth. Bixby died October 29, 1931.
The collection includes Bixby's own papers together with the manuscripts collected by him. Bixby's correspondence relates to his business affairs, his purchases and sales of manuscripts, his philanthropic work, the many books which he published privately, his activities with the Red Cross, his world travels, and the many societies of which he was a member. Includes material on the St. Louis City Art Museum, the Sears Memorial at Mary Institute, Washington University, the Wixford controversy concerning credit for the method of purifying St. Louis city water, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, the construction of the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, and the Missouri Historical Society. Business record books include two minute books (1890-1900) and one ledger (1895-1899) of the Missouri Car and Foundry Company; and the corporate record book of Lithosite Manufacturing Company (1897-1899.) Papers collected by Bixby include a large autograph collection (European royalty and others); letters of Aaron Burr, Samuel Houston, Dorothy Jordan, Madame de Pompadour, and Zachary Taylor; and material relating to Fort Chartres, Ill. (1730), Kaskaskia, Ill. (1753), Arkansas River fortifications (1751-1755), Andrew Jackson, and the Mexican War.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: William K. Bixby Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0130
Black, Gurdon Gilmore (1880-1953).
Papers, ca. 1800-1900. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Gurdon Gilmore Black, civil engineer and contractor, was born September 5, 1880, in St. Louis County. He was the grandson of the pioneering family to St. Louis, Samuel and Amanda (McCutchan) Black. Black attended the Price School, Clayton Public School, the St. Louis Manual Training School, and graduated from Washington University in 1901 with a B.S. in civil engineering. Following graduation he worked as a civil engineer with the St. Louis Water Department. When war was declared in 1917, he resigned to enter the army and served in the 314th Engineer Regiment. When he returned from the war, he became engineer for the McCormack-Combs Construction Company, later becoming a member of the firm and its vice-president and treasurer. On December 6, 1924, Black married Mattie Lou Maddox, whose forebears had been pioneers and leaders in Callaway County, Mo. In 1941, he joined the Fruin-Colnon Contracting Company and the Fruco Construction Company. He died in 1953.
The bulk of the collection consists of biographical and genealogical material of Black and the related families of Ralph Clayton, McCutcheon, McKnight, Maddox, Grant Yates and John Kennedy. McKnight papers and accounts deal with the Spanish trade, 1836-1844; other material includes stock certificates issued by Clayton, the Forest Park Railroad Company, and the North Missouri Railroad Company; plat of Kennedy land near St. Louis, diploma, tax receipts, and medical account book (1822-1825) containing record of illness of Frederick Bates, and other papers of Dr. John D. Kennedy.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Gurdon Gilmore Black Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0131
Blackman family.
Blackman-O'Neil scrapbooks, 1817-1960. 6 volumes
Collection consists of memoirs of George Blackman; memorabilia of George Blackman and Carrie Horton Blackman, vols. I and II; memorabilia of Joseph O'Neil and Catherin H. O'Neil; the Barbara O'Neil Scrapbook of Stage and Screen, 1930-1960; and The Suffrage Years of Barbara Blackman O'Neil, 1911-1919.
Cite as: Blackman-O'Neil Scrapbooks, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0132
Blackmer, Lucian Guy (1881-1961).
Papers, 1893-1956; 1962. 2 box (1.0 linear ft.)
Lucian Guy Blackmer was born February 27, 1881, in St. Louis. He attended Webster Groves Public School, Central High School (1897-1899), and received a B.A. from Williams College in 1903. In 1907, he married Jane Cabell Wilkenson. He was a first lieutenant in the Missouri State Guard, and served in Company E of the Third Battalion, 1917-1919. Blackmer worked for the Equitable Life Assurance Society before joining the firm founded by his father, Lucian R. Blackmer, with L.W. Post in 1877. He remained with the firm Blackmer & Post, sewer pipe manufacturer, for 41 years, and was president when it was sold to Laclede-Christy in 1952. Blackmer was also founder of the Security Mutual Bank and Trust Company and was on the board till his death. In 1936, he was appointed to the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum of St. Louis and served 25 years, most of those years as its treasurer. An ardent art collector with a special interest in Chinese art objects, he was a member of the People's Art Center and the Artists' Guild. He died September 19, 1961.
The collection contains family genealogy and correspondence. The bulk of the papers are minutes of the administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum of St. Louis on which Blackmer served from 1936-1961. The collection also has minutes of the Ladue-Deer Creek Sanitary Sewer District, 1937-1939. An addition to the collection contains family correspondence, ca. 1903-1924.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Lucien Guy Blackmer Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0133
Blair Family.
Frank and Montgomery Blair papers, 1817-1963. 2 boxes; 1 volume.
Francis Preston Blair, Sr. (1791-1876) was a journalist and a political leader. His sons, Francis Jr. (Frank) and Montgomery, also were heavily involved in state and national politics. Francis Jr. was born February 19, 1821, in Lexington, Ky. He graduated from Princeton in 1841 and later practiced law in St. Louis (1843). He was at one time the editor of the Missouri Democrat. From 1852 until 1856 he was a member of the Missouri legislature and he was elected to Congress in 1857. He entered the army during the Civil War and was made brigadier general and later major general. After the war he was the commissioner of the Pacific Railroad. He was elected to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate where he remained until 1873. He died July 8, 1875, in St. Louis. Montgomery Blair was born May 10, 1813, in Franklin County, Ky. He graduated from West Point in 1835 and fought in the Seminole War. He began to study law after the war and later practiced law in St. Louis in 1839. He was appointed the United States district attorney for Missouri and in 1842 he was elected the mayor of St. Louis. He moved to Maryland in 1852. In 1857, he acted as counsel for the plaintiff in the Dred Scott case. In 1861, he was appointed postmaster general of the United States by President Lincoln. He died in Silver Springs, Md., on July 23, 1883.
Collection contains correspondence and clippings. Letters to and from Blair and his sons, Francis Preston Blair, Jr., and Montgomery Blair, concerning politics in Missouri, national politics, family and financial matters, the Civil War, military affairs and appointments. This collection also includes the Blair family bible, printed in 1806, which was given to James Blair by his son-in-law.
Cite as: Frank and Montgomery Blair Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Blair, Frank
See Frank Blair Monument Association
A0134
Blake, Lillie Devereux (1833-1913).
Papers, 1847-1908. 10 boxes (5.0 linear ft.)
Lillie Devereux Blake (1833-1913), writer, lecturer, reformer, and one of the pioneers in the cause of woman suffrage, was born in Raleigh, N.C. The family moved to New Haven, Conn., when Lillie was two years old, and she attended Miss Apthorp's School for Girls and later was tutored in college subjects by Yale professors. She married Frank Geoffrey Quay Umsted, a lawyer of Philadelphia, in 1855. A few years later, she published her first novel, Southwold. Her husband died in 1859, and she took up her literary work as a means of supporting herself and two children. During the first year of the Civil War, she was Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. In 1866, she married Grenfill Blake, a New York merchant. Her first active work in behalf of woman suffrage began in 1870. She arranged conventions, addressed committees of both houses of Congress and the legislature of several states, presided at public meetings, and made extensive lecture tours. One of her novels, Fettered For Life, was written during this period (1874) as a protest against the status of women in the community. She was president of the New York State Woman's Suffrage Association for 11 years, and in 1900 she founded the National Legislative League to obtain for women equality of legal, municipal, and industrial rights through action by Congress and state legislatures. She championed measures which established matrons in police stations, women census takers, and women physicians in insane asylums admitting women patients. Her last book, A Dangerous Experiment, was published in 1892.
Collection consists largely of data used by her daughter, Katherine Devereux Blake, to write her biography, Champion of Women: The Life of Lillie Devereux Blake. Although the collection contains few of Blake's letters, it does include several, though not all, of her original journals and diaries, ranging from 1847 to 1903; a complete transcription of her diaries as prepared by her daughter; her unfinished autobiography; notes and texts of many of her public addresses; correspondence received; scrapbooks and printed matter relating to her involvement in the woman's suffrage campaign. The collection includes letters from Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. While the correspondence files relate largely to woman suffrage activities in New York and in the national arena, there is also material relating to women's reform activities nationwide especially in connection with the National Legislative League that Blake founded to lobby for reform in the state legislatures. The collection also contains a small body of Civil War letters that Blake received from men in service with whom she was acquainted.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Lillie Devereux Blake Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.
A0135
Blattner, Jules M.
Papers, 1954-1986. 1 partial box
Jules M. Blattner graduated from Affton High School in 1958 and attended Washington University. He began performing in the St. Louis area around 1956 and was the founder of the rock and roll band, the Teen Tones. Blattner and his band played at nightspots and music festivals in the Midwest, and in 1968, they performed a four-month USO tour in the Far East. After his return to St. Louis, Blattner and his band continued to play locally, at such places as Gaslight Square's Butterscotch Lounge and the Casa Loma Ballroom.
Collection consists of personal papers and Teen Tones band memorabilia. Includes commencement announcements and programs of Affton Junior and Senior High Schools, 1954, 1958; correspondence of Jules Blattner, 1968; programs and promotional materials of the Teen Tones; newsclippings regarding Blattner family and the Teen Tones.
Cite as: Jules Blattner Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Bleifuss and Company (Sainte Genevieve, Mo.)
See: M. Bleifuss and Company
A0136
Blennerhassett Family.
Papers, 1793. 3 folders
Harman Blennerhassett was born October 8, 1765, in England and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1796, he was ostracized by his family because of his marriage to his 17-year-old niece. They emigrated to America and bought an island on the Ohio River near Parkersburg, Va. He became associated with Aaron Burr and gave much of his wealth to help Burr achieve his scheme. In 1807, he was arrested and accused of treason. He and his wife left Ohio and moved to Mississippi where they failed as cotton planters and later moved to Canada. He died February 2, 1831, in Europe. His wife returned to America with one of her sons, Joseph Lewis Blennerhassett, and with the help of Henry Clay, filed for damages against the United States government. She was unsuccessful in her claims and she died in New York in 1842. Joseph Lewis Blennerhassett moved to Lincoln County, Mo., where he practiced law.
The collection contains two letters which Mrs. Blennerhassett wrote to Henry Clay regarding her claim against the government. The balance of the material consist of journals and stories written by her friends, and many poems which Mrs. Blennerhassett composed. Also included is a journal of Stephen Randol of his journey from Montreal to the United States which he kept for Mrs. Blennerhassett.
Cite as: Blennerhassett Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0137
Bliss, Malcolm Andrews, Dr. (1863-1934).
Family Papers, 1865-1964 (bulk 1917-1934). 2 boxes
Dr. Malcolm Andrews Bliss was born July 2, 1863, in Warsaw, Ill., the son of Uriah Wright Bliss and Amanda Andrews Bliss. Malcolm Bliss spent his youth in Kingston Terrace, Mo. He graduated from the Missouri Dental School in 1884, and practiced dentistry for several years in Farmington, Mo. He then returned to school, graduating from Chicago Medical College. He practiced medicine at Bonne Terre, Mo., before moving to St. Louis in 1892. He was a nationally known specialist in mental and nervous diseases. In 1891, he married Clementine Carter in Farmington. They had two sons, Wyllys and Carter Bliss. Malcolm Bliss died September 4, 1934, at his summer home, "Blisshaven," near Manchester, St. Louis County.
Collection is comprised primarily of the correspondence of Dr. Malcolm Bliss and family, and papers and publications of Malcolm Bliss regarding his research in mental and nervous diseases. Collection also includes an 1875 composition book; newsclippings and groundbreaking ceremony program for the Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center; Soldan High School graduation program, 1912; papers relating to Malcolm Bliss' service in World War I; one issue of The Lutesville Banner, September 22, 1921; a newspaper article on General Jesse McIlwaine Carter; and a Bliss family genealogy taken from Aaron Tyler Bliss' The Bliss Family in America.
A0138
Blossom, Henry Martyn (1833-1917).
Journal, 1851-1853. 1 volume.
Henry Martyn Blossom was born in Madison, N.Y., in 1833, and came to St. Louis in 1852. He became second clerk on a steamboat of which his brother, Captain C.D. Blossom, was first clerk, and later purchased his brother's interest. In 1860, he entered insurance business, for which he was best known.
This journal is a daily record of the work and social life of Henry Martyn Blossom. It commences in Hamilton, N.Y., continues with an account of Blossom's journey to St. Louis, and concludes with accounts of Blossom's life as a Mississippi and Missouri River steamboat employee on board the Polar Star.
Cite as: Henry Martyn Blossom Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0139
Blow, Henry Taylor (1817-1875).
Blow family papers, 1837-1916; 1960. 2 boxes (0.5 linear ft.)
Henry Taylor Blow, manufacturer, legislator and diplomat, was born July 15, 1817, in Southampton County, Va., and died September 11, 1875, in Saratoga, N.Y. He came to St. Louis with his family in 1830 and completed his education at St. Louis University. At the age of nineteen he became a partner with his brother-in-law, Joseph Charless, in the sale of drugs, paints and oils, and later in the manufacture of castor oil, linseed oil and white lead. In 1844, the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Blow retaining the manufacturing business which he developed into the Collier White Lead and Oil Company. At a later date he became interested with his brother, Peter E. Blow, and Ferdinand Kennett in lead mining and smelting works in Newton County, Mo. After the Civil War they organized the Granby Mining and Smelting Company which operated the works for many years. Blow was also prominent in public life. He was elected to the Missouri Senate in 1854 and served four years. In 1860, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency; Blow was a staunch supporter of the Union cause in Missouri. President Lincoln appointed Blow the United States minister to Venezuela in 1861, but he returned to St. Louis in 1862 because of his concern over the Civil War. In the fall of that year he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and reelected two years later. In 1869, President Grant appointed him the United States minister to Brazil, and he held that office for two years. His last public service was as a member of the board of commissioners of the District of Columbia in 1874. In 1840, Blow married Minerva Grimsley, daughter of Colonel Thornton Grimsley. Their first child, Susan E. Blow, was born June 7, 1843. The family moved to Carondelet when she was six years old. She attended classes in private schools, and at 16 was sent to New York for two additional years of school. Miss Blow met Friedrich Froebel in Germany and became acquainted with his kindergarten work and teaching devices. When he returned to the United States in 1873, a staunch disciple of Froebel, she was able to persuade the Board of Education of St. Louis to let her use a schoolroom for one year; the second year the board incorporated the kindergarten work into its curriculum. She continued to work in St. Louis until 1886 when she was forced to retire because of poor health. During this period she wrote her first book, Symbolic Education, which was followed by several others. When she regained her health she began a series of lectures in which she described her theories of child education. She died in 1916 at the age of 73.
The papers include approximately 175 pieces of correspondence between Henry Taylor Blow and his wife Minerva Grimsley Blow from 1840 to 1875. Among these papers is also correspondence with their children, Susan, Nellie and Peter. The letters chronicle family and business history of the family as well as provide commentary on national and state politics during the Civil War, including the effects of the war on St. Louis. Minerva Blow's letters tell much of the social side of St. Louis and the role of women in the Sanitary Fair (1864), and of the personalities of family members and friends. Also includes information regarding the Blow library.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Blow Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0140
Blow, Susan (1843-1916).
Lectures. 1890-1900. 2 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Daughter of Henry Taylor Blow, Susan Blow was born in Carondelet. After an unconventional youth filled with private tutors and travel, Blow met Freidrich Froebel in Germany and became acquainted with his kindergarten work and teaching devices. Blow studied with Mme. Maria Kraus-Boelte, a disciple of Froebel's widow in New York, and returned to open the first public school kindergarten in America, the Des Peres School of Carondelet, in 1873. Blow developed a training school for kindergarten teachers the following year. Under the influence of William T. Harris, Hegelian scholar and superintendent of the St. Louis schools, Blow joined the St. Louis Movement, a group which dedicated itself to the study of Hegelian philosophy. Though ill health forced her to retire from most kindergarten activities, she continued to lecture on numerous topics and published books and monographs relating to educational issues. She also translated Froebel's Mother-Play for use in the kindergarten.
Collection contains manuscript lectures written by Blow regarding various subjects.
Cite as: Susan Blow Lectures, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0141
Blue Ridge Bottling Company (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1923-1977. 8 linear feet.
Records of a firm engaged in the bottling of non-alcoholic beverages, located in the Italian "Hill" neighborhood of St. Louis. Includes correspondence, financial records, and printed matter, consisting mostly of check registers, payroll books, accounts receivable and payable, correspondence with other beverage bottlers. Of particular interest is World War II and postwar correspondence with the United States government concerning the bottling of beverages.
A0142
Boefer Family.
Collection, 1830-1937. 3 folders.
Collection contains naturalization papers of Michael Jacob Unhelbach (June 11, 1849); receipted bills of Dan Engels (1875-1880); naturalization paper of Nathaniel Engle (September 6, 1840); bills and accounts of Henry Wagner and Son (1869-1870), cabinet makers; other papers including survey, cemetery deed, church paper.
Some German.
Cite as: Boefer Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0143
Bofinger, John N. (1823-1907).
Account books, 1863-1864 and 1869-1891. 4 volumes
Collection includes three ledgers (1872-1891) of personal accounts, bills receivable and payable, and personal property of John N. Bofinger, a Mississippi River steamboat captain, superintendent of the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company, and president of the St. Louis and New Orleans Packet Company. The first volume of these ledgers includes a journal of steamboat expenses (1863-1864). Also includes a letterpress letterbook (1869-1870) relating mostly to steamboat and railway insurance.
Cite as: Jahn N. Bofinger Account Books, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0144
Boggs, Lilburn W. (1798-1860).
Papers, 1827-1859. 3 folders
Lilburn W. Boggs was born in Kentucky in 1798. He came to Missouri and worked as a cashier at the Bank of St. Louis prior to 1819. He became prominent in politics and was elected governor of Missouri in 1836 and held the office for one term.
Papers consist of correspondence dealing with the Indian troubles in Barry County, Mo., and other matters of the state. Also contains biographical data on the Boggs family and letters of James O. Boggs and other members of the family.
Cite as: Lilburn W. Boggs Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0145
Bogy Family.
Rose Mary Bogy collection, 1828-1895. 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Collection was presented to the Missouri Historical Society in memory of the donor's mother, Rose Mary Bogy. The papers include approximately 1,000 letters and documents concerning Joseph Bogy (1806-1881) and other members of the Bogy family. The bulk of the material pertains to the Ste. Genevieve mercantile firms of Bogy & Lecompte (1823-1841). Remaining material reflects Joseph Bogy's interest in politics, quarrying, road building, the Bogy Lead Mining Company, and the construction of routes for the Iron Mountain Railroad and the Chester and Iron Mountain Railroad. Also includes correspondence with his brother, U.S. Senator Lewis Vital Bogy (1813-1877), and correspondence relating to the seizure by the Mexican government of his son, Joseph V. Bogy, in 1855 at La Paz, Calif., and Joseph Bogy's subsequent claim for $50,000 against that government.
Some French.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Rose Mary Bogy Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0146
Bogy, Lewis Vital (1813-1877).
Bogy family papers, 1795-1929; 1960-1961. 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.)
Lewis Vital Bogy (1813-1877) was born April 13, 1813, at Ste. Genevieve, Mo. He left Ste. Genevieve in 1832 to study law in the office of Judge Pope of Kaskaskia, and began the practice of law in St. Louis in 1835. Lewis married Pelagie Pratte in 1836. They had 13 children, but only three survived childhood: Joseph, Celeste and Josephine. He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1840 and again in 1854. In 1849, Bogy was the anti-Benton democratic candidate for the legislature but was defeated. He was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs in 1867, but not being confirmed by the Senate, retired from the office and returned to his law practice. In 1873, he was elected to the United States Senate where he served until his death in 1877. Lewis V. Bogy, journalist, author, and son of Joseph Bogy, banker and railroad man, and grandson and namesake of Lewis Vital Bogy, worked on St. Louis and New Orleans newspapers, and at one time owned a newspaper in Waterbury, Conn. As a young man, he worked in the Pension Bureau in Washington and subsequently wrote a novel, In Office, which told of the corruption in the office. The officials were offended and he was discharged. He later wrote another novel, A Common Man. During World War I he served abroad with the Red Cross. He returned to St. Louis after the war, but moved back to Europe in 1926. In 1934, he married Paula Loschitz Demeter of Budapest, his first marriage having ended in divorce. He died December 18, 1940, in Budapest.
The collection contains biographical and genealogical papers of the Bogy, Bolduc, Valle, and Pratte families of St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, comprised of correspondence, deeds, accounts, receipts, and legal papers. Includes data relating to Lewis Vital Bogy (1813-1877) and to his grandson, Lewis V. Bogy (1864-1940); scrapbooks, instructions in news correspondence, newsclippings, published poems of Bogy (the author), and memorial addresses on the life and character of Senator Bogy; correspondence of Joseph Bogy and his son, Joseph V. Bogy, relating to their expedition to California in the gold rush days; letters of Joseph V. Bogy concerning his joining the Walker expedition to Nicaragua (1855), his imprisonment in Mexico, and events that led to his death near Lima, Peru; and 14 legal papers and maps of land in Ste. Genevieve County.
Cite as: Lewis Vital Bogy Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0147
Bohemian American Home Building and Loan Association.
Records, 1884-1950. 9 volumes.
Collection includes six volumes of Bohemian American Home Building and Loan Association records: (1) account book, 1884-1885; (2) minute book, 1896-1914; (3) minutes, 1914-1917, and cash book, 1911-1919; (4-6) record books of stock loans and payments, 1900-1913; 1924-1929; and 1940-1948; (7) Western Department Queen Insurance Company, Register of Policies and Renewal for St. Louis Residents, 1912-1921; (8) St. Louis Fire and Marine Insurance Company - Casualty Register, 1944-1950; and (9) Hartford Fire Insurance Company Policy Record Book, 1947-1949.
Cite as: Bohemian American Home Building and Loan Association Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Bollinger county (Mo.) collection, 1860-1908.
Collection title changed to Erich Pape Papers.
A0148
Bollinger, Samuel (1871-1941).
Papers, 1908-1969. 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.); 1 volume.
Samuel Bollinger was born in Fort Worth, Ark., in 1871. The son of German-speaking immigrants, he studied piano at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music from 1891 to 1896, then established himself as a teacher of piano and composer of some merit in San Francisco, Chicago, and finally St. Louis, where he resided from 1907 to 1928. He was associated with the Strassberger Conservatory of Music in St. Louis. In 1910, he opened his own studio, the Bollinger Piano School, located in the Odeon Building on Grand Avenue at Finney Street. Bollinger died April 13, 1941, in Fort Smith, Ark.
Papers include both personal and business papers [index in front of folders] and photos of family, (box 1). Box 2 contains a scrapbook of clippings, programs of Strassberger and Bollinger Piano School; programs of the Bollinger Club; calling cards of Samuel Bollinger; book of signatures; composition book; day book for pupils. The collection also includes an unpublished typescript biography, "Samuel Bollinger," by Edward Eugene Briscoe, 1955, copy 2 of 3; a collection of Samuel Bollinger's manuscript music.
Cite as: Samuel Bollinger Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0149
Bonsfield, Emma S.
Scrapbook, 1862-1873. 1 volume.
Cite as: Emma S. Bonsfield Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0150
Boone Family.
Papers, 1777-1930. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Collection includes materials (mostly reproductions) related to Daniel Boone, 1777-1805; Nathan Boone, 1805-1821; John W. Boone, 1818-1836; Daniel M. Boone, 1806-1814; and other Boone family papers, including land papers and estate papers, 1797-1890. The collection also includes legal papers, mostly from the St. Charles, Mo., courts, that relate to the estate of Robert Beaty, Joshua Dodson, Sidney S. Boone, and Jean B. Duchamp, and the cases of Jameson vs. Boone and Stapp vs. Haydn Boone; Boone genealogy, clippings, material relating to the Boone meeting at the Missouri Historical Society, March 1930; and correspondence, printed matter, and clippings about Boone artifacts and portraits, Nathan Boone's St. Charles home, and Boone Trail markers.
Cite as: Boone Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0151
Boonville (Mo.) collection. 1856-1882. 4 volumes
Collection of unidentified account books from Boonville, Mo., including ledger of accounts received and paid, contract labor, and weather reports, 1856-1882; sales journal of general merchandise account, 1861; journal of shoe sales and repairs, 1860-1861; and day book, possibly of a tinsmith or hardware dealer, 1863.
Cite as: Boonville (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0152
Boonville (Mo.) Mayor's Court.
Records, 1840-1848. 1 volume
The Boonville, Missouri, Mayor's Court was the municipal court. (This record book was microfilmed by the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia in 1938.)
Cite as: Boonville (Mo.) Mayor's Court Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0153
Booth, Brian.
"The Norse Indians and Their Acquaintances" / typescript, ca. 1991. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Typescript essay on the Mandan Indians, postulating contact between them and the Vikings.
Author retains copyright interests.
Cite as: Brian Booth, "The Norse Indians and Their Acquaintances," typescript, ca. 1991, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0154
Bosse, Lotta.
Collection, 1918-1922. 2 folders (50 items).
Lotta Bosse was a local singer who often participated in local recitals. Collection contains musical programs, St. Louis newsclippings regarding music.
Cite as: Lotta Bosse Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0155
Bostwick, Arthur E. (1860- ).
Collection, 1654-1931. 1 folder (24 items).
Dr. Bostwick was born March 8, 1860, in Litchfield, Conn. He received his A.B. degree and later his Ph.D. at Yale (1883). He married Lucy Sawyer, July 23, 1885. He worked as a teacher and also on the staff of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography before working as the assistant editor of The Forum (1890-1892) and later as the associate editor of the Standard Dictionary (1892-1894). In 1895, he was made the chief librarian of the New York Free Circulating Library and in 1899 he was appointed the librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library. He moved to St. Louis in 1910 and became the librarian of the St. Louis Public Library, a position he held until his retirement in 1938. He wrote several books concerning work in the library field.
The collection contains 20 autograph letters and fragments of signed manuscripts from literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth century. He acquired most of these manuscripts while serving from 1890 to 1892 as assistant editor of The Forum. The collection contains letters of Woodrow Wilson, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Joseph Jefferson, and Henry Ward Beecher, as well as an autographed printed copy of Edwin Markham's celebrated poem, "The Man with the Hoe."
Cite as: Arthur E. Bostwick Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0156
Boucher, Pierre.
Patent of nobility, letter of appointment, etc. / facsimile reproductions. 2 volumes.
Cite as Pierre Boucher Patent of Mobility, facsimile, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0157
Boulton, Rice.
Mathematics exercise books, 1809-1811. 2 volumes
Cite as: Rice Boulton Mathematics Exercise Books, Missouri HIstorical Society, St. Louis.
A0158
Bowen, Elbert R.
Thesis, 1957. 1 folder (400 p.)
Collection contains chapter 4-6 of a thesis on negro minstrels in Missouri undertaken at the University of Missouri in 1957.
Cite as: Elbert R. Bowen Thesis, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0159
Bowen, John S. (1830- ).
Papers, 1818-1931. 1 box (140 items).
John S. Bowen was born October 30, 1830, in Savannah, Ga., and graduated from West Point in 1853. He married the daughter of Capt. George H. Kennerly at Jefferson Barracks, 1855. He was involved in the architectural firm of Bowen and Miller in St. Louis, 1857-1861. He organized the 1st Missouri Regiment (Confederate) and he fought in the battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg. He died shortly after the battle of Vicksburg from dysentery.
The collection contains indentures for lands in Maryland, Georgia ca. 1830; survey for the United States for the preservation of Jefferson Barracks made at the request of General Atkinson, December 3, 1840; scale of prices for the architectural services as adopted by the St. Louis Architectural Association and the minutes of the association, 1858; Civil War receipts for guns, etc. of Gen. John Bowen; some letters written during his service in the war; copy of the articles of association or agreement, in writing, of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Missouri, 1897; an essay written by James Bradley, discussing the loss of the Confederacy; a blank record recording a soldier's service in the Confederate Army.
Cite as: John S. Bowen Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1817
Bowers, John Oscar (1872-1965)
Papers, 1911-1947 2 folders
John Oscar Bowers was born in 1872. He was educated at Steelville Academy, Steelville, Missouri and later taught in the Crawford County school system. He moved to St. Louis in 1903 where he began work in a steel mill in East St. Louis, IL. Around 1905 Bowers opened the Bower's Lunch Room and Restaurant on St. Louis Avenue in St. Louis. The restaurant remained in business until 1945. John O. Bowers died in 1965.
The collection consists of invitations, restaurant business card, correspondence, business and tax records for the Bower's Restaurant, and a accounts ledger.
Cite as: John Oscar Bowers Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0160
Bowles, Caleb.
St. Louis County Court journal, 1816-1829. 1 volume (100 pages)
Caleb Bowles, the eldest son of Jane Thomas Bowles and Anderson Bowles, came to St. Louis from Goochland County, Va., around 1810. He married Elizabeth Glenn and later married Margaret Hearst. He served as a St. Louis County Court judge.
Abstracts of cases heard and decisions rendered by Judge Caleb Bowles; and records of appraisals rendered and certified for stray livestock.
Cite as: Caleb Bowles Saint Louis County Court Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0161
Boyce, Joseph (1841-1928).
Collection, 1844-1913. 1 box (125 items).
Joseph Boyce was born in 1841, and was a pioneer in the St. Louis tobacco market. In 1903, he established the Boyce Realty Co., and the following year was active in the World's Fair adminstration. He collected historically related documents and was associated with the Missouri Historical Society for many years.
The collection includes genealogical material; World War I letters of Boyce's cousin, Captain Hubert Ward, of the Royal Army Medical Corp. with the British expedition force in France; papers on the volunteer firemen of St. Louis, 1844-1909; Civil War letters written by Boyce (some typescript); information concerning Father John J. Bannon. Also contained is a document of Sterling Price and a letter of David R. Francis introducing Boyce; and a muster roll of Company D, St. Louis Greys, October 1862, and a roster of Confederate field and line officers, 1st Missouri regiment.
Cite as: Joseph Boyce Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0162
Boyd, Henry.
Scrapbook, 1901-1911. 1 volume (150 pages)
Scrapbook contains newsclippings, pasted over an unidentified ledger book. The clippings are of articles from the St. Louis Republic and the St. Louis Star, among other newspapers, and relate to Irish activity in St. Louis and abroad, especially as regarding the Irish home rule issue.
Cite as: Henry Boyd Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0163
Boyle, Wilbur F.
Papers, 1862-1909. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Contains legal papers relating to cases handled by St. Louis attorney Wilbur F. Boyle and business receipts, bills.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Wilbur F. Boyle Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0164
Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876).
Papers, 1856-1876 (bulk 1861-1864). 1 box (10 folders).
Braxton Bragg was born March 21, 1817, in Warrenton, N.C. After graduating from West Point in 1837, he served in the Seminole Wars and Mexican War. He married Eliza (Elise) Brooks Ellis in 1856. In early 1861 he commanded state forces in Louisiana, and in March of that year was appointed brigadier general and ordered to Pensacola, Fla. In April 1862 he became a full general in the Confederate Army. He died September 27, 1876, in Galveston, Tex.
Collection consists of correspondence of Braxton Bragg, primarily to his wife, that documents his Civil War service in Louisiana, Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee. It also includes several items regarding Bragg's home, Greenwood Plantation, in Louisiana.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Braxton Bragg Papers (William K. Bixby Collection), Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.
A0165
Brandenburger Family.
Brandenburger-Ohm family papers, 1867-1979. 1 box (200 items); 1 volume; 1 oversized folder.
Collection contains genealogical records and documents of the Brandenburger and Ohm families, 1867-1979; and scrapbook of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Brandenburger-Ohm Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0166
Brazeau Family.
Papers, 1695-1852. 1 folder (12 items); 1 oversized folder.
Joseph and Louis Brazeau were among the first St. Louis settlers. Joseph and Louis married the Delisle sisters, all born in Kaskaskia. They came to St. Louis prior to 1783.
Collection contains typescript copies of marriage records and contracts, 1695-1834, from the Kaskaskia church records of the Delisle and Brazeau families; the will of Josef Brazeau and wife, Maria Teresa Delill, dated September 23, 1784; an order of Delassus to comprise two arpents belonging to Benito Vasquez with 10 arpents of Josef Brazeau; a document regarding the sale of a negro woman to Josef Brazeau, 1803; copy of deed from Louis Brazeau dit Coyona, to Marie Ther. Bienvenu de Lille, widow of Josef Brazeau, dated November 16, 1820; deed of land from Louis Brazeau, Sr., to Louis Brazeau, Jr., Charles Bosseron and Auguste Brazeau, dated February 8, 1823; document signed by Andrew Jackson and G.W. Graham, general land office, granting to Joseph Brazeau and his heirs a tract of land, April 30, 1829; survey no. 3332, executed by William Milburn, to the claims of Louis LaBeaume and Joseph Brazeau, dated February 26, 1852.
Cite as: Brazeau Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0167
Breadon, Sam, collector.
Sam Breadon collection. 1926-1960. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Collection contains papers of Sam Breadon, president of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club and a member of the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear. Includes printed memorabilia mostly related to the Cardinals and includes passes (1926-1957); rosters (1938, 1946); schedules (1958, 1960); World Series programs (1931-1944); All Star Game program (1940); and sports magazines (1936-1949). Some items relate to the St. Louis Browns baseball club as well. The collection also contains programs of the irregular conclaves of the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear (1937-1949).
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Sam Breadon Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Breck, Edward Craft
See Todd, David. Papers.
A0168
Breckenridge, George (1764-1852).
Papers, 1804-1863. 2 folders; 1 volume.
George Breckenridge was born in Virginia in 1764. He married Elizabeth Cowan in 1796, and came to Caledonia, Mo., in 1819. He was a representative for Washington County in the lower house in Missouri for the 1832-1833 session. He died in Caledonia in 1852.
Collection contains genealogical information concerning the Stevenson and Phelps families; a document of Antoine Soulard, dated May 15, 1804, certifying that he surveyed and marked for the 31 heads of families by decree of Lieutenant Governor Charles Dehault Delassus the land about 50 miles northwest from the post of Ste. Genevieve and known by the name of "Old Mine"; land indentures of claims in areas of Ste. Genevieve and Caledonia and also Maury County, Tenn., and Bladen County, N.C.; letter from Breckenridge, Jefferson City, to his wife, Elizabeth (Cowan) Breckenridge, dated January 6, 1833, in which he discusses Missouri politics and the first bill relating specifically to divorce laws. This collection includes a volume containing a journal of expenditures and a ledger of accounts of the mining and cattle businesses of George and James Breckenridge in Missouri, 1818-1834.
Cite as: George Breckenridge Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0169
Breckenridge, James M.
Collection, n.d. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Genealogical information on the Pettus and allied families, compiled by James M. Breckenridge.
Cite as: James M. Breckenridge Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0170
Breckenridge, William Clark (1862-1927).
Papers, 1808-1936. 5 boxes (2.2 linear ft.)
William Clark Breckenridge was born October 19, 1862, in St. Louis and died December 23, 1927, in St. Louis. He graduated from the St. Louis High School in 1883. That same year he became secretary-treasurer of the Phoenix Planing Mill Company, of which his father was president, retaining that position until 1912 when the business was discontinued. Breckenridge was a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Missouri for 26 years (1901-1927), and wrote numerous articles on early Missouri history. He was a member of the Papyrus Club, a literary organization, a collector of books and manuscripts, and was an honorary member of the Missouri Historical Society.
The collection includes Breckenridge's correspondence with historians and literary figures, notably William Fayel (war correspondence), Harrison A. Trexler, Dr. William Porter, Eugene M. Violette, Walter B. Stevens, Francis Asbury Sampson, and Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri. Also includes many brief historical accounts of persons, places and events in Missouri, including those relating to the Civil War (Special Orders/reports), slavery, medicine, and literary clubs; genealogy of the Breckenridge, Wilson Primm, John Wescott, and Henry Milton Whelpley families; and manuscript and page proofs of William Clark Breckenridge: His Life, Lineage, and Writings by his brother James Malcolm Breckenridge, 1932.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: William Clark Breckenridge Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0171
Bremen (Mo.) Board of Trustees.
Proceedings, 1850-1856. 1 volume.
The municipality of Bremen, Mo., was annexed by the city of St. Louis.
Cite as: Bremen (Mo.) Board of Trustees Proceedings, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0172
Bremermann, Frederick ( -1936).
Papers, 1868-1931. 3 folders (50 items).
Mr. Bremermann was born in Bremen, Germany, and was educated at the Latin school there. He came to St. Louis in 1868 and entered the employ of Manning and Co., which was a dealer in glass and crockery. He was one of the incorporators of the St. Louis Glass and Queensware Company in 1883 and was elected president of the company in 1902. He continued in that position until his death in 1936.
Collection contains passports, stock certificates and business notes of F. Bremermann and of the St. Louis Glass and Queensware Co.
Some German.
Cite as: Frederick Bremerman Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0173
Brewing industry collection, 1884-1904. 1 folder
Collection contains information regarding the brewing industry in Missouri and St. Louis. Collection contains Beer Brewing in Missouri, a list of beer breweries in Missouri (1810-1971), and St. Louis Board of Public Improvements correspondence relating to the Winkelmeyer and Exclesior Brewing Associations. Anheuser-Busch and John B. Busch Brewing Co.items moved to Corporations and Industry Collection.
Cite as: Brewing Industry Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0174
Brickey, John Compton (1816-1903).
Papers, 1816-1818; 1837-1889; 1909; 1973. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.); 6 volumes.
John Compton Brickey and his brother, Franklin W. Brickey, sons of John Brickey, of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. John, born February 8, 1816, in Potosi, Mo., purchased land ca. 1838 and established Brickey's Landing in Ste. Genevieve County. He resided here (except for two years in California during the gold rush) until 1888 when he moved to Festus, Mo. He married Mary Carpenter, who died January 31, 1845; a year and a half later he married her sister, Emily. Owner of Brickey's dry goods store along the Mississippi River in Ste. Genevieve County.
Family and business correspondence of John Compton Brickey and his brother, Franklin W. Brickey, as well as correspondence that discusses current political situations; account books and mercantile record of Brickey's Landing, 1840-1842; list of boats observed from Brickey's Landing passing up and down the Mississippi River, May-August, [184?]; typescript letter of John S. Brickey to grandson, John Randall Weber, dated July 4, 1852, describing trip to East Coast and stay in Washington, D.C. In addition, there are six volumes of financial accounts of John C. Brickey and Franklin W. Brickey for general merchandise sales, lumber sales, and wood hauling at Courtois Mills, Brickey's Landing, and Ste. Genevieve, 1837-1851.
Cite as: John Compton Brickey Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0175
Bridge, Hudson Erastus (1810-1875).
Papers, 1817-1874. 15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Hudson Erastus Bridge, manufacturer, was born May 17, 1810, at Walpole, New Hampshire, but was raised in Bennigton County, Vermont, spending the greater part of his time working on the family farm. When he was 21, he walked to Troy, New York, where he worked in a store six months accumulating sufficient funds to take him to Columbus, Ohio, by stage coach. Arriving in the fall of 1831, he taught school during the winter months and then joined a business firm as a salesman which gave him the opportunity to travel in the Midwest. In 1835, he moved to Springfield, Ill., where, with Jewett, Matther and Lamb, inaugurated the manufacture of the Jewett plow. Not able to convince his partners to move the business to St. Louis, he left Springfield in 1837, and in company with Hale and Reyburn, established a business in this city, dealing in stoves, tin plates, copper, sheet iron, and tinners stock. In 1838, a foundry was established in connection with the store for the purpose of making the Jewett plow as well as stoves and holloware. It was operated as the Empire Stove Works. In 1857, John H. Beach became associated with Mr. Bridge, and the firm and name was changed to Bridge, Beach & Company, which was later incorported under the name Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Company. Hudson Eliot Bridge, son of the founder came into the business as a young man, and after his father's death in December 1875, was made president of the company. In addition to his successful business career, Bridge was a constant and generous contributor to many public enterprises. He was an original subscriber and worker in the inauguration of the Missouri Pacific, the North Missouri, the Iron Mountain, and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad companies, the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company, and was one of the original incorporators and trustees of Washington University, the Polytechnic Institute and Mary Institute.
Personal and business correspondence, bills, receipts, canceled checks, notes paid, local bills, bankbooks, railroad passes, and shipping statements of Bridge Reyburn & Company. Includes correspondence on the development of the steel plow and information on Bridge's activities with the Missouri Pacific, the North Missouri, the Iron Mountain, and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad companies.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Hudson Erastus Bridge Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0176
Bridges, Joseph C. ( -1918).
Memorial scrapbook, 1918. 1 volume
Joseph Bridges died in the 1918 influenza epidemic. Scrapbook contains photographs of Bridges' personal and naval life and newsclippings regarding the epidemic.
A0177
Brigadier General James Shields Monument Commission (Carrollton, Mo.).
Records, 1913-1914. 1 volume
This organization of prominent Carrollton, Mo., businessmen was formed to commission a monument to Brigadier General James Shields in front of the courthouse at Carrollton. Edward A. Dickson, Harry C. Brown, and Hiram J. Wilcoxson, were the commissioners. James Shields (1810-1879), a United States senator from Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri, served in the Union Army as a brigadier of volunteers from 1861 to1863. After the war, he moved to Carrollton, Mo., where he practiced law. He also served in the Missouri House of Representatives in 1874 and 1879, as adjutant general of Missouri in 1877, and as United States senator from Missouri from January 27 to March 3, 1879, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Lewis V. Bogy. Shields is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Carrollton.
Volume constitutes the official record of the Brigadier General James Shields Monument Commission, and includes biographical information on Shields.
Cite as: Brigadier General James Shields Monument Commission Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0178
Britton Family.
Collection, 1904-1939. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Collection of printed matter, reports, pamphlets, etc., including a typescript inventory of the contents of the residence of F.H. Britton, Oakland, St. Louis County, October 26, 1909; insurance papers; printed matter collected by Miss Ida Britton relating to Red Cross activities during World War I and an American goodwill delegation to France following the war, which includes material on nursing, 1918-1923; and Roy F. Britton's programs from the sixth and seventh annual Gridiron Dinners of the Advertising Club of St. Louis, 1938 and 1939.
Cite as: Britton Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0179
Broadhead, Garland Carr ( -1912).
Papers, 1806-1912. 1 box (15 items).
Garland Carr Broadhead was born in Albemarle County, Va. He worked on surveys for railroads in the early days of the Missouri railroads. He assisted in the reorganizing of the Missouri geological survey. He lived in Columbia, Mo., in the last years of his life, and died in 1912.
Collection contains essays of early Missouri history written by Garland Carr Broadhead, some of which were read before the Missouri Historical Society; a bound volume of notes concerning the first constitutional convention in Missouri, 1819-1820, and notes of early legislative abstracts, 1820-1835, written by G.C. Broadhead; a list of Missouri legislature members, 1820-1835; notes on the See family and on Achilles Broadhead, who came to Missouri from Virginia with his family in 1824. Also includes descriptions of various people, including Washington Irving and Rufus Easton; accounts by Broadhead of the early railroads in Missouri and an essay titled "Virginians in Missouri," which is handwritten by Broadhead and details the lives and history of Virginians who settled in Missouri.
Cite as: Garland Carr Broadhead Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0180
Broadhead, James Overton (1819-1898).
Papers, 1802-1906. 5 boxes (2.2 linear ft.)
James Overton Broadhead, prominent lawyer and politican, was the eldest son of Achilles Broadhead of Charlottesville, Va. His boyhood days were spent in Virginia, where he was tutored by an uncle in English and the classics. At age 16 he entered the University of Virginia, where he studied for a year. At the close of that year he was engaged as a tutor in a private school near Baltimore. His father moved to Missouri soon after and settled in St. Charles County. After James arrived in Missouri in 1838, he was engaged as a tutor in the family of Edward Bates, noted lawyer and member of President Lincoln's cabinet. While instructing the Bates children, he studied law with Bates, and in 1841 was licensed to practice. He began his professional career in Bowling Green, Mo., and practiced in the courts in the circuit of St. Charles, Lincoln, Pike, Ralls, Montgomery, and Warren County. He was elected to the state legislature in 1847 and was a state senator from 1850 to 1854. He married Mary S. Dorsey (1824-1914) and they had three children: Charles S., Mary W. Horton and Nannia D. Broadhead. In 1859, Broadhead came to St. Louis, where he formed a partnership in the practice of law with Fidelio C. Sharp. He took an active interest in politics, serving on the Committee of Safety formed in St. Louis in 1861 to assist in preserving the state to the Union. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1864, but was defeated by B. Gratz Brown. In 1875, he formed another law partnership, Broadhead, Slayback and Haeussler. In 1882, he won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. President Cleveland appointed him to study French spoliation claims in 1885, and he later served as the U.S. minister to Switzerland from 1893 to 1985. Failing health forced him to resign, and he returned to St. Louis, where he died August 7, 1898. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Mrs. Broadhead died September 14, 1914.
The collection includes correspondence relating to the secessionist movement in Missouri in 1861; family correspondence, particularly when he was serving as minister to Switzerland (1893-1895); legal papers and notes, Civil War material, and copies of some of Broadhead's speeches. Also includes memorandum on the prosecution of treason in the case of U.S. v. Joseph W. Tucker; memoranda relating to Missouri politics and government, judicial appointments, and constitutional law; the Peralta and Mormon cases, the case of the City of St. Louis v. the St. Louis Gas & Light Company; rough drafts of lectures, articles, and legal notes; two land grants, and 15 memoranda books, containing records of travels, expenses, and notes on legal issues.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: James Overton Broadhead Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0181
Broadsides collection, 1779-1984.
5 flat storage boxes; 2 map drawers.
Collection of printed broadsides and posters assembled together due to their similar nature rather than subject or provenance. Includes items used as advertising, notices, publicity, and propaganda. Topics include advertising, auctions, entertainment and theater, land claims, horse and mules sales, politics, publications, transportation (especially steamboats), Civil War, Mexican War, and World Wars I and II.
Some German.
Indexed in archives card catalogue.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Broadsides Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0182
Brookes, Jean Ingram.
Papers, 1928-1975. 28 boxes
Cite as: Jean Ingram Brookes Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0183
Brookland Club (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Record book, 1896-1908. 1 volume
Initially called the Izaak Walton Fishing Club, the Brookland Club was founded in St. Louis in the fall of 1896, for the purpose of establishing a club house and a library on field sports, namely hunting and fishing. It secured land and club houses at Claunch, Ark., on the St. Francis Illinois River, for the benefit of its membership.
This record book contains the minutes of the Brookland Club, some accounts, records of directors' meetings, and printed booklets, including the organization's constitution and membership lists.
Cite as: Brookland Club Record Book, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0184
Brown, B. Gratz (1826-1885).
Papers, 1859-1880; 1937-1953. 1 folder (30 items).
He was born May 28, 1826, in Lexington, Ky., and came to St. Louis at the age of 23. He at once entered the practice of law and took a prominent position in the ranks of Benton's Free Soil party. In 1852, he was elected to the Missouri legislature from St. Louis. In 1854, he became the editor of the Missouri Democrat. In 1856, he was re-elected to the Missouri legislature. He joined the Union army in 1861 and helped with the organization of the state militia, and he served in the Missouri Senate from 1863 to 1864. In 1870, he was elected the governor of Missouri and served one term. In 1872, he was nominated for vice-president of the United States for the Liberal Republican party.
Collection contains personal correspondence of Brown concerning the design of horse cars, 1859-1880; genealogy information about the Gratz and Brown families; and correspondence concerning the collection.
Cite as: B. Gratz Brown Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0185
Brown, Jane Desloge.
Scrapbook, n.d. 1 volume.
Scrapbook of Jane Desloge (Brown) containing newspaper and magazine reproductions of engravings of prominent people and works of art. Some of the clippings are from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cite as: Jane Desloge Brown Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0186
Brown, Joseph C. ( -1849).
Papers, 1818-1907. 1 folder (4 items).1 volume
Joseph C. Brown was a surveyor of lands and treaty lines for the government. He was the sheriff of St. Louis County during its territorial days and was also elected sheriff after statehood was achieved. He surveyed the state line between Missouri and Arkansas and also the line between Kentucky and Missouri in relation to Wolf Island and other islands in that vicinity. He surveyed and marked, under the authority of the state, the northern boundary line of Missouri. At the time of his death, he held the office of county engineer.
Collection contains bound field notes on the western boundary of Missouri, south of the mouth of the Kansas River. It was surveyed in 1823 by Brown. Also in the volume are preparatory notes and remarks in relation to the eastern boundaries of the Indian lands bordering on the states of Missouri and Arkansas, ca. 1839. Collection also includes a document appointing Brown sheriff of St. Louis County in 1818, and a typescript of Brown's obituary notice from the St. Louis Republican of Brown.
Cite as: Joseph C. Brown Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0187
Brown, Nathan.
Letterbook, 1837-1838. 1 volume
Nathan Brown came to St. Louis from New England during the first half of the nineteenth century. This letterpress letterbook contains copies of Nathan Brown's letters from St. Louis to his brother and others. The letters contain good discussions of life in St. Louis, and cover topics that include box manufacture, wall paper and papering, commodities prices, schools, steamboats, log cabin construction, and slave sales.
Cite as: Nathan Brown Letterbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0188
Brown-Reynolds duel collection, 1854-1906. Approx. 50 items.
Duel between B. Gratz Brown, U.S. Senator, Governor of Missouri, and Thomas C. Reynolds, Confederate Governor of Missouri. The duel was fought August 26, 1856, on an island in the Mississippi River near Selma. The dispute began in April 1854, when Brown was editor of the St. Louis Democrat. Reynolds found fault with an article attacking him. The dispute was on and off for two years until the duel was fought. Mr. Brown was wounded in the knee.
Collection includes correspondence between Reynolds and Brown regarding articles in the Democrat; articles of agreement and correspondence regarding the procedures of the duel; printed newspaper articles regarding the duel; typed manuscript with handwritten notes by William Vincent Byars, "Issues of Civil War Under the Pierce Administration Illustrated in the Hostile correspondence and duel between B. Gratz Brown and Thomas C. Reynolds."
Bulk of materials are from the William K. Bixby Collection.
Cite as: Brown-Reynolds Duel Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0189
Brueck, G. Michael, Dr. ( -1851).
Ledger, 1850-1851. 1 volume (200 pages)
G. Michael Brueck was a homeopathic physician in Hermann, Mo. Volume contains notes by Brueck on medical treatments, and financial records related to the settlement of his estate of G. Michael Brueck.
Mostly German handscript.
Cite as: G. Michael Brueck Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0190
Bruff, James.
Papers, 1805-1820. 1 partial box (8 items).
Collection contains information concerning Major Bruff, who was in charge of U.S. troops in Upper Louisiana in 1805.. Two outstanding pieces are contemporary copies of documents: document signed Thomas Jefferson (March 13, 1807) directing forfeiture of pay and emoluments to be remitted to Maj. Bruff, of Regiment of Artillerists, and that said Bruff receive same as though no sentence of court marital had been passed (at Fort Bellefontaine in February 1806); and document signed H. Dearborn, March 18, 1807, accepting resignation of Major Bruff.
Cite as: James Bruff Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0191
Brussel & Viterbo (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1906-1960. 160 boxes, 9 vol.
Residential, commercial, and institutional structural engineering projects that includes drawings, job files, some firm records, personal papers. The volumes index the jobs by number and by name while providing names of the architect(s) and general contractor for each project
Cite as: Brussel & Viterbo (Saint Louis, Mo.) Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0192
Bryan, Charles W., Jr.
Papers, 1930s-1960s. 2 boxes (1.2 linear ft.)
Charles W. Bryan, Jr. is a lineal descendent of Daniel and Rebecca Bryan Boone. Collection contains genealogical material regarding the Bryan family as well as the related families of Boone, Callaway, Flanders, Lamme and Maupien. Also includes correspondence relating to the publication of Bryan's "Richard Callaway" article in 1935, several folders of Bryan's historical notes, and photostats of numerous manuscripts from the Draper Collection of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Cite as: Charles W. Bryan, Jr., Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0193
Bryan, John Albury.
Notes on historic buildings, n.d. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Notes of John Albury Bryan on the Old St. Louis Courthouse and other historic buildings.
Cite as: John Albury Bryan Notes on Historical Buildings, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0194
Bryan, John Gano, Dr. (1788-1860).
Biography, n.d. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Dr. John Gano Bryan was born at Bryan Crossroads, N.C. He married Eveline McIlvaine in 1826. He became a surgeon with Lieutenant Colonel William H. Ashley's militia, and was actively engaged in medicine, mining, politics, farming, industrial enterprise, educational efforts and social intercourse. He platted and laid out many Missouri towns and was one of the group that organized the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. He lived in St. Louis at the time of his death.
Collection contains several copies of an undated, typed manuscript compiled by his grandson, Bryan Obear, titled "Sketch of the Life of Dr. John Gano Bryan," which consist of tributes paid to Dr. Bryan from letters and reminiscences of Dr. Bryan's contemporaries; biographical and genealogical material concerning the Bryan and McIlvaine families; undated notebooks on horses, horse breeding and pedigrees; and photos of the graves of John McIlvaine, Jane McIlvaine, his wife.
Cite as: Dr. John Gano Bryan Biography, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0195
Bryan, P. Taylor (1861- ).
Collection, 1813-1868. 1 partial box (13 items); 1 oversized folder.
P. Taylor Bryan was born October 30, 1861, in St. Louis. His parents were Francis T. and Edmonia Bryan. He graduated from Princeton University in 1882 and received his law degree from the St. Louis Law School in 1884. In 1900, he was made senior partner in the law firm of Bryan and Christie. He was an instructor in "torts and negligence" in the St. Louis Law School from 1888 until 1902. He married Miss Katherine H. Clark on June 26, 1889.
Collection contains three family letters: letter of John Whitfield (P.Taylor Bryan's grandfather), New Burn, N.C., to Mr. John H. Bryan, Chapel Hill, dated June 10, 1863, regarding incidents in New Burn in relation to the War of 1812; letter of Francis T. Bryan to Mrs. John H. Bryan, Raleigh, N.C., dated July 31, 1855, concerning an expedition down to the Arkansas, with mentions of Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth; letter of Francis T. Bryan, St. Louis, to sister, Mary B. Pettigrew, N.C., dated November 3, 1855, describing the Gasconade River bridge disaster, Chouteau at Fort Riley, and life on the plains versus life in St. Louis. Also includes sketches and plats of San Pascal, Rio San Gabriel, the Rio Grande and the country about El Paso Del Norte in relation to the Mexcian War; letter of Brigham Young to Honorable J. Hartnett, Secretary of Utah Territory, August 12, 1858, regarding meeting with him and his friends in the evening; invitations and tickets; six diplomas of the Bryan family from the University of North Carolina, 1815, 1842, 1860; and a diploma from the United States Military Academy, 1846.
Cite as: P. Taylor Bryan Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1805
Bryan, William H. (1859-1910)
Papers, 1868-1873 1 folder
As a child, William H. Bryan produced handwritten newspapers that describe happenings in Washington, Missouri, as well as, reprinted items from across the United States and world. The newspapers primarily emphasize happenings within Washington, Missouri and Missouri riverboat news.
The collection consists of 68 handwritten pages of newspapers.
Cite as: William H. Bryan Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0196
Bryan, William S. (1846- ).
Papers, 1817-1976. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
William Bryan was born in St. Charles County, Mo., in 1846, and married Nannie Mildred North in 1875. He founded the St. Charles News in 1866, the Montgomery County Standard in 1873, and the Historical Publishing Co. in St. Louis in 1880. He was the author of Pioneer Families of Missouri and helped John R. Ridpath complete a history of the thirteen colonies. He lived most of his life in Washington, St. Louis, and New York.
This collection contains various family papers of William S. Bryan, including letters to the Bryan family from H.C. Davis relating his experiences as a doctor in a St. Louis hospital in the 1870s, and mention of the St. Louis Female Hospital (October 3, 1876). Also includes family correspondence discussing national Civil War matters and life in California; correspondence between Benjamin L. Emmons and William S. Bryan pertaining to the histories of St. Charles and Wentzville, Mo., Daniel Boone, politics, and views of religion; and genealogical material on the Bryan family.
Cite as: William S. Bryan Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0197
Bryden, Alexander.
Papers, 1879-1949. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
This collection contains an autobiographical sketch of the life of Alexander Bryden in relation to the coal industry of St. Louis; and a history of the St. Louis Coal Club, 1914-1949, also written by Bryden. Also includes a schedule of rates for the Madison County Ferry Company (1883) and the Wiggins Ferry Company (1879); programs and notes of the Legion of Honor, Caledonian Society; and an autograph book.
Cite as: Alexander Bryden Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0198
Buchanan county (Mo.) collection, [1860-1947]. 2 items.
Collection contains typescript excerpts from the Hagen report on the Pony Express stables in St. Joseph, Mo.
Not to be used without the permission of the compiler and donor, the National Park Service.
Cite as: Buchanan County (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0199
Buechel, Julius A.
Papers, 1836-1900. 1 partial box (30 items).
Collection contains letters, a marriage certificate, a baptismal certificate, naturalization papers, and a pension certificate. Most of the items pertain to Julius August Buechel. Collection also contains three letters of 1st Lieutenant and later Captain Charles Fuelle, 2nd Missouri Infantry (Union), to Julius Buechel in St. Louis, dated 1862-1863. (Some letters have typescript translations with them.)
Cite as: Julius A. Buechel Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1813
Bulgar, Harold A. (1892-1966 )
Papers, 1783-1932 3 folders
Born July 9, 1892 in East Liverpool, Ohio, Harold A. Bulgar was the son of Alvin and Alice Bulgar. He was a graduate of Ohio State University and Harvard Medical School. In 1924, Dr. Harold A. Bulgar accepted a teaching position at the Washington University School of Medicine. He also served on the staff of Barnes Hospital. Bulgar served as president of the St. Louis Astronomical Society and on the board of directors of the St. Louis Audubon Society and Academy of Science of St. Louis. He died on November 2, 1966.
The collection consists of notes and material relating to the natural history pursuits of the Lewis & Clark Expedition; notes on the Louisiana Purchase by Stella Drumm; biographical information on fur trapper and Indian agent William Gordon; miscellaneous land and business papers; and an unidentified literary manuscript.
Cite as: Harold A. Bulgar Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0200
Bulkley Family.
Papers, 1855-1865; 1941. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Mary E. Bulkley was a St. Louis writer and suffragist who was active in the St. Louis Equal Suffrage League. She wrote the play "The Trial," which concerned the trial of Susan B. Anthony for voting in 1872. She also wrote "Speaking At Seventy" in 1931.
Collection contains letters of Thomas Carpenter to Mary and Phil Bulkley, dated 1861-1865, which describe the affairs of the 12th Illinois Cavalry in Virginia during the Peninsular Campaign, and in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, St. Louis, and New Orleans. Also includes biographical data and a photograph of Dr. Caroline Thomas Rumbold, a forest pathologist who was associated with Washington University, the University of Missouri, and the United States Department of Agriculture; and a bound mimeographed script of "Grandmother, Mother and Me," an unpublished autobiography by Mary E. Bulkley.
Cite as: Bulkley Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0201
Bull Family.
Papers. 1833-1878; 1906. 1 partial box; 1 volume.
John Bull was born December 4, 1840, in Vicksburg, Miss.; his brother, William, was born March 5, 1843, in Augusta, Ky. The Bull family moved to St. Louis in 1848. Both brothers enlisted in the Missouri Volunteer Militia and were captured at Camp Jackson in May 1861. After their exchange the brothers enlisted in Guibor's Missouri battery (Confederate), and soon after the Battle of Pea Ridge they transferred to Gorham's/Tilden's/Lesueur's 3rd Missouri Field Battery. In late 1862 John transferred to McDonald's Missouri Cavalry and later Newton's 5th Arkansas Cavalry. In the 1870s William Bull helped form Company E, First Regiment, National Guard (Rainwater Rifles), and was later named inspector general. He died January 8, 1928, in Miami, Fla.
Collection contains the Civil War reminiscences of William Bull, dated April 1906, which describe his service mostly in Arkansas, and include transcriptions of his diary entries from July 1862 to January 1863. Reminiscences include accounts of Camp Jackson and affairs in St. Louis; the Arkansas battles of Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Helena, and Jenkins' Ferry; the journey of fellow soldier John Tatum through the lines to St. Louis; the assistance offered to Confederates by southern sympathizers in St. Louis; and information on marches, camp life, and diet. Collection also contains several wartime letters of John and William Bull to their parents in St. Louis; letters of the brothers to their family in St. Louis regarding life in St. Charles while attending college in the 1860s; correspondence to Captain William Bull regarding the Mayor's Guard, Company F, 1st Regiment, police reserves (St. Louis), 1878; invitation to Captain William Bull to meet with the directors of the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association, 1878; and newsclipping on Captain William Bull's command of the St. Louis Police reserves at the inaugural ceremonies of Gov. Crittenden.
Memoir and several of the letters are published in Michael E. Banasik, Missouri Brothers in Gray: The Reminiscences and Letters of William J. Bull and John P. Bull, Iowa City: Camp Pope Bookshop, 1998.
Cite as: Bull Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0202
Bunce, William Harvey.
Papers, 1821-1898. 1 partial box; 6 volumes.
Business papers of Harvey Bunce, the sheriff of Cooper County, Mo., and a general merchandiser, in connection with building of Tebo & Neosho Railroad. Chiefly bills, checks, accounts, receipts issued by the Tebo-Neosho Railroad; includes report on progress of work; document signed William Smith, engineer and Civil War general; three letters of C.D. Drake, dated 1866; a general merchandise journal and two ledgers, 1856-1865; and three bankbooks, 1850-1880.
Cite as: William Harvey Bunce Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0203
Bunch, Clare W.
Collection, 1939-1974. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Clare W. Bunch was a pilot-engineer during the early days of aviation and president of the Monocoupe Corporation in St. Louis during the 1930s. He served 30 years in the Air Force until his retirement, as a colonel, in 1958.
Single issues of several aviation newsletters, clippings, and photographs pertaining to Clare W. Bunch.
Cite as: Clare W. Bunch Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0204
Burbach, George M. (1884- ).
Collection, 1927-1957. 3 folders (100 items).
Mr. Burbach was born in St. Louis in 1884 and started his business career in 1900 in the advertising department of the St. Louis Republic newspaper. Early in 1913 he became national advertising manager for the Munsey newspapers but resigned nine months later to join the Post-Dispatch as advertising manager. He became the general manager of Radio Station KSD in 1922 and was elected a director of the Pulitzer Publishing Company. In 1947, KSD-TV began its operation and George Burbach was named its general manager. He is associated with bringing television to St. Louis. His wife was the former Martha Scott.
Collection contains newspaper and magazine clippings regarding the development of television in St. Louis and Mr. Burbachs' part in the development; obituary sketch of George M. Burbach; a autograph of Charles Lindbergh.
Cite as: George M. Burbach Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0205
Burgoyne, D.N.
Papers, 1864-1894. 1 folder (10 items).
D.N. Burgoyne was a member of the St. Louis Volunteer Fire Department. Collection includes an invitation to St. Louis Fire Department ball; certificate exempting D.M. Burgoyne from jury service because of serving seven years as fire warden in St. Louis; and a few Masonic papers.
Cite as: D.N. Burgoyne Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0206
Burian, Otto (1897- ).
Papers, 1904-1910. 2 folders (40 items).
Otto Burian was born in 1897 and attended Shaw School in St. Louis. His later education was at Central High School and Washington University. He made a career as an insurance actuary with General American Life. He retired in 1962.
Collection contains school compositions and two school work books completed while attending Shaw School ca. 1904-1910.
Cite as: Otto Burian Papers, Missouri HIstorical Society, St. Louis.
A0207
Burke, Harry Rosecrans (1885-1956).
Papers, n.d. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Harry Rosecrans Burke was born May 23, 1885, in What Cheer, Iowa, where his father edited a newspaper. He was educated in the public schools, and attended the University of Idaho from 1911 to 1912. On January 20, 1920, he married Verdis G. Pugh of Brownsville, Ore. As a young man, Mr. Burke served as a reporter for various newspapers in Iowa, Oregon, Idaho, and California. From 1915 to 1916, and again in 1920, he was editor of the Ames (Iowa) Tribune. He came to St. Louis in 1920 to serve the St. Louis Times as columnist, and music and drama critic. From 1924 to 1926, he did feature stories for the magazine section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1927, he became music and drama critic and book editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a position he held until his retirement in 1951. For many years he also provided program notes for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of several historical societies, including the Missouri Historical Society and the State Historical Society of Missouri. After his retirement, he devoted his time to working on two books about Abraham Lincoln, one of which was nearly completed. He was author of From the Day's Journey (1924) and What Cheer Reporter. He died July 19, 1956, in Brownsville, Ore., and is buried in Pugh Cemetery, Shedd, Ore.
The collection includes reference notes and essays on various historical subjects and persons including General James Wilkinson, Moses Austin, and Aaron Burr. Also includes manuscripts and speeches on newspaper writing and music.
Cite as: Henry Rosecrans Burke Papers, Missouri Historial Society, St. Louis.
A0208
Burks, Verner
Architecture Collection, ca. 1955-1990.
Approximately 150 commercial, institutional, and preservation/renovation projects that encompasses drawings, job files, firm records, photographs, slides, models, reference materials, office equipment, and financial records (closed until 2008). Currently unprocessed, no preliminary inventory.
Cite as: Verner Burks Architecture Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0209
Burlingame Family.
Papers, 1859-1928. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Asa and Sarah Burlingame immigrated to Cole County, Mo., from Ohio in 1847, settling near Russelville, Mo. Their children were: Hazen S., Francis S., Hannah, Sarah E., Asa, Napoleon, Sophia and Eliza J.
Correspondence of the Burlingame family including that of Frank and Elizabeth Burlingame, 1862-1863, and Asa and Elizabeth Cardwell, 1864-1867.
Cite as: Burlingame Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0210
Burr, Aaron (1756-1836).
Papers, 1776-1825. 2 boxes
Aaron Burr was born February 6, 1756, in Newark, New Jersey. His father was the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where Burr studied law and theology. He volunteered for the Quebec expedition in 1775, resigned from the army due to illness in 1779, and in 1782 began to practice law in New York. Burr became vice president under Thomas Jefferson in 1800. Differences with Jefferson hurt his political future as did his duel with Alexander Hamilton July 11, 1804. In the summer of 1806 he led an expedition down the Mississippi River. Harman Blennerhassett and General James Wilkinson, Governor of the Louisiana Territory, were part of an alleged conspiracy to create a new nation out of Spanish colonies. Wilkinson turned in his co-conspirators and Burr was indicted for treason in 1807. After his acquittal, Burr lived in Europe from 1808 until 1812. In May 1812 he returned to the United States and resurrected his law practice in New York. He died September 14, 1836.
Collection of Aaron Burr material was accumulated and given to the Missouri Historical Society by William K. Bixby. Collection contains papers regarding Burr's law practice in New York and papers relating to the Burr conspiracy and the Burr-Hamilton duel.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Aaron Burr Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0211
Burrell, Bennie Bernard.
Scrapbooks, 1934-1938. 2 volumes.
Volume I consists primarily of newsclippings relating to World War I, as printed on the twentieth anniversary of the war's beginning. Volume II is titled "My Book of Knowledge, Interest & Progress and etc, 1938." This volume contains a brief biographical sketch of Burrell's mother and his family life, followed by "My Speeches of Remembrance" (twenty aphorisms); and clippings, some related to African-American schools in St. Louis.
A0212
Busch, Adolphus.
Fiftieth wedding anniversary tribute, 1911. 1 volume in slipcase.
Illuminated manuscript tribute presented to Adolphus Busch and his wife, Lilly, on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
In German.
Cite as: Adolphus Busch Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Tribute, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0213
Buse Family.
Buse-Salland family papers, 1918-1930. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
This collection contains material relating to the Buse and Salland families of St. Charles County, Mo., including a letter of John H. Buse written from France during World War I; Salland family correspondence regarding conditions of the family in Germany during the 1920s inflation; a history of Buse family (1920); a history of the Catholic church at Cottleville, Mo. (1930); and an undated letter regarding the Buse family trip to Colorado.
Cite as: Buse-Salland Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1820
Bushnell, D.I. ( 1846 -1921 )
Papers, 1904-1921; 1932 1 folder; 1 volume
David Ives Bushnell was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts on April 26, 1846. After moving to St. Louis to take a job as a clerk with the Northern Packet Line, Bushnell married Belle Johnston. In 1873, David partnered with Robert Niggeman to open D.I. Bushnell & Company, grain merchants. Bushnell was an avid collector of ethnographic artifacts and developed a large collection which was purchased by the Missouri Historical Society in 1932. He served on the MHS Board of Directors from 1894 to 1912. As an amateur archaeologist, he was a president of the St. Louis Archaeological Society and a friend of Smithsonian archaeologist Gerard Fowke. Bushnell's son, David I. Bushnell, Jr. became a prominent anthropologist and archaeologist for the Smithsonian Institution and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. David I. Bushnell, Sr. died on April 29, 1921 in St. Louis.
The collection consists of two inventories of Bushnell's ethnographic collection prepared by Wm. R. Faribault who owned the Bushnell Collection prior to its sale to the MHS and a notebook listing the name, origin, and history of objects in his collection.
Cite as: D.I. Bushnell Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0214
Business letterheads collection, 1800s-1900s. 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.); 3 volumes.
Collection includes business accounts and bills with letterheads of St. Louis firms, and three bound scrapbooks of such letterheads. One of these volumes contains letters on letterheads with envelopes inviting 132 St. Louis companies to exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1902. Two other volumes contain invoices and bills of the Stewart Scott Press Room Company (1898-1928). Also approximately 120 letters of St. Louis firms in account with William Luppold, Bud, Mo., 1884-1890; 23 manuscripts of Charles Hellman, including telegrams, tax receipts, bills of lading, etc.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Business Letterheads Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0215
Butler Family.
Genealogical collection, 1950-1981. 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.)
Genealogical papers regarding the descendents of the William Butler (1819-1843) family of Lincoln County, Mo., and related families (i.e., Manning, Hall, Graves, Suggett, Spence, Lee, Adams, Prewitt, Bell, Craddock, Johns, Elgin). The material was collected by Julia Mae Butler, St. Louis, 1950-1981, and includes her correspondence.
Cite as: Butler Family Genealogical Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0216
Butler, William D. (1828- ).
Papers, 1863-1923. 1 folder (16 items).
William David Butler was born in Crawford County, Pa., in 1828. He became a teacher in the St. Louis High School in 1855, but resigned his position in 1858. He was appointed principal of the Jefferson School in 1865. In 1868, he took the position of assistant superintendent and later he was made principal of the old First Branch High School at Seventh and Chestnut Streets. From 1879 to June 1906 he was principal of the Blow School. His son, William M. Butler, was the principal of Yeatman High School (1910).
The collection contains correspondence, receipts for the purchases of sanitary supplies, passes, and reports of William D. Butler when he was a special agent of the Western Sanitary Commission among the Missouri troops at Vicksburg. Also contains a document to the officers of the army and navy of the U.S., dated July 17, 1863, regarding William D. Butler's commission as a delegate for the U.S. Christian Commission to distribute stores in hospitals and camps. Of special interest is a letter from William D. Butler to Rev. William G. Eliot, dated September 2, 1863, describing the conditions of black people who were delivered from bondage after the battle of Vicksburg. Also contained in the collection is a sketch of the St. Louis public schools and the educational career of William D. Butler and newsclippings concerning the death of William D. Butler and William M. Butler.
Cite as: William D. Butler Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0217
Byars, William Vincent (1857-1938).
Papers, 1878-1940. 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
William Vincent Byars (1875-1938) was born June 21, 1857, at Covington, Ky., the son of James Byars, a distinguished pioneer educator of that state who carefully directed his son's education. In 1877, Byars began his journalistic career as associate editor of the Covington Weekly Record. He came to St. Louis to join the staff of the Daily Times in 1879. Later he was on the staff of the Globe-Democrat, the Evening Chronicle, the Missouri Republican, and the St. Louis Republic, as reporter, city editor, editorial writer, and editor. In 1897 and 1898, he was local and editorial contributor to Harper's Weekly. A lover of poetry, Byars wrote "Tannhauser: a Mystery" (verse), "The Glory of the Garden," "Tennessee: An Ode," "Old Songs to New Tunes," and others. In 1880, he married Loula Collins (1857-1916), daughter of a Tennessee clergyman. They made their home with their 12 children at 425 N. Taylor in Kirkwood, Mo. Mr. Byars died June 21, 1938, at his home.
Correspondence (1876-1900) between Byars and his father, James Byars, pertaining to family history, political data, and newspaper work; and correspondence with newspapermen and other public figures, such as Arthur Brisbane (1899-1921), Charles Bryan, one time editor of The Commoner, William J. Bryan, Thekla Bernays, Jacob I. Childs, Champ Clark, James W. Clark of the New York World, Norman J. Colman, Roswell Field, William Torrey Harris, Harry B. Hawes, George S. Johns, Orrick Johns, C.H. Jones, Joseph Pulitzer, Manuel Quezon, and William Marion Reedy. Index to collection in Box 1.
Partially indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: William Vincent Byars Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0218
C.H. Lewis and Co. (Glasgow, Mo.).
Day books, 1853-1855. 2 volumes
The day books of a general store owned by Charles H. Lewis.
Cite as: C.H. Lewis and Co. Day Books, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0219
C.R. Hettel Jewelry Co. (St. Louis, Mo.).
Ledger, 1890. 1 volume (452 pages)
The C.R. Hettel Jewelry Company was a wholesale jewelry firm
Cite as C.R. Hettel Jewelry Co. Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0220
Cale, Rosalie Balmer Smith (1875-1958).
Collection, 1895-1955. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Mrs. Rosalie Cale was a native St. Louisan who was a concert pianist and composer. Her works included an operetta based on Longfellow's Mask of Pandora and a second operetta, Love, Powder and Patches. Her family was active in St. Louis musical circles and operated the Balmer and Weber Music Store. Her father was related to Sol Smith, one of the celebrated comedians of his day and a pioneer theatrical manager. She composed "Song Without Words" at the age of ten. She also was the first recording secretary of the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Collection includes two bound volumes of clippings and programs--some loose recital programs of students, etc.; correspondence from the College of Notre Dame, Belmont, Calif., 1928, in regard to writing music for an anniversary pageant; program of St. Louis music arranged and with commentary by Ernest C. Krohn, presented before the Missouri Historical Society, February 26, 1954; data on the New Era Literary Club, organized in 1900, federated in 1916; composition book of poetry by Mrs. Malcolm Robb--Theresa Smith Robbs; and loose pages of poetry.
Cite as: Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1829
Callahan, Mary V. Scrapbook, 1911-1918. 1 folder; 1 volume
Mary V. Callahan was the daughter of Bartholomew and Katherine Murphy Callahan. She attended Benton Public School and was a member of the Soldan High School graduating class of January 1914. Mary played on the basketball team at Soldan, and later at Washington University. Mary graduated from Washington University as a teacher, and in the mid-1920s moved to Los Angeles, where she was hired by the School District there.
Collection contains a scrapbook containing class photos, sketches, poems, receipts, greeting cards, basketball uniform patches, and other high school memorabilia.
Cite as: Mary V. Callahan Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0221
Callaway County (Mo.) Collection, 1860-1963. 2 folders.
Collection contains 1860 proof of an article titled "Preceding the Conflict, Politics in Pre-Civil War Callaway County." Newsclippings and mementos regarding President Truman's and Prime Minister Winston Churchill's visit to Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.; correspondence concerning list of cemetery inscriptions from the Newsom Cemetery, Callaway County, 1963; manuscript copy of a tour of Fulton and Callaway County by the Women's Association of the Missouri Historical Society, October 6, 1958.
Cite as: Callaway County (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Camp Jackson collection.
Items from this collection have been transferred to various collections. See separation record filed with finding aids.
A0223
Camp, John P. ( -1868).
Papers, 1852-1890 (bulk 1861-1868). 1 box
John P. Camp, originally from Cincinnati, died January 25, 1868, in Kirkwood, Mo.
Collection consists primarily of documentation of Civil War claims handled by John P. Camp, a counselor for claimants in St. Louis. These claims, dated 1861 to 1868, relate to services rendered and supplies provided to the United States, and include vouchers, receipts, correspondence, affidavits, special orders, and loyalty oaths. The collection also contains one folder of business papers of Camp which do not appear to be related to the claims process, five folders of personal papers of the Camp family, and one folder of miscellany.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: John P. Camp Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0224
Campbell Family.
Hazlett Kyle Campbell estate case records, 1938-1941. 35 boxes (17 linear ft.)
Collection includes testimonies, depositions, exhibits, reports, court orders, correspondence, memoranda and transcripts of hearings in the case of Saint Louis Union Trust et. al. v. Charles H. Clarke et. al. pertaining to the disposition of the estate of Hazlett Kyle Campbell, the last child of Robert Campbell, who died intestate March 27, 1938. Materials include extensive genealogical records of the family of St. Louis fur trader and merchant Robert Campbell (1804-1879); the Campbell family bible and letters (each with a photostat copy) that were admitted as evidence in the settlement of the Campbell estate, 1941; annotated guide to the court exhibit; and printed copy of the court decision.
Cite as: Hazlett Kyle Campbell Estate Case Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0225
Campbell, Hugh.
Journal, 1857-1858. 1 volume (unbound photostat)
Journal of surveyor Hugh Campbell of an expedition from St. Louis to the southern border of Kansas (Mitial Point, Kans.), with information on landscape and terrain.
Cite as: Hugh Campbell Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Campbell, John
See John Campbell and White Matlock
A0226
Campbell, Robert (1804-1879).
Family papers, 1825-1879; 1940-1943. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Robert Campbell was born in Ireland in 1804, came to America in 1822, and to St. Louis in 1824. A year later he joined William H. Ashley's second expedition to the Rocky Mountains. Campbell and William L. Sublette became business partners in 1931. They established a fur trading post, Fort William, in 1834 which was destroyed in 1846. Sublette and Campbell dissolved their partnership in 1842. Campbell was president of the Bank of the State of Missouri and later of Merchants Bank; he also was the owner of a dry goods store; in 1846 he aided in equipping volunteers in the Mexican War. In 1851, he served with Father DeSmet as representative of the U.S. government in the Indian council at Horse Creek.
Copies of letters (1825-1841) of Robert Campbell, William H. Ashley, Robert Wiley, Andrew Drips, John O'Fallon, Mary Campbell, Fred A. Tracy, and William L. Sublette concerning the fur trade, sale of beaver, and business and family matters; correspondence regarding the Santa Fe trade, 1825-1831; preparation for mountain trip, 1832-1837; private journal (original and typescript) of Robert Campbell, September 21-December 31, 1833, while at Fort William; narrative of Campbell's experiences in the Rocky Mountain fur trade, 1825-1835 (dictated to William Fayel in 1879); record of shipments (1862-1864) of Campbell & Company under the open cargo policy of the United Insurance Company; inventory of Campbell & Company, 1864; material relating to case of Robert Campbell & Company v. J.C. Dent, which was brought before the Supreme Court of Missouri, and on the Campbell House Museum, St. Louis; testimony, depositions, exhibits, reports, court orders, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to the disposition of the estate of Hazlett Kyle Campbell (died 1938), last child of Campbell; and genealogical material of the Campbell family.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Robert Campbell Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0227
Canaday, Dayton W.
Collection, 1850-1924. 2 folders (35 items.)
Collection includes tax, school, receipts of William H. Blackwell, ca. 1850s; business name cards, ca. 1891; programs, joint banquet of the Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the Revolution in State of Missouri, held at Southern Hotel, February 22, 1898; bond of Carondelet Electric Light and Power Co., 1902; correspondence of advertising material etc. on motion pictures including correspondence to Miss Sara Elizabeth Edwards of St. Louis in relation to motion pictures in Missouri, 1916-1924; information, tickets, correspondence regarding Boy Scouts in St. Louis, 1917-1918; and advertising material on coal industry in St. Louis area, 1920.
Cite as: Dayton W. Canaday Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0228
Canadian Archives collection, 1764-1951. 3 folders (20 items); 1 oversize folder.
Collection consists of copies of records from the Public Archives of Canada including a typed copy of a journal of an expedition along the Ohio and Mississippi by Capt. Harry Gordon, 1766; various letters from Patt Sinclair regarding Lake Michigan and Chicago; biography of Joseph Francois Perrault, protonotary of the Court of Kings Bench for the District of Quebec, December 30, 1833; preliminary inventory from the manuscript division of the Public Archives of Canada, 1951 Record Group 10, Indian Affairs; booklet containing addresses of and inscriptions upon the Historical Tablets of Montreal, n.d.
Cite as: Canadian Archives Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0231
Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector de, Baron ([1748]-1807).
Papers, 1772-1875. 1 folder (12 items): 1 oversize folder
Baron de Carondelet was born in Noyelles, Flanders. After serving as governor of San Salvador, Guatemala, he was governor of Louisiana and West Florida from 1791 to 1795 and continued as governor of Louisiana until 1797. By intriguing with dissatisfied American frontiersmen and arousing Indian tribes against the Untied States, he created great unrest and strained relations between the United States and Spain. Carondelet later served (1799-1807) as governor general of Quito, Ecuador, where he died on August 10, 1807.
Papers include original and copies of appointments by Carondelet including one titled "In consideration of services rendered His Majesty by Auguste Chouteau and Pierre Chouteau in the Osage Nation elects Pierre Chouteau as commandant of militia district of the Illinois," May 21, 1794; appointment of John Baptiste Valle captain of militia at Ste. Genevieve, July 1, 1794.
Some Spanish.
Cite as: Baron de Carondelet Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0230
Carondelet (Mo.).
Records, 1838-1871. 18 volumes.
This collection consists of assorted records of the city of Carondelet prior to its annexation by the city of St. Louis in 1870. These records include Carondelet Board of Trustees proceedings, 1839-1851; city council rough minutes, 1851-1866; city council proceedings, 1851-1859, 1869-1870; index of ordinances and resolutions passed by the city council, 1851-1871; record of bonds and contracts, 1851-1870; records of sales of the Carondelet Commons, 1838-1839 and 1846-1849; records of rentals of Carondelet Commons, 1838-1850; property tax records, 1853; the register's office record of proceedings before the mayor on taking private property for public use, August 1853, March 1854, and July 1859; poll books for election for trustees of Carondelet, 1832-1850; poll book for special election of the Clerk of the County Court, district 11, St. Louis County, October 26, 1843; a certified copy of the Missouri General Assembly "act to incorporate the City of Carondelet," approved January 16, 1860, copy certified January 24, 1860; and censuses of wards, March-April 1857, March 1858, and November 1858 (for bound photocopy of censuses with index, see Dennis Northcott. Carondelet Census Books, 1857-1858 [1996]; available in the Library).
Cite as: Carondelet (Mo.) Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0229
Carondelet (Mo.) collection, 1805-1975. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Collection contains early land claim by Zenon Trudeau, dated February 18, 1806; various tax receipts; photocopies of land transactions in Carondelet, 1842-1874; correspondence, newsclippings regarding Carondelet; biographic sketch of Aime Pernod family, December 18, 1949; translation by M. Heinrichsmeyer of history of Carondelet by Gustav Heinrichs, originally published in German, 1873; manuscript history of Carondelet compiled by pupils of Carondelet school, n.d.; land plat of Carondelet Park, n.d.; a typescript titled "Olden Times in Carondelet" by Mrs. Alzire K.H. Blow; and a plat of Carondelet Village, n.d.
Cite as: Carondelet (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0232
Carpenter, George Oliver (1852-1939).
Papers, 1864-1935. 1 folder (30 items); 1 volume.
George Oliver Carpenter was the vice-president and general manager of the National Lead Co. in St. Louis. He was also a president of the board of directors of the St. Louis Public Library and was a member of the board of directors of Washington University. The Carpenter Branch Library, Grand Blvd. and Utah Street, was named in his honor.
Papers include bound thank-you resolution from the St. Louis Public Library, dated October 4, 1935; newsclippings regarding his death, marriage of his daughter, general family items; dedication ceremonies booklet from the dedication of the George O. Carpenter Branch of the St. Louis Public Library, dated May 14, 1927; high school diploma dated July 7, 1869; life insurance policies; and genealogical information.
Cite as: George Oliver Carpenter Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0233
Carr, James Angas (1825-1891).
Papers, 1858-1892. 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.)
James Angas Carr was a prominent corporation lawyer and general attorney for the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company. He moved to St. Louis in 1882, and was instrumental in molding the corporation law of the state.
Legal record book, 1858-1874; court brief, 1876, State of Missouri ex. rel. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company vs. State Board of Equalization; personal memorabilia; work diaries and receipt/expenditure records, 1871-1892; recipe book (desserts, breads, and puddings), some in French, n.d.; book of political newsclippings, ca 1850; copy book of Lizzie Carr, Central High School, 1880.
Some French.
Cite as: James Angas Carr Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0234
Carr, Walter C. (1812-1888).
Carr-Zimmerman family papers, 1780-1911; 1920. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Walter C. Carr was born in Lafayette County, Ky. He came to St. Louis when he was 26 and became engaged in the firm of Chiles & Carr, chiefly a hemp trade. He married Stephanie (Fannie) B. Wescott, February 10, 1846, and had a family of three sons and two daughters. After the Civil War, he became principal in the firm of Carr & Luke and engaged in a southern order business in which he did extensive trade for many years. Mr. Carr was selected city auditor and also appointed one of 100 notaries allowed the city by law, and acted in that capacity till his death.
Correspondence primarily between Walter C. Carr and his wife, and members of the Carr family; also correspondence of the family of B.W. Zimmerman, and his wife, Nellie Carr, daughter of Walter and Fannie.
Cite as: Carr-Zimmerman Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0235
Carr, William C. (1783-1851).
Carr-Papin family papers. [1776]-1877. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 3 oversized folders.
The son of Walter Carr, William Chiles Carr was born April 17, 1783, in Albemarle County, Va. He arrived in St. Louis in 1804 at the age of 21 and entered into the practice of law. He remained in St. Louis only briefly before moving to Ste. Genevieve, where he lived a year before returning to St. Louis, which then became his permanent home. In 1826, William C. Carr was appointed judge of the circuit court, the jurisdiction of which included several counties besides St. Louis, extending west to the Osage River and south and southwest almost to Arkansas. He resigned his judgeship in 1834, and retired to the private practice of law until his death on March 31, 1851. William C. Carr married Ann Maria Elliott, the daughter of Aaron Elliott of Ste. Genevieve, on November 17, 1807, and fathered three daughters by her. After her death, Carr married Dorcas Bent (died 1887), the daughter of Silas Bent (1768-1827), in December 1829. This marriage produced nine children including Charles Bent Carr (born 1836), who married Louise Atchison, the daughter of Marie Papin and George W. Atchison. Joseph Marie Papin was born November 6, 1741, in Montreal, to Joseph and Marguerite Papin. With his family, Papin was one of the earliest settlers in St. Louis, where he engaged in the fur trade. In 1799, he married Marie Louise Chouteau (1762-1817), the daughter of Marie Therese Bourgeois Chouteau and Pierre Laclede, by whom he had seven sons and six daughters. Papin died in 1811. Joseph M. Papin's children included Pierre Millicour Papin (born 1793), Hypolite Leber Papin (1787-1842), Marguerite Papin (1781-1808), Marie Louise Papin (born 1785), and Theodore Dartigny Papin (1799-1849). Theodore D. Papin's daughter Marie (1822-1901) married George W. Atchison (1817-1851) in 1839. Her daughter, Louise Atchison (1840-1915), married Charles Bent Carr (b.1836), the son of William C. Carr in 1858, thereby uniting the Carr and Papin families.
Collection consists of records relating mostly to Judge William C. Carr of St. Louis and the allied family lines of Silas Bent and of fur trader Joseph Marie Papin. The papers include records related to William C. Carr's law practice, namely promissory notes and land papers; assorted personal and family records of William C. and Dorcas Bent Carr, including numerous records of slave sales; business records of Silas Bent, Jr., relating to the incorporation in 1872 of the St. Louis and Tennessee Iron Mountain Company of St. Louis County; Papin family correspondence, 1826-1846, consisting of letters of Theodore D. Papin and Hyacinthe Renard to Pierre Millicour Papin, Hypolite Papin, and Mme. Theodore D. Papin; George W. Atchison family papers, 1841-1877; and original and certified copies of land grants and conveyances of land most of which ultimately belonged to members of the Carr, Papin, and Bent families, [1776]-1864. Individual items of note include a copy of the will of Francois Valle, 1804; and a letter of R.E. Smith, New Mexico, to Dr. J. Gratz Moses, discussing the medical treatment, death, and autopsy of George W. Atchison, May 9, 1877.
Some French and Spanish.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Carr-Papin Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0236
Carr, William C. (1783-1851).
Papers, 1804-1888. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
William C. Carr came to St. Louis in 1804. After remaining here a short time, he went to Ste. Genevieve, and lived there for a short time. He returned to St. Louis and made it his permanent home. He was a lawyer by profession. In 1826, he was appointed judge of the circuit court of five counties that extended to the Arkansas line. In 1832, he was charged with neglect of duty, incapacity and favoritism, and articles of impeachment were adopted by the legislature, but on the protracted trial that followed he was acquitted. In 1834, he resigned his judgeship and retired to private life. His first wife was Miss Ann Elliot, daughter of Aaron Elliot, and his second, Miss Dorcas Bent, daughter of Silas Bent, Sr. He died in 1851.
Collection contains letters from William Carr to his family from Ste. Genevieve describing his life there; letters to his family from St. Louis (mostly to Charles Carr); letters from Carr in Washington to his wife, Dorcas, in St. Louis, 1830-1832; letters describing his trial and proceedings to family and friends; and letters after 1851 to Mrs. Dorcas Carr from family and friends. Collection includes original letters, typed copies, and photocopies.
Cite as: William C. Carr Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0237
Carrico Family.
Papers, 1832-1867. (50 items).
Papers include genealogical material; family photos; land grants issued to Keeley and Carrico families for lands around St. Louis; and a masonic certificate of Phelix Carrico, Warrenton, Mo., November 22, 1867.
Cite as: Carrico Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0238
Carriere, C.P.
Papers, 1808-1960. (25 items).
Deed of sale from Joseph Marie Papin and his wife, Marie Louise Chouteau, to Antoine Chenie, dated August 29, 1808; invitation to a ball at the National Hotel in commemoration of the victory at New Orleans, dated January 8, 1837; marriage invitation of Josephine Dickson and Julius S. Walsh, dated January 11, 1870; inventory of effects in warehouse at time of the death of C.P. Carriere, dated April 23, 1772; and correspondence with Charles Van Ravenswaay regarding the collection.
Cite as: C.P. Carriere Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0239
Carriers' addresses collection, 1837-1891. 1 flat storage box; 1 slim box
Collection of printed New Year's greetings from the carriers of various newspapers. Most examples are from St. Louis and Missouri publications.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Carriers' Addresses Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0240
Carrington Family.
Collection, 1937-1984. 1 flat storage box.
Collection of magazines, pamphlets, newsclippings, etc. regarding African-Americans with an emphasis on St. Louisans. A small bit of information regarding family is included.
Cite as: Carrington Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0241
Carrington, James.
Papers, 1906-1980. 1 box and 1 oversized folder.
Collection includes papers related to Youth Brigade, Inc., James Carrington's tenure as a Missouri state representative from the 67th district (1973-1980), the 1963 March on Washington, and private family matters. The collection also includes Linda R. Taylor's Sumner High School diploma (1906) and her diploma from the Sumner Training School (1906); photocopy of the marriage license of Fred and Rosie Taylor Carrington; certificate of attendance at the Sumner centennial (1975); a certificate
of membership in the National Free Lance Photographers Association (1963); and a certificate of community appreciation to James Carrington from the 7th District Police Community Relations Committee (1962).
A0242
Carroll, John Haydock (1858- ).
Papers, 1881-1911. 9 boxes (9.0 linear ft.)
John H. Carroll was born June 27, 1858, in Erie County, N.Y., and was orphaned at the age of five. He was adopted by a Quaker family in Ohio which later sent him to West Point. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880 and the Missouri bar in 1881. He settled in Unionville, Mo. and from 1883 to 1889 he was prosecuting attorney of Putnam County. In 1888, and again in 1900 he was a Missouri delegate to the Democratic National Convention and an alternate at large to the Democratic National Convention in 1892. In 1890, he was appointed general attorney for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which had its headquarters in St. Louis. In 1917, he moved to Washington, D.C., and during the last year of World War I he served as assistant to the director general of the railroads, John Barton Payne. He was also the legal adviser of the Cuban embassy in Washington. He married Miss Priscilla Woodrow of Lynchburg, Ohio, in 1880. He died in December 1931.
Correspondence, 1884-1902; letterbooks, 1885-1892, 1899-1902; political notebooks, ca. 1894-1902; account books, 1881-1902; bankbooks, 1887-1892, 1899-1911; checkbooks, 1897-1911; canceled checks, deeds, etc., Missouri House and Senate bills, 1895-1897.
Cite as: John Haydock Carroll Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0243
Carroll, John J. "Red" ( -1978).
Papers, 1908-1978. 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
John J. "Red" Carroll was employed by the United Railways Company of St. Louis and its successor, St. Louis Public Service Co., for over 40 years. He was a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Local No. 788.
Collection consists of professional and personal memorabilia and papers, many of which relate to the St. Louis streetcar industry, especially the United Railways Company of St. Louis and the St. Louis Public Service Co. It includes employee time books, 1908-1929; timetables, transfers, operating instructions, etc.; operating and management manuals; programs and other printed matter; and materials relating to the Employees' Mutual Benefit Association and the companies' savings and loan plans. The collection also includes materials of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Local No. 788, among which can be found the constitution and by-laws, and membership benefits materials. The collection also includes an interview with "Red" Carroll published in In Transit, the publication of the Amalgamated Transit Union, April 1975; and several issues of the St. Louis Public Service Company newsletter Transit News, 1944-1962. The collection also includes Carroll's correspondence; newsclippings; invitations; and several commencement programs from St. Louis schools, including John Burroughs School, Clayton High School, Mary Institute, St. Louis Country Day School, and Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, 1940s and 1950s.
Inventory to collection in first box.
Cite as: John J. "Red" Carroll Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0244
Carson, Christopher (Kit) (1809-1868).
Carson family papers, 1810-1950. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.); 10 volumes.
Christopher "Kit" Carson was the son of Lindsey Carson of North Carolina, who came west in the Benjamin Cooper party that arrived in Boonslick in 1810. Lindsey was killed in 1818; his brother, William Carson, came to the district a little later and became a Santa Fe trader (1820s) which he continued until his death in 1853. His nephew, Kit Carson, joined a Santa Fe caravan in 1826 when he was 16 years old, having run away from his harness-making job. He remained in the western country to become one its greatest heroes.
Correspondence relating to Christopher "Kit" Carson; personal letters from members of the Carson family including bills of sale of slaves and correspondence regarding family slaves, land papers, writings on religion, genealogical data; bills, notes, receipts, and memoranda concerning the Santa Fe trade of William Carson (Howard County, Mo.) and the grocery business continued by his son, Thomas Carson; account books kept by members of the Carson family including James Thomas, George H. and Frank Carson. Entries concern merchandise accounts, livestock and produce records, slave records, religious writings and personal observations, 1839-1882. Collection also includes personal, farm, and business account books of Thomas Carson and James Thomas Carson in Fayette and Rocheport, Mo.; personal and farm expenses, labor and grocery accounts, bank accounts, and cattle registries of Thomas Carson in Fayette and Rocheport, 1856-1889; general merchandise ledgers and day books for general store in Fayette, 1872-1874; day books of general store in Rocheport, 1881-1882; and personal, farm, and business accounts of James Thomas Carson in Rocheport, 1881-1910.
Cite as: Carson Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0245
Carson, William Glasgow Bruce (1881-1876).
Collection, 1818-1962. 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
William Glasgow Bruce Carson (1891-1876), whose maternal grandfather was William Carr Lane, the first mayor of St. Louis, earned his bachelor and master of arts degrees in English from Washington University in 1913 and 1916. He also studied journalism at Columbia University. For 38 years he was a professor of English and dramatics at Washington University; more than 90 plays written by students in his class were eventually produced, and many of his former students became theatrical successes, among them playwright Tennessee Williams, Broadway producer David Merrick and actress Mary Wickes. Mr. Carson was active for many years in the Missouri Historical Society, and was given the society's Lifetime Award in 1965 for his many books and articles on the cultural history of St. Louis and Missouri.
Letters (1821-1835) of Nathaniel Ewing, father of Mrs. William Carr Lane, concerning the political issues of the 1820s, expressing some emphatic opinions about Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hart Benton; letters of Susan Larkin to William Glasgow, 1830; letters in the 1850s from Anna E. Lane, of Washington, D.C., to her sister, Mrs. William Glasgow, describing the fashions, matters at the Capitol, and activities of the U.S. Senate, which she visited almost daily; correspondence between Anna and Sarah Lane (who lived with her mother in Europe during the Civil War); correspondence with Madame Philippine Duchesne concerning the education of the Lane daughters; items include lottery tickets; letters concerning conditions of the tobacco industry (particularly the crop of 1850 in Howard County, Mo.); material relating to conditions en route to and in California, 1850; correspondence of William and Sarah Glasgow, 1940s, and letters to William and James Glasgow; notebook of Mat Field containing schedule of plays performed, characters played, and comments on the performances, 1835-1836; theater programs, 1882-1926; and articles from various theatrical magazines. Later material in the collection includes correspondence of James O. Carson, 1904, and William Glasgow Bruce Carson, 1952-1956, regarding his historical research; typescript of Carson's manuscript for Peter and Brownie Follow the Trace, the story of the experiences and adventure of a boy of 12 who might have accompanied one of the wagon trains which crossed the Santa Fe trail during the 1850s (book was published in 1965); typescript of William Carr Lane's diary, 1853, microfilmed by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, August 1954; typescripts of Lane Letters, 1853-1854; research notes. Also, typescript copy (three volumes) of the diary of George Berton Berrell regarding the seventh annual season of DeBar's Opera House, St. Louis, 1876-1877, with notes on Berrell.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: William Glasgow Bruce Carson Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0246
Carter Family.
Family tree, ca. 1896. 1 item (42" x 42").
Family tree of John Carter who emigrated from England to Virginia and died in 1699. The family tree was compiled by R.R. Carter, updated in 1896, and printed by M.C. Oliver in 1897.
Cite as: Carter Family Tree, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0247
Carter, Russ.
Papers, 1958-1994. 1 folder
St. Louisan Russ Carter attended Cleveland High School, where he developed an interest in singing. He continued to pursue singing during his years at the University of Missouri-Columbia through participation in the University Singers, the Glee Club, Gene Beckman's Black and Gold orchestra, and Ted Weems' orchestra. In 1951, Carter began working for Remington Rand, and later he joined Day-Brite Lighting Company in sales and promotion. In 1958, he became the associate producer of KSD-TV's St. Louis Hop, and in 1959, he became the show's master of ceremonies, a position he held until 1972.
Papers relating to St. Louis Hop, a locally-telecast, weekly television dance program for teenagers, and Russ Carter.
Cite as: Russ Carter Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0248
Carter, W.A.
Letterbook, 1860-1861. 1 volume
W.A. Carter was a judge and post agent at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory (Wyo.).
Letters from Fort Bridger to St. Louis about troop movements, emigration, farming, and postal service (including Pony Express). Letters addressed to Major F.E. Hunt, Russell, Majors & Waddell, O.D. Filley, Chauncey I. Filley, Robert Campbell & Co., etc. With introduction and index by E.A. Brininstool, and photographs by Merrill Brininstool, 1924.
Cite as: W.A. Carter Letterbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0249
Case Family.
Papers, 1802-1914. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.); 2 volumes; 1 oversized folder.
The Camden brothers, John, Peter and Marbell, were owners of a dry goods and general merchandise business in Kentucky, Pontoon, Miss., and St. Louis. Peter G. Camden, born in 1811 in Amherst County, Va., came to St. Louis in 1827 where he remained till his death in 1873. He married Anne Bell Case (1834- ), and was an American (Nativist) party member and elected mayor of St. Louis in 1846. He retired from business in 1867. Their daughter, Sally Camden, married George Case, a physician, in 1856.
Business and personal papers of the Case and Camden families of St. Louis. Includes personal letters of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Camden, Marbell Camden, and Dr. and Mrs. George S. Case; two letterpress letterbooks of Peter G. Camden, regarding politics and Civil War activities in St. Louis (1860-1869); partnership agreement (1854) of Case, O'Blenis, Mathews, and Wells for operating a business in St. Louis; a description of the dry goods business of John B. & M. Camden & Company; an analysis of trade along the Mississippi River in the 1830s; items consisting of a steamboat bill of lading and a letter (1840) to Captain Calvin Case at the wreck of the ship Selma; copies of Civil War ballads; and a diploma of Annie B. Case from the School of the Good Shepherd, June 15, 1887.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Case Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0250
Catlin, George (1796-1872).
Papers, 1838-1925; [1948]. 35 items.
George Catlin was born July 26, 1796, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. In 1823, he moved to Philadelphia, and set himself up as a professional portrait painter. The turning point in his career came in 1829, when he saw a delegation of Indians from the West. He was so impressed by the group that he determined to devote himself to painting Indians and their way of life in their own territories. In the 1830s he spent considerable time among the Indian tribes of the Plains and the Northwest. He died December 23, 1872, in Jersey City, N.J.
Papers include five letters to or from Clara B. Catlin while in England; four letters from George Catlin in Europe to his brother, Francis Catlin; printed admission card to Catlin exhibition in London of Indian costumes and weapons, ca. 1858; criticism of Catlin's paintings by Charles Baudelaire (French), 1925; manuscript "A Cure For Influenza" by George Catlin, n.d.; catalogue of Catlin's collection of Indian paintings containing marginal notes in his own hand; and correspondence regarding the acquisition of the Catlin letters.
Cite as: George Catlin Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0251
Cavender, John H.
St. Louis streetcar strike papers, 1900. 1 ms. box (ca.300 items).
John H. Cavender was appointed to command the sheriff's posse comitatus. The streetcar strike of St. Louis was in 1900.
Papers of John H. Cavender, dated June 1-23, 1900, regarding the posse comitatus, transportation, violence reports during the strike, newsclippings of strike.
Cite as: John H. Cavender St. Louis Street Car Strike Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0252
Celleyham, M.P.
Letterbook, 1868-1874. 1 volume
Letterpress letterbook of personal and business correspondence of M.P. Celleyham from points in Wisconsin, Iowa, New York, Missouri, et.al. Business correspondence relates to the expansion of the railroads.
Cite as: M.P. Celleyham Letterbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0253
Cemeteries collection, 1869-1970. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection includes an account of the cholera epidemic, 1849, by Michael McEnnis; correspondence regarding the building of an iron fence in Bellefontaine Cemetery, ca. 1931, which includes measurements and maintenance with several blueprints; deed to lot of Herman H. Greife in St. Peters Graveyard, 1898; booklet of the rules and regulations of the Fee Fee Cemetery, 1877; map of Calvary Cemetery engraved from original map by M.P. Brazill, 1888; deed of lot to Jennie P. Long, Fee Fee Cemetery, December 29, 1911; booklets of the Fee Fee Cemetery Association, Pattonville, Mo., 1914 and 1924; booklet of rules for Calvary Cemetery, 1920; correspondence regarding investment reports, etc. of Bellefontaine Cemetery, 1964; and historical tour booklet of Calvary Cemetery, n.d.
Cite as: Cemeteries Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0254
Census collection, 1732-1980. 3 folders (20 items); 1 flat storage box; 67 volumes; 3 oversized folders.
Collection consists of assorted materials, acquired from a variety of sources, that relate to censuses in St. Louis and Missouri. Includes the following: typescript of census of Ste. Genevieve, 1752; photocopy of census of Ste. Genevieve district, October 18, 1818; typescript of St. Louis County and its districts, 1791; facsimile of census of Upper Louisiana signed by Antoine Soulard and Delassus, December 31, 1800; list of 52 land holders in Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1800; census of Cape Girardeau, November 1, 1803; typescript of statistical census of New Madrid listing inhabitants, slaves, stock and harvests, 1797; census of Cape Girardeau listing men and women, slaves, wheat, corn, tobacco, linen, wool, cotton, sugar, horned animals and horses, November 1, 1803; New Madrid census with recapitulation, 1803; a printed record of aggregate census data for Missouri, 1848; and U.S. census forms and statistical reports by the Bureau of the Census, 1980. As separately housed bound volumes, this collection contains territorial census records consisting of the census and general recapitulation of the census of the Illinois Country, 1732, with aggregate data from Prairie du Rocher/Fort de Chartres, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and the concession of M. Renault; a general census of the towns of St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, 1787, and a census of St. Louis and its Districts, 1791, both certified as true and exact copies from the Archivo Nacional, Havana, 1905; second copy of the general census of the towns of St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, 1787, with index A-P, a tax list for St. Louis, 1805, and the article "Voyage dans L'Amerique Septentrionale par feu le General Collot," with a translation by Mrs. Max Meyer. Separately housed bound local and state census records include a census of St. Louis County for 1840; a census of St. Louis City for 1845 (bound, indexed copy available in the library. See Dennis Northcott, 1845 Census of the City of St. Louis (Partial); call number: open shelf/St.L/929.3/C396.); and Missouri state census books includes an aggregate census record for 1844, consisting of aggregate data by township. This collection also includes Statistics of the United States of America...Sixth Census, 1840, containing published aggregate data, Washington, 1841; federal census mortality schedules for the state of Missouri for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880, arranged alphabetically by counties; and federal agricultural and industrial census records for the state of Missouri for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880, also arranged alphabetically by county. Some copies of originals held elsewhere.
Some Spanish and French.
Photocopy with Index to Saint Louis City Census, 1845 (volume 3), available at Archives Reference Desk.
Cite as: Census Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0255
Central High School (St. Louis, Mo.).
Collection 1919; 1969-1984. 1 partial box.
Collection includes guest book and program from the 50th class reunion of Central High School, June 12, 1974, with signatures from the 60th reunion, May 30, 1984, and some newsclippings. Collection also contains the girl graduate book of Gertrude Claris, 1919.
Cite as: Central High School (St. Louis, Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0256
Central Wesleyan College.
Records, 1884-1956. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
The institution was founded by German methodists as part of a seminary at Quincy, Ill., in 1854. In 1864, the school moved to Warrenton, Mo., where a Methodist orphan and education institute had been established to care for orphans of Civil War soldiers. Central Wesleyan was opened in Missouri October 3, 1864. In 1884, the double institution was changed into the Central Wesleyan College and the Central Wesleyan Orphans Home. The two institutions have operated together.
Collection contains notes, reports, etc. that were given to the Central Wesleyan College Board of Trustees, 1919-1920; notes concerning the financial business of the college regarding trustees meetings and endowment funds; essays concerning the college; several drafts of a manuscript history of the college compiled by Theodore Wolff.
Cite as: Central Wesleyan College Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0257
Cerre, Gabriel, 1734-1805.
Papers, 1787-1846. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Gabriel Cerre was born August 12, 1734, in Montreal, and came to Kaskaskia about 1755. There in 1755 he married Catherine Giard, by whom he had four children. Mr. Cerre was engaged in the fur trade. He sent two men, Francois and Joseph Lesier, down the Mississippi River to establish a new trading post among the Indian tribes dwelling on the west bank. The post afterward became the town of New Madrid, Mo. Mr. Cerre moved to St. Louis in 1780. He died in 1805.
Collection includes land survey no. 877- A. Chouteau and A. Soulard in right of their wives under Gabriel Cere, October 2, 1822; several sketches of Cerre's life; and several letters and documents regarding his business.
Some French.
Cite as: Gabriel Cerre Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Certificates collection
Items from the Certificates Collection were transferred to Alphabetical Files (see under individual's name) or to the collection in which they originally belonged. (Transferred ca. 2001.)
Chamberlain Company (Saint Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, Ill.).
See F.B. Chamberlain Company
A0258
Chamberlin, T.W.
Collection, [1661-1800]; 1803-1918. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Mr. Chamberlin was a collector of historical documents.
This collection contains papers collected for the Gratz papers, but which were rejected. There are various papers relating to Daniel Boone, Nathaniel Buxton, Nicholas Buxton, Walter L. Chaney, Major William Croghan, John Gay, Nicholas Buxton Gay, Alexander Hamilton, Missouri Home Guard (in relation to the World War I period), James Moores, "Old Drum," Pendergrast family, Dred Scott, Don Joseph Valliere, George Graham Vest, War Camp Community Recreation Service, and Noah Webster. Also deeds from Baltimore County, Md., Court, 1661-1770. Some typescripts and photostats.
Cite as: T.W. Chamberlain Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0259
Charbonneau Family collection, ca. 1950. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Correspondence and reports regarding the Charbonneau family. Includes correspondence to the Missouri Historical Society regarding family; photostats of maps; photocopy of monument to J.B. Charbonneau at Danner, Ore., speech given August 6, 1971; notes of Kell-Porter references on Cryus Curtis and Michael Ely for the period 1822-1842; most of the collection deals with Jean Baptiste Charbonneau and Sacajewea.
Cite as: Charbonneau Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0260
Chariton County (Mo.) collection, 1842-1862. 1 folder (12 items).
Collection includes receipts, letters, etc. of Thomas Allin who lived in Brunswick, Mo., 1842-1860; documents regarding the sale of houses and land regarding Thomas Allin, 1849.
Cite as: Chariton County (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0261
Charles Dickens Historical Society. Saint Louis Branch (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1910-1939. 3 boxes (1.2 linear ft.); 1 volume.
Collection contains letters, programs, papers relating to activities of the St. Louis branch, which was founded by Sara Elizabeth Edwards, November 17, 1911; correspondence of Mrs. Edwards dealing with the founding of the St. Louis branch and other matters, 1911-1939; Boz Club of St. Louis information; Dickens shop material; clippings concerning the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Christmas Festival and the Dickens Fellowship connection; correspondence, scrapbook and newsclippings on Alfred Tennyson Dickens (son of Charles Dickens) and his visit to St. Louis, November 23, 1911; several issues of the Dickensian; information concerning the Dickens Fellowship headquarters in London; financial statements of the St. Louis Branch of the Dickens Fellowship and minutes of meetings, 1912-1913; brochures and souvenirs from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1916; newsclippings concerning the life of Charles Dickens.
Records of the St. Louis Branch of the Charles Dickens Historical Society, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0262
Charles, Joseph William (1868-1950).
"Eight years of ordinary life / or from country practitioner to city specialist" / manuscript, n.d. 133 pp.
Mr. Charles was born in 1868. He studied medicine at the Sorbonne in Paris, and in Germany. He began practice as an eye specialist in 1893 and for a time was assistant to Dr. H.M. Post. He was a professor of ophthalmology at St. Louis University and also was associated with Washington University and the Missouri School of the Blind.
Typed manuscript with notes from author that describes life of Dr. Charles.
Cite as: Joseph William Charles, "Eight Years of Ordinary Life: or from Country Practitioner to City Specialist," manuscript, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0263
Charles, Robert Horne.
Robert Horne and Elizabeth Sewall Charles papers, 1884-1937. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 2 volumes.
Two scrapbooks: Charles family scrapbook (1884-1937); and scrapbook regarding marriage of Robert Horne Charles and Elizabeth Sewall (1934-1944). Group of letters from Robert to "Ollie." Robert was at Yale Law School and Ollie was at Vassar. Also includes family correspondence, congratulatory telegrams on wedding, etc.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Robert Horne and Elizabeth Sewall Charles Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0264
Chase, Edward (1824-1897).
Papers, 1844-1895. 3 boxes (1.2 linear ft.)
Edward Chase was born March 5, 1824, in Taunton, Mass. He came to St. Louis in 1847 and took charge of a branch of the New York banking house of Clark, Dodge and Company. The company later became the E.W. Clark & Brother, located at the corner of Main and Olive Streets. Mr Chase later engaged in the insurance business, and his time was thus occupied until 1871, when he was made manager of the St. Louis Clearing House. He married Miss Lydia W. Alden, of Fall River, Mass.
Collection contains various land papers for real estate throughout the United States; business papers consisting of stocks, receipts, checks that are not necessarily Mr. Chases'; three $50 and one $1 currencies from the State Bank of Illinois, 1851; bankbooks and checkbooks; a map of the state of Georgia, 1869; about ten letters written by Mr. Edward Chase to his wife describing life in St. Louis, including news of the cholera epidemic, 1849-1870.
Cite as: Edward Chase Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0265
Chatard, Frederick K.
Letterbook, 1857-1860. 1 volume.
Frederick W. Chatard was the U.S. Navy commander of the U.S.S. Saratoga as part of the Walker expedition to Nicaragua in 1857.
Letterbook or letters written from on board the U.S.S Saratoga (May 20, 1857-January 1, 1858); from Baltimore (January 10, 1858-January 11, 1859); from the Norfolk Navy Yards (April 12, 1859); and from the U.S.S. Pennsylvania (June 15, 1959-October 8, 1860).
Cite as: Frederick K. Chatard Letterbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0266
Chauvin, Joseph.
Papers, 1799-1847. 40 items.
Papers are chiefly land papers, inventories, sale of negroes, with some genealogical information.
Some French.
Cite as: Joseph Chauvin Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0267
Chenie, Isabella (1837-1908).
Papers, 1848-1891. 1 partial box (23 items).
Contains correspondence; memorial cards; newspaper clippings, including obituaries of Mrs. Julia de Mun Chenie (mother of Isabelle Chenie), Mrs. L.D. Cabanne, Mrs. Harriet M. Soulard, Henry Soulard, Mrs. Marie Louise Chenie Pratte (aunt of Isabelle Chenie), and Dr. Laisel L. Papin.
Cite as: Isabella Chenie Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0268
Chenoweth, J.W.
Ledger, 1832-1834. 1 volume (287 pages)
Ledger, dated May 15, 1832, to November 27, 1834, contains business account of an Alton, Ill., blacksmith.
Cite as: J.W. Chenoweth Ledger, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0269
Cherry family.
Papers, 1857-1908 (bulk 1957-1861). 1 folder and 1 volume.
Papers consist of tax receipts (1857-1908) relating mostly to property in Illinois and an account book from a general store (1857-1861) and grist mill (1857) in Scottsville, Ill.
A270
Chicago and Alton Railroad.
Journal, 1879. 1 volume
The Chicago and Alton Railroad was organized February 18, 1861, in pursuance of a plan for the reorganization of the St. Louis, Alton, and Chicago Railroad Company.
This journal contains a statement of articles received at the Alton Station of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, several accounts of area train wrecks, and information on the construction of track and other work done for and by the railroad.
Cite as: Chicago and Alton Railroad Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Childress, Solomon B.
Journal, 1864-1865. 1 volume
Transferred to Civil War Collection.
A0272
Chinn, R.B.
Collection, 1820-1868; [1892]. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection contains four account books, receipts, bills of sales, 1840-1860, of Colonel John R. White who was a dealer in slaves. The account books give purchase and selling prices, jailor and turnkey fees, boarding fees for slaves sold on commission, clothing and medical fees, transportation costs, burial fees and such expenses associated with the slave trade. Colonel White made his home in Howard County, Mo., but spent considerable time in New Orleans on business; his account books for a stay in 1842 give both personal and business expenses. Collection was accumulated by R.B. Chinn.
Cite as: R.B. Chinn Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A1823
Chiodini, Elizabeth
Henderson Family Collection, 1904; 1982 1 folder
The collection consists of a 1904 St. Louis World's Fair identification pass and tickets and a genealogy of the Henderson Family including the McMurray, Mitchell, Mebane, Lewis, Douglas, Hodge, and Van Voorhees family branches.
Cite as: Elizabeth Chiodini: Henderson Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0273
Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty (1851-1904).
Papers, 1870-1902; 1974. 6 boxes (2.4 linear ft.)
Thomas O'Flaherty was a wealthy Irish immigrant who married into an old French Creole family. His daughter, Kate, received a traditional Catholic education which she supplemented by reading contemporary European literature. She married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and moved to Louisiana where she had six children. After her husband's death in 1883, she undertook the management of the plantations, apparently quite successfully. She carried on this work for more than a year, but finally yielded to her mother's urging to return to St. Louis. In 1884, she came back to St. Louis and at age 36 she began to write. Some of her published works include The Awakening (1899), At Fault (1890), A Night in Acadie (1897), and Bayou Folk (1894), as well as numerous poems and short stories. Until the early 1960s, she was best known as a local colorist, since most of her short stories dealt with scenes from Creole Louisiana. With the recent interest in women's studies, her works, and primarily her novel The Awakening, which concerns a woman's sexual awakening, have been reexamined extensively.
This collection consists of holograph manuscripts and published copies of many of Kate Chopin's short stories, poems, and translations from the French of Guy de Maupassant's short stories. The collection also includes some correspondence from friends regarding The Awakening, 1899; two commonplace books or copy books, 1860 and 1867-1870, the latter of which contains a diary of her 1870 wedding trip; an original manuscript book, 1894-1896, which also includes diary entries; and two account and memoranda notebooks that record her manuscript submissions to publishers, giving title, publication, date accepted/published/amount, 1888-1895 and 1888- 1902. The collection also includes biographical information on Kate Chopin, copies of scholarly essays by Per Seyersted and Bernard J. Koloski, and papers on Kate Chopin by participants in the 1974 Chopin seminar. Papers were lent to Father Daniel S. Rankin for research by the Chopin Family. Father Rankin turned the bulk of them over to the University of Pennsylvania Special Collections. This body was then transferred to the Missouri Historical Society at the wish of the Chopin Family. The addition was found in a storage locker owned by Father Rankin in 1991, and forwarded to the Missouri Historical Society by the University of Pennsylvania Special Collections. Boxes 4 and 5, which contain "at risk" original manuscripts should not be routinely retrieved. They may be viewed by researchers only where examination of photocopies (found in the first three boxes) proves insufficient for research purposes.
Finding aid available. See also Guide to Per Seyersted Collection at Archives Reference Desk.
Cite as: Kate O'Flaherty Chopin Papers, Missouri Historical Society.
A0274
Chouteau Family.
Papers, 1752-1946. 62 boxes (28 linear ft.); 1 volume; 3 oversized folders.
Collection of Chouteau family papers which consist largely of correspondence, bills, accounts, inventories, contracts of engagement with various men, packing accounts, bills of lading, and other business papers of Auguste Chouteau, Pierre Chouteau, Sr., Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and Rene Chouteau, relating to their activities as fur traders, merchants, and financiers of Missouri. Includes 53 ledger account books of the American Fur Company's Western Division; and letterbooks for Fort Pierre and Fort Tecumseh, S.D., Fort Union, N.D., and the Upper Missouri branch of the company. A more detailed description of the different Chouteau family papers, which have been interfiled with one another and arranged chronologically, follows: Auguste Chouteau Papers, (1,965 mss.): personal and business papers of his trade with Montreal and Michilimackinac dating chiefly from 1800-1811; business with Cavelier & Fils at New Orleans; and papers concerning his management of personal estates of friends and relatives. From 1818-1821 there are papers relative to his payment of pensions to revolutionary soldiers and their widows and orphans as agent for Missouri. After his death there are papers of Henry Chouteau concerned with management of his father's estate as well as his own business affairs in the firm of Chouteau & Valle. From 1801-1814 are a group of papers dealing with affairs of Coursault Brothers, merchants at Cap Francais, who later moved to the United States, and married into the Chouteau family through the Pauls. They deal chiefly with their business dealings in France and personal family letters. Additional manuscripts, dating from 1818-1840, include a statement of merchandise and property, part of the estate of Auguste P. Chouteau, and the document appointing Chouteau as agent and guardian of half-breed Indians of the Osage tribe. Persons and subjects dealt with in the correspondence include William H. Ashley, Barthelmy Berthold, Judge William C. Carr, Lewis Cass, Jules de Mun, William F. Ferguson, Robert Payne, Albert Pike, Bernard Pratte, the fur trade, Indians, Santa Fe, and Siter Price & Co. Pierre Chouteau Papers (870 mss.): letters and documents concerning business and personal affairs of the Chouteau family, especially Auguste and Pierrre, and later, Pierre, Jr. There are references to many prominent St. Louisans including Charles Gratiot, Manuel Lisa, Frederick Bates, the Bertholds, Gabriel Cerre, William Clark, Charles Dehault Delassus, Joseph Hortiz, Labadies, Marie Philippe Leduc, Papins, Prattes, Pierre Provenchere, Jean Baptiste Sarpy, Joseph A. Sire, Antoine Soulard, as well as many national figures including John Jacob Astor, Ramsay Crooks, James Wilkinson, Amos Stoddard, William Henry Harrison, Kenneth McKenzie, and Henry Dearborn. Correspondence of Spanish Governors with Charles Dehault Delassus regarding governmental affairs in St. Louis preceding the transfer (1796-1807) have been moved to the Delassus Papers. Also included: Pierre Chouteau letter book, 1804-1819; four Fort Tecumseh letter books, 1830-1833; five Fort Pierre letter books, 1832-1835, 1845-1850; one Fort Union letter book, 1833-1835; and Chouteau genealogy. Chouteau-Dyer Collection (63 mss.): abstract of title, Dunklin county, 1857-1881; government land office returns, St. Louis, 1819-1825; Auguste Chouteau accounts, 1804; and letters of Aglae, widow Coursault to her daughter, Clemence, Mrs. Henry Chouteau, dealing with family matters. P. Chouteau-Maffitt Collection (5,481 mss.): papers deal predominately with the business affairs of Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and his connection with the American Fur Company, Western Department. Includes correspondence between Chouteau and others involved with the fur trade, but the larger part of the collection is chiefly bills, accounts, inventories, contracts of engagement with various men, packing accounts, and bills of lading. Before 1827 the collection is largely personal, much of it concerning Auguste Chouteau and the Julien Dubuque estate. In 1827, references are chiefly to fur trading activities at Rock River, Fever River, Galena, etc. and dealings with Joseph Rolette, Charles de St. Vrain and the Columbia Fur Company. There is also data on Benito Vasquez and the Kansas River, and the Upper Missouri Outfit with Colin McLeod and Blacksnake Hills. After 1831 the pattern is the same with growing emphasis on the Upper Missouri Outfit and increasing amounts of bills, accounts, engagement lists of persons employed, etc. There is correspondence concerning dealings with John G. Stevenson at New Orleans and numerous personal bills and receipts of Jean Baptiste Sarpy. The correspondence of Benjamin Clapp with Pierre Chouteau, Jr., in New York in part deals with the failure of Ramsay Crooks and the American Fur Company. The importance and extent of the London trade is also realized in the correspondence of C.M. Lampson, London agent, and the invoices, accounts of sales, packing accounts, etc. Chouteau-Papin Collection (1,997 mss.): papers concerning the fur trade of the Missouri River and the activities of the American Fur Company and their relation with Pratte Chouteau & Co. and later Pierre Chouteau, Jr., & Company at St. Louis. Among the prominent persons mentioned here are Ramsay Crooks, Pierre Chouteau, Jr., John Jacob Astor, Jean Pierre Cabanne, Joseph Robidoux, Jean Baptiste Sarpy, A.P. Chouteau, Barthelmy Berthold, as well as many trappers and traders including Colin Campbell, Vance Murray Campbell, Honore Picotte, H.H. Sibley, and the Papins. Chouteau-Walsh Collection, 1795-1872, (474 mss.): personal and business correspondence of Pierre Chouteau, Jr., with his daughter, Julia Maffitt, his wife, the former Emilie Gratiot, his son-in-law, Dr. William Maffitt, and John F. A. Sanford. The personal letters, bills, and receipts provide interesting information on the life of the times, especially regarding the purchase of clothing and household items. The business letters illustrate the interests of Chouteau in the fur trade and railroad ventures, particularly the Illinois Central. One group of manuscripts concerns the career of William Maffitt as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army. The fur trade letters are not extensive but include information about the sale of Fort Pierre to the government, the trip of Sanford up the Missouri to various posts in 1839, information concerning Andrew Drips, Alexander Culbertson, various Indian tribes, government contract for supply of Indian goods, and letters of William Laidlaw about difficulties over sale of liquor and licenses to trade. Information covers period from 1824-1844. An additional collection of manuscripts, purchased in 1988, includes estate inventories of several prominent St. Louisans: Madame Theresa Chouteau nee Bourgois Estate, 1814; Charles Gratiot Estate; Regis Loisel Estate, 1809; Joseph Robidoux Estate, 1811 Nov 11; St. Paul le Croix Estate, 1815-1822; and Auguste Chouteau, 1830-1838. Also, notes and bonds of Auguste A. Chouteau, 1809-1820; papers of Pierre Chouteau; indenture and notes of Pierre Chouteau, Jr., 1824, 1838; and bond of the Committee for Building Cathedral, 1819 Feb 3. This collection also contains a separately housed ledger of land sales, Berger Tract, St. Louis, Mo., Charles P. Chouteau, agent and attorney, 1857-1865.
Some French and Spanish.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
RESTRICTION: As with all collections, if the documents exist in another format, researchers will be required to use the other format before the original documents will be paged to the reading room. The journals and letter books from Fort Tecumseh (1-31-1830 thru 12-14-1832) and from Fort Pierre (1-17-1832 thru 12-4-1850) are available on microfilm (reel #134). These volumes have also been published, and edited, in South Dakota Historical Collections (library call #: SD/O6/So8h/v.1)
Cite as: Chouteau Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0275
Christie, Alexander.
Papers, 1852-1871. 30 items.
Collection consists primarily of correspondence relating to the of Pacific Railroad with headquarters in Franklin, Mo. Three items relate to the Civil War: a letter referencing the prewar Kansas-Missouri border conflicts (September 6, 1856); a letter describing Union/secessionist activities around Rolla, Mo. (July 5, 1861); and a letter assuring Christie that Confederates will not get to St. Louis (September 26, 1861).
Cite as: Alexander Christie Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.
A0276
Christmas letters collection, [1861]; 1892-1996. 5 folders (100 items).
Collection of letters sent by various people at Christmas time to their friends and acquaintances with Christmas wishes.
Cite as: Christmas Letters Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0277
Church registers of Saint Louis collection, [1766-1971]. 2 folders.
Listing of baptisms from St. Louis Cathedral, 1766-1771; and the start of an index to St. Louis Church Register.
French.
Cite as: Church Registers of St. Louis Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0278
Churches collection, 1727-2000. 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder; 1 reel microfilm.
Papers containing historical information relating to churches in early St. Louis and other parts of Missouri; includes correspondence regarding the objections of the Missouri Presbyterian ministers to taking the oath of allegiance as a qualification for participating in the business aspect of the church; and names of ministers who refused to become identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South when the schism (1845) occurred in Columbia, Mo. Also records related to the restoration of the Old Bonhomme Stone Church (Presbyterian) in St. Louis County.
Some French.
Bonhomme Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society minutes (microfilm) may not be reproduced without the permission of Bonhomme Presbyterian Church.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Churches Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0279
Churchill, Winston (1871-1946).
Papers, 1907-1947. 1 folder.
Winston Churchill was born 10 November 1871, in St. Louis, son of Edward S. Churchill and Emma Bell Blaine. He went to the naval academy at Annapolis, but grew tired of naval life and devoted his time to writing. His first novel, The Celebrities, was published in 1897 and was moderately successful. Two years later, he produced Richard Carvel, which was immediately hailed as one of America's most powerful historical novels. This was a tale of pre-Revolutionary Annapolis, which he had planned while a midshipman at the academy. He followed this with The Crisis, a story of the Civil War, which became his most widely read novel. His other books included Coniston, The Inside of the Cup, The Dwelling Place of Light, The Crossing, and Mr. Crewe's Career. Mr. Churchill lived most of his life in Cornish, New Hampshire, where he had built a home named "Harlakenden Hall" in honor of his wife, the former Mabel Harlakenden Hall of St. Louis. Mr. Churchill died in St. Louis in 1946.
Collection includes some biographical data and Churchill's correspondence, mainly with family and friends regarding his books and life at Harlakenden Hall.
Cite as: Winston Churchill Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0280
Cieslak, Zane.
Plans for experimental monoplane, 1933-1948. 1 flat storage box (16 items).
Zane Cieslak was a St. Louis aviator and designer, who worked with the Mahoney-Ryan Aircraft Company.
Plans and descriptions for experimental monoplane or its model (original 1933, model 1948). Also photocopies of clippings and photographs, and booklet on aerodynamics for pilots.
Cite as: Zane Cieslak Plans for Experimental Monoplane, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0281
Circulars collection, 1801-1973. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Collection contains circulars from national, state, and local clubs; rewards; political, business and show advertisements; 1973 circular issued by Action, St. Louis, "Hit Ladue and Clayton Areas; they got plenty!!"; and prospectus of The African, an anti-abolition monthly published in St. Louis by J.W. Hedenberg, September 16, 1843.
Cite as: Circulars Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0282
Cisco, John J.
Letterbook, 1864. 1 volume (letterpress)
Letters of Cisco, dated March 21-August 29, 1864, written from the U.S. Treasury at New York, mostly to Salmon P. Chase, Washington, D.C., regarding the use of gold to back currency, and European markets.
Cite as: John J. Cisco Letterbook, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0283
Citizens' Bridge Committee (St. Louis, Mo.).
Papers, 1911-1914. One folder.
The Citizen's Bridge Committee was formed to organize voter support to pass bond initiatives for the completion of the Municipal Free Bridge. The committee circulated petitions, pamphlets and brochures urging voters to "Finish The Bridge." The collection contains sample initiative petition for the completion of the bridge; a "Municipal Bridge Petition" to the Municipal Assembly, St. Louis; pamphlets and flyers listing reasons to finish the bridge, correspondence to Stella Drumm at the Missouri Historical Society regarding these materials.
A0284
Citizen's Smoke Abatement League (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Papers, 1917-1935. 1 box (ca.25 items); 4 volumes.
The Citizen's Smoke Abatement League of St. Louis grew out of the Smoke Abatement Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The League was incorporated on March 27, 1927, "to promote and maintain an organization for smoke abatement in St. Louis and vicinity, through the agencies of publicity, technical research, education, cooperation and law enforcement." It consisted of an Executive Committee, a Board of Directors, and various levels of membership according to the amount of dues paid from $1 to $100 annually.
Collection consists of the financial records of the organization, including a ledger (1926-1935); a cash book (1926-1935); two expense journals (1927-1935); printed matter; correspondence, mainly to J.H. Gundlach, Chamber of Commerce, regarding smoke abatement in 1925, 1926; monthly statements and accounts, 1927-1933; two bankbooks, 1926 and 1927-1935; undated by-laws; and list of subscribers to the organization.
Cite as: Citizen's Smoke Abatement League Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0285
Civic Improvement League.
Papers, 1902-1921. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 1 volume.
The object of the Civic Improvement League, according to the constitution of the organization, was "to secure better civic conditions; to promote local municipal improvements; to further wholesome legislation and to stimulate public sentiment in favor of making St. Louis a better place in which to live." Any citizen of St. Louis or its suburbs was eligible for membership in the League.
Correspondence, 1914-1920; minutes of the Executive Board, April 1902-May 1910; correspondence concerning the St. Louis Pageant and Masque and Conferences of Cities, 1914; financial records (bound volumes), 1902-1908; disbound book of expenditures, 1915-1921; disbound book, membership register of the Civic Improvement League, 1910.
Cite as: Civic Improvement League Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0286
Civil War collection, 1860-1977 (bulk 1861-1865). 15 boxes; 8 oversize boxes; 20 volumes; 3 map drawers
The Civil War Collection comprises individual documents and small collections relating to the war, which were acquired by the Missouri Historical Society by donation and purchase from numerous sources since the Society's founding in 1866. These items have been placed in the Civil War Collection because of their common subject matter (i.e., the Civil War). The manuscripts in this collection relate primarily to affairs in Missouri and to the affairs and operations of Missouri troops, both Confederate and Union, primarily in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The collection includes personal papers, such as correspondence, diaries, and reminiscences; official military papers, such as muster rolls, loyalty oaths, paroles, and special and general orders; and newspapers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Civil War Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0287
Civilian defense collection, 1941-1958. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Collection contains correspondence, instruction booklets, diagrams, etc. pertaining to civilian defense in World War II and after. The emphasis of the collection is on St. Louis, particularly in the city's West End and Carondelet. Greater St. Louis Citizens Committee for Nuclear Information, 1958.
Cite as: Civilian Defense Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0288
Clamorgan Family.
Papers, 1794-1817. 30 items.
Jacques Clamorgan is said to have come to St. Louis from Guadelupe. His name appears first in the St. Louis archives in 1784. He was a leader in the first Missouri Fur Company and was in partnership with Regis Loisel. After the Louisiana transfer, he was appointed one of the judges of the court of quarter-sessions. He died in November 1814, leaving a family of mulatto children.
Collection includes several letters of Baron de Carondelet to Santiago Clamorgan, 1794-1796; A document of Clamorgan, for Missouri Company, to Governor Casa Calvo, asks privilege to trade with Othoas, Mahas, Poncas, and to build a fort to restrain the Mandans and support 100 militia for protection against British aggression; notes and payments and several land deeds to Jacques Clamorgan; Clamogran's[?] will, October 31, 1814; undated photostat instruction given to Jean Evans for crossing the continent and discovering a passage from the source of the Missouri.
Cite as: Clamorgan Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0290
Clark, Edward Payson (1838-1921).
Papers, 1823; 1862-1869. 1 partial box (75 items).
Edward Payson Clark, Sr., was born May 16, 1838, in Milton, Vt. He married Mary J. Jocelyn in September 1862. During the Civil War, he was a corporal in the 12th Vermont Infantry in 1862, a sergeant in the Vermont Militia in 1865, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Company H., 1st Regiment, Vermont Militia, in 1866. He died October 22, 1921, in St. Louis County.
Papers contain letters of Edward P. Clark to his wife, Mary, and a diary of Clark (198 pages), which describe the affairs of the 12th Vermont Infantry, while stationed in camps at Washington, D.C., and in northern Virginia. Also contains letter of Mary L. Martin to cousin, dated October 30, 1862, which describes the arrest and lynching of a man in Kansas.
Cite as: Edward Payson Clark Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0289
Clark Family.
Collection, 1766-1991. 14 boxes, 24 volumes, 19 oversize items.
The collection is divided into five series: George Rogers Clark Papers; William Clark Papers; Meriwether Lewis Clark Papers which includes material related to his two sons, John O'Fallon Clark (2nd) and Samuel Churchill Clark; George Rogers Hancock Clark Papers; and the papers of Other Family Members. The family members represented in the last group include: Jefferson Kearney Clark; William Hancock Clark; Eleanor Glasgow Clark; and Beatrice Chouteau Clark.
The papers of George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), soldier and frontiersman, of Virginia, Missouri, and Kentucky, consist of correspondence, fragmentary journals, enlistments, receipts, accounts, orders, and reports, dealing primarily with the campaigns in the Illinois country during the Revolutionary War and later expeditions against the Indians and Spaniards. A few letters relate to the early history of St. Louis, Missouri. Correspondents of George Rogers Clark include Capt. Brashear, Col. Arthur Campbell, Capt. Dalton, Col. John Floyd, Charles Gratiot, Capt. Helm, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Col. J. M. P. Legras, Fernando de Leyba, Col. Benjamin Logan, Col. John Montgomery, Lt. John Rogers, Capt. Shannon, Capt. Williams, and Capt. Worthington.
The papers of William Clark (1770-1838), explorer with Meriwether Lewis, are composed of correspondence with Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson and journals relating to the expedition to the Pacific. There are also journals Clark kept while serving in the Indian campaigns under Col. John Hardin and Generals Charles Scott and Anthony Wayne. Correspondence from 1818 to 1833 relates to his service as Superintendent of Indian Affairs in St. Louis. Correspondents in the collections include family members and business/political associates: Daniel Clark, Henry Dearborn, Henry Deringer, John H. Eaton (Secretary of War), Rene Jusseaume, Stephen W. Kearny, Lafayette, James Madison, James Monroe, William Morrison, Benjamin O'Fallon, Dr. James J. O'Fallon, John O'Fallon, Sylvester Pattie, Prince Paul (of Wurttemburg, Germany), and Clark's sons Meriwether Lewis and George Rogers Hancock Clark.
Other material in the collection includes Clark's four morocco bound manuscript journals of the expedition, 1805 April - 1806 June, Clark's personal notebook and journal, 1817-1820, biographical and personal notes of the William Clark family, school notebooks of the children, and correspondence about the collection.
The John O'Fallon Clark Collection, 1786-1904, which has been added to the papers, includes papers of the Clark family of Missouri. Includes deeds, land records, and will of William Clark; correspondence and records of George Rogers Hancock Clark and his descendants; papers regarding land in Paducah, Kentucky, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and land surveys; and litigation over Lewis-Clark papers found in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1953.
This collection also contains a separately housed Mexican War account and memoranda book of Meriwether Lewis Clark (1809-1881) , son of William Clark, recording army pay, allowances and expenses, supplies and purchases, with ledger of personal family accounts at rear, April 1846-June 1847. He commanded a battalion of volunteer artillery raised at St. Louis in 1846 and accompanied Doniphan's expedition during the Mexican War.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Cite collection at the series level (Box 1-9, 11-14). Cite Box 10 as: Clark Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0291
Clark, Peter F. (1829-1919).
Papers 1863-1865. 1 folder.
Peter F. Clark was born January 27, 1829, in Greene County, Ill. The family moved to Lawrence County, Mo., in 1848. In 1850, Peter Clark crossed the plains and mined for two years in California. He returned to Missouri and at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Lawrence County home guards. He later raised Company A, 11th Missouri Cavalry (Union). After the war he returned to Missouri. In 1874, he again crossed the plains, this time settling in Oregon. He married Margaret J. Marsh in Lawrence County, Mo., September 23, 1852. He died June 19, 1919, in West Salem, Ore.
Papers consist primarily of the letters (typescript copies) of Peter Clark to his wife, Jane, in Lawrence County, Mo. Letters are mostly written from Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado Territory, and describe the affairs of the 11th Missouri Cavalry in Missouri and while on a march as part of an escort from Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to Fort Union, N.M. Includes information regarding camp life, songs, marches, Indians, and guerrilla warfare in Missouri; and mentions of several Lawrence County men in the regiment and affairs in Lawrence County. Papers also contain several letters of Jane Clark to her husband, and one letter of John Steele to Peter Clark, dated Tullahoma, Tenn., April 19, 1865.
Cite as: Peter F. Clark Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Clark Sesquicentennial celebration collection
See George Rogers Clark sesquicentennial celebration collection
A0292
Clarke, John T. (1843-1922).
Papers, 1864-1884. 1 folder.
John T. Clarke was born March 20, 1843, in Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Va. At the age of ten he emigrated to Missouri with his family, settling in the southeastern part of the state. He enlisted in Company I, 31st Missouri Infantry (Union), at Mineral Point, Mo., in August 1862. He was mustered out in July 1865 and died December 29, 1922, at Jefferson City, Mo.
Collection contains John T. Clarke's pocket diary (46 pages), dated May to August 1864, which contains brief accounts of military operations of the 31st Missouri Infantry in Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign, and numbers of casualties; a furlough and several special orders regarding Clarke; letter of Wm. Murphy to Clarke, dated Gratiot Street Prison, July 7, 1865, stating his case for release from prison; newspaper clipping from a Jefferson City newspaper, dated September 21, 1941, which contains a historical sketch of Clarke; and newspaper clipping from The Daily Tribune (Jefferson City), dated January 17, 1884, which contains the correspondence of Clarke with Governor Thomas C. Fletcher, who had assisted Clarke during the war. (Diary was published in the Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Volume VIII, Number 4 [July 1952].)
Cite as: John T. Clarke Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0293
Clarke, Powhatan H. (1862-1893).
Papers, 1842-1921. 7 boxes (3.2 linear ft.); 8 volumes.
Powhatan H. Clarke, was born October 9, 1862, at the Esperenga Plantation, Alexandria, Rapides Parrish, Lousiana, the son of Powhatan H. Clark, physician and professor of Natural Science at Baltimore City College for 30 years. He began his education at Senlis, France, continued at Baltimore City College and Maryland Agricultural College before entering West Point, from which he graduated in June 1884. He joined the 10th U.S. Cavalry that same month at Fort Davis, Tex., as a second lieutenant. Clarke took part in Indian campaigns and was twice commended for conspicuous gallantry against hostile Indians. He was awarded the medal of honor for rescuing a soldier under enemy fire. In April 1891, Clarke was assigned a military attache in Berlin, where he served in a Prussian regiment. He returned May 1892, and joined his regiment at Fort Custer, Mont. In June 1892 he married Elizabeth (Elsie) F. Clemens. On July 21, 1893, he drowned in the Little Elkhorn River at Fort Custer, when he dove into what he supposed to be deep water, but was actually a shallow area studded with sharp edged stones.
Correspondence of the Clarke family, chiefly of Powhatan H. Clarke, his wife, and their son, Powhatan H. Clarke, Jr. (1893-1920). Also includes letters from Clarke to his mother when attending school in France, 1874, and when a cadet at West Point, 1881-1883. Includes 80 letters, with 39 sketches, from artist and author Frederic Remington (1861-1909) to Powhatan H. Clarke and his wife regarding personal matters and letters from Remington and Mrs. Remington to the wife and parents of Powhatan H. Clarke regarding his death. There are several examples of magazine articles written by Clarke and illustrated by Remington. Clarke's army papers (1884-1893), field notes, a report from Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, 1887, and a manuscript of his "Report on Army Organization," ca. 1892; and notebooks (1917) of Powhatan H. Clarke, Jr., while a student at the Cadet School of Military Aviation, University of Illinois. Also includes eight bound volumes: West Point account book (1880-1884); order book from days as cadet at West Point through tour in Arizona Territory (1880-1890); receipts of payment to Clarke while stationed in Germany with the 2nd Westphalian Hussars Regiment, No. 11 (1891-1893); telegrams and notices from tour in Germany (1891-1893); court martial case notes from Fort Custer (1893); scrapbook about Powhatan H. Clarke, assembled by his widow, Elsie Clemens Clarke (1891-1915); diary of Elsie Clemens Clarke (1891-1907); and hand-transcribed copy of Bacon's Rebellion, 1675-1675, taken from Thomas Jefferson's copy by Colin Clarke.
Some French.
Most of the Remington letters are published in Frederic Remington: Selected Letters (B/R284sp)
Cite as: Powhatan H. Clarke Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0294
Clay County (Mo.) Board of Registration.
Test oath registration book for Platte Township, 1866-1868. 1 volume.
Registration book containing records of the test oaths administered to voters in Platte Township, Clay County, Mo., 1866-1868, whereby each prospective voter had to swear he had been loyal to the United States government during the Civil War. Typed index is inserted in the front of the volume.
Cite as: Test Oath Registration Book for Platte Township, Clay County, Mo., Missouri Historical Society.
A0295
Clay County (Mo.) collection, 1849; 1965. 1 folder (10 items).
Letter of A. Browman to John Brown, dated March 4, 1849, describing Clay County; 1965 press release about bank museum to be opened in Liberty, Mo., with account of robbery of Clay County Bank, February 13, 1866; undated material on Clay County museum.
Cite as: Clay County (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0296
Clemens, Cyril Coniston (1903-1999).
Collection, 1800-1979. 73 boxes (44 linear ft.)
Third cousin of Mark Twain; founder, president of the International Mark Twain Society; and editor of the Mark Twain Journal.
Collection contains family history and genealogical notes of Boland, Chambers, and Mullanphy families; typescript letters of the Chambers/Mullanphy family, 1827-1847; correspondence, 1920-1979, primarily from prominent literary and political figures, mostly expressing interest in serving as honorary vice-president or as member of the International Mark Twain Society. Includes a letter from Samuel Langhorne Clemens (third cousin of Cyril Clemens) concerning a self-pasting scrapbook invented by him; also Clemens' 1949 thesis, "History of St. Louis, 1854-1860," and articles and publications by Clemens. The bulk of the collection consists of the Cyril Clemens' correspondence on behalf of the International Mark Twain Society; and is not processed.
indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Cyril Clemens Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0297
Clemens, Katharine.
"Gardens and books: an autobiography" / by Katharine Clemens, with an introduction by Cyril Clemens, manuscript, 1938. 4 folders.
Katharine Clemens' husband was James Ross Clemens. They were the parents of Cyril Clemens.
Corrected proofs; pp 158-184 are missing.
Cite as: Katharine Clemens, "Gardens and Books: an Autobiography," manuscript, 1938, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0298
Clemens, Mary Cornelia.
Clemens family collection, 1737-1954. 8 boxes (3.4 linear ft.); 4 volumes; 1 oversized folder.
Mary Cornelia Clemens was the granddaughter of James Clemens, Jr., and great-granddaughter of Jeremiah Clemens (1763-1826).
Diary of Jeremiah Clemens of Kentucky, dated 1787-1788; two journals of Jeremiah Clemens regarding travels and business in Danville, Ky.; scrapbook of J.W. Clemens containing material on the Clemens family throughout the United States (1872-1885); Mary C. Clemens scrapbook of clippings on the extended Clemens family in St. Louis; five folders of loose clippings regarding Samuel Clemens, the Bryan Mullanphy Emigrant and Travelers' Relief Fund, and James Clemens, Jr.; papers concerning the first thirty years of the Missouri business career of James Clemens, Jr. (1791-1878) of St. Louis; copies of his letters (1815-1816) to his family in Kentucky during the period that he lived in Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; and legal documents of his wife, Eliza (Mullanphy) Clemens, his father-in-law, John M. Mullanphy, and his brother-in-law, Bryan Mullanphy; the diary of Mary Cornelia S. Clemens, dated 1898-1904, with accounts of her stay in Nova Scotia, Leavenworth, Kans., and visits to the 1904 World's Fair; newsclippings, invitations to social events in St. Louis, lottery tickets, and broadsides. Correspondents include Thomas Hart Benton, Henry Marie Breckenridge, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Chester Harding, John M. Mullanphy, and Bishop Joseph Rosati.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Clemens Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Clemens, Samuel
See Mark Twain Monument Commission.
A0299
Clemens, Samuel.
Collection, 1881-1968. 1 box (20 items).
Collection contains letter of Samuel Clemens to (Slote), dated March 31, 1881, regarding a self-pasting scrapbook Clemens invented; letter of Samuel Clemens to the Missouri Historical Society, dated 1903, thanking the Society for making him an honorary member; Carnegie Hall printed memorial address to Mark Twain, November 1910; genealogical material regarding the Clemens family; printed matter regarding Mark Twain and Hannibal, Mo.
Cite as: Samuel Clemens Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0300
Clifford, Alfred (1869-1927).
Papers, 1884-1947. 40 items.
Mr. Clifford was born in East Medway, Mass., in 1845 and came to St. Louis in 1869. He worked as a bookkeeper for the Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co. and eventually established one of the first barbed wire plants in St. Louis. Mr. John W. Gates and Mr. William Edenborn became his partners. He became one of the active heads of the various mergers that were formed of steel and wire companies, and assumed the chairmanship of the board of the American Steel and Wire Company in 1900. The following year the American Steel and Wire Company was taken into the merger of the United States Steel Corporation, and Clifford served on the board until 1916. He married Miss Mary Francis Morton of St. Louis, who died in 1890, and in 1893 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston Anderson. Mr. Clifford died in 1927 in St. Louis.
Papers include genealogical material of the Clifford family; early patents (1888) for barbed wire; 1889 business papers of Alfred Clifford regarding the construction of barbed wire, sale of the wire, price contracts; price sheets of the St. Louis Wire Mill Co.; correspondence regarding incorporation of American Steel and Wire Co. of New Jersey, 1898-1899; syndicate agreement of U.S. Steel Corporation originated under laws of the state of New Jersey, dated March 2, 1901; published letters between Judge Elbert H. Gary and Alfred Clifford, 1926; printed histories of early development and litigation of barbed wire; correspondence dated 1947 containing biographical data of John W. Gates and Alfred Clifford.
Cite as: Alfred Clifford Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0301
Cline, Daisy J.
Papers, 1861-1918. 50 items
Mrs. Daisy J. Cline was a schoolteacher in Clay County schools. Her husband was Fredric A. Cline (ca.1834-1909).
Letters of Fredric A. Cline to his wife, dated Paducah, Ky., Nashville, Eastport, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and New Orleans, 1861-1865, which discuss the affairs of the 40th Missouri Infantry (Union). Also includes letter of S. Douglas, dated 1861, which briefly describes battle at Falling Waters, West Va.; Cline family correspondence, 1880-1884; letters from Fredric A. Cline to his wife and his children in St. Louis from Silver City, N.M., 1885; correspondence and receipts; program for memorial service for President William McKinley, September 19, 1919; and German letters.
Some German.
Cite as: Daisy J. Cline Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0302
Cloyd, George Winston.
Papers, 1938-1984. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
George Winston Cloyd was St. Louis County Circuit Court judge, 9th Division. He was associated with the firm of Walter, Hacker, Walter and Barnard, 1950.
Private papers, correspondence, newsletter, printed matter, and newsclippings related to the career of Judge Cloyd, especially his civic activities in connection with the St. Louis Council on Human Relations and the early stages of desegregation of St. Louis swimming pools, 1950-1951. Also materials relating to student activities, military service, legal and judicial career and other civic involvements, 1938-1984.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: George Winston Cloyed Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0303
Clubs and Societies Collection, 1870-1962. 8 boxes
Correspondence, minutes, articles of incorporation, statements, newsclippings, and other papers relating to social, civic, and local patriotic clubs of St. Louis, and to clubs of national interest and importance. Organizations represented include the American Legion, American Society of Civil Engineers (St. Louis branch), Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Daughters of the American Revolution, Jefferson Club, Junior League, Missouri Society of the City of New York, National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812, National Society of World War Registrars, Inc., Naturalists' Club, New England Society of St. Louis, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, Smith College Club, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of Mayflower Descendants, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wednesday Club of St. Louis, Western Rowing club, and Women Descendants of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
Indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Clubs and Societies Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0304
Coghill, James C.
Log book and river guide, 1871. 1 volume
Log book kept by James C. Coghill for the steamer R.J. Lockwood, Carter Line, Red River Packet, includes a river guide for landings on the Red River from its mouth to Jefferson, Tex.; landings on the upper Red River from Jefferson, Tex., to Kiamitia; and landings on the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis, to Vicksburg, and on to New Orleans. It also contains a Mississippi River guide from Memphis to Bayou Sara, citing landings and landmarks on the left and right banks going down river.
Donor's mother, Fannie T. Thornhill was the daughter of James C. Coghill.
Not to be used for commercial purposes without permission of donor.
Cite as: James C. Coghill Log Book and River Guide, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0305
Coghlan, Marilyn.
Data regarding her "Rally Around the Flag" quilt, 1991-1993. 1 folder and a framed manuscript.
Collection consists of newsclippings, photographic negatives, and a framed type description that relates to her "Rally Around the Flag" quilt commemorating Desert Storm veterans of Missouri and Illinois. The framed description may have appeared with quilt when it was on display.
A0307
Cole, Albert B.
Papers, 1919-1954 (bulk 1924-1946). 1 partial box
Bulk of the collection contains the correspondence, reports, agreements, etc. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the City of St. Louis, dated 1924-1946, regarding various labor issues of railway employees on the city's Water Division, which operated a railroad between its Chain of Rocks, Bissell's Point, and Howard Bend pumping stations. Much of the correspondence is to or from Edward F. Stephens, Chairman, General Grievance Committee, B. of L. F. & E. Also, various other papers of the B. of L. F. & E. In addition, collection includes correspondence and printed matter regarding Missouri Workmen's Compensation Law, 1926; Journal of the Constitutional Convention of Missouri, 1943-1944; Official Returns of the State Primary Election, August 1, 1944; and printed matter of the Pittsburgh Typewriter and Supply Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cite as: Albert B. Cole Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.
A0306
Cole County (Mo.) collection, 1831. 1 folder
Letter of William A. Lacy to Abram Clement dated July 24, 1838: "I am compelled to bury Uncle Charles..."
Cite as: Cole County (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0308
Coleman family.
Papers, 1863-1952. 1 partial box
Abba Coleman married Sally Seymour, at West Andover, Ohio, on May 28, 1832. Their children were Catherine, Lempel L., and Clarkson C. Coleman. The children of Clarkson C. Coleman and his wife, Cornelia, were Herbert Seymour Coleman (born in 1867 in Colony, Mo.) and Minnie Coleman (born in 1871 in Colony, Mo.). Herbert Seymour Coleman married Lulu Henson. Minnie Coleman married John T. Brunei.
Papers include family correspondence; obituaries; a notebook with extensive genealogical information on the Coleman and allied families; the Civil War discharge paper of Clark C. Coleman; and other family documents. Much of the material is from the northeast Missouri towns of Edna, Colony, La Belle and Kirksville.
Cite as: Coleman Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0309
Collet, Oscar Wilks (1821-1904).
Collection, 1619-1887. 2 folders (30 items).
Record book of orders for Collet's Historical Record, with autographs of many notable St. Louisans and others, 1882. Manuscript of fictionalized account of life in early nineteenth-century St. Louis entitled "George Selvin: A St. Louis Story," written by Collet, and read before the meeting of the Missouri Historical Society on June 3, 1887, by Miss Josie Bush; and a volume of abstracts and conveyances dated 1805-1873 constituting a record of abstracts of title to lands in survey #422, St. Louis, copied by Oscar W. Collet. Letter of J.H. Cosgrove to O.W. Collet, dated May 17, 1878, sending his article and a copy of article, "Bossier," written account of tobacco use and growth trade in Virginia and Con..., 1619-1883; letters; account of Pierre Espirit Radisson, 3rd voyage and 1st Western Voyage, 1638-1653; journal and poetry of O.W. Collet and genealogy.
Cite as: Oscar Wilks Collet Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0310
Collins, Thomas, R. (1860-1951).
Papers, 1866-1951. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Thomas R. Collins was the son of Martin Collins. Both father and son were insurance brokers and civic leaders in St. Louis. Martin Collins was a thirty-third degree Mason and for many years was the Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Missouri. Thomas R. Collins served on the Executive Board of the St. Louis Council of Boy Scouts, was president of the Sunshine Mission, and was active in working for better inter-racial relations.
Collection consists principally of correspondence relating to the insurance business, Masonic related items, correspondence and a few personal items. Of note are a letterhead of the Sunshine Mission, 1903; pamphlet for church mission house-home for convalescent women, 1905; correspondence regarding the general electric suit vs. Mo. American Electric Co., St. Louis for patent rights, 1906.
Cite as: Thomas R. Collins Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0311
Commercial Club of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1881-1943. 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.); 9 volumes.
The Commercial Club was formed in 1881 on the model of organizations of similar name in Boston and Chicago. Founded "for the purpose of advancing by social intercourse and by a friendly interchange of views the growth of the City of St. Louis...," its membership, originally limited to sixty gentlemen, was selected for their influence in the trade and commerce of St. Louis. The only professions represented were law and medicine. The club met once a month for dinner and meetings of general discussion. Committees were appointed to consider matters affecting the welfare and progress of the city. Early officers and members included Gerard B. Allen, E.O. Stanard, Joseph Franklin, Newton Crane, Edwin Harrison, E.C. Simmons, S.M. Dodd, Samuel Cupples, Thomas Allen, Erastus Wells, and Charles P. Chouteau. The club dissolved in 1943.
Correspondence relating to membership, club events, and notices of meetings; minutes; membership lists; printed material; and a report of the Board of Engineers appointed by the St. Louis Commercial Club to prepare plans for improvement of the river front, February 1917. Also the complete official corporate record, including the constitution, minutes of meetings, texts of reports and speeches (often printed), programs, and membership lists.
Cite as: Commercial Club of St. Louis Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Commissions collection
Items from the Commissions Collection were transferred to Alphabetical Files (see under individual's name) or to the collection in which they originally belonged. (Transferred ca. 2001.)
A0313
Communications collection, 1850-1939. 1 folder.
Collection consists of telegram examples; a letter of Thomas C. McAfee to Tal P. Shaffner, January 3, 1850, regarding bringing a telegraph line into St. Louis; a news article about Elmer Washburn, telephone lineman, describing camp life led by turn-of-the-century line-building crews, September 1939.
Cite as: Communications Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0314
Compton and Sons Company.
Letterbook, 1874-1901. 5 volumes.
Compton and Sons Company was a lithographing and printing company.
Initially collected by Charles M. Thomson, Dean of Commerce at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, ca. 1940, as part of a 600-cubic-feet collection of business records collected as part of a University of Illinois effort to document American business.
A0315
Concord Baptist Church (Cooper County, Mo.).
Records, [1810-1831]; 1832-1890. 3 volumes
The Concord Baptist Church was established May 10, 1817, in Cooper County, Mo. Also known as the Baptist Church of Christ at Concord and the Church of Jesus Christ, it merged with the Vine Baptist Church in 1846, but retained its own name.
Records contain the minutes and lists of the members of the Concord Baptist Church (1832-1980) and the Vine Baptist Church (1837-1846); and a brief pre-history of the origins of the church from 1810 to 1831, which make mention of black membership in the congregation.
Cite as: Concord Baptist Church Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0316
Concordia Gymnastic Society (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Records, 1876-1985. 50 linear feet.
The Concordia Gymnastic Society, initially named the Concordia Turnverein, was one of the German immigrant athletic societies founded in the United States during the nineteenth century. Founded in 1875, the Concordia Gymnastic Society was initially located at Arsenal and 13th, and moved to 6432 Gravois in the 1960s. It was one of the few Turner societies to have survived and thrived throughout the twentieth century.
The collection consists of the corporate records of the Concordia Gymnastic Society, and includes constitutions and by-laws, minutes, reports, directors' files, records relating to its buildings, financial records, records related to sporting activities, newsletters and programs. The collection also includes records of the Concordia Turners Hall Association, from which the Concordia Gymnastic Society leased its building in the earlier years of its existence, and a body of associated records relating to the Concordia Gymnastic Society's affiliation with the regional Turner councils and the national American Turners.
Some German.
No part of the collection will be disposed of without first being offered back to the Concordia Gymnastic Society, so long as the Concordia Gymnastic Society remains in operation.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Concordia Gymnastic Society Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Confederate States Army. Trans-Mississippi Department. 1st Army Corps. 4th Cavalry Division.
Order book, 1862 Sep 8-1864 Jun 11. 1 volume (480 pages); 1 roll microfilm.
Transferred to Civil War Collection (see John Sappington Marmaduke order book).
RESTRICTION: As with all collections, if the documents exist in another format, researchers will be required to use the other format before the original documents will be paged to the reading room.
A0318
Contracts collection, 1811-1852. 1 folder.
Contract of Lois Berard to engage as an apprentice in tobacco making for the sum of $100, dated 1811. to Isaac....; contract of Antoine Volsane to engage himself as an apprentice to Bonpart to learn blacksmithing, dated April 18, 1816; 1852 contract for rental of land.
Cite as: Contracts Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0319
Conway Family.
John Conway family papers, 1861-1863. 1 folder (8 items).
John F. Conway was born ca. 1842 in Franklin County, Mo. He enlisted in Company I, 26th Missouri Infantry (Union), at Union, Mo., in September 1861. He served as private and sergeant, and was killed November 25, 1863, at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
Papers include three letters of John Conway to his mother which briefly describe the affairs of his regiment; two documents relating to back pay of Conway; letter of Seth Burton to his cousin, dated Milliken's Bend, La., April 17, [no year], which discusses the attitude of federal soldiers toward the organization of black regiments; and letter fragments. Includes some illustrated stationery.
A0320
Conway Family.
Joseph Conway family papers, 1798-1922. 4 folders (60 items); 1 oversized folder.
Joseph Conway was born in 1763. He was a frontiersman and an Indian fighter. He came to Louisiana during the Spanish period and settled in St. Louis County in 1798. He died in 1830.
Collection contains land sales, deeds, indentures; bills of sale of negroes; land grant and survey; wills; blank Revolutionary War claims for the relief of surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution; genealogy. Many of the earlier items within the collection concern Joseph Conway.
Cite as: Joseph Conway Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0321
Cook Family.
Robert Cook family papers, 1842-1934. 1 box (1.0 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Papers include autograph book of Lizzie Albright, 1856; diary of Isaac Cook, Jr., 1890; Robert Cook letters and correspondence, 1930; Edith Cook letters of sympathy to her regarding the death of Isaac Cook, Jr.; family correspondence, 1919-1936; letters to Robert Cook, 1932-1939; Cook-Albright family papers; Cook-Mudd family papers; Mudd family correspondence; and bonds.
Cite as: Robert Cook Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0322
Cook, Fannie Frank (1893-1949).
Papers, 1874-1949. 31 boxes (15.5 linear ft.); 12 volumes.
Fannie Frank, daughter of Julius and Jennie Frank, was born October 4, 1893, in St. Charles, Mo. Her family moved to St. Louis when Mr. Frank became connected with the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Company of St. Louis, in 1898. She graduated from Soldan High School (1911), the University of Missouri-Columbia (1914), and received her master's degree from Washington University in 1916. She married Dr. Jerome Cook, director of medicine and chief of staff at Jewish Hospital; they had two sons. Fannie Cook was a versatile writer who was actively interested in problems of contemporary society and whose literary works of fiction and nonfiction were often based on her political and social attitudes. She died August 25, 1949, following a heart attack.
Correspondence regarding St. Louis race relations and southern Missouri sharecroppers; records of the St. Louis Race Relations Commission, St. Louis Committee for the Rehabilitation of Sharecroppers, and People's Art Center; correspondence with publishers and literary agents; literary manuscripts including those for articles, essays, poems, short stories and novels; scrapbooks; and photographs.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Fannie Frank Cook Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Cook, Isaac
See: Isaac Cook Real Estate Company
A1815
Cook, Robert and Mary Elizabeth
Papers 1 folder
The collections consists of correspondence, clippings, stock certificates, genealogical charts, and photostats pertaining to the Hodgen-Mudd and Cook families.
Cite as: Robert & Mary Elizabeth Cook Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
A0323
Coons Family.
Papers, 1845-1866. 4 boxes (1.4 linear ft.)
Frank Coons was a trader from St. Louis who traded and lived in Mexico and California. He has been identified as one of the founders of El Paso, Tex.
Papers include correspondence between Frank and family (originals with typescripts); other family correspondence, calling cards, etc; diaries of Jennie Coons while at Monticello Female Academy, 1851-1852[1853] and 1857 diary; catalogues of Monticello Female Academy, 1845; and a 1994 article by Ben E. Pingenot titled "The Great Wagon Train Expedition of 1850," which includes a biographical sketch of Frank Coons.
Cite as: Coons Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0324
Co-op Pottery Association (Cape Girardeau, Mo.).
Day book, 1885. 1 volume
Cite as: Co-op Pottery Association Day Book, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0325
Cooper County (Mo.) collection, 1810-1961. 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Chiefly marriage returns (1829-1881) of Cooper County, Mo.; records (1810-1845) of the Baptist Church of the District of St. Charles, in Upper Louisiana, from its first meeting to its meeting in Boonville, Mo.; report (1935) of the Missouri Training School for Boys in Boonville; and correspondence relating to life in Cooper County in the mid-1800s.
Cite as: Cooper County (Mo.) Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0326
Cooper County (Mo.) Sheriff and Public Administrator.
Records, 1850-1873. 10 volumes
In Cooper County, Mo., during these years, relevant offices were held by Harvey Bunce, sheriff and public administrator; Thomas E. Rochester, sheriff; and William Williams, deputy sheriff and collector.
Contains records of the Cooper County sheriff and mostly include the records of sheriff's sales of real estate and businesses in execution of court ordered awards from the Cooper County Circuit Court and the Cooper County Court of Common Pleas, and the distribution of proceeds from such sales as well as the distribution of estates. Specific records include receipts for distribution of proceeds from sales; records of a receipts for fees and warrants collected and paid in execution of court orders; and records of merchants' bonds, statements of goods, and amounts of liens.
Cite as: Cooper County (Mo.) Sheriff and Public Administrator's Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0327
Cordell Family.
Papers, 1849-1850. 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Two copies of Cordell Records: A Virginia Family, by Allan S. Humphreys, 1940; genealogical notes compiled by Allan S. Humphreys; family letters written to and from family in Missouri, 1849-1850; some photographs and sketches of family members.
Cite as: Cordell Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0328
Corporations and industries collection. 17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
Collection contains questionnaires sent to local corporations by the Missouri Historical Society concerning the history of the corporation, their business assets, etc. for the purpose of building a collection. The project was started in 1955 and was continued for several years. Also included are pamphlets, brochures, financial reports, etc. sent by the various companies to add to the collection; and transcripts from a radio broadcast, "Salute to St. Louis Businesses," which highlighted the history of local businesses.
Collection is name indexed in the archives card catalogue.
Cite as: Corporations and Industries Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0329
Coultas, Samuel.
Architectural Renderings, 1898. 2 folders
Seven pen and ink drawings, five of which date from February to April 1898. Only one of the seven is identified as the Pavilion in Forest Park. The remainder of the drawings are unidentified, two have no date.
Cite as: Samuel Coultas Architectural Renderings, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0330
Coulter Family.
Papers, 1799-1880. 2 folders; 3 volumes.
Land papers to Coulter family and others mostly in Kentucky and some in Missouri; burlap-covered notebook, dated August 29, 1816, of Sterling Coulter [spelled Colter in book] containing arithmetic principles, "rule of three", financial transactions, etc.; some official appointments with the Kentucky militia, ca. 1916; typed manuscript of "History of Town of Ferguson, 1845-1911," by Cornelia C. Coulter; account book of the Rev. Joseph Hill Coulter, kept while he was traveling for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869-1876; account book kept by G.T. Chamberlain as agent for William B. Ferguson, et. al., which contains house rents, 1885-1892.
Cite as: Coulter Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0331
Coulter, Laura Amelia Chamberlain.
Papers, 1888-1889; 1892-1894. 1 folder (40 items); 2 volumes.
Laura Amelia Chamberlain (Mrs. Horace Parshall Coulter) was the daughter of G.T. Chamberlain. She lived in Ferguson, Mo.
Two household account books of Laura Coulter, 1892-1894; and approximately 40 letters of Laura Coulter to her father, G.T. Chamberlain, 1888-1889.
Cite as: Laura Amelia Chamberlain Coulter Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Council for Exceptional Children. Chapter 103 (Saint Louis, Mo.).
See National Education Association. Council for Exceptional Children.
A0332
Council of National Defense. St. Louis Woman's Committee Records, 1917-1919.
1 partial box (4 items).
Records include executive board and advisory committee minutes, 1917-1919, includes constitution and by laws amendments (67 pages); History of the St. Louis Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, 1917-1919 (printed booklet, 16 pages); report of the St. Louis Woman's Committee, n.d. (annotated typescript reporting by department the activities of the St. Louis Woman's Committee, 7 pages); departmental reports, 1918; letter regarding hospital report and cover letter and list of typists and stenographers registered in cooperation with the U.S. Labor Bureau for Government Service, 5 pages.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Records of the Saint Louis Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0333
Council of National Defense. Woman's Committee, Missouri Division Records, 1917-1919.
13 boxes (linear ft.)
The Council of National Defense, in response to the war, appointed a woman's committee, April 21, 1917, to coordinate the home-front activities of woman's clubs, associations and societies throughout the country. The Missouri Division of the Woman's Committee first organized in St. Louis, May 28, 1917, with Mrs. Benjamin F. Bush as chairwoman.
Collection consists of correspondence, memorabilia, circulars and printed material generated and received by the St. Louis organization. Includes several hundred "War Records"--forms filled out by World War I servicemen in Missouri.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Council of National Defense, Woman's Committee of the Missouri Division Records, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
County courts papers, 1844-1851.
See Missouri. Governor (Jefferson City, Mo.). Justice of the Peace recommendations and appointments; and Missouri Register of Land Titles (Jefferson City, Mo.) Records, Box 12.
A0334
Courts collection, 1805-1979. 1 folder (30 items).
Document dated 1805, St. Louis, recognizing that a general subordination of law and good government exists in Louisiana Territory (photostat); papers regarding Louisiana nominations from the senate, 1805 (photostat); several papers regarding early court of Louisiana, 1805; program of ceremonies commemorating opening of St. Louis County Probate Court; history of court and biography data of 11 judges of the 80 years of the court's existence, 1958; list of probate judges of city and county of St. Louis, 1841-1891, copy, 1971.
Cite as: Courts Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0335
Couzins, John E.D. (1813-1886).
Papers, [1825]; 1861-1950. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.); 1 oversized folder.
J.E.D. Couzins came to St. Louis in 1836. He was the police captain and the chief of police in St. Louis. He and his wife worked with the Western Sanitary Commission. He was also the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri. In 1862, he broke up extensive gangs of counterfeiters in St. Louis. His daughter, Phoebe Couzins, received her law degree from Washington University in 1871. She was the first woman lawyer in Missouri and the third woman in the United States to be admitted to practice law.
The papers deal with the work of John E.D. Couzins and his wife Adaline in the Western Sanitary Commission in the Civil War. Also included are various papers regarding Phoebe Couzins, including photocopies from the Washington University reports concerning the admission of Phoebe Couzins into the School of Law, 1868; her Washington University diploma, May 8, 1871; license to practice law in Arkansas, 1871; document appointing Phoebe to the Board of Lady Managers, World Columbian Exposition, April 25, 1891. Also included is correspondence regarding Jean Couzins, who was believed to have reached America before Columbus; and a map of Brotherton, St. Louis County, which was washed away by the Missouri River flood, ca. 1882-1883.
Cite as: J.E.D. Couzins Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0336
Cox Family.
Papers, 1818-1872. 1 folder (30 items); 1 volume.
Caleb Cox was born in 1787 in Virginia. He moved to New Orleans to join his older brother, Nathaniel, who married Ann Barnes Harrison. The brothers came to St. Louis in 1820 and established a store. Another brother, Moses, moved to Fredericktown, Mo., ca. 1823-1825, and also operated a store.
Papers include correspondence of Caleb Cox to his future wife, Louisa Hemis, in New Orleans; letters of Moses Cox to Mrs. Louis Cox in St. Louis; a journal of Caleb Cox (1818-1820), part of which are entries of his trip from New Orleans to St. Louis and back (August 1819 to February 1820) and return; later correspondence (1858-1870) of Mrs. Louisa Cox, Fredericktown, Mo., to her children. One document signed William C.C. Claiborne (November 19, 1813) appointing Caleb Cox Captain in 1st Regiment of the State of Louisiana. Of special note is a letter form Henry A. Cox to his mother, Mrs. Louisa Cox, June 15, 1849, in which he describes traveling across the prairies in an ox wagon. Some photostats.
Cite as: Cox Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0337
Craighead, Alexander.
Papers, 1800-1815. 2 folder (60 items).
Alexander Craighead was a merchant in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and had interest in mines in Ste. Genevieve, Herculaneum, and Washington County.
The papers include correspondence relating to Craighead's mercantile business in Ste. Genevieve, but mainly to his lead mining ventures in the vicinity of Herculaneum, Ste. Genevieve, and Washington County. Some correspondence from John Smith T's interest in the Shibboleth Mine.
Some French.
Cite as: Alexander Craighead Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0338
Cramer, Gustave (1838-1915).
Family papers, 1848-1915. 2 boxes (0.7 linear ft.)
Gustave Cramer was born in Germany in 1838, and came to St. Louis in 1859. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of photographic dry plates, and founder of G. Cramer Dry Plate Company, St. Louis, 1882. A philanthropist, he was founder of St. Louis Altenheim, a home for the aged.
Pioneer in manufacture of photographic dry plates. Record book (in German) of chemical experiments in the G. Cramer Dry Plate Company, 1898; scrapbook of clippings, souvenirs, records, German documents. Record book is on microfilm #58.
Some German
Cite as: Gustave Cramer Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0339
Crandall, Warren D. ( -1919).
Research Collection, 1864-1921 (bulk 1887-1909). 1 box
Collection contains correspondence and reminiscences of veterans of the Mississippi River Ram Fleet and Mississippi Marine Brigade to Warren D. Crandall, and also material gathered by Crandall for his book, History of the Ram Fleet and Mississippi Marine Brigade, published in 1907. (The Mississippi River Ram Fleet was formed by Charles Ellet in March 1862 and was succeeded by the Mississippi Marine Brigade. The Marine Brigade was recruited largely from other Army organizations, under the authority of the War Department.) The bulk of the collection consists of veterans' correspondence to Crandall regarding reunions of the Marine Brigade. The collection also contains biographical sketch forms filled out by veterans, and other material gathered by Crandall regarding the Marine Brigade.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Warren D. Crandall Research Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0340
Crane, C. Howard.
Architectural Drawings, 1927. 9 oversized folders.
Architectural blueprints of the Fox Theater, St. Louis, by C. Howard Crane, 34 prints.
Cite as: C. Howard Crane Architectural Drawings of the Fox Theater, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0341
Cropp, Lucy Susan Cason.
Journal, 1858-1880. 1 volume
Volume of religious writing by Lucy Cropp for her children, with notes added by the children at end of volume, ca. 1940s.
Cite as: Lucy Susan Cason Cropp Journal, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0343
Crow, Carl (1883-1945).
Papers, 1901-1945. 1 box (0.2 linear ft.)
Carl Crow was born in Highland, Mo. He worked as a reporter in Columbia, Mo., and Fort Worth, Tex., until 1911, when he was offered a post as associate city editor of the The China Press in Shanghai. There, he wrote the first of his fourteen published books, Travelers Handbook for China. In 1913, he became the business manager of The Japan Advertiser and also the Tokyo correspondent for the United Press. He founded and edited The Shanghai Evening Post and also became proprietor for an advertising agency, which he maintained until 1937. In 1937, he wrote Four Hundred Million Customers, a study of Orientals and their trading habits. The book became a bestseller and this lead to the writing of many other books by Mr. Crow. He died in 1945.
The papers consist of personal and business correspondence. The personal papers are from Crow to his family in St. Louis, pertaining primarily to his life in China and Japan, and to his writing career. The business papers include agreements between him and his publishers, for his books; and papers relating to the closing of his estate, especially to the properties deposited at the University of Missouri.
Cite as: Carl Crow Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0342
Crow Family.
Papers, 1856-1870. 1 folder (25 items).
Family correspondence and various receipts and bills.
Cite as: Crow Family Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0344
Crow, R.T.
Records relating to the development of Lake St. Louis. 1960s-1970s. Approx. 10 linear ft., and oversized material.
Records of R.T. Crow relating to his Lake St. Louis Development in St. Charles County, Mo. Consists of manuscript corporate records, aerial photographs, plats, renderings, scrapbooks, and sales books.
Corporate financial records and records related to litigation not available for research, publication, or exhibit until reviewed by donor.
A0345
Crumb, Geneva (1872-1962).
Papers, 1846-1957. 2 folders (50 items).
Miss Geneva Crumb was born September 8, 1872, in Bloomfield, Mo. Her family moved to St. Louis in 1897 and she received her B.A. degree from Wellesley College. From 1916 to 1946, she managed the Crumb Real Estate and Farm Loan business in Stoddard County, Mo. She was director in charge of local government for the League of Women Voters in St. Louis from 1943 to 1947. She had a wide variety of interest, including early Arctic exploration. She maintained a lively correspondence with Commodore Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole.
Papers include correspondence of Miss Crumb, including fifteen letters from Robert E. Peary, mainly concerning his Arctic expedition and a contract (1908) for his lecture in St. Louis; biographical sketches of Caleb B. Crumb (1814-1886); programs (1861) of the Bloomfield Educational Society; programs (1861) of the Jackson Academy Exhibition; and a real estate broadside (1867).
Cite as: Geneva Crumb Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
A0346
Cruzen, George Richardson (1844-1936).
"The Story of My Life" / Reminiscences, ca. 1930. 2 folders
George Richardson Cruzen was born November 30, 1844, in Harper's Ferry, Va., and moved to Miami, Mo., in 1849. In the late summer of 1861, he joined Logan Balew's men in an effort to drive the federal troops out of Saline County. He was captured, took the oath, and returned home to Miami. In May 1863, he was impressed into service in the 71st Enrolled Missouri Militia. He soon deserted and joined Quantrill's men. In December 1863, he joined the 5th Missouri Cavalry (Confederate) in Arkansas, and served with that unit until the end of the war. He died in Jefferson City, Mo., in 1936.
Contains accounts of military operations in central Missouri, particularly Saline County; affairs of the 71st Enrolled Missouri Militia in the spring and summer of 1863; affairs of Quantrill's men in 1863, including action at Baxter Springs, Kans., and the assistance offered the guerrillas by women; military operations of the 5th Missouri Cavalry in Arkansas (January-July 1864), during Price's Missouri Expedition