Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Organization
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Frank H. Below Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0106
Scope and Contents
The papers include letters of Frank and Nellie Below, 1924-1926 (including Nellie’s letters describing her trip to Europe); letters of Louis and Dorcas Wolf, 1922-1926; the correspondence of Augustus Hager Bryant, 1924-1938; business papers regarding the Simmons Hardware Company, 1895-1923; Frank Below’s garden/farm journal, 1896; Keen Kutter poetry; 1st Missouri Home Guard Regiment papers, ca. 1915; maps; certificates of membership and stock; and photographs and family memorabilia.
Dates:
1896-1942
Doud Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0397
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a variety of documents of the Doud family including correspondence, invitations, stock certificates, programs, and circulars. Includes papers relating to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the death of Odd Fellows member Richard Randolph in 1915; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis World’s Fair); and Miss Minnie Green and the Green family of Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
Dates:
1880s-1936
William Henry Fields Dulany Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0415
Scope and Contents
The Dulany Papers contain the personal papers of William Henry Fields Dulany (1818-1914), pioneer Missouri tobacco and lumber entrepreneur. Included in the collection are the personal papers and ephemera of his nephew and son-in-law, Thomas Epps Gates Dulany (1841-1923); grandson William Henry Dulany, Jr. (1874-1948); granddaughter Vivian Duncan Dulany Murphy (1885-1965); and her husband George Thomas Murphy (1877-1959). There are also items pertaining to the Dulany Memorial...
Dates:
1849-1944
Henry Ware Eliot Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0445
Scope and Contents
The Henry Ware Eliot Papers consist of military certificates, forms, and correspondence, exhibition and service programs, and documents regarding Eliot's business and personal involvements.
The Correspondence Series contains letters ranging in date from 1868 to 1953. There are letters regarding the military involvement of both Eliot and his two sons, Henry and T.S. Other letters concern family exchanges, holiday greetings, and the...
Dates:
1862-1953
Lee W. Grant Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1821
Scope and Contents
Collection includes Grant family correspondence, receipts, invitations, stock certificates, and other papers. Notable content includes a letter written by famed engineer James B. Eads and a letter written by Emily W. Grant, providing an eye-witness account of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Dates:
1854-1954
Ernest A. Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0613
Scope and Contents
The collection is contained in one document box, and encompasses the years 1895-1939. The collection primarily documents Ernest A. Green's career as a lawyer and public servant from 1906-1938.
The Correspondence Series includes both personal and professional correspondence for the years 1903-1938. There is no business correspondence dating from the periods when he was Prosecuting Attorney of Butler County, Missouri (1906-1910) or...
Dates:
1895-1939
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company Records
Collection
Identifier: A0934
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the official records of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, formed to plan and operate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The collection consists of records related to the initial conception and planning of the exposition from 1898; the official records of the four divisions of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, namely, the Divisions of Works, Exhibits, Exploitation, and Concessions and Admissions; the minutes of the Executive Committee, the Board...
Dates:
1898-1925
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0936
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a folder on each of the people interviewed that generally contains a copy of the initial letter of inquiry sent by the Missouri Historical Society, subsequent correspondence between the Society and the interviewee, notes and transcriptions from the interviews, and signed agreement forms donating the tapes and their contents to the Society. In addition, the collection includes a few folders of general information on oral history methods and information on the LPE...
Dates:
1979
Adele Quinette Phelps Worlds Fair Chronicle
Collection
Identifier: A3135
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of one volume kept by St. Louis teenager, Adele Quinette, about the 1904 World’s Fair; one photograph of Miss Quinette; and a CD-Rom containing PDF files of the volume. Miss Quinette numbered the volume’s pages and the folders reflect this numerical order. The observations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition took place between 1903 and 1904. The photograph, dated circa 1904, and the CD appear in the final folder.
The 132-page volume, which is...
Dates:
1903-1904
Howard J. Rogers Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3160
Scope and Contents
The collection dates from circa 1900 to 1904 and is comprised primarily of invitations along with a poem dedicated to the World’s Fair, newspaper clippings, blank address postcards from Paris, and a school report card. Most of the events relate to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition but there are also a small number of invitations to local graduation ceremonies, a wedding, and a wedding anniversary celebration in New York. The bulk of the collection dates from April through...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1904
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- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Buildings 2
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Employees 2
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Exhibitions 2
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Planning 2
- Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 2
- Stock certificates 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Accountants 1
- Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
- California -- Description and travel 1
- California -- Gold discoveries 1
- Child welfare -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
- Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
- Dulany family -- Genealogy 1
- Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
- Forest Park (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
- Gardening 1
- House painting -- Equipment and supplies 1
- Igorot (Philippine people) 1
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- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Awards 1
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- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- History 1
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Oral history 1
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- Personal narratives 1
- Mississippi River -- Channelization 1
- Missouri -- Politics and government 1
- Ocean bottles 1
- Poetry 1
- Printers -- Missouri 1
- Printing presses 1
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 1
- Slaves -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
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- United States -- Armed Forces 1
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