Henry Ware Eliot Collection
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 donation of the collection to the Missouri Historical Society. This series includes correspondence about T.S. Eliot and letters signed by him, including a Christmas card to his parents written at age seven. The Military Documents Series consists of certificates and official forms dating from 1862 to 1864. The Civil War–era documents concern Eliot's oath of allegiance, exemption from service, and honorable discharge. The Miscellany Series, ranging in date from circa 1860 to 1929, includes: Washington University programs, an invitation to a Missouri Botanical Garden banquet, Smith Academy programs, a dedication of the new home of the Mission Free School, a church service program, a report on the Soldier's Orphan Home, documents regarding Eliot's lot at Bellefontaine Cemetery, a subscription to the department of Mining and Metallurgy, guest tickets to the Republican National Convention, documents regarding legislation to regulate the treatment and control of neglected and delinquent children, tickets to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, a note about William Greenleaf Eliot's slave, unidentified photographs, and various writings of Charlotte C. Eliot.
Dates
- 1862-1953
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.
Biographical Sketch
Born in 1843, Henry Ware Eliot was the son of William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University. He was a wholesale grocer and manufacturing chemist, and in 1905 he became president of Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. He was affiliated with the Academy of Science and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Eliot was a member of the Board of Directors of Washington University and served as university chancellor for seventeen years. Eliot married Charlotte C. Stearns (1843-1929) on October 27, 1868. The couple had three daughters (Ada, Margaret Dawes, and Marion Cushing) and two sons (Henry Ware Eliot, Jr. and T.S. Eliot). He died January 7, 1919, in Saint Louis.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet ( (11 folders))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The papers are divided into three series: Correspondence, Military Documents, and Miscellany. Within each series, the papers are arranged chronologically.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
The collection was donated by Mrs. Henry Ware Eliot, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1953.
Processing Information
Processed by Joy Novak, October 2002.
- Child welfare -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- Eliot family (Associated name)
- Eliot, Charlotte C. Stearns, 1843-1929 (Associated name)
- Eliot, Henry Ware, 1843-1919 (Associated name)
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 (Associated name)
- Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887 (Associated name)
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) (Associated name)
- Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Slaves -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Title
- Inventory of Henry Ware Eliot Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Jaime Bourassa using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository