Isaac Cook Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence to Isaac Cook from various individuals dated 1845-1853, including a letter from Stephen A. Douglas dated May 27, 1853. Collection also includes papers regarding Mrs. Edith M. Cook’s stock in the Boreel Mining Company, 1902-1939; newspaper and magazine articles, dated 1928, regarding a memorial to Dr. John Thomson Hodgen and Dr. John Thomson Hodgen in Pittsfield, Illinois; and correspondence of Mrs. N.E. Collins, matron of the Home of the Friendless (St. Louis, Mo.), dated 1935, regarding the care of residents of the home.
Dates
- 1800-1940
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
Isaac Cook was born July 4, 1813, in Long Branch, New Jersey. In 1834 he moved to Chicago, where he became a successful and wealthy businessman. He served as Cook County sheriff from 1846 to 1850 and U.S. postmaster at Chicago from 1852 to 1860. In 1862 he moved to St. Louis, where he became president of the American Wine Company. His son Isaac Cook, Jr., married Edith Mudd, daughter of Dr. Henry Mudd. Isaac Cook died June 23, 1886, at Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Extent
0.12 Cubic Feet ( (5 folders))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
Collection was donated by the Robert and Mary Elizabeth Cook estate in June 1971.
Processing Information
Processed by Dennis Northcott, July 2012.
- Boreel Mining Company (New York) (Associated name)
- Cook family (Associated name)
- Cook, Edith Mudd (Associated name)
- Cook, Isaac, 1813-1886 (Associated name)
- Hodgen family -- Genealogy
- Home of the Friendless (Saint Louis, Mo.) (Associated name)
- Mudd family -- Genealogy
- Mudd, Henry Hodgen, 1844-1899 (Associated name)
- Physicians
- Title
- Inventory of Isaac Cook Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Jaime Bourassa using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2018
- 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