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Woodruff Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1767

Scope and Contents

The collection contains two items that are clearly from the Woodruff family, namely, the bound school notebook of F.C. Woodruff and the Missouri Historical Society family history form, filled out by Frederick Eno Woodruff. However, the remainder of the collection is a disparate assortment of documents that cannot be readily associated with the Woodruff family. Other surnames that appear in the collection more than once are Fauntleroy, Schrage, and Uhlich. The bulk of the collection relates to St. Louis, and includes receipts, newspaper clippings, calling cards, business cards, printed programs and invitations, mostly relating to events at St. Louis–area schools and churches, and advertising material for St. Louis–area businesses. Several items in the collection relate to art.

Dates

  • 1850-1957

Creator

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

Frederick C. Woodruff was born in 1838 in Granby, Massachusetts. He served in the Civil War in an Ohio unit, and soon after the war moved to St. Louis, where he worked for many years as a school principal. He died in 1906. His wife was Mary Humphrey (Newton) Woodruff (1839-1891). His son Frederick Eno Woodruff was born April 26, 1872, in Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri, and became an ophthalmologist. He died December 28, 1962, in St. Louis.

Extent

0.5 Cubic Feet ( (1 box (75 items)))

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Physical and Technical Requirements

There are no physical or technical restrictions.

Donor Information

Donor information is not available.

Processing Information

Processed by Dennis Northcott, September 2003.

Creator

Title
Inventory of Woodruff Family Collection
Status
Completed
Author
EAD by Sarah Wohaska using Archives Space
Date
2016
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

Contact:
225 S. Skinker Blvd.
St. Louis MO 63105 United States
314-746-4510