Frank H. Below Papers
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
Creator
- Below, Nellie (Creator, Person)
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
Frank H. Below was an accountant in Chicago; a member of the Missouri Home Guard, 1st Regiment Infantry; Assistant Treasurer of Simmons Hardware Company; and a member of the Webster Fourth Liberty Loan Organization. He in died May 1941.
Extent
1.25 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes; 2 oversize folders (ca. 380 items)))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by subject and chronologically within each folder.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
Not available.
Processing Information
Processed by Anthony Million, November 2006.
- Accountants
- Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- Gardening
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) (Associated name)
- Missouri Home Guard. 1st Regiment (Associated name)
- Poetry
- Simmons Hardware Company (Associated name)
Creator
- Below, Nellie (Creator, Person)
- Below, Frank H., -1941 (Creator, Person)
- Bryant, Augustus Hager (Creator, Person)
- Wolf, Dorcus (Creator, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of Frank H. Below 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