Mackenzie Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Papers consist primarily of business correspondence of Kenneth Mackenzie; correspondence of Mackenzie with his wife, Mrs. Mary Marshall Mackenzie; and correspondence of Jane Marshall with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Marshall Mackenzie.
Dates
- 1813-1899
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
Kenneth Mackenzie was born April 15, 1797, in Rosshire, Scotland. He emigrated to Quebec in the 1810s, where he found employment as a clerk with the North West Company. He moved to St. Louis in 1822, and eventually became president of the Columbia Fur Company and later the Upper Missouri Outfit of the American Fur Company. On June 26, 1842, he married Mary Marshall. He died April 26, 1861.
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet ( (1 box))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
The papers were donated by Albert A. Mueller in 1997.
Processing Information
Processed by Dennis Northcott, November 2010.
- Title
- Inventory of Mackenzie Family Papers
- 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