Box 2
Container
Contains 143 Results:
Ticket of Hon. Jno. P. Boyce for the steamer Mark Twain to visit the President of the United States. (1 item), 1907 Oct 2
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1907 Oct 2
St. Louis Times newspaper clipping titled “Georgia Claims First Steamboat,” concerning William Longstreet and Isaac Briggs, who received a patent from the General Assembly of Georgia in 1788 for “constructing and operating boats propelled by paddles driven by steam engines.” (1 item) (gift of Miss Stella Olshausen, St. Louis, October 1954), 1908 Mar 31
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1908 Mar 31
Letter signed Thomas L. Rodgers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Mr. Pettus, recalling that in June 1858 the “old river covered the whole country on the Illinois side away back to the bluffs of Illinois, a width of about seven miles.” (1 item), 1908 June 4
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1908 June 4
The World Mirror article titled “The Fame of Fulton: The True Story of the Steamboat—Familiar Traditions Upset by Sifting of Old Records—New and Interesting Facts Brought to Life,” by James L. Davis. (5 pages) (gift of Miss Stella Olshausen, St. Louis, October 1954), ca. 1909
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
ca. 1909
Typescript copy of newspaper obituary of T.K. Voorhees, “cabin boy, gold digger, and river man.” (1 page), ca. 1909 Oct 4
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
ca. 1909 Oct 4
Photograph of steamboats lined up at Cape Girardeau when President William Howard Taft arrived, with page from the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian, October 29, 1949. Included in the photo are the steamers Cape Girardeau and Mississippi. (2 items), 1909 Oct 26
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1909 Oct 26
Typescript unsigned, undated letter on Golden Rod showboat stationery to “dear friend,” offering a job; printed invitation to the gala opening of the Golden Rod showboat, dated June 12, [no year]; and undated program for a play titled “The Drunkard” to be performed on the Golden Rod at St. Louis. (3 items) (accession number 68-0033), ca. 1910s-1930s
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
ca. 1910s-1930s
St. Louis Republic clipping titled “Today in History, Our First Steamboat—August 17." (1 item) (gift of Miss Stella Olshausen, St. Louis, October 1954), 1910 Aug 17
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1910 Aug 17
Manuscript notes on John Fitch, including biographical timeline of his life and extracts from the St. Louis Republic (2 items) (gift of Miss Stella Olshausen, St. Louis, October 1954), 1910 Aug 22, 26
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
1910 Aug 22, 26
Printed directions to the armory where the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Waterway Convention is to be held. (1 item), [1910] Nov 25-26
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...
Dates:
[1910] Nov 25-26