Box 2
Container
Contains 143 Results:
Leavenworth Times clipping titled “Military Trip Up Missouri in 1819 in 3 Steamboats,” a recollection by Henry Shindler. (1 item), 1911 May 14
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:
1911 May 14
Announcement for “Moonlight Excursion” on the steamer Grey Eagle for the benefit of Manning Kimmel. (1 item) (accession number 58-0133), [1912] May 14
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:
[1912] May 14
Mimeograph letter signed W.H. Lamont, Davenport, Iowa, to the George Ertel Company, Quincy, Illinois, regarding the company’s claim for $19.45. (1 item) (accession number 77-0004), 1912 June 13
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:
1912 June 13
Typescript extracts prepared by Martin Shaughnessy, from a pamphlet presented at the Congressional Session of 1914, suggesting a method for deepening the channels of the Missouri and lower Mississippi Rivers, by means of hydraulic dredging. (4 pages), 1914
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:
1914
Photocopy of newspaper clipping with cartoon illustrations, from St. Louis Republic about Captain William H. Thorwegen, captain of the Grey Eagle. (3 pages), 1916 Aug 6
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:
1916 Aug 6
Promotional brochure of the St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co. advertising tourist trips on the new steamer St. Louis to Shiloh National Park. Includes photograph of the St. Louis (4 pages)., ca. 1917
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. 1917
Correspondence of Missouri Historical Society staff with numerous individuals and institutions regarding reference questions on various steamboat-related topics. (approximately 80 items), 1919-1936
File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
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:
1919-1936
Typescript list of pictures of steamboats in the files of the Missouri Historical Society; manuscript list of E. Boehl’s steamboat pictures; and receipt of E. Boehl to the Missouri Historical Society. (3 items), 1919 Mar
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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:
1919 Mar
St. Louis Globe-Democrat clipping titled “First Barge Ready for St. Louis.” (1 item), 1919 July 22
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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:
1919 July 22
Promotional brochure of the Streckfus Steamboat Line (St. Louis) titled “All Aboard for a Night of Pleasure,” advertising excursions on the St. Paul., ca. 1920s-1930s
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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. 1920s-1930s