Box 2
Container
Contains 143 Results:
Telegrams (one handwritten and one typescript) to the captain of the Showboat Goldenrod, asking for routing information. (2 items), 1925 Apr 13
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:
1925 Apr 13
Tickets for the steamer J.S. (4 items), 1925 June 26
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:
1925 June 26
Valley Trust Magazine article titled “The Steamboat ‘Days Befo’ de Wah’,” concerning the early days of St. Louis. (3 pages) (1 item), 1926 Nov
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:
1926 Nov
Typescript address (author not indicated) describing the goals of the joint committee of the Mississippi Valley Association and the Chamber of Commerce for improvement of the St. Louis riverfront. (6 pages), ca. 1928
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. 1928
Tickets and membership cards of Edward Koenig for the Propeller Club (1928, 1936, 1938-1939), the Pilots, Masters, & Mates Association of Inland Rivers (1938), and the St. Louis Outboard Club (1932); band member ticket for the steamer City of St. Louis (1933); and admission ticket for all games of the Ozark Amateur Athletic Union District (1947). Also includes blank membership card to the St. Louis Yacht Club (1928). (8 items), 1928-1947
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:
1928-1947
Letter signed S.W. Coleman, St. Louis, Missouri, to director [of the Missouri Historical Society] describes silver locket in the possession of his grandmother Mrs. Mary S. Watt and briefly discusses the careers of her husband, Captain Oliver S. Watt, and her nephew, Frank Hernandez, both of whom were longtime steamboat men. Undated biographical sketch of Captain Oliver S. Watt, written by S.W. Coleman. Undated notes written on the stationery of Mrs. N.H. Beauregard, Missouri Historical Society, regarding a photograph of her mother, Marie Cayou, and a pin and earrings that belonged to her mother. (3 items), 1928 June 3
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:
1928 June 3
Photocopy of editorial from Louisville [Kentucky] Journal, describing the collision of the steamboats United States and America at Hobbs Landing, opposite Florence, Indiana, close to the Kentucky shore, circa 1865. (1 item) (accession number 71-0046), 1929 Sept 1
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:
1929 Sept 1
List of boats arriving at port of New Orleans, 1806, compiled by Raymond A. Philibert, U.S. Veterans Bureau, New Orleans. List includes names of captains and employees, period of time each man was engaged, and the sum retained out of his wages for hospital fee. Includes letter signed Raymond A. Philibert, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Miss N. Beauregard, Missouri Historical Society, November 12, 1929. (gift of Raymond A. Philibert) (2 items), 1929 Nov 12
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:
1929 Nov 12
Incomplete typescript address (author not indicated) regarding steamboats and river history in St. Louis and on the Western rivers in the nineteenth century. (10 pages), ca. 1930
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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. 1930
St. Louis Globe-Democrat clipping titled “Towboat Which Pulls 10,000 Tons Freight in St. Louis on Visit,” describes Herbert Hoover, the largest diesel powered towboat afloat. (1 item), 1931 Sept 5
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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:
1931 Sept 5