Box 2
Container
Contains 143 Results:
Quarantine notices and city ordinances restricting landings of steamboats or other water craft at or near Providence, Cape Girardeau, Arkansas City and New Madrid, Missouri. These notices likely relate to the yellow fever epidemic of that year. (4 items), 1878
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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:
1878
Letters of Thomas H. Griffith of St. Louis to his niece Mrs. Belle Resor in Cincinnati, which mostly discuss family news. Also contains two biographical sketches and an autobiographical sketch of Griffith. (35 items) (gift of Misses Sallie and Marguerite Resor, Cincinnati) (transferred to Thomas Hawkes Griffith Papers, November 2004), 1878-1949
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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:
1878-1949
Letter signed William F. Davidson, Keokuk Northern Line Packet Co., to George H. Morgan, St. Louis, offering free transportation to the delegates appointed by the Merchants Exchange to attend the River Improvement Convention to be held at Quincy on October 15, 1879. Letterhead includes engraving of the steamboat Golden Eagle. (1 item), 1879
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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:
1879
Handwritten and typescript copy of the reminiscences written by Mrs. [Narcissa] Garrett recalling her experiences as a passenger on the steamboat Buckeye when it sank after being struck by the steamboat Desoto on the Mississippi River above the mouth of the Red River on March 1, 1844. Reminiscences also discuss the rescue efforts following the sinking, and subsequent medical treatment she received for her injured arm. (original, 19 pages; typescript copy, 9 pages) (accession number 95-0086)., ca. 1880s
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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. 1880s
Ticket for dancing and roller skating on the steamboat Chas. P. Chouteau., [1880] Aug
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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:
[1880] Aug
Invitation for an excursion ticket given by the employees of the St. Louis Malleable Iron Co. on the steamer Helena to Ihorn’s Grove, to benefit Joseph Giberson, an injured employee of the company. (gift of Andrew Keller, December 4, 1952), 1884 Aug 24
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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:
1884 Aug 24
Three excursion tickets for the steamboat Grand Republic, on July 18, 1889., 1889 July 18
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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:
1889 July 18
Brochure of Diamond Jo Line Steamers, includes rates, distances, populations, connections, two Mississippi River maps, and cabin diagrams of the steamers Pittsburgh, Sidney, St. Paul, and Gem City. (6 items) (gift of William and Katherine Haren, December 1954)., 1895 June
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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:
1895 June
Receipt for shipment received from A. Griesedieck & Co. on the steamboat Emma C. Elliott, at Harrisonville, Illinois. (1 item) (accession number 63-0074), 1880 Mar 2
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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:
1880 Mar 2
Commercial traveler’s half fare ticket of Joseph Boyce on the steamers of the New Orleans Anchor Line from St. Louis to New Orleans. (1 item), 1881 Apr 6
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
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:
1881 Apr 6