Box 2
Container
Contains 143 Results:
Photocopy of Omaha Weekly Bee clipping titled “Under the River’s Sands, Work of Hunting Treasure Well Under Way,” regarding steamboats Cora and Bertrand. (2 pages), 1896 July 22
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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:
1896 July 22
Bill of lading, steamer Bob Dudley, Nashville. (1 item) (accession number 62-0006), 1897 July 31
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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:
1897 July 31
Invitation to the third annual complimentary excursion of the Bank Clerks’ Association of Missouri to Montesano on the steamer City of Providence, St. Louis. (1 item), 1897 Aug 21
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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:
1897 Aug 21
Typescript copy of manuscript of Captain Sobieski (“Beck”) Jolly. (transferred to Alphabetical Files—Jolly, Sobieski, 6-21-2000) (accession number 65-0074), 1898-1900
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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:
1898-1900
Two information booklets for the Diamond Jo Line Steamers, between St. Louis and St. Paul. Booklets include maps, ticket rates, landings, distances, elevations, population, connections, etc. (2 items), ca. 1898-1902
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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. 1898-1902
Publicity material stating the goals of the upcoming convention on the improvement of Western waterways, November 14-15, 1899, Memphis, Tennessee. (4 pages) (1 item), 1899 Oct 18
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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:
1899 Oct 18
Letter signed John B. Arntzen, World’s Fair Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, St. Louis, Missouri, to Bud informing him that he has been accepted and now must send his initiation fee. (1 item) (accession number 66-0046), 1901 Nov 26
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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:
1901 Nov 26
Complimentary round trip ticket on the Corwin H. Spencer and return on the City of Providence. (1 item), ca. 1903-1905
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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. 1903-1905
Pamphlet titled “A 750 Mile Panorama, The Wonderful Scenic Beauties of the Upper Mississippi between St. Louis and St. Paul from the Steamers of the Diamond Jo Line.” (20 pages) (gift of Walter B. Johnson), ca. 1903-1910
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7
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. 1903-1910
Typescript and negative photostat copies of reminiscences of several Missouri River men gathered for the 25th annual meeting of the Nebraska State Historical Society, January 13-14, 1903. Includes “Memorys of Steam Boat Days” by William J. Kennedy (10 pages); “Memorandum of R.R. Massie” (5 pages); reminiscences of A. Overton (2 pages); “Personal Recollections of Early Days in Decatur, Nebraska” by Capt. S.T. Leaming (5 pages); reminiscences of David L. Keiser (4 pages); interview of Capt. James Kennedy (4 pages); notes about William Massie compiled by Joel F. Overholser (2 pages). Also includes correspondence of Eugene Stephens with the Nebraska State Historical Society, dated 1955, and photostat copy of letter of A.E. Sheldon, Nebraska State Historical Society, to Dr. E.B. Trail, compiler of Missouri River steamboat history, dated August 25, 1939. (accession number 58-0060), 1903 Jan 13-14
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7
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:
1903 Jan 13-14