Box 2
Container
Contains 143 Results:
Bill of sale of the steamboat Meeker by owners Byrd Burton, St. Louis, Missouri, and G.W. Hill, Alton, Illinois, to William Dipple. (1 item) (accession number 58-0036), 1904 July 2
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
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:
1904 July 2
Promotional booklet of the St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co. titled “Eight Delightful Days through Six States, Outing on Three Beautiful Rivers.” (32 pages) (1 item) (gift of Rebecca M. Sieners, 1958), ca. 1905
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
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. 1905
Tickets, advertisements, theatrical programs, and other papers for the Goldenrod showboat. Also includes a photocopy of a letter of Isaac P. Lusk, St. Louis Steamboat Managers Association, to B.F. Lester, Ryman Line Steamers, Nashville, Tennessee, October 23, 1905, announcing upcoming annual meeting of the National Board of Steam Navigation; and undated broadside for the Hollywood showboat (14 items) (accession number 66-0073), ca. 1905-1960s
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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. 1905-1960s
Four letters signed Phil E. Chappell, Kansas City, Missouri, to Miss Dalton. Dalton requested a list of Missouri River steamboats and supplied Chappell with two typewritten copies of the manuscript list. (8 pages) (1 item), 1905
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:
1905
Bill of lading, steamer Lora, St. Louis, Missouri. (accession number 77-0004), 1905 Aug 7
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:
1905 Aug 7
Typescript copy of obituary titled “Fall Causes Death of Capt. Mason B. Chapman.” (1 item), ca. 1905 Dec 29
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. 1905 Dec 29
Papers of long-time river man James Kennedy, including his reminiscences about his Civil War service in the Confederate army and several newspaper clippings. (9 items) (gift of Marvin G. Kennedy, Henrietta, Missouri, February 1928) (transferred to James Kennedy Papers, November 2004), 1906-1927
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:
1906-1927
Typescript copy of notes taken by Mary Louis Dalton in an interview with Captain Grant Marsh. (3 pages) (1 item), 1906 May 9
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:
1906 May 9
Letter signed C.J. Atkins, Cando, North Dakota, to Mary Louise Dalton, librarian, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, describing his experiences as a steamboat man on the Missouri River in the 1860s. Includes an account of the killing of one of the crew by a mate named Miller on the steamboat Robert Campbell on the Missouri River in 1863. Also includes an account of Atkins being shot by Sioux Indians on May 19, 1865, while on board a steamboat near Fort Rice. (11 pages) (1 item), 1906 July 5
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:
1906 July 5
Newspaper clipping titled “Captain Wesley Connor, Pilot of the Robert E. Lee, Tells of Famous New Orleans–St. Louis Race with the Natchez.” Article datelined New Albany, Indiana., [1906] July 14
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:
[1906] July 14