Box 3
Container
Contains 63 Results:
Photocopy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch clipping titled “No Roll, No Pitch on Delta Queen,” April 28, 1860, and newspaper clipping titled “Delta Queen Sold, Will Continue River Operation,” datelined Cincinnati, February 22, [1958?]., 1960 Apr 28
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1960 Apr 28
Typescript copies of two press releases concerning the history of the steamboat Mississippi from the Missouri River Commission. (5 pages) (accession number 66-0019), 1960 Aug 31
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1960 Aug 31
Typescript account by Ruth Ferris on the background of the Golden Eagle pilot house. (1 item), 1961
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1961
Copy of typescript letter signed J.W. Pumphrey. U.S. Army Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee, to Eric P. Newman, St. Louis, giving an advance notice to bidders on the former steamboat Mississippi. Letter includes “Notice to Prospective Bidders” with general description of the vessel and request card. (2 pages) (1 item), 1961 June 21
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1961 June 21
Community School newsletter with story “The Golden Eagle Moves,” about the Pilot House moving to the Missouri Historical Society. (6 pages) (1 item) (accession number 59-0066), 1961 Dec
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1961 Dec
Advertisement for private cruises on the Mississippi Belle, St. Louis. (1 item), 1962
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1962
Typescript genealogical notes on the family of Joseph Dryden, steamboat pilot, captain, and master. Also includes typescript copy of page from the Waterways Journal, December 26, 1925. (5 pages), 1963 Jan 25
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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:
1963 Jan 25
Envelope of the Wheeling, Sistersville, Charleston Packet Boat Co., addressed to Miss Ruth Ferris, Missouri Historical Society, bearing the canceled stamp of the steamboat Lady Grace. Enclosure: printed card of Walter W. McCoy, Sistersville, West Virginia, which briefly discusses packet boat mail history, the steamer Lady Grace, and the commemorative stamp. (2 items) (accession number 63-0044), 1963 June 20
Item — Box: 3, 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:
1963 June 20
Copy of typescript excerpts, concerning steamboat Damsel, from article submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota on Missouri River steamboating. (1 item), 1963 Nov 1
Item — Box: 3, 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:
1963 Nov 1
Promotional brochure titled “What to See and Do in St. Louis,” issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. (transferred to St. Louis History Collection, November 2004), [1964]
Item — Box: 3, 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:
[1964]