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Box 3

 Container

Contains 63 Results:

Brochure for the River Queen, with information on tours of the ship and its new Mark Twain Lounge. (1 item), 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

Invitation of Cargill Incorporated and Cargo Carriers Incorporated to the christening of the 8000 H.P. Towboat, M.V. John H. Macmillan, Jr. (1 item), 1964 May 5

 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 May 5

Souvenir program for the Goldenrod showboat production titled “Brother Against Brother.” (2 copies), [1968]

 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: [1968]

Press release of the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Information, Minneapolis, Minnesota, titled “Sunken Steamer Sought at DeSoto Refuge.” Discusses the efforts to excavate the steamboat Bertrand, which reportedly sank April 1, 1865, at Bertrand Bend on the Missouri River near Missouri Valley, Iowa., [1968]

 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: [1968]

St. Louis Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine clipping titled “The Bertrand Yields Its Treasure.” (5 pages), 1969 Nov 9

 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: 1969 Nov 9

Advertisements for excursions on the steamboats Admiral and Huck Finn. (2 items), 1970

 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: 1970

Invitation to cocktail party honoring the Lt. Robert E. Lee Riverboat Restaurant on the St. Louis waterfront, with menu and wine list. (3 items), 1970 Apr 3

 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: 1970 Apr 3

New York Times clipping titled “Delta Queen, Link to Twain Era, Doomed.” (1 item), 1970 Apr 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: 1970 Apr 20

Letterhead and illustrated envelope of the steamer Delta Queen. (accession number 73-0031), ca. 1971

 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: ca. 1971

Copy of typescript speech titled “Steamboatmen Who Helped Make the West,” prepared by James V. Swift for the Waterways Journal, and delivered by George Brooks at a meeting of the St. Louis Westerners. (18 pages), 1971 Feb 19

 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: 1971 Feb 19