Box 2
Container
Contains 137 Results:
Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. The contractor said that if nothing unforeseen occurred, he could finish the house by the first of December. Aleck’s friend Guy Stude has the building of Elizabeth Randolph’s new house on the Price road. Mr. Tuckerman has turned up here. He is just as good company as ever and just as erratic. . . . I fear he is desperately poor. Speaking of the movement to appoint a bishop coadjutor, he highly commended Dean Davis for the place, & said that no clergyman in the East who was fit for it would accept the place on account of the general prejudice against Bishop Tuttle., 1910 Aug 29
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1910 Aug 29
Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. I spent an hour or two at Ellenwood. The sewer men, having finished all the principal sewers, are now busy building man-holes & making the connections to the several lots. I had a call today from a landscape gardener, named Hehl, who brought a very strong letter of recommendation from Ben Gratz. Jack Nisbet turned up here last week, and has dined with us twice. He intends to come back to St. Louis to stay. I attended the funeral of young Edwin Freegard—drowned in the Meramec [River], trying to learn to swim, with his grandfather & brother., 1910 Aug 31
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1910 Aug 31
Letter signed Alex R. Skinker, East Orange, New Jersey, to mother, Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Hurray! Hurray! In less than a month I shall be home. Henry and Frances are to be married on Oct. 1st and Henry has asked me to be best man., 1910 Sept 2
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1910 Sept 2
Letter signed T.K. Skinker, St. Louis, to wife, Fish Creek, Wisconsin. We are continuing are frequent visits to 6464 [Ellenwood]—and with good results. Errors are discovered in time, which would be costly to correct later. We had William Donaldson to dine with us Friday night. We have also had the Chases several times., 1910 Sept 4
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1910 Sept 4
Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. I have just returned from John Wilkinson’s funeral, held at Wagoner’s place. His disease was hardening of the arteries of the heart, from which he has suffered for two years., 1910 Sept 5
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1910 Sept 5
Letter signed Alex. Rives Skinker, East Orange, New Jersey, to mother, St. Louis. I saw Cousin Ida and Julia; also Bendina Hudson was here for a while and I called on her. I have had a letter from Bessie Hall promising to introduce me to her friend, Millie Fowler. Walter Brooks, the fellow who succeeded me at Kansas City, has been transferred to New York. During the last week I have received invitations to Bob McGoodwin’s, Effie Bagnell’s and Hazel Hyde’s weddings., 1910 Oct 26
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1910 Oct 26
Letter signed Alexander Rives Skinker to mother, Peckman’s Hotel, St. Louis. Christmas celebration. Sunday evening I went to supper at Miss Fowler’s, Bessie Hall’s friend., 1911 Jan 2
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1911 Jan 2
Letter signed Alexander Rives Skinker to mother, c/o T.K. Skinker, Pierce Building, St. Louis. This morning the boss called me in and said he wanted me to go to Chicago as supervisor of traffic. No more long stays away from home for some time now. I will be supervising the handling of the service in the whole Division which includes Cleveland, Cincinnati, Omaha and Minneapolis, so I shall have a chance to see many parts of the country., 1911 Feb 14
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1911 Feb 14
Lettter signed Alexander Rives Skinker, Harbor Springs, Michigan, to mother. I stayed at Weque until Thursday evening when I came over to the Point to stay with the Marrierres until tonight. Saw Rob, Julia Caldwell, Mr. Potter and Bishop McCormick (officiating at church), Philo Stevenson, Charlie Pettus, a Mr. Thomas. But the bay is not the same. There are hardly any sailboats out this year. Rob is reading a lot of theology. All the Galts send love to all the Skinkers. Wilhelmine has had a very attractive girl visiting her, Doris Rinehart of Bloomington, Illinois. Will Brown and his wife are staying in a bungalow beyond Emmet Beach. Margery Brown, Will’s little six year old, is a dear., 1911 Aug 20
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1911 Aug 20
Letter signed Alexander Rives Skinker, Paris, Texas, to mother, 6464 Ellenwood, St. Louis. There is an opposition company here and word was received at Dallas that they were giving better service than we were. So I was sent here to make an investigation on the quiet. . . . I find that not having any carfare to speak of I shall be as well off as I was in Chicago in spite of a slight reduction in my salary. I have seen Frances and Henry several times. I live within six blocks of the Hughes., 1911 Sept 20
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1911 Sept 20