Box 1
Contains 31 Results:
Typescript note signed W.D. Hemenway, The Insurance Agency Company, St. Louis, to Capt. G.F. Schwartz, United States Naval Reserve, St. Louis, Mo. "Upon Mr. Stewart McDonald's request, with reference to his recent correspondence with you relative to the one pound gun, now in your possession, as former Officers of the Moon Motor Car Company, we are pleased to advise you that this gun was the property of the McDonald Engineering Company, of which Mr. McDonald was the controlling partner, and we have always looked upon this property as being his.", 1931 Apr 21
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Telegram to Capt. G.F. Scwhartz, United States Naval Reserves commander, Sixth Naval Reserve Area, St. Louis. Includes proclamation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt calling for the display of the U.S. flag on all government buildings, homes, and other suitable places in honor of Mother’s Day., 1933 May 13
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Typescript note signed John J. Cochran, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to the St. Louis Chapter, Naval Reserve Officers Association. ". . . . I have already taken this matter up with the sub-committee for the Naval Reserve Appropriations Bill. The best we can expect is that the Appropriations Committee will allow the amount asked for by the Budget Bureau, as it is the policy of that Committee not to increase the appropriations over the amount recommended by the Budget Director.", 1934 Jan 17
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Typescript note signed John J. Cochran, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to Dr. W.E. Hennerich, St. Louis, Mo. "I am in receipt of your letter together with the arguments in reference to the Naval Reserve policy, and will take this matter up when the bill is considered by the Appropriations Committee.", 1934 Nov 27
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Typescript biographical sketch of Admiral Hugh Rodman. (4 pages), No date
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Typescript reminiscences titled "History of the Missouri Naval Militia," written by an unidentified author after 1922. Describes the organization of the naval militia circa 1900. Includes an account of piloting the U.S.S. Huntress from Pensacola, Florida, to St. Louis in 1905. (The Navy Department had turned over the Huntress to the naval militia.) Also includes an account of the naval militia taking over the U.S.S. Amphitrite at New Orleans circa 1911. After the Amphitrite broke down at Memphis, the Navy Department gave the militia the U.S.S. Isla de Luzon. Reminiscences mention Harvey Toomb, Charles Maguire, Eugene Reed, Commander W.F. Roberts, H. Hunicke, A.H. Timmerman, A.P. Timmerman, Tom Johnson, G.F. Schwartz, Francis Montgomery, H.P. Wells, Andre Roosevelt, and James Muir. (14 pages), No date
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Photocopy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch clipping regarding effort of the Erastus Wells to extract the Huntress, which was stuck in the mud in the Mississippi River., No date
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Photocopy of newspaper clipping titled "Noisy River Craft Welcome De Luzon: Latest Addition to Missouri Navy Makes Port as Whistles Shriek." Describes the arrival of the Isla de Luzon in St. Louis., No date
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Twenty-three unidentified photographs mostly showing naval scenes, including photographs of ships and men in Navy uniforms on board ships., No date
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.
Itemized description of the Anna P. Neave letters written by manuscript dealer Constance R. Spande., 1989
Collection contains ten letters of Mrs. Anna P. Neave, dated St. Louis, Missouri, to her niece Anna P. Haines in West Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Collection also includes a Zurich postcard addressed to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Haines and an itemized description of the letters written by manuscript dealer Constance R. Spande.