Box 2
Container
Contains 31 Results:
Engraved portrait of James B. Eads, engraved by A.H. Ritchie [accession number: 71-0065]., no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Copy of a blank form for proposing a member for the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, England., no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Photostat copies of four pages from a publication of the Keystone Bridge Company regarding long-span bridges of America. (Page relating to the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge is missing)., no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Card: "The Misses Murfree regret that a previous engagement prevents them from accepting Mrs. How's kind invitation for Saturday afternoon. Jan 15th.", no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Three fare tickets to cross the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge: (1) St. Louis Bridge Co. excursion bridge ticket, St. Louis to East St. Louis and return; (2) St. Louis & East St. Louis Electric Railway; and (3) St. Louis Transfer Co. ticket to the Union Depot on the Illinois and St. Louis Railroad., no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Fragment of reproduction of letter signed Jas. B. Eads to [Henry Flad] regarding the construction of a bridge. Fragment only includes final two pages of letter and a postscript [courtesy of Engineers Club, St. Louis, November 12, 1953]., no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Page of typescript and handwritten notes regarding James B. Eads., no date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
no date
Papers relating to the genealogy of the McHenry family. Includes typescript copy of letter of Martin D. McHenry, Des Moines, to Estill, July 26, 1870, which contains information on the genealogy of the McHenry family; copy of letter of Eunice S. Eads, New York, to Mrs. Eliza How, May 6, 1892; undated typescript chronology of James Eads' life; papers regarding the death of Comtesse Roger de la Vaulx (nee Eliza Jane Dillon), 1907 (in French); typescript note signed Jesse McDonald, St. Louis, to Wallace E. McHenry, 4328 Westminster Place, St. Louis, November 3, 1937; typescript history of the home of Mr. & Mrs. Estill McHenry, 1554 Mississippi Ave., St. Louis, compiled by Dr. William G. Swekosky, April 2, 1946; application of Wallace Estill McHenry, 4721 Westminster Place, St. Louis, to practice professional engineering in Missouri, August 20, 1946; typescript copy of note of Charles van Ravenswaay to Wallace E. McHenry, 5899 Cabanne Ave., St. Louis, June 30, 1955; two undated postcard views of the brick wall along the east side of property built for Mrs. James F. How (nee Eliza Ann Eads) at 5115 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis; and two pages of undated, handwritten notes of facts concerning Estill McHenry, written by his oldest son, Wallace Estill McHenry., 1870-1955
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
1870-1955
Correspondence of Florence Dorsey and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Switzer with the Missouri Historical Society., 1945-1946
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
1945-1946
Correspondence of the Missouri Historical Society with two researchers regarding holdings on James B. Eads. Also includes letter signed Gertrude McDonald, 4542 Pershing Ave., to Mrs. Beauregard, [Missouri Historical Society], April 10, 1935, stating that she cannot attend the society's annual dinner., 1934-1938
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
1934-1938