Box 2
Container
Contains 31 Results:
Correspondence of Wallace E. McHenry with John S. Worley, curator, Transportation Library, University of Michigan. Includes typescript copy of letter of Wallace E. McHenry to John S. Worley, August 5, 1937, which contains memories and information about the life of his grandfather James B. Eads., 1937-1946
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
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:
1937-1946