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Lawrence Bryant Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1018
Scope and Contents
The Lawrence Bryant Collection documents a growing movement protesting police violence, spurred by the shooting of African American teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The bulk of the collection shows the protests and unrest in Ferguson and surrounding areas following Brown’s death on August 9, 2014 and the announcement on November 24th of the Grand Jury’s decision not to indict Officer Wilson. Photographs show peaceful demonstrations and...
Dates:
2014-2015
James H. Buford Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3374
Scope and Contents
The collection includes certificates, event programs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating primarily to the career and civic leadership of James H. Buford with a few items about his parents and sister. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from circa 1955 to 2020.
A large part of the correspondence files contains congratulations upon announcements of Buford’s 2012 Citizen of the Year Award and his 2013 retirement...
Dates:
1955-2020; Majority of material found within 1990-2015
Edward W. Burger, Jr. World War II Citations
Collection
Identifier: A3125
Scope and Contents
The citations include a memorial certificate from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Purple Heart citation which was awarded on March 23, 1945.
Dates:
1945
Aaron Burr Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0210
Scope and Contents
Many of the documents in the Aaron Burr Papers are neither signed nor dated.
The Legal Papers Series (1787-1825) consists primarily of documents relating to Burr’s legal practice in New York following his return from Europe. Many of these documents are likely contemporary copies. Addressees include John Greenwood, Thomas H. Flandrau, and Gurdon W. Lathrop, all of whom were clerks in Burr’s law practice.
The...
Dates:
1776-1825
William Vincent Byars Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0217
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Dates:
1878-1949
Mary V. Callahan Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: A1829
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a leather-bound scrapbook embossed with the monogram “MC.” The scrapbook contains signatures, greetings, and drawings from Mary’s classmates and teachers at Soldan, report cards, receipts, passes, and permits, including a permit to play tennis in the public parks for the 1913 season. Also included in the scrapbook are dance cards, score cards, greeting cards, and a half-tone photograph of the Soldan High School Class of January 1914.
Dates:
1911-1918
John P. Camp Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0223
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of documentation of Civil War claims handled by John P. Camp, a counselor for claimants in St. Louis. These claims, dated 1861 to 1868, relate to services rendered and supplies provided to the United States, and include vouchers, receipts, correspondence, affidavits, special orders, and loyalty oaths. The collection also contains business papers of Camp, which do not appear to be related to the claims process, and personal papers of the Camp family.
Dates:
1852-1890; Majority of material found within 1861-1868
Camp Weingarten Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3134
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, various research notes and interview questions, writings, copies of official Army records, correspondence, and photographs relating to the prisoner of war camp at Weingarten, Missouri. The items are arranged alphabetically by type of document/topic and date from 1942 to 2003.
Most of the items were collected and annotated by Stanley G. Drury (1924-1987) of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. On various occasions journalists and...
Dates:
1942-2003
Henry Capen Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2735
Scope and Contents
Papers contain letters to Henry Capen from H.O. Hatch, J.W. Sutherland, and George W. Toms, mostly regarding real estate in the St. Louis area.
Dates:
1870-1876
Angelica Shirley Carpenter Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3358
Scope and Contents
The collection contains various original documents and some copies, diaries, correspondence, family histories, artwork, newspaper clippings, programs, and various sources relating mostly to the Jenkins and Robinson ancestors of Angelica Shirley Carpenter. Items date from 1843 to 2003. The files are arranged alphabetically by name of individual/topic.
The Emmanuel Episcopal Church file includes various programs and booklets, reminiscences from the...
Dates:
1843-2003; Majority of material found within 1874-1937
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- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 7
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- Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887 5
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- ACT UP/St. Louis (1990-) (Saint Louis, Mo.) 4
- Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 4
- Boy Scouts of America 4
- Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842 4
- Homer G. Phillips Hospital 4
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- St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (1947-) 4
- Vashon High School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 4
- American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri 3
- American Red Cross 3
- Bates, Frederick, 1777-1825 3
- Best, Joyce, 1928- 3
- Best, Stephen R., 1926-2014 3
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 3
- Clark, William, 1770-1838 3
- Dagen, Margaret W., 1919-2002 3
- Eliot family 3
- Famous Barr Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
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- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
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- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council 3
- Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
- Privacy Rights Education Project (PREP) 3
- Rosen, Yvonne A. Marglous (Bonnie), 1928- 3
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- Seay, Norman R., 1932-2019 3
- Soldan High School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
- Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813 3
- Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 3
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- United States. Army 3
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- Western Sanitary Commission 3
- Wired Women Dance, Inc. (Saint Louis, Mo.) (1983-2004) 3
- Witherspoon, Fredda, Dr., 1918-1996 3
- AIDS Foundation of St. Louis 2
- Ahrens, William L., 1917-1997 2
- American Institute of Architects. Saint Louis Chapter 2
- American Legion. Women's Auxiliary 2
- Banneker Elementary School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
- Belcher's Sugar Refining Company 2
- Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 2
- Black, Gurdon Gilmore, 1880-1953 2
- Bradley, Charles E., 1845-1927 2
- Bradley, James E., 1838-1887 2
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- Campbell, Robert, 1804-1879 2
- Carondelet, Luis Héctor, barón de, 1748-1801 2
- Carson, Elizabeth Chapin, 1897-1983 2
- Carson, Norman Bruce, Dr., 1844-1931 2
- Carson, William Glasgow Bruce, 1891-1976 2
- Center for Hearing and Speech 2
- Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865 2
- Christmann, Robert Louis, 1919-1942 2
- Clark, Samuel Bromley, 1928-2014 2
- Corbett, Katharine T., 1935- 2
- Cureton, Carol 2
- Dagen, Irvin (Irv), 1912-1998 2
- Darby, John Fletcher, 1803-1882 2
- Davis, Julia, 1891-1993 2
- Delassus Deluzières, Pierre Charles de Hault, 1738-1806 2
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 2
- Democratic Party (Mo.) 2
- Dependahl, Edward R., 1895-1963 2
- Dependahl, Mildred O'Toole 2
- Dorrill Studio (1929-1966) 2
- Dougherty, John, Major, 1791-1860 2
- Dougherty, Lewis B. (Bissell), 1828-1925 2
- Dreer, Vivian McField, 1916-2006 2
- Feiner, Sidney R., 1921-1982 2
- Frenzel, Milton, 1913-1986 2
- Frenzel, Virginia, 1913-2005 2
- Fruin-Colnon Contracting Company 2
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