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M. Genevieve Curtis Colonial Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2283
Scope and Contents
Two documents comprise the collection: a certificate presented in 1794 to an Osage chief by Baron de Carondelet and a request for payment from Joseph Hortiz dated 1803. Both documents are in Spanish; both have English translations included in the collection.
In New Orleans on 29 December 1794, Baron de Carondelet presented a medal and a certificate, bearing a presumed likeness of the medal, to Pawagny, also known as Beautiful Hair, of the Osage. The Spanish bestowed...
Dates:
1794-1803
Mabel B. Curtis Files Regarding the People's Art Center
Collection
Identifier: A0353
Scope and Contents
The Mabel B. Curtis Files consist mainly of papers regarding the People’s Art Center. The primary focus of these papers is the years of direct involvement by Mrs. Curtis in her capacity as executive director from 1950 to 1963. The collection also includes papers from the founding of the People’s Art Center in 1942. Most of the materials from the 1940s are from Elizabeth Green.
The primary focus of this collection is on the difficulties the People’s Art...
Dates:
1941-1968; 1989
Timothy Cusick Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1132
Scope and Contents
The Timothy Cusick Poster Collection contains posters reflecting Cusick's interests, particularly related to LGBTQ+ community life and activism. The posters most frequently address AIDS issues and Pride events. Highlights include a Mary Engelbreit poster depicting an AIDS quilt and a Coors poster for the St. Louis AIDS Action Network from the early 1990s that is an early example of corporate sponsorship of an AIDS-related organization.LGBTQ+ posters include the following...
Dates:
ca. 1980-ca. 1995
June Bosley Dabney-Gray Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1023
Scope and Contents
The June Bosley Dabney-Gray Collection documents the career of June Bosley Dabney-Gray, an African American singer and educator. Photographs show Dabney-Gray performing at various venues and events, including the 55th reunion of the Sumner High School Class of 1952, as well as teaching music at Simmons School in the St. Louis Public Schools system. Group portraits show her posed with Armstead Dabney and Johnny Batchman; comedian Dick Gregory; and others. Two additional photographs show...
Dates:
ca. 1960-ca. 2010
Dr. Martin Dalton Medical Office Records
Collection
Identifier: A3064
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of birth records, still birth records, death records, and patient accounts from the practices of Dr. E. J. Thurman, Thurman & Dalton and Dr. Martin Dalton of Fenton, Missouri. The records are arranged alphabetically by type of record and date from 1884 to 1938. The birth, death, and still birth records are the attending physician’s records of the forms submitted to the local district (county clerk) for the Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital...
Dates:
1884-1938
William H. Danforth and Donald Danforth Motivational Messages
Collection
Identifier: A3167
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of motivational messages written for the employees of the Ralston Purina Company dating from July 1921 through January 1964. Additional items in the collection include William H. Danforth’s obituary, a biography of Donald Danforth, Sr. upon his retirement, and two sets of letters written by Donald Danforth while traveling in 1963 and 1965. The collection is arranged chronologically. Company founder William H. Danforth wrote the weekly ...
Dates:
1921-1965
John Fletcher Darby Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0360
Scope and Contents
This collection consists largely of the papers of John F. Darby and his wife Mary F. Darby, and relates mostly to the political, social, and business history of St. Louis. The papers also include family correspondence with relatives in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Missouri, and correspondence regarding legal and business matters. Of special note are the minute books of the Jefferson Society and the St. Louis Debating Club (1827-1828), both regional debating societies of which Darby was a...
Dates:
1785-1923
David and Donna Davies Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3349
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of eleven items which include local membership cards, identification cards used in local grocery stores, local plastic credit cards, invitations to staff events, a Gateway Arch ticket stub, and a copy of Donna Davies’ driver’s license.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-1974
George Turnbull Moore Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0363
Scope and Contents
Contains two volumes of records of Alton, Illinois, law firm of Davis and Krum: attorney's record of legal claims, suits filed, judgments and dispositions made in southern Illinois courts, terms of April 1839-October 1845; and letterbook, 1834-1837. In addition, the papers contain legal correspondence of George T.M. Davis, attorney while in Alton, and the firm of Davis and Krum also in Alton. Includes letters from many St. Louis firms and individuals discussing political matters and several...
Dates:
1832-1843
Charles M. and Henry P. Day Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2288
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence from Charles M. Day to his girlfriend (and later his wife) Marguerite King while he was stationed in France during World War I, and letters of their son Henry P. Day to them while he was attending school in Massachusetts and while he was stationed in North Africa and Italy during World War II. Both sets of letters describe living conditions during the war, battles that the men fought in, and descriptions of the countries...
Dates:
1917-1945
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