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Emmons Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0450
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's...
Dates: 1776-1941

Ensor Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0456
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence, receipts, and papers relating to the estate of Dr. Sidney R. Ensor. The collection also includes seven ledgers of Dr. Ensor, many of which relate to his medical practice.

Dates: ca. 1830-1883

Epworth Children and Family Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3080
Scope and Contents The records are arranged alphabetically into three series: Methodist Children’s Home series, Epworth School for Girls series, and the Epworth Children and Family Services series. The records date 1864-c.1992, and 2013; the bulk of the records date 1864-1982. There are no records from 1993 to 2012. The Methodist Children’s Home series is the largest series in the records and spans from...
Dates: 1864-2013; Majority of material found within 1864-1982

Joseph and Mary Errante Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3219
Scope and Contents The papers include certificates of citizenship, newspaper clippings, and citizenship class notes relating to the naturalization of Joseph and Mary Errante. The items date from 1938 to 1940 and are arranged chronologically. The certificates of citizenship for Mary and Joseph each have a photo affixed above the seal of the U.S. District Court. Mary’s certificate is dated September 21, 1939; Joseph’s is dated September 26, 1940. ...
Dates: 1938-1940

Estates Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0460
Scope and Contents The papers concern claims against estates of prominent people of St. Louis and other parts of the country. Names of those acting as administrators or having other legal interest in the estates include Auguste Chouteau, Charles Gratiot, Charles Dehault Delassus, Charles Sanguinet, Edward Hempstead, Henry von Phul, John Bent, H.S. Geyer, Robert Simpson, Frederick Bates, Kenneth MacKenzie, and John F. Darby. Also includes papers pertaining to the estates...
Dates: 1771-1864

Augustus H. Evans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0461
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of business correspondence of George E. Walker, James Y. Sanger, David Sanger, and Lucian P. Sanger of Ottawa, Illinois, to Augustus H. Evans, and various legal papers mostly relating to land in St. Louis.

Dates: 1818-1874

Famous Barr Company Public Relations Records

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Identifier: A3022
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of public relations records from the Famous-Barr Company, including some records relating to the May Department Stores Company and to Macy’s, Inc. There are three series in the collection arranged alphabetically: Administrative, 1905-2007; Events, 1963-2003; and Stores, 1955-2002. The bulk of the records date from 1955 to 1994. The files came from the office of Famous-Barr vice president...
Dates: 1905-2007

Famous-Barr Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0980
Scope and Contents The Famous-Barr Photograph Collection documents a wide variety of events and promotions sponsored by Famous-Barr department store to engage with the local community and to bring shoppers into the store. The photographs in the collection come from the office of Helen Weiss, Famous-Barr vice president for public relations and special events. The collection may include photographs inherited from Weiss’ supervisor, Joan Van de Erve, or some 1990s records that belonged to Sherri Gwinnup, vice...
Dates: 1956-2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1991

Fant Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0470
Scope and Contents

The collection contains personal letters of the Fant family; tax receipts; and a title abstract for land in the city of St. Charles.

Dates: 1848-1910

Fashions R Boutique Fire Recovery Collection

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Identifier: A3176
Scope and Contents The collection contains charred papers salvaged from Juanita Morris’s Fashion R Boutique building located at 9844 West Florissant Road by staff members of the Missouri Historical Society in January 2015. The papers represent the broad effect of the upheaval surrounding the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr. and the subsequent civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and nearby municipalities. Due to the fragility of the items, they are housed in special boxes which allow...
Dates: 2014

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 564
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Subject
United States -- Armed Forces 73
LGBTQ resource 62
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 59
LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 47
Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 40
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Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 33
Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 31
World War, 1914-1918 31
African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 30
United States -- Politics and government 27
World War, 1939-1945 22
Gay community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 21
Portrait Photographs 17
World War, 1939-1945 -- France 17
Missouri -- Politics and government 16
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 16
Indians of North America 14
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 13
Advertising -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
African American Collecting Initiative, 2013- 12
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
Lesbian community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
African American women -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Civil Rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Families -- Missouri 11
Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Steamboats 11
Artists -- Missouri 9
California -- Gold discoveries 9
Mexican War, 1846-1848 9
Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis 9
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 9
Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849 8
Diaries 8
Europe -- Description and travel 8
Fur trade -- United States 8
Gay pride celebrations -- Missouri 8
German Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 8
Legislators -- Missouri 8
Love-letters 8
Oral history 8
United States -- History -- War of 1812 8
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 8
Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Baseball -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Clubs -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Jews -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Lawyers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Protest movements -- Missouri -- Ferguson 7
Race discrimination -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Race relations -- Missouri -- Ferguson 7
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Soldiers -- United States 7
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Veterans -- United States 7
AIDS (Disease)--United States 6
African Americans 6
Architectural photography 6
Civic leaders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Civil rights 6
Commencement ceremonies 6
Discrimination in housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Education -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Finance, Personal 6
Legislators -- United States 6
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- History 6
Military discharge 6
Public schools -- Saint Louis -- Missouri 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs 6
Speeches, addresses, etc 6
Teachers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Theater -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
Advertising -- United States 5
African American business enterprises 5
African Americans -- Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
American poetry -- Women authors 5
Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
City planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Civil rights workers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Gay men -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Group portraits 5
Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.) 5
Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
Music -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 5
Physicians -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Police -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Police shootings -- Missouri -- Ferguson 5
Police-community relations -- Missouri -- Ferguson 5
Political campaigns 5
Postcards 5
Presidential campaigns 5
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French 49
German 35
Spanish; Castilian 14
Italian 5
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 11
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) 9
Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014 8
Prince, Vida Goldman Sister, 1933- 8
United States. Navy 8
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Confederate States of America. Army 7
Gephardt, Richard A. (Richard Andrew), 1941- 7
Oldham, Marian, 1927-1994 6
St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.) 6
Congress of Racial Equality 5
Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887 5
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 5
Missouri Historical Society 5
NAACP (Organization) 5
Oldham, Charles R., 1922-2006 5
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 5
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 4
Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842 4
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 4
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis 4
Saint Louis (Mo.). Metropolitan Police Department 4
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) 4
St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (1947-) 4
ACT UP/St. Louis (1990-) (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
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
Boy Scouts of America 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
Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018 3
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890 3
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Moore, Gwendolyn R. 3
Moore, Laura Ann, 1945-2015 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. St. Louis Branch 3
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
Schankman, Irv, 1924-2004 3
Seay, Norman R., 1932-2019 3
Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813 3
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 3
Teneau, Billie Coil Ames, 1925- 3
United States. Army 3
United States. Coast Guard 3
Urban League (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
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
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
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 2
Campbell, Robert, 1804-1879 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
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
Ferguson (Mo.) 2
Frenzel, Milton, 1913-1986 2
Frenzel, Virginia, 1913-2005 2
Fruin-Colnon Contracting Company 2
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan, 1798-1864 2
Garlington, Elizabeth White, 1909-2006 2
Glasgow, William, Jr. (William Ross), 1813-1892 2
Goldenrod (Showboat) 2
Grant, David M., 1903-1985 2
Hadley Vocational School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
Hardge, Ernestine R. 2
Hayes, Walter Lee, 1923-1998 2
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