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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.
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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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Faust-Busch Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2309
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, menus, memorial cards, holy cards, newspaper clippings, and other papers of the Faust-Busch and allied families.
Dates:
1835-1965
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