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David M. Grant Memorial Resolution
Collection
Identifier: A3164
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Resolution Number 74 commemorating a moment of silence in memory of Grant during a City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen meeting on August 16, 1985. The resolution is signed by Jacolyn L. Rolf, clerk, and by Thomas E. Zuch, president.
Dates:
1985
Lee W. Grant Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1821
Scope and Contents
Collection includes Grant family correspondence, receipts, invitations, stock certificates, and other papers. Notable content includes a letter written by famed engineer James B. Eads and a letter written by Emily W. Grant, providing an eye-witness account of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Dates:
1854-1954
Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0605
Scope and Contents
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1788-1959; Majority of material found within 1858-1935
Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0606
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, a minute and land assessment book, legal papers relating to the property of Charles B. Gratiot and family, and the records of the Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company in St. Louis. Among the items included in the collection are papers concerning the acquisition of land by Sandy Annis (a veteran of the 70th U.S. Colored Troops Civil War regiment), correspondence and documents relating to a legal dispute that resulted...
Dates:
1854-1936
Greater St. Louis Independence Celebration and Exposition of Industrial Progress Invitation
Collection
Identifier: A3117
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of one invitation booklet printed by Ideal Motor Sales Company (2812 Iowa Avenue) to advertise their tractors. The new line of tractors included Five Ton Allwork Tractors and Cletrac Tractors (Models A, K, and W). Ideal encouraged visitors to “make our exhibit your headquarters while at this celebration.”
Dates:
1926
Ernest A. Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0613
Scope and Contents
The collection is contained in one document box, and encompasses the years 1895-1939. The collection primarily documents Ernest A. Green's career as a lawyer and public servant from 1906-1938.
The Correspondence Series includes both personal and professional correspondence for the years 1903-1938. There is no business correspondence dating from the periods when he was Prosecuting Attorney of Butler County, Missouri (1906-1910) or...
Dates:
1895-1939
Bishop Wyatt I. Greenlee Jr. Celebration of Life Program
Collection
Identifier: A3344
Scope and Contents
The Bishop Wyatt I. Greenlee Jr. celebration of life program, January 8, 2022, is titled “Heaven’s Doors Will Open for Bishop Wyatt I. Greenlee, Jr., 1954-2021.” The service was held at Trinity Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri. The program contains photographs, a biographical sketch, and the order of service for the funeral.
Dates:
Event: 2022 Jan 8
John Grether, Jr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2919
Scope and Contents
Collection contains several commissions of John Grether, Jr., as a notary public and other professional and personal papers.
Dates:
1856-circa after 1896
Thomas Hawkes Griffith Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1887
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of letters of Thomas H. Griffith of St. Louis to his niece Mrs. Belle Resor in Cincinnati, which mostly discuss family news. Collection also contains two biographical sketches and an autobiographical sketch of Griffith.
Dates:
1878-1949; Majority of material found within 1886-1900
Groot Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2964
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Groot family correspondence. Most of the letters were written by James P. Groot. Notable content includes three letters signed Rachel Mull to her sister Maria—dated September 2, 1855, April 5, 1856, and February 25, no year—that describe the abusive relationship with her husband, Barney Mull. The collection also includes 12 Civil War–era letters signed James P. Groot describing affairs in St. Louis and his military service in the 6th Iowa Infantry.
Dates:
1836-1886
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