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Hayes Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2543
Scope and Contents

The collection includes advertising material of the Hy-Mol Drug Co. (St. Louis, Missouri), the National Toilet Co. (Paris, Tennessee), and The Lanola Co. (Paducah, Kentucky). A couple of these items are addressed to Mrs. M.M. Hayes of Paducah, Kentucky.

Dates: ca. 1890-1905

Helen E. Heffern McKinley High School Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: A3191
Scope and Contents The scrapbook is bound and contains memorabilia and photographs from Helen E. Heffern’s final year at McKinley High School from 1919 and 1920. Most items are adhered to the scrapbook pages; however, there are a few loose items. The scrapbook was produced commercially as The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book, published by The Reilly & Lee Co. (Chicago). There is a table of contents, which the creator loosely followed, and blank pages are scattered...
Dates: 1919-1920

Sidney J. Heiman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2237
Scope and Contents The collection contains five letters of Harry Kessler to Sidney Heiman, dated 1920-1921, written while he was a freshman at the Missouri School of Mines. The letters discuss his course work, school sporting events, and social life. One of the letters mentions the recent death of a senior football player, Eddie Bohn, who died as a result of a football injury sustained in a game between the Missouri School of Mines and the Warrensburg Normal School. The collection also contains two postcards...
Dates: 1920-1930

Frederick Charles Helfesrieder Diary

 Collection
Identifier: A3298
Scope and Contents

The Frederick Charles Helfesrieder diary contains information about his life and spending from January to October 1936. The diary also contains addresses of various people who lived in St. Louis. He talks about playing Monopoly with his family, visits to the movies and opera, going to Creve Coeur Lake, his time at night school at Washington University, and spending time with his girlfriend. He resided at 5227 Minerva Avenue.

Dates: 1936

Mary Hemingway Letter

 Collection
Identifier: A3192
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of one typed letter signed by Mary Hemingway to Mark Waldemer on April 30, 1971. Waldemer was a high school student who loved the works of Ernest Hemingway. He was extremely upset when his English teacher insisted that Hemingway wrote stories full of symbolism. Waldemer felt these symbols contrived by his teacher reduced the power of Hemingway's stories. He wrote a letter to Hemingway's fourth wife, Mary, who replied “…Ernest always said that no...
Dates: 1971 Apr 30

Edwin W. Henderson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1827
Scope and Contents

Collection contains receipts, programs, invitations, business cards, and photocopies of newspaper clippings mostly relating to St. Louis.

Dates: 1873-1952

Beverly Walter Henry Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A3087
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of letters written by Beverly Walter Henry and his family including his brother, Brice M. Henry; his wife, Sarah (Sallie); his daughter, Carrie Belle; and his cousin, Mattie Sue Molloy. The letters are arranged chronologically and date from 1848 to 1910 with the bulk of the letters dating from 1861 to 1862. There are several gaps with no letters dating 1849-1860, 1863-1874, 1876-1890, or 1893-1909. Brice M. Henry served in Capt. Stapp’s Company,...
Dates: 1848-1910; Majority of material found within 1861-1862

Hessin Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2740
Scope and Contents

The papers contain correspondence of Henry Hessin in New Lisbon, Ohio, to his brother William Hessin and William's widow, Mrs. Anne A. Hessin, in Upper Alton, Illinois.

Dates: 1843-1851

Hewitt-Neff Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2380
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of personal correspondence of the Hewitt-Neff family, including several letters sent to Mrs. Cynthia A. Hewitt and several letters of Frank Adam Neff to his mother. The collection also includes business cards and invitations.

Dates: 1867-1925

Presley N. Hicks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2962
Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of legal papers and correspondence relating to the claim of the heirs of Milton Hicks to bounty lands in Texas. Also includes legal papers relating to the claim of Eliza Langlais to bounty land in Texas due to her deceased husband, Ferdinan Louis Langlais.

Dates: 1876-1909

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 573
Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department 138
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United States -- Armed Forces 73
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 59
LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 48
Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 40
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African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 33
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 33
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World War, 1914-1918 31
United States -- Politics and government 28
Gay community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 22
World War, 1939-1945 22
African American Collecting Initiative, 2013- 19
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Portrait Photographs 17
World War, 1939-1945 -- France 17
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 16
Indians of North America 14
Advertising -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 13
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 13
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Lesbian community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
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Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849 8
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AIDS (Disease)--United States 7
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
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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
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 6
Public schools -- Saint Louis -- Missouri 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs 6
Scrapbooks 6
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Theater -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
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African American business enterprises 5
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African American families 5
African American men 5
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Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
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German 35
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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
St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.) 8
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United States. Navy 8
Confederate States of America. Army 7
Gephardt, Richard A. (Richard Andrew), 1941- 7
Oldham, Marian, 1927-1994 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
Saint Louis (Mo.). Metropolitan Police Department 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
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
Soldan High School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 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
Vashon High School (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
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
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
Goode, P. Wayne (Wayne), 1937-2020 2
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