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Jackson Johnson Jr. Post 72, American Legion, Records
Collection
Identifier: A3285
Scope and Content
The collection includes Post 72 meeting notes and minutes compiled by Oscar J. Hammer from 1960 to 1966, information about “Operation Show Your Colors,” 17 membership applications, membership rosters, by-laws, and brochures dated 1952-1969.
The first folder contains membership information including applications dated 1953-1956, membership rosters, by-laws of the post dated 1952-1960s, and brochures for the American Legion dated 1966 and 1969. The second and third...
Dates:
1952-1969
Frank and Jesse James Autographs
Collection
Identifier: A3324
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two small pieces of paper with the autographs of outlaw brothers Frank and Jesses James. Frank James’ autograph is written on a small slip of paper in pencil and reads “Yours Frank James.”
The paper on which Jesse James autograph appears has been cut from a larger document. It reads, “Respectfully, Jesse James” and is dated in the bottom left corner, “March 1st.” A note in pink ink on the verso of the paper reads, “Hand of the bandit James...
Dates:
ca. 1882
Ivan C. James, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2234
Scope and Contents
The collection contains various programs and publications, certificates, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and some correspondence relating to the James, Phillips, and Perkins families; to Ivan and Juanita James’ involvement in local civic and religious organizations; records of Ivan James’ service on various boards and committees and to his interest in African American history; and includes files that belonged to James’ friend, Irving Williamson. The collection spans from...
Dates:
1892-2017
Ivan C. James, Jr. Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1180
Scope and Contents
The Ivan C. James, Jr. Photograph Collection is divided into two series: Series 1: James Family Photographs and Series 2: Community Photographs. Materials in both series were collected by Ivan C. James, Jr., an avid genealogist and amateur historian who was interested in his own family history as well as the history of the broader African American community.Series 1: James Family Photographs contains photographs related to multiple generations of the...
Dates:
1880-1989
Chester Jankowski Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0993
Scope and Contents
The Chester Jankowski Photograph Collection contains seven photographs documenting Jankowski’s World War II service with the United States Navy aboard the USS Epping Forest and USS Massachusetts. Photographs include a studio portrait showing Jankowski in his sailor’s uniform; Jankowski and others building a human pyramid on the deck of a ship; and an elderly Jankowski wearing a Pearl Harbor cap with a variety of patriotic and military service pins. Additional photographs show the USS Epping...
Dates:
ca. 1941-2015; Majority of material found within 1941-1946
Jefferson County, Missouri, Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0768
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 19th-century deeds, land patents, and tax receipts for land in Jefferson County. The collection also includes some 20th-century newspaper clippings and other items relating to Kimmswick and Jefferson County.
Dates:
1818-1974
Thomas Jefferson Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0770
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection.
Many of the...
Dates:
1773-1826
Thomas Jefferson Letter
Collection
Identifier: A3225
Scope and Contents
The letter is a draft written by Thomas Jefferson to his granddaughter, Ellen Coolidge, on June 5, 1826. It is comprised of one page written in Jefferson’s hand with several corrections and changes. He planned to enclose the letter with one he wrote to Ellen’s husband, Joseph Coolidge. Jefferson wrote about neighborhood young ladies searching for husbands and his health and sent greetings to Cornelia Randolph, Ellen’s younger sister who was staying with her. A transcript...
Dates:
1826 June 5
J.L. Weitzel & Co. Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3290
Scope and Contents
The collection includes invoices and receipts for goods ordered from several St. Louis Companies: George E. Keith Company, Garrison-Wagner Company, Friedman-Shelby Branch of International Shoe Company, Ault-Shackford Shoe Co., Superior Hat Co., Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., Roberts, Johnson & Rand, Peters Branch of International Shoe Co. The items are arranged chronologically.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1925-1937
Cathy Johnson Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1134
Scope and Contents
The Cathy Johnson Collection documents gay and lesbian activism in St. Louis from about 1979-1990. Photographs show the St. Louis contingent at both the 1979 and 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights; the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in St. Louis in 1988; and Team St. Louis at the 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver.Photographs of the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights show marchers carrying banners identifying the group; signs calling for equal rights; and...
Dates:
1979-1990
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