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Charles W. Logan Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2370
Scope and Contents
The papers contain receipts, financial accounts, canceled checks, and other papers of Charles W. Logan, mostly relating to his home at 4970 Lotus Avenue in St. Louis. Many of the papers relate to J. Charles Mueller, contractor and builder. The collection also includes some family photographs.
Dates:
1908-1942
John F. Long Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0930
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, land records, tax receipts, commissions, property deeds, invitations, and clippings relating to the Long family and John F. Long's personal and business relationship with Ulysses S. Grant.
Dates:
1790-1917; no date
Long-Payne Family Deeds
Collection
Identifier: A3053
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four land deeds. The two earliest deeds date 1831 and 1837 and described land acquired by Nicholas Long. The third is a Sheriff’s Deed in which Elbridge Payne purchased land from a Long family dispute in May 1860. The final item is a deed of trust concerning loans granted to Mary E. Payne by John P. Breckenridge and James Dawson. Mary conveys land to Breckenridge for payment of debt and promises to pay Dawson the sum of $1500 in 1879. The promissory note is...
Dates:
1830-1877
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company Records
Collection
Identifier: A0934
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the official records of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, formed to plan and operate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The collection consists of records related to the initial conception and planning of the exposition from 1898; the official records of the four divisions of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, namely, the Divisions of Works, Exhibits, Exploitation, and Concessions and Admissions; the minutes of the Executive Committee, the Board...
Dates:
1898-1925
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0936
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a folder on each of the people interviewed that generally contains a copy of the initial letter of inquiry sent by the Missouri Historical Society, subsequent correspondence between the Society and the interviewee, notes and transcriptions from the interviews, and signed agreement forms donating the tapes and their contents to the Society. In addition, the collection includes a few folders of general information on oral history methods and information on the LPE...
Dates:
1979
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Sheet Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: Lib0007
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of 76 pieces of sheets of music from various composers in the early 20th century. There are numerous genres in this collection including marches, polkas, waltzes, and ragtime. There are a number of pieces by local composers and/or publishers. Many pieces feature photographs or illustrations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This collection houses highly visual and artistic material with various colors and designs depicted.
Dates:
1898-1905
Found in:
Missouri Historical Society Library
Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0937
Scope and Contents
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1783-1953
Sharon Love St. Louis Gender Foundation Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3151
Scope and Contents
The collection contains newsletter articles concerning the history of the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF); a list of officers and duties; and lists of past practices and policies, events, and issues to address. The documents date from approximately 2000 to 2005 and are arranged chronologically.
The newsletter excerpts, with background on the group’s beginnings, highlight Sherry Enteman’s role in founding StLGF. There are variant spellings of Sherry’s name in these...
Dates:
ca. 2000-2005
Charlois Lumpkin Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1248
Scope and Contents
The Charlois Lumpkin Photograph Collection contains four digital prints of scanned images related to the Lumpkin family and the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood. Photos show the 1938 wedding of Charles L. Lumpkin (1913-1998) and Lois Ellen Newman (1914-2007) at St. Paul AME Church in Mill Creek Valley; the Newman/Woodard family at St. Paul AME Church in Mill Creek Valley; a composite portrait showing members of the executive committee of the St. Louis branch of the NAACP, ca. 1935; and members...
Dates:
Majority of material found in ca. 1935-ca. 1950
Henry Lyon Naturalization Document
Collection
Identifier: A3110
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the naturalization document issued to Henry Lyon by the Clerk of the St. Louis Circuit Court on 4 April 1857, Stephen Rice. Lyon applied for citizenship and proved to the court that he had been in the U.S. for five years, had lived in the state of Missouri for one year, renounced all foreign allegiances, and declared that he would support the Constitution of the United States.
Dates:
1857
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