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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

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

Ellen Lowenstein Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1332
Scope and Contents The Ellen Lowenstein Collection contains four folders of color photographs showing examples of interior designer Dan Johnson's work on Late Knights of Pythias events, on the installation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt at Forest Park Community College, and on decor at Mitchley's bar.Two folders contain photos showing outdoor dance floors, designed by Johnson, that were constructed for the Late Knights of Pythias' Sunday afternoon "tea dances" held during the 1990 and...
Dates: ca. 1983-1990

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

Montague and Frances Robnett Lyon Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1002
Scope and Contents

The Montague and Frances Robnett Lyon Photograph Collection contains two studio portraits showing Montague and Frances Robnett Lyon. The portrait of Montague was taken ca. 1900-1920 and the portrait of Frances was taken ca. 1915-1925.

Dates: ca. 1900-ca. 1925

Maas and Steffen Fur Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A2163
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of fur prices, brochures, shipping tags, company letters, and a pamphlet on the fur trade in New Orleans.

Dates: 1838; 1914-1946

Mac Mizuki Photography Studio Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0374
Scope and Contents This collection contains material created by Henry T. (Mac) Mizuki in the course of operating his independent photography studio, Mac Mizuki - Photography. The bulk of the collection consists of negatives, although some associated prints and documents are also included. Material from each job assignment was stored together in a single job file, usually including detailed information about the date, client, and subject.Mizuki opened his studio around 1953 and remained in business...
Dates: 1953 - 1989

Mackenzie Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2736
Scope and Contents

Papers consist primarily of business correspondence of Kenneth Mackenzie; correspondence of Mackenzie with his wife, Mrs. Mary Marshall Mackenzie; and correspondence of Jane Marshall with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Marshall Mackenzie.

Dates: 1813-1899

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 626
Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department 143
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Subject
United States -- Armed Forces 73
LGBTQ resource 70
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 59
LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 56
Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 40
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African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 34
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 33
World War, 1914-1918 33
Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 32
United States -- Politics and government 28
World War, 1939-1945 25
Gay community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 24
African American Collecting Initiative, 2013- 20
Missouri -- Politics and government 17
Portrait Photographs 17
World War, 1939-1945 -- France 17
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 16
Advertising -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 14
Indians of North America 14
Lesbian community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 14
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 13
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
Diaries 12
Families -- Missouri 12
African American women -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Civil Rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Steamboats 11
Gay pride celebrations -- Missouri 10
Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis 10
Artists -- Missouri 9
California -- Gold discoveries 9
Europe -- Description and travel 9
German Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 9
Legislators -- Missouri 9
Mexican War, 1846-1848 9
Oral history 9
Soldiers -- United States 9
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 9
AIDS (Disease)--United States 8
Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849 8
Fur trade -- United States 8
Love-letters 8
Protest movements -- Missouri -- Ferguson 8
United States -- History -- War of 1812 8
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 8
Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Artists 7
Baseball -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Business cards -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
City planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Clubs -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Gay men -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Jews -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Lawyers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Public schools -- Saint Louis -- Missouri 7
Race discrimination -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Race relations -- Missouri -- Ferguson 7
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Teachers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Theater -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Veterans -- United States 7
African American business enterprises 6
African American men 6
African Americans 6
African Americans -- Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Architectural photography 6
Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Campaign literature 6
Civic leaders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Civil rights 6
Commencement ceremonies 6
Discrimination in housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Education -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Finance, Personal 6
Fund raising 6
Legislators -- United States 6
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- History 6
Military discharge 6
Mill Creek Valley (Saint Louis, Mo.) 6
Music -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 6
Police -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Political campaigns 6
Presidential campaigns 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs 6
Schoolgirls 6
Scrapbooks 6
Speeches, addresses, etc 6
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
World War, 1914-1918 -- Military life -- United States 6
Advertising -- United States 5
African American churches -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
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Language
English 769
French 49
German 37
Spanish; Castilian 15
Italian 5
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Names
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 12
Gephardt, Richard A. (Richard Andrew), 1941- 10
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) 9
Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014 8
Prince, Vida Goldman Sister, 1933- 8
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St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.) 8
United States. Navy 8
Confederate States of America. Army 7
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 7
Oldham, Marian, 1927-1994 6
Saint Louis (Mo.). Metropolitan Police Department 6
Congress of Racial Equality 5
Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887 5
Missouri Historical Society 5
NAACP (Organization) 5
Oldham, Charles R., 1922-2006 5
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 5
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) 5
ACT UP/St. Louis (1990-) (Saint Louis, Mo.) 4
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 Committee of Racial Equality (1947-) 4
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
Ferguson (Mo.) 3
Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018 3
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890 3
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 3
Homer G. Phillips Hospital 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
American Legion. Women's Auxiliary 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
Carondelet, Luis Héctor, barón de, 1748-1801 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
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
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