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Moorlands Addition Board of Agents Covenant Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: A3129
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two letters, a report, and an invoice. On October 1, 1947, Robert C. Powell, secretary of the Moorlands Addition Board of Agents, wrote to the other two members of the board (Edward A. Simon, chairman; and T.J. Hargadon, treasurer) enclosing the two letters, report, and invoice. The matter under discussion is the noncompliance of apartment building owners with one of the subdivision’s racial restrictions, or covenants, which stated that no person “not...
Dates: 1947 Oct 1

Morrison-Steen-Little Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3010
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of correspondence of the Morrison-Steen-Little family, including two letters of Kit Carson to Mrs. Georgiana Steen. The collection also contains several poems.

Dates: 1837-1887

Jeanette Mott Oxford Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1041
Scope and Contents

The Jeanette Mott Oxford Photograph Collection contains 12 photographs documenting Mott Oxford’s service as State Representative in the Missouri legislature. She represented the 59th district from 2004 until term limits forced her to leave in 2011 and was the first openly lesbian representative in the Missouri State Legislature. Photographs show Mott Oxford speaking at various events, including a 2005 debate on Medicaid; participating in a small meeting; and posed for group portraits.

Dates: 2005-2013

MSD Pollution Abatement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1004
Scope and Contents The MSD Pollution Abatement Collection contains seven photographs documenting pollution abatement projects undertaken by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) from 1966-1969. Photographs are identified with the project, location, contract number, date, and firm undertaking the work. Photographs show crews at work in various tunnels, as well as above-ground excavating and sheet piling work. Locations include the Locust Street construction shaft, Horseshoe Tunnel at Highway...
Dates: 1966-1969

Johnson Mundy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A1109
Scope and Contents The collection contains two volumes: (1) a scrapbook of Johnson M. Mundy dated 1859-1898 (approximately 150 pages) that contains newspaper clippings, correspondence (mostly addressed to Mundy and John A. Lant), and invitations. The clippings are mostly from newspapers in Rochester and Tarrytown, and relate to the Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument at Rockford, Illinois; the bronze statue of a Union soldier at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; the bust of Frederick Douglass; and other topics relating to...
Dates: 1859-1898

David Murphy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A1113
Scope and Contents

The David Murphy Papers consist of military commissions, correspondence, a typed copy of a diary of his service in Missouri and Illinois during the War of 1812, land surveys, poll registers, and documents relating to Murphy’s challenge of the election of 1826. The bulk of the papers are related to Murphy’s military service and his challenge relating to the election of 1826.

Dates: 1793-1828

Constance L. Myles School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3177
Scope and Contents The collection includes materials collected by Constance Myles during her time in elementary school and during her senior year of high school. Items are arranged chronologically. The entries in the Constance Myles elementary school autograph album are dated June 1958, when she graduated from Banneker Elementary School. There are several blank pages at the end of the album. Most of the friends and teachers writing in Myles’ album included a sentiment...
Dates: 1958-1962

Gladys Hecker Myles Engraving Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0995
Scope and Contents

The Gladys Hecker Myles Engraving Collection contains three hand-colored engravings collected by Myles and displayed in her home. "The Levee at St. Louis" shows riverboats, including the Lady Lee steamboat, crowded around the St. Louis Levee. "Jefferson City. Missouri - River" shows the Missouri capitol building perched on a hill overlooking the Missouri River. "Das Court-House in St. Louis" shows the Old Courthouse in St. Louis.

Dates: ca. 1855-ca. 1874

National Grand Council of the Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa Financial Card

 Collection
Identifier: A3208
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a printed financial card for members, which bears a red stamp for the National Grand Council. Both sides of the card are printed. The front of the card records the member's name and address while the verso tracks dues payments for two years.

Dates: ca. 1915

Naval Reserves of Missouri Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2521
Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and newspapers clippings relating to the Naval Reserves of Missouri.

Dates: 1902-1934

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 573
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United States -- Armed Forces 73
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LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 48
Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 40
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African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 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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Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
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Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849 8
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AIDS (Disease)--United States 7
Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
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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
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
Speeches, addresses, etc 6
Theater -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
Advertising -- United States 5
African American business enterprises 5
African American churches -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
African American families 5
African American men 5
African American musicians -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
American poetry -- Women authors 5
Artists 5
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Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Civil rights workers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Gay men -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
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Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.) 5
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English 710
French 49
German 35
Spanish; Castilian 14
Italian 5
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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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