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John Mattingly Letter
Collection
Identifier: A3201
Scope and Contents
The letter is written by slave dealer John Mattingly of St. Louis to Mr. Goode (location unknown) and is dated July 12, 1856. Mattingly planned to purchase a girl from Mr. Goode. He wrote in reply to Goode’s letter of July 11th to arrange a time for them to meet as Mattingly planned to travel to Kentucky in one week.
This letter reads in part: "I will or was to leave for Ky on this day week tho if you will bring your girl down on next Saturday...
Dates:
1856 July 12
Bud Mattox Native American Artifacts Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0975
Scope and Contents
The Bud Mattox Native American Artifacts Photograph Collection contains four photographs documenting Wilbur Louis “Bud” Mattox's collection of prehistoric Native American artifacts. During the 1940s-1960s, Mattox amassed an important and influential collection of artifacts from the Lower Meramec River Valley Region. The photographs show Mattox's displays of stone axes, arrowheads, and other artifacts. Two of the photographs show two men examining the collection.
Dates:
ca. 1960-1970
W. G. May Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0974
Scope and Contents
This collection contains five photographs showing members of the W. G. May family, dating from the late 19th century through the early 20th century. Family members shown include Howard May as a baby and young boy; Frances Dulty Thompson as a young girl; W. A. May; Georgia Gambrill (aunt of W. G. May); and Mrs. W. A. May (Lillie Hardgrave). Three of the photographs are studio portraits, while the other two are snapshots taken outside of a family home.
Dates:
1877-ca. 1915
Mayer Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0999
Scope and Contents
The Mayer Family Papers consist of the correspondence of Flora Byrne to Mrs. Charles F. Mayer. Describes her life and family at Byrnham Wood in Clark County near Winchester, Missouri. Includes correspondence from various members of the family in Baltimore, Maryland. The letters contain many sidelights on the state of development in that day, mention well-known characters, and show the facilities for transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and St. Louis. The latest...
Dates:
1839-1861
John H. M. McCarthy Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1012
Scope and Contents
The John H. M. McCarthy Collection documents the World War II service of John H. McCarthy III and includes a daguerreotype showing John Day and his wife, Catherine Von Woerner Day. John H. McCarthy III was John H. M. McCarthy’s father, and John and Catherine Day were John H. M. McCarthy’s great-great-grandparents.The bulk of the John H. McCarthy III photographs date from 1944-1945 and were taken during McCarthy’s time in Italy, including Foggia, Barletta, Bari, Naples, and Rome....
Dates:
1850-1860; 1941-1945
McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes of North America Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0252
Scope and Contents
The McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes of North America Collection contains 59 matted, hand-colored lithograph folio portraits of American Indians. The prints were disbound from a first edition of McKenney and Hall's book The History of the Indian Tribes of North America. All the portraits included in this collection were based on works originally painted by Charles Bird King, but also included is a copy ofWar Dance of...
Dates:
1836-1843
Mary E. McKinney Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2369
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of correspondence of various McKinney family members, mostly residing in Missouri and Oregon, to Mary E. McKinney. Also includes some correspondence with family friends.
Dates:
1881-1914
Catherine Meagher Letter
Collection
Identifier: A3120
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one letter written to Catherine Meagher by an unknown niece named Ann. The letter is undated but the envelope is postmarked from Alton, Illinois, on October 3, 1927, just days after a tornado swept through the City of St. Louis on September 29th. Ann enclosed a newspaper page from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat dated October 1st.
Ann described the damage that she saw when she visited St. Louis on the day on which she wrote the...
Dates:
ca. 1927 Oct 3
Meissner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1025
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of family correspondence to Gustave Meissner and his wife, Alvina Meissner. Principal correspondents include Gustave’s brother Wilhelm Meissner and Wilhelm’s wife, Elfriede Meissner; Gustave’s brother Fritz Meissner; and Gustave’s business partner Isidor Bush and Isidor’s wife, Teresa Bush.
Dates:
1862-1953; no date
Mepham Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1027
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of receipts, accounts, correspondence, and other papers regarding the businesses of M.S. Mepham & Bro., the St. Louis Paint Manufacturing Company, and George S. Mepham & Co. in St. Louis. The collection also contains receipts, correspondence, and other business papers of M.S. Mepham from the 1830s and 1840s, prior to his arrival in St. Louis; several documents relating to the Civil War, many of which do not appear to be related to the Mepham family;...
Dates:
1832-1947; Majority of material found within 1832-1899
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