Showing Collections: 531 - 540 of 778
Kelion Franklin Peddicord Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1195
Scope and Contents
Collection includes several letters of Kelion F. Peddicord to his family while he was imprisoned during the Civil War; letters of fellow war veterans R.M.J. Arnette, G.H. Blakeslee, and J. Ogden Murray, to Peddicord; and correspondence to and from Kelion Peddicord’s sister Mrs. India P. Logan. Collection also contains rolls and reminiscences compiled by Peddicord regarding his military service and that of his unit.
Dates:
1862-1910
Penniman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2978
Scope and Contents
Papers contains reminiscences (6 pages) signed H.C. Penniman titled “Cholera in St. Louis Years 1849, 50, 51,” which describe the cholera epidemic and the great fire of St. Louis in 1849 (see transcript of these reminiscences below). Papers also contain letter signed Geo. Wallace Penniman [George Wallace Penniman], Southbridge, Mass., to Harry C. Penniman, Dallas, Texas, July 12, 1898, regarding the descendants of Harry C. Penniman’s grandfather Amasa Penniman; undated membership application...
Dates:
1898; no date
People's Finance Corporation Stock Certificate
Collection
Identifier: A3361
Scope and Contents
The stock certificate, number 248, for 5 shares was issued to Charles H. Turpin on November 28, 1923. Turpin owned the Booker Washington Theater and the Jazzland Café. His brother was ragtime legend Tom Turpin.
Dates:
1923
Marc Perez Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3367
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one Pfizer emergency access card and vaccine literature given to Pfizer family members during the first on-site COVID-19 vaccination event. The items date from 2020 and 2021.
On March 23, 2020, Pfizer issued an emergency access card to senior scientist Marc Perez of Fenton. During the St. Louis County shelter in place order, Perez and a several co-workers reported to Pfizer’s Chesterfield site. Perez worked on the first...
Dates:
2020-2021
Marlin Perkins Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0836
Scope and Contents
The Marlin Perkins Collection contains slides and other material documenting the world travels of Marlin Perkins and his wife, Carol. Many of the photographs document trips made as part of the Perkinses' internationally recognized work in the field of wildlife conservation, showing animals, plants, landscapes, and native peoples around the world. Some photographs may also show personal trips taken with various Perkins family members and friends. The photographs show a wide range of rural and...
Dates:
1920-1997; Majority of material found within 1956-1984
Perry County Club of St. Louis Records
Collection
Identifier: A3114
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of approximately 190 membership cards, a transcript of the cards, and photocopies of a group photo of the Perry County Club of St. Louis dating from circa 1947 to circa 1955.
The front of the cards is titled, “Application for Membership,” and request name, phone number, marital status, number of children, residential address, business address, firm, position, qualification (for membership), and “proposed by” or reference. For many cards, members did...
Dates:
ca. 1947-ca. 1955
John D. Perry Collection: Alexander Gardner, "Across the Continent with the Kansas Pacific Railroad"
Collection
Identifier: P0182
Scope and Contents
The John D. Perry Collection consists of 114 photographs from Alexander Gardener's "Across the Continent With the Kansas Pacific Railroad (On The 35th Parallel)" portfolio and 4 additional photos of the White House, Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C., and unidentified buildings. From 1867 to 1868, Gardner served as the official photographer for a survey team documenting a proposed route to extend the railroad along the 35th parallel to the Pacific Ocean at San Diego and San Francisco. The...
Dates:
1867-1868
William Peters Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0821
Scope and Contents
The William Peters Collection contains two photograph albums created by Peter to document his family, friends, and life in St. Louis from 1915-1922. These albums show activities related to the war effort, as well as Peters’ family and friends enjoying recreational activities and civic events. Both albums include detailed captions that identify and date the photographs. Photographs taken during the war show soldiers and sailors, often in uniform, before leaving for training camps, while home...
Dates:
ca. 1861-1922; Majority of material found within 1915-1922
Adele Quinette Phelps Worlds Fair Chronicle
Collection
Identifier: A3135
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of one volume kept by St. Louis teenager, Adele Quinette, about the 1904 World’s Fair; one photograph of Miss Quinette; and a CD-Rom containing PDF files of the volume. Miss Quinette numbered the volume’s pages and the folders reflect this numerical order. The observations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition took place between 1903 and 1904. The photograph, dated circa 1904, and the CD appear in the final folder.
The 132-page volume, which is...
Dates:
1903-1904
Seth Ledyard Phelps Letterbook
Collection
Identifier: A1211
Scope and Contents
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1861-1864
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Repository
- Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 626
- Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department 143
- Missouri Historical Society Library 9
- 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
- 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 ∧ less
- Language
- English 769
- French 49
- German 37
- Spanish; Castilian 15
- Italian 5
- Latin 4
- Chinese 3
- Japanese 2
- No linguistic content; Not applicable 2
- Arabic 1
- Hebrew 1
- Korean 1
- Swedish 1 ∧ less
- 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
- 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 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more
∨ more