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Tina "Sweet-T" Pihl Campaign Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3250
Scope and Contents
The collection includes five campaign mailers for Tina "Sweet-T" Pihl’s 2021 bid for alderperson of Ward 17 in the City of St. Louis.
Dates:
2021
Pioneers Records
Collection
Identifier: A1620
Abstract
The Pioneers held their first meeting on January 24, 1879, when Rosa Sonneschein, wife of Rabbi Solomon H. Sonneschein, brought together 14 of her women friends for the purpose of "advancing literary taste and cultivating general knowledge." In its early years, the club was called the "Ladies' Pioneer Society," although no evidence has been found to indicate why the name Pioneers was chosen. Membership in the club is by invitation only, and new members are voted on by the group. Initially...
Dates:
1879-2015
Katherine Bemis Piper Veiled Prophet Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3269
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of invitations, instructions, and envelopes sent to Lucy Katherine Bemis when she was selected as a Maid of Honor for the Veiled Prophet Ball held at the Municipal Auditorium on October 9, 1946. The items are dated September 1946 and are arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1946 Sept
Ann Pittman Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1056
Scope and Contents
The Ann Pittman Photograph Collection documents the life of Ann Pittman, an African American folklorist who preserved songs sung by her mother and grandmother, including songs sung by her enslaved ancestors. Photographs show Pittman from young adulthood through her later years, including wearing a graduation cap and gown; with her husband, Eddie Pittman, on their wedding day; with her mother, Oray Booker Washington; and with other unidentified family members. Pittman is also shown receiving...
Dates:
ca. 1927-ca. 1994
J. Harry Pohlman Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1009
Scope and Contents
The J. Harry Pohlman Collection contains two photographs documenting the St. Louis Board of Education and the St. Louis Public Schools Patrons Alliance. One photograph shows a group portrait of the St. Louis Board of Education, circa 1940s. The other photograph shows four men, probably including Director of Physical Education Arthur Anderson, posed behind a table of Public Schools Patrons Alliance trophies awarded in 1937. J. Harry Pohlman was a long-time member of the St. Louis Board of...
Dates:
ca. 1937-1949
Jean Ponzi Earth Day Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3079
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of documents relating to the planning of Earth Day 1990 St. Louis and a program for the 1996 Earth Day celebration. The papers are divided into two series: Earth Day 1990 St. Louis and Earth Day Community Festival 1996, which consists of one file. The files in the Earth Day 1990 St. Louis series are arranged alphabetically by topic and date from 1988 to 1996. The bulk of the papers date 1990; there...
Dates:
1988-1996; Majority of material found within 1989-1990
David D. Porter Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1238
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1862-1864
Eliza G. Randolph Post Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1241
Scope and Contents
The collection spans from 1805 to circa 1962 and consists of Eliza’s diaries; family letters (photocopies); and various documents, sketches, and biographical information about Eliza’s parents and descendants (copies). Twenty-one original diaries kept by Eliza G. Post and one volume with a catalog of books comprise the bulk of the collection and date from 1815 to 1876.
The diaries appear chronologically before the catalog of books and the various family documents. The 2009...
Dates:
1805-ca. 2005; Majority of material found within 1815-1876
Justus Post Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1242
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of letters, financial documents, and biographical and estate records of Justus Post spanning from 1807 to circa 1999. The bulk of the collection consists of letters, and several transcriptions, written by Justus Post to his older brother, John Post, from 1807 to 1821. The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Justus wrote the earliest letters, 1807-1814, while in the army and stationed at various places such West Point,...
Dates:
1807-ca. 1999; Majority of material found within 1807-1821
The Potter's Wheel Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1621
Scope and Contents
The collection contains sixteen issues of The Potter’s Wheel and twelve issues of the criticism pages. Various other works are also included: a Christmas Remembrance Book; five published copies of “From the Potter’s Wheel”; a booklet “The Soul’s Inheritance” by George Cabot Lodge, bound by W. Parrish; two handwritten copies of “Ye Comet’s Tale” by V. Colby and W. Parrish; “The Pursuit of the Ideal,” a play written by the March Hare; a sheet of handmade...
Dates:
1904-1907
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