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Rev. Walter H. Schwane Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3183
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, newspapers and clippings, photos, and notes about the Katie Jane Memorial Home fire that occurred on Sunday, February 17, 1957, in Warrenton, Missouri. Rev. Walter Schwane was conducting a worship service when the fire occurred and saved several bed-ridden and trapped residents. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and/or type of document. It dates from 1955 to 2021 with large gaps: 1960-1967, 1969-1996, 1998-2013, and...
Dates:
1955-2021; Majority of material found within 1957 Feb-Mar
Richard M. Sharp Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0955
Scope and Contents
The Richard M. Sharp Photograph Collection contains 220 photographs documenting Sharp’s experiences serving in the Vietnam War with the 84th Engineer Battalion. Sharp served in Vietnam from 1966-1968, and he may have spent time in an American military camp near the city of Qui Nhon. Photographs show everyday life in the camp, including Sharp and his fellow soldiers at work on various construction projects and relaxing off-duty. Photographs also show a large crowd of soldiers watching...
Dates:
1966-1968
Michael Shepley Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3205
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of personal correspondence, two manuscripts, and newspaper clippings concerning Michael Shepley, his family, and his friends. There are also several publications relating to gay rights activities in New York City in the early 1970s. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic/personal name and date from 1947 to 2020. The bulk of the papers date from 1967 to 1976 with significant gaps from 1987 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2017.
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Dates:
1947-2020; Majority of material found within 1967-1976
Michael Shepley Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1080
Scope and Contents
The Michael Shepley Photograph Collection contains photographs of Michael Shepley from his childhood through adulthood. The collection includes pictures of Shepley as a child; with school friends; with his father, Ethan A.H. Shepley, Jr.; at a campaign event for his grandfather, Ethan A.H. Shepley, Sr.’s, gubernatorial campaign; during his work as a publicity assistant at The Muny; and as an adult with his partner, Leonard Peters, including one photo of the couple at a New York City Gay...
Dates:
ca. 1961-1985
Charles Howard and Opal Winifrede Sheppard Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3093
Scope and Contents
The collection contains mostly correspondence along with some photographs, newspaper clippings, military records, and probate records relating to the Howard and Opal Sheppard family. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic and type of document and span from 1916 to 1965 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1916 to 1921. Most of the collection is comprised of correspondence between Howard and Opal from 1916 to July 1921, when they married. There are several date gaps in...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1965; Majority of material found within 1916-1921
James Sherman World War II Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3096
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised primarily of letters written and received by James Sherman while he served in the U.S. Navy during the final 17 months of World War II. There are also documents relating to Sherman’s military service and his discharge. The papers are divided into two series: Correspondence and Subject Files. The Correspondence series is arranged chronologically; the Subject Files...
Dates:
1943-1946; Majority of material found within 1944 July-1945 Sept
William Tecumseh Sherman Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1508
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence and invitations. The majority of the collection consists of documents written by W.T. Sherman during the course of his military career. Most of the documents are original although some photocopies and facsimiles are present.
Folder 1 contains correspondence relating to Sherman’s early military service as a commissary officer in St. Louis and New Orleans, his years as a banker in the employment of...
Dates:
1850-1916
Shew and Yee Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1303
Scope and Contents
The Shew and Yee Family Photograph Collection contains 10 prints made from scanned files, one notecard, and one scanned file. The colleciton documents two Chinese immigrant families in St. Louis' Chinatown, also known as Hop Alley. Two of the prints contain two images each, for a total of 14 images. Yee family photos show Weeget (b. 1880) and Nong Yee (b. 1893) with their children: Hackman Yee (b. 1924), Rose Yee Shew (1925-1994), Dickman Yee (b. 1926), Jackman Yee (b. 1929), Lily Yee (b....
Dates:
Majority of material found in ca. 1931-1956
Robert A. Shields Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3355
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one letter written to Shields by a Royal Air Force serviceman and two newspapers clippings. The items are arranged chronologically and are dated 1942 and 1992.
Bob Shields was 15 years old in 1942 and recalled answering a pen pal advertisement in a comic book. He was paired with a Royal Air Force serviceman named Fred who wrote to him on 6 September 1942 from Darwen, Lancashire, England. Fred referred to a letter he received from Bob and...
Dates:
1942-1992
Michael K. Shreves (Michelle McCausland) Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3231
Scope and Contents
The collection pertains to Michelle McCausland’s (Michael Shreves’s) participation in Missouri and St. Louis pageants that were preliminaries for the Miss Gay America pageant and a program for a celebration of life held in August 2022. Pageant-related items include certificates from the Miss Gay Missouri 2012 pageant and a judges workbook from the Miss Gay St. Louis America pageant held at Hamburger Mary’s (3037 Olive St.) on February 17, 2013. There is a large date gap from...
Dates:
2012-2022.; Majority of material found within 2012-2013
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