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Thomas J. Sicking Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3354
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of correspondence and memos, newspaper clippings, printing industry job descriptions, and a large number of business cards. It is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from 1970 to 1997.
The small collection includes materials that relate to Sicking’s professional activities in the printing industry, to his involvement with veterans’ organizations, and to controversy surrounding the VP Fair in 1988. Sicking collected a 1970 essay...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-1997
Sievers Studio Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0403
Scope and Contents
The Sievers Studio Collection contains the full surviving work of the commercial photography studio Sievers Studio. The collection documents everyday life in a major Midwestern city from the studio’s opening in 1917 through its close in 1989.
Sievers Studio photographed a wide variety of subjects, including corporate groups, large and small businesses, conventions, family events, studio portraits, advertising photographs, new residential and commercial construction, and...
Dates:
1917-1995
Ray Simon Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1269
Scope and Contents
The Ray Simon Collection documents Simon's involvement in the gay community during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly his involvement with the local response to the AIDS crisis.One set of photographs shows the October 1988 display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington, D. C. This was the second time that the quilt was displayed in its entirety, following the first display at the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. St. Louis had an active chapter...
Dates:
1988-1998
Morton Singer Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3214
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of correspondence, notes, news articles, and publications relating primarily to Dr. Morton Singer’s AIDS and LBGTQ activism from 1990 to 1996. The bulk of the papers date from 1991 to 1993 and are arranged alphabetically by topic.
Files relating to ACT UP/STL contain correspondence, flyers for meetings and demonstrations, and notes by Dr. Singer for press conferences. On December 1, 1992, ACT UP/STL held a candlelight vigil...
Dates:
1990-1996; Majority of material found within 1991-1993
Rudolph Singer Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3026
Scope and Contents
With only a few exceptions, all of these documents and letters have been published in Never Forget: My Family’s Flight from Nazi Terror by Tom Singer (Missouri History Museum Library call number: St.L./B/Si617n). The book recounts the Singers’ flight to America and their time New York City before coming to St. Louis and provides some genealogy for the Stern and Singer families.
The collection consists of correspondence and personal documents concerning...
Dates:
1918-1945
Sinking of the Steamer Golden Eagle album
Collection
Identifier: P1159
Scope and Contents
The Sinking of the Steamer Golden Eagle album contains snapshots documenting the sinking of the Golden Eagle steamboat in the Mississippi River. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption providing a first-hand narrative account of the events. Photos show passengers boarding the boat at the St. Louis levee; passengers on a wooded island after being evacuated from the sinking boat; and the Golden Eagle listing and half-submerged in the river. The album was created by an unknown passenger on...
Dates:
1947
Joseph Aime Sire Letter
Collection
Identifier: A3185
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one autograph letter signed by Joseph A. Sire to Pierre Chouteau, Jr. regarding competition in the fur trade. The letter is in French and is dated May 6, 1852.
With the letter Sire transmitted returns from agents in the field to Chouteau, which are not present. He commented upon the low volume of furs reported by not only their agents but also by its competitors: "It would seem that our opponents must be doing a very...
Dates:
1852 May 6
Dorothy Lefler Sitton Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3168
Scope and Contents
The collection contains music ephemera collected by Dorothy Lefler Sitton dating from 1937 to approximately 1965. The earliest items bear the name Dorothy Lefler; a later item dated after 1947 is inscribed “Dorothy Sitton.” The collection is arranged chronologically.
The earliest item is a card logging lesson payments to the William A. Lewis Music Studio paid from April 1937 to April 1938 for Miss Dorothy Lefler. A small bound record book with no...
Dates:
1937-ca. 1965
Thomas K. Skinker Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1517
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886.
This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the...
Dates:
1839-1924
Slaves and Slavery Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1518
Scope and Contents
The Slaves and Slavery Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. Approximately half of the documents in the collection are receipts for sales of slaves, some of which were recorded in various courts. The collection also includes deeds of emancipation; personal correspondence; and broadsides offering rewards for the capture of runaway slaves.
Dates:
1772-1950
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- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 12
- Gephardt, Richard A. (Richard Andrew), 1941- 10
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- Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014 8
- Prince, Vida Goldman Sister, 1933- 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
- Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis 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
- Boy Scouts of America 4
- Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842 4
- Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 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
- 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
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- 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
- Davis, Julia, 1891-1993 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 ∧ less
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