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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
John and Helen Smith Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3345
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photocopy of an Emily Sophia Phelps Reed family genealogy, wedding invitations for the children and grandchildren of John Budd Smith and Helen Ida (Phelps) Smith, and photographs of Helen Phelps Smith and various members of her family. The items date from 1893 to 1953 and are arranged alphabetically by type of document.
Wedding invitations for the following family members are included: Martha Harriet Lucklum to Jesse Phelps Smith (1900),...
Dates:
1870-1953
Robert Smith Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1025
Scope and Contents
The Robert Smith Photograph Collection includes photographs, slides, and drawings documenting the construction of the fountain at the The Muny in Forest Park. Images show construction workers building the fountain, in addition to views of the finished fountain. Several images show the fountain covered in snow. One architectural drawing dated February 1972 shows several conceptual views of the fountain. The fountain was designed by donor Robert Smith.
Dates:
1972-1987; Majority of material found in 1972
Morris Sobel WWII Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3232
Scope and Contents
The collection contains primarily correspondence written to Morris Sobel in 1945, U.S. Army forms and publications, and a Missouri State Employment identification card. The collection spans from 1939 to 1945, with the bulk date of 1945, and a gap from 1940 to 1944. Items are arranged alphabetically by type of document/title.
Letters written to Morris Sobel by his friends and family while he was at the U.S. Army’s Ashland General Hospital comprise...
Dates:
1939-1945
Social Planning Council Board of Directors Minutes
Collection
Identifier: A2300
Scope and Contents
The collection contains monthly typescript minutes and financial statements of the Board of Directors of the Social Planning Council, dated October 1941 to December 1945. These minutes include reports of hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, camps and several other types of institutions in St. Louis City and County. The following individuals served as officers of the organization: Dr. Llewellyn Sale (president), Dr. Walter B. Bodenhafer, R. Walston Chubb, John L. Bracken, Rev. Fr. John J....
Dates:
1941 Oct-1945 Dec
Sons of Confederate Veterans Programs
Collection
Identifier: A3352
Scope and Contents
The Sons of Confederate Veterans Programs contains two programs one from April 16-18, 1999 and another from April 25, 1999. The first program is for the Missouri Division- Missouri Society Reunion for the John Sappington Marmaduke Chapter (MOSB) and the second is for Confederate Memorial Day. Inside the Reunion program is two inserts, one about musicians Cathy Barton and Dave Para and another about the Military Order of the Stars and Bars Luncheon.
Dates:
Majority of material found within April 16-18, 1999 and April 25, 1999
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