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Harold William Westbrook Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3028
Scope and Contents
The collection contains twelve letters and five postcards written by H.W. Westbrook to his friend, Eugenia Cayce. The letters and postcards date from December 9, 1917, to April 2, 1919, and detail Westbrook’s time in the United States Army in France, Germany, and Luxembourg during World War I.
Dates:
1917-1919
Western Travel Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1734
Scope and Contents
The Western Travel 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. The collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1766-1968
Wet Willy's Water Slide (Peerless Park, Mo.) Architectural Drawings
Collection
Identifier: A3126
Scope and Contents
The architectural drawings are blueline copies comprised of six numbered sheets dated from November to December 1978. The sheets include a site plan which shows the entire facility including the slide flumes and lower pool; floor plans and elevations for the building; various plans, details, and sections for the pool and building; and electrical and mechanical plans. There is also a logo for the business in the margins of the drawings.
A stamp on the verso of Sheet 6 provides...
Dates:
1978
Whitman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1743
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Whitman family correspondence, including 17 letters and notes written by Walt Whitman, which were published in Edwin Haviland Miller, “New Letters of Walt Whitman,” Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Volume XVI, Number 2, January 1960.
Dates:
1855-1946
Dr. James M. Whittico Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1168
Scope and Contents
The Dr. James M. Whittico Photograph Collection documents Dr. Whittico’s career as one of the most prominent African American physicians in St. Louis, as well as his involvement in a variety of fraternal and civic organizations. The collection also documents the personal lives of Dr. Whittico and his wife Gloria Thompson Whittico. The collection includes formal studio portraits, candid shots by professional photographers, informal snapshots, slides, and albums.Dr. Whittico ran a...
Dates:
Majority of material found in ca. 1899-2010
Dr. James M. Whittico Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3340
Scope and Contents
The papers include correspondence, speeches, news articles, programs, and various organizational records pertaining primarily to the medical career and civic activities of Dr. James M. Whittico, Jr. There are also documents relating to Whittico’s military service during World War II; to his wife, Gloria Thompson Whittico; and to his parents, Dr. James M. Whittico, Sr. and Nannie Whittico. The papers are arranged into three series: Personal series,...
Dates:
1928-2018; Majority of material found within 1965-2015
Kathlyn Wieland Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1008
Scope and Contents
The Kathlyn Wieland Collection contains one scrapbook documenting Helen Penhall and her classmates at Bryan Mullanphy School and one photograph showing a 1913 confirmation class. The scrapbook and photograph do not appear to be related.The scrapbook was created by Helen Penhall (1919-2007), and the cover is titled "Classmates and School Memories." The bulk of the material focuses on Helen's time at Bryan Mullanphy School, from which she graduated at the age of 15 in January 1935,...
Dates:
1913; 1933-1943
James Wilkinson Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1746
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence to and from General James Wilkinson with several government officials and military officers. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1805-1806, when Wilkinson served as governor of the Louisiana Territory, and discusses administrative affairs of the territory.
Dates:
1788-1932; Majority of material found within 1788-1824
William N. Degenhart Collection
Collection
Identifier: Lib0006
Scope and Contents
This collection contains primarily music books that fall under the genre of opera. These books were collected by William N. Degenhart as he performed around the St. Louis area. Many of the pieces collected were composed by world famous artists like William Shakespeare, Richard Wagner, and Johann Strauss.
Dates:
1900-1950
Found in:
Missouri Historical Society Library
Williams-Creighton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1751
Scope and Contents
The Williams-Creighton Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence between various members of the two families and their friends which document the activities of the family.
The Correspondence to Susan Creighton Williams series focuses mainly on the affairs of her friends and family. It includes one letter written by Susan Williams to an unknown recipient found at the end of the series.
The ...
Dates:
1831-1891
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