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Belva Manufacturing Company Flyer
Collection
Identifier: A3307
Scope and Contents
This Belva Manufacturing Company flyer titled “Madame Belva’s Beauty Preparations” includes advertisements for several hair care products including Hair-Rep, over-night pin curl kit, solid brilliantine, fast gloss, and pine oil shampoo.
Dates:
ca. 1940s-1950s
Benoist-Charleville Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0110
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence folder consists of letters written between various family members from 1836 to 1867. Among the correspondence is a letter from Eliza Faris O'Flaherty (mother of author Kate Chopin) to Frederic Charleville, March 10, 1864[?], describing a secret wedding between Eliza's sister Suliame and a Confederate soldier and an incident in which Union soldiers forced O'Flaherty's family to fly an American flag on their house to celebrate the fall...
Dates:
1737-1949
Thomas Hart Benton Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0115
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Hart Benton Collection consists of political correspondence, family letters, family papers, newspaper articles, circulars, photographs, and genealogy and research notes. The collection contains original documents, typescripts, and photostats.
The material in Box 1 relates primarily to Benton's career in the newspaper business in St. Louis and the beginning of his political career. Among the items are letters relating to Benton's involvement...
Dates:
1790-1958
John and Marie Bergmann Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3085
Scope and Contents
The collection contains various documents, correspondence, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings relating to John and Marie Bergmann, seven of their nine children, and two of John Bergmann’s nieces. The files are arranged alphabetically by name of family member (natural order) and date from 1905 to circa 1995. The bulk of the documents date from 1931 to 1956.
The earliest document in the collection is Marie (Happel) Bergmann’s 1905 confirmation certificate. There are also...
Dates:
1905-ca. 1995; Majority of material found within 1931-1956
Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr. Funeral Program
Collection
Identifier: A3302
Scope and Contents
The Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr. “Celebration of Life” funeral program contains the order of service, a lengthy obituary, acknowledgments, and many photographs of Chuck Berry and his family.
Dates:
2017 Apr 9
Joyce Best Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3033
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of materials relating to the Greater St. Louis Committee for Freedom of Residence and programs and certificates relating to the posthumous awarding of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Spirit Award to Margaret “Maggie” Dagen by the University City Board of Education. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic and date from 1961 to 2006 with date gaps from 1967 to 1995 and from 1998 to 2005.
Items documenting the Greater St....
Dates:
1961-2006; Majority of material found within 1962-1966
Big Crank Cycling Club Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1131
Scope and Contents
The Big Crank Cycling Club Photograph Collection documents the activities of the Big Crank Cycling Club, an LGBTQ-oriented bicycle club in the St. Louis area. Photographs show activities such as races, casual rides, social events, and a possible parade. Individual photographs are not identified.
Dates:
2006-2020
Patrice F. Billings Campaign Leaflet
Collection
Identifier: A3275
Scope and Contents
The glossy leaflet, “Billings for Senate,” is printed on card stock and has a photo of Billings. The logo’s design includes a helicopter. One side of the leaflet lists Billings’ career accomplishments, and the other side lists the platform of issues on which she ran.
Dates:
2018
Frederick L. Billon Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0122
Scope and Contents
The papers also include the diary kept by Billon on his travels from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to St. Louis in 1818; notes on outstanding citizens and events of St. Louis, from a village in the early territorial days to the latter part of the nineteenth century; two memoranda books containing Billon's original notes of early marriage, baptismal, and burial records; notes on Benito Vasquez and Joseph Motard; maps, plats, and additions of the town of St. Louis; early wills and documents; and...
Dates:
1673-1877; 1894
Bishop Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3267
Scope and Contents
The Nellie Bishop diaries contain descriptions of day-to-day events and details of her spending for each month. The 1874 diary, presumably written by Richard Thomas Bishop, discusses work life in Redhill, Surrey, England.
Dates:
1874-1972
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