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Advertising Card Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: A0010
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks contain advertising cards, cut-outs, and other material, undated.

Dates: No date

Advertising Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0011
Scope and Contents

Collection contains advertising cards, circulars, etc., for various St. Louis and national businesses.

Dates: 1859-1974

Aeronautics Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0012
Scope and Contents

Collection of correspondence, reports, printed material, and clippings pertaining to St. Louis aviation history. Includes papers relating to the Pioneer Aeroplane and Exhibition Company (1911); the St. Louis Aeronautic Corporation, formed to hold the international air races in St. Louis, October 1-2, 1923; ballooning; and the early history of Lambert St. Louis Flying Field.

Dates: 1830-1984

Agency Bank of the United States of Saint Louis Journal

 Collection
Identifier: A0013
Scope and Contents

Journal, dated September 30, 1836, to November 8, 1849, contains the financial transactions of the Agency Bank of the United States of St. Louis, as maintained by Henry S. Coxe, agent. Although the bank was ordered closed on July 31, 1841, transactions continued until 1849.

Dates: 1836 Sept 30-1849 Nov 8

Agricultural College Lands Plat Books

 Collection
Identifier: A0014
Scope and Contents

Descriptions of land secured in Missouri, arranged by county, township, and range, with annotations as to nature of land and soil.

Dates: No date

William L. Ahrens Military Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A3106
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of U.S. Army documents arranged chronologically issued to William L. Ahrens. The documents include an immunization register dated 1941 to 1944, a 13 July 1945 communication regarding high standard rating in Ahrens’ regiment at Fort McClellan, and discharge papers which include a summary of his military career and a Selective Service notice of classification showing Ahrens’ discharge status.

Dates: 1941-1945

William Louis Ahrens Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1029
Scope and Contents

The William Louis Ahrens Collection contains one hand-colored, black and white studio portrait showing Staff Sergeant William Louis Ahrens wearing his military uniform, ca. 1941.

Dates: ca. 1941

Zoe Akins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0015
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of undated love letters written by William Marion Reedy to Zoe Akins. Also includes an undated play titled "The Wandering Fairies—A Shakespearian Masque for Children" by Zoe Akins, and a typed copy of "The Learned Lady," by Zoe Akins, 1911, from which Act I and portions of Act II are missing. Collection also includes a newspaper article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describing the letters.

Dates: 1911; 1958

Albert George Fischer and Georgena Hendy Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A3281
Scope and Content The collection consists of correspondence of Albert George Fischer and Georgena Hendy during their courtship, engagement, and marriage from 1890 to 1895. The letters dated February 9 to September 22, 1890, were written during the couple’s courtship and engagement and describe Georgena’s life in St Louis and Albert’s life in Springfield, Missouri. The letters dated June 1-24, 1892, were written from Albert to Georgena while Georgena and their daughter Leona were staying with his sister Carrie...
Dates: 1890-1895

Gottlieb Albrecht Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2525
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of deeds, title certificates, and related papers regarding Albrecht family property in U.S. surveys 415 and 1911 in Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County, Missouri. The collection also includes several promissory notes and papers relating to the estate of Samuel Albrecht.

Dates: 1871-1946

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 565
Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department 129
Missouri Historical Society Library 6
 
Subject
United States -- Armed Forces 73
LGBTQ resource 62
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 59
LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 47
Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 40
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Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 33
World War, 1914-1918 32
Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 31
African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 28
United States -- Politics and government 27
World War, 1939-1945 22
Gay community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 21
Portrait Photographs 17
World War, 1939-1945 -- France 17
Missouri -- Politics and government 16
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 16
Indians of North America 14
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 13
Advertising -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
Lesbian community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
African American women -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Civil Rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Families -- Missouri 11
Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 11
Steamboats 11
African American Collecting Initiative, 2013- 10
Artists -- Missouri 9
California -- Gold discoveries 9
Mexican War, 1846-1848 9
Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis 9
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 9
Cholera -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- 1849 8
Diaries 8
Europe -- Description and travel 8
Fur trade -- United States 8
Gay pride celebrations -- Missouri 8
German Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 8
Legislators -- Missouri 8
Love-letters 8
Oral history 8
United States -- History -- War of 1812 8
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 8
Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Baseball -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Clubs -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Deeds -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Jews -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Lawyers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Protest movements -- Missouri -- Ferguson 7
Race discrimination -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 7
Race relations -- Missouri -- Ferguson 7
Real property -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County 7
Soldiers -- United States 7
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Veterans -- United States 7
AIDS (Disease)--United States 6
African Americans 6
Architectural photography 6
Civic leaders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Civil rights 6
Commencement ceremonies 6
Discrimination in housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Education -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Finance, Personal 6
Legislators -- United States 6
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) -- History 6
Military discharge 6
Public schools -- Saint Louis -- Missouri 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century 6
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs 6
Speeches, addresses, etc 6
Teachers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
Theater -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 6
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
Advertising -- United States 5
African American business enterprises 5
African Americans -- Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
American poetry -- Women authors 5
Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
City planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Civil rights workers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Gay men -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Group portraits 5
Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.) 5
Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
Music -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 5
Physicians -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Police -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 5
Police shootings -- Missouri -- Ferguson 5
Police-community relations -- Missouri -- Ferguson 5
Political campaigns 5
Postcards 5
Presidential campaigns 5
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Language
English 691
French 49
German 36
Spanish; Castilian 14
Italian 5
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Names
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 11
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) 9
Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014 8
Prince, Vida Goldman Sister, 1933- 8
United States. Navy 8
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Confederate States of America. Army 7
Gephardt, Richard A. (Richard Andrew), 1941- 7
Oldham, Marian, 1927-1994 6
St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Mo.) 6
Congress of Racial Equality 5
Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887 5
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 5
Missouri Historical Society 5
NAACP (Organization) 5
Oldham, Charles R., 1922-2006 5
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 5
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 4
Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842 4
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 4
Saint Louis (Mo.). Metropolitan Police Department 4
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) 4
St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (1947-) 4
ACT UP/St. Louis (1990-) (Saint Louis, Mo.) 3
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
Boy Scouts of America 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
Freeman, Frankie Muse, 1916-2018 3
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890 3
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis 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
Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813 3
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 3
Teneau, Billie Coil Ames, 1925- 3
United States. Army 3
United States. Coast Guard 3
Urban League (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
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
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
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
Ferguson (Mo.) 2
Frenzel, Milton, 1913-1986 2
Frenzel, Virginia, 1913-2005 2
Fruin-Colnon Contracting Company 2
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan, 1798-1864 2
Garlington, Elizabeth White, 1909-2006 2
Glasgow, William, Jr. (William Ross), 1813-1892 2
Goldenrod (Showboat) 2
Grant, David M., 1903-1985 2
Hadley Vocational School (Saint Louis, Mo.) 2
Hardge, Ernestine R. 2
Hayes, Walter Lee, 1923-1998 2
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