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Alewel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0016
Scope and Contents The collection contains memorabilia mostly concerning Ms. Norma E. Alewel and her father Louis Emil Alewel, including tax receipts and various St. Louis brochures and blueprints of buildings owned by Olivia and Louis Alewel and designed by Julius E. Tarling. The collection includes many photographs of the Alewel family. Box 3 contains several brochures and pamphlets regarding the St. Louis Relief Committee for Central Europe. Box 4 contains a ledger for an upholstery business for Louis E....
Dates: 1893-1966

David Allan, Jr., Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A0017
Scope and Contents The David Allan, Jr., Letters include letters written by Allan from Cape Girardeau and Patterson, Missouri, dated October to December 1862, which briefly describe conditions in southeast Missouri; letters written from Woodville, Alabama, dated January to March 1864; letters written from near Atlanta, dated July to August 1864, including brief accounts of the battles of Atlanta and Ezra Chapel; and account of the Grand Review in Washington, D.C. The collection also includes one letter from...
Dates: 1862-1865

Beverly Allen Estate Records

 Collection
Identifier: A0018
Scope and Contents

The volume contains the records of the administration of the estate of Beverly Allen.

Dates: 1846-1869

D.C. Allen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0019
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of letters of D.C. Allen to the Missouri Historical Society and Walter B. Douglas concerning various types of historical research and a talk he gave at the society. Also includes a funeral card for Mrs. D.C. Allen.

Dates: 1907-1919, 1938

Nathan D. Allen Diary

 Collection
Identifier: A0020
Scope and Contents The diary of Nathan D. Allen contains material on life in Webster Groves, with accounts of the 1849 cholera epidemic, the Civil War in St. Louis, and mentions of meeting Abraham Lincoln and Henry Shaw. The Civil War portion of the diary contains brief entries of general war news and affairs in St. Louis. It includes the following entries relating to the capture of Camp Jackson and related affairs in St. Louis in early May 1861: ...
Dates: 1834-1888

Allen-Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0021
Scope and Contents

The Allen-Rodgers Family Papers consist of correspondence and business papers of Thomas Allen and his family, as well as correspondence and G.A.R. papers of Thomas Rodgers.

Dates: 1858-1924; Majority of material found within 1871-1889

Henry Almstedt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0022
Scope and Contents Collection contains commission and appointments of Henry Almstedt and papers relating to the service of the 1st United States Reserve Corps (3 months) and the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery. Includes letter of William R. Martin to Captain T. Rohe, dated Martinsburgh, Missouri, July 29, 1861, regarding the discovery of the bodies of Benjamin Sharp and Lieutenant Jager; two letters of Joseph Weydemeyer to Almstedt, dated October 3, 1862, and to General Schofield, dated June 3, 1863, regarding...
Dates: 1846-1939; Majority of material found within 1861-1884

Aloe Company Building Time Capsule Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0023
Scope and Contents

The metal capsule, packed with rolls of medical wrapping, was opened on October 10, 1996. It contained over two dozen items, including a letter written by company president Howard F. Baer in September 1940, numerous brochures and catalogs put out by the company, photographs, coins, and a selection of periodicals.

Dates: 1937-1940

Aloe Memorial Plaza Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: A0024
Scope and Contents

Two volumes of scrapbooks titled "A History of Aloe Memorial Plaza, 1929-1940," containing typescript correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Aloe Memorial Plaza and the Milles Fountain in St. Louis.

Dates: 1929-1940

Alton, Illinois, Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0025
Scope and Contents Collection contains records relating to Alton, Illinois, including the following: correspondence of Edward Bliss and his father Elijah Bliss, dated February 11, 1833-September 26, 1834; legal correspondence of William Martin, attorney, dated October 27, 1839-March 10, 1854; Drury, Hayner and Co. correspondence (Nelson and Hayner 1865-1868); Jackel, Kuhn correspondence 1865-1870; letter of John J. Hogan to Rev. James Ryan dated April 11, 1888; notes on Col. Stephen H. Long family and Chouteau...
Dates: 1831-1968

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Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center 564
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United States -- Armed Forces 73
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LGBTQ Collecting Initiative 47
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Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 33
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African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 30
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
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African American Collecting Initiative, 2013- 12
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Lesbian community -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 12
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Steamboats 11
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
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AIDS (Disease)--United States 6
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Finance, Personal 6
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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
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Advertising -- United States 5
African American business enterprises 5
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Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
American poetry -- Women authors 5
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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
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Police shootings -- Missouri -- Ferguson 5
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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
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis 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
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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