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Bartlett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1975
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an 1860 diary to the Pikes Peak gold rush region; memoirs of Aurelius T. Bartlett, dated March 20, 1890, describing his Civil War service; official papers relating to Bartlett’s Civil War service; and other Bartlett family papers.
Dates:
1860-1957
Baseball and Sports Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0090
Scope and Contents
The Baseball and Sports Collection consists of items relating to professional and minor league sports, high school sports, and other organized sports in St. Louis. The collection includes souvenir programs, tickets, score cards, rule books, newspaper clippings, and other sports-related items. The majority of the collection focuses on St. Louis professional baseball teams, the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns.
The baseball portion of the...
Dates:
1867-2002
Edward Bates Civil War Letter
Collection
Identifier: A3107
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one autograph letter signed by Edward Bates to his private secretary, Edmund Clarence Stedman, in Washington, D.C., dated 19 July 1863. Bates was in St. Louis and at his country house visiting family. He wrote about the state of affairs in the St. Louis area, where the war had taken its toll on personal relationships: “Our society is shivered into splinters – all the active rebels are one, & many of them are dead; but their families and friends are still...
Dates:
1863 July 19
George W. Baumhoff Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0096
Scope and Contents
Legal, business, and personal papers relating to property owned by George W. Baumhoff and family between Big Bend Road and the Meramec River in St. Louis County. The files document the record of title to the land and the way it was sold in more than 30 parcels by the family after the death of George W. Baumhoff in 1941.
Dates:
1900-1950
Nathan Belcher Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0104
Scope and Contents
Papers consist of genealogical information and correspondence of the Belcher family. Most of the letters are addressed to Nathan Belcher in New London, Connecticut, from his brothers and sisters across the United States. The earliest letters are from Nathan’s father, William Belcher. Nathan’s brothers wrote to him many times regarding their business, social, and personal affairs. The letters of William H. and Charles Belcher, dated 1842 to 1872, deal with the operation of the...
Dates:
1834-1885
Kenneth G. Bellairs Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0105
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence and newsclippings concerning police matters; mementoes of the Maxwell-Preller murder case which shocked St. Louis in the 1880s; copies of reports and stories of police cases; a series of clippings and letters concerning Missouri governor Joseph W. Folk (1904-1908), a longtime friend of Bellairs.
The biographical folder (folder 1) contains clippings of obituaries, news articles about members of the Bellairs family,...
Dates:
1892-1942
Frank H. Below Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0106
Scope and Contents
The papers include letters of Frank and Nellie Below, 1924-1926 (including Nellie’s letters describing her trip to Europe); letters of Louis and Dorcas Wolf, 1922-1926; the correspondence of Augustus Hager Bryant, 1924-1938; business papers regarding the Simmons Hardware Company, 1895-1923; Frank Below’s garden/farm journal, 1896; Keen Kutter poetry; 1st Missouri Home Guard Regiment papers, ca. 1915; maps; certificates of membership and stock; and photographs and family memorabilia.
Dates:
1896-1942
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
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