Business enterprises -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Filley Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0487
Scope and Contents
Papers consist mainly of correspondence of Oliver D. and Giles F. Filley to their family in Connecticut, relating to early ventures in the tin and stove manufacturing business. Giles F. Filley's firm, the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, made the famous "Charter Oak" cooking stove. Also includes records pertaining to affairs and public service of Chauncey Ives Filley. These include Chauncey I. Filley's letterbook, 1862, containing only two letters, one of which discusses railway routes...
Dates:
1740, 1810-1953
Gaebler-Knight Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0543
Scope and Contents
The Gaebler-Knight Collection is comprised of the papers of Adolph Nelson Gaebler (1863-1954), his daughter Anita Gaebler (1892-1977), and Anita’s husband Walter J. Knight (1881-1951). Adolph Gaebler’s papers are predominately business records, correspondence, and real estate papers. The papers of Anita Gaebler and Walter J. Knight are personal correspondence, mostly between the two of them before their marriage in 1914.
The Adolph...
Dates:
1883-1954
Gateway National Bank of St. Louis Records
Collection
Identifier: A0558
Scope and Contents
Records relate primarily to the founding of Missouri's first African American bank. They include Gateway National Bank's feasibility study, March 1964; its prospectus and charter, 1964; by-laws, October 13, 1964; and trust agreement, April 15, 1965. Also includes correspondence and documentation from Douglass State Bank (Kansas City, Kansas) and Riverside National Bank (Houston, Texas), two other African American banks whose officers assisted with the founding of Gateway National Bank. Other...
Dates:
1962-1999; 1962-1966
Edward Field Goltra Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0595
Scope and Contents
The collection includes personal and family correspondence of Edward F. Goltra; papers relating to the various companies he ran; papers relating to his work as a Democratic national committeeman; and papers relating to his civic interests. In the descriptions of the folder contents in this finding aid, the phrase “Correspondents include” indicates that the folder includes correspondence from or to the individuals listed.
Dates:
1853-1949
Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0606
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, a minute and land assessment book, legal papers relating to the property of Charles B. Gratiot and family, and the records of the Gratiot Square Realty and Improvement Company in St. Louis. Among the items included in the collection are papers concerning the acquisition of land by Sandy Annis (a veteran of the 70th U.S. Colored Troops Civil War regiment), correspondence and documents relating to a legal dispute that resulted...
Dates:
1854-1936
John H. Gundlach Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0630
Scope and Contents
The John H. Gundlach Papers consist primarily of correspondence, clippings, notes, memoranda, and printed material that document Gundlach’s activities in city planning and civic affairs, as well as his interest in the theater and collecting manuscripts.
The Civic Affairs Series comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and clippings arranged by the various St. Louis city improvement projects that Gundlach was instrumental in...
Dates:
1848-1927
Edwin W. Henderson Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1827
Scope and Contents
Collection contains receipts, programs, invitations, business cards, and photocopies of newspaper clippings mostly relating to St. Louis.
Dates:
1873-1952
Hewitt-Neff Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2380
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of personal correspondence of the Hewitt-Neff family, including several letters sent to Mrs. Cynthia A. Hewitt and several letters of Frank Adam Neff to his mother. The collection also includes business cards and invitations.
Dates:
1867-1925
Kennett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0812
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during...
Dates:
1840-1932
Maas and Steffen Fur Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2163
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of fur prices, brochures, shipping tags, company letters, and a pamphlet on the fur trade in New Orleans.
Dates:
1838; 1914-1946