Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, invitations, circulars, news clips, manuscripts, Saugrain family baptismal records, land surveys, deeds, obituaries, genealogical information, and the Civil War papers of John Waddell, son-in-law of Dr. Saugrain. Saugrain's letters include information on his 1788 expedition through the Ohio Valley, financed by the Count of Galvey, Viceroy of Mexico, with detailed accounts of his escape from an Indian...

Scope and Contents The Yealy Family Papers consist of property deeds, family records, tax receipts, land surveys, legal documents, and ledgers relating to said family and the Bleifuss Family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The collection is composed largely of land records. Among the records is an agreement dated March 15, 1850, between Joseph and Benjamin Amoureux and the priests of the parish of Ste. Genevieve for a section of land known as the Little Field in New Bourbon....