Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, account books, daybooks, travel journals, receipts, land descriptions, business cards, calling cards, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, and lecture notes. The Autobiography Series consists of volumes I and II of Edmund Flagg’s handwritten autobiography. The manuscript was written around 1879, but was never published. The manuscript contains a genealogy of the Flagg...

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...

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The Frederick Charles Helfesrieder diary contains information about his life and spending from January to October 1936. The diary also contains addresses of various people who lived in St. Louis. He talks about playing Monopoly with his family, visits to the movies and opera, going to Creve Coeur Lake, his time at night school at Washington University, and spending time with his girlfriend. He resided at 5227 Minerva Avenue.

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Program for the Sharon Bandy and Joan Lipkin play Beyond Stonewall: Why We March.

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Collection consists primarily of programs for various St. Louis theaters, collected by Arthur Emanuel Miller while courting Julia. The description of the folder items includes the date, the name of the production, and the principal actors, whenever such information was listed on the programs.

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The Robert Smith Photograph Collection includes photographs, slides, and drawings documenting the construction of the fountain at the The Muny in Forest Park. Images show construction workers building the fountain, in addition to views of the finished fountain. Several images show the fountain covered in snow. One architectural drawing dated February 1972 shows several conceptual views of the fountain. The fountain was designed by donor Robert Smith.