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Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Robert A. Barnes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A0085
Scope and Contents Collection consists of personal, business, financial, and family papers of Robert A. Barnes, who was a grocer, commission merchant, bank president, stockholder, property owner, and philanthropist. Includes correspondence, bills, receipts, legal papers, property and income tax documents, insurance policies, personal and business accounts, and papers relating to the Barnes estate and the estate of John W. Reel, of which Barnes was the administrator. Also includes numerous bills of lading and...
Dates: 1784-1923; Majority of material found within 1820-1914
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Robert A. Barnes Papers

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Gaebler-Knight Family Papers

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Edward Field Goltra Papers

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
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Kennett Family Papers

Guy W. Oliver Letter

 Collection
Identifier: A3317
Scope and Contents

The letter, dated 26 July 1950, was written by Guy W. Oliver to Charles Murray informing him about the death of Randolph Fairfax “Fax” Funsten. Oliver explained that Gene, Eugene M. Funsten, left Georgia to attend the funeral in St. Louis and will miss Murray’s visit. The letter is typed on R. E. Funsten Company letterhead.

Dates: July 26, 1950
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Guy W. Oliver Letter

Von Phul Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A1697
Scope and Contents The collection contains family correspondence, mainly letters of Anna Maria von Phul, Sarah von Phul (Jordan) Mason, and Graff von Phul to Henry von Phul in St. Louis. The letters mention family news, Anna Maria von Phul’s artwork, soldiers in Lexington just prior to the War of 1812, Henry's business affairs, an 1819 flooding in St. Louis from Chouteau's Pond when the dam gave way, the murder of Elijah Lovejoy, and the Civil War. The collection also...
Dates: 1769-1874; 1953-1954
Found in: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center / Von Phul Family Papers

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