Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Charles E. and James E. Bradley Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3062
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters written by James Bradley and a journal kept by Charles Bradley. There are also copies and transcripts of these items along with Bradley family information. The James Bradley letters date from November 1863 to May 1864 and 1869; there are no letters from 1865 to 1868. The Charles Bradley journal dates from January 1869 to January 1876 with one entry added on 14 September 1913.
There is one folder of letters written by James Bradley to either his...
Dates:
1863-1913; Majority of material found within 1863-1876
Conrad Theodore Fehlig Diaries
Collection
Identifier: A3222
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four personal pocket diaries kept by Theodore Fehlig from the years 1902, 1904, 1912, and 1913. The majority of the entries are written in English, but a few entries in the 1902 diary and an enclosed newspaper clipping are in German. The diaries are arranged chronologically.
Most of the entries focus on daily weather conditions, farming activities, and family members. Fehlig used the memoranda and accounts pages at the end...
Dates:
1902-1913
Caroline L. Bowes Kennedy Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3098
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two letters, an account statement, and a travel journal written by Caroline L. Bowes Kennedy (Carrie). Items date from 1859, 1864, and 1878 to 1879, and are arranged chronologically. The 1879 travel journal comprises the largest portion of the collection.
The two earliest items relate to Carrie’s parents. The first is an account of the estate of Daniel Bowes with Charles Eberle for services rendered at the funeral of Daniel Bowes dated 9 September...
Dates:
1859-1879
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
LaMotte-Coppinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0869
Scope and Contents
The LaMotte-Coppinger Papers include letters, land deeds, photographs, receipts, inventories, journals, and other miscellaneous material concerning LaMotte’s time in war and his descendant’s family matters.
The Joseph LaMotte Series is a compilation arranged chronologically of all letters and postcards received and written by the LaMotte family ranging from 1804-1934. The earliest letters concerned the Chambers family and their...
Dates:
1800-1989
Saint Louis Gay and Lesbian Community Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1422
Scope and Contents
The collection contains fliers, newsletters, event programs and invitations, meeting minutes, advertisements, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other material documenting the social activities and activism of the St. Louis LGBTQ community and their allies with a small amount of material on Kansas City events.
Dates:
1980-2019; Majority of material found within 1989-1998