Engineers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Buchanan Eads Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0427
Scope and Contents
The collection contains professional and personal correspondence of James B. Eads with Edward Bates, Gideon Welles, Gustavus Fox, Henry Taylor Blow, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Baron Gerolt, and others. Includes papers relating to Eads' construction of gunboats during the Civil War and the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (also known as the Eads Bridge). The collection also includes 20th-century newspaper clippings regarding James B. Eads and relations; cancelled stock certificates...
Dates:
1776-1974; Majority of material found within 1861-1896
Charles Hees Ledlie Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0883
Scope and Contents
The Charles H. Ledlie Papers consist of correspondence, expense reports, mechanical blueprints, greeting cards, business cards, and newspaper clippings.
The Ledlie Family Series consists of the papers of General James H. Ledlie relating to the purchase of lumber, dredging operations of the Seneca River (New York), and military orders issued to Lieutenant Richardson and Major Kennedy of Company K, 3rd New York Artillery...
Dates:
1856-1906