Scope and Contents The Sinking of the Steamer Golden Eagle album contains snapshots documenting the sinking of the Golden Eagle steamboat in the Mississippi River. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption providing a first-hand narrative account of the events. Photos show passengers boarding the boat at the St. Louis levee; passengers on a wooded island after being evacuated from the sinking boat; and the Golden Eagle listing and half-submerged in the river. The album was created by an unknown passenger on...

Scope and Contents The Steamboats and River History Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of architectural and structural plans signed by F.E. Peltz for two excursion riverboats, President and Admiral. The plans are blueprints and some bluelines dated from July 1932 to April 1938. The folders are arranged alphabetically by boat name. Drawings for the Admiral are blueprints dated mostly from December 1936 to June 1937 and one drawing dated April...