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Appelbaum Family Papers, 1942-1946, 1971-1975 (S0088)
1 cubic foot
The Appelbaum Family Papers contain a scrapbook created by Marie C. Hamacher Appelbaum, documenting her son Lawrence T. Appelbaum's service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The scrapbook consists of correspondence, photographs, greeting cards, and newspaper clippings Lawrence T. Appelbaum sent her from 1942 to 1946. Additionally, the collection includes World War II Marine Corps photographs and two genealogical books written by Marie Hamacher Appelbaum.
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Architecture Collection, 1928-1989 (S1051)
0.2 cubic feet
The Architecture collection contains three booklets published in 1928 written about the use of marble in various types of buildings found within the urban landscape. The supplemental materials include an architectural bibliography, photographs of various buildings, and a portrait of an unidentified woman.
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James Arrot Letter, 1840 (C2614)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter to a colleague describing St. Louis.
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Artist Presentation Society Records, 1946-2014 (S0249)
0.08 cubic foot
The Artist Presentation Society Records contain bylaws, meeting minutes, and programs pertaining to the organization’s mission to advance young classical musician’s careers by holding annual auditions and hosting concerts for the winners. Topics of interest include concert ticket sales, audition applicant requirements, membership outreach, and the concert series Prelude Performances, co-sponsored by the Sheldon Concert Hall.
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Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis Records, 1960-2006 (S0848)
85 cubic feet
The Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis Records contains correspondence, meeting minutes, news releases, reports, and photographs pertaining to its mission to support and fund cultural and educational organizations in the St. Louis area. The materials in this collection date from 1960 to 2006.
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William Henry Ashley Letter, 1837 (C2541)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Concerns purchase of residence in Virginia for Ashley's sister and purchase by Chouteau and Ashley of land between Arrow Rock and Boonville.
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William Henry Ashley Letter, 1825 (C1939)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letter relating to Ashley's Rocky Mountain explorations. Apparently draft of letter sent. Also typed copy.
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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now Records, 1972-1980 (S0040)
1 cubic foot, 52 folders
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform NOW (ACORN) contains bylaws, correspondence, newsletters, issue statements, and press releases relating to the group's mission to fight for social and economic justice for low and moderate-income families in Missouri.
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Association of Family Women Collection, 1975-1980 (S0102)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
The Association of Family Women Collection contains newsletters, a brochure, a flyer, and a newspaper clipping, pertaining to the group’s mission to address problems faced by wives and mothers in American society.
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Association of St. Louis Area Archivists Records, 1971-2015 (S0849)
3.5 cubic feet
The Association of St. Louis Area Archivists Records contains meeting minutes, bylaws, correspondence, annual reports, financial records, membership surveys, and newsletters relating to the organization's mission to promote cooperation among archival professionals in the bi-state region and disseminate archival best practices through workshops and educational programs. The topics covered in this collection include the organization’s programming, design, and dissemination of membership surveys; hosting archival education workshops; developing new membership packets and brochures; and the Midwest Archives Conference held in St. Louis in 1981.
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Bertram Atwater Photographs, 1894 (S0563)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection consists of copy negatives of photographs of Union Station taken in 1894 by Bertram E. Atwater. Atwater was a professional photographer hired to take publication-relations photographs of the new Union Station. He was murdered in Webster Groves in 1896, resulting in the first double-hanging in St. Louis.
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Alois Aufrichtig Papers, 1888-1912 (C0284)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Records of the owner of a St. Louis company specializing in brewery equipment. Correspondence, patent, and orders and accounts.
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Auroran Club, Phyllis Wheatley Branch, YWCA Scrapbooks, 1958-1981 (S0391)
0.25 cubic feet
The Auroran Club, Phyllis Wheatley Branch, YWCA Scrapbooks collection contains programs, histories, photographs, newspaper clippings, and invitations of the Auroran Club of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Metro St. Louis.
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Austin Family Papers, 1944-1946 (S0474)
0.2 cubic feet
The Austin Family Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, a pamphlet, and a newspaper clipping documenting the military service of the Austin, Campbell, and Myers families. Materials of interest include photographs of Private James David Campbell (1920-1967) serving overseas in Germany during World War II.
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Peter E. Austin Papers, 1860-1861 (C1812)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Tickets to Missouri Medical College lectures.
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Bacon & Hyde Company Price List, 1845 (C0221)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Price list of a St. Louis firm selling drugs, paints, dyestuffs, surgical instruments, glassware, spices, and paper.
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Bacon-Defoe Cemetery Restoration Photographs, 1970, no date (P0929)
24 photographs
Original photos used in publication "Bacon-DeFoe Cemetery Restoration, St. Louis Co., 1970"
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Howard F. Baer Papers, 1960-1998 (S0038)
5 cubic feet
The Howard F. Baer Papers contain correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting his activities as a St. Louis Zoological Sub District Commission member from 1979 to 1984 and his time as a Trustee of the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1937 to 1985. Also included in the collection is Baer's autobiography, "An Ordinary Man."
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George Grantham Bain Papers, 1891 (C1743)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of George Grantham Bain contain letters about newspaperman Bain from Charles Ritch Johnson and the Saint Louis GLOBE-DEMOCRAT managing editor, May 8-9, 1891. The papers also include a biographical sketch of Bain with compliments from other journalists about his work.
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Katherine Bain Papers, 1920-1976 (C3706)
0.7 cubic feet (55 folders)
Papers of a prominent Missouri pediatrician, 1927-1940; administrator, U.S. Children's Bureau, 1940-1972; member of U.S. delegation to the executive board, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) , 1957-1973. Material on maternal and child health care in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, 1956-1970; and information on U.S. contribution to UNICEF.
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Martha Baker Papers, 1929-1983 (S0308)
1 cubic foot
The Mary Baker Papers contain correspondence, photographs, family trees, family histories, and a marriage certificate pertaining to the Baker, Owens, Smelser, Dieffenbach, Eoff, and Grinstead families.
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Bakers' Union, Local 4 Records, 1897-1958 (S0182)
7 microfilm rolls
St. Louis German bakers sent delegates to the first national meeting of bakers in Pittsburgh in February 1886 and received a charters as No. 15. The local supported the eight-hour movement and helped organize the Central Trades and Labor Union. Rivalry with the English-speaking local was resolved in 1906 when both united as Local No. 4. The collection includes executive board membership and social club minutes, financial records, and membership lists. Some volumes are in German.
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Bakers' Union, Local No. 4 Collection, 1911, 1916 (S0117)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection includes a photograph circa 1911 of unidentified bakers, a photocopy of the Silver Jubilee edition of The Bakers’ Journal from 1911, and a photocopy of the 1916 30th-anniversary souvenir program for Bakers’ Union, Local No. 4.
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Claude I. Bakewell Papers, 1946-1952 (C2346)
1.6 cubic feet
Correspondence and congressional material of a Republican representative from Missouri's 11th congressional district to the 80th and 82nd Congresses.
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G.W. Ballow Letter, 1862 (C0223)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Guerrilla warfare and recruiting of troops in Missouri.
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Fred R. Balsiger Collection, 1904 (P0092)
90 photographs
90 b/w and color lantern slides of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
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Baltzer Photograph Collection, 1890-1920 (S1223)
0.25 cubic foot
The Baltzer Photograph Collection contains approximately 450 photographs and negatives chronicling the lives of two brothers who were born in St. Louis, Victor and Arwed Baltzer.
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Bank of Missouri Note, 1817 (C2081)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Three-dollar bank note payable to G. Hales, signed by Aug. Chouteau, president, and Lilburn W. Boggs, cashier, of a St. Louis bank, April 22, 1817.
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Charles Bannister Photograph Collection, 1940s-1950s (S0583)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder, 31 photographs
Charles Bannister worked as a photographer in his native St. Louis, Missouri. The collection contains thirty images documenting African Americans in St. Louis, civil rights activists, prominent entertainers, nightlife, and the Lamb’s Club on Delmar.
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Thomas Swain Barclay Papers, 1912-1935 (C3938)
3 cubic feet (69 folders)
Papers of Thomas Swain Barclay, a member of the American Red Cross during World War I, and member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Missouri. Personal and professional correspondence, wartime diary, overseas duty related papers, newsletters and programs, photographs, and miscellaneous material collected from his various associations. Also research material on Champ Clark.
Barclay-D'Arcy Family Papers, 1907-1940 (S0267)
1 cubic foot
The Barclay-D’Arcy family papers consist of correspondence, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, school records, and ephemera pertaining to the Barclay and D'Arcy family's involvement in World War I, the American Red Cross, the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, and the University of Missouri. Key figures included in this collection are George Reppert Barclay, Lillie Isadora Barclay, Thomas Swain Barclay, and Julia D’Arcy. Of note are letters sent from Thomas to his mother and father describing the economic, political, and social climate in postwar Europe.
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Barnes Medical College Notebooks, 1902-1905 (S1075)
0.4 cubic foot
The Barnes Medical College Notebooks document the classroom experiences of students who attended Barnes Medical College from 1902 to 1905.
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Alfred Edward Barnes Jr. Architectural Collection, 1888-1959 (K0004)
150 c.f.
Architectural drawings, renderings, photographs, specifications and correspondence of the architectural firm Hoit, Price and Barnes and its predecessors.
Jesse William Barrett Papers, 1905-1953 (C0009)
21.75 cubic feet (1,902 folders), 11 volumes, 2 card files
The papers of a St. Louis lawyer and politician; attorney general of Missouri, 1921-1925; Republican candidate for governor in 1936; commander of the Missouri Department of the American Legion, 1932-1933; and president of the Missouri Bar Association, 1933-1934. The collection includes material about the American Legion, Methodist Episcopal Church, Culver-Stockton College, Barrett’s St. Louis law practice, term as attorney general, Missouri Bar Association, business and family, and Republican Party campaigns and elections.
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E. Cave Barrow Collection, 1871-1948 (C2666)
0.2 cubic feet, 8 rolls of microfilm
St. Louis Whiskey Ring. Microfilm of newspapers, O.E. Babcock papers, B.H. Bristow papers, LIFE OF EMORY STORRS (1886), pardon papers. Barton-Turner letters, 1874-1875. Internal Revenue booklets, 1872, 1873, 1948. CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR, ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION, ST. LOUIS, 1933.
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Robert Bartlett Financial Records, 1846-1850 (S1138)
0.02 cubic foot
The collection contains one ledger reflecting Bartlett's financial activities in 1846 and served as exhibit A in a court case held in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Bates Family Papers, 1827-1928 (S0797)
0.25 cubic foot, 87 photographs
The Bates Family Papers is comprised of correspondence, wedding announcements, newspaper clippings, books, and photographs relating to the Bates and Keith families. Materials of interest include the wedding book of Henry Clay and Ruby Bixler and "The Language of Flowers," a book of poetry that belonged to Mary Bates. Also included in the collection are photographs of family members and friends in the form of prints, tintypes, and ambrotypes.
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Anna and Dehn Batschelett House (La Due, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1976 (C0828)
6 oversize items
The collection contains the line drawings for the Batschelett House in La Due, Missouri, including: location map; partial site plan; foundation and floor plans; a general section; north, south, east, and west elevations; door and window elevations; and profiles of details. Documentation was undertaken as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey through the U.S. National Park Service Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, John A. Huffman, architect. Drawings by Tony Apostolaros.
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Royal D.M. Bauer Papers, 1895-1919 (C0072)
0.4 cubic feet
Correspondence of a naval yeoman, 1916-1919, primarily to his sister, Gladys Bauer, and friend, Helen Elizabeth Clark. Diary of his service at Great Lakes, IL, and Guipavas Finistere and Brest, France. Copies of the GREAT LAKES BULLETIN and GREAT LAKES RECRUIT, 1918. 1895 photograph of Franklin County, MO, officials.
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Nanette Baz-Dresh Manuscript, 1982 (S0024)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains one manuscript titled “Shakesperean Plays in St. Louis in the Nineteenth Century”. Nanette Baz-Dresch wrote the manuscript for a class at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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Beatty Family Papers, 1930s-1997 (CA6634)
1.0 cubic feet, 3 oversize volumes, 1 oversize item
The papers of the Beatty family of Franklin County and St. Louis, Missouri, include scrapbooks, photograph albums, diplomas, diaries, and miscellaneous material.
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Beauvais Manor Records, 1834-1999 (S0611)
11 cubic feet, 183 folders, 298 photographs
The Women's Christian Association of St. Louis began an effort to open an elder care facility in June 1880. It purchased a building, Beauvais Manor on South Grand, in May 1882, and opened the facility under the name St. Louis Memorial Home. The collection includes annual reports, minute books, resident applications, a legal file on the home's Baxter Road property, financial and administrative records, and photographs.
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June Wuest Becht Papers, 1904-2010 (S0312)
9.5 cubic feet
The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, lesson plans, and newspapers documenting June Wuest Becht's career as a writer and lecturer focused on the Olympics, including the 1904 Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, women in the Olympics, and women in sports.
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Belchamber Family Papers, 1892-1993 (CG0041)
3.2 c. f.
The Belchamber family papers contain photographs, correspondence and scrapbooks from the Belchamber family and its various branches. This collection also includes photographs and memorabilia relating to Will Mayfield College in Marble Hill, the Iron Mountain Railroad, and regional buildings and environs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Bellarmine Conference of the Manresan Society Records , 1943-2011 (S0357)
1.5 cubic feet
This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, and a constitution of a Catholic men's group, documenting their mission to attain spiritual perfection based on the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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Bellefontaine Cemetery Association Photographs, 1958 (P1170)
Snapshots of Governor Sterling Price's monument in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, 1958.
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Bellville Family Papers, 1909-1944 (S0771)
0.1 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains corresponden to and from members of the Bellville family.
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Bemis Bag Company Records, 1858-1976 (S0683)
2 cubic feet, 30 folders, 83 photographs, 1 scrapbook
Judson Moss Bemis and his brother, Stephen Allen Bemis, established the Bemis Company in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1874. The company manufactured bags, primarily for seed, and later expanded its product offerings to include packaging for food, chemicals, and pharmaceutical supplies. The materials in this collection contain correspondence, yearbooks, reports, and photographs documenting the company's day-to-day operations.
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Adam Bence Arithmetic Notebook, 1839 (C2471)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Arithmetic by Adam Bence, done at Dr. Winright's English and Mathematical Academy, St. Louis, MO.
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Benito Juarez Society Records, 1970-1971 (S1202)
0.25 cubic foot
Festival programs and histories of the Benito Juarez Society, which promotes Mexican culture.