Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)

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St. Louis. Stage performances of Julia Marlowe, Joe Emmett, and
Collie Parker in St. Louis.
f. 65-71 1891. Letters from family and friends. Theater programs; invitation to
masquerade party at McCauley’s Hall in Washington, D.C. Reception
for Episcopal Bishop Daniel Tuttle at Grant Hotel in Rolla.
Description of funeral of General William Tecumseh Sherman; picture
of Sherman’s home in St. Louis. Clara Morris, Sarah Bernhardt, and
Maggie Mitchell on stage in St. Louis; Forepaugh’s Circus in St. Louis
and Springfield; lecturer Bill Nye. Electric street lights turned on on
Garrison Avenue in St. Louis. Indian and minstrel shows in
Springfield. Mention of Grover Cleveland. Mitchell’s accounts for
December 1891.
f. 72-80 1892. Expense accounts, April-November. Treasurer’s reports for
Washington, D.C., White Star League, 1892. Final examinations,
Washington, D.C., National University Law School. Eulogies for
Congressman W.H.T. Lee, son of Robert E. Lee. World’s Fair
appropriations bill in Congress. Governor Thomas Seay of Alabama.
Cockrell campaign. Map showing districts, wards, population, and
votes in St. Louis. Gorten’s Minstrels in Jefferson City. Schedule of
1892 hack line service out of Crocker, Missouri.
f. 81-87 1893-1894. Politics, life as senate messenger, social life in Rolla.
Mitchell family genealogy. E.Y. Mitchell, Sr., obtains Rolla
postmastership in unsanctioned election. Waynesville postmaster
appointed. Minstrel show, scarlet fever, lecture by Bill Nye,
preparation of a race track, and concert in Rolla. Description of
World’s Columbian Exposition, Hotel Barnum, and cable cars in
Chicago. Train robbery at St. James. Letters describing visit to France.
Description of Coxey’s Army in Washington, D.C.
f. 88-107 1895. Practice of law and social events in Springfield. Attempt to
move Missouri state capitol to Sedalia. Democratic silver convention
at St. Louis. Confederate Decoration Day at Springfield. Greene
County Democratic convention. Planning free silver lecture tour for
R.P. Bland.
f. 108-120 1896. Republican national convention, St. Louis. Democratic national
convention, Chicago, and state convention, Jefferson City. R.P. Bland
nominated for president, then name withdrawn. Ballots at national
convention. David R. Francis replaces Hoke Smith as secretary of the
interior. Democratic national committee headquarters in Chicago.
Campaign committee gold bugs. Free silver and gold standard lectures.
Campaign books. Effort to get Missouri Populist candidate for U.S.
Senate to withdraw in favor of Bland. Mitchell’s letters written aboard
special campaign train of William Jennings Bryan in Wisconsin and
Nebraska. Bryan defeated, Bland reelected to congress. Lillian Russell
and Bryan hunting in Taney County.
f. 121-171 1897-1907. Mitchell’s position as commissioner in southern Missouri
from 1898 to 1902. Correspondence relating to his position on the