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Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

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A2109<br />

Bolinger, J.<br />

Letter, 1871 Feb 6. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]<br />

Letter signed J. Bolinger, Otterville, <strong>Missouri</strong>, <strong>to</strong> his niece Nancy Fisher regarding <strong>the</strong> death<br />

of her mo<strong>the</strong>r and family news.<br />

Cite as: J. Bolinger Letter, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

Bollinger County, <strong>Missouri</strong>.<br />

Collection, 1860-1908.<br />

Collection title changed <strong>to</strong> Erich Pape Papers.<br />

A0148<br />

Bollinger, Samuel (1871-1941).<br />

Papers, 1908-1969. 4 boxes; 1 volume<br />

Samuel Bollinger was born in Fort Worth, Arkansas, in 1871. The son of German-speaking<br />

immigrants, he studied piano at <strong>the</strong> Leipzig Conserva<strong>to</strong>ry of Music from 1891 <strong>to</strong> 1896, <strong>the</strong>n<br />

established himself as a teacher of piano and composer of some merit in San Francisco, Chicago,<br />

and finally St. Louis, where he resided from 1907 <strong>to</strong> 1928. He was associated with <strong>the</strong><br />

Strassberger Conserva<strong>to</strong>ry of Music in St. Louis. In 1910, he opened his own studio, <strong>the</strong><br />

Bollinger Piano School, located in <strong>the</strong> Odeon Building on Grand Avenue at Finney Street.<br />

Bollinger died April 13, 1941, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.<br />

Papers include both personal and business papers (including an index) and family<br />

pho<strong>to</strong>graphs. Also includes a scrapbook of clippings; programs of Strassberger and Bollinger<br />

Piano School; programs of <strong>the</strong> Bollinger Club; calling cards of Samuel Bollinger; book of<br />

signatures; composition book; daybook for pupils; an unpublished typescript biography titled<br />

"Samuel Bollinger" by Edward Eugene Briscoe, 1955; and a collection of Samuel Bollinger's<br />

manuscript music.<br />

Cite as: Samuel Bollinger Papers, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2110<br />

Bol<strong>to</strong>n, Mary Ann.<br />

Letter, 1838 Oct 6. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]<br />

Letter signed Mary Ann Bol<strong>to</strong>n, St. Louis, <strong>to</strong> her friend Francis Bassey of Jefferson City,<br />

<strong>Missouri</strong>, Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 6, 1838, discussing boarding school in St. Louis.<br />

Cite as: Mary Ann Bol<strong>to</strong>n Letter, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2112<br />

Bomer, Edward.<br />

Certificate, 1942. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]<br />

Award certificate enrolling Edward Bomer in <strong>the</strong> Quarter-Century Club, an honor society of<br />

professional au<strong>to</strong>mobile painters and refinishers.<br />

Cite as: Edward Bomer Certificate, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2113<br />

Bompart, Louis.<br />

Papers, 1821-1844. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]<br />

The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, and a portion of an undated<br />

journal describing a trading trip up <strong>the</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> River. Also includes an au<strong>to</strong>graph letter signed

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