Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Collection, 1654-1931. 1 folder (24 items)
Dr. Bostwick was born March 8, 1860, in Litchfield, Connecticut. He received his A.B.
degree and later his Ph.D. at Yale (1883). He married Lucy Sawyer July 23, 1885. He worked as
a teacher and also on the staff of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography before working
as the assistant editor of The Forum (1890-1892) and later as the associate editor of the Standard
Dictionary (1892-1894). In 1895, he was made the chief librarian of the New York Free
Circulating Library and in 1899 he was appointed the librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library.
He moved to St. Louis in 1910 and became the librarian of the St. Louis Public Library, a
position he held until his retirement in 1938. He wrote several books concerning work in the
library field.
The collection contains 20 autograph letters and fragments of signed manuscripts from
literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He acquired most of these manuscripts
while serving from 1890 to 1892 as assistant editor of The Forum. The collection contains letters
of Woodrow Wilson, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Joseph Jefferson, and Henry
Ward Beecher, as well as an autographed printed copy of Edwin Markham's celebrated poem,
"The Man with the Hoe."
Cite as: Arthur E. Bostwick Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2124
Boswell, Charles.
Collection, 1868; no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
The collection consists of two biographical sketches of Charles Boswell and his memorial
funeral notice.
Cite as: Charles Boswell Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2464
Bothe & Ratermann (St. Louis, Missouri).
Vehicle license, 1899 March 11. 1 item
Vehicle license issued by the city of St. Louis to Bothe & Rathermann, entitling the company
to use a buggy and wagon on the streets of St. Louis.
Cite as: Bothe & Ratermann Vehicle License, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2123
Bottom, Michael Theodore.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1969. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Michael Theodore
Bottom, 1212 Craig Road, Creve Coeur, Mo.
Cite as: Michael Theodore Bottom Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2125
Botts Family.
Collection, 1959; no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
The collection consists of genealogical information on the Botts family in America.
Cite as: Botts Family Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0156
Boucher, Pierre.