Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Collection contains typescript copies of marriage records and contracts, 1695-1834, from the
Kaskaskia church records of the Delisle and Brazeau families; the will of Josef Brazeau and
wife, Maria Teresa Delill, dated September 23, 1784; an order of Delassus to comprise two
arpents belonging to Benito Vasquez with 10 arpents of Josef Brazeau; a document regarding the
sale of a Negro woman to Josef Brazeau, 1803; copy of deed from Louis Brazeau dit Coyona, to
Marie Ther. Bienvenu de Lille, widow of Josef Brazeau, dated November 16, 1820; deed of land
from Louis Brazeau, Sr., to Louis Brazeau, Jr., Charles Bosseron and Auguste Brazeau, dated
February 8, 1823; document signed by Andrew Jackson and G.W. Graham, general land office,
granting to Joseph Brazeau and his heirs a tract of land, April 30, 1829; survey no. 3332,
executed by William Milburn, to the claims of Louis LaBeaume and Joseph Brazeau, dated
February 26, 1852.
Cite as: Brazeau Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2170
Braznell, Anne Flanery.
Biographical Data Sheet, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Anne Flanery
Braznell, 35 Enfield Road, St. Louis County, Mo.
Cite as: Anne Flanery Braznell Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0167
Breadon, Sam, collector.
Sam Breadon collection, 1926-1960. 1 box; 1 oversize folder
Collection contains papers of Sam Breadon, president of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball
club and a member of the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear. Includes printed memorabilia mostly
related to the Cardinals and includes passes (1926-1957); rosters (1938, 1946); schedules (1958,
1960); World Series programs (1931-1944); All Star Game program (1940); and sports
magazines (1936-1949). Some items relate to the St. Louis Browns baseball club as well. The
collection also contains programs of the irregular conclaves of the Knights of the Cauliflower
Ear (1937-1949).
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Sam Breadon Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Breck, Edward Craft
See Todd, David. Papers.
A0168
Breckenridge, George (1764-1852).
Papers, 1804-1863. 2 folders; 1 volume
George Breckenridge was born in Virginia in 1764. He married Elizabeth Cowan in 1796,
and came to Caledonia, Missouri, in 1819. He was a representative for Washington County in the
lower house in Missouri for the 1832-1833 session. He died in Caledonia in 1852.
Collection contains genealogical information concerning the Stevenson and Phelps families;
a document of Antoine Soulard, dated May 15, 1804, certifying that he surveyed and marked for
the 31 heads of families by decree of Lieutenant Governor Charles Dehault Delassus the land
about 50 miles northwest from the post of Ste. Genevieve and known by the name of "Old
Mine"; land indentures of claims in areas of Ste. Genevieve and Caledonia and also Maury