Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

commissioners. James Shields (1810-1879), a United States senator from Illinois, Minnesota,
and Missouri, served in the Union army as a brigadier of volunteers from 1861 to 1863. After the
war, he moved to Carrollton, Missouri, where he practiced law. He also served in the Missouri
House of Representatives in 1874 and 1879, as adjutant general of Missouri in 1877, and as
United States senator from Missouri from January 27 to March 3, 1879, filling the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Lewis V. Bogy. Shields is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in
Carrollton.
The volume constitutes the official record of the Brigadier General James Shields Monument
Commission, and includes biographical information on Shields.
Cite as: Brigadier General James Shields Monument Commission Records, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2178
Bright, Elizabeth Parks.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1955. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Cite as: Elizabeth Parks Bright Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2179
Brinker, Abraham (circa 1820-1890).
Collection, 1906. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Letter written by E.J. Senseney, 2829 Washington Ave., St. Louis, to Missouri Historical
Society librarian Mary Dalton, August 25, 1906, providing details of the life of Confederate
general Abraham Brinker.
Cite as: Abraham Brinker Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2180
Briscoe, Edward Eugene.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1957. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Cite as: Edward Eugene Briscoe Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A2181
Bristow, M. Agness.
Poem, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Undated poem titled “A Farewell to My Dear Friend,” signed M. Agness Bristow.
Cite as: M. Agness Bristow Poem, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0178
Britton Family.
Papers, 1904-1939. 1 box (52 items)
Frank Hamilton Britton married Ida Freeman in March 1873 in Ravenna, Ohio. The couple
moved to St. Louis in 1899 when Frank took the position of general superintendent of the St.
Louis Southwestern Railroad. Frank Britton died in 1916. In the early 1920s Ida Britton traveled
to France with a good will delegation of the American Committee for Devastated France. One of
Frank H. and Ida Britton’s children was Roy F. Britton, who served as the president of the
Automobile Club of Missouri from 1923 to 1940. He committed suicide March 8, 1940.
The collection consists primarily of papers and publications relating to the American