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Committee for Devastated France, dated 1921-1923; publications of the American Red Cross,
dated 1918-1920; an inventory of the contents of the residence of F.H. Britton, dated 1909, and
related papers; papers and publications relating to automobile associations and automobile
tourism, dated 1904-1939; and programs for two annual Gridiron Dinners of the Advertising
Club of St. Louis, dated 1938-1939.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Britton Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2183
Britton, James H. ( -1909).
Collection, 1909-1993. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
James H. Britton came to St. Louis from Troy, Missouri, in 1857. He worked as a cashier for
the Southern Bank and later became treasurer for the Eads Bridge Company. He afterward
served as president of the National Bank of the State of Missouri. In 1876, Britton was elected
mayor of St. Louis but his election was overturned after he served only three months in office.
He died at Ardsley-on-the-Hudson, New York, in 1909.
The collection consists of receipts, burial plot deeds, and obituaries relating to the death and
funeral of James H. Britton; obituaries of James H. Britton, Jr, grandson of James H. Britton; and
photocopies of correspondence and scrapbook items.
Cite as: James H. Britton Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2184
Britton, Wiley.
Genealogy, 1926-1927. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
The collection consists of genealogy information pertaining to Wiley Britton and the Britton
family in the United States.
Cite as: Wiley Britton Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0179
Broadhead, Garland Carr ( -1912).
Papers, 1806-1912. 1 box (15 items)
Garland Carr Broadhead was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. He worked on surveys for
railroads in the early days of the Missouri railroads. He assisted in the reorganizing of the
Missouri geological survey. He lived in Columbia, Missouri, in the last years of his life, and died
in 1912.
Collection contains essays of early Missouri history written by Garland Carr Broadhead,
some of which were read before the Missouri Historical Society; a bound volume of notes
concerning the first constitutional convention in Missouri, 1819-1820, and notes of early
legislative abstracts, 1820-1835, written by G.C. Broadhead; a list of Missouri legislature
members, 1820-1835; notes on the See family and on Achilles Broadhead, who came to Missouri
from Virginia with his family in 1824. Also includes descriptions of various people, including
Washington Irving and Rufus Easton; accounts by Broadhead of the early railroads in Missouri
and an essay titled "Virginians in Missouri," which is handwritten by Broadhead and details the
lives and history of Virginians who settled in Missouri.
Cite as: Garland Carr Broadhead Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0180
Broadhead, James Overton (1819-1898).