Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

The collection consists of correspondence, accounts, and tax receipts, mostly from Laclede
County, Missouri, 1854-1902.
Cite as: W.T. Allen Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0021
Allen-Rodgers Family.
Papers, 1858-1924 (bulk 1871-1889). 2 boxes; 2 oversize boxes; 14 volumes
Thomas Allen (1813-1882) worked as a lawyer and newspaper publisher in New York City
and Washington, D.C. In 1842, he moved to St. Louis, where he married Ann Russell. He
became president of several railroads, including the Iron Mountain Railroad, and served in the
Missouri Senate (1850-1854). Thomas Rodgers (1835-1916) served in the 140th Pennsylvania
Infantry during the Civil War, eventually earning the rank of lieutenant colonel. Following the
war he came to St. Louis, where he worked as an insurance agent and a deputy clerk in the
circuit clerk's office. Rodgers also served as assistant adjutant general in the Department of
Missouri, Grand Army of the Republic.
Collection contains correspondence and business papers of Thomas Allen and his family, as
well as correspondence and Grand Army of the Republic papers of Thomas Rodgers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Allen-Rodgers Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1878
Alleyne Family.
Papers, 1837-1942 (bulk 1837-1879). 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains correspondence, genealogical information, and items regarding Jeremiah Smith
Boris Alleyne, 1837-1942.
Cite as: Alleyne Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1879
Allison Family.
Genealogy, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Typed copy of genealogical information from family Bible, no date.
Cite as: Allison Family Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1880
Allison, Mamie E., Mrs.
Funeral Notice, 1896. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Funeral notice of Mrs. Mamie E. Allison, who died October 17, 1896, at her home in Oran.
Cite as: Mamie E. Allison Funeral Notice, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1881
Allison, Nathaniel.
Papers, 1915-1919, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Nathaniel Allison was born in Webster, Missouri, in 1876. He was the son of James W. and
Addie Schultz Allison. Nathaniel briefly attended West Point before transferring to Harvard in
1894 where he studied medicine. He taught medicine at Washington University Medical School
before volunteering to serve as a doctor for the American Ambulance Hospital in France during
World War I. When the Americans entered the war he was commissioned a captain and served at
the Washington University Base Hospital No. 21 in Rouen, France. He worked to standardize