Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Cite as: Buder Family Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2265
Buder, Gustavus A., Jr. (1901- ).
Papers, 1919; 1954. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Gustavus A Buder, Jr., was born in Saint Louis and attended McKinley High School and later
Washington University. He was the son of Gustavus A. and Lydia (Feuerbacher) Buder of Saint
Louis. G.A. Buder, Jr., was a civil law attorney and served as the director and president of realty
and oil companies in Missouri and Texas.
The collection consists of a reprint of G.A. Buder, Jr.’s 1919 editorial extolling the
importance of Memorial Day and a biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society
filled out by Gustavus A. Buder, Jr., 29 Upper Ladue Road, St. Louis County, in 1954.
Cite as: Gustavus Buder, Jr., Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0199
Buechel, Julius A.
Papers, 1836-1900. 1 folder (30 items)
Collection contains letters, a marriage certificate, a baptismal certificate, naturalization
papers, and a pension certificate. Most of the items pertain to Julius August Buechel. Collection
also contains three letters of 1st Lieutenant and later Captain Charles Fuelle, 2nd Missouri
Infantry (Union), to Julius Buechel in St. Louis, dated 1862-1863. (Some letters include
typescript translations.)
Cite as: Julius A. Buechel Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2266
Buechel, Robert (1864-1928).
Collection, 1937. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Robert Buechel was a native of Germany. As a young man, he was a flutist in the private
corps of the king of Prussia. He settled in Saint Louis and performed with the Olympic Orchestra
at the Olympic Theater.
The collection consists of biographical information on Robert Buechel who resided at 2647
Shenandoah Ave., and two notes relating to the donation of his piccolo to the Missouri Historical
Society by his daughter.
Cite as: Robert Buechel Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2267
Buell, Don Carlos (1818-1898).
Collection, 1952. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Don Carlos Buell graduated from West Point in 1841. Early in his career he saw action in the
Seminole and Mexican Wars. In Mexico, he participated in the battles of Monterey, Contreras,
and Churubusco. Buell served in the office of the secretary of war in 1859 and upon the outbreak
of the Civil War he was charged with training a division of the Army of the Potomac. During the
war, he took charge of the Army of the Ohio and assisted Grant’s campaigns in Tennessee and
Mississippi. Disagreement over strategy resulted in disfavor with the Lincoln administration and
he was removed from command in 1862. He retired as a major general in 1864. General Buell is
buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Collection consists of two letters regarding Buell’s grave site in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Cite as: Don Carlos Buell Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.