Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

David Ives Bushnell was born April 26, 1846, in Sheffield, Massachusetts. After moving to
St. Louis to take a job as a clerk with the Northern Packet Line, Bushnell married Belle Johnston.
In 1873, David partnered with Robert Niggeman to open D.I. Bushnell & Company, grain
merchants. Bushnell was an avid collector of ethnographic artifacts and developed a large
collection that was purchased by the Missouri Historical Society in 1932. He served on the
Missouri Historical Society Board of Directors from 1894 to 1912. As an amateur archaeologist,
he was a president of the St. Louis Archaeological Society and a friend of Smithsonian
archaeologist Gerard Fowke. Bushnell’s son David I. Bushnell, Jr., became a prominent
anthropologist and archaeologist for the Smithsonian Institution and Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. David I. Bushnell, Sr., died April 29, 1921,
in St. Louis.
The collection consists of two inventories of Bushnell’s ethnographic collection prepared by
Wm. R. Faribault, who owned the Bushnell Collection prior to its sale to the Missouri Historical
Society, and a notebook listing the name, origin, and history of objects in his collection.
Cite as: David Ives Bushnell Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2520
Business Cards and Trade Cards.
Collection, circa mid 19th century–early 20th century. 7 folders
This collection consists primarily of business cards and trade cards, mostly from St. Louis,
Missouri. Most of the cards are not dated; however, the bulk of the cards appear to date from the
latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century. The collection includes a small number
of items that are not business cards or trade cards, such as tickets, announcements, membership
cards, and advertising material.
Cite as: Business Cards and Trade Cards Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0214
Business letterheads collection, circa 1830s-1970s. 5 boxes; 3 volumes
Collection includes letterheads of businesses, clubs, and institutions, mostly located in St.
Louis. These letterheads usually comprise receipts for goods sold or services rendered; in some
cases the letterheads are blank. Some of the letterheads include an engraving or other illustration
of the building that housed the business, club, or institution. Some building images are on
envelopes or checks, and in a small number of cases the building image is a photograph. The
collection also contains three bound scrapbooks of letterheads: One of these volumes contains
letters on letterheads with envelopes inviting 132 St. Louis companies to exhibit at the 1904
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Two other volumes contain invoices and bills of the Stewart
Scott Press Room Company (1898-1928).
Letterheads are indexed in the Missouri History Museum Genealogy and Local History Index.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Business Letterheads Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2577
Busse, Ruth Mueller (1901- ).
Biographical Data Sheets, 1969 Feb 22. 2 items [formerly Alphabetical Files]
Family history sheet and biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out
by Ruth Mueller Busse, 15 Devon Road, Glendale, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes
genealogical data on her family.