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Family history sheet and biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out
by Elmo William Campbell, 7110 Cambridge Ave., University City, St. Louis County, Missouri.
Cite as: Elmo William Campbell Biographical Data Sheets, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A0224
Campbell Family.
Hazlett Kyle Campbell estate case records, 1938-1941. 35 boxes
Collection includes testimonies, depositions, exhibits, reports, court orders, correspondence,
memoranda and transcripts of hearings in the case of Saint Louis Union Trust et al. v. Charles H.
Clarke et al. pertaining to the disposition of the estate of Hazlett Kyle Campbell, the last child of
Robert Campbell, who died intestate March 27, 1938. Materials include extensive genealogical
records of the family of St. Louis fur trader and merchant Robert Campbell (1804-1879); the
Campbell family Bible and letters (each with a photostat copy) that were admitted as evidence in
the settlement of the Campbell estate, 1941; annotated guide to the court exhibit; and printed
copy of the court decision.
Cite as: Hazlett Kyle Campbell Estate Case Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0225
Campbell, Hugh.
Journal, 1857-1858. 1 volume (unbound photostat)
Journal of surveyor Hugh Campbell of an expedition from St. Louis to the southern border of
Kansas (Mitial Point, Kansas), with information on landscape and terrain.
Cite as: Hugh Campbell Journal, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Campbell, John
See John Campbell and White Matlock.
A0226
Campbell, Robert (1804-1879).
Family papers, 1825-1879; 1940-1943. 1 box
Robert Campbell was born in Ireland in 1804, came to America in 1822, and to St. Louis in
1824. A year later he joined William H. Ashley's second expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
Campbell and William L. Sublette became business partners in 1831. They established a fur
trading post named Fort William in 1834, which was destroyed in 1846. Sublette and Campbell
dissolved their partnership in 1842. Campbell was president of the Bank of the State of Missouri
and later of Merchants Bank, and also owned a dry goods store. In 1846, he aided in equipping
volunteers in the Mexican War. In 1851, he served with Father DeSmet as representative of the
U.S. government in the Indian council at Horse Creek.
Copies of letters (1825-1841) of Robert Campbell, William H. Ashley, Robert Wiley,
Andrew Drips, John O'Fallon, Mary Campbell, Fred A. Tracy, and William L. Sublette
concerning the fur trade, sale of beaver, and business and family matters; correspondence
regarding the Santa Fe trade, 1825-1831; preparation for mountain trip, 1832-1837; private
journal (original and typescript) of Robert Campbell, September 21-December 31, 1833, while at
Fort William; narrative of Campbell's experiences in the Rocky Mountain fur trade, 1825-1835
(dictated to William Fayel in 1879); record of shipments (1862-1864) of Campbell & Company
under the open cargo policy of the United Insurance Company; inventory of Campbell &