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Collection, 1922-1923, no date. 1 folder
Louis Patrick Aloe was born in St. Louis in 1867. He was the son of Scottish immigrant
Albert S. Aloe who founded an optical goods manufacturing business in St. Louis in 1862. Louis
graduated from Washington University and took command of his father’s business upon Albert’s
death in 1893. Louis became active in civic affairs and Republican politics. He was elected to the
St. Louis Board of Alderman and served as acting mayor of St. Louis during the absence of
Mayor Henry Kiel during World War I. He was defeated as a candidate for mayor in 1924. Louis
married Edith Rosenblatt in 1887. They had four children.
The collection contains a newsclipping with a picture of Louis P. Aloe dated 1922, a letter
regarding Aloe dated 1923, two biographical data sheets for the Missouri Historical Society, and
an undated typed sheet with information on Louis P. Aloe, who resided at 36 Kingsbury Place.
Cite as: Aloe Family Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0024
Aloe Memorial Plaza.
Scrapbooks, 1929-1940. 2 volumes
Two volumes of scrapbooks titled “A History of Aloe Memorial Plaza, 1929-1940,”
containing typescript correspondence, newsclippings, and photographs relating to Aloe
Memorial Plaza and Milles Fountain in St. Louis.
Cite as: Aloe Memorial Plaza Scrapbooks, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2276
Alphabetical files. 46 boxes; 2 oversize folders
This collection consists primarily of a series of vertical files usually containing a small
number of items of genealogical or historical interest relating to individuals, families, businesses,
or organizations.
Collection is arranged alphabetically and is indexed in the archives card catalog.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Alphabetical Files, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2403
Alsup, Hulda Elizabeth Heard.
Reminiscences, 1949-1952. 1 item
Hulda Elizabeth Heard was born July 7, 1882, on a homestead farm in Webster County,
Missouri. She married Shelt Alsup on August 25, 1900. Their children were Cecil (born January
13, 1903), Ethel (born April 19, 1905), and Delbert (born 1907). In 1908, they moved to the state
of Washington, settling near Pullman. In 1910, they took up a homestead near Galata, Montana.
They moved to Shelby, Montana, in 1915, where they spent the next 15 years. They next moved
to Holy Family Mission, where they resided for a couple of years before returning to Shelby. In
1932, they moved to the vicinity of Spangle, Washington, returning to Montana 18 months later.
Shelt Alsup died December 20, 1935.
The 12-page typescript reminiscences of Hulda Elizabeth Heard Alsup, written between 1949
and 1952, include accounts of growing up on a homestead farm in Webster County, Missouri;
attending school; doing chores on the farm; and homesteading in Washington and Montana with
her husband. The reminiscences also include brief note of her sister Luetta P. Heard, who copied
Hulda’s life story for her. Mentions neighbors “Old Nailer” (page 5) and Jim Hammons (or
Hammonds) (page 6); aunt Lizzie Lemons (page 7); Luetta Paul (page 8), who married Hulda’s
brother Jerry; Miss Hales (page 8), a teacher in Galata, Montana; John Cameron (page 8), a