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A0249
Case Family.
Papers, 1802-1914. 2 boxes; 2 volumes; 1 oversize folder
The Camden brothers—John, Peter, and Marbell—owned a dry goods and general
merchandise business in Kentucky, Pontoon, Mississippi, and St. Louis. Peter G. Camden, born
in 1811 in Amherst County, Virginia, came to St. Louis in 1827 where he remained until his
death in 1873. He married Anne Bell Case (1834- ), and was an American (Nativist) party
member and elected mayor of St. Louis in 1846. He retired from business in 1867. Their
daughter Sally Camden married George Case, a physician, in 1856.
Business and personal papers of the Case and Camden families of St. Louis. Includes
personal letters of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Camden, Marbell Camden, and Dr. and Mrs. George S.
Case; two letterpress letterbooks of Peter G. Camden regarding politics and Civil War activities
in St. Louis (1860-1869); partnership agreement (1854) of Case, O'Blenis, Mathews, and Wells
for operating a business in St. Louis; a description of the dry goods business of John B. & M.
Camden & Company; an analysis of trade along the Mississippi River in the 1830s; a steamboat
bill of lading and a letter (1840) to Captain Calvin Case at the wreck of the ship Selma; copies of
Civil War ballads; and a diploma of Annie B. Case from the School of the Good Shepherd, June
15, 1887.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Case Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2254
Castles, D.E.
Business card, no date. 1 item
D.E. Castles was president of Castles, Wilson Buick Co., St. Louis, Missouri.
Cite as: D.E. Castles Business Card, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2594
Cates, Lorraine C., Mrs. (1923- ).
Family History Sheet, circa 1970s. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Mrs. Lorraine C. Cates
(nee Wodraska), 7260 Bruno Ave., Richmond Heights, St. Louis County, Missouri. (Her maiden
name was formerly spelled Vodrazka.) Includes genealogical data on her family.
Cite as: Mrs. Lorraine C. Cates Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0250
Catlin, George (1796-1872).
Papers, 1838-1925; [1948]. 1 folder (35 items)
George Catlin was born July 26, 1796, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In 1823, he moved to
Philadelphia, and set himself up as a professional portrait painter. The turning point in his career
came in 1829, when he saw a delegation of Indians from the West. He was so impressed by the
group that he determined to devote himself to painting Indians and their way of life in their own
territories. In the 1830s he spent considerable time among the Indian tribes of the Plains and the
Northwest. He died December 23, 1872, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Papers include five letters to or from Clara B. Catlin while in England; four letters from
George Catlin in Europe to his brother Francis Catlin; printed admission card to Catlin exhibition
in London of Indian costumes and weapons, circa 1858; criticism of Catlin's paintings by Charles