Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Correspondence and reports regarding the Charbonneau family. Includes correspondence to
the Missouri Historical Society regarding the family; photostats of maps; photocopy of
monument to J.B. Charbonneau at Danner, Oregon, speech given August 6, 1971; notes of Kell-
Porter references on Cyrus Curtis and Michael Ely for the period 1822-1842; most of the
collection deals with Jean Baptiste Charbonneau and Sacagawea.
Cite as: Charbonneau Family Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0260
Chariton County, Missouri.
Collection, 1842-1862. 1 folder (12 items)
Collection includes receipts, letters, etc. of Thomas Allin who lived in Brunswick, Missouri,
1842-1860, and documents regarding the sale of houses and land regarding Thomas Allin, 1849.
Cite as: Chariton County, Missouri, Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0261
Charles Dickens Historical Society. Saint Louis Branch (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1910-1939. 3 boxes; 1 volume
Collection contains letters, programs, and papers relating to activities of the St. Louis branch,
which was founded by Sara Elizabeth Edwards, November 17, 1911; correspondence of Mrs.
Edwards dealing with the founding of the St. Louis branch and other matters, 1911-1939; Boz
Club of St. Louis information; Dickens shop material; clippings concerning the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch Christmas Festival and the Dickens Fellowship connection; correspondence,
scrapbook, and newsclippings on Alfred Tennyson Dickens (son of Charles Dickens) and his
visit to St. Louis, November 23, 1911; several issues of the Dickensian; information concerning
the Dickens Fellowship headquarters in London; financial statements of the St. Louis Branch of
the Dickens Fellowship and minutes of meetings, 1912-1913; brochures and souvenirs from the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1916; and newsclippings
concerning the life of Charles Dickens.
Cite as: Charles Dickens Historical Society, St. Louis Branch, Records, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0262
Charles, Joseph William (1868-1950).
“Eight Years of Ordinary Life / or From Country Practitioner to City Specialist” /
manuscript, no date. 133 pages
Joseph William Charles was born in 1868. He studied medicine at the Sorbonne in Paris, and
in Germany. He began practice as an eye specialist in 1893 and for a time was assistant to Dr.
H.M. Post. He was a professor of ophthalmology at St. Louis University and also was associated
with Washington University and the Missouri School of the Blind.
Typed manuscript with notes from author that describes life of Dr. Charles.
Cite as: Joseph William Charles, "Eight Years of Ordinary Life: or from Country Practitioner to
City Specialist," manuscript, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0263
Charles, Robert Horne.
Robert Horne and Elizabeth Sewall Charles papers, 1884-1937. 1 box; 2 volumes
Two scrapbooks: Charles family scrapbook (1884-1937) and scrapbook regarding marriage
of Robert Horne Charles and Elizabeth Sewall (1934-1944). Group of letters from Robert to