Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Richard James
Collins, Jr., 5322 Savoy Court, St. Louis, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on his family.
Cite as: Richard James Collins, Jr., Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A0310
Collins, Thomas, R. (1860-1951).
Papers, 1866-1951. 1 box
Thomas R. Collins was the son of Martin Collins. Both father and son were insurance
brokers and civic leaders in St. Louis. Martin Collins was a thirty-third degree Mason and for
many years was the sovereign grand inspector general in Missouri. Thomas R. Collins served on
the Executive Board of the St. Louis Council of Boy Scouts, was president of the Sunshine
Mission, and was active in working for better inter-racial relations.
Collection consists principally of correspondence relating to the insurance business,
Masonic-related items, correspondence and a few personal items. Of note are a letterhead of the
Sunshine Mission, 1903; pamphlet for church mission house-home for convalescent women,
1905; correspondence regarding General Electric Company’s suit vs. the Missouri American
Electric Company, St. Louis, for patent rights, 1906.
Cite as: Thomas R. Collins Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2407
Columbia Aluminum Company, Incorporated (St. Louis, Missouri).
Prospectus, circa 1897. 1 item
This 4-page prospectus of the Columbia Aluminum Company, Incorporated, includes a
statement of metallurgist H.F.D. Schwahn.
Cite as: Columbia Aluminum Company, Incorporated, Prospectus, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2620
Comfort, Hartley Baxter (1909- ).
Biographical Data Sheet, 1957 May 7. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Hartley Baxter
Comfort, 9750 Ladue Road, Ladue, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data
regarding his family.
Cite as: Hartley Baxter Comfort Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A0311
Commercial Club of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1881-1943. 5 boxes; 9 volumes
The Commercial Club was formed in 1881 on the model of organizations of similar name in
Boston and Chicago. Founded "for the purpose of advancing by social intercourse and by a
friendly interchange of views the growth of the City of St. Louis. . .," its membership, originally
limited to sixty gentlemen, was selected for their influence in the trade and commerce of St.
Louis. The only professions represented were law and medicine. The club met once a month for
dinner and meetings of general discussion. Committees were appointed to consider matters
affecting the welfare and progress of the city. Early officers and members included Gerard B.
Allen, E.O. Stanard, Joseph Franklin, Newton Crane, Edwin Harrison, E.C. Simmons, S.M.