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publication, or exhibit until reviewed by donor.
A0345
Crumb, Geneva (1872-1962).
Papers, 1846-1957. 2 folders (50 items)
Miss Geneva Crumb was born September 8, 1872, in Bloomfield, Missouri. Her family
moved to St. Louis in 1897 and she received her B.A. degree from Wellesley College. From
1916 to 1946, she managed the Crumb Real Estate and Farm Loan business in Stoddard County,
Missouri. She was director in charge of local government for the League of Women Voters in St.
Louis from 1943 to 1947. She had a wide variety of interests, including early Arctic exploration.
She maintained a lively correspondence with Commodore Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the
North Pole.
Papers include correspondence of Miss Crumb, including fifteen letters from Robert E.
Peary, mainly concerning his Arctic expedition and a contract (1908) for his lecture in St. Louis;
biographical sketches of Caleb B. Crumb (1814-1886); programs (1861) of the Bloomfield
Educational Society; programs (1861) of the Jackson Academy Exhibition; and a real estate
broadside (1867).
Cite as: Geneva Crumb Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0346
Cruzen, George Richardson (1844-1936).
"The Story of My Life" / Reminiscences, circa 1930. 2 folders
George Richardson Cruzen was born November 30, 1844, in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and
moved to Miami, Missouri, in 1849. In the late summer of 1861, he joined Logan Balew's men in
an effort to drive the federal troops out of Saline County. He was captured, took the oath, and
returned home to Miami. In May 1863, he was impressed into service in the 71st Enrolled
Missouri Militia. He soon deserted and joined Quantrill's men. In December 1863, he joined the
5th Missouri Cavalry (Confederate) in Arkansas, and served with that unit until the end of the
war. He died in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1936.
Contains accounts of military operations in central Missouri, particularly Saline County;
affairs of the 71st Enrolled Missouri Militia in the spring and summer of 1863; affairs of
Quantrill's men in 1863, including action at Baxter Springs, Kansas, and the assistance offered
the guerrillas by women; military operations of the 5th Missouri Cavalry in Arkansas (January-
July 1864), during Price's Missouri Expedition, and during the retreat to Arkansas and Texas.
Also contains account of the affairs of ex-Confederates in Mexico, and information on camp life,
diet, and foraging expeditions.
Cite as: George Richardson Cruzen, "The Story of My Life" Reminiscences, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2741
Crystal Palace Tower Company (St. Louis, Missouri).
Circular, circa 1903. 1 item
Four-page circular of the Crystal Palace Tower Company, soliciting stock subscriptions. The
proposed Crystal Palace Tower, designed by J. Armstrong McAnulty, “will be the highest
observatory and the great central wireless telegraph station, and the only exhibition wireless
telegraph station in the world. . . . This tower will be the great world attraction at St. Louis
during the World’s Fair, after which it will be made an international exposition, museum,