Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A0355
D.D. Ryrie and Co. (Alton, Illinois).
Account books, 1853-1875. 3 volumes
Account books of Alton, Illinois, grocers, including a journal of receipts and expenses (1853-
1861), sales journal (1853-1861), and ledger (1853-1875).
Cite as: D.D. Ryrie and Co. Account Books, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0356
D.K. Oyster (LaGrange, Missouri).
Bills of lading, 1866-1868. 1 volume (200 leaves)
Shipping agents, later became Oyster and Glover.
Records of Mississippi River steamboat shipments.
Cite as: D.K. Oyster Bills of Lading, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2450
D. Sherman Tailoring Co. (St. Louis, Missouri).
Memo Book, 1919-1920. 1 item
The D. Sherman Tailoring Co. was located at 1492 Blackstone Ave. in St. Louis.
Cite as: D. Sherman Tailoring Co. Memo Book, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2022
Dall, C.H.
Manuscript, 1873. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
One-page manuscript in Bengali titled “Hindoo Girls, Calcutta,” written by Charles Henry
Appleton Dall, first Unitarian minister to India.
Cite as: C.H. Dall Manuscript, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0357
Dalton, Mary Louise (1869-1907).
Collection, 1812-1917. 7 folders (approximately 30 items)
Mary Louise Dalton was the librarian for the Missouri Historical Society. She graduated
from Lindenwood College in 1887.
Papers include scrapbook kept after her death; notebook of Mary Louise Dalton; letter (with
typescript) of J. McLanahan, St. Louis, to Gov. Howard, dated June 18, 1812, giving an account
of a journey into the Spanish provinces west of Louisiana in 1809; letter of Charles Gratiot to
James Madison, dated July 15, 1812, including the proceedings and resolutions by the citizens of
St. Louis regarding the declaration of war with England; letter of N.B. Tucker to James Monroe,
dated March 8, 1810, regarding protest of the citizens of St. Louis against the late attempt by the
U.S. Congress to restrict them in exercising their rights in forming a state constitution; Dalton
family genealogy; notes made by Ms. Dalton of material to be found about Missouri in various
territorial papers in Washington, D.C., 1906; list of documents relating to the history of early St.
Louis found in the office of the recorder of deeds, St. Louis, basement of the City Hall, 1906;
correspondence and biographical data relating to Mary Louise Dalton.
Cite as: Mary Louise Dalton Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0358
Dance programs collection, 1874-1905. 1 box
Various programs of dance recitals, concerts. Of special note is a program of the reopening