Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Cite as: Marie Benson Ames Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0032
Amoureux Family.
Amoureux-Bolduc Papers, 1754-1899; 1932; 1951-1961. 2 boxes; 2 volumes
Michel Amoureux (circa 1748-1832), a prominent merchant of L'Orient, France, came to
America in 1793, and eventually settled in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, where his old home still
remains. Louis Bolduc was a wealthy merchant and landowner of Ste. Genevieve. He died in
1815.
The collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts and other documents of
the related Amoureux, Bolduc and Langlois families of Ste. Genevieve; surveys by Antoine
Soulard of property of Francois Moreau and Pierre Delassus De Luzieres; letters of William G.
Cox to his family regarding service with the Exeter Union Guards (1860-1862); documents
concerning the lead mining interests of Louis Bolduc; information pertaining to restoration of the
Bolduc House in 1961; copy of an inventory of the Bolduc House; and a transcript of an
interview with Miss Zoe Bolduc, May 1956. This collection also includes a ledger of
unidentified merchandise accounts from Ste. Genevieve, 1811-1814, with a 1932 guest register,
possibly from the Bolduc House, at the center of the volume; and a daybook of the C.C. Bolduc
general store in Ste. Genevieve, 1859-1862.
Some French with some translations.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Amoureux-Bolduc Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0033
Amson, Arthur ( -1875).
Papers, 1872-1875. 1 folder (55 items)
Arthur Amson was from either St. Louis or Cincinnati and was sent to Heidelberg and
Leipzig, Germany, to study philosophy. His father, Arthur Amson, was the assistant librarian at
the St. Louis Public School Library. Arthur died June 8, 1875, while attending school in
Germany.
Collection contains letters written to his parents describing his experiences while studying in
Germany; two letters from Arthur E. Little, Amson's best friend, describing Arthur's death and
the arrangements made; and two letters from Thomas Davidson, one dealing with him
accompanying Arthur to Germany, and one expressing sympathy to the parents.
German.
Cite as: Arthur Amson Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1892
Anders, Leslie (Ray).
Genealogy, 1965. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains biographical data and family history forms for the Missouri Historical Society,
1965.
Cite as: Leslie Ray Anders Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1893
Anderson, Frances Mary, Mrs.
Genealogy, 1954. 1 folder
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Mrs. Frances Mary