Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

of trustees for the Missouri Historical Society.
Collection includes letter of J. Russel to Thomas Howard, 1812; papers of Desloge Lead
Company, 1884-1901; broadside titled "Sale of Crow Indian Lands, at Crow Agency, Montana,”
October 20, 1927; New Year’s greeting card of Maison de Bernard, 4378 Lindell Boulevard,
1924-1925, which includes a sketch of the house; letters and photographs concerning the
purchasing of antiques by the Desloge family; personal and professional letters to Desloge, 1940-
1949, concerning St. Louis benevolent societies; correspondence regarding the Cahokia 250th
anniversary association celebration, 1949; clippings regarding the Holy Family Church in
Cahokia, 1949; drawings and itemized bills of development of the Jefferson Barracks Park,
1950-1959; and reports of the St. Louis County Historic Park Association. Also includes
transcriptions of letters of the Desloge family, 1815-1856. Many of the letters were written by
the Desloge family in France to Firmin Desloge in Potosi, Missouri. (Includes Firmin Desloge’s
will and the inventory of his estate.) The correspondence between Firmin Desloge and Ferdinand
and Francis Rozier relates to business matters. Also includes letters concerning the action in the
French Revolution. The original letters are in the possession of the Desloge family and were
translated and transcribed by Josephine C. Cobb in 1931. She also included genealogical
information on the Hord, Desloge, Rozier, and McIlvaine families in the first volume of the
letters. Collection also contains Christmas cards, brochures on the mining industry, debut lists for
St. Louis, 1936 and 1939; nineteenth-century letters and papers of the Howard and Desloge
families; French World War I identity papers of Joseph Desloge, May 14, 1917; typescript
biography of Joseph Desloge; portfolio of German World War I prints by Eisele: "Aus Meiner
Sturnzeit beim Sturnbatl.2" and flier from the Friends of German Democracy, New York,
"Warum ist Amerika in den Krieg gezogen"; legal contracts concerning the building and
endowment of the Firmin Desloge Hospital, 1930-1932; items relating to the Farrar family;
letters of Father Pierre-Jean DeSmet to Francis LePere, 1864-1873; European travel diaries of
Eliza and Ethel Riddle, 1906. Ms. Riddle was a [psychologist] at John Burroughs School. She
rented a "log cabin" on the grounds of Vouzier from Joseph Desloge and these volumes were
found later on the grounds.
Typed inventory of the contents of Box 4 within box.
Cite as: Joseph Desloge Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0381
DeSmet, Pierre Jean, S.J. (1801-1873).
Papers, 1822-1873. 2 folders (approximately 75 items); 1 volume
Father DeSmet was born in Belgium. He came to the United States and completed the
theological course at Florissant, Missouri, and was ordained in 1828. He moved to St. Louis,
which was to become his home base. He was the founder of the Rocky Mountains missions and
became a famous missionary of the northwest United States.
Papers in the collection deal with Father DeSmet's missionary work and travels among the
Indians of Oregon and the Rocky Mountains and his work during the Civil War. Includes
correspondence regarding Father DeSmet; newsclippings; published articles dealing with his life;
photostats and photocopies and some originals of maps, letters, etc. of DeSmet; and genealogical
information and some typed records of baptisms performed by Father DeSmet. Also includes a
scrapbook of religious cards and drawings, circa 1850.
Cite as: Father Jean Pierre DeSmet Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0382
Deutch, Virginia.