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Finch, 404 Edgewood Drive, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on her
family.
Cite as: Marie Elsie Donk Finch Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0488
Finney, J.B.
Papers, 1871-1953. 1 folder
Collection includes correspondence, bills, obituaries, genealogical data of the J.B. Finney
family, and a daybook of J.B. Rozier in account with J.B. Finney.
Inventory of collection with collection.
Cite as: J.B. Finney Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2286
Fiorita Family.
Papers, 1941-1965. 2 boxes
Nicholas Rocco Fiorita, the son of Frank and Lina Fiorita and brother of Girolmina (Ina)
Fiorita, attended St. Louis University High School. After graduating from SLUH in 1945, he was
stationed with the army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, from 1945 to 1946. After his service, he
attended the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla, Missouri. In the fall of 1948, he
began attending school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he was enrolled in
the School of Foreign Service. Upon graduating, he went to work at the American Embassy in
Tehran, Iran. After his work there, he began work in Bangkok. He later resided in Kansas City,
Missouri. He died December 10, 2001.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence written to or from Nicholas Fiorita.
Correspondents include girlfriends, army friends, former schoolmates, teachers, and family
members. The letters include information about Nick’s time spent stationed at Fort Knox,
Kentucky, his school years at Georgetown University, his travels and work in Tehran and
Bangkok, and other personal affairs and activities of the letter writers. Primary correspondents
include James Carow, LaDona Heieck (3901 Bowen St., St. Louis), and Fr. F.W. Benoit. The
collection also contains account books of Frank Fiorita relating to the A.R. Fiorita Produce
Company and letters to Lina Fiorita regarding her work with the Republican Women’s Club of
Missouri.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Fiorita Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0489
First American Title Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Selected title abstracts, 1766-1927. 8 boxes
First American Title Company was formed following a series of mergers of St. Louis area
title insurance companies. In 1901, thirty-one title companies formed Title Guaranty Trust Co.,
and in 1927, merged with seven additional title companies to form the Title Insurance
Corporation of St. Louis. In the 1960s Title Insurance Corporation became St. Paul Title, and
finally, First American Title Company.
Collection consists of selected St. Louis title abstracts relating mostly to land in the Lafayette
Square neighborhood in St. Louis. Abstracts were initially prepared by St. Louis Title Company;
August Gehner, Titles and Real Estate; and Land Title Co. of St. Louis.
Arranged sequentially by abstract number.