Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Bring your problems to Rev. Sister Graham today and be rid of them tomorrow.
Cite as: Reverend Sister Graham Circular, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0601
Graham, Richard (1780-1857).
Papers, 1795-1896; 1933-1938; no date. 20 boxes
Army officer and Indian agent.
Correspondence, accounts, daybook, bills, pay records, and muster rolls of the 1st Regiment
of Infantry and papers of its paymaster William S. Harney, records of the 7th Regiment of
Infantry, and other papers relating to military affairs (1839-1853) of Graham's son-in-law Daniel
M. Frost, the management of Graham's estate, family business affairs, the family's Hazelwood
plantation, and partition of the estate of John Mullanphy, the father of Graham's second wife.
Includes Graham's instructions from the War Department as Indian agent in Illinois Territory,
letters and accounts (1813-1815) of Graham while at Lexington, Kentucky, with the 17th U.S.
Infantry, and correspondence with Daniel Vertner, a contractor of Washington, Kentucky.
Addition to collection consists of materials related mostly to Richard Graham's estate and the
finances of the family's Hazelwood farm.
Cite as: Richard Graham Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0602
Grand Army of the Republic.
Collection, 1886-1931. 9 boxes; 9 volumes; 1 oversize folder
Founded at Springfield, Illinois, in 1866, the Grand Army of the Republic was the largest and
most influential organization of Union veterans of the Civil War. The first G.A.R. post for
Missouri was established at St. Louis in 1880.
Collection contains records of the following posts of the Department of Missouri, G.A.R.:
John A. Logan Post No. 304 (St. Louis), Ransom Post No. 131 (St. Louis), Frank P. Blair Post
No. 1 (St. Louis), Thomas J. Brouster Post No. 233 (Clayton), and John W. Rollins Post No. 247
(West Plains). Also includes general records of the G.A.R. for the Department of Missouri and
the national headquarters.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Grand Army of the Republic Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0603
Grand Opera House (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Record book, 1881-1882. 1 volume
For the 1881-1882 theatrical season, the Grand Opera House of New Orleans was managed
by the firm of Brooks, Norton and Conner. Norton is presumed to be John W. Norton, formerly
manager of DeBar's Opera House in St. Louis. George B. Berrell, also formerly with DeBar's
Opera House, served as stage manager.
This volume is a time book of the Grand Opera House in New Orleans for the season running
from October 6, 1881, to March 18, 1882, with notes on performances and plays running at other
New Orleans theaters as well, namely the St. Charles Theatre, the Academy of Music, and the
French Opera House. The volume also includes a recapitulation of the season, a list of plays and
operas produced at both the Grand Opera House and the St. Charles Theatre, and a catalogue of
plays and dramatic works at the rear of the volume.
Cite as: Grand Opera House, New Orleans, Record Book, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.