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fish-luring bait ever discovered. . . .”
Cite as: J.F. Gregory Magic Fish Lure Circular, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2919
Grether, John, Jr. (circa 1829-1899).
Papers, 1856-circa after 1896. 1 folder; 1 oversize folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
John Grether, Jr., was born circa 1829 in Germany, and came to the United States with his
parents as a young child. He engaged in the real estate business, and served as a justice of the
peace in St. Louis in the 1850s and 1860s. He died October 29, 1899, in St. Louis.
Collection contains several commissions of John Grether, Jr., as a notary public and other
professional and personal papers.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: John Grether, Jr., Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0619
Greve, Clifford (1907-1975).
Papers, 1934-1937. 5 folders (approximately 75 items)
Clifford Greve was born in St. Louis and graduated from Washington University Law School
in 1928. He served on the legal staffs of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. before entering private practice in corporation and tax law. He
served as counsel for the Supreme Court Disbarment Committee and as special counsel for the
St. Louis Bar Association in Supreme Court hearing. He was a member of the Bar of the
Supreme Court of Missouri, the Bar of the United States Treasury Department, and the Bar of the
Federal Court and the District of Columbia where in 1936 he won a land authority suit that
enabled plans for the St. Louis riverfront beautification to go forward. In 1936, he married Mary
Douglass Carpenter. Greve was a director and chairman of the maintenance fund development
program for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Society and was associated with the Big Brothers
organization.
Papers include list of owners of property $40,000 and over, 1934 assessment; property
holdings of opponents to Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, including owners, leasees and
tenants; combined assessments on real estate located between Eads Bridge, Poplar Street, Third
Street, and the Mississippi River; correspondence, newsclippings, legal papers regarding vote on
September 9, 1935, for proposed St. Louis riverfront memorial; and legal papers regarding the
passage of the bill.
Cite as: Clifford Greve Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0620
Griesedieck Distilling Co.
Account books, 1917-1919. 4 volumes
St. Louis, Missouri, distillers, 1885-1957.
One volume of form 338 records of alcohol disposal for the U.S. Department of Revenue,
1919; one volume of Griesedieck bottle labels, no date; and two volumes of revenue books (nos.
52a and 52b) detailing production and disposal of alcoholic beverages for the U.S. Department of
Revenue, 1917-1919.
Cite as: Griesedieck Distilling Company Account Books, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A2772