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Harris, Whitney R.
Newspaper Clipping, 1964 Feb 25. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper clipping regarding the wedding of Whitney R. Harris and
Jane Freund Foster. They resided at 2 Glen Creek Lane, Ladue, St. Louis County, Missouri.
Cite as: Whitney R. Harris Newspaper Clipping, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0655
Harris, William Torrey (1835-1909).
Papers, 1855-1909; 1932; 1951; no date. 21 boxes
Educator, author, philosopher. Taught in St. Louis public schools (1857). At one time
superintendent of schools in St. Louis (1868-1880). Later U.S. commissioner of education (1889-
1906). In 1880, helped establish Concord (Massachusetts) School of Philosophy. Founder of the
Philosophical Society of St. Louis.
Collection consists primarily of correspondence with members of the St. Louis Movement.
Also includes resolution of teachers of St. Louis public schools on the retirement of Harris in
1880; a scrapbook of 46 letters to J.E. Yeatman in regard to his proposed testimonial; Harris'
diaries (1857-1892); notebooks of memoranda while at Clay School (1863-1865); a book of
early writings (1851-1859); essays, apparently the originals of some copies in shorthand into the
"Book of Early Writing"; early essays of Harris (1855-1859); printed clipping of address before
Missouri State Teachers' Association (1859); circulars of Phonetic Institute (1857); notebook of
questions in History, etc., while principal at Clay School, St. Louis; correspondence relating to
Hegel manuscripts and translations; and Henry C. Brokmeyer's manuscript translation of Hegel's
Larger Logic. Correspondents include Frank Louis Soldan, Louis J. Block, Susan E. Blow,
Benjamin Paul Blood, Eugene C. Brokmeyer, Henry C. Brokmeyer, Thomas Davidson, Sarah
Denman, Ira Divoll, James Edmunds, Samuel H. Emery, Jr., Louise M. Fuller, James M.
Greenwood, J.Z. Hall, S.K. Hall, Thomas M. Johnson, Hiram K. Jones, Elizabeth Peabody,
Denton Jacques Snider, Charles Louis Bernays, James B. Eads, and David H. Harris. Microfilm
of Boxes 4-6, Susan Blow letters, Archives microfilm reels 1 and 2.
Translation of Hegel’s “The Science of Logic,” believed to be by Henry C. Brokmeyer (3
volumes), is located at Illinois College Library (Jacksonville, Illinois).
Cite as: William Torrey Harris Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0656
Harrison Family.
Papers, 1799; 1827-1904; 1948; no date. 2 boxes
Howard County, Missouri, family.
Material includes letters of Louis Agassiz to Edwin Harrison; letter and license while a
merchant in Santa Fe; memberships in Fire Wardens, St. Louis; biographical and genealogical
notes; newsclippings. Notes on coral by Edwin Harrison. Wedding cost of Cordelia Harrison;
letters of condolence upon death of James Harrison. Also includes genealogical notes and
manuscripts of Florence Harrison Bill (Mrs. Harry Satterlee Bill) on the Harrison, Bill,
McClanahan, Strother, McMillan, White, Hoge, Trimble, and Prewett families. Also nine
manuscripts by Mrs. Bill for publication in the Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, and
correspondence with Charles van Ravenswaay.
Cite as: Harrison Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2801
Hartmann, Alexis Frank (1898- ).