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scrapbook of newsclippings regarding Haynes and riverboats.
Cite as: Aubrey DeVere Haynes, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2374
Haynes Family.
Papers, 1872-1923. 5 items
William Johnson Haynes was born March 16, 1851, in North Carolina. He came to Missouri
in the 1860s, and became the president of the Haynes-Langenberg Manufacturing Company in
St. Louis. William J. Haynes died December 20, 1923, in St. Louis. His son, William J. Haynes,
Jr., resided in San Antonio, Texas.
Collection includes the following five items: (1) Letter signed Will, Pleasant Hill, Missouri,
to “Dear Bro. & Sister,” September 28, 1872. Discusses family members who have had the
chills; mentions the death of Mrs. James Cooley; and mentions that he has been teaching. (2)
Letter signed Papa, Haynes-Langenberg Manufacturing Co., 4045-4057 Forest Park Blvd., St.
Louis, Missouri, to “Dear Will” (Will J. Haynes, Colorado Springs, Colorado), August 18, 1910.
Briefly states his travel plans. Letterhead includes engraved illustration of the Haynes-
Langenberg Manufacturing Co.’s building. (3) Letter signed W.J. Haynes, Haynes-Langenberg
Manufacturing Co., 4045-4057 Forest Park Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, to “Dear Will” (W.J.
Haynes, Jr., c/o Hotel Lanier, San Antonio, Texas), August 7, 1923. Discusses family news and
financial matters. Mentions Paul Simmons. (4) Undated, printed card of the Kansas City Furnace
Co., Kansas City, Missouri, advertising the Haynes furnace fan (patent pending). (5) Undated,
four-page advertising brochure for the Haynes bungalow heater, printed by W.J. Haynes, San
Antonio, Texas.
Cite as: Haynes Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0668
Hayward, Florence (1865-1925).
Papers, 1880-1941. 4 boxes; 4 volumes
Florence Hayward was a St. Louis native. She began her career as a journalist writing articles
for the St. Louis publication, The Spectator. She later became the London contributor to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat and the St. Louis Republic. Throughout her career, she wrote extensively
for American and English magazines. In November 1902 she was appointed special
commissioner of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair to Europe, the only woman appointed to such a
position. From King Edward VII she obtained the loan of the late Queen Victoria's jubilee
presents to be exhibited at the fair. She also obtained an exhibit from the Vatican for the fair. She
successfully campaigned to discontinue the tradition of having a separate woman's building at
the St. Louis World's Fair. She was elected an officer in the French Academy in 1904, and a
member of the Royal Society of Arts of England in 1913. She was also one of the founders of the
St. Louis Artists Guild.
Four scrapbooks of newsclippings, some of which are clippings of her articles; musical
compositions written for her; souvenirs from her journeys; and autographs. Of special interest are
sketches (in volume 1); Hayward's newspaper articles from London, and a 1892 watercolor
portrait of her by Martha Hoke (in volume 3). The manuscript collection contains genealogy
material of Mrs. Ellen Erwin Hayward (wife of George Hayward); correspondence in relation to
articles she wrote—editors, etc.; diploma titled United States Universal Exposition, St. Louis,
Commemorative Diploma, Special Commissioner to European Countries, Commission of
History Department of Anthropology, 1902; list of jubilee and diamond jubilee presents of the
late Queen Victoria, 1903; letters and correspondence regarding securing the exhibits for the St.