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A0678
Hempelmann Family.
Papers, 1845-1890. 3 folders (approximately 100 items)
Papers and tax receipts of Dude H. Janssen. Autograph and poetry manuscripts of Franz
Tolle.
Some German.
Cite as: Hempelmann Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0679
Hempen, H. Joseph.
Missouri sesquicentennial collection. 1969-1972. 4 boxes
H. Joseph Hempen worked for Opticomm, Inc., in St. Louis. He collected material on the
Missouri sesquicentennial celebration for a documentary history.
Collection includes correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, graphic materials, fliers,
brochures and other printed matter regarding state-wide and local celebrations of the Missouri
sesquicentennial celebrated in 1971 for a documentary history of Missouri sesquicentennial.
Includes material on local celebrations in St. Louis, Lexington, Florissant, Columbia, Hermann,
Charleston, Cole County, Independence, Jefferson County, and St. Charles; celebration
sponsored by the First State Capital Restoration and Sesquicentennial Commission. Includes
layouts and proposed text for book. Also sesquicentennial issues of Missouri newspapers.
Cite as: H. Joseph Hempen Missouri Sesquicentennial Collection, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A0680
Hempstead, Stephen (1754-1831).
Papers, 1787-1846; 1853; 1874; 1917. 2 boxes; 1 volume
Stephen Hempstead, born 1754, New London, Connecticut; married 1831, St. Louis. Served
in the Revolutionary War; answered first call for troops May 6, 1775. In 1811, he and his wife
and several of the younger children moved to St. Louis. He helped to establish the Presbyterian
faith in the territory, and was active in civic affairs.
Papers consist of correspondence of Stephen Hempstead family, early religious leaders, and
others. Correspondence between Manuel Lisa and Mary Hempstead Lisa. Papers of Stephen,
Edward, Charles, and William Hempstead. Diary, 1813-1831, of Stephen Hempstead, dated
1813-1831, which includes accounts regarding farming of land north of St. Louis, comments on
the weather, farm tasks, occupation of his slaves, births, deaths, marriages of family and friends,
and information on the establishments of missions in the Missouri Territory; and weekly records
of Stephen Hempstead's Presbyterian church attendance, 1787-1821, in New London,
Connecticut, and St. Louis. Letterbook, 1805-1830, of original letters to Stephen Hempstead
from Salmon Giddings, Timothy and Abel Flint, others, and with an account, in hand of
Hempstead, of trip to St. Louis with his family in 1811. In part photostats and typescript copies.
Diary published in nine parts in Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, Volume XIII,
Number 1 (October 1956)–Volume XXII, Number 4, Part 1 (July 1966).
Some French.
Cite as: Stephen Hempstead Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1827
Henderson, Edwin W.
Papers, 1873-1952. 2 folders (approximately 45 items)