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Historic preservation collection.
See also Bryan, John Albury. Notes on historic buildings. Saint Louis Historic Preservation
Collection.
A2152
“History of Tower Grove Foundry Co.”
Manuscript, 1969. 1 box
The Tower Grove Foundry Company was incorporated in 1904. It was sold to Laclede Stoker
Company in 1932 and later became part of Michigan General Corporation in 1969.
The collection consists of a typed manuscript history of the Tower Grove Foundry Co.
written by Paul W. Kluge and a Tower Grove Foundry Company Catalog of Construction
Castings.
Cite as: History of Tower Grove Foundry Co. Manuscript, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A0705
Hitchcock Family.
Papers, 1786-1926; 1950; no date. 6 boxes; 2 volumes
Henry Hitchcock (1829-1902) was the son of Henry and Anne Erwin Hitchcock. Henry
Hitchcock, II, was born in Alabama, graduated from Yale in 1848, was admitted to the St. Louis
bar in 1851, and married Mary Collier in 1857. He was a founder of the Washington University
law school and later a professor. He was also an aide to General Sherman on his Civil War
march through Georgia in 1864.
Correspondence, journals, manuscripts of writing, and genealogical tables of the Hitchcock
family. Persons represented include Ethan Allen; Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1789); Henry
Hitchcock (1792-1839); Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1798-1870), St. Louis judge and financier
Henry Hitchcock, II (1829-1902); Henry Hitchcock, III (1858-1933); and George Collier
Hitchcock (1867-1940). Some of the specific material relating to Henry Hitchcock, II, includes
philosophical and literary discussions; Civil War correspondence; legal materials; letterbook
related to the transactions of the Crystal Plate Glass Company, 1880-1895; and autograph album
signed by Yale classmates, 1848.
Partial list of papers in folder at beginning of collection.
Cite as: Hitchcock Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0706
Hobart, Edgar (1870-1928).
Papers, 1823-1865; no date. 4 boxes
Member of Missouri Historical Society. He married Harriett Emily Kimball and later
Christine Oertal. He operated a cafeteria at 316 Locust. He died May 26, 1928, in St. Louis.
Collection contains correspondence, genealogical information, family photographs, and the
front page of the New York Herald, April 15, 1865, concerning President Lincoln’s assassination.
Collection also contains a typed manuscript of the Hobart family history. Also includes some
correspondence and related materials within the papers.
Cite as: Edgar Hobart Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2828
Hobart, John Edward (1873- ).
Family History Sheet, no date. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]