Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0720
Houck, Louis.
"Papers from Spain" transcripts, [1767-1805]. 4 boxes
Handwritten transcripts of original manuscripts in the Archivo General de Indias, Seville,
Spain, that relate to the Spanish administration in the Mississippi Valley. Numbered 1 to 101,
these transcripts are thought to have been made for historian Louis Houck, and were published in
English translation in his book, The Spanish Regime in Missouri (Chicago: 1909).
Collection is arranged sequentially by instrument number, presumably assigned by Houck.
Spanish.
Collection is indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Louis Houck "Papers from Spain" Transcripts, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2910
Hough, Warwick (1836-1915).
Papers, 1852-1961. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Papers include (1) letter signed Warwick Hough, Columbia, Missouri, to his father,
November 2, 1852. Discusses his studies at the University of Missouri, and mentions the text
books that he needs to buy. Letter is written on stationery of the University of Missouri, and
includes an illustration of campus buildings. (2) Military pass of the headquarters of the
Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, Selma, Alabama, October 23, 1864,
permitting Capt. W. Hough to pass within the limits of the department. (3) Printed biographical
sketch of Warwick Hough, from The National Cyclopoedia of American Biography, 1897. (4)
Typescript letter of Warwick Hough, St. Louis, to Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pickett, Washington,
D.C., February 14, 1900. Introduces his eldest son, Warwick Massey Hough. Thanks her for the
book she has written about her husband, Civil War general George E. Pickett. (5) Unidentified
newspaper clipping, [1915], titled “Warwick Hough Dies at 80. Was Once Chief Justice of
Missouri Supreme Court.” (6) Family history sheet and biographical data sheet for the Missouri
Historical Society filled out by Orville Louis Hough, Denver, Colorado, November 25, 1961,
which include genealogical data on his family.
Cite as: Warwick Hough Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0721
Houwink, Eda (1903-1995).
Papers, 1902-1994. 32 boxes
The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Houwink, Eda Houwink was born in St. Louis on
June 23, 1903. She attended Washington University and the University of Chicago, receiving her
Ph.D. in social work in 1933, whereupon she worked as a field instructor, Fulbright lecturer, and
professor of social work at several universities until her retirement in 1968. During her
retirement she continued to be active in her field and also embarked on a second career writing
poetry. She died in St. Louis in 1995.
The papers of Eda Houwink mainly document the development of her career as a professor
of social work. They include five personal diaries (1929; 1931-1940; 1971); personal and
professional correspondence that includes discussion of current social issues such as abortion,
and professional issues such as student curricula; Dr. Houwink's published and unpublished
articles and manuscripts on social work; and records of her faculty appointments and awards. In