Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Memorial sketch of Dr. George Oscar James from The Alumni Bulletin of Washington
University. Includes his portrait. Dr. James, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts, died
November 24, 1931.
Cite as: Dr. George Oscar James Memorial Sketch, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2234
James, Ivan C., Jr.
Collection, 1948-1979. 2 folders
Ivan C. James attended Sumner High School (St. Louis) in the 1920s. After graduating, he
went to Lincoln University, and then to the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He ran a punch
press at Emerson Electric, and worked to get his license to become a stationary engineer. After
getting his license, he started work as an engineer for the St. Louis Housing Authority. He
worked as an engineer at Carr Square Village, Pruitt-Igoe, and Darst-Webbe-Peabody. He retired
from the Housing Authority in the early 1980s. For over half a century, he amassed a collection
of St. Louis' African American history. These items include books, church histories, pamphlets,
business cards, school yearbooks, and information on social and civic organizations, political
leaders, fraternal and sorority memorabilia, Civil Rights movements and much more.
The collection consists of programs, annual reports, and booklets relating to the African
American community of St. Louis. Among the items is the Annual Report of the Annie Malone
Children’s Home, 1888-1958, a souvenir program celebrating the 100 th anniversary of Antioch
Baptist Church of St. Louis, 1979, and a reprinted edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s “The
Negro Speaks” featuring essays by Dr. Martin Luther King, A. Philip Randolph, and Gwendolyn
Brooks.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Ivan C. James, Jr., Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0764
James Family.
Thomas James family papers, 1823-1904. 5 folders (approximately 100 items)
Gen. Thomas James (1782-1847) was a miller in Monroe County, Illinois. He was named
general with the Illinois Militia, 1825. He served with the Illinois legislature, 1826-1828.
Business papers of the descendants of General Thomas James. Deeds, notes, bills, and a few
business letters.
Cite as: Thomas James Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0765
Jamieson, James P. (1867-1941)
Architecture Collection, 1909-1919. 20 folders, 2 tubes
Architectural drawings by Jamieson for his own firm, Jamieson & Spearl, and as the St.
Louis representative of Cope & Stewardson. Also includes one set of plans from a residence by
Theodore Link. The collection comprises drawings for five projects.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: James P. Jamieson Architecture Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2868
Jamieson, Merwin Mercier (1921- ).