Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Hammond, Charle, Burns & LePere (1970-1979?); Harold L. LePere & Associates (1985?-
1997); LePere & Associates, Inc. (1997-1999), and finally Karasek Architects in 1999. Partners
of the firm included Fred R. Hammond (1937), William A. Grolock (1928), Elfreda C. Koch
(1927), Edwin G. Charle (1921), Edward E. Meyer (1914), Raymond R. Burns (1945), Roger J.
Monahan (1946), Ruth V. Eckhart (1952), Harold L. LePere (1961), Gary Karasek, Michael J.
Murphy, David S. Krumm (1993) and Robert Lippert (1999). In 1997, following the death of
Harold LePere, three partners, Gary Karasek, Michael Murphy and Steven Muny, bought Harold
L. LePere & Associates, and renamed the firm LePere & Associates, Inc. Less than a year later,
Artec Architecture, Inc., of Belleville, Illinois, and Le Pere & Associates, Inc., merged to form
one firm. In 1999, another company, Lippert/Cannon of St. Louis, was absorbed into the firm,
which became known as Karasek Architects.
The collection consists of approximately 1000 architectural drawings of elevations, plans,
details, sections, and specifications, as well as some surveys, calculations, correspondence, and
notes. This collection consists primarily of various residential commissions in the early half of
the twentieth century (mostly located on Portland Place and Westmoreland Place), and schools,
hospitals, churches and commercial commissions throughout the twentieth century. Some of the
more recognizable commissions include various buildings for Washington University, including
drawings by Jamieson while he was with the firm of Cope & Stewardson; the University of
Missouri–Columbia; alterations and additions to Christ Church Cathedral; Missouri Botanical
Garden; Deaconess Hospital; and residential commissions from prominent individuals such as
Dwight F. Davis, Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., Senator George H. Williams,
and J. Lionberger Davis.
Approximately 400 of the commissions have been entered into a database that can be
searched by the name of the architect, the name of the commission, the address or the date
(contact an archivist regarding this database). Worksheets with more detailed information that
were completed as the collection was processed can be found at the Archives Reference Desk.
The Karasek Architects Collection is open to the public under the standard access policies
of the Missouri History Museum Archives. However, researchers will need to contact
Karasek Architects to request permission to photocopy any of the materials in the
collection.
Cite as: Karasek Architects Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2139
Karleskind, Sebastien.
Notarized certificate declaring the birth of his daughter, 1832 Nov 12. 2 items
Certificate states that Sebastien Karleskind, 36 years old, resident of Langatte, France, and
his wife, Catherine Mabot, have had a child to be named Marie Catherine. Document is in
French with an English typescript translation.
Cite as: Sebastien Karleskind Notarized Certificate Declaring the Birth of His Daughter,
Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0800
Kaskaskia, Illinois, church registers, [1741-1834]. 4 folders
Manuscript and photostat copies.
Copy of the "Registres des Mariages daus Leglise de Notre Dame de L'Immaculee
Conception aux Cascakias," 1741-1834; extract from baptismal, marriage and burial records,
1723-1724, photostats; records of baptisms, 1761-1795, manuscript copies and typescript
translations; and manuscript fragment, 1822.