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Scrapbook, 1884-1913. 1 volume
William A. Kelsoe was a St. Louis newspaperman; chief of the local press for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, 1904; and exchange editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was also one
of the founders of the Ethical Society of St. Louis.
Scrapbook contains clippings and manuscript notes relating to St. Louis newspapers and
news writing. Includes daily listings of assignments handed out to various reporters for the year
1884, biographical notes on noteworthy St. Louis reporters, several references to William
Marion Reedy, and a poem by Reedy.
Cite as: William A. Kelsoe Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0809
Kennan, George Frost.
“Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920: Vol. 1, Russia Leaves the War” / typescript, circa
1957. 1 volume (696 pages)
Typescript of Pulitzer Prize–winning volume on the Russian Revolution, with annotations in
the author's hand, researched in part at the Missouri Historical Society. Contains chapter on the
American ambassador to Russia, St. Louisan David R. Francis.
Cite as: George F. Kennan, “Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920: Vol. 1, Russian Leaves the
War,” typescript, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2534
Kennedy, James (1836-1927).
Papers, 1906-1927. 9 items
James Kennedy was born July 9, 1836, in Jefferson City, Missouri. In the mid-1850s he took
a job as an operator for the Morse Telegraph Company at Parkville, Missouri, and later at Kansas
City. Later in the 1850s he took a position as a steamboat clerk. During the Civil War he served
as major of Searcy’s Battalion, Tyler’s Brigade (Confederate). After the war he returned to
Kansas City, where he was a wharf master for many years. He died November 2, 1928, in
Kansas City.
Collection contains Kennedy’s reminiscences of General Sterling Price’s raid through
Missouri during the Civil War (12 pages), dated 191-; printed roster of Company B, Searcy’s
Battalion, Missouri Sharpshooters, and accompanying note of J.W. Halliburton, Carthage,
Missouri, to the editor of The Brunswicker, Brunswick, Missouri, October 9, 1906; letter signed
James Kennedy, Kansas City, Missouri, to the assistant adjutant general, Washington, D.C., July
20, 1908, requesting information regarding his service in the Confederate army and stating his
account of his service; Kansas City Post article titled “Capt. Kennedy, 84, Recalls Past Glories of
River and Dreams of Future Conquest,” 1920; newspaper article titled “The Kansas City
Telegrapher of the Middle 50's,” 1922; Kansas City Star Magazine article titled “Seventy Years
of River Days: One Man Who Never Has Neglected the Faithful Missouri Is James Kennedy,
Captain and Wharfmaster,” May 24, 1925; newspaper obituary of Capt. James Kennedy,
November 3, 1927; typescript memorial of Kennedy compiled by the board of Independence
Boulevard Christian Church of Kansas City, December 5, 1927; and typescript poem by
Kennedy titled “My Creed.”
Cite as: James Kennedy Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0810
Kennedy, Margaret R.
Scrapbook, [1885]. 1 volume