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engineer of the Little River Drainage District in southeast Missouri, where he prepared plans for
the drainage system. He invented a walking excavator for ditching. Although he served his
official connection with the drainage district before the actual construction of the ditches began
in 1914, he maintained close contact with the construction. Otto Kochtitzky died in June 1935.
Collection includes correspondence; engineering notes, newsclippings, maps, blueprints,
deeds, contracts, insurance and tax papers, plats, photographs, drawings, ledgers, and journals
concerning his work in reclaiming land in southeast Missouri swamps, records concerning the
Chautauqua Club, Cape Girardeau, 1907.
Cite as: Otto Kochtitzky Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0832
Koehler, Leonhard.
Daybooks, 1859-1879. 2 volumes
Two daybooks of blacksmith in St. Louis County, with other accounts dating as early as 1852
in volume 1, and ledger accounts as the rear of volume 2 dating from 1870-1882.
In German handscript.
Found in the house of William Buerman, Rock Hill, Missouri.
Cite as: Leonhard Koehler Daybooks, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0833
Kohn, Rudolph D. (1849-1928).
Scrapbook, 1914-1924. 1 volume
Writer, and treasurer of the Northern Missouri Railroad Co. and the St. Louis, Kansas City
and Northern Railway Co.
Scrapbook contains newsclippings regarding the issue of submarines in warfare, and copies
of his published poetry.
Cite as: Rudolph D. Kohn Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0834
Koken Family.
Papers, 1900-1970s. 1 box; 1 scrapbook
Olive Koken Yackey was the daughter of E.E. Koken, who was associated with Koken
Barbers’ Supply Company, St. Louis. Wilfred Alonzo Yackey, Jr., the husband of Olive Yackey,
operated Yackey Aircraft Co., in Forest Park, Illinois. Also a performer of airplane tricks,
Wilfred Yackey was killed in an airplane crash. Mrs. Ellen Koken Van Schoiack was Mrs. Olive
Yackey's sister.
The collection includes ten letters and a postcard addressed to Olive Koken and later Olive
Kokey Yackey, 4203 Shenandoah Ave. (St. Louis), 4280 Shenandoah Ave. (St. Louis), and 406
Baker (Webster Groves, Mo.), 1897-1940, from her father, uncle, and husband. Also includes a
printed biography of E.E. Koken; a photograph and newsclipping scrapbook regarding Wilfred
Yackey's flying career; his pilot's license, etc., circa 1927, his Aero Club of America
membership identification book, circa 1919, and several medals and pins from his flying career.
Also includes a typed manuscript titled "Seeing Nellie Home," written by Ellen Koken Van
Schoiack, which details the high points of her life in St. Louis and her travels.
Cite as: Koken Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Konert and Son (Saint Louis, Missouri).
See H. Konert and Son (Saint Louis, Missouri).