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Thomas Krebs to her family and friends relating everyday experiences of life in St. Louis and
smaller Missouri towns.
Some German.
Cite as: Krebs Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0840
Kress Family.
Papers, 1840-1921. 1 folder (6 items)
Papers include list of officers of the Ordnance Department, arsenals and other ordnance
stations, 1840-1880; letter of J.W. Wadsworth, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Colonel John A.
Kress, dated June 19, 1903: "I shall favor the bill you refer to. General James S. Wadsworth was
my father, and I remember you when you were on his staff in 1862-1863"; letter of J.W.
Wadsworth to John A. Kress, dated January 29, 1903, discussing family matters; letter to
General Fitzhugh Lee regarding biography of General Robert E. Lee, July 3, 1904; newsclipping
concerning biographical information on Brigadier General John A. Kress, July 5, 1914; letter of
E.J. Spencer to General John A. Kress, dated March 21, 1921, regarding being elected to be
honorary president for life of the West Pointers.
Cite as: Kress Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0841
Kroeger Family.
Collection, 1821-1927. 4 boxes
The Kroeger family was a German family who settled in St. Louis. Adolph E. Kroeger was a
philosopher who was associated with Dr. William T. Harris in the St. Louis Movement for
philosophical and psychological study. His son Ernest R. Kroeger was a nationally known
musician and composer. He was master of programs of the Bureau of Music at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. He was also director of the Kroeger School of Music in St. Louis. Ernest
Kroeger died in 1934.
Collection contains translations of German stories, poems, etc. from Adolph E. Kroeger; a
German document dating to 1821; genealogy information; biographical information regarding
Ernest Kroeger; business correspondence; correspondence of Ernest Kroeger regarding lectures,
etc. Also includes books and notes concerning the Kroeger School of Music; essays, addresses,
etc.; a listing of the Bureau of Music at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition expenditures;
photographs of family. The collection also contains a body of Ernst R. Kroeger's manuscript
music.
Some German.
Cite as: Kroeger Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0842
Krohn, Ernst Christopher (1888-1975).
Papers, 1917-1975. 2 boxes
Ernst C. Krohn was a musician, lecturer, composer, and musicologist. From 1909 he was a
piano teacher in St. Louis; published A Century of Missouri Music, 1924; was one of the early
members of the American Musicological Society; the director of the Music Department at St.
Louis University, 1953-1963; and a collector of books and sheet music. Krohn's library of some
8,500 books was given to the Gaylord Library at Washington University. His large collection of
sheet music was donated to the Missouri Historical Society Library.
Correspondence of Krohn, correspondence secretary, and George Enzinger, president, of the