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A0854
LaBarge Family.
Papers, 1860-1891. 1 folder (approximately 20 items)
Captain Joseph LaBarge (1815-1899) served on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers in the
early 1830s; was associated with and in opposition to the Chouteau interests and was regarded as
one of the best steamboat men in the West.
Papers contain family correspondence from Captain and Mrs. LaBarge to their sons in
school; and also some genealogical information.
Cite as: LaBarge Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0855
LaBeaume & Klein (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Rice House Renderings, circa 1914. 1 folder
Front (summer) and rear (winter) color pencil renderings for the Charles and May Rice home
at #1 Oak Knoll. Architects Louis LaBeaume and Eugene S. Klein formed a partnership in 1913
that endured until Klein’s death in 1945. Together they designed some of the most well-known
homes in St. Louis’ elite and private neighborhoods.
Cite as: LaBeaume & Klein (Saint Louis, Missouri), Rice House Renderings, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0856
LaBeaume, Louis (1873-1961).
Papers, 1776-1947. 10 folders (approximately 100 items); 1 volume; 1 oversize folder
Born in St. Louis, attended Columbia University, opened architectural office in St. Louis, and
helped with the designing of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and Kiel Auditorium. Married
St. Louisan Emma Updike in 1905. Emma Updike LaBeaume (died 1962) was raised in St.
Louis, attended Mary Institute, and later attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington,
Connecticut.
Scrapbook compiled by Emma Updike before her marriage, contains souvenirs, calling cards,
theater and dance programs, a trick cigarette case, pressed flowers, valentines, love letters from
suitors, etc., 1895-1899. Also school programs from Mary Institute and Smith Academy in St.
Louis, Miss Porter's School for Young Ladies in Farmington, Connecticut, and Yale and Harvard
Universities. Also includes correspondence with William M. Reedy; genealogy of LaBeaume
family; diary of trip from St. Louis to Washington, D.C., 1887; bills of Auguste Chouteau 1798-
1806; survey no. 3333 by Louis LaBeaume, showing big mounds; essays by Louis LaBeaume
regarding St. Louis history, architecture, and general topics.
Cite as: Louis LaBeaume Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0857
LaBeaume, Theodore ( -1868).
Papers, 1832-1882. 2 folders (approximately 30 items)
Theodore LaBeaume was the deputy sheriff in St. Louis, 1864-1868.
Papers contain correspondence of the family of Theodore LaBeaume, St. Louis;
correspondence of daughter describing convent life in Keokuk, Iowa; genealogy of Tarton-
LaBeaume family; autograph book of Louis LaBeaume Tompkins, 1858.
Cite as: Theodore LeBeaume Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0858