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A0880
Laws, M.L., Rev.
Notebook and diary, 1863-1871. 2 volumes
Baptist preacher in Glasgow, Missouri, and in St. Louis at the Park Avenue Baptist Church.
Diary kept at Glasgow, Missouri, 1871, combined with notes from lectures on mental
philosophy at Brown University (1863-1864). Record book consisting of a visiting diary, church
accounts, marriage and baptismal records, etc. (1868-1873).
Cite as: Rev. M.L. Laws Notebook and Diary, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0881
Lawther, James.
Letterbook, 1860-1864. 1 volume
Insurance and real estate agent in Red Wing, Minnesota, also dealt with shipping of store
merchandise.
The letterbook dealing strictly with business matters of James and Samuel D. Lawther,
includes correspondence with St. Louis customers.
Cite as: James Lawther Letterbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0882
League of Women Voters (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Papers, 1906-1962. 10 boxes
With the passage of the suffrage bill in the Missouri legislature on March 28, 1919, the
Missouri League of Women Voters made initial plans for organization March 30, 1919. The
organization was perfected in October of that year after the state legislature had ratified the
nineteenth amendment. On November 13, the St. Louis Equal Suffrage League met to become
the League of Women Voters of St. Louis. This took place three months before the formal
organization of the national league.
Printed matter regarding women movements in St. Louis and Missouri; minutes, 1922-1933,
and financial reports of the organization; bills, receipts and general information regarding the
League of Women Voters National Convention held in St. Louis in 1938; various publications of
national, state and local League of Women Voters; Missouri Women Suffrage Convention
Program, 1919; Gellhorn correspondence 1921-1929; constitution, 1922; scrapbook of
newspaper clippings regarding the Institute of Government and Politics, 1924-1925; scrapbook
of general issues, 1941-1942; information regarding the Community Race Relations Institution,
1946; journals of the board of freeholders, 1949-1950, for the city of St. Louis; information
regarding clean water legislation, 1957-1962; county charter issue information, 1948-1949,
1954; city charter, 1949-1950; Edna Gellhorn files relating to civil service reform and creation of
a merit system for city government—Citizens Committee for Civil Service in the City of St.
Louis; and manuscript titled "Foreign Trade and St. Louis," May 1, 1955, conducted by League
of Women Voters and Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis.
Cite as: League of Women Voters Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0883
Ledlie, Charles Hees (1861-1940).
Papers, 1856-1906. 7 boxes
Charles Hees Ledlie (1861-1940) was born July 26, 1861, in Palatine Bridge, New York, the