Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A0886
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870).
Collection, 1834-1967. 4 folders (approximately 100 items)
Engineer, soldier, educator.
Robert E. Lee correspondence to various persons with a large percentage to Henry Kayser,
St. Louis city engineer (1838-1846) when Lee served as superintending engineer of St. Louis
harbor and upper Mississippi River with the subsequent letters settling accounts. Later
correspondence (1846- ) consists of mainly Civil War material.
Finding aid available
Cite as: Robert E. Lee Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0887
Legal collection, 1731-1979. 2 folders (approximately 50 items)
Papers contain various forms of legal papers ranging from document signed George the
Second of Great Britain, April 5, 1731, to land claims in rural Missouri.
Cite as: Legal Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2931
Legler, August M.
Illustrated Souvenir Certificate of Military Service in World War I, no date. 1 item
(oversize)
Certificate of August M. Legler who joined the service December 14, 1917, at St. Louis,
Mo., and served in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, 11 th Company, 2 nd M.M. Regiment.
Cite as: August M. Legler Illustrated Souvenir Certificate of Military Service in World War I,
Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0888
Lehmann, Frederick (1853-1931).
Autograph collection, 1695-1931. 1 box
Civic leader, lawyer, politician, president of American Bar Association, 1910, and solicitor
general of the United States during the administration of President William H. Taft.
Autograph book, 1864; facsimile of articles of agreement between Richard Earl of Bellomont
& Captain Kid, 1695; land office certificates, 1843, 1865; facsimiles of Robert E. Lee letters,
December 18, 1845, and December 28, 1849; letter of Pierre Morand concerning his sketches of
Charles Dickens, others, August 30, 1902; newsclippings, obituaries. One bound volume of
original letters, photographs of American authors, George Ade to John A. Wyeth.
Cite as: Frederick Lehmann Autograph Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1795
Leidecker, Kurt F. (1902-1991).
Collection, 1857-1984. 8 boxes
Kurt F. Leidecker (1902-1991) was a professor at Mary Washington College from 1948 until
his retirement in 1973. He authored several books, including a biography of the noted St. Louis
educator and philosopher William Torrey Harris titled Yankee Teacher: The Life of William
Torrey Harris. While researching this book, Leidecker was assisted by William Torrey Harris’
daughter Miss Edith Davidson Harris, who provided him with access to her father’s papers.