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Grand Rapids, Michigan. The letters chronicle her last semester in college at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, in the spring of 1959, her marriage to Martin Ludington, August 1959, the birth of
their children, and life in St. Louis including an active social life, a trip to Europe in 1969, and
her work with the Junior League and the St. Louis Council on World Affairs. Many of the letters
dated 1970s are written from 40 Loren Woods, Ladue, St. Louis County, Mo.
Cite as: Emily Sheppard Ludington Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0947
Ludlow and Smith (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1835-1850. 6 volumes
Noah Miller Ludlow (1795-1886) and Solomon Franklin Smith (1801-1869) formed this
partnership in 1835. Over the next sixteen years they dominated the theatrical scene in St. Louis,
and heavily influenced it in Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans. In 1837, they opened the Saint
Louis Theatre on the southeast corner of Olive and Third in St. Louis, and from 1840 they also
operated the theaters in New Orleans, most notably the St. Charles Theatre, until they sold their
lease on it to Ben DeBar in 1853.
This collection consists of records from the Saint Louis Theatre in St. Louis and the Saint
Charles Theatre in New Orleans. Relating to the Saint Louis Theatre are two volumes of stock
transactions, 1835-1837; two volumes of box office returns for the fall and spring seasons of
1844; and a volume listing the boxes sold for the 1848 season. Relating to the Saint Charles
Theatre is one volume listing boxes sold, 1846-1850.
Cite as: Ludlow and Smith Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2911
Ludlow, B.C.
Letter, 1854 June 15. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Letter signed B.C. Ludlow, New York, to his aunt Mrs. C.P. Clarkson, care of Col. C.P.
Clarkson, Ellisville, St. Louis County, Missouri, June 15, 1854. Discusses the marriage of
Clements and Emma and the couple’s return to New York City. Also mentions attending the
great musical congress at the Crystal Palace.
Cite as: B.C. Ludlow Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0948
Ludlow Family.
Ludlow-Field-Maury family papers, 1784; 1817-1945. 18 boxes
Correspondence, diaries, journals, biographical material, clippings of writings, scrapbooks,
memorandum books, notebooks, and printed material, relating to the Ludlow, Field, and Maury
families. Includes material on the first real theater west of the Mississippi, the American
Dramatic Fund, Sir William Drummond Stewart's Rocky Mountain expedition, the mountains
and prairies, art, and the formation of Christian Science in St. Louis. Persons represented include
Noah Miller Ludlow (1795-1886), actor, producer, and theater owner; his daughter Cornelia B.
(Ludlow) Field; her husband Matthew C. Field (1808-1844), actor and writer; and the Fields'
granddaughter Cornelia F. Maury, St. Louis artist. The Matthew C. Field items include three
small journals of his Rocky Mountain Expedition with Sir William D. Stewart, 1843 (Journal #3,
dated August 6-August 29, 1843, includes a narrative of William L. Sublette’s overland trip in
1827. The narrative begins after Field’s diary entry for August 21.).
Collection is indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Ludlow-Field-Maury Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.