Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Atlanta. One particularly graphic letter describes the hand-to-hand combat of the 13th Iowa
Infantry in the battle of Atlanta (folder 10, July 23, 1864). The Civil War material also includes
some personal papers of Capt. Safely, two official notes from Brig. Gen. William K. Belknap,
and a copy of a letter from Safely to Mrs. William T. Sherman offering her the flag from the
state capitol building in Charleston, South Carolina. Also includes a variety of family
correspondence from the postwar period, consisting of letters of Mary Frances to her mother and
sister; letters of Margaret to her mother; correspondence between Mary Frances and Margaret;
and letters from John J. Safely to Mary Frances written while traveling on business in the West,
one of which describes an adventurous trip from Yuma, Arizona, to a sulphur mine in Mexico.
The collection also includes some Nye family papers.
Cite as: McEwen Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1009
McFadden, Johnson L.
Daybook, 1854-1868. 1 volume (170 pages)
Records of Boonville, Missouri, tailor.
Cite as: Johnson L. McFadden Daybook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1010
McFerran, James H.B. (1819-1891).
Papers, 1859-1891. 2 folders (approximately 15 items)
James H.B. McFerran was born September 17, 1819, in Hancock, Washington County,
Maryland. In 1848, he moved to Gallatin, Missouri, where he began to practice law. He served as
a state legislator and circuit court judge. In April 1862 he organized the 1st Cavalry, Missouri
State Militia. He was mustered out in February 1865, and moved to Colorado Springs in 1873.
He died there in October 1891.
Papers include certificate of election of McFerran as Missouri circuit judge, 17th judicial;
muster-out roll; general and special army orders; reminiscences of General Sterling Price’s
Campaign, second battle of Independence, Missouri; printed copy of closing speech for the state
made by William H. Wallace, prosecuting attorney for Jackson County, Missouri, in trial of
Frank James for murder at Gallatin, Missouri.
Cite as: James H.B. McFerran Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1011
McGibbons, John Harmon (1866- ).
Certificates, 1887-1928. 1 oversize folder
Diplomas from Chaddock College, Quincy, Illinois, June 5, 1887-1891; and certificates of
appointment and honor related to positions held and honors received in connection with
international expositions, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1892-1907; and
certificate of honor and membership in the Civil Legion for World War I service as a member of
the American Protective League, 1928.
Some French and Japanese.
Cite as: John Harmon McGibbons Certificates, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1012
McGuire, Phillip.
Papers, 1807-1838. 2 folders (approximately 25 items)
Papers include receipts, business accounts of Phillip McGuire from Washington County,