Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Also includes tax receipts of family, 1864-1947; financial notes; muster-out roll of Company A,
47th Missouri Infantry, August 29, 1864; deeds; leases; official papers, 1862-1865; probate
records of James, Jane and William McMurtry and a patent for a dumping wagon, October 3,
1876, to Wm. McMurtry.
Cite as: McMurtry Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2470
McMurtry, J.S.
Circular titled “Buy a Home in Eastern Oklahoma,” no date. 1 item
J.S. McMurtry was a real estate agent in Quay, Oklahoma.
Circular includes descriptions and prices of five plots of land for sale.
Cite as: J.S. McMurtry Circular Titled “Buy a Home in Eastern Oklahoma,” Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1018
McNair, Alexander.
Collection, 1812-1924. 3 folders (approximately 35 items); 1 oversize folder
Alexander McNair was the first governor of the state of Missouri.
McNair family genealogy; correspondence while in office regarding political matters; court
clerk’s transcript of testimony in suit relating to the McNair property, giving in full testimony of
witnesses of interest; newspaper articles regarding McNair; obituary of Marie Bakewell;
certificate of appointment of Patrick Walsh as notary public in St. Louis County, January 12,
1821.
Cite as: Alexander McNair Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1019
McNeal, Virginia (1912-1995?).
Scrapbook 1928-1929. 1 volume; 1 folder
One volume "Stunt Book" contains photograph of friends, relatives, pets; clippings, greeting
cards, "reminiscences," awards and programs. The purchased blank book was designed and
illustrated by Elizabeth Colborne, published by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago. Interesting
examples of border designs and spot illustrations from the period.
Cite as: Virginia McNeal Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0965
Macon County, Missouri.
Defalcation papers, 1871-1912. 4 folders (approximately 50 items)
The collection deals with the suits instituted against Macon County for payments of bonds
for the building of a road issued to the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company—a road that
was never built.
Cite as: Macon County, Missouri, Defalcation Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1020
McPheeters, William M., Dr.
Papers, 1852-1903 (bulk 1861-1868). 1 box
Dr. William Marcellus McPheeters was born December 3, 1815, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He arrived in St. Louis in 1841. In 1862, he fled St. Louis and joined the Confederate army as a