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Research materials and correspondence regarding the Woodruff "steel two-pounder skirmish
gun" of Civil War vintage.
Cite as: John L. Margreiter Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0979
Margry, Pierre (1818-1894).
Margry-Kilian papers, [1700-1887]. 1 folder
Pierre Margry (1818-1894) was a French author. Edward A.K. Kilian was a scholar and
historical writer who died October 24, 1910, in Manhattan, Kansas.
Collection includes Kilian’s translations of some of Margry’s writings, including (1)
typescript titled “To Where the Mississippi and Missouri Have Been Ascended. Discovery of
Two Sources of the First of These Rivers. Notice of a Grande River Which Rises on the
Mountains Where the Source of the Missouri Is and Which Falls in the Sea of the West,”
translated from Margry’s Memoires et Documents (17 pages). (2) Typescript titled “Translations
from Pierre Magry’s [Margry’s] Memoirs and Documents by Edward A.K. Kilian. Documents
Relating to Claude Charles du Tisne’s Explorations in Missouri” (6 pages). (3) Typescript titled
“The Expeditions of Lieutenant Claude Charles du Tisne by Edward August Karl Kilian,
Secretary Quivera Historical Society” (7 pages). (4) Typescript titled “Relations of the French
with Various Peoples, the Missouris, the Kansas, the Ototoctas, the Osages, the Agovis, the
Panis, the Panimahas, the Ricasas and the Padoucas. Etienne Vengard de Bourgmont Establishes
Fort d’Orleans on the Missouri and Effects Peace between Several Nations and the Padoucas,
1722-1724” (40 pages). (5) Handwritten translation of Margry’s Memoirs and Documents
pertaining to the history of French settlers in the countries across the sea (37 pages).
Cite as: Margry-Kilian Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0980
Margulis, Sam B.
Sam B. and Helen H. Margulis Papers, 1916-1983. 2 boxes
Sam Burt Margulis was a member of the January 1916 graduating class of Franklin School in
St. Louis, and graduated from Washington University in 1925. He married Helen Flora
Hirschfeld, who had attended Ben Blewett Junior High School in St. Louis, graduating in
January 1921, and East St. Louis High School in East St. Louis, Illinois, graduating in June 1924.
Both were active in the reunion activities of their respective high schools.
Records relating to the school and school reunion activities of Sam B. and Helen Hirschfeld
Margulis. Includes 1916 report card for Spanish class issued to Charles Margulis from Soldan
High School; two reports by Sam Margulis for a Washington University advertising seminar,
1925; material and programs relating to Sam B. Margulis' 1925 graduation from Washington
University; class reunion materials for the January 1916 class of Franklin School (St. Louis), for
reunions in 1941 and 1966. The collection also contains a school friendship book belonging to
Helen Flora Hirschfeld from Ben Blewett Junior High School in St. Louis, 1921; and class
reunion books from for the 1963, 1973, and 1983 reunions for the 1923-1924 classes of East St.
Louis High School.
Cite as: Sam B. and Helen H. Margulis Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0981
Maritz & Young, Inc. (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Friedman Residence Renderings, circa 1927. 1 folder
Two pencil and watercolor renderings of the residence for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Friedman