Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Scrapbook, containing correspondence and clippings related to a golden jubilee celebration in
honor of the archbishop of St. Louis, Peter Richard Kenrick, 1891.
Cite as: Marquette Club Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0985
Marquis de Lafayette collection, 1779-1938. 7 folders (approximately 100 items)
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Mortier Marquis de Lafayette, French statesman
and army officer.
Collection includes two notes from Lafayette; copy of map showing his journey (1824-1825)
through the United States; sketch of life and belongings of Lafayette by his physician, Jules
Cloquet; letter from Lafayette's son George W. Lafayette; and correspondence, pamphlets,
newsclippings, memorabilia and other papers relating to Lafayette, his visit to St. Louis, his
funeral, and the 1925 centennial celebration of his visit.
Cite as: Marquis de Lafayette Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0986
Marr, James.
Papers, 1863-1926. 2 folders (approximately 25 items)
Correspondence to James Marr of Carondelet, Missouri, concerning various military
positions he held: captain in the Union army; supervisor of internal revenue, 1868; appointed the
eastern representative for the Cheyenne, Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad, 1871. Photostats of
railroad passes; photostatic copy of ticket of admission to U.S. Senate for the impeachment of
the president, May 26, 1868.
Cite as: James Marr Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0987
Marriage contracts collection, 1757-1869. 3 folders (approximately 10 items)
Marriage contracts for people in St. Louis County, New Orleans, Fort Chartres, Kaskaskia,
St. Charles, St. Ferdinand; Collet's supplementary index to marriages in St. Louis County;
booklet with records of marriage contracts in the state of Vermont, 1831-1869.
Cite as: Marriage Contracts Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0988
Marsh, Louise.
Papers, 1913-1926. 3 folders (approximately 100 items)
Mrs. Louise Marsh was appointed to the National Society of the Women’s Section of the
Navy League of the United States, circa 1917.
Collection contains clippings and manuscripts regarding World War I and the work done by
Mrs. Marsh along the home front; genealogy of the Byrans, Cottons, and related families; and
poems by Mrs. Marsh.
Cite as: Louise Marsh Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2335
Martin, John I.
Letter to my dear sir, 1888 May 31. 1 item
Typescript letter signed John I. Martin, grand marshal, and Simon S. Bass, adjutant, Grand
Civic and Military Parade, 1109 Clark Avenue, St. Louis, to my dear sir, May 31, 1888. Martin
writes that the unidentified individual to whom the letter is addressed has been appointed aide to