Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A0995
Mathews, C.
Account book and scrapbook, 1837-1852, 1862. 1 volume
Account book with financial records, 1837-1852, which appears to be commission and
forwarding merchant records in Jacksonville, Florida, with 1862 political clippings pasted over
some pages. Inside flyleaf: "C. Mathews Book of Sundry Accounts, Jacksonville, February
1836".
Cite as: C. Matthews Account Book and Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0996
Matthews, Leonard.
Papers, 1862-1906. 5 folders (approximately 25 items)
Papers include correspondence of Leonard Matthews to his daughter detailing experiences of
his foreign trip (1862, 1865-1866); diary kept by Matthews on foreign trip, April 11–July 25,
1866; memo and letter, 1898, regarding the taxation of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Cite as: Leonard Matthews Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0997
Mauthe's Store (Franklin, Missouri).
Account books, 1854-1871. 4 volumes
Accounts of general store at Franklin, Missouri (now Pacific, Missouri).
Cite as: Mauthe's Store Account Books, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2404
Max, Paul.
Advertisement for Peerless Washing Tablets, circa 1903-1908. 1 item (5 copies)
Printed advertisement of Paul Max, 1011B South Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri, states in
part, “The Peerless are rapidly becoming known as a necessity in every household where
washing clothes is performed. It is not a soap, but saves more than half the usual amount of soap
ordinarily used.”
Cite as: Max Paul Advertisement for Peerless Washing Tablets, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A0998
Maxwell-Preller Murder Case Collection, 1885-1888. 1 folder (approximately 15 items); 1
oversize folder
Papers concerning "The St. Louis Murder," perpetrated by Walter H. Lennox-Maxwell, alias
T.C. D'Auguier, and legally Hugh Mottram Brooks of Hyde, England. The victim, Charles
Arthur Preller, also a native of England, was murdered at the Southern Hotel, where his body
was discovered in a trunk. The collection consists of papers concerning the case, mounted on
cardboard as police exhibits at the trial and conviction of Maxwell. See also counterfeit diploma
filed with oversize documents.
Cite as: Maxwell-Preller Murder Case Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0999
Mayer Family.