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Family tree, no date. 1 oversize folder (2 items)
Cite as: Metz Family Tree, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1035
Metzger Family.
Edgar L. and Charlotte A. Metzger family papers, 1920-1980s. 26 boxes
Personal papers of St. Louis engineer Edgar L. Metzger and his wife St. Louis artist Charlotte
Abney Metzger, who was known professionally as Ann Metzger.
Cite as: Edgar L. and Charlotte A. Metzger Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A1036
Metzger, Louis C.F.
Papers, late 1800s-early 1900s. 5 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Specifications for Terminal Railroad Association Union Depot, steam heating apparatus for
Armory Battery “A,” sidewheel steam transfer boat for Wiggins Ferry Co.; ordinance for
granitoid sidewalks in Venice, Illinois; printed report of the chief engineer of the Terminal
Railroad Association of St. Louis on improvements made in 1902-1904; correspondence;
notebooks; plans; and certificates.
Cite as: Louis C.F. Metzger Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1037
Mexican War collection, 1846-1940. 1 box (approximately 100 items)
Contains extracts from personal journals and diaries, mostly in Missouri Historical Society
collections, regarding the Mexican War; correspondence of persons fighting in war to friends and
families in St. Louis; clippings and later material regarding the history of the war.
Cite as: Mexican War Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1038
Meyer, Christian Frederick Gottlieb (1830- ).
Family papers and business records, 1852-1985. 6 boxes; 2 oversize folder
Christian Frederick Gottlieb Meyer, the founder of the Meyer Brothers Drug Company, was
born December 9, 1830, in Prussia, son of John Henry and Marie Louise Holt Meyer. After
working as shepherds for much of their lives, Christian F.G. Meyer and his older brother Johann
Frederick Wilhelm Meyer emigrated to the United States in 1847 and settled with a half sister in
Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and supported themselves by working the land. In 1848, Christian F.G.
Meyer took a job in the drug store of Mr. H.B. Reed, an event that marks the beginning of his
career in the drug business. The firm of Wall & Meyer was established in 1852 when Christian
F.G. Meyer joined Mr. Wall in opening up a drug business in Ft. Wayne. In 1857, the business
changed its name to Meyer and Brother when Meyer bought out his partner and brought his
brother into the business. A branch store was established in St. Louis in 1865, and in 1889, when
the firm relocated in St. Louis, the company was incorporated under the name of Meyer Brothers
Drug Company. After Christian F.G. Meyer's death in 1905, Theodore F. Meyer took over as
president of Meyer Brothers, and led the firm to bankruptcy. Carl F.G. Meyer, II, succeeded him,
and brought the company out of bankruptcy. The firm prospered under his leadership. Carl F.G.
Meyer, III, became president of Meyer Brothers Drug Company in 1952, and remained president
until the Meyer Brothers Drug Company merged with Fox-Vliet to become FOXMEYER in
1981.