Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Barclay, Shepard (1847-1925).
Papers, 1844-1925. 6 boxes
Shepard Barclay, lawyer and judge in Missouri, was born November 3, 1847. He was the
grandson of Elihu H. Shepard, a prominent citizen of St. Louis who was one of the founders of
the Missouri Historical Society in 1866. Shepard graduated from St. Louis University in 1867
and received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1869. He studied in Europe from
1869 to 1872, returning to St. Louis in 1872 to begin his law practice. In 1873, he married Kate
Anderson. That same year he formed a law partnership with William C. Marshall, which
continued until 1882 when Barclay was elected circuit judge in St. Louis. In 1877, he helped
organize the local military force in St. Louis, which became the Third Regiment of the National
Guard of Missouri. Judge Barclay was elected judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1888
and chosen chief justice by his associates in 1897. He resigned this office in 1898 to practice law
with John E. McKeighan and Millard F. Watts. Before going on the bench, Judge Barclay served
for several years as secretary of the Missouri Historical Society. He died November 17, 1925.
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, memoranda, and biographical material.
Among the papers are letters to his wife dated 1891, and Missouri Bar Association papers dated
1918-1921. Also includes the diary of Elihu Shepard, his maternal grandfather, which includes
reminiscences of his childhood in the East; the War of 1812; wanderings during the year of the
cholera epidemic in St. Louis in 1849; his experience during the Mexican War; incidents and war
losses resulting from the Civil War; and the queensware factory in Kaolin, Missouri.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Shepard Barclay Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1961
Bard, Elizabeth Marie (1892- ).
Biographical Data Sheet, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Elizabeth Marie
Bard, 3615 Utah Place, St. Louis.
Cite as: Elizabeth Marie Bard, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1962
Barker, Paul Shirmer (1895- ).
Genealogy, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains genealogical information of the Barker family and biographical data for Paul
Shirmer Barker.
Cite as: Paul Shirmer Barker Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Barnard Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
See George D. Barnard Company.
A1963
Barnard, George (1814-1890).
Collection, 1890-1914; no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
George Barnard was born in Albany, New York, in 1814. He was the son of Joseph Barnard
and Tirzeh Stebbens. After briefly working in Philadelphia, he came to St. Louis in 1835. Unable
to find work in the city, he accepted a job in Hannibal, Missouri. He worked as a store clerk until
1837, when he found a job as a clerk on the steamboat Envoy. He later partnered with his
brother-in-law Thomas Fithian to buy the steamboat St. Peters. The two operated several