Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Obtained from the office of the Missouri Register of Land Titles, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Cite as: Record Books of the Board of Commissioners of the Capitol of Missouri, Missouri
History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1056
Missouri Committee of Democrats for Willkie (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1940 Sept-Dec. 5 boxes
The Missouri Committee of Democrats for Willkie was organized in St. Louis in September
1940, because many Democrats preferred voting for Republican Wendell Willkie than for a third
term for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There were already Willkie-Democratic clubs in St. Louis
and Kansas City prior to the formation of the state committee, circa September 16, 1940. The
state committee, directed by Thomas McPheeters, Jr., of St. Louis, began by asking county
Republican committees for names of Democrats in their counties who would vote for Willkie in
the November election. Each county was to start its own independent organization. The state
group would provide literature, speakers, buttons, etc., but no financial aid, to county groups. In
several counties, some Democrats were interested in voting for Willkie, but for political or
professional reasons would not leave the Democratic party publicly. The main issue for most
Democrats opposed to Roosevelt seemed to be the third term. After Roosevelt won the election,
the organization changed its name to “The Jeffersonians.”
The collection consists of records of the state committee, including correspondence,
membership lists, printed material, and some financial material. The collection also includes
information relating to the Goodloe for Prosecuting Attorney Committee (St. Louis County), of
which Thomas McPheeters, Jr., was treasurer; and some information on “The Jeffersonians.”
Cite as: Missouri Committee of Democrats for Willkie Records, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1057
Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
Correspondence, 1937. 1 volume
The growing numbers of women in business and the professions spawned many clubs of the
same types businessmen had formed the previous century. The Missouri Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs was an umbrella organization to permit communication and at
times consolidation of efforts among these groups. St. Louisan Margaret A. Hickey, founder of
the Hickey Business School, among many other accomplishments, was very active in the
federation.
This volume of correspondence relates to the convention of the Missouri Federation held in
St. Louis, April 23-25, 1937.
Cite as: Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Correspondence,
Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2244
Missouri General Assembly.
Collection, 1824, 1871. 3 items
Contains two certificates for money due to H.S. Geyer and Nicholas S. Burckhardt for
attendance and miles traveled to the seat of government; and an illustrated broadside of the
XXVI Missouri General Assembly (1871), which includes photographs of the members of the
assembly.
Cite as: Missouri General Assembly Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.