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Papers, 1894-1954. 2 boxes; 2 oversize folders
Eugene Dutton Nims was born in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin on April 3, 1865. After
working as a director of several banks in Kansas and Oklahoma, Nims established a telephone
service called the Arkansas Valley Telephone Company. After the success of this company,
Nims organized the Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1914, the Pioneer Company,
the Bell Telephone Company and the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company merged into one
company called the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Nims was appointed vice-president
and treasurer of the company. On September 12, 1919 he was elected president of the company
with his headquarters in St. Louis. In addition to his work with the telephone company, Nims
was a director of the First National Bank of St. Louis, the St. Louis Union Trust Company, the
Missouri State Life Insurance Company of St. Louis and chairman of the Boy Scout Council of
St. Louis. Nims was married to Lotowana Flateau on July 9, 1914. They maintained a house in
St. Louis, 56 Portland Place, a country home, Bee Tree Farm, in South St. Louis County and a
summer home, The Larches, on Cape Cod. Nims passed away on January 30, 1954.
The Eugene D. Nims Papers consists primarily of the business and personal papers and
correspondence of E.D. Nims. Business papers and letters relate to Nims’s work with the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. of which he was president. Personal papers and letters include
invitations to dinner such as the Charles A. Lindbergh Dinner and the Marshal Foch Dinner.
Papers relating to the Boy Scout Council of St. Louis are included in the collection as well.
There are various newspaper clippings regarding the life and work of Mr. Nims.
Also included in the collection are the personal papers of Mrs. Lotowana Flateau Nims. These
include personal correspondence and letters of sympathy upon the death of Mr. Nims. Also
included are documents relating to the travels of Mr. and Mrs. Nims to South America, Africa
and their Round the World Cruise aboard the S.S. Resolute.
Lastly, the collection includes several official resolutions and biographical sketches in honor of
Mr. Nims’s work for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Eugene Dutton Nims Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1138
Nipher, Francis Eugene (1847-1926).
Papers, 1875-1891. 2 boxes; 1 volume
A pioneer Missouri physicist, and organizer of the Missouri weather service, Francis Nipher
was born in Port Byron, New York. He received his Ph.B. from the University of Iowa in 1870
and his A.M. degree in 1873. He married Matilda Aikins in 1873. In 1874, he was appointed
chair of the physics department at Washington University.
The collection contains unpublished manuscripts and sketches regarding physics, and a
volume of original sketches to accompany his physics manuscript. Also contains correspondence
regarding the collection.
Cite as: Francis Eugene Nipher Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1139
Nolker family.
Papers, 1918-1963. 1 folder (approximately 30 items)
Papers contain ring binder with genealogical information; photographs; military
correspondence of Herman Nolker; map of Germany, 1959.
Cite as: Nolker Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.