Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

involvement in St. Louis women's home front activities during World War I. Volume includes
minute book of the Auxiliary of Company G, 5th Missouri Infantry; material on the Red Cross,
Salvation Army, Relatives' Auxiliary of the Saint Louis National Guard, et al, 1917-1920.
Some German in William C. Preetorius scrapbook.
Cite as: Preetorius Family Scrapbooks, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
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Preisler, Ernst.
Architectural Collection, circa 1906-1911. 3 boxes
An architect working from 211 Hagan Building (10th and Pine), St. Louis. The collection
includes specifications and plans for residences in St. Louis.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Ernst Preisler Architectural Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1250
Presidents Collection, 1802-1969. 2 boxes; 1 oversize folder, 2 volumes
Collection was assembled, in part, as an autograph collection that contains examples of the
signature of each American president. Most items are land grants, letters of appointment, and
thank-you notes, assembled together by virtue of their autographs rather than their content. In
addition, there are items relating to various presidents such as inaugural invitations, memorials,
and newsclippings. Specific items of interest include: several Martin van Buren personal letters,
1808-1843; a few Zachary Taylor letters relating to the War of 1812, 1814-1816; an autograph
letter of James K. Polk discussing his decision not to seek renomination for the presidency and
his desire to retire from politics, 1848; Millard Fillmore's correspondence with John F. Darby
concerning an anonymous letter he received; a John Tyler letter relating to Stephen A. Douglas,
1858; the original manuscript of a speech delivered by ex-president Grover Cleveland for the
semi-centennial of the Young German Men's Association, Buffalo, New York, March 11, 1901;
Woodrow Wilson correspondence with Isaac H. Lionberger, 1904-1924; and a leather-bound,
hand-tooled volume from the Bixby Collection titled "Original Letters and Documents of the
Presidents of the United States of America," containing examples of presidential manuscripts
from George Washington to William Howard Taft. Every American president is referenced in
the collection through Richard Nixon. The collection excludes Confederate President Jefferson
Davis. In oversize is newsclippings about President John F. Kennedy and a tissue printed
program for President Woodrow Wilson’s visit to Manchester, England.
Cite as: Presidents Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Finding aid available.
A1251
Price Family.
Papers, 1840-1961. 1 folder (approximately 50 items)
Genealogy of Price and Willis families; numerous receipts, accounts of Dr. Ed Price in
[New] Brunswick, circa 1840; short essay by Judge Thomas Shackelford titled “A Chapter of the
Unwritten History of Missouri: General Sterling Price,” dated Glasgow, Missouri, December 11,
1905, which recounts his interactions with Price in the Missouri state convention of 1861; letter
of Bryan Snyder, Jr., regarding Sterling Price history, May 15, 1961.
Cite as: Price Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1253