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Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

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includes a packet of translated emails between Nikolaus Messmer and Prince Maximilian of<br />

Germany. Apparently, Prior had taken some family heirloom postcards from a castle in Germany<br />

that his company lived in during <strong>the</strong> war. Prior’s niece, Helen Backer, wanted <strong>to</strong> return <strong>the</strong><br />

postcards <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prince and his family. She enlisted <strong>the</strong> help of a neighbor who spoke German<br />

and eventually sent <strong>the</strong> cards <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> prince along with several of Prior’s original letters describing<br />

<strong>the</strong> castle and several German <strong>to</strong>wns for <strong>the</strong> castle’s archives. The collection includes<br />

pho<strong>to</strong>copies of <strong>the</strong>se items that were sent <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> prince.<br />

Finding aid available.<br />

Cite as: Prior Family Papers, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1255<br />

Pritchett, Carr Waller.<br />

Memorabilia of Carr Waller Pritchett, 1904: condensed somewhat by Betty Hus<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Pritchett, with remembrances of her grandfa<strong>the</strong>r / Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1952. 1<br />

volume (30 pages)<br />

Born in Virginia in 1923, migrated with family <strong>to</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> in 1935. Lived in Glasgow and<br />

Fayette, <strong>Missouri</strong>, founder of Pritchett School in Fayette, <strong>Missouri</strong>, attended Harvard University,<br />

teacher, ma<strong>the</strong>matician, and astronomer.<br />

Mimeographed typescript biography of life of Carr Walter Pritchett as educa<strong>to</strong>r in Fayette<br />

and Glasgow, <strong>Missouri</strong>. Includes material on guerrilla warfare in <strong>Missouri</strong> during <strong>the</strong> Civil War.<br />

Cite as: "Memorabilia of Carr Waller Pritchett, 1904, condensed somewhat by Betty Hus<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Pritchett, with Remembrances of her Grandfa<strong>the</strong>r, manuscript, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1952,<br />

<strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1256<br />

Proetz Family.<br />

Papers, 1872-1885; 1966-1971. 2 folders<br />

Collection contains an au<strong>to</strong>graph album of Laura K. Proetz, 1872-1885; and an obituary,<br />

1966, and biographical essays by Charles Nagel, 1971, about Laura’s son Vic<strong>to</strong>r H. Proetz, St.<br />

Louis architect and Smithsonian Institution cura<strong>to</strong>r.<br />

Cite as: Proetz Family Papers, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2444<br />

Professional Nurse Day.<br />

Proclamation, 1979 May 12. 1 item<br />

Proclamation of May 12, 1979, as Professional Nurse Day, signed Gene McNary, supervisor,<br />

St. Louis County, <strong>Missouri</strong>.<br />

Cite as: Professional Nurse Day Proclamation, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2153<br />

Progressive Series Piano Studios (St. Louis).<br />

Program, 1924. 1 folder<br />

Piano recital program for students of instruc<strong>to</strong>r Mary E. Lyng, South Grand Avenue, St.<br />

Louis, February 29, 1924.<br />

Cite as: Progressive Series Piano Studios (St. Louis) Program, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong><br />

Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1257

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