Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A1261
Quarantine Island collection, [1818-1981]. 1 flat storage box
Collection of material regarding Quarantine or Arsenal Island in the Mississippi River near
St. Louis. Consists of typescripts of ordinances, court cases, boundaries, etc., relating to
Quarantine Island; typescript historical note; photostatic maps of the Mississippi River; map of
St. Louis, 1855; and other sketches.
Cite as: Quarantine Island Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1262
Quarton, Jonathan.
Papers, 1789-1899. 3 folders (approximately 100 items)
Jonathan Quarton was a lawyer and justice of the peace of Alton, Illinois.
Correspondence between J. Quarton and his family in England regarding new life in
America; various tax forms of J. Quarton; tax receipts, etc., for justice of the peace; receipts etc.
of Rebecca S. Godfrey estate in which J. Quarton was administrator; record book of J. Quarton,
Alton justice of the peace, 1865-1874, contains posting of animals, marriage records, coroner’s
inquest records (personal not official record book); account book of J. Quarton, 1896-1899;
items regarding justice of the peace and Godfrey estate, 1896-1899.
Cite as: Jonathan Quarton Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1263
Queen Mineral Ranch Mining Company.
Records, 1896-1956. 1 box
Queen Mineral Ranch, a Missouri corporation controlled by the Mercantile Commerce and
Trust Company (St. Louis), was organized in 1896. Its principal asset was 177 acres of mining
land in Gilpin County, Colorado. Charles B. Stark was elected president of the company in 1918
and continued until his death in 1924. His sister Margaret Stark was elected president of the
corporation in 1927.
Prospective brochure regarding the Queen Mineral Ranch and Springdale Lode Mine
submitted to prospective associates by Bowles and Bennett, 1936; report titled "Uranium
Occurrence at the Cherokee Mine Queen Mineral Ranch, Gilpin County, Colorado," by Ray A.
Bennett, Atomic Energy Commission, 1954; correspondence of the Mercantile Trust Company,
1948-1950; mining leases, 1948-1956; stock certificates, 1896-1956; maps, 1919; cashbook and
ledger, 1935-1956; tax returns and financial statements, 1933-1944.
Cite as: Queen Mineral Ranch Mining Company Records, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A1264
Query Club.
Records, 1891-1915. 1 folder (approximately 25 items)
The Query Club was organized in 1890 by a group of women "of excellent educations and
keen minds with no particular outlet for their activities." They came together "for the cultivation
of different and broader points of view for the comparison of ideas and general mental
improvement." The club stayed small, a group of no more than 25 friends, meeting every two
weeks in private homes to present papers they had prepared on topics in history, literature,
religion, philosophy, science, and current events.
Contains minute book with membership lists, treasurer's accounts, and annual lists of
discussion topics, 1891-1904; correspondence concerning the nature of the club, 1915; program