Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

he married Caroline Sharp (1864-1953), who was born in Jefferson County, Missouri, to Carl
Sharp and Maria Hauser. The couple had four children: August (1889-1961), Anna (1896-1913),
Mathilda (1894-1969), and Walter (1900-1977). Raymond Rausendorf (1923-1995), the only
child of August and Olivia Rausendorf, served in World War II. In 1952, he married Peggy Jo
Wilson, daughter of Perry Wood Wilson and niece of A.C. Bruce.
The collection consists of Rausendorf family records, photographs, and journals. Includes
correspondence from August Rausendorf’s World War I service and from Raymond
Rausendorf’s World War II service.
Cite as: Rausendorf Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1275
Reardon, James A.
Papers, 1891-1940. 4 folders (approximately 100 items)
James A. Reardon was president of Reardon Glue Company, 1535 North Broadway, St.
Louis.
Papers include personal mementoes of Reardon from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition;
1896 Republican national convention and Democratic convention mementoes; 1905-1906
correspondence regarding the St. Louis Public Museum and by-laws of museum; correspondence
with the Missouri Historical Society, 1902-1905; Louisiana Purchase Exposition
correspondence, 1899-1903, finance, etc.; notes and recipes regarding Reardon's Liquid Glue;
correspondence regarding 1900-1914 Progressive party, Franklin Club of St. Louis.
Cite as: James A. Reardon Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1276
Reavis, L.U.
Papers, 1808-1889. 1 folder (approximately 25 items)
L.U. Reavis was an author and lecturer who traveled throughout the United States promoting
St. Louis, and also proposed moving the national capital to St. Louis. He wrote several books and
pamphlets on the history of Missouri and St. Louis.
Papers include lectures and writings of Reavis. Some correspondence from the Chicago
Historical Society.
Cite as: L.U. Reavis Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1277
Reed, James A.
Collection, 1939-1949. 1 folder (4 items)
Two letters from James Reed to Cyril Clemens, 1939-1940, regarding the Mark Twain
Society banquet; typescript circular signed Cyril Clemens titled “Curious Case of the Senators
Widow,” which advertises a biography of Sen. James A. Reed by Lee Meriwether and published
by Clemens; and newspaper article, 1934[?], titled “Hitlerism Attacked by James A. Reed in
Address at Chicago.”
Cite as: James A. Reed Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1278
Reed, Joseph B. (1831- ).
Papers, 1861-1944. 3 folders
Joseph B. Reed was the proprietor of the Cairo Foundry and Machine Shops in Cairo,
Illinois.