Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A1307
Roach, Ruth Hunter.
Papers, 1947-1973. 5 boxes
Mrs. Ruth Hunter Roach, wife of Leonard V. Roach, was an authority on St. Louis silver and
author of St. Louis Silversmiths, published by Eden Publishing Company, St. Louis, 1967.
Correspondence regarding research and publication of her book, 1943-1973; card index file
regarding silversmiths, research notes, and literary manuscripts including typescripts, revised
proofs, and galley of St. Louis Silversmiths.
Cite as: Ruth Hunter Roach Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1308
Roads collection, 1805-1970. 3 folders (approximately 200 items)
Collection includes petitions for roads from St. Louis to Florissant, Platin Creek, Meramec
River, Coldwater, St. Andrew, River Gingras, River au Boeuf, Maline River, etc.; clippings on
early highways and transportation facilities; pamphlet titled “The Old Trails Road: The National
Highway as a Monument to the Pioneer Women Proposed by the Missouri D.A.R.” (1911; 11
pages); pamphlet titled “Story of the Lost Trail to Oregon–No. 2, Illustrated” by Ezra Meeker
(summary of transcontinental car trip in Pathfinder car) (1916; 32 pages); pamphlet titled
“History of Old Road, Pioneer Settlers and Early Communities of St. Louis County” by Henry
Hertich (no date; 42 pages); typescript manuscript by J.H. Long titled “Old Roads, New Roads,
More Roads for Missouri (1941; 48 pages); and material on Missouri roads from Mrs. Schaaf
pertaining especially to the King's Highway.
Cite as: Roads Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1309
Robbins, Leroy K.
Papers, 1898-1943. 6 folders (approximately 25 items)
Papers include muster rolls of Company C, 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry; genealogical
data on Robbins family; rations, descriptions of volunteers, etc.
Cite as: Leroy K. Robbins Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1310
Robertson, Andrew.
Ledger, 1839 Jan 1–1843 July 24. 1 volume (100 pages)
Grocery, labor, and personal accounts, Walnut Hill (Walnut Grove), Missouri. Published
recipes and domestic hints affixed to blank pages, circa 1860s.
Cite as: Andrew Robertson Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1311
Robertson, Charles Franklin (1835-1886).
Diaries, 1868-1885. 6 volumes
Second bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Missouri, born in New York, graduated
from Yale in 1859, completed theology course in 1862, served as cure and rector in New York
state parishes, elected bishop of the diocese of Missouri in 1868, arrived in St. Louis on
November 6, 1868.
Diaries of Robertson's tenure as bishop in St. Louis of the diocese of Missouri of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. Diaries commence with his consecration on October 25, 1868,