Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

scrapbooks, logbooks, and newsclippings collected during Roos' 12 years as St. Louis County
supervisor.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Lawrence K. Roos Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1321
Roper, Emma P.
Collection, 1830-1902. 3 folders (approximately 35 items)
Collection includes diary of Charles P. Warner titled “trip to the mountains,” 1850[?], which
describes trip from St. Louis to North Dakota; recipe book of H.R. Patterson [Horace Reed
Patterson], 1836; Odd Fellows membership certificates for John Denning, 1846-1847; three
certificates of exemption from service in the militia granted to John W. Denning, St. Louis,
1862-1865; photograph of John W. Denning, taken in St. Louis, July 2, 1886; membership
certificate of Horace R. Patterson in the Saint Louis and Murdock’s Lake Fishing Club, August
28, 1866; deed of William P. Freeman and his wife, Sarah, to Peter W. Johnston, 1859 for land in
Stoddard’s addition, St. Louis; log book of steamboat Lillie Martin describing two trips to Fort
Benton, Montana, 1865-1867; 1867 log book of Steamer Abeona, one trip from St. Louis to Fort
Benton.
Cite as: Emma P. Roper, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1322
Rosati, Joseph, Bishop (1789-1843).
Papers, 1818-1825. 1 folder (approximately 30 items)
Bishop Rosati received his theological training in Rome. He was ordained in 1811 and
transferred to the Mississippi Valley in 1815. He was appointed superior of Vincentians in
America, head of St. Mary of the Barrens when consecrated bishop in 1824. He became the
bishop of St. Louis in 1827. He is buried in the New Cathedral, St. Louis, his remains having
been brought from Rome in 1854 after a century of legal problems were solved.
Papers include typescript copies, made by Ida Schaaf, of original correspondence at the St.
Louis Archdiocese Seminary, 1818-1822, regarding mundane happenings in the parish at Ste.
Genevieve; and typed copies of original diaries of Rosati's at Kenrick Seminary, 1822 and 1825.
Latin.
The Missouri Historical Society does not own originals, typescript copies may not be published.
Cite as: Bishop Joseph Rosati Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1323
Rose-Uhri family.
Papers, 1846-1930. 4 boxes; 2 volumes
Papers of the Uhri and Rose families, 1846-1930, including naturalization papers and
military certificate for Andrew Uhri, 1852-1861; correspondence of Henry Uhri to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Uhri, 1920-1919; family bills and receipts; advertising flyers, 1900-
1930; newsclippings; advertising cards, St. Louis, circa 1900-1930; greeting cards (to Mrs.
William C. Uhri), circa 1895-1930; notebooks and pocket calendars; maps/plats including East
St. Louis, 1874, and St. Louis, no date; architectural drawings for Dr. Edward Rose's house on
Walnut Street; certificates; an unidentified leather travel diary with compass and pencil, that
includes short descriptions of a trip to Europe (1912), a trip to the western United States (1915),
and a world map; and a Conrad Rose family record book, circa 1859-1868, titled "Houschronik."
Some German.