Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Collection of newsclippings arranged in topical files, A-Z, that pertain to St. Louis City and
County. Topics include air pollution; anti-poverty campaign in Missouri and Illinois; area
beautification; Gaslight Square; crime; the mob; Landmarks Association of St. Louis; slum
clearance; Spanish Pavilion; St. Louis riverfront plans; River Center plans; Laclede’s Landing;
Pruitt-Igoe; Rev. John A. Shocklee; Ozarks tourism brochures; Lewis and Clark Trail; Meramec
River basin; Open Space Council; Ozarks Regional Commission; St. Louis Parks, Recreation and
Forestry Department; municipal tax rates and school district rates; and the St. Louis stadium site.
Also includes copies of St. Louis–area newspapers regarding urban planning and urban renewal
in the city during the 1950s-1960s.
Cite as: Saint Louis and Missouri Newsclippings Collection, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1375
[Saint Louis and Vicksburg Anchor Line?].
Record books, 1871-1872; 1875-1897. 26 volumes
The collection consists of annual journals of Mississippi River levels, weather reports, and
steamboat arrivals and departures from St. Louis. Identification of the company that generated
these records is based upon letterhead of documents inserted into some volumes
Cite as: Saint Louis and Vicksburg Anchor Line Record Books, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1376
Saint Louis archives, 1766-1804. 38 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Recorded archives of the French and Spanish administration of the district of St. Louis, 1766-
1804, which includes deeds, land claims, and marriage contracts. Collection includes original
instruments and a paper copy made from the microfilm of the bound copies (6 volumes) retained
at the St. Louis recorder of deeds office.
French and Spanish.
Collection is name-indexed in the W.P.A. card index available at the archives reference desk.
Oscar W. Collet's index to these archives is available in the Library reading room.
Cite as: Saint Louis Archives, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1377
Saint Louis Arms Collectors' Club (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1936-1958. 1 box
The St. Louis Arms Collectors' Club was formed in September 1936, to enable collectors of
rare and ancient firearms to get together. Dr. Thomas T. Hoopes, then curator at the St. Louis Art
Museum, was active in the creation of the club, and served as its first president.
The collection includes correspondence, minutes of monthly meetings, membership lists, and
articles regarding firearms.
Cite as: Saint Louis Arms Collectors' Club Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
Saint Louis Arsenal collection, 1934.
Transferred to Alphabetical Files—Reasoner, Mathew A.
A1378
Saint Louis Artists' Guild (Saint Louis, Missouri).