Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

eports, 1912-1979; presidents' reports, budgets, and annual reports; unit record book, 1928-
1935; treasurers' journal, 1941-1953; and song books.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Saint Louis Council of Parent-Teacher Association Records, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1413
Saint Louis County Horticultural Society (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1859-1864. 1 volume (128 pages).
The St. Louis County Horticultural Society was founded in 1859 as the Mississippi Valley
Horticultural Society in St. Louis. It incorporated in 1860 or 1861 under its permanent name. In
1859, it was named to operate the horticultural exhibit at the St. Louis Agricultural and
Mechanical Fair. It established a library and pursued discussions relating to the cultivation of
fruit and vegetables.
This record book is primarily a minute book, containing the constitution and by-laws of the
organization, its act of incorporation, and minutes of meetings. The minutes include
newsclippings reporting presentations and discussions and letters entered into the record.
Cite as: Saint Louis County Horticultural Society Records, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A1414
Saint Louis County Legal Record and Advertizer, 1861 Dec 10-1862 Mar 10. 2 volumes
The Saint Louis County Legal Record and Advertizer was an official newspaper of St. Louis
County, publishing legal notices.
Cite as: Saint Louis County Legal Record and Advertizer, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A1415
Saint Louis County Pension Request Committee.
Records, 1962; 1964-1969. 1 box
St. Louis County Pension Request Committee conducted a campaign in 1964 to petition
Governor Warren E. Hearnes and the general assembly of Missouri to pass necessary legislation
to allow Missouri counties to establish pension plans for all employees. Some forty-two separate
resolutions were introduced in the house and senate. The committee selected house joint
resolutions #5 and #15 in May 1965 "as best suited for our purpose." The county pension
provision (Amendment No. 1) was approved by Missouri voters in a special election January 14,
1966. Melville B. Martin was chairman of the committee.
Correspondence, notes, fact sheets, petitions, house and senate joint resolutions, memos and
newsclippings, arranged chronologically, revealing work of the committee. Correspondence,
1964-1966, is between the committee and Melville B. Martin, chairman of the committee,
Missouri legislators, and Governor Hearnes; additional letters, 1967-1968, are from Martin, as a
county employee, seeking changes in the proposed county retirement program; a 1979 letter
seeks to upgrade the pension. Records also include a petition, February 25, 1969, from county
employees regarding the St. Louis County Retirement "Plan A" Changes, February 25, 1969,
which was adopted and approved February 1967.
Cite as: Saint Louis County Pension Request Committee Records, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.