Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Saint Louis Public Museum (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1904-1909. 1 box
The St. Louis Public Museum was organized in 1904 by prominent public-spirited citizens
who were assisted by local commercial, industrial, and educational organizations, to perpetuate
in a local museum some of the remarkable features of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in
St. Louis in 1904. The collection is composed of donations from foreign and American
commissioners and private individuals. The museum was originally (and temporarily) located in
the West Annex of the Art Pavilion in Forest Park. It became defunct in 1907.
Correspondence regarding the securing of exhibits, collections, and a permanent home for the
museum. Also minutes of directors meetings, November 21, 1904–February 27, 1905.
Cite as: Saint Louis Public Museum Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2354
Saint Louis Public School Patrons Alliance.
Articles of agreement, constitution and by-laws, 1898 Feb 15. 1 item (20 pages)
Introduction reads, “The undersigned citizens of the City of St. Louis of the State of Missouri
desiring to incorporate an association for the purpose of advancing the educational interests in
the respective school districts of our city, as prescribed by the Board or Education of the City of
St. Louis, and to form a medium of co-operation for the patrons and friends of our public schools
to promote and advance every public interest in connection with same and not for business or
any other pecuniary profit whatsoever, and in conformity with the provisions of Article X
Chapter XLII Revised Statutes of Missouri 1889 do hereby adopt the following constitution.
Cite as: Saint Louis Public School Patrons Alliance articles of agreement, constitution and bylaws,
Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2339
Saint Louis Public Service Company.
“All Aboard!” Bulletin Number 3, circa 1928. 1 item
This 4-page printed bulletin contains three announcements titled “Change in Transfer System
Will Speed Up Service,” “How Transfer System Has Been Simplified,” and “Use Street Cars for
‘Billy’ Sunday Meetings, Coliseum, Starting Jan. 8.”
Cite as: Saint Louis Public Service Company “All Aboard!” Bulletin Number 3, Missouri
History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2469
St. Louis Public Service Company.
Brochure for The Gray Line sight-seeing tours of St. Louis, circa 1940s.
Cite as: St. Louis Public Service Company Brochure for the Gray Line Sight-Seeing Tours of St.
Louis, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1446
Saint Louis sanitation collection, 1861-1931; 1988. 2 folders (approximately 50 items)
Papers include circulars of the Western Sanitary Commission; article and printed list of
articles sent to General Grant’s army by the Western Sanitary Commission, 1863; issue of the
New England Loyal Publication Society (#137, November 11, 1863) regarding enlisting black
troops in Maryland, Missouri and Tennessee; printed information on Mississippi Valley Sanitary
Fair to be held in St. Louis, May 5, 1864; bulletin dated March 7, 1864, regarding condition of
blacks who came into Vicksburg with Sherman's army; article by Dr. G.A. Jordan regarding