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contract between the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and The Official Catalogue
Company.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Scheller Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1481
Schenk, John (1837-1913).
Quartermaster record books, 1861-1870. 2 boxes
John Schenk was born June 21, 1837, in Winzeln, Germany. During the Civil War he served
as lieutenant and quartermaster of the Western Turner Rifles, which later became the 17th
Missouri Infantry (Union). He served as quartermaster of the 9th Division, 13th Army Corps,
and later in the same position in the 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
Following the war he returned to St. Louis, where he died September 9, 1913.
Collection contains ten record books kept by Schenk while serving as a quartermaster.
Includes ledger, dated August 1861 to January 1862, and record book of scrips issued and
approved, dated March 1862 to May 1865, while serving as quartermaster of the 17th Missouri
Infantry; quartermaster’s abstracts and accounts of the 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, dated
August 1864 to September 1865; and several letter and order books of Schenk while serving with
the 13th and 15th Army Corps, dated March 1863 to May 1866.
Cite as: John Schenk Quartermaster Record Books, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1811
Scherck, Henry J., Jr. (1906-1982).
Papers, 1864-1980. 8 folders
Henry J. Scherck, Jr., was born November 22, 1906, in St. Louis. He was the son of Henry J.
Scherck, M.D., and Natalie Altheimer Scherck. Henry Scherck, Jr., attended St. Louis public
schools and graduated from Washington University. He was employed in the sales and
advertising departments of the A.S. Aloe Company for 36 years before leaving to become special
assistant to the president of St. Louis University. Scherck was active in St. Louis Jewish and
community organizations and also served on the board of trustees of Mary Institute. Henry
Scherck, Sr., was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended university at Heidelberg,
Germany, and finished his studies at Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans. He moved to St.
Louis around 1893 and was appointed chief physician of the St. Louis City Dispensary in 1903.
Dr. Scherck died in 1933. Henry J. Scherck, Jr., died in 1982.
The collection consists primarily of genealogy data on Scherck and related families;
Confederate Civil War journal of Isaac Scherck; newspaper clippings concerning Dr. Henry
Scherck’s attempts to improve infant mortality rates in St. Louis and duties with the City
Dispensary; photocopies of photographs; and an autobiography of Henry J. Scherck, Jr.
Cite as: Henry J. Scherck, Jr., Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2561
Scheske, Robert Lewis.
Diploma, 1929 June 3. 1 item (oversize)
Diploma of the Missouri College of Chiropody (St. Louis) awarded to Robert Lewis Scheske,
June 3, 1929, conferring upon him the degree of doctor of surgical chiropody.
Cite as: Robert Lewis Scheske Diploma, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.