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St. Louis company, plant closed in 1987.<br />

Selected records include labora<strong>to</strong>ry notebooks, 1900-1905, 1953, 1962; journals of on-<strong>the</strong>job<br />

injuries, 1919-1923; material related <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> reorganization of <strong>the</strong> company, 1937; machinery<br />

parts notebook, 1940s-1970s; s<strong>to</strong>rehouse receipt books, 1914-1922; minute book of Des Peres<br />

Valley Railroad Company serving Scullin Steel plant, 1906-1913; machine shop contracts;<br />

World War I and II contracts, reports, and correspondence; fliers; tribute <strong>to</strong> John Scullin, 1920;<br />

and commemorative plaque, 1978.<br />

Finding aid available.<br />

Cite as: Scullin Steel Company Selected Records, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1497<br />

Sebree, John Payne (1818-1882).<br />

Sebree and Farring<strong>to</strong>n family papers, 1820-1989. 5 boxes<br />

John Payne Sebree (1818-1882) came <strong>to</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> with his parents in 1821, and was married<br />

<strong>to</strong> Louisa Daly in 1839; <strong>the</strong>y had 11 children. He was a farmer and member of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong><br />

legislature. Sebree also served as <strong>the</strong> warden of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> Penitentiary under Governor Silas<br />

Woodson, 1873-1875, and under Governor Charles H. Hardin, 1875-1877.<br />

Collection of letters, deeds, bills, papers concerning family life and political generalities of<br />

<strong>the</strong> Sebree and Farring<strong>to</strong>n families in <strong>Missouri</strong>. Includes journal of accounts of merchandise and<br />

money furnished boat hands, etc., cash ordered by Colonel Henry Atkinson for provision, names<br />

of steamboats, keel boats, in operation, and boat repairs for trips <strong>to</strong> mouth of Ohio, Council<br />

Bluffs, <strong>Missouri</strong> River, 1820; correspondence and business papers regarding land of Sam S.<br />

Farring<strong>to</strong>n, 1850s-1870s; John P. Sebree's journal as warden at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> Penitentiary, 1873-<br />

1877, with daily memos of prison fare, comments on prisoners, and orders issued <strong>to</strong> lessees;<br />

personal and business correspondence of John P. Sebree, Jr., manufacturer of wagons, Jefferson<br />

City, 1877-1878; correspondence and papers relating <strong>to</strong> mining in Iron County, 1879-1883;<br />

personal and business correspondence of John Farring<strong>to</strong>n; family letters of Alice (Mrs. John P.)<br />

Farring<strong>to</strong>n, and son John, student at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> Military Academy, Mexico, <strong>Missouri</strong>, 1886.<br />

Cite as: Sebree and Farring<strong>to</strong>n Family Papers, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1498<br />

Sechrest Family.<br />

Family his<strong>to</strong>ry, circa 1992. 1 volume<br />

Typescript family his<strong>to</strong>ry of <strong>the</strong> Sechrest family of Kentucky and <strong>Missouri</strong>, compiled by<br />

Mariam W. Schaefer.<br />

Cite as: Sechrest Family His<strong>to</strong>ry, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2558<br />

Sedgewick, Josie, Mrs.<br />

Papers, 1886-1947. 5 items<br />

The collection includes <strong>the</strong> following five items: (1) Letter signed Jas. B. Eads [James B.<br />

Eads], Wormley’s, <strong>to</strong> his daughter Josie, July 4, 1886. Invites his daughter <strong>to</strong> visit him on her<br />

way <strong>to</strong> Bar Harbor. Mentions his visit <strong>to</strong> congress with President Cleveland’s wife. (2) Letter<br />

signed Jas. B. Eads [James B. Eads], New York, <strong>to</strong> Josie, December 22, 1886. Sends her a check<br />

<strong>to</strong> buy herself a Christmas present; mentions John Hardin. (3) Typescript letter signed Florence<br />

Dorsey, New York City, <strong>to</strong> Mrs. Sedgewick, December 11, 1947. Explains why she wrote a<br />

biography of James B. Eads; asks her <strong>to</strong> send him reviews of her book from <strong>the</strong> newspaper; and<br />

mentions Wallace McHenry, John Harris McHenry, and Estill McHenry. (4) Letter signed

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