Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Florence Dorsey to Mrs. Sedgewick, Christmas 1947. (5) Printed announcement of the awarding
of the Albert Medal to James B. Eads by the Council of the Society of Arts at Marlborough
House in London.
Cite as: Mrs. Josie Sedgewick Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2473
Sedgwick, S.J., Prof.
Broadside, circa 1880s. 1 item
Broadside of Professor S.J. Sedgwick, Newtown, Queen’s County, New York: “250 Nights!
Prof. S.J. Sedgwick’s illuminated lectures, across the continent (Prof. Sedgwick was in the
Photographic Corps of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.). 1000 Transparent photographs
exhibiting 16 tribes of Indians, the various animals, types of vegetation, geological formations,
Mormons and their Great Salt Lake City, mines and miners, the amazing scenery of the Rocky
Mountains, and of the Sierra Nevadas, the wonderful structures on the line of the great
continental railroad, the big trees of California, her geysers, her sea lions, her Golden Gate, and
the glories of the world-renowned Yosemite Valley in a most vivid and life-like manner. . . .”
Broadside includes illustration of seal rocks from Cliff House, Golden Gate, California.
Cite as: Prof. S.J. Sedgwick Broadside, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1499
Seidel, Julius ( -1871).
Papers, 1860-1871. 1 folder (approximately 50 items)
Julius Seidel was a traveling musician, who served in the regimental band of the 41st Ohio
Infantry. He died August 15, 1871, in St. Louis.
Correspondence of Julius Seidel with family members regarding life as a musician with
traveling company; Civil War correspondence; correspondence regarding settling in St. Louis
after the war. Photocopies, with typescript translations.
Some German.
Cite as: Julius Seidel Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1500
Seifert, Shirley, 1888-1971.
Research notes and manuscripts, circa 1940s-1971. 6 boxes; 1 volume
Shirley Seifert, writer of more than 15 historical novels, lived most of her life in St. Louis,
and did the bulk of her research for her novels at the Missouri Historical Society and other St.
Louis libraries. After working in the liberty loan office during World War I, she began teaching
in St. Louis public schools. In 1919, the American Magazine accepted her short story, "The Girl
Who Was Too Good Looking," and her short stories appeared regularly in popular magazines for
the next 15 years.
Research notes for her historical novels: The Medicine Man; By the King's Command;
Destiny in Dallas; Waters of the Wilderness; Three Lives of Elizabeth; Captain Grant; Look to
the Rose; Never No More; Let My Name Stand Fair; The Senator's Lady; Those Who Go Against
the Current (Manuel Lisa); Farewell, My General; research notes on general topics, alphabetical
index cards; and typescript manuscript of Captain Grant, published under that title in 1946.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Shirley Seifert Research Notes and Manuscripts, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.