Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A2461
Simmons Hardware Co. (St. Louis, Missouri).
Memo book, 1902-1903. 1 item
Last page of memo book is stamped, “Mr. Marion C. Fach, 11823 Parklind Dr., St. Louis,
Mo. 63127.”
Cite as: Simmons Hardware Co. Memo Book, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1513
Simmons Hardware Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1910-1928. 5 boxes; 1 volume
The Simmons Hardware Company was chartered December 15, 1873, by Edward Campbell
Simmons (1839- ). The company began business January 1, 1874, and reincorporated July 9,
1901. Simmons was born in Frederick, Maryland, in 1839 and moved with his family to St.
Louis in 1846.
Records of the Simmons Hardware Company, 1911-1928; general letters sent to salesmen,
1910-1921 (letters from 1912-1921 in four bound volumes); history of the Simmons Hardware
Company, 1874-1920, by A.E. Dann, 1921; and corporate record "Book B," containing by-laws
as amended and adopted January 4, 1886, minutes, board of directors, 1886-1891, and inspectors
return, August 14, 1889 (loose pages inserted into volume).
Cite as: Simmons Hardware Company Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1514
Sissner-Bensinger-Horowitz Family.
Papers, 1897-1938. 10 folders
St. Louisan Clara Sissner attended the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio, and
married Sam Bensinger in April 1910.
Correspondence and papers of Clara (Sissner) Bensinger, Sam Bensinger, Esther Sissner, and
Jake Sissner. Also includes diaries of Muriel (Bensinger) Horowitz.
Cite as: Sissner-Bensinger-Horowitz Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2456
Sister Cherokee (St. Louis, Missouri).
Circular, circa 1959-1963. 1 item
Circular of Sister Cherokee, 5356 Easton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, states in part, “Sister
Cherokee, Indian healer and advisor. Sister Cherokee has the God-given power to heal by prayer.
Are you suffering? Are you sick? Do you need help? Do you have bad luck? Bring your
problems to Sister Cherokee today and be rid of them tomorrow. She advises you on all affairs of
life. There is no problem too great for her. (How to hold your job. How to succeed.) She calls
your friends and enemies by name without asking a single question.”
Cite as: Sister Cherokee Circular, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2455
Sister Marlow (St. Louis, Missouri).
Circular, circa 1959. 1 item
Circular of Sister Marlow, 1417 North Union Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, states in part,
“Sister Marlow, healer and advisor. Are you suffering–sick–need advice? See Sister Marlow.