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from the 1930s and 1940s. Luther Ely Smith's papers include extensive correspondence relating
to a variety of national and local civic and political matters with which Smith was concerned,
including the St. Louis Pageant and Masque production of 1914, the American Friends of
Spanish Democracy, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Missouri Bar Association, the
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the St. Louis Civil Service Commission of which Smith
was chairman from 1945 to 1950. The papers also include private Smith family correspondence.
In addition to correspondence, the Luther Ely Smith material includes a variety of related
documentation such as legal briefs, court records, letterbooks of legal correspondence,
newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Also within this collection are the papers of Luther R.
Smith, Luther Ely Smith's father, dated 1821, and 1846 to 1923. This sub-collection includes the
1821 will of Luther R. Smith's father, Rominor Smith; Civil War correspondence and records of
Luther R. Smith during his service with the 9th Michigan Battery; diaries and memorandum
books from throughout his life; legal notes, briefs, and professional correspondence; newspaper
clippings and personal correspondence regarding the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama and the
persecution of Smith by them while he was a circuit judge there. The collection also includes
correspondence and financial records regarding the operation of Judge Smith's Choctaw
Plantation in Alabama; personal correspondence between Luther R. Smith and his first wife,
Addie Ely; and correspondence of his second wife, Helen (Nellie) Ely.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Luther Ely Smith Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1530
Smith, Madison Roswell (1850-1919).
Papers, 1889-1897; 1903-1909; 1914-1916. 5 volumes
Attorney from Farmington, Missouri; state senator, 1884-1888; Democratic congressman,
1907-1909; ambassador to Haiti, 1912-1914.
Detailed diaries regarding family, religion, state and national politics, including entries
regarding tenure in Congress and as ambassador to Haiti; and scrapbook, 1904-1907.
Cite as: Madison Roswell Smith Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1531
Smith, Solomon Franklin (1801-1869).
Papers, 1832-1868. 6 boxes
Actor and theater manager.
Chiefly correspondence with actors and actresses and with Smith's business partner Noah M.
Ludlow, pertaining to their theaters in St. Louis, New Orleans, and Mobile. Also includes
minutes of the Office of Grand Council of State of Missouri of National American Party, 1854-
1857.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: Solomon Franklin Smith Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1532
Smith, Thomas J. (1843-1917).
Account books, 1861-1916. 2 volumes; 1 folder
Judge in Pike County, Missouri.
Account and memorandum book of Thomas J. and Susan Smith, includes school notes
(1860s), minutes of Oak Ridge Debating Society of which Thomas Smith was secretary (1870s),
and household accounts and recipes (1890s). Ledger of family, household, and farm expenses of