Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Ledger, 1832-1836. 1 volume (80 pages)
Ledger of newspaper printing and advertising costs, plus list of subscribers and brief history
of the newspaper.
Cite as: Spectator (Alton, Illinois) Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Spencer, Selden (1837-1878).
Journal, 1862. 1 volume
Transferred to Civil War Collection.
A1550
Sperry Family.
Papers, 1862-1889. 2 folders (approximately 50 items)
Dr. Harlow W. Sperry was born January 18, 1818, in Otsego County, New York. In 1836, he
moved to Lincoln County, Missouri. During the Civil War he served as surgeon in the 37th
Enrolled Missouri Militia and was detailed as an assistant surgeon in the 2nd Provisional
Enrolled Missouri Militia. He died May 20, 1889, in Olney, Lincoln County, Missouri.
Collection consists primarily of official military papers of Dr. Sperry, mostly regarding
medical and hospital supplies, while stationed at Memphis, Missouri, and Hannibal, Missouri,
with the 2nd Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia. Includes two rolls of soldiers employed on
extra duty as cooks and nurses at the hospital in Memphis for the months of June and August
1863; certificates of disability for discharge, dated August 28 and 30, 1863, for Charles Folker,
Vinet B. Fine, and Eli Davis; commission of A.W. Sperry; and letter of Robert McElroy to Dr.
Sperry, dated Pilot Knob, Missouri, January 12, 1864, which mentions a skirmish in Ripley
County (December 25, 1863) between the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry and Timothy
Reeves' men. Also includes Sperry's account book of visits made, medicines dispensed, charges
made to patients, 1874-1875.
Cite as: Sperry Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1551
Spiering Family.
Papers, 1892-1925; 1951-1952. 7 folders (approximately 30 items)
Theodore Spiering was a violinist, conductor, and teacher. Louis Spiering was a St. Louis
architect who designed many residences and public buildings, including the Soulard Branch of
the St. Louis Public Library; Louisiana Purchase Exposition buildings; and some buildings for
Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
Contains correspondence of Theodore Spiering; programs, clippings, etc. regarding Spiering;
biographical information on Louis Spiering and a list of buildings designed by him.
Correspondence regarding collection.
Cite as: Spiering Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2429
Spitz, M., Rabbi.
Papers, 1919. 3 items
Papers contain two appointments of Rabbi M. Spitz as an official delegate to the “Mid-
Continent Congress for a League of Nations to consider and promote the cause of a League of
Nations, said Congress to be held in St. Louis, February 25-26, 1919, and to comprise the States
of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.”
Also contains an undated typescript circular letter of the League to Enforce Peace inviting him to