Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A1581
Streetcar transfers collection, 1800s. 2 boxes
Streetcar transfers from St. Louis and other cities.
Cite as: Streetcar Transfers Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1582
Strother family.
Genealogy, circa 1909-1920s. 3 boxes
Genealogical material for Strother and related families including the Gaines, Huston,
Browning, and Marshall families.
Cite as: Strother Family Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1583
Stuetzer, Elmer N.
“Letters to the editor" collection, 1966-1989. 2 boxes
Resident of Lemay, St. Louis County; accountant with Union Electric; known locally for his
prolific writing of "letters to the editor" of St. Louis-area newspapers and to publications
nationwide, including the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, U.S.
News and World Report, USA Today, Newsweek, U.S. Journal, and the Village Voice.
The collection consists of original clippings of Stuetzer's letters to the editor of publications
both in and out of St. Louis. The collection also contains copies of television editorial replies,
cartoons, and photocopies of the letters.
Cite as: Elmer N. Stuetzer "Letters to the Editor" Collection, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1584
Sturgeon, Isaac H. (1821-1908).
Papers, 1816-1939. 3 boxes; 4 volumes
Isaac H. Sturgeon, lawyer and political figure, came to St. Louis in 1846. He was president
and general surveyor of the North Missouri Railroad for ten years, and took an active interest in
other railroads. Sturgeon was appointed the assistant treasurer of the United States, 1853; he
served as the collector of internal revenue for this district, 1875-1885, and was the comptroller
for St. Louis in 1893. In 1858, he married Ann Celeste Allen, daughter of Beverly Allen, noted
St. Louis lawyer; Judge Nathaniel Pope was the grandfather of Mrs. Sturgeon.
Genealogy material for the Pope family; biographical material for Beverley Allen and Isaac
H. Sturgeon; correspondence between Beverly Allen and Penelope Pope, his wife, regarding
their marriage, 1834; data pertaining to the Home of the Friendless, 1852; catalogue of
Monticello Seminary, and notebook of the Allen girls, 1855-1857; manuscript items regarding
the Samuel Kincaid estate, 1859-1860; and manuscript relating some of the incidents in which
Isaac Sturgeon played a part during the Civil War, 1861-1865. Also includes three scrapbooks,
two of which relate to Sturgeon, 1896-1899 and 1903-1908, the other of which consists of
biographical and genealogical data on the Allen, Pope and allied families, covering the span of
Sturgeon's life, circa 1821-1908; and one letterbook of letters received by Sturgeon, many from
family, 1869-1880.
Cite as: Isaac H. Sturgeon Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2190