Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Minutes, 1914-1917. 1 volume
Cite as: Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Estimates and Apportionments Minutes, Missouri
History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1354
Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Freeholders.
Proceedings, 1913-1914. 3 volumes
On April 1, 1913, a Board of Freeholders was elected in St. Louis to write a new city charter.
The board adjourned sine die on July 3, 1914.
These records contain the summary and detailed minutes of the St. Louis Board of
Freeholders, 1913-1914.
Cite as: Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Freeholders Proceedings, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1355
Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners.
Records, 1861-1911. 6 volumes
The St. Louis police force was made a special department of the city in 1846. It was under
the control of the mayor and the city council until 1861 when the legislature established the
metropolitan police, under the authority of a board of police commissioners.
These records include the minute book (1861-1867) of the Board of Police Commissioners of
St. Louis and contains information on the activities of the board as they relate to the Civil War.
Also includes two volumes of personnel records (1861-1894); one volume of records for the
special police force established in 1904 with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis
World's Fair); and two volumes of correspondence (1909-1911).
Cite as: Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners Records, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1803
Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Public Service.
Architectural Drawings, 1917-1941. 9 tubes.
The Board of Public Service, also known as the Board of Public Improvement, was a part of
the city’s Division of Buildings and Bridges.
The collection contains architectural drawings, linen and blueprints, for five city structures:
comfort station and shelter house at Buder Memorial Playground (1919), comfort station and
shelter building at Columbus Square (10th & Carr, circa 1919), heating plans for a comfort
station and swimming pool building at 11th & Mullanphy (1917), plumbing equipment for the
City Work House (Broadway & Meramec, 1941), and 7 rolls of blueprints for the Civil Courts
Building (Tucker, 11th, Market, Chestnut, 1927, dedicated 1930). The Board of Public Service
and the Plaza Commission oversaw the design of the Civil Courts Building. The firm of
Klipstein & Rathmann designed the building.
Cite as: Saint Louis, Missouri, Board of Public Service Architectural Drawings, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1356
Saint Louis, Missouri, Circuit Court.
Records, 1801-1967. 17 boxes; 50 volumes; 1 oversize folder
Prior to 1876, the jurisdiction of the St. Louis circuit court included both the city and county