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Louis Bridge Company (correspondence, much of it with J.P. Morgan and Company regarding
stock purchase, 1908-1912; papers relating to creation of the company, 1878-1894; account
books, 1879-1881; stock ledgers: first preferred, 1880-1908, and second preferred, 1883-1911;
and stock certificates, 1880-1886); St. Louis Bridge Company and Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis
(minutes of annual meetings, 1913-1944; stockholders list, 1879-1945; proxies, 1880-1944;
records and correspondence, 1878-1949; and annual reports, 1879-1888); St. Louis Merchants
Terminal Railroad Company (deeds, 1890-1892); St. Louis Tunnel Railroad Company (record
book No. 2, deeds, minutes of stockholders meetings, 1877-1878; paper relating to organization
of Tunnel Railroad Company of St. Louis as a result of foreclosure and sale of property of St.
Louis Tunnel Railroad Company, 1878-1879); Terminal Railroad Association (minutes, 1889;
records and correspondence, 1873-1912; corporate history, no date; journal vouchers, 1891;
statement of rents and receipts, 1890-1891, 1911-1912; monthly income statements, 1928-1929,
1931; Union Station statement, 1919-1920, 1927; and track agreements, 1873-1901); Union
Depot Company (minutes of proceedings of governing board for erecting a union depot, 1874-
1889, and minutes of Directors and Executive Committee meetings, 1874-1953); and the
Wiggins Ferry Company (early deeds and records, 1865-1902, 1932; stock certificate books,
1884-1897; and trustee receipt books, 1886-1903). Also includes material for the East St. Louis
and Carondelet Railways, 1872-1894; East St. Louis Connecting Railway Company, 1883-1891;
East St. Louis Elevator Warehouse Company, 1867; Lorenzo Realty Company (journal vouchers,
1918-1920); Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, 1865; Pennsylvania Company (proxies,
1883-1885); St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company, 1860s; St. Louis Merchants
Bridge Terminal Railway Company, 1890s; and Union Railway and Transit Company, 1875-
1889.
Cite as: Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis Records, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1609
Terry, Robert James.
Papers, 1885-1966. 20 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Robert James Terry (born 1867 or 1871, died 1966) attended Smith Academy, Cornell
University, Missouri Medical College and received his B.A. degree from Washington University.
He became a professor at Washington University in 1903 and retired in 1941 to Weston,
Massachusetts. He founded the St. Louis Chapter of the Audubon Society and was one of the
founders of the St. Louis Country Day School, a president of the St. Louis Academy of Science,
and a member of the St. Louis Town and Gown Society. A park/playground located at Eads and
Compton Streets in St. Louis was named after him. Terry was married to Grace Speck, 1897;
their family consisted of three children, Celeste (Mrs. Howard M. Forbes), Dr. Robert J. Terry,
and Charles S. Terry.
Collection contains both personal and professional correspondence and various committee
reports on anatomical issues. Includes information concerning the Naturalist Club (St. Louis) and
the St. Louis Audubon Society; genealogy information; an account book of Ashworth and
Hudson [?]; photographs of his friends and family; postcards from around the world; textbooks
concerning Germany [1918]; and reports of the anatomical society committee for the revision of
anatomical nomenclature. An addition to the collection consists of family correspondence
including genealogy of the Terry and related families; also correspondence regarding the St.
Louis Town and Gown Society, and the administration of Country Day School.
Cite as: Robert James Terry Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.