Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Preliminary inventory available.
Cite as: Edward J. Thias Architectural Specifications, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
Third Ward Union Guards (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Record book, 1861 Aug 15-Sept 20. 1 volume
Transferred to Civil War Collection.
A1629
Thomas, Augustus (Gus) (1857-1934).
Papers, 1853-1934. 3 folders (approximately 30 items)
St. Louis playwright.
The body of the collection consist of newsclippings regarding his career, both politically and
artistically. Includes a partial manuscript titled "The Big Rise.”
Cite as: Augustus (Gus) Thomas Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1630
Thomas, Charles Allen (circa 1900- ).
Papers, 1951; 1960; 1966-1968. 3 boxes
Born in Kentucky, Thomas graduated from Transylvania College and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1924. He then went to work for General Motors Research Corporation as a
research chemist where he contributed to the invention of tetraethyl for ethyl gasoline. In 1926,
with Dr. Carroll A. Hochwalt, he organized the Thomas and Hochwalt Laboratories at Dayton, to
specialize in industrial research. Monsanto acquired the concern in 1936 and Thomas became
central research director for Monsanto. In 1946, he was elected to Monsanto's board of directors;
he was elected executive vice president in 1947 and chairman of the executive committee in
1949; became president of the company in 1951 and chairman of the board in 1960. Thomas was
project director at the atomic energy laboratories operated by Monsanto at Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, during World War II, where he had charge of the final purification and metallurgy of
plutonium.
Selection of personal correspondence, 1966-1968, arranged alphabetically by each year.
Correspondence for these years include information on Transylvania College (Thomas served on
the Board of Curators) and the St. Louis Stars Soccer Club (Thomas served as a director). Also
includes congratulatory mail received on the occasion of his appointment as president of
Monsanto (1951) and as chairman of the board (1960).
Cite as: Charles Allen Thomas Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1628
Thomas James and Co. (Harrisonville, Illinois).
Account books, 1820-1821. 2 volumes
Daybook and ledger of dry goods store.
Cite as: Thomas James and Co. Account Books, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1631
Thompson Family.
Papers, 1888-1900. 3 folders (approximately 50 items)
Collection of programs for Mary Institute, Smith Academy of Washington University;
dedication of the Beaumont memorial tablet on Mackinac Island; personal letters of Nellie Lurtz,