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while attending Smith Academy.
Cite as: Thompson Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1632
Thompson, M. Jeff.
Thompson-Pillow-Polk Papers, 1861-1862. 1 folder (approximately 25 items)
Gideon J. Pillow was stationed at New Madrid; Leonidas Polk was stationed at Memphis,
Tennessee.
Papers include typescript copies of correspondence between Major General Gideon J. Pillow,
Major General Leonidas Polk, and Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson and others during the
Civil War.
Cite as: Thompson-Pillow-Polk Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2087
Through the Eyes of a Child Oral History Project.
Transcripts, 1998-1999. 8 boxes
The Through the Eyes of a Child Oral History Project was part of the Missouri Historical
Society’s African-American history project on growing up black in St. Louis. In 1998 and 1999,
researchers conducted interviews with people who grew up in four diverse communities—the
Ville, Carr Square, Kinloch, and the south end of East St. Louis—from 1940 through the 1980s.
These neighborhoods had an African-American population over 70% and the residents who were
interviewed represented a diverse cross-section socially and geographically. Portions of the
interviews were used in an exhibition, which opened at the Missouri Historical Society in 2003.
This collection consists of the transcripts of the interviews conducted for the oral history
project. The transcripts are divided into the four different neighborhoods and then arranged
alphabetically by the last name of the interviewee within each neighborhood. The papers include
a summary and context report, an index of topics discussed, and transcripts for each individual.
In some instances, there is additional material as provided by the interviewee. Each person
provides biographical information, residential history, work history, and a discussion of the
community in which he or she lived, focusing on his or her life between the ages of 7 and 12.
The collection also includes a folder of background information on the project, neighborhood
histories and project brochures.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Through the Eyes of a Child Oral History Project Transcripts, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1634
Tiffany, Dexter P. (1846-1921).
Collection, 1808-1902. 78 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Dexter P. Tiffany, Sr. (1846-1921) was born in St. Louis to P. Dexter and Hannah Kerr
Tiffany. After being raised in St. Louis and Worcester, Massachusetts, Tiffany attended Harvard
Law School. He graduated in 1870 and passed the Missouri bar in 1871. In 1870 he married
Annie Shepley, daughter of General George Shepley and granddaughter of Supreme Court
Justice Ether Shepley. They had two sons, Dexter P. Tiffany, Jr., and George Shepley Tiffany.
Dexter P. Tiffany, Sr., was a member of the law firm Finkelnburg & Rassieur (later Rassieur &
Tiffany) at 200 Market Street in St. Louis. He was also partners with his brother John Kerr
Tiffany in the Tiffany Real Estate Company. During Dexter P. Tiffany’s career, he was
associated with Judge Jacob Klein of the circuit court in the management of the Knox estate and