Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Cite as: United States Army, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Stephen H. Long Record
Books, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1667
United States. Army Reserve. 406th Infantry.
Records, 1925-1937. 2 boxes
The 406th Infantry of the United States Army Reserve was headquartered at the Old Custom
House in St. Louis. Circa 1927, it absorbed the 451st Infantry Reserve, which was under the
command of Colonel Leroy K. Robbins. At which point the Arkansas officers of the 406th
moved into the 409th, leaving the 406th an all-Missouri unit under the command of Col.
Robbins.
This collection consists of the records of the 451st Infantry and the 406th Infantry, United
States Army Reserve, under the command of Col. Robbins. They include memoranda and
correspondence, rosters, and material on correspondence courses, summer camp and
entertainment.
Cite as: 406th Infantry Records, United States Army Reserve, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2549
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Confirmations of Lots in City of St. Louis, 1866-1882. 1 volume (approximately 280 pages)
In 1866, the U.S. Congress approved an act authorizing the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Missouri to grant title to parcels of land in the city of St. Louis to those
individuals having the best claim to these parcels of land.
This volume, titled “Confirmations of Lots in City of St. Louis under Act of Congress, June
12, 1866, and Index to All Confirmations in the Old Town of St. Louis,” includes petitions of
claimants to land in the city of St. Louis, 1866-1882, with accompanying plats of the property.
Also includes an alphabetical name index, an index by block numbers, and an index by decree
number.
Cite as: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Confirmations of Lots in
City of St. Louis, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
United States naval shipyard time book, 1864-1865. 1 volume
Transferred to Civil War Collection.
United States. Navy. Mississippi Squadron.
Descriptive list of men aboard the U.S.S. Ouachita, 1862-1865. 1 volume
Transferred to Civil War Collection (see Ouachita, U.S.S., descriptive list of men aboard).
A1671
United States. Pension Agency (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Letterbook, 1838-1858. 1 volume
Letters of St. Louis office of the U.S. Pension Agency regarding the administration of
government pensions, especially military pensions.
Cite as: United States Pension Agency Letterbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1672