Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A1614
AIDS Foundation of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1990s. 1 box and 1 oversize folder
Materials from the annual fund-raising event of the organization, the pledge walk, "From All
Walks of Life." Included are press releases, newsclippings, fact sheets and programs, posters
from the event. Also includes the 1992 financial statement from The AIDS Foundation of St.
Louis. The oversize collection contains posters from the 1992, 1993 pledge walk.
Cite as: AIDS Foundation of St. Louis Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1859
Aiken, Frank William.
Papers, 1936-1941, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains an article from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat dated 1936, correspondence dated
1936-1941, family crests and an undated genealogy sheet.
Cite as: Frank William Aiken Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Aiken, James Henry, Mrs.
See Cunningham, Josepha.
A0015
Akins, Zoe (1886-1958).
Papers, 1911; 1958. 2 folders
Zoe Akins was born in Humansville, Missouri, and moved to St. Louis where her father was
postmaster and also a leader in the Republican party. She attended Hosmer Hall and then spent
two years at Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Illinois. At the age of 17, she played with the
Odeon Stock Company of St. Louis. She then began writing articles for the St. Louis–based
Mirror. Later she left for New York where she became a well-known playwright. Her bestknown
plays are "The Greeks Had a Word for It," "The Furies," and "The Old Maid," for which
she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1935. In 1932, she married Hugo Rumbold, a British artist and
army captain. In her last years she wrote for motion pictures. She died October 29, 1958.
The collection consists of undated love letters written by William Marion Reedy to Zoe
Akins. Also includes an undated play titled "The Wandering Fairies—A Shakespearian Masque
for Children" by Zoe Akins, and a typed copy of "The Learned Lady," by Zoe Akins, 1911, from
which Act I and portions of Act II are missing. Collection also includes a newspaper article from
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describing the letters.
Cite as: Zoe Akins Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1860
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition (Seattle, Washington).
Souvenir Program, 1909. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Souvenir official daily program, 1909.
Cite as: Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Souvenir Program, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2144
Albers, Joseph.
Papers, 1807-1947. 1 folder; 1 volume