Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Cite as: Henry B. Belt Biography, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2020
Belt, William H.
Collection, 1882-1960. 2 folders [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains three handwritten reminiscences of St. Louis in the late nineteenth century, an 1882
dance card for a dance held at the Laclede Hotel by the Shaw Club, a 1900 program for a mass
meeting in St. Louis to generate aid for widows, orphans, and dependents of British soldiers
engaged in the Boer War, a 1905 graduation exercises program for St. Louis Central High
School, an invitation to the opening ceremonies of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, a circular
announcing an address by Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, to be delivered on Armistice Day,
1927, and ephemera.
Cite as: William H. Belt Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2024
Belz, Dorothy Pershall.
Biographical Data Sheet, no date. 1 sheet [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Dorothy Pershall
Belz, 53 Portland Place, St. Louis.
Cite as: Dorothy Pershall Belz Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0107
Bemis Family.
Papers, 1831-1931. 1 box; 2 volumes
The Bemis family was a prominent St. Louis family who were proprietors of the Bemis Bag
Company. The company was started in 1858 by Judson M. Bemis (1833-1921) and had factories
throughout the United States.
Collection includes several genealogical scrapbooks, among which is Judson A. Bemis'
compilation of the Bemis family genealogy, tracing the family to the early 1600s; Stephen A.
Bemis' scrapbook (1865-1919), which includes material on Bemis Bag Company; an unbound
volume of the related Anderson and Kennedy family genealogy; and an unbound volume of
Bemis family memorabilia (1891-1918). The collection also contains correspondence,
invitations, clippings, and advertising matter on the Bemis Bag Company.
Cite as: Bemis Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0108
Bench and Bar Collection, 1820-1949. 1 folder
Collection contains signatures of attorney generals of Missouri, 1820-1941; document stating
obligation of members of the St. Louis Bar to elevate the tone and dignity of the bar, 1900;
circular letter addressed to the Democratic lawyers of St. Louis, dated July 1, 1916,
recommending that the Bar Association should cooperate with central committees of several
parties to obtain nominations of men of approved standing at the bar from judicial positions;
program honoring Ely Smith, March 7, 1949; printed copy of Eugene Angert's "The Law is Not a
Jealous Mistress"; and a list of the members of consolidated courts.
Cite as: Bench and Bar Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2021