Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

The scrapbook contains mostly ticket stubs for local street railways, newsclippings
concerning the narrow gauge street railways, and railroad timetables for St. Louis and other
railroads in the United States, dated 1870s. Also includes a certificate of election as mayor
presented to Wells in 1901.
Cite as: Rolla Wells Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1732
Wendell Willkie presidential campaign newsclipping collection, 1940. 1 box
Approximately 200 newsclippings and assorted memorabilia regarding the Willkie
presidential campaign.
Cite as: Wendell Willkie Presidential Campaign Newsclipping Collection, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1733
Wesley House.
Records, 1937. 1 box (22 pages)
Typescript Wesley House annual report (1937) titled “12 Months of Fun, Fellowship,
Friendliness During 1937 at Wesley House, St. Louis, 5420 Lillian Ave.” (22 pages); returned to
Fannie Cook Papers (Box 29, Folder 37).
A1734
Western travel collection, [1662]-1968. 1 box (approximately 100 items)
An artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been
placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection
consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also
includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The
collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items
are typescript copies, rather than original documents. The collection is arranged chronologically.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Western Travel Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1735
Westliche Post Publication Company (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Account books, 1910-1927. 4 volumes
Collection contains account book of branches, Westliche Post and Anzeiger, dated 1910-
1918; account book of dealers, Westliche Post, dated 1918-1927; and ledgers number 3 and 5,
dated 1921 to 1923 and 1925 to 1927, of the Westliche Post listing subscriber, address, edition
and dates paid.
Cite as: Westliche Post Publication Company Account Books, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2356
Westminster Dancing Academy (St. Louis, Mo.).
Pamphlet, circa 1920s. 1 item
The cover of this 8-page pamphlet reads, “Westminster Dancing Academy, 3806 Olive
Street, St. Louis.” The title page refers to the academy as “Prof. W.T. Clark’s Dancing Academy,
Westminster Hall.” The pamphlet includes a portrait photograph of Prof. W.T. Clark [William T.
Clark]; interior views of the reception hall, dance hall, and office; and an advertisement of Miss