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Letitia Palmar Cirode, teacher of physical culture, ball room and fancy dances.
Cite as: Westminster Dancing Academy pamphlet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1736
Weydemeyer, Joseph P.
Papers, 1861-1865. 1 box
A native of Germany, Joseph Weydemeyer was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 2nd
Missouri Light Artillery (Union) in November 1861. He was discharged in September 1863 and
reentered the service as colonel of the 41st Missouri Infantry in September 1864. He died August
20, 1866, in St. Louis.
Papers contain order book, dated June to October 1862; letterbook, dated July to October
1862; and miscellaneous papers of Colonel Joseph Weydemeyer while stationed at military posts
in Salem and Houston, Missouri. Includes information about scouting expeditions and
engagements with rebel troops, mostly involving the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery, the 3rd
Missouri Cavalry, and the 99th Illinois Infantry. Order book contains post orders, general orders,
and special orders. Letterbook contains correspondence mostly with Colonel Henry Almstedt,
Colonel John M. Glover, and Lieutenant Colonel Walter C. Gantt. Includes accounts of actions
against Coleman's band of rebels; a hand-drawn map of an engagement along the Big Piney
River (page 15); correspondence regarding a mutiny at the post; and mentions of the post
surgeon, Dr. Noble Barron. Papers also include a list of those who have filed their oaths of
allegiance in the St. Louis County clerk's office, December 16, 1861; and two muster rolls of
Company C, 41st Missouri Infantry, dated April 30 and July 11, 1865.
Some letters in German.
Cite as: Joseph P. Weydemeyer Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1737
Whelpley, Henry Milton, Dr. (1861-1926).
Collection, 1826-1929. 2 boxes; 2 volumes
Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was an 1883 graduate of
St. Louis College of Pharmacy who became a practicing pharmacist and associate editor of the
St. Louis Druggist in 1884 (later the Meyer Brothers Druggist). In 1892, Whelpley married
Laura Eugenia Spannagel. He held the position of professor at both the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy and at Washington University (St. Louis). He was a winner of the 6th Remington
Medal for outstanding achievement in the pharmaceutical profession. He had an interest in
archaeology and owned a significant collection of Indian artifacts. Dr. Whelpley died in 1926 in
Kansas City, Missouri.
Collection includes material relating to street repairs in St. Louis (1827); the anthropological
interests of Dr. Whelpley; his pharmaceutical practice and special appointments; his World War I
letters; his death in 1926; and to the disposal of his Indian artifacts. Also includes two
scrapbooks relating to Whelpley's business and personal life. Volume 1 includes business cards,
newsclippings, programs, personal and business correspondence. Volume 2 contains
correspondence regarding Whelpley's wedding; a certificate with the signatures of the Chicago
Veteran Druggist Association, of which Whelpley was an associate member; and a program of
the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association held in St. Louis in 1901
at the Southern Hotel.
Cite as: Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.