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Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

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A1738<br />

Wherry, John Greene.<br />

“Wherry Family His<strong>to</strong>ry, 1700-1900" / manuscript, circa l900. 1 volume (75 pages).<br />

Manuscript his<strong>to</strong>ry of <strong>the</strong> Wherry family in <strong>the</strong> United States, l700-l900, compiled by John<br />

Green Wherry of Elyria, Ohio. This volume is a pho<strong>to</strong>copy, <strong>the</strong> original remains in <strong>the</strong><br />

possession of <strong>the</strong> donor.<br />

Cite as: John Green Wherry, "Wherry Family His<strong>to</strong>ry, 1700-1900," manuscript, circa 1900,<br />

<strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A2411<br />

Whitaker & Company (St. Louis, <strong>Missouri</strong>).<br />

Bond issue, 1911 Jan 30. 1 item<br />

Issue of first mortgage sinking fund 5% gold bonds in <strong>the</strong> Pierce Building (Income Leasehold<br />

Company).<br />

Cite as: Whitaker & Company Bond Issue, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1739<br />

White Buffalo Mining Company (East St. Louis, Illinois).<br />

Records, 1872-1889. 3 volumes<br />

Collection consists of <strong>the</strong> records of prospecting, mining, smelting, and trading company. It<br />

includes a minute book, containing <strong>the</strong> articles of incorporation and by-laws (1872-1889), and<br />

two notebooks containing expenses and records of s<strong>to</strong>ckholders (1888-1889).<br />

Cite as: White Buffalo Mining Company Records, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St.<br />

Louis.<br />

A1740<br />

White, Thomas.<br />

Reminiscences, 1864-1882. 1 volume (230 pages)<br />

Thomas White was born in Winchendon Spring, Massachusetts. As a youth he worked as a<br />

s<strong>to</strong>re clerk in different cities, peddled medicine, and <strong>the</strong>n worked as a detective.<br />

Typescript reminiscences of colorful experiences in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee;<br />

Cairo, Illinois; western Kentucky; <strong>Missouri</strong>; and Colorado.<br />

Cite as: Thomas White Reminiscences, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1741<br />

Whitehill, John (1794-1871).<br />

Receipt book, 1845-1869. 1 volume (140 pages)<br />

St. Louis building contrac<strong>to</strong>r and lumber dealer.<br />

Receipts for purchases of building materials and services, with 1866 au<strong>to</strong>biography in middle<br />

pages of volume.<br />

Cite as: John Whitehill Receipt Book, <strong>Missouri</strong> His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>Museum</strong> Archives, St. Louis.<br />

A1742<br />

Whitford, William T., Family.<br />

Whitford-Post family papers, 1855-1869; 1906. 1 box<br />

Erastus Post was born in Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 1818 in Vermont. He moved <strong>to</strong> <strong>Missouri</strong> in 1821 with his<br />

parents. The family settled in <strong>the</strong> area known as <strong>the</strong> Bonhomme Bot<strong>to</strong>ms, now known as<br />

Chesterfield. Erastus Post was married three times. His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Long, his

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