Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

alphabetically.
Cite as: Wills Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1755
Wilson, Frank L. and Lizzie Shepherd.
Papers, 1863-1884. 3 boxes
Frank Lafayette Wilson was born April 6, 1848, in Lincoln County, Missouri. He worked as
a civil engineer in the 1870s and 1880s for several railroads, including the St. Louis and
Hannibal Railroad, the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and the Springfield and Memphis Railway.
He served as postmaster of Bowling Green from 1889 to 1893 and was appointed to this position
a second time in 1897. For many years he was one of the leading representatives of the
Republican party in Pike County. On January 24, 1877, he married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Shepherd.
They had no children.
Collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Frank L. and Lizzie Shepherd Wilson.
Collection also contains correspondence from family and friends, and correspondence to Frank
Wilson relating to his work on the railroad.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Frank L. and Lizzie Shepherd Wilson Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2399
Wilson, G.W.
Notice, 1900 March. 1 item
Printed notice of G.W. Wilson, commissioner, Treasury Department, Office of Internal
Revenue, Washington, D.C., titled “Important notice to dealers in, and persons who empty,
packages of distilled spirits, fermented liquors, tobacco, snuff, cigars, oleomargarine, and filled
cheese; and to all special-tax payers.”
Cite as: G.W. Wilson Notice, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1756
Wilson, William F.
Papers, 1801-1850. 1 folder (approximately 50 items)
William F. Wilson lived in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Collection includes notes, bills, receipts of William D. Wilson. Three small diaries of Wilson
giving accounts of small trips to the east.
Cite as: William F. Wilson Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1757
Wilt, Christian (1789-1819).
Papers, 1811-1815. 2 volumes
Born in Philadelphia, son of Abraham and Rachel Wilt. Came to St. Louis in June 1811 and
opened a store on the southwest corner of Main and Locust with his brother Andrew Wilt, under
sponsorship of their uncle Joseph Hertzog of Philadelphia. He became a director of the Bank of
St. Louis, and owned a mill and a distillery on the Cahokia Creek in Illinois. Married Ann
Kirkwood, 1815; had a son George, who died in 1823.
One volume of original letters and typescripts from Christian Wilt mostly to Joseph Hertzog
and his brother in Philadelphia concerning business transactions, with mention of local and
national matters. Second volume is a bound manuscript and letters written by Joseph Hertzog,