Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A1771
World War I collection, 1915-1970. 11 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The collection consists of materials related to military and civilian participation in World
War I by individuals and by groups from St. Louis and Missouri. The collection is arranged into
nine series: Units, Veterans’ Associations and Auxiliaries, Data on Men in Service, Individuals,
Certificates/Commendations, Civilian War Work Organizations, Printed Matter, Newsclippings,
and Miscellany. The collection includes information on several U.S. Army, American
Expeditionary Force, and Missouri National Guard units; printed materials and some
correspondence from groups such as the American Legion, and the U.S. Marine Corps Club;
rosters of men from St. Louis who served in the war, correspondence and literature concerning
the erection of memorials, and awards to servicemen; personal letters, diaries, and accounts of
events by the men who served in World War I; awards such as those presented to Red Cross
participants and notifications of promotion to servicemen; information relating to the American
Red Cross, the Four Minute Men, Liberty Loans, the Missouri Hospitality Committee, the
Y.M.C.A., and to many other organizations working on the home front; and assorted invitations,
programs, and ephemera related to the war.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: World War I Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1772
World War II collection, 1941-1945. 2 boxes (approximately 200 items)
Collection includes various kinds of ration books; printed pamphlets of World War II U.S.
propaganda material; discharges, passes, etc., items of official nature; series of patriotic
envelopes, 1942-; broadside titled "Enemies Ears are Listening," circa 1942; 1943-1945, U.S.
Marine Corps dispatches (typed) on Missourians in action in the South Pacific, publicity releases
on Missourians stationed at Marine bases; documents relating to Excellence in War Production
award (Amertorp Corporation), 1942-1944; form letter of Steuben Society of America-St. Louis
Relief Committee, 1946-1947, regarding relief for the peoples of Germany, Austria and
Hungary.
Cite as: World War II Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1773
Worley, Frank E., Mrs.
Collection, 1860-1890. 1 folder (approximately 30 items)
Collector.
Collection of letters to Laura Davis from various Civil War generals regarding sending her
locks of their hair; several letters of Clara Barton to Ms. Davis; two $100 Confederate bills.
Cite as: Mrs. Frank E. Worley Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Worth, Patience
See Curran, Pearl Pollard, 1883-1937
A2382
Worthington Life Stock Company (Kimmswick, Missouri).
Meeting minutes, 1906 July 25. 1 item (7 pages)
Minutes of the first meeting of the Worthington Life Stock Company includes the articles of
association, transcription of the state of Missouri’s certificate of incorporation, and the by-laws.