Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A2030
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923).
Autograph, 1918. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Consists of two subscriber’s receipts for World War I war bonds signed by French actress
Sarah Bernhardt (one original signature, one carbon copy) in 1918.
Cite as: Sarah Bernhardt Autograph, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1828
Bernoudy, William Adair (1910-1988).
Collection, 1939-1986. 26 boxes
Primarily residential, some commercial and institutional projects, including job files, office
files, personal material, and scattered sketches. The drawings are held at Washington University
Libraries, Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Firm names represented
include Bernoudy, Mutrux & Bauer and Bernoudy Associates.
Collection currently closed to all research.
Cite as: William Adair Bernoudy Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0118
Berrell, George B. (1849- ).
Journals, 1871-1883. 10 volumes; 4 folders
George B. Berrell, an actor and theatrical stage manager, was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He was named stage manager for DeBar's Opera House in St. Louis in 1876, and
named acting manager in 1878, shortly after Ben DeBar's death in 1877. He was thereafter
engaged with a variety of theatrical groups in and out of St. Louis, including the Grand Opera
House (after 1882) and the Olympic Theatre in St. Louis.
The bulk of the collection consists of nine journals, kept by Berrell, that recount his
adventures in theater and in life from 1871 until 1883. Among the varied entries are discussions
of his theatrical career as a prompter with the Academy of Music in Chicago (1874), with
DeBar's Opera House in St. Louis (from 1876), with the Acme Dramatic Company, a touring
stock show (summer 1882), and with the Grand Opera House and Olympic Theater in St. Louis
(1882-1883). Entries also discuss Berrell's numerous fishing trips (with one journal devoted
extensively to his "Piscatorial Summer of 1878"); travels in New York and elsewhere; his
thoughts on a celebrated murder of a St. Louis lawyer by a Post-Dispatch editor; and comments
on Ben DeBar's estate. Also includes an undated volume titled "Annals of the Drama," which
consists of notes about eighteenth-century British actress Sarah Siddons.
Cite as: George B. Berrell Journals, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2031
Berry, George (1880-1960).
Collection, 1960. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Collection consists of a biographical sketch of George Berry who was closely associated with
the automobile industry in St. Louis during the first half of the twentieth century.
Cite as: George Berry Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2034
Berry, John. (1849-1931).
Collection, 1962-1971; no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]