Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Papers, 1824-1861. 1 box
William Henry Bissell (1811-1860), attorney at Belleville, Illinois, served in the Mexican
War, participating in the Battle of Buena Vista, February 1847. He was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1848 and 1850, and gained a national reputation with his speech in the House
on the slave question in 1850. In 1856, he was elected governor of Illinois but died ten months
later before the expiration of his term.
The collection includes correspondence primarily from statesmen and politicians with
reference to Bissell's service in the Black Hawk War and the Battle of Buena Vista in the
Mexican War; the Wilmot Proviso; and Bissell's speech before the House of Representatives,
February 21, 1850, on the slave question. Also includes the journal (December 14-24, 1853) of
James Henry Carleton while he was stationed at the ruins of La Gran Quivira; journal was sent to
Brevet Major W.A. Nichols
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Cite as: William Henry Bissell Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2060
Bissell’s Point.
History, circa 1920. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Photocopy of handwritten, three-page history of Bissell’s Point in St. Louis County,
Missouri, written on the stationery of Dr. E.F. Randall, 4426 North 14th St., St. Louis.
Cite as: Bissell’s Point History, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2061
Bissonnet-Pascay-Pasquier-Primeau Family.
Genealogy, no date. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Typed list of marriage dates, baptisms, and burials for members of the family.
Cite as: Bissonnet-Pascay-Pasquier-Primeau Family Genealogy, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2062
Bittinger, John L. (1833- ).
Papers, 1874-1875. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
John Bittinger was part owner of the St. Joseph (Mo.) Morning Herald. He was active in
Missouri Republican politics. In 1875, he was implicated in the Whiskey Ring corruption case.
The collection consists of citizenship papers issued by the state of Louisiana for John L. &
Annie M. Bittinger; a commission appointing Bittinger to the Board of State Centennial
Managers; and a pencil copy of a letter from state attorney H.B. Johnson to former Missouri
governor W.P. Hall stating that there is no valid case against Bittinger connecting him with the
Whiskey Ring.
Cite as: John Bittinger Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0129
Bixby, William Keeney (1857-1931).
Papers, 1700-1931. 33 boxes; 4 volumes; 2 oversize folder
William Keeney Bixby, businessman and financier, was born January 2, 1857, at Adrian,
Michigan, son of Alonzo Foster and Emma Louisa Keeney Bixby. He was educated in public
schools and graduated from Adrian High School in 1873. Following graduation, he worked as a
baggage handler on the railroad in Texas, and was later brought to St. Louis by H.M. Hoxie,