Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Cite as: William A. Albrecht and Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1862
Alcorn, James Floyd.
Genealogy, 1954. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by James Floyd Alcorn,
8108 Teasdale, University City, Mo., 1954.
Cite as: James Floyd Alcorn Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1863
Alcott, Louisa May.
Letter, 1887. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Letter signed L.M. Alcott to Mrs. H.M. Starkloff, 6827 Michigan Ave., St. Louis,
postmarked February 16, 1887, regarding a request to find Alcott’s works translated into
German.
Cite as: Louisa May Alcott Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0016
Alewel Family.
Papers, 1896-1957. 10 boxes; 1 volume; 1 oversize folder
Louis Emil Alewel was born September 16, 1878. He was educated at Bethany Parochial
School and married Olivia Emily Elizabeth Beckman on October 25, 1911. Mr. Alewel entered
the undertaking profession and operated an establishment on Franklin Avenue between
Twentieth and Twenty-First Streets. He later became a salesman for the bakers and
confectioners' supply company operated by his father-in-law, W.E. Beckmann. He published
several songs and poems. He was involved in the St. Louis Relief Committee for Central Europe.
He was a mason and a member of the Cornerstone Lodge, the Knights of Pythias, the
Liederkranz Club, the Carl Schurz Unit #28 of the Steuben Society of America, Cosmos Club
and St. Louis House. He died February 9, 1955. Norma E. Alewel was his daughter.
The collection contains memorabilia mostly concerning Ms. Norma E. Alewel and her father,
Louis Emil Alewel, including tax receipts and various St. Louis brochures and blueprints of
buildings owned by Olivia and Louis Alewel, and designed by Julius E. Tarling. The collection
includes many photographs of the Alewel family. Box 3 contains several brochures and
pamphlets regarding the St. Louis Relief Committee for Central Europe. Box 4 contains a ledger
for an upholstery business for Louis E. Alewel (1940). Many items in the collection relate to the
rebuilding of Germany and the views of Germans on World War II. Box 7 includes a Shriners
(Moolah) hat in a hat box. Box 8 includes records of the Carr Place Protection and Improvement
Association. Collection also contains items concerning the Steuben Society and a scrapbook
dated 1954-1957 with cards and letters of Lewis E. and Norma E. Alewel and letters from the
Steuben Society of America regarding war efforts of Lewis E. Alewel, compiled by Norma E.
Alewel.
Some items in German.
Cite as: Alewel Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1864
Alexander, Charles and Nancy.
Papers, 1849-1982, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Contains photocopies of various types of documents regarding the genealogy of Charles and