Chouteau Family Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 3, Folder: 7

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf027

Staff Only

Correspondence, 1903 January 9 - 1913 February 3. Correspondants include members of the Chouteau family, Judge Walter B. Douglas, and novelist Winston Churchill, discussing family and business affairs. Autograph letters signed, 8 items.

Miscellany, 1883 September 9 - October 1918. Miscellany includes a receipt signed by Henry Chouteau, wedding invitations and calling cards [12 items], newspaper clippings [42 items] and newspaper and book photographs of the Chouteau, Papin, Cabanne and other families of St. Louis [28 items].

Dates

Creation: 1883 September 9 - 1918 October

Creator

Chouteau family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

99.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Chouteau was the name of a highly successful French fur-trading family based in St. Louis, Missouri, members of which established posts in the Midwest and Western United States.

Method of Acquisition

Arthur C. Hoskins Collection of Saint Louisiana and Missouriana. Originally laid in Creoles of St. Louis by Paul Beckwith. CS71 C552 1893. Accession number 1161, March 19, 1970