Scope and Contents This collection includes published materials and ephemera relating to American illustrator J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951). The collection is focused on Leyendecker's work for the Arrow Collar advertising campaign that took place from 1907-1931.The collection was compiled by Michael Murphy and many of the materials were used for his dissertation research. Murphy's dissertation is titled White Collared: Fashioning...

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The Bridge Stock Certificates Collection consists of five stock certificates for the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, the Wiggins Ferry Company, the St. Louis Bridge Company, and the Tunnel Road of St. Louis.

Scope and Contents The Bryan Family Papers consists of correspondence between members of the Bryan, Lamme, and Sterigere families, business associates, and friends, including one letter books of Charles W. Bryan, Sr. (1863-1927); business papers, including legal papers of David Sterigere, Sr., steam boating papers, and engineering papers of C.W. Bryan, Sr.; historical research materials, including published articles of C.W. Bryan, Sr.; clippings and photographs related to stream boating, politics, family...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of original drawings of Eads Bridge from two separate firms: American Bridge Company and Terminal Railroad Association.In total, Washington University holds 663 original drawings of the Eads Bridge: 570 drawings from the Terminal Railroad Association and 93 additional drawings from the American Bridge Company. A list of the 93 American Bridge drawings are available ...

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The papers of William G. Eliot include diaries, letters, published works, published and unpublished sermons and talks, newspaper clippings of articles written by or about Eliot, photographs; and biographical and other material about Eliot. Also included in the collection are enslavement documents, which include letters and bonds of indemnity as Eliot purchased enslaved persons in order to emancipate them.

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The John Rison Fordyce Papers consists primarily of material towards a history of the DeSoto expedition, entitled "Trailing DeSoto." In addition to chapter drafts, the collection contains typed and autograph notecards, various maps, and a scrapbook.

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The Arthur C. Hoskins collection contains items directly related to Hoskins and his family, including correspondence and records of expenses, and also items related to Missouri Historical Society activities. Certain items, which are connected to material previously collected by Hoskins, but whose source is unknown, have been placed in the collection because of their convenient connection.

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1861 April 17. An appointment of James Allen, Jr. as Deputy Postmaster of Bloomington, Illinois, signed by Lincoln and William H. Seward, Secretary of State. 1 page

Scope and Contents The Isaac H. Lionberger Papers consist of Tutt family correspondence, 1821-1836, principally Robert Tutt to his family, written from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Also includes a land grant, May, 10, 1826, Kentucky, signed by John Quincy Adams; Proclamation, condemnation for treason by German forces, 1915, including Edith Cavell. Also includes a land grant, May 10, 1826 (Kentucky), signed by John Quincy Adams, and a proclamation of death for treason and conspiracy, issued by by German...

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Autograph letter signed from Ludlow to Solomon Smith concerning his travels in the East and discussing prospective jobs, and the formation of a new acting company. 4 pages