Local history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the writing and compiling of local histories. Collective histories, and works on the historiography, of several localities of a country, state, etc., are entered under the name of the place with subdivision History, Local. Individual local histories are entered under [place]--History.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Brick Industry Collection, 1883 - 1983
Series — Box 1: Series 601-2; Series 601-3; Series 601-4, Folder: 8-11
Identifier: 601-4
Scope and Contents
The Brick Industry Collection contains booklets, photographs, certificates, and correspondence that provide insight on the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of bricks from the 1880s into the early 20th century. Many of the materials are from the local Hydraulic-Press Brick Company of St. Louis, a prominent business founded in 1868 and later owned by Henry W. Eliot, T.S. Eliot’s father. The company is known for its use and development of the hydraulic press, which allowed for the mass...
Dates:
1883 - 1983
Elisha Riggs Banking Collection, 1842
Series — Box 1: Series 601-2; Series 601-3; Series 601-4, Folder: 1
Identifier: 601-2
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 4 business letters from 1842 sent to Elisha Riggs, a prominent businessman and banker in New York known for founding the Riggs National Bank. The letters are sent from local St. Louis merchants, business agents, and attorneys communicating with Riggs on matters related to banking, credit, and business in the local area.
Dates:
1842
Fusz and Backer Collection, 1860 - 1918
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 601-5
Scope and Contents
The Fusz and Backer Collection contains correspondence, financial records, legal records, reports, and other company records for the Merrimac Silver Mining Company from the late 1870s until the early 20th century. The company operated in Tucson, Arizona, but was owned by Louis Fusz and George Backer of St. Louis, two prominent businessmen who were also heavily involved in the local flour business. Notable in the collection are the correspondence in the 1880s from William K. Meade, who acted...
Dates:
1860 - 1918
Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Company Collection, 1915 - 1917
Series — Box 1: Series 601-2; Series 601-3; Series 601-4, Folder: 2-7
Identifier: 601-3
Scope and Contents
The collection contains over 80 letters, telegrams, bills and invoices from 1915-1917—primarily between the Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Company, a local Missouri produce company, and the George F. Johnston Company, a grape producer in California. The records provide insight into the day-to-day business exchanges concerning the quality and distribution of produce over long distances. Notable are the telegrams and railway documents, which reveal how the development of certain communication and...
Dates:
1915 - 1917
Local History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 601
Scope and Contents
This collection contains series associated with the local history of Saint Louis, Missouri, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Dates:
1841 - 1983