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Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection [DOC MSS 32]
Collection
Identifier: DOC MSS 32
Abstract
The bulk of this collection consists of material accumulated over a 90-year lifetime by Cyril Clemens, founder and president of the International Mark Twain Society. It documents Clemens' dedication to promoting the memory of his cousin Mark Twain, his fascination with notables of the literary and political worlds, and his wide-ranging interest in European and American literature, history, and politics, along with the culture of the St. Louis area. His and his family's strong Catholicism is...
Dates:
1632-1995
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection II [DOC MSS 35]
Collection
Identifier: DOC MSS 35
Abstract
This collection incorporates the remaining Cyril Clemens material that reached the Archives after Cyril's death on May 16, 1999. The arrangement of series follows that established in DOC MSS 32, the Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection. The "Clippings Series" includes material by and about Cyril Clemens, while the "Pamphlets and Publications Series" contains items bearing on the history and culture of St. Louis and Missouri. The collection is organized into 6 series: 1. Clippings; 2....
Dates:
1876-1985
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection III [DOC MSS 47]
Collection
Identifier: DOC MSS 47
Abstract
This collection has only 1 series: 1. Diaries. These diaries were kept by Bryan Mullanphy Clemens, Cyril Clemens' paternal grandfather, during the late 1890s. They reached the Archives through Cyril's niece Mary Gotwals, who had procured them from her uncle's estate after his death. They are apparently part of a series of diaries that Bryan Clemens produced around the turn of the twentieth century; other volumes are housed in the Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection, DOC MSS 32.
Dates:
1897-1899
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Daniel A. Lord, S. J. Collection
Collection
Identifier: 620
Scope and Contents
The Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Collection contains pamphlets, children's materials, plays, music, and articles written to educate the public about Catholicism and Catholic life in the first half of the 20th century. Many of the materials were written by the Jesuit priest Daniel A. Lord himself, a prolific writer associated with Saint Louis University who published hundreds of documents and guides from the 1920s to 1950s teaching both children and adults about Catholic conduct and faith. The...
Dates:
1925-1994
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Collection
Identifier: 203-1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Saint Louis University.
Dates:
1910 - 1992
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CBS-PUB-002
Content Description
Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was...
Dates:
Publication: 2004-05 - 2009-12
Found in:
Center for Bosnian Studies
Domenick DiPasquale Papers
Collection
Identifier: CBS-COL-003
Content Description
Domenick DiPasquale served as a US Foreign Service Agent in the US Department of State. He spent much of his career in Europe and the Balkans, and was stationed at the American Culture Center in Sarajevo from 1987-1989. After moving on, he continued to take an interest in the developments throughout Yugoslavia and its successor states.He amassed a significant personal collection of some 3,600 newspaper clippings, articles, and documents, photographs, maps, and periodicals. They...
Dates:
1985 - 1998
Found in:
Center for Bosnian Studies
Dorothy Krauskopf LeVora Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 668
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two scrapbooks, as well as ephemera, created by Dorothy Krauskopf LeVora, a student at Saint Louis University from 1929 to 1933.Dorothy Krauskopf LeVora (1911-2003) was born in Madison County, Illinois, and raised in Granite City, Illinois. In 1929, she entered the School of Education at Saint Louis University. During her time at the university, she was involved with the Playhouse Club and Delta Epsilon Phi sorority. In 1933, she was the prom...
Dates:
1923 - 1958
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Drew Family Manuscript Collection [DOC MSS 21]
Collection
Identifier: DOC MSS 21
Abstract
The Drew Family Manuscript Collection comprises correspondence, clippings, ephemera, photographs, postcards, and scrapbooks kept by American portrait artist Dorothy Hart Drew, her sister Lorna, and her mother Anna Hart Drew as mementos of their family members, of their own lives, and of their careers. The collection was acquired by the Saint Louis University Archives in May 1995 from Charles Apfelbaum Rare Books and Manuscripts after the death of the Missouri-born painter, whose early...
Dates:
1890-1996
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives
Elisha Riggs Banking Collection
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 700
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
Found in:
Saint Louis University Archives