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Spring 2010 Newsletter , The ISSOURI TATE RCHIVES … M Swhere historyA begins Published by Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State in partnership with the Friends of the Missouri State Archives Archives Receives Grant to Digitize Early Supreme Court Records PAGE 3 New Civil War Exhibit Will Be Unveiled in April PAGE 4 Missouri Conference on History Scheduled for April PAGE 4 Archives Places Papers of Civil War Governors Online PAGE 5 Detail from a survey of Carondelet found in an 1857 Supreme Court case file Supreme Court Collection, Missouri State Archives Plans for the Future of Missouri’s Historical Records is Released PAGE 6 Archives Afield! Cedar County Probate Processing Project PAGE 7 Picture This: Infamous Missouri Mug Shots PAGE 8 Spring 2010 Missouri State Archives... where history begins From the State Archivist The purpose of the Friends of the Mis souri State Archives is to render support and assistance to n these challenging times of tightened budgets and trying to do more the Missouri State Archives. As work with less, it is sometimes refreshing to reflect on the more posi- a not-for-profit corporation, the tive elements in our lives. As historians and genealogists, we are blessed Friends is supported by mem- I in Missouri to have some of the best research institutions in the country. berships and gifts. Please address When I look at similar institutions across the nation, the Missouri State Archives’ correspondence to Friends of commitment to making the records of our state open and accessible to the public the Missouri State Archives, PO is in stark contrast to many other institutions. The Missouri Digital Heritage web- Box 242, Jefferson City, Mis- site continues to build on the success of the Archives’ earlier indexing projects, souri 65102-0242, or you can adding photograph collections and state publications, among other resources. The visit the Friends on the Web at: addition of the 1959 death certificates has pushed just that one series to more www.friendsofmsa.org. than 2.2 million records. Friends of the Missouri One of the main reasons for this success is the Archives’ wonderful staff of State Archives Board of caring professionals who work hard to preserve and make available the state’s Directors most treasured and valuable records. A recent flurry of emails reinforces this fact. Conservation training workshops held across the state as part of our Missouri Robert M. Sandfort, Ph.D., Historical Records Grant Program received rave reviews from both profession- President als and volunteers attending the sessions. One attendee said it was “one of the Wade Nash, most productive days I have spent in a long time.” An onsite researcher who Vice President recently visited both our Jefferson City and St. Louis locations wrote that she Sandra Walls, Secretary had “worked in just about every state library/archives in the southeast (broadly Tom Holloway, Treasurer defined) in the past 3 years, and I would say that my memories of Missouri will Gary Collins be by far the fondest.” A similar view was shared by an academic researcher who James F. Dowd III was able to access all of the state’s historical Blue Books on the Missouri Digital Ann Carter Fleming Heritage website. He may have directly complimented the availability of the Louis Gerteis, Ph.D. records, but it was the diligent efforts of several staff members that earned these Wayne Goode accolades. R. Crosby Kemper III Recent volunteer activities also emphasize how thankful we should be for their Gary Kremer, Ph.D. efforts. A significant number of our volunteers have been working their way Sean Murray through the indexes of Missouri’s land patents, adding difficult to read loca- Vicki Myers tion information that will allow searches by range, section and township. Other Rachael Preston e-volunteers are indexing the equally difficult early criminal court records of St. Bob Priddy Louis. Over 100 onsite and online volunteers recently helped complete the 1959 David Sapp death certificates project, and many of these are now indexing a massive collec- Sally Sprague tion of typed index cards for the Probate Court of St. Louis. In almost every one Frank B. Thacher II of these instances, the Archives would not have considered these projects without Ex-officio: the assistance of our wonderful volunteers. Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State The Archives is also very fortunate to have such a supportive Friends organiza- John Dougan, tion. The Archives simply cannot do everything that it would like on its own. State Archivist Over the years, the Friends have continued to support our public programming, Archives Alive!, National History Day in Missouri (both regionally and at the state level), the William E. Foley Research Fellowship and numerous other proj- Staff ects. This very publication is funded by the Friends. Their financial support allows the Archives to reach out to the state’s students and researchers in ways that Alana Inman, Archives Staff would not be possible otherwise. As we work together to build on past successes, Liaison to the Friends it is my hope that you continue to play a vital part in our future. Newsletter Editor e-mail: [email protected] Sincerely, Phone: (573) 526-1981 FAX: (573) 526-7333 Michael L. Douglas-Llyr Graphic Design & Layout John Dougan State Archivist 2 Spring 2010 be found intermingled with those of common Archives Receives Grant to citizens. Through these case files, a unique view Digitize Early Supreme is presented on a variety of topics – immigration, slavery and the effects of emancipation, westward Court Records expansion, local and state elections and even duel- ince 1999, the Supreme Court of ing. Missouri Historical Society has funded Funding from the NHPRC will make pos- S the creation of an annotated, online data- sible the digitization and online accessibility of base for the historical case files of the Missouri more than 9,000 of these case files, an estimated Supreme Court. The society’s interns clean, flat- 864,000 pages of original Missouri history. Work ten, index and describe case files each summer at on the project will begin April 1, 2010 and con- the Missouri State Archives. As of 2009, a total clude September 30, 2012. For more informa- of 12,000 criminal and civil cases from 1783 to tion on the Supreme Court’s case files or to use 1889 had been indexed, making a wealth of his- the Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database, torical information available online to search for please visit www.sos.mo.gov/archives/judiciary/ free. Now, a $148,577 grant from the National supremecourt/. Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) will enable the Archives to scan the original documents from 1821 to 1865 and link those digital images to the existing database entries. Case files are often overlooked as a historical resource, but they are actually one of the rich- est resources available. Case files provide more than just the opinion of the court. They provide extensive details, sometimes veritable oral histo- Detail from an 1850s map of St. Louis depicting Bloody Island, a ries, which do not appear in any other records. common location for duels Supreme Court Collection, Missouri State Archives Typically included among the files are documents such as transcripts from lower courts, briefs filed by attorneys or interested parties, depositions, and exhibits, including maps, photographs and hand- bills. The Supreme Court case files are a collection in which the variety and significance of Missouri “Case files are often overlooked as history becomes apparent, as cases evolve from a historical resource, but they are “ French fur trappers to steamboat cases of the actually one of the richest resources Mark Twain era to the rise of modern railroads. Within the collection are documents related to available. intriguing events such as Frank Blair’s challenge of the loyalty oath being administered after the Civil War and the construction of gunboats for service during the Civil War by wealthy St. Louis industrialist James Eads. In addition, the names of famous Missourians, such as American states- man Thomas Hart Benton and explorer, Indian agent and territorial governor William Clark, can Spring 2010 3 The conflicts that surrounded the war were so New Civil War Exhibit Will divisive that they affected civilian and soldier alike. Be Unveiled in April The unveiling of Divided Loyalties is open to Greg Olson the public. If you would like to attend, please call Exhibit Curator (573) 751-4236 to RSVP. The exhibit will be on display until May 31, 2011 and will begin to trav- ivided Loyalties: Civil War Documents el throughout Missouri in the summer of 2011. from the Missouri State Archives, a new D exhibit by the Missouri State Archives, will be unveiled at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April Missouri Conference on 15, 2010, at the Kirkpatrick State Information Center, 600 West Main Street, Jefferson City, History Scheduled for April Missouri. The exhibit examines the upheaval and he Missouri State Archives, State uncertainty that characterized Missouri during the Historical Society of Missouri, and Civil War era. Drawing on more than nine million T Missouri Museums Association will co- pages of Civil War-related documents and court sponsor the 52nd annual Missouri Conference on cases, the exhibit goes beyond the stories of bat- History from April 14-16, 2010 in Jefferson City, tles and military strategy to consider the charged Missouri. The Missouri Conference on History atmosphere of social conflict that permeated the brings together teachers of history and other pro- state for two decades after the Kansas Border fessional historians to share in the presentation of Wars of the mid-1850s. research results, exchange information on teach- ing and curriculum, consider ways to promote The exhibit opens with a look at pre-Civil War interest in history and the welfare of the profes- Missouri and the important role the institution of sion, and discuss other concerns common to all slavery played in the state’s culture and economy.
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