SAINT FRANCOIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
One of Missouri's oldest counties, St. Francois (pronounced "Francis")
County was organized in 1821. The county seat is Farmington. Beginning in the 1840s, large-scale iron mining and smelting was carried out in the area of Iron Mountain in the southwestern corner of the county. From the 1860s to the 1960s the northern part of the county around Bonne Terre and present-day Park Hills was one of the world's major areas for the production of lead. The following list includes collections at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla that deal in some manner with St. Francois County. Follow the hypertext links for more information about each individual collection.
- American Iron Mountain Company, records, 1849-1855
- William Armstrong, sworn testimony, 1825
- James
Ballard, letter, 1842
- Bank of Elvins, stock certificate, 1911
- Bethel Association United Baptist Churches of Jesus Christ, minutes,
1816-1996
- Blue family papers, 1818-1973
- Benjamin B. Cahoon, papers, 1868-1923
- Harry
J. Cantwell, collection, 1898-1950
- Carleton College (Farmington, Mo.), collection, 1859-1979
- Milton Pleasant Cayce papers, 1849-1883
- Milton Pleasant Cayce, record book, ca. 1870
- Central Missouri Association of United Baptists, minutes, 1859-1996
- Chester, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve & Farmington Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1894
- Alfred B. Cree letters, 1862-1863
- M. J. Crews, certificate, 1885
- William Dent ledger, 1861-1866
- Doe Run Lead Company, cancelled checks, 1898-1901
- Doe Run (Mo.), photographs, ca. 1925
- Ellis
family papers, 1787-1948
- Politte Elvins, campaign cards, 1908, 1920
- Albert
Lee Evans, account book, 1913-1914
- Farmington (Mo.), municipal records, 1856-1929
- Farmington Prospecting and Mining Company, stock certificate, 1892
- Federal Lead Company, Mining Dept. (Flat River, Mo.), letterbooks, 1907-1913
- Federal Lead Company, Mining Dept. (Flat River, Mo.), monthly business reports, 1918-1921
- First Baptist Church (Bonne Terre, Mo.), booklet, 1916
- Flat
River Industrial Corporation, papers, 1937-1943
- Flat River Woman's Club, booklet, 1930
- Flat River Woman's Club, records, 1913-1953
- J. B.
Fleming, ledger, 1860-1874
- Katharine Peers Forster, scrapbook, 1888-1898
- Franklin Baptist Association, centennial program, 1932
- Freemasons, Star of the West Lodge No. 133 (Ironton, Mo.), records, 1849-1962
- E. M.
Frentzel, History of St. Paul's Ev. Luth. Congregation, 1923
- Grand Army of the Republic (Farmington, Mo.), records, 1884-1902
- Commodore Perry Hill collection, 1885-1982
- Charles E. Kiefner papers, 1925-1931
- Edmond Laramore, Baptist associations records, 1912-1980
- M. P.
Cayce & Sons, daybook, 1873-1874
- Mark Twain National Forest, historical photographs, ca. 1900-1985
- Mine La Motte Company, booklet, 1916
- Missouri, historic mining photographs, ca. 1880s-1910s
- Moothart College, photograph, ca. 1910
- Mothers and Patrons Club (Flat River, Mo.), record book, 1907-1937
- Mothers and Patrons Club (Leadwood, Mo.), records, 1911-1992
- James
R. "Pete" Pettus, World War II memoir, 2001
- Presbyterian Church (Farmington, Mo.), records, 1832-1982
- Roseland Theater (Flat River, Mo.), photograph, 1940
- Francis Claude Rozier, financial journal, 1875-1891
- Saint
Francois County (Mo.), booklet, 1925
- Saint
Francois County (Mo.), collection, 1876-1951
- Saint Francois County (Mo.), "Plat of the Principal Lead Mines ...", n.d.
- St.
Francois Agricultural and Mechanical Association, records, 1872-1895
- St. Francois County Railroad Company, mortgage bond, 1914
- St.
Joe Minerals Corporation, collection, 1864-1974
- St. Joseph Lead Co., annual report, 1866
- St. Joseph Lead Company, business summaries, 1917-1919
- St. Joseph Lead Company, "Lead Mining in Southeast Missouri," ca. 1940
- St. Joseph Lead Company, Southeast Missouri Mining & Milling Division, records, 1950-1968
- St.
Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., historical records, 1859-1980
- Aquilla Standifird, Civil War diary, 1862-1865
- Ste.
Genevieve, Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob Plank Road Company, stock
certificate, 1854
- James A. Stevens, journal, 1878-1884
- Taylor Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Flat River, Mo.), directory, 1915
- Ann
Caroline Tetley, comp., "Establishment of the Town of Farmington,"
n.d.
- Tetley
Jewelry store, ledger, 1871-1883
- Henry C. Thompson papers, 1884-1970
- Shelton E. Thurman papers, ca. 1919
- John
Tlapek, correspondence, 1897-1935
- William Long Tolman papers, 1852-1919
- Turley Family Historical Research Association, records, 1740-2005
- William B. Williams, ledger, 1837-1878
- William B. Williams, records, 1837-1888
- John Ziegler, letter, 1847
- Ziegler & Company, account book, 1843-1853
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