Shelf List

R 1261
Elgin, Robert L., 1914-2007.
Research collection, 1960-1993.
Sixty-five folders.

These are the research files of a civil engineer, surveyor, and historian from St. James in Phelps County, Missouri.  The collection includes reports, scale sketches, and photographs concerning the restoration of various historic sites in Missouri, charcoal iron furnace sites in Missouri, and prehistoric petroglyph and pictograph sites in the Missouri Ozarks.    

ff. 1-15:  Reports on preservation and restoration of historic sites, the majority prepared by Coombs & Elgin, Kansas City, Missouri

F. 1:  Alton, Illinois Building Study

F. 2:  Archaeological Investigations at Watkins Mill State Park Lawson, Missouri, by Booker H. Rucker, January 1964, prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri. Jan 1964

F. 3:  Condition Report and Restoration Estimate, The Valle-Rozier House Ste. Genevieve, Mo., for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Mo., 27 Mar 1969

F. 4:  Condition Report on Watkins Mill Near Lawson, Missouri, prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, 7 Jun 1962

F. 5:  Detailed Specifications for Turbine Drive and Spillway Repair Alley Spring State Park, prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, n.d.  [2 copies]

F. 6:  Detailed Specifications for Restoration of the Millrace Montauk State Park, prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, 6 Mar 1965  [2 copies]

F. 7:  Feasibility Report on Matthew’s Tavern Jackson County, Missouri, for the County Court of Jackson County, Mo., 1 Oct 1963  [2 copies]

F. 8:  Master Plan Missouri Town—1855 Jackson County, Missouri, PN 6363, 2 Mar 1964  [2 copies]

F. 9:  Preliminary Report on Carson Hurst, Jefferson County, Mo., for the Mississippi River Parkway Foundation, 1 Feb 1963  [2 copies]

F. 10:  Report on Fort Zumwalt State Park O’Fallon, Missouri, for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, 8 Feb 1962

F. 11:  Research Report, Restoration and Development Civil War Battle of Lexington State Park, Lexington, Missouri prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, Jan 1961

F. 12:  Restoration Plan Bingham House Arrow Rock State Park, for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri,  6 May 1963

F. 13:  A Restoration Plan for the First State Capitol of Missouri St. Charles, Missouri, prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, (first edition Nov 1962)

F. 14:  A Restoration Plan for the First State Capitol of Missouri St. Charles, Missouri, prepared for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri (first edition Nov 1962; second edition, Jan 1964)

F. 15:  Specifications for Mill Building Repair, Watkins Mill State Park, Lawson, Missouri, PN 6391, 4 Dec 1963  [2 copies]

 

ff. 16-51    Survey of Missouri Iron Furnaces, compiled by Robert Elgin

F. 16:  Brandsville Furnace (Howell County, Mo.)

F. 17:  Cannon Creek Furnace (Washington County, Mo.)

F. 18:  Charcoal furnaces, miscellaneous research materials including copies of historic photographs

F. 19:  Decamp Mine (Phelps County, Mo.)

F. 20:  Hamilton Iron Works (Washington County, Mo.)

F. 21:  Harrison—Reeves Bloomery (Crawford County, Mo.)

F. 22:  Iron Mountain Furnace (Iron County, Mo.)

F. 23:  Irondale Furnace (Washington County, Mo.)

F. 24:  Kimmswick Forge (Jefferson County, Mo.)

F. 25:  Lead and copper smelters in Missouri

F. 26:  Maramec Iron Works (Phelps County, Mo.)

F. 27:  Midco Furnace (Carter County, Mo.)

F. 28:  Midland Furnace (Dent County, Mo.)

F. 29:  Moselle Furnace (Franklin County, Mo.)

F. 30:  Nova Scotia (Dent County, Mo.), correspondence

F. 31:  Nova Scotia “History of the Nova Scotia Iron Company” for the U.S. Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest, Rolla, Mo.,

F. 32:  Nova Scotia land & maps

F. 33:  Nova Scotia notebook

F. 34:  Nova Scotia photographs

F. 35:  Nova Scotia rough copy & 1^st & 2^nd drafts

F. 36:  Osage Iron Works (Camden County, Mo.)

F. 37:  Ozark Furnace (Phelps County, Mo.)

F. 38:  Pilot Knob Furnace (Iron County, Mo.)

F. 39:  Scotia Furnace (Crawford County, Mo.)

F. 40:  Scotia newspaper clippings

F. 41:  Scotia Pond and Mining

F. 42:  Sligo Research Report, by Richard L. Elgin, 9 April 1965

F. 43:  Springfield Furnace (Washington County, Mo.)

F. 44:  Stansbie, J. H., notes from Iron & Steel (1908)

F. 45:  Stellaville Furnace (Franklin County, Mo.)

F. 46:  Tong—Ashebran Furnace (Iron County, Mo.)

F. 47:  United States Forest Service

F. 48:  Valle Forge (St. Francois County, Mo.)

F. 49:  Miscellaneous booklets and brochures

Maramec Furnace (brochure)

Vogel, Ken, “Maramec Iron Works 1825-1876,” (Aug 1984)

Program booklets “Old Iron Works Days,” Maramec Spring Park, (1979, 1982  [2

  copies], 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Festival Program, Missouri Heritage Fair, 1992

Festival Program booklets “Big Spring Arts—Crafts and Bluegrass Festival,” (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)

1994 Greentree Folklife Festival, Kirkwood Park (brochure)

F. 50:  Notes/clippings/snapshots

F. 51:  United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C., Appendix to A Proposal, Ozark Rivers National Monument, 11 March 1960

 

ff. 52- 65 Survey of Missouri Petroglyph and Pictograph Sites, compiled by Robert Elgin

F. 52:  Development Plan for Graham Cave State Park Montgomery County, Mo., 25 March 1965

F. 53:  Jakes Prairie Petroglyph Site I  (Crawford County, Mo.)

F. 54:  Miller Cave Petroglyph & Pictograph Site (Pulaski County, Mo.)

F. 55:  Peenie Petroglyph Site (Gasconade County, Mo.)

F. 56:  Ray Pictograph Site (Franklin County, Mo.)

F. 57:  Reeves Cave Pictograph Site (Crawford County, Mo.)

F. 58:  Reifer Petroglyph Site (Gasconade County, Mo.)

F. 59:  Schneider Petroglyph Site (Gasconade County, Mo.)

F. 60:  Shanghai Spring Pictograph Site (Pulaski County, Mo.)

F. 61:  Washington State Park (Washington County, Mo.)

F. 62:  Specifications for Petroglyph Shelter and Area, Washington State Park for the Missouri State Park Board, Jefferson City, Missouri, 13 January 1962

F. 63:  Willenburg Pictograph Site (Franklin County, Mo.)

F. 64:  Winkle Petroglyph Site (Franklin County, Mo.)

F. 65:  Correspondence and miscellaneous papers