Mesker Collection

Overview

The collection includes a wide variety of business letters & personal letters, newspaper clippings, architectural drawings, financial records, catalogs, photographs, and realia from the Mesker Family. The Geo. L. Mesker Company and Mesker Bros. Iron Company were significant and successful manufactures of pressed metal, steel, cast iron & wrought iron during the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century.

Collection

  • Box 1 Collection from SHSMO 
  • Box 2 Ben’s Bible
  • Box 3 George Mesker
    • Item 1 Fabsteel 
      • Subitem 1 Title Page, no date
      • Subitem 2 Mesker Steel, Evansville, Indiana, no date
      • Subitem 3 Mesker Steel Facts, Evansville, Indiana, no date
      • Subitem 4 Mesker Steel, New Albany, Mississippi, no date
      • Subitem 5 Mesker Steel Facts, New Albany, Mississippi, no date
      • Subitem 6 Fabsteel, Waskom, Texas, no date
      • Subitem 7 Fabsteel, Galvanizing Department, Ten Fabsteel Plaza, no date
      • Subitem 8 Fabsteel of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, no date
      • Subitem 9 Fabsteel Facts, Waskom, Texas, no date
      • Subitem 10 Shop survey, no date
      • Subitem 11 Shop survey Page 2, no date
      • Subitem 12 Shop survey Page 3, no date
      • Subitem 13 Fabsteel of Louisiana facts, no date
    • Item 2 Geo L. Mesker & Co. Architectural Iron Works Envelope to Storms, Rhodes, no date
    • Item 3 George L. Mesker envelope to Mesker Brothers Iron Co., no date
    • Item 4 Photographs
      • Subitem 1 La Fontana, Palm Beach photograph (6.25 x 4.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 2 View of exterior photograph (6.5 x 8.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 3 Family photograph of Minna Gehner, Francia Mesker, Elizabeth Mesker, John Mesker, George L. Mesker, Pauline Mesker [Gehner], Frank Mesker (6.56 x 9.5 in.), circa 1912-1913
      • Subitem 4 Main entrance photography (6.5 x 8.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 5 Library and upstairs sitting room photograph (7.5 x 9.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 6 Sun room photograph (7.5 x 9.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 7 Living room photograph (7.85 x 9.75 in.), no date
      • Subitem 8 Garden side of the house photograph (7.85 x 9.75 in.), no date
      • Subitem 9 Dining room photograph (7.37 x 9.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 10 Sitting room photograph (7.62 x 9.56 in.), no date
      • Subitem 11 Exterior of house and landscape construction photograph (8.12 x 10 in.), no date
      • Subitem 12 House in background with cars and trees in foreground photograph (8.12 x 10 in.), no date
      • Subitem 13 Entrance hall photograph (9.37 x 7.43 in.), no date
      • Subitem 14 Showing door leading into entrance hall photograph (9.43 x 7 in.), no date
      • Subitem 15 George L. Mesker photograph (3.62 x 6 in.), no date
      • Subitem 16 East entrance with George L. Mesker and an unidentified person photograph [Elizabeth Mesker?] (3.62 x 5.87 in.), no date
      • Subitem 17 Iron entrance gate background and car foreground photograph (3.62 x 5.87 in.), no date
      • Subitem 18 Living room photograph (3.62 x 5.87 in.), no date
      • Subitem 19 Orange Trees in foreground, George L. Mesker and unidentified person in background photograph [Elizabeth Mesker?] (3.62 x 5.87 in.), no date
      • Subitem 20 Fireplace in living room photograph (3.62 x 5.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 21 Iron gates and furniture in living room photograph (3.68 x 5.75 in.), no date
      • Subitem 22 Furniture in living room photograph (3.75 x 5.81 in.), no date
    • Item 5 Photocopy of “Mizner’s Florida” by Donald W. Curl, Architectural History Foundation, N.Y., no date
    • Item 6 Fountain of George L. Mesker’s home at night photograph (7.43 x 5.56 in.), no date
    • Item 7 Receipt of Delivery, items David Mesker loaned to the Evansville Museum of Art’s, History, and Science, June 30, 2008
    • Item 8 Note from Patricia Sides to Willard Library, no date
    • Item 9 Photocopy of article “Koch Resigns Mesker Firm Managership”, Henry F. Koch resigning Geo L. Mesker & Co.’s managership, successor Walter J. Stumpf taking control of company, January 21, 1938
    • Item 10 Information on the George L. Mesker’s, marriage to Elizabeth MacEachen [Elizabeth Mesker], the obituary of Elizabeth Mesker, and the death and obituary of Henry F. Koch
      • Subitem 1 Letter from Dennis Au, the historic preservation officer of Evansville, Indiana, to David Mesker
      • Subitem 2 Photocopy of the Evansville Courier, titled “George L. Mesker and Southern Beauty Whose Heart He Won at Palm Beach,” with a photo of George L. Mesker and Elizabeth MacEachen [Elizabeth Mesker], June 1, 1913 (moved from previous location)
      • Subitem 3 Photocopy of the Evansville Courier, titled “Mesker Wins Dixie Bridge,” with information on wedding ceremony and how George L. Mesker and Elizabeth MacEachen [Elizabeth Mesker] met, June 1, 1913 (moved from previous location)
      • Subitem 4 Photocopy of the Evansville Press, titled “Philanthropist Henry F. Koch Dies at 72 After Long Illness,” Henry F. Koch’s obituary, October 9, 1953
      • Subitem 5 Description of article 542084, “Philanthropist Henry F. Koch Dies at 72 After Long Illness,” August 8, 2005 (moved from previous location)
      • Subitem 6 Photocopy of Henry F. Koch’s obituary, information on his accomplishments and family, October 9, 1953 (moved from previous location)
      • Subitem 7 Photocopy of the Evansville Press, titled “Widow of Park Donor Dies; Frees $750,000 Gift to City,” Elizabeth Mesker’s obituary, April 20, 1942
    • Item 11 Notes on Elizabeth Mesker and George L. Mesker’s age when married using gravestone dates, no date
    • Item 12 Photocopy of Old Henderson Homes and Buildings, edited by Boynton Merrill Jr. pages 144-155, 1985
    • Item 13 Information from Dennis Au, the historic preservation officer at the city of Evansville, Indiana, on the Straub building in Evansville, Indiana, no date
    • Item 14 Photographs
      • Subitem 1 Photocopy photograph of the Geo L. Mesker Foundry and Iron Works [Geo L. Mesker & Co.] building,1st and Dugle, Evansville, 1889
      • Subitem 2 Photocopy photograph of the J.B. Mesker & Son Cornice Works [J.B. Mesker & Son] building, 2nd and Division, Evansville, 1889
    • Item 15 Photocopy of photo taken in the 1950s of Geo. L. Mesker & Co. plant in Evansville by Caroline Marino, circa 1950s
    • Item 16 Information on Caroline L. Mesker, Chas. J. Mesker, and Joseph H. Mesker’s deaths
      • Subitem 1 Oak Hill Cemetery information on Caroline L. Mesker, Chas. J. Mesker, Joseph H. Mesker, and their location of burial, September 29, 2005
      • Subitem 2 Photocopy of Caroline L. Mesker’s age when deceased, year when deceased, and location, no date
      • Subitem 3 Photocopy of Charles J. Mesker’s, age when deceased, year when deceased, and relatives, no date
    • Item 17 City Directories
      • Subitem 1 Handwritten notes on the Evansville city directories of the Mesker company history from 1869-1900, no date 
      • Subitem 2 Typed notes on the Evansville city directories of the Mesker company history from 1869- 1900, no date
      • Subitem 3 Typed notes on the Goulds city directories of the Mesker company history from 1879- 1911, no date
    • Item 18 Photocopy excerpts from page 65- 207 of The Early History of the Peoples National Bank (1855- 1924), August, 1994 
    • Item 19 Letter from Darius Bryjka to David Mesker about excerpts from the document about the Cloud State Bank in McLeansboro, April 25, 2006
    • Item 20 Photocopy of Industries of Evansville., Trade, Commerce and Manufactures, Historical and Descriptive Review., 1880
      • Subitem 1 Photocopy of Industries of Evansville., Trade, Commerce and Manufactures, Historical and Descriptive Review. cover page, 1880
      • Subitem 2 Photocopy of information on J.B. Mesker & Sons, Galvanized Iron Cornices, page 173, and a photocopy of information on J.B. Mesker & Sons, Architectural Iron Works, page 174, 1880
    • Item 21 Photocopy of Evansville Courier, information about products J.B. Mesker & Son manufactures, August 18,1890
    • Item 22 Information on Evansville directories, 1880 census of Evansville, and the obituary of J.B. Mesker
      • Subitem 1 Letter from Dennis Au to Darius Bryjka about the attached information including Evansville directories, 1880 census of vanderburgh county, Indiana, information on abbreviations for 1880 census, and obituary of J.B. Mesker, July 12, 2005 (moved from previous location)
      • Subitem 2 Photocopy of directory for the city of Evansville, first issue, title page, page 66-67, page 106-107, 1858
      • Subitem 3 Photocopy of directory for the city of Evansville, title page, page 106-107, 1860
      • Subitem 4 Photocopy of directory for the city of Evansville, second issue, title page, page 46-47, page 110-111, 1863
      • Subitem 5 Photocopy of directory for the city of Evansville, eighth issue, title page, page 78-79, page 210-211, 1874
      • Subitem 6 Photocopy of directory for the city of Evansville, fourteenth issue, title page, page 208-209, 1880
      • Subitem 7 Photocopy of directory for the city of Evansville, page 292-293, 1888
      • Subitem 8 Photocopy of 1880 census of Vanderburgh county, Indiana, page 748-749, page 476-477, 1982
      • Subitem 9 Photocopy of the obituary of J.B. Mesker in the Evansville Courier, December 22, 1899
    • Item 23 Photocopies from Mark Bethel of Mesker plates that were manufactured in Evansville, Indiana, 1985
    • Item 24 Photocopy of Geo. L. Mesker & Co.’s steel work of the Evansville Greyhound Terminal, Evansville Courier, January 16, 1939
    • Item 25 Letter from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, March 31, 1881
    • Item 26 Letter 
      • Subitem 1 Envelope from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, March 19, 1923
      • Subitem 2 Letter from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, March 19, 1923
    • Item 27 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Envelope from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, November 12, 1923
      • Subitem 2 Letter from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, November 12, 1923
    • Item 28 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Check for John Mesker, November 17, 1923
      • Subitem 2 Envelope from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, November 17, 1923 
      • Subitem 3 Letter from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker about sending check, November 17, 1923 
    • Item 29 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Envelope from George L. Mesker to John Mesker, November 22, 1923 
      • Subitem 2 Letter from George L. Mesker to John Mesker about sending funds to Ben T. Mesker November 22, 1923 
    • Item 30 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Envelope from John Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, December 3, 1923
      • Subitem 2 Letter from George L. Mesker to John Mesker, November 30, 1923
    • Item 31 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Envelope from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, November 30, 1923
      • Subitem 2 Letter from George L. Mesker to Ben T. Mesker, November 30, 1923
    • Item 32 Telegram from Frank Mesker to George L. Mesker, May 18, 1934
    • Item 33 Mesker family addresses in Yellow Pages, no date
    • Item 34 Photographs 
      • Subitem 1 Entrance of Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gardens photograph (5.18 x 4 in.), no date
      • Subitem 2 Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gardens history plate photograph (5.5 x 4 in.), no date
      • Subitem 3 Pirate Ship photograph (5.31 x 4 in.), no date
      • Subitem 4 Entrance of Mesker Memorial Theatre photograph (4 x 5.5 in.), no date
    • Item 35 Photographs 
      • Subitem 1 George L. Mesker and Elizabeth Diana Mesker [Elizabeth Mesker] grave markers photograph (3.5 x 5.18 in.), no date
      • Subitem 2 Mrs. J.B. Mesker grave marker photograph (3.5 x 5.18 in.), no date
      • Subitem 3 Mesker headstone photograph (5.25 x 3.5 in.), no date
      • Subitem 4 J.B Mesker grave marker photograph (3.43 x 5.25 in.), no date
      • Subitem 5 Anna M. Schmidt grave marker photograph, (3.43 x 5.25 in.), no date
      • Subitem 6 John L. Mesker [John Mesker] grave marker photograph (3.5 x 5.25 in.), no date
      • Subitem 7 F. Joseph Schmidt grave marker photograph (3.5 x 5.25 in.), no date
      • Subitem 8 Ben T. Mesker grave marker photograph (3.5 x 5.25 in.)
    • Item 36 Letter from Henry F. Koch to Frank Mesker regarding a diagram covering the Mesker graves
    • Item 37 Letter and diagram copy of the Mesker graves in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana, with note on giving Henry F. Koch the original, March 18, 1935 
    • Item 38 Letter and diagram copy of the Mesker graves in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana, March 18, 1935 
    • Item 39 Photocopy of article “Amassed Fortune Here From Plant Started in 1880,” discussing George L. Mesker’s death, and his life story, November 1, 1936
    • Item 40 Photocopy of article “Mesker Estate Given to Court,” discussing how George L. Mesker’s estate is divided, no date
    • Item 41 Photocopy of article “Mesker Amphitheater Born of Civil Strife,” 1956
    • Item 42 Correspondence 
      • Subitem 1 Letter from David Mesker to Candace J. Lockwood discussing the obituary of George L. Mesker, January 25, 1977 
      • Subitem 2 Letter from David Mesker to Candace J. Lockwood discussing the obituaries of Elizabeth Mesker and Henry F. Koch, February 10, 1982
      • Subitem 3 Letter from Candace J. Lockwood to David Mesker informing she has attached George L. Mesker’s will and other information to the letter, February 11, 1977
      • Subitem 4 Photocopy of snippets from the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, including the obituaries of Benard Theodore Mesker [Ben T. Mesker], George Luke Mesker [George L. Mesker] and Frank Mesker, no date
      • Subitem 5 Copy of George L. Mesker’s obituary 
    • Item 43 Photocopied newspaper clippings
      • Subitem 1 Photocopies of snippets from the Evansville Courier articles, “Mesker Ships Steel Products To All Parts of United States” from August 27, 1950, “Mesker Accepts Defense Orders” from November 6, 1950, and “Mesker Gets New Defense Order Here” from March 13, 1951
      • Subitem 2 Photocopies of snippets from articles “Oil Industry Adopts Sectional…” from July 31, 1939, “High Water Oil Rig Device Perfected Here,” February 9, 1940, “Geo. L. Mesker & Co.,” February 9, 1941
      • Subitem 3 Photocopy of article from The Evansville Press, “Mesker Steel: From riches to rags,” September 7, 1973
      • Subitem 4 Photocopy of article from the Evansville Courier, “Mesker will close plant, idling 175,” March 12, 1981
      • Subitem 5 Photocopy of article from the Sunday Courier & Journal, “George L. Mesker, Retired Manufacturer,” Dies, November 1, 1936
      • Subitem 6 Photocopy of article “Mesker Amphitheater Born of Civil Strife,” 1956
    • Item 44 Photocopy of the State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory, Marchand, Joan C. discussing the importance of saving the Geo. L. & Co. Mesker Office and Factory Building, February 4, 1982
    • Item 45 Paper by Joan C. Marchand discussing the importance of the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. Office and Factory Building, January 15, 1982
    • Item 46 Information on remodeling the exterior of the Mesker Steel Incorporation, October 11, 1970
    • Item 47 Photocopy of the article “Work typical of George Mesker lingers in bars, on storefronts,” discussing the the influence of George L. Mesker in Evansville, Indiana
    • Item 48 Letter from Joan C. Marchand to Christopher Nagy on the National Register of the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. Office and Factory Building,  April 16, 1986
    • Item 49 Letter on information on the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. and Fendrich Bros. Company, January 4, 1990
    • Item 50 Letter from Joan C. Marchand to Joanne Weeder on information on the Geo. L. Mesker & Co., August 5, 1991
    • Item 51 Article clipping printed on the value of the Elizabeth Mesker’s estate, June 28, 2005
    • Item 52 Geo. L. Mesker & Co., Evansville, Indiana gripper, with original casing and ebay proof of purchase, August 4, 2004
    • Item 53 Letter from G.H. Ver Wayne to E.P. Bowman on purchasing V crimped roofing and galvanized iron roofing, September 13, 1907
    • Item 54 Letter from Henry F. Koch to William Kindermann Sons on freight bills, September 21, 1911
    • Item 55 Letter from George L. Mesker to J.C. Eisenman on shipment order, May 26, 1898
    • Item 56 Letter from O. Oehlkuch to J.H. Steell (Steel?) & Co. on purchase order, June 3, 1907
    • Item 57 Purchase order from John J. Walczak Sr. to Larry Giles for the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. letterhead, Evansville, Indiana, May 5, 2006
    • Item 58 Mutual agreement on shipping conditions between Geo. Mesker L. & Co. and Storms, Rhodes June 22, 1900
    • Item 59 Photocopy of letter from the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. to Rudolph Meisinger on prices for billet bars, June 20, 1930
    • Item 60 Letter from George L. Mesker to O.G.K. Robinson on catalog inventory and shipping cost, July 2, 1900
    • Item 61 Letter from Henry F. Koch to the Silabee Bros. on freight costs, September 25, 1909
    • Item 62 Letter from the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. to R.M. Ransom on materials to build Lowes High School gymnasium, March 29, 1930
    • Item 63 Envelope from Geo. L. Mesker & Co. to R.M. Ransom, April 23, 1930 
    • Item 64 Letter from C.F. Heuke to R.M. Ransom on cost for the Lowes High School Gymnasium, April 15, 1930
    • Item 65 Letter from C.F. Heuke to R.M. Ransom on shipping product for the Lowest High School job, April 23, 1930
    • Item 66 Letter from E.C. Kerth to F.B. Tillotson on materials needed for order
    • Item 67 Receipt for Larry Giles, April 19, 2010 
    • Item 68 “Mesker Memorial Amphitheatre Programme,” with green print, circa summer 1952
    • Item 69 “Mesker Memorial Amphitheatre Programme,” with red print, circa summer 1952
    • Item 70 “Mesker Memorial Amphitheatre Programme,” with black print, circa summer 1952
    • Item 71 “Mesker Memorial Amphitheatre Programme,” with black print, circa summer 1952
    • Item 72 Evansville news clippings
      • Subitem 1 Envelope for David Mesker, labeled “Evansville Clippings”, no date
      • Subitem 2 “Mesker Steel Inc.” advertisement in The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Indiana, no date
      • Subitem 3 Article from The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Indiana, “Confident Mesker proud of new pact” discussing Union contract and purchasing land for parking, with hand written note stating “your uncle George had a huge complex foundry, etc,” August 8, 1976
      • Subitem 4 Caption and photograph from The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Indiana, stating “Sailing popularity growing,” no date
      • Subitem 5 Caption and photograph stating “Hospital open house in new wing today,” no date
      • Subitem 6 Caption and aerial photograph from The Sunday Courier and Press, Evansville, Indiana, stating “Aerial view of Central Stadium, one of Evansville’s three high school stadiums,” August 8, 1976
  • Box 4 Miscellaneous
    • Item 1 Photocopy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “The Meskers Go To Court,” September 2, 1896 
    • Item 2 Printed online article of St. Louis Post-Dispatch “David Mesker, former chairman of the board of Opera Theatre of St. Louis, dies,” September 12, 2015
    • Item 3 Letter from Natchez Drug Company to Frank  Mesker, April 27, 1935
    • Item 4 Natchez Drug Co. building in Natchez, Mississippi photograph (8 x 10 in.), no date
    • Item 5 Natchez Drug Co. building in Natchez, Mississippi photograph (8 x 10), no date
    • Item 6 W.J. Hogan building in Natchez, Mississippi photograph (8 x 10), no date
    • Item 7 Field of buoys in the foreground with mountains in the background (9 x 7.06 in,), no date
    • Item 8 U.S. Navy boat in foreground with buoys and nets being dropped into water in background, (8.93 x 7.12 in.), no date
    • Item 9 Postcard of S.M. Wilhelm II to August Gehner
    • Item 10 20 Francs Belgium Royaume de Belgique Banknote (5.06 x 2.68 in.), 1956
    • Item 11 20 Zwanzig Schilling Austria Oesterreichische Nationalbank banknote (5.18 x 2.5 in.), 1956
    • Item 12 Letter from Mesker & Brother [Mesker Bros.] to Putnam National Bank, Palatka, Florida, advertising their catalogue of Sheet Steel House Fronts, Cornices, Skylights, Elevators, and Wrought Iron Work, July 26, 1893
    • Item 13 Mesker & Bro Steel and Iron Cells card, no date
    • Item 14 Mesker & Bro photo negative for Steel and Iron Cells cards, no date Item 15 Mesker & Bro Steel and Iron Cells card, no date
    • Item 16 Mesker & Bro Steel and Iron Cells card, no date
    • Item 17 Newspaper clipping of J.H Mesker & Co. Wire and Iron Works advertisement, no date
    • Item 18 Francis Mesker information card, no date
    • Item 19 Casket design card from John Mesker Co., no date 
    • Item 20 Mesker Bros. Galvanized Iron Cornices and Skylights card, no date
    • Item 21 Mesker Bros. happy birthday card from a deck of cards, no date
    • Item 22 Purchase of the 1904 St. Louis house fronts manufacturer advertisement cover from Bob Meyers to Larry Giles, September 20, 2007
    • Item 23 Yellow note with names, no date
    • Item 24 Envelope from Mesker & Bro to A. Haas & Son, January 27, 1904
    • Item 25 Letter from G.A. Caine to Frank Mesker discussing sash, April 7th, 1925 
    • Item 26 Letter to Frank Mesker discussing sash, April 7th, 1925
    • Item 27 Letter from G.A. Caine to Frank Mesker discussing sash, April 6th, 1925
    • Item 28 Letter from Carl C. Hoefel employee to Mr. Mesker (George Mesker?) discussing an increase in pay, May 22, 1926
    • Item 29 Postcard from the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. to J.T. Terry, March 10 1910 (?)
    • Item 30 Letter from the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. to Price, Waterhouse & Co. discussing reports for the Price, Waterhouse & Co., April 19, 1920
    • Item 31 Notes on Price, Waterhouse & Co. reports, no date
    • Item 32 Letter from Price, Waterhouse & Co. to Mesker Bros. Iron Co. on reports and accounts, April 28, 1920
    • Item 33 Photocopied write-up
      • Subitem 1 “Salute to St. Louis Industry,” write-up on the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., #93, no date
      • Subitem 2 “Salute to St. Louis Industry,” write-up on the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., #94, no date
      • Subitem 3 “Salute to St. Louis Industry,” write-up on the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., #95, no date
      • Subitem 4 “Salute to St. Louis Industry,” write-up on the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., 94 (#96?), no date
    • Item 34 Memo from Bill Maritz, December 13, 1963
    • Item 35 Photocopied write-up.
      • Subitem 1 Write-up on the history of Frank Mesker and the Mesker Bro. Iron Co, written by Frank Mesker, page 1, 1937
      • Subitem 2 Write-up on the history of Frank Mesker and the Mesker Bro. Iron Co, written by Frank Mesker, page 2, 1937
      • Subitem 3 Write-up on the history of Frank Mesker and the Mesker Bro. Iron Co, written by Frank Mesker, page 3, 1937
      • Subitem 4 Write-up on the history of Frank Mesker and the Mesker Bro. Iron Co, written by Frank Mesker, page 4, 1937
      • Subitem 5 Write-up on the history of Frank Mesker and the Mesker Bro. Iron Co, written by Frank Mesker, page 5, 1937
      • Subitem 6 Write-up on the history of Frank Mesker and the Mesker Bro. Iron Co, written by Frank Mesker, page 6, 1937
    • Item 36 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Letter from Carl C. Hoefel to Frank Mesker discussing Carl’s 40 years at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., page 1, June 1, 1949
      • Subitem 2 Letter from Carl C. Hoefel to Frank Mesker discussing Carl’s 40 years at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., page 2, June 1, 1949
      • Subitem 3 Letter from Carl C. Hoefel to Frank Mesker discussing Carl’s 40 years at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., page 3, June 1, 1949
    • Item 37 Photographs from office at Robertson, Missouri
      • Subitem 1 “Looking Northeast, Fam Desk in Background,” photograph of women and man in office (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 2 “Xmas,” photograph of Christmas tree (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 3 “A.B. Kolmer,” man sitting in an office chair (3.5 X 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 4 “A.B. Kolmer Jr,” man working at desk (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 5 “Entrance and Switchboard Looking West,” chair in foreground and two women in background (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 6 “Mesker Bros Robertson, MO. The Girls,” women eating at a desk (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 7 “Accounting Dept,” file cabinet in foreground and woman opening a box in the background (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
      • Subitem 8 “Accounting Dept,” woman working at a desk (3.5 x 3.5 in.), circa 1952
    • Item 38 Mesker Bros. employment card for Francis A. Mesker, September 15, 1927
    • Item 39 Mesker Bros. employment card for David Mesker, June 24, 1946
    • Item 40 Newspaper clipping “Polk-Gould St. Louis Directory,” directory information of Ben T. Mesker, Frank Mesker, and Mesker Bros. Iron Co., 1926
    • Item 41 Envelope for Ben T. Mesker, September 17, 1903
    • Item 42 Photocopied newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “The Meskers Go To Court,” September 2, 1896
    • Item 43 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Union Acting Fairly,” discussing the forfeited contract between the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. and the City Hall, September 14, 1896
    • Item 44 Letter to Henry Engh on needing a signature, July 16, 1948
    • Item 45 The Mesker National Convention program of events brochure, 1937
    • Item 46 Frank Mesker’s Mesker National Convention name tag, 1937
    • Item 47 Letter from G.H. Thiel to Frank Mesker on cost for car fare, drinks, and cigars, circa 1887
    • Item 48 Newspaper clipping “Air force engineers lay out an air field,” photo of men laying down metal, no date
    • Item 49 Newspaper clipping “Mesker Considers Closing Business,” discusses the strike of 140 members of United Steelworkers’ Local 1065, no date
    • Item 50 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Letter from Pauline Mesker [Gehner] to Ben Mesker discussing a photo of her boys and raising them, December 18, (1919?)
    • Item 51 Photocopied Gould’s City Directory with a Mesker & Bros. galvanized iron sky-lights advertisement, 1890
    • Item 52 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Letter from the Missouri Rolling Mill Corporation to the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. on purchasing materials, page 1, March 16, 1933
      • Subitem 2 Letter from the Missouri Rolling Mill Corporation to the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. on purchasing materials, page 2, March 16, 1933
    • Item 53 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Copy of letter from the Robert W. Hunt Company to the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. discussing an air infiltration test of a window, page 1, April 19, 1933
      • Subitem 2 Copy of letter from the Robert W. Hunt Company to the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. discussing an air infiltration test of a window, page 2, April 19, 1933
      • Subitem 3 Letter from the Robert W. Hunt Company to the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. discussing an air infiltration test of a window, page 1, April 19, 1933
      • Subitem 4 Letter from the Robert W. Hunt Company to the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. discussing an air infiltration test of a window, page 2, April 19, 1933
    • Item 54 Air leakage test chart, no date
    • Item 55 Air leakage test chart, no date
    • Item 56 Envelope from the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., no date
    • Item 57 Letter from Whaley-Eaton Service titled “Critical Issues in Labor Situation,” January 2, 1937
    • Item 58 Letter from Whaley-Eaton Service titled “Letter No. 957,” discussing labor issues, January 2, 1937
    • Item 59 Business Cards
      • Subitem 1 Business card for Greg Hager, the Director of the Willard Library Special Collections, no date
      • Subitem 2 Business card for Deniss M. Au, the Historic Preservation Officer of the City of Evansville, no date
      • Subitem 3 Business card for Gregory [Greg] M. Hager, the Director of the Willard Library, no date
      • Subitem 4 Business card for Sharon Olson, Reference Service Supervisor of the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, no date
      • Subitem 5 Business card for Mike Jackson, Chief Architect of the Preservation Service Division, no date
    • Item 60 Notes from the Missouri Historical (Society?) on the Mesker Bros. (8.5 x 11 in. paper), no date
    • Item 61 Paper clipping of notes from the 1880 census records, no date
    • Item 62 Paper clipping of notes listing companies, no date
    • Item 63 Paper clipping of notes mentioning the inventory of Buildingmuseum.org, no date
    • Item 64 Letter from Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.] to Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.], July 24, 1926
    • Item 65 Letter from Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.] to Frank Mesker  [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.], May 22, 1926
    • Item 66 Letter from Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.] to Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.], July 19, 1926
    • Item 67 Letter from Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.] to Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.], July 19, 1926
    • Item 68 Letter from Clarke P. Pond [David Lupton’s Sons Co.] to Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.], July 14, 1926
    • Item 69 Letter from Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.] to Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.], July 6, 1926
    • Item 70 Telegram from Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.] to Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.], July 19, 1926
    • Item 71 Telegram from Frank Mesker [Mesker Bros. Iron Co.] to Joah Brogden [David Lupton’s Sons Co.], July 19, 1926
    • Item 72 Drawing of a vertical section jamb and door (17.81 x 14.25 in.), 1926
    • Item 73 “Harry E. Campbell Patent. Window,” example sketches of window, July 21, 1926
    • Item 74 “Harry E. Campbell Patent. Windows,” one sketch, July 21, 1926
    • Item 75 Untitled sketch of guides between door panels, no date
    • Item 76 Two sketches (of door panels?), no date 
    • Item 77 Letter to Ben T. Mesker, March 9, 1916
    • Item 78 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Letter from R.M. Nichols, Attorney at Law, to Ben T. Mesker, July 8, 1922
      • Subitem 2 Envelope from R.M. Nichols to Ben T. Mesker, July 8, 1922
    • Item 79 Letter from Charles W. Holtcamp to Ben T. Mesker listing task involving payment, June 1, 1916
    • Item 80 Equity claims 
      • Subitem 1 Information on dispute between Frank Mesker and Ben T. Mesker, May 1, 1915
      • Subitem 2 Frank Mesker’s capital account, May 1, 1915
      • Subitem 3 Ben T. Mesker’s capital account, May 1, 1915
      • Subitem 4 Amount paid by Ben T. Mesker and Frank Mesker, May 1, 1915
    • Item 81 List of individual’s names, including Frank Mesker and Francis A. Mesker, no date
    • Item 82 Note about dispute between Frank Mesker and Ben T. Mesker, no date (pin removed)
    • Item 83 Letter from J.B Buehner to Ben T. Mekser, December (?) 2, 1881
    • Item 84 Letter from J.B. Buehner to Ben T. Mesker, May 10, 1881
    • Item 85 Mesker Bros. & Co. list of places and cost, no date
    • Item 86 Agreement of tasks for the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. between Ben T. Mesker and Frank Mesker, 1880
    • Item 87 Letter from Mesker Bros. Iron Co. to D.R. Frances, President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., notifying work will not be complete in time, May 11, 1904
    • Item 88 Frank Mesker’s business card, no date
    • Item 89 Receipt for Pauline Mesker [Gehner] from Granite Bituminous Paving Co., October 11, 1926
    • Item 90 Mesker Bros. Iron Co. steel window walls advertisement, no date
    • Item 91 Bank notes
      • Subitem 1 Bank note from Joseph Diener to Henry Mangels for $500, December 4, 1896
      • Subitem 2 Bank note from Joseph Diener to Henry Mangels for $17.50, December 4, 1896
      • Subitem 3 Bank note from Joseph Diener to Henry Mangels for $17.50, December 4, 1896
      • Subitem 4 Bank note from Joseph Diener to Henry Mangels for $17.50, December 4, 1896
      • Subitem 5 Bank note from Joseph Diener to Henry Mangels for $17.50, December 4, 1896
      • Subitem 6 Bank note from Joseph Diener to Henry Mangels for $17.50, December 4, 1896
  • Box 5 Mesker Research – Various Artifacts
    Box 6 Mesker incorporation + Mixed
  • Box 7 Mesker Financial Statements + Misc.
  • Box 8 Financial Records
  • Box 9 Financial Records + Estate of Pauline Mesker
  • Box 10 Mesker Bros. Realty + Investment Co.
  • Box 11 Catalogs
  • Box 12 Catalogs (Photocopies)
  • Box 13 G.L. Mesker Catalogs + Manuals
  • Box 14 Catalog (11th ed.)
  • Box 15 Catalogs
  • Box 16 Manuals + Catalogs
  • Box 17 Mesker Catalogs
  • Box 18 Mesker Catalogs
  • Box 19 Catalogs
  • Box 20 Reference 
  • Box 21 Reference
  • Box 22 Mesker Architectural Standards (Specs/Reference/Manuals)
  • Box 23 A.A. Mesker
  • Box 24 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 25 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 26 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 27 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 28 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 29 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 30 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 31 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 32 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 33 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 34 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 35 A.A.B.N. Mesker
  • Box 36 A.B. Mesker
  • Box 37 A.B. Mesker
  • Box 38 Building Mesker
  • Box 39 Building Mesker
  • Box 40 I.A. Mesker
  • Box 41 Nat. Bldr. Mesker
  • Box 42 Nat. Bldr. Mesker
  • Box 43 Various Mesker
  • Box 44 Various Mesker
  • Box 45 Brochures, Publications, Wills (+misc?)
  • Box 46 Brochures + Publications
  • Box 47 Frank Mesker’s Scrap Book
    • Item 1 Funeral Brochure of David Mesker, August 13, 2015
    • Item 2 Online print of David Mesker’s life legacy, August 11, 2015
    • Item 3 Folder of envelope and news clippings of the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. building in St. Louis
      • Subitem 1 Envelope from Spruce Street Garage to Mesker Bros. Iron Co., September 17, 1937
      • Subitem 2 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Battling Downtown Fire,” photos and information on fire at the foundry of the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 3 Newspaper clipping of only the title of newspaper, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 4 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Battling Downtown Blaze,” photo and information on fire at Sixth and Poplar street of the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. fire, February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 5 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat News in Pictures, “Spectacular Downtown Fire,” photos of the fire at Sixth and Poplar street of the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 6 Newspaper clipping “Spectacular Fire Sweeps 2 Plants,” photo and information about incident and estimated costs at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. building, February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 7 Newspaper clipping of only the title of newspaper, St. Louis Star-Times, February 1, 1950 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 8 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Star-Times, “Fire Razes Foundry, Leaps Across Alley To Ravage Coffee Concern,” photo and information about the incident and costs at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. building, February 1, 1950 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 9 Newspaper clipping from the Associated Press, “Ruins At Scene Of Foundry Blaze,” photo and information about the incident and costs at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. building, February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 10 Newspaper clipping from the Associated Press, “Ruins At Scene Of Foundry Blaze,” photo and information about the incident and costs at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. building, February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 11 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Five-Alarm Fire at 2 Downtown Plants Results in $250,000 Loss,” photo and information about the incident and costs at the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. building, February 1, 1950
      • Subitem 12 Newspaper page from the St. Louis Star-Times, “Mesker Iron Co.’s Expansion Tops Week’s Report,” information about a new Mesker Bros. Iron Co. manufacturing and office building being constructed on Brown Rd., east of Lindbergh Rd. in Robertson, MO, May 12, 1950
      • Subitem 13 Newspaper page from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Work Started On New Plant On Brown Rd.,” information about a new Mesker Bros. Iron Co. manufacturing and office building being constructed in Robertson, MO, May 14, 1950
    • Item 4 Write-ups and Advertisements
      • Subitem 1 Original folder holding write-ups and advertisements, 1924
      • Subitem 2 Write-up for the Gould Directory of items Mesker Bros. Iron Co. manufactures, May 12, 1924
      • Subitem 3 The Mesker Bros. Iron Co. work on the Midway at the Union Station for the Terminal Railroad Association, March 2, 1924 (?) (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 4 The Mesker Bros. Iron Co. work on the Midway at the Union Station for the Terminal Railroad Association, March 2, 1924 (?) (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 5 The Mesker Bros. Iron Co. work on the Midway at the Union Station for the Terminal Railroad Association, March 2, 1924 (?) (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 6 The Mesker Bros. Iron Co. work on the Midway at the Union Station for the Terminal Railroad Association, March 2, 1924 (?) (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 7 Write-up for the Post-Dispatch, information on the materials used for the Motor Bus Building at Delmar Boulevard and Wabash Railroad tracks, November 21, 1926
      • Subitem 8 Write-up on the Famous Barr Garage on 7th and Walnut Street, information on the material used for the building, November 17, 1926
      • Subitem 9 Write-up for the Post-Dispatch, the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. complete a contract for a grain elevator at the Missouri Pacific Railroad, March 16, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 10 First write-up for the Post-Dispatch, the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. complete a contract for a grain elevator at the Missouri Pacific Railroad, March 16, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 11 Newspaper page from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Daylight Sash for New Grain Elevator Completed,” the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. complete a contract for a grain elevator at the Missouri Pacific Railroad, March 23, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 12 The Grain Dealers Journal, pages 73-76, page 87-90, pages 107-110, no date (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 13 Engineering News-Record, “Market Place,” pages 29-30, April 3, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 14 Newspaper clipping “New Loft Building at 22nd and Pine,” no date (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 15 Write-up on completed contract for New Loft Building on 22nd and pine, circa 1923-1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 16 Write-up on completed contract for New Loft Building on 22nd and pine, circa 1923-1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 17 Write-up on completed garage on 11th and Walnut street using Mesker Bros. Iron Co. steel, October 28, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 18 Write-up on completed garage on 11th and Walnut street using Mesker Bros. Iron Co. steel, October 28, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 19 Write-up with edits on completed garage on 11th and Walnut street using Mesker Bros. Iron Co. steel, October 28, 1924 (paperclip removed)
      • Subitem 20 Write-up on Garage built with Mesker Bros. Iron Co. steel sash, no date
    • Item 5 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Republic, “St. Louis Factory Filling $1,000,000 War Stove Orders,” information on operations and security, February 2, 1915
    • Item 6 Newspaper clipping from the Journal of Commerce, “$1,000,000 War Stove Order. St. Louis Plant Making 2,000 Field Stoves for French Army,” February 5, 1915
    • Item 7 Newspaper clipping from the Global Democrat, “Iron Company Sued for War Bonuses,” information on the claim by workers, March 13, 1920
    • Item 8 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Dispatch, “Written for the Post-Dispatch by Clark McAdams, observing what the man saw while in St. Louis, October 24, 1916
    • Item 9 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Record, a list of dismissed cases and cases that failed to prosecute including Marquardt vs Mesker Bros. Iron Co., Bryan vs Mesker Bros. Iron Co., and Arpe vs. Mesker Bros. Iron Co., February 21, 1925
    • Item 10 A notification that the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. has received a gold medal for their exhibit in Group 41 at the Universal Exposition, 1904
    • Item 11 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Record stating the Arpe vs Mesker Bros. Iron Co. was dismissed due to failure to prosecute, October 19, 1926
    • Item 12 Newspaper clipping from The St. Louis Times’ “$90,000 Arpe Suit Dismissal Upheld,” information on the lower court holding the case was without jurisdiction because the statute of limitations had run against Arpe’s claim, August 6, 1929 
    • Item 13 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Record, “State Courts. Missouri Supreme Court,” August 7, 1929
    • Item 14 Photograph of two men with bread in the foreground, and iron stove in the background (Army Camps?), no date
    • Item 15 An ordinance authorizing Mesker Bros. Iron Co. to excavate, construct, and maintain a tunnel under the alley that runs from Spruce Street to Seventh Street, and between Sixth Street and Seventh Street, April 6, 1891
    • Item 16 Photograph and information on the first St. Louis Art Museum (6.87 x 4.87 in.), no date
    • Item 17 Newspaper clipping
      • Subitem 1 Newspaper clipping “Was Canceled. Mesker Bros.’ New City Hall Contract,” information on canceling the contract, no date
      • Subitem 2 Newspaper clipping “Was Canceled. Mesker Bros.’ New City Hall Contract” paragraph in sleeve, no date
    • Item 18 Newspaper clipping
      • Subitem 1 Newspaper clipping “Big Strike. Woodward & Tiernan New Building Tied Up,” August 12, 1898 
      • Subitem 2 Newspaper clipping “Big Strike. Woodward & Tiernan New Building Tied Up” portion in sleeve, August 12, 1898
    • Item 19 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Mesker Bros. Complete Work at Union Station,” March 2, 1924
    • Item 20 Photograph and information on baking in the U.S. Army, 1918
    • Item 21 Page from The Grain Dealers Journal, page 109, on the Mesker Bros. Iron Co.’s contributions, January, 1924
    • Item 22 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Daylight Sash for New Grain Elevator Completed,” information on the Mesker Bros. Iron Co.’s contributions, March 23, 1924
    • Item 23 Newspaper clipping
      • Subitem 1 The upper-right portion of a newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “The Landreth Building,” exterior photograph of building being complete, May 9, 1926
      • Subitem 2 The left portion of a newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “The Landreth Building,” exterior photograph of construction by the McCormack-Combs Construction Co, and a Mesker Bros. Iron Co. steel sash advertisement, May 9, 1926
      • Subitem 3 The bottom-right portion of a newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “The Landreth Building,” W.H. Markham & Co. Insurance interior drawing, May 9, 1926
    • Item 24 Newspaper clipping “Manne Bros. Open Building Tuesday,” information on the materials used for building, no date
    • Item 25 Newspaper clipping with photograph of the Manne Bros. factory and store building, no date
    • Item 26 Write-up for the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat on the Manne Bros. factory and store building, December 2, 1926
    • Item 27 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Mrs. J.F. Tumalty Dies, April 11, 1950
    • Item 28 Newspaper clipping “St. Edwards School- Clara and Maffit Avenue,” photograph and information on material used for building, May 25, 1924
    • Item 29 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Barge Load of Iron from Eastern Mills Arrives in St. Louis,” information on bulk shipments from Pittsburgh to St. Louis, April 9, 1929
    • Item 30 Newspaper clipping from The Iron Age, “Shipping Steel by Barge,” April 16, 1925
    • Item 31 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Iron Shipment from Europe Comes to St. Louis by Water,” December 2, 1925
    • Item 32 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Barge Brings Big Cargo of Pittsburg[h] Iron to St. Louis,” no date
    • Item 33 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “500 Tons of European Iron Sent Here by Water,” December 2, 1925
    • Item 34 Newspaper clipping of photograph of garage owned by Walter E. Harral on Eleventh and Walnut, October 26, 1924
    • Item 35 Newspaper clipping “Eleventh Street Garage Building is Completed,” no date
    • Item 36 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Large Bus Terminal is Nearly Finished,” information on materials used for building, December 14, 1926
    • Item 37 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Garage Completed to House motor Bus Fleet,” November 21, 1926
    • Item 38 Newspaper clipping “Two City Contracts Let at $1,336,000,” February 10, 1927
    • Item 39 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, “Sisters of Lon V. Stephens, Although Days, for Smith,” October 19, 1928
    • Item 40 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, “Two Leases Closed by D.D. Lynch & Co.,” October 13, 1930
    • Item 41 Newspaper clipping with photograph of the Manne Bros. factory and store building, no date
    • Item 42 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Manne Bros. Open Building Tuesday,” materials used for building, December 5, 1926
    • Item 43 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Francis A. Mesker Gets Degree in East,” June 9, 1927
    • Item 44 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, “Manne Bros.’ New $400,000 Building to Be Open Tuesday,” December 5, 1926
    • Item 45 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis post Dispatch, “Mesker Brothers Acquire Building at 432 S. 7th St.,” information on the property and surrounding properties, October 11, 1931
    • Item 46 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Truck Terminal Firm Enters New Building,” no date
    • Item 47 Newspaper clippings
      • Subitem 1 Newspaper clipping from The Saturday Evening Post, “The Mighty Eads Bridge 55 Years Old,” July 3, 1930(?)
      • Subitem 2 Newspaper clipping from The Saturday Evening Post, “Where Endurance Counts Wrought Iron Means True Economy,” page 95, July 3, 1930
    • Item 48 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Courier And Journal, “Evansville in 1859 Rapidly Growing Post City of 14,000, Old Directory Says,” May 3, 1936
    • Item 49 Newspaper clipping “Tea in Palm Beach for Lloyd Moores,” December 15, 1935
    • Item 50 Newspaper clipping discussing the Century Boat Club, May 20, 1908
    • Item 51 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat discussing Frank Mesker and Pauline Mesker [Gehner]’s arrival at the St, Regis Hotel in New York City, March 28, 1939
    • Item 52 Photograph of unknown individuals in swinging chair (4.12 x 3.18 in.), no date
    • Item 53 Photograph with Frank Mesker in foreground and Judge Lucy Black’s river house in background (4 x 3.18), 1898
    • Item 54 Photograph of Frank Mesker and two unknown individuals sitting in chairs around gress in Mobile Bay (4 x 3.25), 1900
    • Item 55 Newspaper clipping from The Tech, “Men From Whom Freshman Will Make Choice For Their Officers,” mentions John Mesker under Secretary, November 8, 1929
    • Item 56 Photograph of a 2000 Field Kitchens manufactured by the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. for the French Government (13.43 x 7.12 in.), 1915
    • Item 57 Photograph of a 2000 Field Kitchens manufactured by the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. for the French Government (9 x 7.43 in.), 1915
    • Item 58 Photograph of a 2000 Field Kitchens manufactured by the Mesker Bros. Iron Co. for the French Government (9.18 x 5.93 in.), 1915
    • Item 59 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, “Overlooking Missouri River—Plant…,” discussing Mr. and Mrs, John Mesker’s home on Jamestown Road, May 28, 1939
    • Item 60 Letter to Brother Beu, November 1, 1882
    • Item 61 Proof of real estate purchase in Evansville, Indiana by John Mesker, November 3, 1863
    • Item 62 Letter from Henry Edwards to Ben T. Mesker, May 21 1918
    • Item 63 Letter to Ben T. Mesker, April 28, 1889
    • Item 64 Letter stating transfer of money and assignments from John Mesker to Ben T. Mesker
    • Item 65 Letter stating transfer of money and assignments from Ben T. Mesker to John B. Buchner. May 6, 1878
    • Item 66 Congratulatory letter on Ben T. Mesker’s success, October 16, 1915
    • Item 67 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Star-Times, “Happy Birthday Festival,” showing Richard Mesker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mesker, eating ice cream. January 31, 1938
    • Item 68 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Star-Times, “Club Activities,” no date
    • Item 69 Photograph of two individuals walking, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 19, 1936
    • Item 70 Dinner Tendered To Mr. George J. Tansey, February 10, 1900
    • Item 71 Canape Assorted caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 72 Blue Points Mignonette caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 73 Celery caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 74 Pot Au Feu caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 75 Olives, Radishes, Salted Almonds caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 76 Chateau Yquem 1878 caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 77 Small Patties Du Prine caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 78 Filet Of Pompano, Dieppoise caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 79 Cucumbers, Potatoes Sarah caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 80 Tenderloin Of Beef, Jardiniere caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 81 Chateau La Rose Grand Vin 1881 caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 82 Calf Sweetbreads With Fresh Mushrooms caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 83 Diamond Back Terrapin, Mayland En Casserole caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 84 Merchants Punch caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 85 Roast Woodcock Sur Canape caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 86 Pommery And Greno Extra Sec 1884 caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 87 My Last Bachelor Dinner caricature, June 6, 1903
    • Item 88 Lettuce And Tomatoes, Egg Dressing caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 89 Fresh Artichokes, A La Barigoule caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 90 Orange Quarters caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 91 Tortoni Ice Cream Strawberries caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 92 Gateau Aux Confiturs Langue De Char Wafers caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 93 Camembert, Toasted Crackers, Mocha caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 94 Grand Champagne Cognac, Cigars, Pousse Cafe caricature, February 10, 1900
    • Item 95 Postcard of Stuttgart Total, no date
    • Item 98 Newspaper clipping on Frank Mesker and guest tubing, 1936
    • Item 99 Postcard of the Black Forest in Alpirsbach, 1900
    • Item 100 Letter from George L. Mesker to Frank Mesker, January 13, 1905
    • Item 101 Christmas card from George L. Mesker with a photo of the swimming pool at Villa La Fonta, no date
    • Item 102 Newspaper clipping on selling a house in a trust for August Gehner, 1896
    • Item 103 Newspaper clipping with a photograph of an unknown gentleman, handwriting below stating Edward Stokes would not accept payments for stay at the Hofman house due to being a friend of Frank Mesker, November, 1884
    • Item 104 Newspaper clipping “They Had a Good Time and Are Bound for Home,” discussing Frank Mesker’s fishing trip South, November 10, 1898
    • Item 105 Frank Meskers’ St. Louis Chamber of Commerce Firm Membership card, June 1, 1936
    • Item 106 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Price-Fixing Charge Against 19 Makers of Metal Window Strips,” November 18, 1936
    • Item 107 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Metal Window Trade Denies U.S. Charges,” November 19, 1936
    • Item 108 Newspaper clipping stating Minna Gehner’s death, no date
    • Item 109 Newspaper clipping “Mrs. Minne Gehner, 86 Years Old, Dies,” no date
    • Item 101 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Courier, “Wills $750,00 To City Parks,” discussing George L. Mesker’s will, December 6, 1936
    • Item 102 Newspaper clipping from the New York Times, “4,200 For 2 Armchairs,” October 31, 1943
    • Item 103 Newspaper clipping from the Chicago Sunday Tribune, “Letters Tell of Palm Beach and New York,” December 6, 1942
    • Item 104 Correspondence
      • Subitem 1 Envelope to Frank Mesker, March 11, 1894
      • Subitem 2 Letter to Frank Mesker, March 11, 1894
    • Item 105 Newspaper clipping “A Remarkable Will,” discussing George L. Mesker’s will, no date
    • Item 106 Newspaper clipping from the New York Times, “Ban on Free Service by Banks off to May 1st,” January 1, 1937
    • Item 107 Correspondence 
      • Subitem 1 Bill for materials from the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., February 20, 1885
      • Subitem 2 Letter to Frank Mesker about the bill of materials from the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., July 3rd, 1934
    • Item 108 Newspaper clipping from The Evening Times-Globe, “European War Clouds Divert Traffic Also,” August 1, 1936
    • Item 109 Newspaper clipping from The Hudson Evening Register, “Open For Inspection A Convertable Home,” mentions Mesker Bros. Iron Co.’s casement steel frame, April 10, 1936
    • Item 110 Newspaper clipping from The New York Times, “Ernest R. Kroeger, Musician, Dies at 71,” April 8, 1934
    • Item 111 Newspaper clipping from The Hudson Evening Register,  “Open Model Home For Inspection Sat.,” April 10, 1936
    • Item 112 Calendar card from Henry’s Hotel in Paris, 1905
    • Item 113 Newspaper clipping “Fire Loss Big In Palm Beach,” discussing the fire at George L. Mesker’s at Royal Palm way and Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach, December 12, 1933
    • Item 114 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Married 70 Years Ago Today,” discussing the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Frederick U. Hugunin and their history, August 22, 1942
    • Item 115 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Prefabricated Display Home Viewed By 15,000,” April 19, 1936
    • Item 116 Newspaper clipping stating the real estate firm H. Veron Ball Inc. has opened an office at 7301 Natural Bridge Road and will begin construction of metal homes, April 19, 1936 (?)
    • Item 117 Newspaper clipping “Washington U. To Develop Art Center With $850,000 Gift Of Joseph B. Givens,” November 18, 1930
    • Item 118 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Thomas Crane Young, Noted Architect, Dies,” March 2, 1934
    • Item 119 Newspaper clipping from the St, Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Mrs. Minnie Gehner Estate Is $186,444,” discussing Francis A. Mesker and John B.G. Mesker will inherit her property once they are 35, July 19, 1936
    • Item 120 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Mesker Iron Co. Stay-Ins Leave Shop; To Parley,” discussing fifty employees of the Mesker Bros. Co. evacuating the plant after a 24-day stay-in strike, April 24, 1937
    • Item 121 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “20 Firms Sign Up With Strikers,” April 8, 1937
    • Item 122 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Say CIO Seized Iron Plant,” discussing negotiations on higher wages and better working conditions for workers, April 6, 1937
    • Item 123 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Proposal To Mesker,” April 8, 1937
    • Item 124 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Courier, “Funeral Services For G. L. Mesker Scheduled Today,” November 2, 1936
    • Item 125 Newspaper clipping from The New York Times, “George L. Mesker Benefactor, Dead,” November 1, 1936
    • Item 126 Newspaper clipping of a photograph from the St. Louis Star-Times, “Bride’s Attendants At Carter-Henson Wedding,” with Mrs. Francis A. Mesker in the photograph, May 9, 1936
    • Item 127 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Journal, “Mass Held For George Mesker,” November 2, 1936
    • Item 128 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Press, “Mesker Rites Are Conducted,” discussing George L. Mesker’s funeral, November 2, 1936
    • Item 129 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Press, “G.L. Mesker, City Park Donor, Dies,” November 1, 1936
    • Item 130 Biography of Ben T. Mesker, no date
    • Item 131 Letter to Frank Mesker from Edward Jackson, principal of Jackson Academy, on Francis A. Mesker graduating at 16 and applying to the Institute of Technology, January 28, 1920
    • Item 132 Newspaper clipping of a photograph from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “For Monkey Business Now,” a concrete reproduction of Columbus’ flagship, built as a monkey house in the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gardens, July 7, 1934
    • Item 133 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, discussing Mrs. John B. G. Mesker’s clothing style, March 9, 1936
    • Item 134 Newspaper clipping from The Telegraph-Journal, stating Frank Mesker and Pauline Mesker [Gehner] are guest at the Admiral Beatty Hotel, August 1, 1936
    • Item 135 Photograph of unknown child and woman in foreground, and unknown individuals in background (5.43 x 3.43 in.), no date
    • Item 136 Photograph of unknown individual holding a toilet seat (?) (2.75 x 3.75 in.), 1934
    • Item 137 Photograph of Mrs. Francis A. Mesker at Lake Placid, New York (5.43 x 3.43 in.), July 20, 1932
    • Item 138 Newspaper clipping “St. Louis Fisherman Has Luck at Salmon Pool,” photograph of Frank Mesker holding a 11.75 pound salmon, June 1, 1936
    • Item 139 Newspaper clipping “Tarpon Are Taking Hook Out of Season,” mentioning Mrs. Frank Mesker’s catch, 1935 (?)
    • Item 140 Photograph of Frank Mesker (on the left) and another unknown (Lothrop Coldwell?) (5 x 7.5 in.), 1936
    • Item 141 Photograph of kids in foreground and Frank Mesker in background on boat (7.5 x 5 in.), 1936
    • Item 142 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “B.T. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker], Head of Iron Works, Dies,” January 25, 1936
    • Item 143 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “B.T. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker] Estate Valued At $369,973,” February 28, 1936
    • Item 144 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Record, “B.T. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker], Head of Iron Company, Left $369,000 Estate,” February 28, 1936
    • Item 145 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Benard F. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker] Funeral At Evansville, Ind., Monday,” January 25, 1936
    • Item 146 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Bernard T. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker] Estate Inventoried At $369,973,” February 28, 1936
    • Item 147 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Star-Times, “Bernard T. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker], 84, To Be Buried In Indiana,” January 25, 1936
    • Item 148 Lake Placid Club winter calendar, 1946
    • Item 149 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Press, “B.T. Mesker [Ben T. Mesker], Aged 84, Dies, January 25, 1936
    • Item 150 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Courier and Journal, “Bernard Mesker [Ben T. Mesker] Taken By Death,” January 26, 1936
    • Item 151 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Journal, “B.T. Mekser [Ben T. Mesker], 84, Taken By Death,” January 25, 1936
    • Item 152 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Mesker Estate Pays $48,714,” October 22, 1936
    • Item 153 Newspaper clipping of Romeyn Berry describing Dean Diederichs after his death, no date
    • Item 154 Newspaper clipping from The Iron Age with information on Ben T. Mesker’s death, February 6, 1936
    • Item 155 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Courier, “John L. Mesker,” with information on John Mesker’s death, January 7, 1936
    • Item 156 Photograph of two unknown individuals (8 x 10 in.), no date
    • Item 157 Newspaper clipping discussing the engagement of Grace Wilhelmina Guiry and John B.G. Mesker, no date
    • Item 158 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “St. Louisan Wed in West Newton, Mass.,” discussing the ceremony of Wilhelmina Guiry and John B.G. Mesker, October 9, 1932
    • Item 159 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, discussing the ceremony of Wilhelmina Guiry and John B.G. Mesker, no date
    • Item 160 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Star and Times, discussing Wilhelmina Guiry and John B.G. Mesker moving from 4498 Lindell Boulevard to the Hawthorne Apartments, February 1, 1933
    • Item 161 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Star and Times, discussing Mrs. Frank Mesker having a tea party for Wilhelmina Guiry and John B.G. Mesker at 4498 Boulevard, March 1, 1933
    • Item 162 Newspaper clipping from the Boston Sunday Globe (?), “To Leave for Europe After Wedding in West Newton,” information on the wedding, October 9, 1932 (?)
    • Item 163 Newspaper clipping “Georgic Takes On 100 Here For Liverpool,” discussing leaving times and passengers, including Wilhelmina Guiry and John B.G. Mesker, no date
    • Item 164 Letter from Clinton Mesker of the Mesker Bros. Oil Burner Specialists to the Mr. Mesker [Mesker Bros. Metal Sash Co.] discussing being a possible relative and arranging a meeting, April 7, 1934
    • Item 165 Photograph of Frank Mesker (?)  next to fish (4 x 6), no date
    • Item 166 Letter from Mrs. R.H. Robinson to Frank Mesker with a copy of The Brownsville Herald discussing fishing, November 16, 1934
    • Item 167 Invitation for Frank Mesker to the St. louis Chamber of Commerce, 1933
    • Item 168 St. Louis Chamber of Commerce 25 year member award, January 19th, 1933
    • Item 169 Newspaper clipping of a photograph from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Member of C. of C. for 25 Years’ Dine,” including Frank Mesker, January 20, 1933
    • Item 170 Invitation for Frank Mesker to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903
    • Item 171 Biography of Frank Mesker, no date
    • Item 172 Financial information on Frank Mesker, Ben T. Mesker, and the Mesker Bros. Iron Co., October 13, 1920
    • Item 173 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Metal Window Trade Denies U.S. Charges,” November 19, 1936
    • Item 174 Invitation to a 35th Division Air Service Flying Club banquet for Captain Lindbergh’s arrival to St. Louis, April 5, 1927
    • Item 175 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “St. Louis Made Products For Soldiers in Alaska,” mentions the Mesker stove, May 24, 1942
    • Item 176 Postcard of the St. Gabriel’s Church in Connersville, Indiana, August 1916
    • Item 177 Photograph of a train engine with men on top and in front of the engine, including Geo. W. Allen (5 x 2.93 in.), no date
    • Item 178 Newspaper clipping from The Times-Democrat, “St. Louis Fishermen,” mentions Frank Mesker’s fishing trip with business men, no date
    • Item 179 Newspaper clipping from The Evansville Daily, “Old Mesker Home is Being Wrecked,” discussing demolition of George L. Mesker’s old home on 322 Goodsell St., 1933
    • Item 180 Railroad ticket, no date
    • Item 181 “The Substitute for Jail in China” Mesker & Bro Steel and Iron Cells card, no date
    • Item 182 Business card of Mr. Henry Prather Fletcher, April 29, 1905
    • Item 183 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “History of Chouteau’s Pond, From Mill to Warehouse Site, Related,” January 31, 1943
    • Item 184 Map of locations Frank Mesker and Pauline Mesker [Gehner]  traveled, 1905
    • Item 185 Letter from David R. Francis to Frank Mesker on travel January 14, 1905
    • Item 186 Letter from David R. Francis discussing Frank Mesker and Pauline Mesker [Gehner]’s trip, January 14, 1905
    • Item 187 Letter from Bates (?) to Judge Adolph Wisliszenus introducing Frank Mesker, January 26, 1905 
    • Item 188 Letter from J.G. Bates on Frank visiting Manila P.I., January 26, 1905
    • Item 189 Letter to Mr. Mesker (Frank Mesker?) discussing an enclosed letter to the Archbishop of Manila, January 27, 1905
    • Item 190 Newspaper clipping “Frederick U. Hugunin Funeral To Be Tomorrow,” October 7, 1946
    • Item 191 Letter from (indistinguishable first name) Hay to the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States introducing Frank Mesker, January 10, 1905
    • Item 192 Frank Mesker’s passport, January 12, 1905
    • Item 193 Circular Letter of Credit for Frank Mesker, June 8, 1903
    • Item 194 Frank Mesker’s passport, April 29th, 1903
    • Item 195 The Veiled Prophets of Saint Louis design cover, 1883
    • Item 196 Red Chamber of Commerce Sixth Annual Festival of The Veiled Prophets signed by Frank Mesker, October 2, 1883
    • Item 197 Green Chamber of Commerce Sixth Annual Festival of The Veiled Prophets signed by Frank Mesker, October 2, 1883
    • Item 198 Unknown drawing, no date
    • Item 199 Frank Mesker’s passport, August 6th, 1900
    • Item 200 Amontillado V S O P caricature of Frank Mesker, February 10, 1900
    • Item 201 Photograph of Frank Mesker and unknown individual (3.5 x 3.5 in.)
    • Item 202 Photograph of Frank Mesker and two unknown individuals sitting in chairs around gress in Mobile Bay (4.06 x 3.25 in.), 1900
    • Item 203 Photograph with Frank Mesker in foreground and Judge Lucy Black’s river house in background (4.06 x 3.18 in.), 1898
    • Item 204 Newspaper clipping “Farewell To Bachelordom,” mentioning Frank Mesker in Edward A. Faust’s bachelor party, 1897
    • Item 205 Card with photo of Frank Mesker (2.18 x 4.43 in.), 1904
    • Item 206 Stockholder’s Ticket of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall Association card, September 14, 1898
    • Item 207 German Tyrolean Alps Company stockholder card, December 1, 1904
    • Item 208 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. workmen’s weekly pass, number 422145, (1903?)
    • Item 209 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. workmen’s weekly pass, number 422144, (1903?)
    • Item 210 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. admission ticket 332, (1903?)
    • Item 211 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. admission ticket 331, (1903?)
    • Item 212 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. admission ticket 330, (1903?)
    • Item 213 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. admission ticket 336, (1903?)
    • Item 214 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. admission ticket 335, (1903?)
    • Item 215 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. Souvenir of the Dedication Ceremonies, 1903
    • Item 216 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. Complimentary Grounds, 1903
    • Item 217 Photo pass permission to The Galveston Flood, Battle Abbey, and New York to the North Pole, no date
    • Item 218 Yellow admission ticket 3, no date
    • Item 219 Yellow admission ticket 2, no date
    • Item 220 Panorama drawing of the World’s Fair, 1904
    • Item 221 Map of the St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904
    • Item 222 Copy from The Evansville Courier of John B. Mesker’s obituary, September 22, 1899
    • Item 223 Newspaper clipping from The St. Louis Star, “Older St. Louis Stays Downtown Despite Wealth and Retreat of the Residence District Westward,” an interview with Ben T. Mesker, February 23, 1924
    • Item 224 Newspaper clipping “John B. Mesker Dead,” September 22, 1899
    • Item 225 Newspaper clipping “Lindell Property Owners Oppose ‘Liquor Cure’ in Their Midst,” discussing an institution for treatment of alcoholism to be placed next door to Frank Mesker’s property on 4498 Lindell Boulevard, no date
    • Item 226 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Old Home Cause New Stir,” includes a photo of 4490 Lindell Boulevard, November 30, 1935
    • Item 227 Newspaper clipping from The Guaranty News, “Guaranty Check Plays Unique Role as Gangplank for an Elephant,” volume XVIII, page 19-20, discussing George L. Mesker paying a portion to get an Elephant at the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gardens, December 1929
    • Item 228 Newspaper clipping “Want To Save Wilderness,” the park board of Evansville, Indiana demanded part of Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gardens to be left in its present state of wilderness, as a protection to game, no date
    • Item 229 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Republic, “Coffin Factory to Build (..?),” Property of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company being sold to John mesker, January 5, 1916
    • Item 230 Newspaper clipping from The Architect and Building News, “William S. Eames,” with information on William S. Eames death, May, 1915
    • Item 231 Newspaper clipping from The American Architect, discussing a personal relationship with William S. Eames, January 5, 1926
    • Item 232 Groceries list and cost, March 21, 1916
    • Item 233 Photograph of two men, each in a boat (2.56 x 5.31 in.), no date
    • Item 234 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Albert H. Gehner Estate $1,000,000, Inventory Shows,” discusses stocks and money allocation, March 24, 1929
    • Item 235 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Albert H. Gehner’s Estate Is Valued At $1,374,041,” December 12, 1929
    • Item 236 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Secretary of Wire Company Is Found Slain in His Office,” discussing Albert A. Marquardt’s death, October 18, 1928
    • Item 237 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Death Of A.A. Marquardt [Albert A. Marquardt] Held Accidental,” October 19, 1928
    • Item 238 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Albert H. Gehner’s Estate Is Valued At $1,374,041,” December 12, 1929
    • Item 239 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Albert H. Gehner Estate $1,000,000, Inventory Shows,” discusses stocks and money allocation, March 24, 1929
    • Item 240 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Albert H. Gehner, 52, Dies In Kansas City,” February 21, 1929
    • Item 241 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Man Kills Self With Revolver In Office,” information on the death of Albert A. Marquardt, October 18, 1928
    • Item 242 Newspaper clipping from The New York Times, “Palm Beach Party,” stating the invitees to George L. Mesker’s house party, January 29, year unknown
    • Item 243 Newspaper clipping from The Palm Beach Post, “La Fontana Is Scene Of Dinner In Honor Of Mr. And Mrs. Stotesbury,” dinner at the home of George L. Mesker, March 14, 1929
    • Item 244 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Republic, “Gehner-Mesker Wedding,” information on the Pauline Mesker [Gehner] and Frank Mesker wedding, June 10, 1908
    • Item 245 Newspaper clipping from St. Louis Star, “Mesker-Gehner,” information on the Pauline Mesker [Gehner] and Frank Mesker wedding, June 10, 1908
    • Item 246 Newspaper clipping from The Censor, information on the Pauline Mesker [Gehner] and Frank Mesker wedding, June 11, 1908
    • Item 247 Calendar card from Frank Mesker to Pauline Mesker [Gehner], June, 1903
    • Item 248 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, a hunting trip including Frank Mesker, January 7, 1923
    • Item 249 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, information on the Pauline Mesker [Gehner] and Frank Mesker wedding, June 11, 1908
    • Item 250 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Funeral of A. H. Gehner [Albert H. Gehner] At 2:30 P. M. Tomorrow, February 21, 1929
    • Item 251 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Record, Hancock v.s. Mesker dismissed, March 30, 1929
    • Item 252 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, information on the Pauline Carl and Francis A. Mesker wedding, January 3, 1928
    • Item 253 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, information on the Pauline Carl and Francis A. Mesker wedding, January 3, 1928
    • Item 254 Newspaper clipping from The St. Louis Times, information on the Pauline Carl and Francis A. Mesker wedding, January 3, 1928
    • Item 255 Newspaper clipping from The Chronicle, “Wedding,” information on the Pauline Carl and Francis A. Mesker wedding, January 12, 1928
    • Item 256 Newspaper clipping from The Boston Herald, “Mrs. Francis A. Mesker,” a photograph of Pauline Carl and information on honeymoon, January 15, 1928
    • Item 257 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, information on Pauline Mesker spending a summer at Lake Placid, New York, July 18, 1932
    • Item 258 Newspaper clipping from The Chronicle, “Miss Pauline Carl,” a photograph of Pauline Carl [Mesker] and background, October 6, 1927
    • Item 259 Newspaper clipping from The Censor, stating Pauline Mesker becoming a mother of Phyllis, October 12, 1933
    • Item 260 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Francis Mesker Building Home,” May 6, 1934
    • Item 261 Newspaper clipping
      • Subitem 1 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Physician, Who is Dead, and Home On Lindell Blvd. He Refused to Sell,” discussing Dr. William F. Kier’s house, September 30, 1927
      • Subitem 2 Newspaper clipping continuation from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Physician, Who is Dead, and Home On Lindell Blvd. He Refused to Sell,” discussing Dr. William F. Kier’s house, September 30, 1927
    • Item 262 Newspaper clipping from The Tech, “Combined Musical Clubs,” written by Francis A. Mesker, September 28, 1925
    • Item 263 Newspaper clipping from the Technology Review, mentioning Francis A. Mesker is going to get married and worked for Frank Mesker in the steel sash business, November 1927
    • Item 264 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Francis A. Mesker Gets Degree In East,” June 9, 1927
    • Item 265 Newspaper clipping from the Technology Review, mentioning Francis A. Mesker’s honeymoon, wedding, and tornado by his residence, January 1928
    • Item 266 Newspaper clipping from The New York Sun, “A Romantic Career,” obituary on Festus J. Wade, October 1, 1927
    • Item 267 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Dr. William F. Kier Willed $38,000 to Friends and Charity,” October 6, 1927
    • Item 268 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Claims Walsh Mansion For His Funeral Business,” information on Festus J. Wade buying a house at 4510 Lindell Boulevard, March 19, 1924
    • Item 269 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Lindell Blvd. Asserts Its Exclusiveness,” discussing ten residents, including Frank Mesker, bought the Walsh house at 4510 Lindell Boulevard to keep it residential, March 18, 1924
    • Item 270 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Lindell Residents Buy Walsh Home,” mentions Frank Mesker’s name as one of the buyers, March 18, 1924
    • Item 271 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Archbishop Glennon May Get Walsh Home,” March 25, 1924
    • Item 272 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe, “Lindell Undertake Denied Permit to Enlarge Quarters, March 6, 1930
    • Item 273 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Walsh Executors Won’t Sell Lindell Property to Geraghty,” March 20, 1924
    • Item 274 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Without Due Process,” March 20, 1924
    • Item 275 Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, “Undertaker Claims Prior Contract for Julius Walsh Home,” discussing the fight of purchasing the Walsh home between Charles L. Geraghty and Lindell Boulevard residents, March 19, 1924
    • Item 276 Letter
      • Subitem 1 Envelope to Frank Mesker & Mesker Bros. Iron Co., March 16, 1915
      • Subitem 2 Envelope to Frank Mesker & Mesker Bros. Iron Co., no date
      • Subitem 3 Letter from Belle Sherry and Eames Young, discussing a letter Eames Young found, March 16, 1915
      • Subitem 4 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
      • Subitem 5 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” paragraphs I-V, for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
      • Subitem 6 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” paragraphs VI-IX, for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
      • Subitem 7 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” paragraphs X-XIII, for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
      • Subitem 8 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” paragraphs XIV-XVII, for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
      • Subitem 9 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” paragraphs XVIII-XXI, for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
      • Subitem 10 Letter titled “In Agonizing Pain,” paragraphs XXII-XXIV, for Eames Young and (Frank?) Mesker, September 2, 1898
  • Box 48 Photographs
  • Box 49 Photographs (Mesker Architecture)
  • Box 50 Realia
  • Box 51 Realia
  • Box 52 Oversized (Catalog Liners, Photo, Financial, Scrapbook)