DATE: ca 1780 - 1940
CREATOR: Snow / Wherry Family (various individuals)
SCOPE: The collection includes the following items: tax receipts; wills; deeds; cemetery deed; letters; genealogy of Annie Cockrill Pulliam; photographs; mining stock certificates; postcards; speeches of Joseph Wherry; two European travel diaries; a handwritten history of St. Louis (1906) by Joseph Wherry; two land grants signed by President James Buchanan; newspaper clippings; small Protestant Episcopal Church Hymnal (1892) and Book of Prayer (1893); program in memorium of President William McKinley.
EXTENT: 3 boxes of individuals papers and documents, and 2 oversized boxes of ephemera and photographs. A box inventory of Special Collection M-88 is available
HISTORY: Robert Bruce Snow and Eliza Pulliam Wherry Snow were married, both from early settler families of St. Louis, Missouri. The families were civic leaders and public officials. Three generations of the Wherry family were Registers for St. Louis; Robert Bruce Snow owned the Mining Stock Exchange and was active in real estate. The collection was donated in the 1980s.
ACCESS: This is collection M-088. This collection is available for on-site use only in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room. Some of the collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, depending on condition. Researchers are advised to call ahead concerning changes in hours due to University intersessions and holidays. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building. More information about conducting research with the archival collections of the Library, including current building hours and reading room policies, can be found on our Research page.
RESTRICTIONS: None
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.”
