DATE: 1778 - ca. 1900
CREATOR: Peach Family
SCOPE: The Peach Family Records contain 23 resources about the lives and times of the Peach family. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, funeral notices, memoirs and other realia.
Among the items in the collection are two recollections of Peach family members James Samuel Peach and Mary Jane Peach (Wakefield), both written posthumously by Thomas H. Herdman, and covering their lives from 1845 to deaths, and a births list for the family from 1778 to 1820.
EXTENT: 23 items
ACCESS: This is collection M-408. 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.”
