Name/Title
CollectionEntry/Object ID
2021.19.189Scope and Content
A storage box containing photographs, letters, and other items belonging to the Moss family. There are seven packages wrapped in tissue paper, seven manila sealed envelopes, one expanding file folder, and three loose articles. separately wrapped packages in one storage box.Context
1. Wrapped packages:
a. Photos of John D. Barrow and brother William Barrow
b. Small photo of Ellen Word Leach & Lewis Leach, parents of Mary Leach Moss.
c. J. D. Barron - son-in-law of J. B. Moss. Old snapshot album compiled by John D. Barrow of young kids and youthful "adults".
d. Childhood photographs - Catherine C. Moss, Preston Moss, children of J. B. & Mary Leach Moss. Also the Leach brothers.
e. J. B. Moss/ Mary Word Leach Moss & Catherine Carby Moss. Collection of U. S. A. Hand colored souvenir post cards, late 19th - early 20th C.
f. Loose Documents (Sept. 19, 2022):
Notes made by Mary Leach Moss. Subject - authenticity in the Fine Arts;
Re: The archives of the Runcie Club - a tribute to Mary Leach Moss who was the archive;
A poetic tribute to Edith Rhodes;
A copy of a letter addressed to Mr. Samuel Beatie, Esq. from Seven Mile Ford, March 27, 1826. The writer must be a relation of J. B. Moss, perhaps a grandfather.
g. Numerous Photographs - The J. B. Moss Family.
2. Manila envelopes:
a. Letters of Catherine Barron to her parents: J. D. Barrow & Catherine Moss Barrow
b. J. D. Barrow Letters, St. Joe. Mo.
c. J. D. Barrow Letters, St. Joe. Mo.
d. Letters of Catherine Barrow - daughter of J. D. Barrow and Catherine Moss, St. Joe. Mo.
e. Letters of J. D. Barrow to Catherine Moss Barron, St. Joseph, Mo.
f. Letters of J. D. Barrow to Catherine Moss (later his wife), St. Joe. Mo.
g. J. D. Barrow letters St. Joe. Mo.
3. Expanding file folder. Letters from Maj. John Doyle Barrow to his wife Catherine Moss Barrow during W.W. II (some also to his daughter Catherine).
4. Loose articles:
a. A cellophane protector containing: a photo of William Barrow's younger brother John Doyle Barrow, partner in Barrow Bros; a copy of a 'Release to Members of Associated Press Group' dated April 20, 1956, about John D. Barrow; a photo of John Doyle Barrow - Mo. State Senator, St. Joseph Commissioner of Police, Son-in-law of J. B. Moss; a photo of Senator John Doyle Barrow, son-in-law of Josiah B. Moss.
b. A colored photo in a picture folder of John Doyle Barrow - Mo. State Senator, St. Joseph Commissioner of Police, Son-in-law of J. B. Moss. An invitation to the marriage reception of Catherine Carby Moss and John Doyle BarrowDimensions
Dimension Notes
13" x 15.5" x 6"