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Boder, Bartlett: St. Joseph Historical Society Correspondence & News Clippings, 1959-1965Entry/Object ID
AM2017.25.33Scope and Content
Boder, Bartlett: St. Joseph Historical Society Correspondence & News Clippings. File folder containing letters written to Boder from those outside St. Joseph and his replies. Also news clippings related to the Society and blank business envelopes with Saint Joseph Historical Society return address. Bartlett Boder was President of the Society.
A = Historical Society Asked to Suggest a City Cemetery Name, St. Joseph News-Press, March 8, 1959. Related to a cemetery located north west of the City in attempt to avoid its reference as a "potters field". (Sunbridge, or City Cemetery, is located in the northwest part of St. Joseph. This was the city's "pauper" cemetery. There are over 6,000 burials there, with about 150 of them being marked. Very few records were ever kept, and even fewer remain. In 1977 the City of St. Joseph turned this over to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MoDOC) 2 columns wide x 8½"
B = Meeting notice for Confederate night on 2¢ postcard. Members asked to bring photos and mementos of those from the area that served in the Confederate army. Signed, Bartlett Boder, President. cardstock, 3" x 5"
C = Envelope, No. 10, blank with Saint Joseph Historical Society, St. Joseph, Missouri return address. 3 copies.
D = Mr. Keith Clark inquiry to Society regarding Oregon trail traveler James Mallory, with envelope, dated June 5, 1964
E = Boder letters to Hull Mill & McCormick Distillery regarding Society trip to Weston & their replies, dated July, 1965.
F = Boder, handwritten letter to Mrs. Barkley, dated March 29, 1952 regarding Felix Robidoux photo and other articles she donated to the Society. Mention of his story in Museum Graphic, and discusses that John Corby had his ear-lobe bitten off by General Craig.
G = Street Naming: A Suggestion, Union Observer, March 20, 1959, News Clipping, Bartlett Boder requested the City to rename streets in the newer areas of the city after Eulalie and Pelagie Robidoux, sisters of Joseph, as they were the only members of his immediate family not so honored. The editor suggests naming a street after Boder and describes civic committees on which Boder served & city offices held.Lexicon
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Boder Family, Sunbridge Cemetery, City Cemetery, St. Joseph Historical SocietyRelationships
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Bartlett BoderPerson or Organization
Felix RobidouxPerson or Organization
General CraigPerson or Organization
Corby, JohnPerson or Organization
Eulalie RobidouxPerson or Organization
Robidoux, Pelagie
