Steamboats and River History Collection, 1802-1986

<P>The Steamboats and River History Collection (formerly the Steamboats Collection) is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The bulk of the collection relates to river travel and commerce primarily in the vicinity of St. Louis and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The collection includes more than 60 receipts and bills of lading, mostly dated pre-1900, for merchandise shipped on the rivers; letters, reminiscences, and journals, many of which contain accounts of nineteenth-century steamboat travel; brochures, booklets and other printed advertising material for tourist excursion boats, including the popular twentieth-century St. Louis steamboats <I>Admiral</I>, <I>President</I>, and <I>Delta Queen</I>; several twentieth-century newspaper clippings reflecting on the steamboat era in the West; menus; tickets; and licenses for steamboat officers. Of particular note is a letter and petition of Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton to the governor of Upper Louisiana, dated 1810, requesting a monopoly to operate steamboats on the Upper Mississippi River.</P>

<P>Finding aid available.</P>

<P>Indexed in the archives card catalog.</P>

<P>3 boxes; 3 volumes; 4 oversize folders</P>

<P>Cite as: Steamboats and River History Collection, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

《汽船与河流历史收藏》（原名《汽船收藏》）系一门类化的人工编纂集合，汇聚了多年来因主题共性而被纳入的各类文献。该收藏的主体内容与河流旅行及商业活动相关，主要涉及圣路易斯及其周边地区，尤其是密苏里河与密西西比河。其中包含60余份收据及提单，大多出自1900年之前，记录了沿河流运输的货物；信件、回忆录及日记，众多内容详述了19世纪汽船旅行的经历；关于旅游游船的传单、小册子及其他印刷广告材料，包括20世纪流行的圣路易斯汽船《海军上将》号、《总统》号及《三角洲皇后》号；若干20世纪报纸剪报，反思西部汽船时代；菜单、票证以及汽船官员的执照。尤为引人注目的是，一份由罗伯特·R·利文斯顿和罗伯特·富尔顿于1810年致上路易斯安那州州长的信件及请愿书，请求在上密西西比河上运营汽船的垄断权。

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共3个盒子；3卷；4个大号文件夹。

引用格式：汽船与河流历史收藏，密苏里历史学会档案，圣路易斯。