| Accession Number: | SC 18:23 |
| Location: | RB-M |
| Dates: | 1868-1885A |
| Size: | 2 record cartons; 2 cubic feet |
| Creator/Collector: | Unknown |
| Acquisition info: | Presented to SLPL by Mrs. Bert Maechling |
| Accruals: | No accruals expected |
| Custodial history: | Unknown |
| Language: | English |
| Processed by: | Melissa Miller, May 2018 |
| Conservation notes: | No notes |
| Scope and Content: | The collection contains 17 scrapbooks of correspondence and press articles written by newspaperman Adolphus Benedict. Mr. Benedict was a reporter for a variety of newspapers in the US including the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the Brooklyn Eagle, and the Brooklyn Times. |
| Arrangement: | Chronological; kept in original binding |
| Restrictions: | No restrictions |
| Remarks: | Other items relating to Adolphus Benedict are housed in the Mercantile Library at UMSL; leather is deteriorating on some volumes |
Adolphus Benedict Collection Scrapbooks
1868-1885
2 record cartons; 2 cubic feet
| Box/Folder | Description |
| 1/1 | Finding aid |
| 1/- | Legislative Correspondence, Vol. 1; 1869 |
| 1/- | Legislative Correspondence, Vol. 2: 1870 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Index |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 2; 1868-1869 |
| 1/- | Legislative Correspondence, Vol. 3; 1872-1877 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 4; 1871-1872 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 6; 1872 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 7; 1873 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 8; 1873-1874 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 10; 1875-1877 |
| 1/- | Press Articles, Vol. 12; 1878 |
| 2/- | Press Articles, Vol. 14; 1879 |
| 2/- | Press Articles, Vol. 15; 1879 |
| 2/- | Press Articles, Vol. 16; 1880 |
| 2/- | Press Articles, Vol. 17; 1880 |
| 2/- | Press Articles, Vol. 18; 1881-1882 |
| 2/- | Press Articles, Vol. 20; 1884-1885 |